Steve Ross from the Center for Marine Science at the UNC is leading a research mission that kicked off August 6th, to explore some of the deepest reefs in U.S. waters over a 12 day mission. The 23,000 square mile area stretches from North Carolina to Florida and is currently being researched to see what [...]
Steve Ross from the Center for Marine Science at the UNC is leading a research mission that kicked off August 6th, to explore some of the deepest reefs in U.S. waters over a 12 day mission. The 23,000 square mile area stretches from North Carolina to Florida and is currently being researched to see what type of damage man has caused and will cause in the future. Some scientists believe this stretch of reefs to be the largest known in the world, besting even the much shallower Great Barrier Reef. Ross said, “this particular reef is to the deep sea, what the Great Barrier Reef is to the world.“
Enjoy this enchanting video with stunning clips of this magnificent reef.
Researchers from UNC, US Gological Survey, Florida Atlantic University, Scottish Association for Marine Science, NOAA, and the Marine Conservation Biology Institute at North Carolina Museum of Natural sciences are all working to explore this immense habitat. Just yesterday the crew announced they had found and collected a deepwater goosefish (Sladenia shaefersi). It was the first one ever collected in the United States and just the third one ever to be collected in the world.
Sladenia shaefersi
Photo via NOAA, See it on video from the ROV Sub!
Check out the crew’s updates they are sharing with the world on their Daily Log.
[Yahoo!]
