On how to use cool technology and a neat ROV to create a unbelievably large path of destruction...
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Although the earliest interest and sampling in the deep sea occurred in the late 1800's, a majority of deep-sea exploration did not occur until after the 1960's. The current amount of sampling and exploration of this great environment is without precedent.
I perhaps spoke too soon and in doing so invited Murphy's wrath.
Students from the New York City Home Educators Association (NYCHEA) took second place behind Blue Hills Technical High School in the 2008 NE Regional ROV Design Competition sponsored by the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) project.
I am sure that they will be carefully surveying the whole path for important deep sea life, right? They wouldn't callously rip through hundreds of kilometers of seabed without very careful environmental studies, right? Yeah, right.
Okay, as an ROV pilot, I find that REALLY COOL, but as a biologist/environmentalist, I find it really terrible and saddening... I think the biologist/environmentalist side wins, hands-down on this one for me.
Exactly my dilemma, totally taken back with the coolness but...
Sounds like driving a tractor through the Alps. Avalanche anyone? Apparently not: doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.10.022
If only.....
Although... it's a very narrow path, really. Less wide than a SINGLE deep-water bottom trawl (They fish in the 1000s of meters here in British Columbia for "Idiots", or Thornyheads, Sebastolobus spp., and as I know from my work, areas of 'special' habitat are pretty infrequent in the deep water. Who knows? It might not be all that bad compared to abuse we heap on the deep sea everyday. Any thoughts, Admins? :)