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Educators in the Pacific connect new discoveries, traditional culture, and the deep ocean

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Educators participate in a communications lesson during a 2017 professional development workshop at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center, National Marine Sanctuaries, American Samoa.

Fact vs. fiction: 3 things you thought you knew about jellyfish

August 30, 2018

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This medusa belongs to the genus Cyanea, a jellyfish well-known to bloom and occur in large numbers in surface waters.

Stern of World War II U.S. destroyer discovered off remote Alaskan island by NOAA-supported scientists

August 15, 2018

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On July 17, a NOAA-funded team of Project Recover scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the University of Delaware discovered the missing 75- foot stern section of the destroyer USS Abner Read in 290 feet of water off of Kiska, Alaska. The stern sank Aug 18, 1943, at the height of World War II after being blown off by a Japanese mine. Pictured, research vessel Norseman II in transit through the Aleutian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands that extend 1,200 miles westward from the Alaska Peninsula.

Scientists recover possible fragments of meteorite that landed in marine sanctuary

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NASA scientist Dr. Marc Fries examines early samples attached to a magnetic board suspected to be fragments of a meteorite that fell into the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in March 2018.

Okeanos Explorer sets sail to the deep waters off the U.S. southeast coast

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The Okeanos Explorer beats its way into heavy seas.

10 greatest sightings, so far, from NOAA’s exploration of the deepwater Pacific

September 6, 2017

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NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer (right) in port on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, before the first remotely operated vehicle expedition of CAPSTONE in July 2015.

NOAA teams with Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to expand deep ocean observations

September 7, 2017

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Scientists deploy a Deep Argo float off New Zealand.

May 1 on Reddit: Chat with scientists exploring the unseen deep Pacific

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The Okeanos Explorer beats its way into heavy seas. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Hohonu Moana.

Watch live: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer probes seamounts, deep-water areas of central Pacific

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From January 20 to February 11, 2017, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer conducted a mapping reconnaissance expedition in PRIMNM. In the Jarvis Unit of PRIMNM, multibeam data revealed an approximate 1,700 meter seamount height difference when compared to previous satellite altimetry. This is a great example of why it is important to map the seafloor using modern, high-resolution sonar systems.

Watch live: NOAA's Okeanos Explorer expedition to remote Pacific marine protected areas

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NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is America's ship for exploration. Here's a great view of the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer as it conducted operations in the northern Gulf of Mexico in 2012.

NOAA ship journeys into remote, deep Pacific ocean

February 14, 2017

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A sea toad, one of the many animals the mission may encounter, just hanging out, waiting for its next meal to swim by.

Educators in the Pacific learn about ocean ecosystems in their own deep water “backyards”

December 2, 2016

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Educators participate in professional development connected to NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer.

‘Every Full Moon’ video series debuts with sea creatures that light up the night

October 17, 2016

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Here just a few of the sea creatures you'll learn about in NOAA Ocean Today's "Every Full Moon" video series.

NOAA establishes new panel to guide ocean exploration

November 13, 2014

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Ocean Exploration webinars

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This ghostlike octopod is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any described genus.

Ocean Explorer onsite workshops

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March 27, 2012 – NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer conducts operations in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Scientists discover largest sponge known during deep-sea exploration

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A sponge the size of a minivan, the largest on record, was found in summer 2015 during a deep-sea expedition in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Octopod shows how little we know of life on earth

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This ghost-like octopod is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any described genus. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

Seven miles deep, the ocean is still a noisy place

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Top pair of floats going in as Full Ocean Depth Hydrophone is deployed in Challenger Deep on July 28, 2015.

Video: Exploring the oceans is our 'last grand challenge'

February 29, 2016

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Video: The Last Grand Challenge. NOS Ocean Today. February 23, 2016.

Dive with the crew of the Okeanos Explorer

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This ghostlike octopod is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any described genus.

NOAA to explore depths of Caribbean Sea

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The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is the only federally funded US ship assigned to systematically explore our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge.

NOAA and Aquarium of the Pacific to host first-ever national forum to shape a U.S. national ocean exploration program

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