News Releases & Articles
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Measuring quakes, deep in sea canyon (Monterey Herald, October 17, 2009)
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Underwater update (KQED QUEST, March 20, 2009)
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Scientists place permanent sensors on sea bed (San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 2009)
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Eye in the Sea reveals mysterious life on the sea floor (Palm Beach Post, March 10, 2009)
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Tune in continuous broadcast from 2,600 feet beneath the sea (Boca Raton News, March 3, 2009)
- Associated Press, "1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change" by Jason Dearen [Carried by at least 10 papers worldwide]
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1st deep sea observatory looks at climate change
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Gallery: Robotic Sub Installs Deep Sea Webcam
(Wired Science, Jan 22, 2009) -
Deep-ocean observatories take the plunge
(Nature, Nov 27, 2008) -
Mars Rover
(Science in the Sea radio program, December 21, 2008) -
Our Ocean Backyard: Seas go high-tech and deliver valuable info
(Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 6, 2008) -
Oceanography's third wave
(Science, Nov 16, 2007) -
New Undersea Cable Will Link Ocean to Internet
(National Geographic News, August 27, 2007) -
Deep-sea observatory launched
(Geotimes, June, 2007) -
Taking the Ocean’s Pulse
(Astrobiology Magazine, April 2, 2007) -
Power cable beneath bay
(Monterey Herald, January 1, 2007) -
MARS ocean observatory update: Preparing the main science node
(MBARI website, August 16, 2005) -
Power cable for ocean seen as boon to research
(Santa Cruz Sentinel, April 5, 2005) -
Researchers want to install power cable in Monterey Bay
(Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 6, 2004) -
Cable may be laid in bay
(Monterey County Herald, November 11, 2002) -
Undersea data network planned off California Coast
(Computerworld, September 25, 2002) -
Locals join underwater cable effort
(Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 24, 2002) -
Undersea data network planned for Monterey Bay (September 23, 2002)
| Nov 17, 2008 | News release: Deep-sea observatory goes live - KION TV, "Underwater Sea Lab Studies Ocean Health." (11-25-08) [Also carried on KCBA] - KQED QUEST, "Underwater Laboratory." (11-24-08) - Associated Press, "Deep-sea observatory launched off Monterey coast." (11-23-08) [Story carried by at least 14 TV stations and 12 newspapers across California and Nevada] - Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Deep-sea underwater observatory goes live in Monterey Bay." by Cassandra Brooks (11-23-08) - Monterey Herald, "Scientists turn to deep-sea siteResearchers ashore connect to observatory 3,000 feet down." (11-19-08) |
| Apr 4, 2007 | News release: Cable laid for new deep-sea observatory See also: NSF News release on MARS cable - iTwire, "Big advance to deep-sea exploration brought by MARS cable." by William Atkins (4-8-07) - Xinhua, "Cable laid for U.S. deep-sea observatory ." by Xiao Jie (4-7-07) [Story syndicated and carried by newspapers in China, Malaysia, India, and elsewhere in Asia.] - Associated Press, "32-mile cable installed for deep-sea observatory off Monterey." (4-5-07) [Story syndicated and carried by various California newspapers.] - United Press International, "Undersea observatory cable installed." (4-5-07) [Story syndicated and carried by at least 6 newspapers worldwide.] - Monterey Herald, "Cable, groundwork laid for deep-sea project." by Kevin Howe (4-5-07) |
| March 9, 2007 | Media advisory: Ocean observatory cable to be laid in Monterey Bay. - CNN (Associated Press), "Work begins on undersea observatory." (carried in at least 20 other media outlets; (2-13-07) - San Francisco Chronicle, "Getting closer to the mystery of deep-sea life." by David Perlman (2-13-07) - Santa Cruz Sentinel, "New ocean observatory to be built 9,000 feet under sea." by Tom Ragan (2-13-07) - San Jose Mercury, "Plugged in under the sea." by Paul Rogers (2-13-07) - BBC Science, "Project will cable up ocean floor." by Molly Bentley (2-13-07) - Monterey Herald, "Deep-sea observatory." by Kevin Howe (2-10-07) |