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China to Dive for Buried Treasures; Submersible Is Set to Hunt for Valuable Minerals in Pacific

By On July 20, 2011

BEIJING—China plans an ultradeep dive by a manned submersible beneath the Pacific that would propel it past the U.S. in a race to explore potentially vast mineral resources in the [...]

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Ocean in Google Earth

By On February 3, 2009

Yesterday, Google unveiled its newest version of Google Earth at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.  Google Earth 5.0 introduces a number of new features, but most notably [...]

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NOAA’s Ocean Exploration Ship – Okeanos Explorer

By On August 18, 2008

Okeanos Explorer, the first federal ship dedicated solely to ocean exploration, was commissioned on Saturday in Seattle, WA. A former U.S. Navy surveillance vessel, the ship was transferred to NOAA [...]

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