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Exploration keyExploration key – we don’t even know what questions to ask Goldstone 14, heather, science editor at WCAI and host of Living Lab on The Point, a weekly show exploring how science gets done and makes its way into our daily lives. Goldstone holds a Ph.D. in ocean science from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and spent a decade as researcher before leaving the lab to pursue journalism., “How Live Stream Video Is Catalyzing Ocean Research,” April 28th, http://capeandislands.org/post/how-live-stream-video-catalyzing-ocean-research We're often taught that a hypothesis is the first step in the scientific method. In actuality, what comes first is an observation - a rare commodity for ocean scientists. The NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer is nicknamed America's Ship for Ocean Exploration. Not science. Exploration. What's the difference? Science is about testing ideas - hypotheses - through experimentation. Exploration is simply observing the world around us, although in the deep sea it's far from simple. It's technically challenging and it's expensive. That's why it's estimated only 5 percent of the world's ocean has been seen by human eyes. And since observations are the necessary starting material for developing good, interesting questions to investigate scientifically, that's a problem for ocean scientists. Enter the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. This ship is dedicated to deep sea exploration, and it's pioneering a new technique, known as telepresence. The ship broadcasts deep sea video from a remotely operated vehicle to the internet in near real-time - a 10 second delay for the public (you can check it out here), but just a 2-5 second delay for scientists participating in an expedition. Those scientists also have the ability to talk to each other and back to the ship, enabling them to work in collaboration to identify what's being seen and make decisions about how to proceed. Scientists involved with the Okeanos Explorer say it's exciting and worthwhile work that's accelerating education of young scientists and catalyzing new ocean research. Funding keyFunding key Cohn 13, Alicia, reporter for The Washington Examiner., “James Cameron directs Congress: Fund deep sea exploration,” June 11th, http://washingtonexaminer.com/james-cameron-directs-congress-fund-deep-sea-exploration/article/2531633 "How is it that we've managed to get into the 21st century thinking that we've explored this whole planet, and we've missed an entire continent," he said. "The idea behind building this thing was to open that up." Cameron, who says he has "always had an affinity for the ocean," commissioned the manned (or "personed," as Cameron pointedly noted, in deference to the many female oceanographers) submersible, which took seven years to build, and piloted it more than 35,000 feet below the ocean's surface. "Sending a piloted vehicle down gets a lot more media and public attention," Cameron said at a Capitol Hill briefing. "I don't have a degree in any of the sciences or in engineering, but I didn't have a degree in filmmaking either, and that didn't stop me." He told congressional staff members that he does not have a "specific call to action" on policy, but that it "boils down to funding" deep sea exploration. He and Dr. Susan Avery, director of Woods Hole, compared exploring the deeper ocean to exploring space -- but said the former has been neglected in comparison. "As much as I love space exploration in the abstract, going to Mars is not speaking directly to our life-support systems," Cameron said. His first two speaking appearances were a warm-up for his appearance at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in the afternoon, where he made a similar pitch to some of the lawmakers holding the federal purse strings. New Agency keyA NASA of the oceans is key – NOAA fails Bierman 14, Christopher, member of the American Chemical Society at Ashland University, BS in Biology from Ashland University, “Is there a NASA for ocean exploration? (presentation)” March 17th, http://ashlandmarinebio.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-there-nasa-for-ocean-exploration.html Taking marine biology you would think NOAA is the NASA for exploring the ocean. Remember that NOAAs mission is focusing on the ocean conditions and the condition of the atmosphere. This includes the National Weather Service (NWS). NASA and NOAA do work together in ocean exploration. NOAA is the ground crew while NASA takes charge of the (aging) satellites. However, this is limited. This partnership can only go so far. If we have a NASA like organization for ocean exploration, it can benefit us in many ways. We can have a better understanding of global warming, better ways to combat pollution, and have a sense of innovation thanks to our expiration of the ocean. We know more about space and the planets and starts in it, but we know so little about our oceans. Edith Widder says that it can improve our understanding of evolution and discover biologics that can benefit the human species. With the help of voters, we can generate more public support for ocean exploration and science overall. Disease Impact – generalEmpirics on our side – prefer recent evidence that assumes new studies – disease can lead to extinction Keirn 08 – citing PLOSONE study by Kelly B. Wyatt - Biological Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Paula F. Campos and M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis and Rob DeSalle,, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics and Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America Wayne H. Hynes, Biological Sciences Department, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Peter Daszak, Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Wildlife Trust, New York, New York, United States of America, Ross D. E. MacPhee and Alex D. Greenwood, Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, (Brandon, November 5, “Disease Can Cause Extinction of Mammals” http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/yes-disease-can/) Disease can drive a mammal species to extinction: this doesn’t seem surprising, but until today it hadn’t been proven. And now that it has, members of our own mammalian species might understandably feel uneasy. The extinction in question took place a century ago on Christmas Island, an uninhabited Indian Ocean atoll to which a merchant ship inadvertently carried flea-ridden black rats. Within a decade, both of the island’s native rat species were extinct. Scientists have argued whether the native rats were outcompeted by the newcomers, or fell victim to diseases carried by the fleas. According to DNA analysis of remaining native rat specimens, infection was widespread within the population after contact, and nonexistent before — suggesting that disease caused the die-off. Resolving this argument has implications for another debate, over the hypothesis that disease can be so lethal and contagious as to drive a mammal species extinct. This had been observed in snails and amphibians, but not in mammals. The authors of the study, published today in Public Library of Science ONE, hope conservationists will take heed: accidentally-introduced pathogens could wipe out endangered species. 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