Oceanography timeline

By kyle.weaver

  • Marine Survey of the South Pacific

    Alexander Agassiz makes voyages to the south Pacific collecting data (scientific research)

  • the sinking of the titanic

    The sinking of the titanic led to Scientists developing an acoustic device that could detect objects ahead of vessels (scientific research)

  • The Bathysphere

    William Beebe is lowered to 923 meters in the ocean and him and his partner Otis Barton manned exploration of the ocean (Scientific research)

  • Underwater lab

    Named Sealab ll, a underwater lab is lowered off the coast of California (Recreation)

  • Woman aquanauts

    Sylvia Earle leads a team of women aquanauts and set a record for solo diving for going to a depth of 1,000 meters. (Scientific research)

  • Sea Surface maps

    TOPEX satellites begin mapping the surface of the sea (Scientific research)

  • Creating seafloor maps

    Declassification of radar altimetry data from the navy satellite leads to worldwide mapping of the seafloor (Scinetific research)

  • Cataloging the Biodiversity of the Ocean

    First census of marine life catalogs diversity, distribution and abundance of marine species (Recreational)

  • First Solo dive to the Mariana Trench

    James Cameron travels to the bottom of the deepest part in the ocean in the Mariana trench (recreational)

  • Seabeds in 2030

    A scientific team announced a plan to have all of the oceans mapped out by 2030 by using tracking ships (Scientific research)