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 The new Shepard Meander observatory transmits live data from 3.2 kilometers below the ocean surface. |
July 19, 2006 Last week, after almost five years of development, MBARI engineers and scientists celebrated the deployment of a new oceanographic mooring that connects instruments on the deep seafloor with solar panels and a data relay system at the sea surface. The resulting deep-sea observatory is one of only a few such installations world-wide.
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News Release:
Midgets and giants in the deep sea. |
New science and technology center launched to study microbial life in the ocean. MBARI is a partner in this 10-year program.
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