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Undersea exploration is crucial to our world. Without undersea exploration, we would not know how big our impact on ocean life is. We would possibly wipe out entire species without knowing it, and because of the food chain, eventually that would come around to us. Undersea exploration helps make us more aware of what happens underwater, what effects underwater events have on humans and on the land masses, and what effects we have on underwater life.  

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courtesy of oceandiscovery.noaa.gov

Preparing the Alvin for a dive
 

Fast Facts

  • Systematic ocean exploration in the United States began in 1807
  • The deepest diving vessel was the bathyscaphe Trieste, it descended 10,916 meters on January 23, 1960
  • Over 70% of the earth's surface is covered by water
  • The first submarine canyon was discovered in 1857
  • The first modern deep ocean sounding took place in 1951

 

 

The bathyschape Trieste
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