The research scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship Okeanos Explorer have, with an undersea robot, revealed a ship’s chronometer at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The timepiece is believed to be a relic from a shipwreck about 200 years ago. You can read more about the discovery here. University of […]
UTIG Research Scientist Aboard NOAA Expedition
The Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin has one of its scientists aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) vessel Okeanos Explorer on an expedition to conduct exploratory investigations on the diversity and distribution of deep-sea habitats and marine life in the Gulf of Mexico basin. Jamie Austin, a senior […]