
Smologies #24: SHIPWRECKS with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Importance of Pressure in the Ocean
In the late 1800s, electromagnetic radiation was used to communicate Morse code wirelessly from ships and lighthouses. Another ship heard her calls and saved some of the 700 survivors,. Although 1500 lives were lost to the sea off New Finland, 12,600 feet deep. The world record for deepest dive of a human hits 330 meters or around a thousand feet. And with the recent shipwreck news, I thought this might be a good place to chime in about something that comes up a lot when we talk about being down where it's wetter - pressure.
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