Living and Working Under the Sea

     To build a observatory underwater would be a very difficult thing to build. Not only would it be very difficult, there would also be a very big risk involved in doing this.To build a  underwater observatory there is a great deal of things that one needs to include. They use these underwater observatories to study things that they can't study from above water. One thing that is very important in a underwater observatory is the monitors. To be able to to be in one of these observatories one needs to make sure that the pressure and air is in good enough condition for a human. Another way that it is difficult is bringing the internet out onto the ocean. TO get good research and such it is good to have a computer with them that has internet. TO get internet out there they had to put a huge network on the bottom of the ocean and run a wire to where the observatory is.
     These observatories can be very dangerous, but not if you have the right equipment. The right equipment needs to all be monitored therefor the observatory needs to have monitor. Another thing that is always important to have is food for the humans. Also from watching the videos they always make sure to have a lot of cameras to catch every moment they can. Living underwater but still being able to breathe is really an amazing thing. One way that they do this is that each room can have its own pressure. They need lots of pressure to keep the water out of the observatory. Another thing is the air tanks. Each air tank has one hour of air, and they sure make the best out of that hour.Being able to have this observatory is a big step in today's technology. It gives us a chance to explore a part of the world that not many people have explored before.

Why explore the oceans?

 Scientist explore the ocean for many different reasons. Throughout history people started to realize how much of an impact that the ocean has on everyone's daily life. One way that the ocean has a big impact is the trade routes. We use the ocean to trade goods all over the world. This gave people to have a chance to use other country's natural resources that they did not have already. Another thing is that they would have never found America. America was a place no Europeans or anything knew about. They found this land by exploring and that's what makes them so important.
     Although finding America was important to our history the explorers also had many important inventions that still help us today. A long time ago the Chinese invented the compass. The compass helped the explorers navigate all over he ocean. This was important to them because getting lost in their type of boat was extremely dangerous. They all created easier ways to explore around the ocean and trade their goods. The explorers all had their big affect on our society today, without them there may not even be an America.

Why study science?

1. I wanted to take this course because I wanted to learn more about the ocean and how it works. I also really like the ocean.

2. I hope to learn more about the ocean. I want to learn about how the ocean works. I also want to learn more about what is inside of the ocean. Another thing I want to learn about is what is on the bottom of the ocean.