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Jul. 20, 2012
Its Budget Sunk, Undersea Lab May Have to Surface
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Florida's Aquarius Reef Base is the only working undersea lab left today. But now that federal funds have dried up, it may be forced to surface. Oceanographer Sylvia Earle joins Science Friday from inside Aquarius, 60 feet underwater, to talk about sponges, corals and other life she's observed on the reef.
In the video below, dive into Florida's Aquarius Reef Base--the only working undersea lab left today. (no sound)
In the video below, take a tour of Sylvia Earle's office.
Below: Introducing Aquarius
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Guests
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Sylvia Earle
Oceanographer
Chief Science Adviser, One World One Ocean
Founder, Mission Blue
Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society
Oakland, California
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