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6 results for "Alvin"

ZF_2_20 Verified Oceanography

ZF_2_20 — Submarine Volcanic Ecosystems

Submarine volcanic ecosystems — biological communities thriving at hydrothermal vents, volcanic seamounts, and submarine caldera environments — represent one of the most profound biological discoveries of the 20th centur

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ZF_3_12 Verified Oceanography

ZF_3_12 — Submarines, Submersibles, and the History of Ocean Exploration

The history of ocean exploration technology spans from the earliest diving bells (Alexander the Great's legendary glass barrel, ~332 BCE; Halley's practical diving bell, 1690) to full-ocean-depth human-occupied vehicles

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ZF_5_01 Verified Oceanography

ZF_5_01 — Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and Ocean Exploration Technology

Ocean exploration technology — from early human-occupied submersibles to modern autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) — has progressively opened the deep ocean to scientific investigation, driving transformative discover

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ZB_5_28 Verified Ecology & Biology

ZB_5_28 — Photosynthesis: Light Harvesting, Carbon Fixation, and the Bioenergetic Foundation of Life

Photosynthesis — the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms — is the bioenergetic foundation of virtually all life on Earth, fixing approximately 120 billion tonnes of carbon annually and pro

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Y_1_12 Credible Altered States

Y_1_12 — Salvia Divinorum: Mazatec Sage and Kappa-Opioid Visionary

Salvia divinorum ("diviner's sage") is a psychoactive plant of the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to the cloud forests of the Sierra Mazateca in Oaxaca, Mexico, where it has been used for centuries by Mazatec healers and

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R_1_08 Verified Biology & Evolution

R_1_08 — Photosynthesis — The Reaction That Made Complex Life Possible

Photosynthesis — the conversion of light energy into chemical energy — is arguably the most consequential biochemical innovation in Earth's history. Oxygenic photosynthesis, evolved by cyanobacteria approximately 2.4–3.0

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