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Top 10 Prehistoric Ocean Creatures That Still Exist Today

As things continue to ramp up for ocean exploration in 2023, we'd like to take a moment to reflect back on all of the activities, discoveries, partnerships, and outreach that made 2022 such a great year: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/about/annual-reports/annual-report22/annual-report-2022.html. Onward and downward! | NOAA Ocean Exploration

Did you know that the vast majority of our planet is deep ocean, representing the largest living space on Earth? Yet we know very little about what lies below the depths of the ocean's surface. This video features highlights from the March 10 of the Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition. The dive was on a ridge extending to the southeast of Castellano Seamount, starting at a depth of ~2,000 meters. [Source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1603/dailyupdate

Exploration is key to increasing our understanding of the ocean, so we can more effectively manage, conserve, regulate, and use ocean resources that are vital to our economy and to all of our lives. . . For other reasons why we explore the ocean, check out our fact: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/why.html. . . [Video developed with Schmidt Ocean Institute and Nautilus Live.] | NOAA Ocean Exploration