A World Worth Our Attention

After thousands of years of seafaring, we're only beginning to fathom the workings of our watery planet. The deeper we go, the clearer it becomes that no matter who we are or where we live, we all have a hand--and a stake--in what happens in the oceans.

Click HERE for a plan view of this room.

Click on any portions of the exhibit that interest you to get a closer look or select from the list below.

• Plunge
• Undersea Flyby
• Marine Biodiversity Sculpture
• Recent Discoveries: Hydrothermal Vents
• Recent Discoveries: Unknown Animals
• Recent Discoveries: New Volcano Field
• Exploring the Deep Sea
• Sea Link Specifications
• HOW DEEP can they go?
• HOW cold, HOW dark, HOW much pressure?
• What lives UP THERE?
• What lives DOWN THERE?
• Ocean Currents: We all go with the flow
• Staying on Top: These shoes just did it
• Tracking Ocean Currents: Tritium & Turbidity
• Oceans and Climate
• El Niño
• Probing, Prying, Spying - Direct Sampling
• Remote Sensing
• Ocean Geography Fact Sheets
• Late Breaking Stories

Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan

gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428
Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)