Hadal Profiler
We’re going to the deepest parts of the ocean with the Hadal Profiler, a new science tool being developed by University of Hawai’i researchers. The Hadal Profiler will dive down to the bottom of the deepest ocean trenches—measuring water chemistry, ocean currents, and sound as well as capturing video of ocean organisms as it goes, from the surface to 11,000 meters deep. We check out the profiler and some of its instruments, head to the lab to see organisms discovered in the deep ocean trenches, and meet some of the researchers, engineers, and students who are part of the Hadal Profiler development Team.
Watch the 30-second trailer for Season 11, Episode 2 on Vimeo or YouTube or on Vimeo with English subtitles.
Watch related deep sea episodes: ALOHA Cabled Observatory, Virtually Exploring the Abyssal Plains, Strange Fish of The Deep, Zooplankton in The Deep Sea, Food Webs of the Open Ocean, Scientists at Sea (on the Kilo Moana)
Full Episode
Curriculum Connections:
- Grades 6-12: Ocean Depths
- Light in the Ocean Activity: Colors of the Light Spectrum
- Pressure Activity: The Effects of Pressure
- Depth Zones Compare-Contrast-Connect: Life in the Depth Zones
- Grades 6-12: Ocean Floor
- Grades 6-12: Tides
- Grades 3-5: Survival in the Open Ocean
- Activity: Open Ocean Survival
Additional Resources:
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
- Department of Oceanography
- Follow SOEST on Linked in, YouTube, Flicker, Instagram, Facebook, X (Twitter)
- Hadal Profiler
- Hadal Profiler Guide in ECO: Going Deep into the Unknown
- UH News: Deep sea expedition provides inspiration, skills for students
- UH News: Exploring the ocean’s deepest zone
- Ocean Trenches
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Trenches
- NOAA: Kermadec Trench Expedition 2014
- UH News: 1st Pacific Islander to reach ocean’s deepest point is UH grad student
- Hadal Zone
- Hadal Organisms
- University of Hawaiʻi Marine Center
- Research Vessels, including the Kilo Moana
- Research Groups and Data
- Opportunities — including tours of the Marine Center!
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Contact information:
Kanesa Seraphin, Ph.D.
kanesa@hawaii.edu
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