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2006-2007 Summary Explorations
 Submarine
Ring of Fire 2007
NOAA continued a multi-year series of discovery missions to
undersea volcanoes and hydrothermal vents associated with
the Submarine Ring of Fire, a large but virtually
unexplored province in the Pacific where the Earth’s
tectonic plates are being forced below the Earth’s crust.
 Okeanos
Explorer
Okeanos Explorer will be operated by the
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations commissioned officers
of the NOAA Corps and civilians in support of the NOAA Office
of Ocean Exploration. The Corps is composed
of officers-all scientists and engineers-who provide operational,
management and technical skills supporting NOAA's environmental
programs.
 Expedition
to the Deep Slope 2007
This year’s “Expedition to the Deep Slope”
expedition will continue our exploration and study of hydrocarbon
seep communities deeper than 1000 meters in the Gulf of Mexico.
Funded by the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the leader
in supporting the scientific characterization of seep communities
in the Gulf of Mexico, and the NOAA Ocean Exploration (OE)
program.
 Cayman
Islands Twilight Zone 2007
Coral reefs and sunlight are almost synonymous in marine biology
since most corals exist in an unusual symbiosis with microscopic
plants called zooxanthellae. However, recent evidence indicates
that light-limited deep reefs (between 50 and 150m: also known
as the “Twilight Zone”¹) are an important
transition habitat where many shallow-reef and deep-sea organisms
coexist with each other and with species unique to this depth
range.
 Cumberland
Club 2007
The grant from the NOAA Ocean Explorer education program has
given interested students a once in a life time opportunity
to be part of something real. They all want to come back next
year as senior members to mentor the new Cumberland Club kid,.
 Operation
Laser Line 2006
The laser line scan (LLS) systems utilize a sweeping blue-green
laser to reflect light across the seafloor to generate a gray-scale
image similar to a black and white photograph.Mapping of coral
reefs has been identified as one of the first and most important
steps needed to address the increasing decline of the world's
coral reefs.
2005 - 2006 Summary Explorations
 The
Lost City 2005
This exploration introduced a new methodology for marine fieldwork.
Scientists used satellites to view and analyze data without
being on a ship at sea.ive pictures of the white chimneys
of Lost City will travel from 2,100 feet below sealevel to
the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown, across the ..
 Aegean
And Black Sea 2006
From April to June 2006, scientists from the University of
Rhode Island lead an expedition to study the archaeology and
geology of the Aegean and Black Seas aboard two research vessels
the Greek R/V AEGAEO....
 Lophelia
II 2008: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks
This is the first cruise of a 4-year project funded by the
US Mineral Management Service (MMS) and the NOAA Office of
Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) to explore new deepwater
coral communities at both natural and man-made sites.
 Exploring
the Inner Space of the Celebes Sea
The expedition takes us to unexplored waters south of the
Philippine Islands, in search of the strange, and possibly
unknown, fishes, jellyfish, squids and shrimp that live in
the dark deep waters of the Celebes Sea. Surrounded by much
shallower ocean waters, ..........
 Project
PHAEDRA 2006
From June 25 to July 4, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
and Hellenic Center for Marine Research - led team of engineers,
geologists, geochemists, archaeologists, and historians will
embark on the Greek research vessel Aegaeo to explore deep
sites within Greek national waters.
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