CANNON LAB EXHIBIT - The Vast Ocean

Did you know that about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is water-covered and the oceans hold nearly 97 percent of all water on our planet? Learn more about our work at the farthest reaches of the planet with this video and preview the exhibit's educational panels. Then dive deeper with additional content below! 

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Uploaded by Lisa Tossey on 2015-05-13.

Exhibit Panels

Dive Deeper

How do deep sea creatures adjust to life in the dark and under high pressure? Find out with this Sea Talk: 

It's dark, cold, and mysterious. It's the deep sea, and it's home to a variety of Halloween-worthy spooky creatures that have adapted to live in an extreme environment of high pressure, low light, and frigid temperatures. View other Sea Talks at www.deseagrant.org.

What does it look like to take a dive in frigid arctic waters? Go there with Mark Moline, director of the School of Marine Science and Policy, in this video clip:

Mark Moline, director of the School of Marine Science and Policy at the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, takes a chilly dive in 33 degree Fahrenheit waters to better understand what happens at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean.

They are cute to follow around - but why are college researchers tracking penguins? This Sea Talk explains: 

University of Delaware scientists are tracking penguins on land, under the sea, and even from space to unravel the effects of climate change in Antarctica.