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MIT invents hovering autonomous underwater vehicle, 09/29/2008

An autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) created by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can hover over a specific position in the ocean even in the face of currents. The Odyssey IV, which was developed at the MIT Sea ... Read More






Smithsonion's New Ocean Hall Opens September 27, 09/18/2008

Check out the time lapse of building the new Sant Ocean Hall in the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History. It opens September 27, and like every museum at the Smithsonian, it's FREE. ... Read More






Ocean Dead Zones Are Growing, 09/17/2008

A study to be published in the journal Science says the number of these marine dead zones around the world has doubled about every 10 years since the 1960s. About 400 coastal areas, covering 95,000 square miles, now have periodically or perpetually oxygen-starved bottom waters, many of them growing in ... Read More






Fishing Gear Tags to Help Untangle Whales, 09/16/2008

The International Fund for Animal Welfare and NOAA Fisheries Service have partnered to support two research projects aimed at new technologies that could help protect the region's large whales from entanglement in fishing gear. The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies will develop coded wire tags that will be embedded in ... Read More






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