Oceanography Timeline

By Ray_E

  • Bathythermograph Invented (Scientific research)

    Temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in water temperature versus depth down to a depth of approximately 935 fee

  • Live Coelacanth Discovered (Scientific research"

    Thought to be extinct till several were found

  • First Untethered Deep Water Craft (Scientific research / navigation)

    Set several world diving records even beating those of bathyspheres

  • Deepest Ocean Point Found (Scientific research)

    What was really discovered was the Mariana Trench which can fit Mount Everest with about a mile left before it reaches the surface

  • Discovery of Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Scientific research)

    Evidence for the theory of continental drift

  • First Multibeam Sounding (Scientific research / navigation / military)

    Created an accurate map of the ocean floor

  • Hydrothermal Vents Discovered (Scientific research)

    First time an ecosystem that thrives without the energy of the sun was discovered

  • Deepest Dive in Dive Suit (Scientific research)

    Exploration in a suit created with a new pressurized metal suit known as JIM suit

  • Ocean Surface Mapping (Scientific research / navigation / military)

    Previously impossible to obtain data of the ocean surface was now obtainable

  • Mariana Trench Expedition (Scientific research)

    In 2030 a definitive map of the worlds ocean floor will be created