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We asked a few students some questions about marine microbes...check out there responses!
Why are we asking? On June 21, NOAA will join scientists around the world in Ocean Sampling Day, an international collaboration to collect water samples from the ocean and rivers. Within the water samples, scientists are looking for marine microbes -- tiny living things that make up 98 percent of the biomass in the Earth's ocean.
Learn more about microbes, Ocean Sampling Day, and how YOU can get involved: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-sampling-day/welcome.html
We asked a few students some questions about marine microbes...check out there responses!
Why are we asking? On June 21, NOAA will join scientists around the world in Ocean Sampling Day, an international collaboration to collect water samples from the ocean and rivers. Within the water samples, scientists are looking for marine microbes -- tiny living things that make up 98 percent of the biomass in the Earth's ocean.
Learn more about microbes, Ocean Sampling Day, and how YOU can get involved: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ocean-sampling-day/welcome.html




![Octopuss Garden: Windows to the Deep 2018
From April 9 to 30, 2019, scientists will embark on the DEEP SEARCH 2019 (short for DEEP Sea Exploration to Advance Research on Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats) expedition to explore deepwater habitats offshore the U.S. Mid- and South Atlantic coasts. Three named canyons occur within the DEEP SEARCH study region off the coast of North Carolina: Keller, Hatteras, and Pamlico.
During the Windows to the Deep 2018: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, we explored Keller Canyon and encountered FIVE octopods over the course of the dive! Octopus are known to be the masters of hiding in their oceanic habitats, we were pretty lucky to see these Bathypolypus bairdiion. Cant wait to see what is uncovered during exploration of Keller on the DEEP SEARCH 2019 expedition!
For more from the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition, visit: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1806/welcome.html
To learn more about DEEP SEARCH 2019, visit: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/19deepsearch/welcome.html
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2018.
[Source: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1806/logs/june29-2/june29-2.html] Octopuss Garden: Windows to the Deep 2018](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Am9nHJZzwnc/mqdefault.jpg)





