New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration 2011 A multi-institute initiative is conducting ocean exploration projects in the Black, Aegean, and Mediterranean Seas, and the eastern Atlantic Ocean over a five-month period.
Exploring the Hidden World of the Maritime Maya 2011 (September) Join us as an interdisciplinary expedition explores the forgotten world of the Maya in the Yucatan along the tip of Quintana Roo. See how the Maya maritime trade network was able to thrive in a challenging coastal environment that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean.
Mid-Cayman Rise 2011
(August) Join the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer as it travels to the deepest part of the Caribbean Sea, where a team of international scientists both at-sea and on shore will conduct interdisciplinary investigations of the Mid-Cayman Rise.
Galápagos Rift 2011
(July) The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer embarks on a unique expedition to one of the most fascinating areas of the world’s oceans, to explore the water column and unexplored benthic environments in the Galápagos region.
- Hydrothermal Vent Discovery
Exploring the Submerged New World 2011 (August) Join scientists as they return to the four dive sites they visited in 2009, to study the biology, geology and oceanography of a series of canyons off the middle Atlantic coast of the U.S.
Bermuda Deep Water Caves 2011: Dives of Discovery (June) The world’s foremost technical and scientific divers explore Bermuda's deep water caves to learn more about climate and sea level fluctuations since the last Ice Age.
Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration 2011 (June) A major exploration of submarine canyons on the continental margin of the eastern United States to improve knowledge of the unique communities in the mid-Atlantic canyons.
Pacific Deep Reefs 2011 (February – March) Learn why scientists are using technical diving to access deep reef communities in Peleliu and Ulong, Palau.
Lophelia II 2010: Oil Seeps and Deep Reefs (October) Scientists aboard the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown set off on their fourth expedition to investigate the deep-water coral communities of the Gulf of Mexico.
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer “Always Exploring” (October) Systematic exploration aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is an evolving operational model referred to as a “sticks and boxes” approach. The variety of data being collected onboard the Okeanos during this cruise from Hawaii to California represents a step forward in the exploration that can be conducted with the at-sea time allotted to the ship.
Cradle of the Earthquake: Exploring the Underwater San Andreas Fault 2010 (September) Using a multidisciplinary approach including mapping, core sampling and "green" vessel technology, scientists explore this famous - if still relatively unknown - underwater fault off Northern California's coast.
Aquarius 2010: If Reefs Could Talk (October) NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries will host this research and education mission bringing the science of ocean conservation and the underwater world to the public from the Aquarius undersea laboratory.
INSPIRE: Chile Margin 2010 (February) A diverse team of scientists will be tackling questions about strange new biological life forms, communities, and ecosystems far from the sunlit surface at the Chilean Triple Junction.
Northeast Lau Response Cruise (NELRC) Travel with scientists as they visit the sites of two recent underwater volcano eruptions in the NE Lau Basin, and discover new insights on eruptive phenomena in this environment.
Okeanos Explorer
"America’s Ship for Ocean Exploration" is on a course to be the only U.S. ship assigned to systematically explore our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge.
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Google Earth/Maps
Dive beneath the surface, explore the ocean with top marine experts, learn about ocean observations, climate change, and endangered species, and discover new places including seamounts and shipwrecks.
