{"id":120093,"date":"2024-08-23T14:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T14:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/national-geographics-oceanxplorers-dives-into-the-oceans-mysteries\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T14:25:57","slug":"national-geographics-oceanxplorers-dives-into-the-oceans-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/23\/national-geographics-oceanxplorers-dives-into-the-oceans-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic\u2019s \u2018OceanXplorers\u2019 dives into the ocean\u2019s mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sciencenews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/081324_aw_oceanxplores_feat.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"National Geographic\u2019s \u2018OceanXplorers\u2019 dives into the ocean\u2019s mysteries\" title=\"National Geographic\u2019s \u2018OceanXplorers\u2019 dives into the ocean\u2019s mysteries\" \/><\/div> \r\n<br><br><div style=\"clear:both\">\n<style><![CDATA[\n.subscribe-cta {\n  color: black;\n  margin-top: 0px;\n  background-color: #EDD695;\n  background-size: cover;\n  padding: 20px;\n  border: 1px solid black;\n  border-top: 5px solid black;\n  clear: both;\n}\n\n.centered {\n  text-align:center;\n  margin:auto;\n}\n\n]]><\/style>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"subscribe-cta\"} -->\n<div id=\"subscribeConversion\" class=\"wp-block-group subscribe-cta\"><!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"2em\"}}} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:2em\">Extreme Climate Survey<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"1.1em\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.1em\"><strong><em>Science News <\/em>is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet&#8217;s changing climate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.1em\">What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"20px\"} -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"className\":\"centered\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:buttons --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\n\n\n<p>Over six episodes, viewers tag along for expeditions to study marine life in the shallow, tropical waters of the Caribbean, the seemingly unending depths of the Atlantic Ocean and along the frigid shores of the Arctic Ocean. Not surprising for a series executive-produced and narrated by Cameron, <em>OceanXplorers<\/em> takes every stereotype of the calm, relaxing nature documentary, secures it to a baited camera trap and tosses it out for the sharks. The vibe is definitely more Shark Week than David Attenborough, but the science is still front and center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-sciencenews-content-sidebar alignleft\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>OceanXplorers<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now airing on the National Geographic channel and streaming on Disney+ and Hulu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second episode, for example, the team hopes to observe how sperm whales near the Azores islands in the North Atlantic dive. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/blog\/wild-things\/sperm-whales-head-built-ramming\">The blocky-headed whales<\/a> can plunge a mile deep for up to an hour at a time, the documentary explains (<em>SN: 4\/8\/16<\/em>). But the buoyancy of their huge lungs and blubber should make that feat nearly impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sperm whales dive so deep that it had never been filmed before, the documentary notes. One challenge was building a camera tag to attach to a whale that can withstand the immense pressure of a dive. Viewers watch the mission\u2019s ocean technology innovator, Eric Stackpole, and ship guest Rui Prieto, a whale biologist, take on that engineering problem. Once that\u2019s ready, there\u2019s another challenge to overcome \u2014 attaching the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sperm whales around the Azores were hunted as recently as 1987, and so the long-lived whales, which can reach up to 70 years old, are wary of ships and appear hesitant around the massive <em>OceanXplorer<\/em>. To attach the camera, two members of the research team \u2014\u00a0shark biologist Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez and Aldo Kane, formerly of the Royal Marines \u2014 join Prieto on an inflatable motorboat to search for a pod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Stackpole gets on the ship\u2019s helicopter and serves as an eye in the sky. After he directs the motorboat toward a pod, a sperm whale breaches. While most people might feel nervous being so close to the world\u2019s largest toothed predators, M\u00e1rquez\u2019s face lights up on seeing the whale pop out of the water and she laughs. She explains that breaching may be a method of communication between family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This light-hearted moment is just one that makes <em>OceanXplorers<\/em> feel like a conversation rather than a lecture. But the series never doubts the intelligence of its audience, always explaining the intention and purpose of each experiment and device utilized to ensure viewers can follow along on each mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the water, the team attaches the camera tag to a whale and retrieves it eight hours later. Stackpole and Prietro breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate their success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The footage reveals that at nearly 275 meters deep, the sperm whale\u2019s fluke stops moving almost entirely. From then on, gravity does most of the work for the diving whale, which saves oxygen and energy by not moving while descending to approximately 455 meters below the surface. It doesn\u2019t start actively moving again until it starts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/why-some-whales-are-giants-others-are-just-big\">echolocating to hunt<\/a> by releasing sonar clicks (<em>SN: 12\/12\/19<\/em>). The whale is unsuccessful and after a while journeys back to the surface. (Watch the full episode to learn what the whales hunt down there.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SKVV4dvH2Iw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OceanXplorers | Official Trailer | National Geographic\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKVV4dvH2Iw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From executive producer James Cameron, <em>OceanXplorers<\/em> follows a team of specialists pushing the frontiers of ocean exploration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After sending out a family call near the surface, a second sperm whale appears and swims with the tagged whale. Stackpoke and Prieto are in awe watching the scene. \u201cNothing like that has ever been filmed,\u201d Prieto says while wiping tears from his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, <em>OceanXplorers<\/em> is full of heart. Joy and excitement permeate each episode as the crew explores the unknown, and emotions run high whenever the explorers witness the fruits of their labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Stackpole says: \u201cExploring the deep, you often see something that you have never seen before. But you hope that you\u2019re going to see something no one has seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/national-geographic-oceanxplorers-ocean\">Source link <\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet&#8217;s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? 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