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Topic: Ocean exploration

This gushing hydrothermal vent was captured on camera for the first time on May 1, 2016, during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. The 30-meter-high underwater vent was spewing high-temperature liquid thick with metal particulates. The area around it is home to exotic species including Chorocaris shrimp, Munidopsis squat lobsters, Austinograea crabs, limpets, mussels and snails.

Scientists discover hydrothermal vent activity in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

April 17, 2023

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This gushing hydrothermal vent was captured on camera for the first time on May 1, 2016, during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas. The 30-meter-high underwater vent was spewing high-temperature liquid thick with metal particulates. The area around it is home to exotic species including Chorocaris shrimp, Munidopsis squat lobsters, Austinograea crabs, limpets, mussels and snails.

A diversity of animals that live at seep sites is inspiring. On this cluster of Vestimentiferan tube worms seen off the West Coast, there are snail egg cases, an octopus, and a other tiny organisms tucked in every crevice possible.

Watch live April 15-26: NOAA expedition to the deep ocean off the U.S. West Coast

April 14, 2023

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A diversity of animals that live at seep sites is inspiring. On this cluster of Vestimentiferan tube worms seen off the West Coast, there are snail egg cases, an octopus, and a other tiny organisms tucked in every crevice possible.

Close-up view of a group of marine life documented by NOAA Ocean Exploration in 2019 during a dive by a remotely operated vehicle into Gully Canyon, which is 125 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. Pictured here are bamboo corals, zoanthids, encrusting demosponges, hydroids, an anemone, a Freyella elegans seastar, and a squat lobster.

NOAA and OceanX renew partnership to explore and map the ocean

April 11, 2023

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Close-up view of a group of marine life documented by NOAA Ocean Exploration in 2019 during a dive by a remotely operated vehicle into Gully Canyon, which is 125 miles off the coast of Nova Scotia. Pictured here are bamboo corals, zoanthids, encrusting demosponges, hydroids, an anemone, a Freyella elegans seastar, and a squat lobster.

In May 2022, during the first Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition, NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the largest continuous mapping survey effort to date over the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, collecting bathymetric data along this geologically fascinating and ecologically exceptional region.

Expedition summary: Voyage to the Ridge 2022

January 19, 2023

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In May 2022, during the first Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition, NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the largest continuous mapping survey effort to date over the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, collecting bathymetric data along this geologically fascinating and ecologically exceptional region.

The hole over Antarctica at its maximum extent on October 7, 2021. Scientists define the "ozone hole" as the area in which ozone levels are depleted below 220 Dobson Units (dark blue, marked with black triangle on color bar).

NOAA Research's top accomplishments of 2022

December 21, 2022

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The hole over Antarctica at its maximum extent on October 7, 2021. Scientists define the "ozone hole" as the area in which ozone levels are depleted below 220 Dobson Units (dark blue, marked with black triangle on color bar).

Emily Narrow, mission videographer, enjoys the sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the back deck of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, during the NOAA Ocean Exploration mission: Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas In 2017.

U.S., Australia partner to explore and map the Pacific Ocean

December 21, 2022

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Emily Narrow, mission videographer, enjoys the sunset over the Pacific Ocean from the back deck of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, during the NOAA Ocean Exploration mission: Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific Marine Protected Areas In 2017.

Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Deep-Sea Symphony 2017.

Star quality: Sea star named after NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

July 15, 2022

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Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, Deep-Sea Symphony 2017.

Diver conducts survey of ecosystem in Pacific Islands.

Podcast: Surveying the vast waters and diverse marine life of the Pacific Islands

June 6, 2022

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Diver conducts survey of ecosystem in Pacific Islands.

This image of an anchor was taken from the 1836 shipwreck site of brig Industry in the Gulf of Mexico by the NOAA ROV deployed from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer on February 25, 2022.

NOAA, partners discover wreck of 207-year-old whaling ship

March 23, 2022

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This image of an anchor was taken from the 1836 shipwreck site of brig Industry in the Gulf of Mexico by the NOAA ROV deployed from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer on February 25, 2022.

Picture of Craig N. McLean, director of NOAA Research,

Craig N. McLean, director of NOAA Research, to retire

November 18, 2021

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