![]() ![]() Digital currencies set to go mainstream in 2024?.Sundar Pichai completes 20 years at Google, says “a lot has changed…”.McGurk, Salam dazzle as Delhi Capitals triumph over Mumbai Indians in Kotla carnage.Download the Financial Express App for the latest finance news. Get live Share Market updates, Stock Market Quotes, and the latest India News and business news on Financial Express. Moreover, nitrogen narcosis, the intoxication caused by the nitrogen which starts to set in at that depth, is also a factor which hinders private citizens’ dives beyond that. However, the report added, most private citizens cannot dive deeper than 120 feet because of the amount of air that is needed at the depth to keep the lungs pressurised at that depth. ROVs are linked to the ships via cables and scientists can steer them remotely. The IE report states that scientists can be carried to the deep sea by vehicles called human occupied vehicles (HOVs), or, alternatively, unmanned vehicles, called remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) can also be used. Moreover, it could also help in prediction of tsunamis and earthquakes, also helping the humankind understand how the Earth’s environment is affecting us and getting affected by our activities, the report added. The report also stated that more information about the deep ocean could potentially lead to the discovery of sources for medicinal drugs, energy sources, food and other products. Still, humans mainly rely on these deeper areas for energy, food and other resources, the report stated. ![]() The IE report, citing NOAA, stated that the present knowledge about the oceans stems from the shallower waters and the deeper ones are relatively unknown. He descended in his submersible ‘Deepsea Challenger’ and dove to a depth of 10,908 kms, scripting history by becoming the first person to complete a solo submarine dive to the spot, according to the report. Interestingly, in 2012, Titanic director James Cameron also reached the bottom of Mariana Trench after a 2 hours 36 minutes long descent. Monitor lizard spotted in Delhi! Is the reptile venomous? Where is it commonly found? Check detailsĪs per the IE report, the first dive to the deepest point in the ocean took place in 1960 by Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard and Lieutenant Don Walsh on the submersible ‘Trieste’.
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