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May 18, 2017
In the News
May 01, 2017
THIS MARCH, A truck pulled onto a runway in Oregon, towing a miniature plane for a test flight. At 650 pounds, the plane was too large... more
September 21, 2016
How autonomous underwater vehicles are fundamentally changing the way humans are exploring the ocean was the focus of the first plenary... more
Feature Publication
May 16, 2017
You might imagine the bottom of the ocean’s deepest point, seven miles down, to be a very quiet place. However, NOAA and partner scientists, making the first recordings from the Challenger Deep trough in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, found something remarkably different: a wide variety of human-caused and natural sounds, including the hum of ship propellers, active sonar,... more