Hedge fund titan, Ray Dalio, on taking the plunge into ocean explorationĬNN's Richard Quest spoke to the founder of the world's biggest hedge-fund firm, who is investing in what he calls the planet's most important asset: the ocean.The effects cascade down to transform other life in the ocean, potentially disrupting balances that have existed for millennia. Scientists have discovered predator impacts in the Atlantic and Pacific peak at higher temperatures. As the ocean heats up hungrier predators take controlĪ hotter ocean is a hungrier ocean - at least as far as fish predators are concerned.It's home to many protected and threatened species, including sperm whales, corals and sea turtles, and is important for fisheries, recreational diving, whale watching and birding, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It's more than 7 miles wide and 2.5 miles deep at its largest point. Hudson Canyon sits about 100 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. National Marine Sanctuary Planned for Massive Ocean Canyon off New York, New JerseyĪ vast underwater ravine off the coasts of New York and New Jersey could soon become a national marine sanctuary.Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), will be co-leading a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration expedition to a section of the Atlantic Ocean floor. Ashton Flinders, research geophysicist with the U.S. June 8 was World Oceans Day, a day to appreciate the huge body of saltwater that covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface.
Seals use whiskers to track prey in deep ocean, study shows.Researchers have published the most detailed map of Antarctica's frigid Southern Ocean to date, including the ocean's new deepest point, the "Factorian Deep," which sits nearly 24,400 feet (7,437 meters) below the sea surface. 'Factorian Deep,' the new deepest point in Antarctica's Southern Ocean, mapped for the first time.Flying Fish & OceanX present new ocean exploration touring exhibitionįlying Fish, a leading producer of touring museum and science centre exhibitions, has partnered with nonprofit ocean exploration organization OceanX to announce the launch of OceanXperience, a unique and immersive touring museum exhibition that aims to raise awareness of the world’s oceans.Sonar from ships and submarines is thought to be one of the contributing factors to whale strandings, confusing the whales' own sonar and casuing them to beach themselves on the shore. Whale skeletons stand guard around the coastline of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, a stark reminder of the damaging effects of military sonar. Why the US military is listening to shrimp.
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