Efficient Ocean Exploration Systems
Innovate and deploy more efficient and robust systems for deep ocean exploration, enabling comprehensive study of deep-sea environments and their unique biology.
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We have limited capacity to predict key disruptive events, such as solar flares that threaten power grids and communications, alongside an incomplete understanding of natural processes (atmospheric, ocean, etc.) that underpin climate models. We need better monitoring tools for characterizing phenomena that impact climate dynamics, such as aerosol-cloud interactions, and assessing potential interventions such as marine cloud brightening. These issues underscore the need for enhanced observational tools and more sophisticated models of climate processes.
Much of Earth's biosphere—from the deep ocean to atmospheric bioaerosols—remains unexplored, with the microbial majority largely uncharted. Advancing new exploration technologies and systematically cataloging the Earth's microbiome could unlock discoveries of new life forms and biological insights that could impact health, climate, geoengineering, agriculture, and fundamental biology.