Cayman Islands (Global Adventures): The first expedition to search for deep-sea hydrothermal vents along the Mid-Cayman Rise has turned up three distinct types of hydrothermal venting, reports an interdisciplinary team led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). While hydrothermal activity occurs all around the world, the diversity of the newly discovered vent types, their geologic [...]

Woods Hole (Global Adventures): The world's oceans hold a combined volume of 1.332 billion cubic kilometers water, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) says. The new estimate is based on satellite measurements. The total ocean volume is less than the most recent estimates by a volume equivalent to about five times the Gulf of Mexico, [...]

Santa Barbara (Global Adventures): A group of football field sized asphalt domes have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean, 10 miles offshore from Santa Barbara, California. 35,000 years ago, undersea volcanoes deposited massive flows of petroleum on the ocean floor that later formed the domes, scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutions (WHOI) say. "It [...]

Rio de Janeiro (Global Adventures): The search for wreckage of Air France flight 447 continues. In the deadliest accident in the history of Air France, the Airbus A330-200 crashed into the Atlantic on June 1, 2009. The plane, registered as F-GZCP, was on a routine flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris when it disappeared [...]

Falmouth (Global Adventures): A $1.1 Million remotely controlled deep-sea robot was lost at sea off the coast of Chile, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) said in a press release. Scientists believe that the 15-year-old Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE) may have suffered a catastrophic implosion. The vehicle was on its 222nd research dive at a [...]

Maine (Global Adventures): Scientists warn that a significant regional bloom of a toxic algae that can cause ‘red tides’ in the spring and summer of this year is possible, potentially threatening the New England shellfish industry. A survey conducted in late 2009 in the Gulf of Maine did show the highest amount of cysts ever [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): Most divers know that Pascal Bernabé currently holds the record for the deepest confirmed scuba dive (story here). However, other records documented include the following: Mark Gottlieb performed a rendition of Handel's Water Music in March 1975 while submerged in Evergreen State College swimming pool in Olympia, Washington. A microphone pick-up was [...]