India to commercially market indigenously made submarine robot

India is planning to commercially maket the indigenously developed AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) "Maya" in the international market. " India is exploring the possibility of commercially marketing submarine...

Invasion of the Jellyfish

It seems that people either love fish or consider it repugnant, but either way, one cannot ignore its important relevance to our diet. Speaking on a global scale, millions of people depend on our oceans for their...

Lost City of Atlantis Found!!! No Joke

The UK Sun is running an article suggesting that Atlantis may have been found by a Google satellite. The report seems to be verified by the writings of Greek Philosopher Plato and where he indicated Atlantis...

Unexpected New Striations in the Earth's Ocean Currents.

Just when we think things can't get any weirder (after hearing about Mysterious Electrified Rings of Stunted Tree Growth in Northern Ontario), it seems that scientists have stumbled upon a bizarre feature of sea...

Crab invasion threatens Antarctic

"An army of shell-crushing crabs is poised to invade parts of the Antarctic Ocean that were off limits to the crustaceans for millions of years because of the intensely cold water. Scientists believe that, as...

Future Ship Research Vessel Aurora Borealis

gCaptain tells us: The most technologically advanced drillship in the world is not on lovaton in the gulf of mexico or in a Korean shipyard. Actually it’s not even built yet. Meet the Aurora Borealis, a dynamically positioned, drillship/icebreaker, arctic research vessel...

Armed Cruise Ship To Intercept Japanese Whalers

Here's a post a wrote for gCaptain today one Japan's Whaling Fleet; Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet: "CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — An Australian...

Life, Science, and Penguins - Research in Antarctica

""Probably the greatest enticement for those who today are devoting their lives to the study of the sea is the lure of the unknown, the challenge of the undiscovered, the thrill of discovery on what is truly the...

Journey to the centre of the ocean: my account of Ocean Station Papa

As an oceanography graduate student at UBC, I have the immense opportunity to actually do “real” oceanography (i.e. riding boats) through our joint partnership with the Institute of Ocean Sciences hailing from...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Voyage reveals bizarre life around deep-sea gas seeps (Video)

An international team led by scientists from the United States and New Zealand have observed, for the first time, the bizarre deep-sea communities living around methane seeps off New Zealand's east coast.'This is...

Archaeology: Lost city 'could rewrite history'

The remains of what has been described as a huge lost city may force historians and archaeologists to radically reconsider their view of ancient human history.Marine scientists say archaeological remains discovered 36 metres (120 feet) underwater in the Gulf of Cambay off the...

Bermuda Triangle

"Who says there is nothing new under the sun? Or in this case in the ocean where the sun never shines. Monsters from beneath the Bermuda Triangle "

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