In the history of underwater scientific research, there are many forgotten chapters with fascinating stories, featuring dreams, flights of imagination, and bold ideas. One of these chapters is “Bentos-300.”…
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Researchers have embarked on an ambitious global initiative to discover and record marine life hidden in the world’s oceans.
Ocean Census aims to identify 100,000 unknown species in the next 10 years, allowing scientists to better understand and protect the deep-sea ecosystem.
There are huge gaps in our knowledge of the ocean depths. Of the 2.2 million species believed to exist in the Earth’s oceans, only 240,000 have been described by scientists, according to the census…
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Deep-sea explorers have found the wreck of a Japanese transport ship which sank off the Philippines, killing nearly 1,000 Australian troops and civilians in World War Two.
It was Australia’s worst maritime disaster: a US submarine torpedoed the ship unaware that it was packed with prisoners captured in Papua New Guinea…
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Netherlands-based builder U-Boat Worx has revealed the interior renderings for the 37.5-metre yacht submarine Nautilus. First unveiled at the Monaco Yacht Show 2022, the 1,250-ton vessel will be able to function as a yacht or a submarine and will have a range of facilities onboard…
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The Florida-based manufacturer has revealed designs for the new Triton 660/9 and 660/7 AVA, which will be constructed to carry up to eight passengers plus a pilot, or six passengers and a pilot respectively. But, unlike conventional twin-sponson submersibles, an oblong acrylic hull offers passengers a cinema-style viewing experience with room to stand and even stretch a leg.
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Almost 37 years to the day from when a team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution first located and photographed the wreck of the Titanic, a new expedition has returned with the most detailed images captured of the vessel. Seattle-based OceanGate Expeditions released the…
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Dutch company U-Boat Worx has begun volume production of its NEMO 1 (one-seater) and NEMO 2 (two-seater) submersibles, the only private production-built submarines in the world. Measuring just five feet tall, less than eight feet wide, and nine feet long, the miniature NEMO submarines are…
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