Ocean Exploration Persuasive Essay
The oceans cover about seventy-one percent of the world. Of that seventy-one percent, we have explored less than five percent. Oceanic exploration has been happening for hundreds of years. The ocean is a major part of people's everyday life . Ocean exploration has been, is, and will be beneficial for everyone. “Underwater exploration was once limited to the span of time a diver could hold his or her breath. For centuries people dreamed of extending that time.” (National Geographic 2016). In 1797, Karl Klingert invented a diving that had an airtight metal helmet and breathing tube connected to it, nationgeographic.com states. Move ahead three years, and the French build a human-powered submarine. It took another eighty-eight years for the French to build an electric submarine in 1888. In 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank to the bottom the the North Atlantic Ocean. Seventy-three years later, in 1985, the Titanic was
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Bush’s 211 million acres. “More land has been protected than ocean” David Helvarg tells nationalgeographic.com. Nereus, a robotic submarine, dove 6.8 miles in the Marianas Trench, which is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It is currently the deepest-diving vehicle, according to bbc.co.uk. Nereus is controlled by a remote that is attached to the vehicle. The remote is controlled by men above the ocean in a ship. Currently, the deepest-rated vehicles are able to descend a little over four miles, which allows scientists to access ninety-five percent of the ocean floor. Nereus is striving to change that to one hundred percent, bbc.co.uk
Bush’s 211 million acres. “More land has been protected than ocean” David Helvarg tells nationalgeographic.com. Nereus, a robotic submarine, dove 6.8 miles in the Marianas Trench, which is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It is currently the deepest-diving vehicle, according to bbc.co.uk. Nereus is controlled by a remote that is attached to the vehicle. The remote is controlled by men above the ocean in a ship. Currently, the deepest-rated vehicles are able to descend a little over four miles, which allows scientists to access ninety-five percent of the ocean floor. Nereus is striving to change that to one hundred percent, bbc.co.uk