Deep Sea Exploration beneath the Caribbean
More than 5000 beneath the sea level, in the Cayman Trough, lay the world’s deepest undersea volcanoes that are scheduled to be explored with a robot submarine - Autosub6000.
British scientists of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, were offered £462,000 by the Natural Environment Research Council to explore what they call the “lost world” that will provide for some important clues and evidence that will help solving the global puzzle of deep sea life.
The research will span over the next three years and it will be conducted from the board if UK research ship RRS James Cook by recognized experts in the field: geologist Dr. Bramley Murton, oceanographer Dr. Kate Stansfield, geochemist Dr. Doug Connelly, and marine biologists Dr. Jon Copley and Professor Paul Tyler.
Exploring the deep sea has had important impacts on our lives. Being the largest ecosystem on our planet, the ocean already provided
“new cancer treatments and better fibre-optic cables for the internet, both thanks to deep-sea creatures.” - Dr. Jon Copley
Full story at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton - ‘Lost world’ beneath the Caribbean


