The ocean floor is being studied by some scientists.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

The ocean floor is being studied by some scientists.

Research shows that Japan has a huge variety of marine life in its surrounding seas.

Further investigation will offer many opportunities to obtain more valuable knowledge of the ocean.

Voyages of exploration were the earliest in the history of studying the ocean.

A research team from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Tokyo Institute of Technology, and other organizations has studied three submarine volcanoes 800 kilometers to the east of Sanriku.

The government surveyed a mineral-rich seabed.

A strange marine creature was found recently.

If we are to judge the future of ocean study by its past, we can surely look forward to many exciting discoveries.

A joint team of researchers at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and several universities has discovered that Japan has about one seventh of all the marine species on earth.

A camel has a sure instinct for finding water.

It has been reported that the center of the shock was the sea floor near Oshima Island.

The epicenter of the tremor has been traced to the sea bottom off Oshima Island.

A new deep-sea research vessel called "Chikyu" is under construction for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.

Whales spout water after sounding.

There are a large number of sea routes in this part of the ocean.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology recently announced a successful test of its new unmanned deep-sea research vehicle “ABISMO.”

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Recent studies have shown that there are large rare earth deposits in the seabed around the island.

It will also be used in the research of the seabed near the sources of earthquakes.

There are a large number of trade routes in this part of the ocean.

The methane hydrate deposits were found at a depth of a few meters below the seabed.

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) is using the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu for the project.

The researcher studies the role of benthos in water-purification.

The test was carried out at the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot in the ocean.

On Feb. 7, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) announced that a team of scientists had found deep-sea cold-seep clams at a depth of 5,620 meters in the Mariana Trench.

Water samples were also collected at several points between the seafloor and the surface.

Researchers will ride in small submarines, and then take videos and collect samples near the sea bottom about 1,000 meters below the surface.

It is still not known what kinds of sea creatures live at greater depths.

Shiretoko provides a good example of the interaction between marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

Dr. Fujikura Katsunori of JAMSTEC said, "Perhaps Japan has such a variety of marine life because the seas around Japan have several tides, different water temperatures, and various land forms such as mudflats."