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Article: Deep-sea exploration: Earth's final frontier: only a portion of the potential of the oceans has been tapped, but it is clear that exploring and improving our understanding of the ocean and its influence on global events are among our most important challenges today.
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- The Technology Teacher
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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Few locations on Earth are as remote as the deep oceans. Although more than 1,500 people have successfully climbed Mount Everest, more than 300 men and women have journeyed into space, and 12 men have walked on the moon, only two people have descended and returned in a single dive to the deepest parts of the ocean, and they spent less than 30 minutes in a cloud of sediment on the ocean, bottom (Exploration, 2003).
The ocean remains one of Earth's last unexplored frontiers. Covering over 70 percent of the surface of the earth, the oceans regulate our weather and climate, sustain a large portion of Earth's biodiversity, and provide humanity with substantial living ...