On April 1, 2007 researchers completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea cabled observatory in the continental United States. In a multi-institution effort managed by the Monterey ...
Moss Landing, California--Off the coast of Central California, in the inky darkness of the deep sea, a bright orange metal pyramid about the size of two compact cars sits quietly on the seafloor.
Image: The ROV MARUM-QUEST can operate in depths down to 4000 meters below sea level. Credit: Photo: Dirk Olonscheck, Alfred Wegener Institute Three research institutes from the German federal state ...