why has no one explored the deep sea's, could we live there?

Question

we have searched space, we know that we can live on mars if we had to, why not the oceans, o.k we don't know whats down there, why not use the technology to find out

Answer 1

Parts of the deep sea have been explored. Bathyspheres and robotic submarines have gone down and explored deep sections to the limits of their ability to withstand the compression from the high pressure.

It is a tough place to live because of the logistics. With its high pressure it is equivalent to trying to live ins space with its zero pressure. Getting things back and forth and living in a closed world is very tough.

The Internet rumor is that there are spy listening stations manned by NSA spy operatives that are located in some of the deep canyons of the oceans to be able to track submarines and pick up undersea cable data/voice communiations.

Answer 2

The deep seas are at least as hostile as outer space and a good deal more difficult to explore. It would probably be possible to live in shallow water if we were suitably protected but to live in the ocean depths is well beyond any technology we have at the moment or are likely to acquire in the foreseeable future.

The first problem is the enormous pressures found at great depths. At the surface the atmospheric pressure is about 15 pounds per square but this increases by about 1 atmosphere for every 10 metres depth increase so at the average ocean depth of about 4000 metres the pressure will equal about 400 atmospheres or 6000 pounds per square inch.

Very few submersibles will tolerate pressures like this particularly as some sort of observation window is required for the crew. At the bottom of some of the deeper ocean trenched the pressure is more like 15,000 pounds per square inch.

Then there is the problem of visibility. Even if suitably strong submersibles are available the crew can only be provided with very small observation ports because of the pressure. Very little light penetrates below about 500 metres so the ocean floor is pitch black apart from any bio-luminescence that may be present. The submersible will have lights but they won't penetrate very far.

The only practical way of mapping the sea floor is from the surface or by using satelites but they don't explore the depths in sufficient detail to pick out the weird and wonderful life forms to be found there.

Some deep sea submersibles are available and quite a bit of exploration has taken place. No doubt if more funds were available, more could be done but the difficulties are immense and it will be a very long time before we can truly claim to know what lies at the bottom of the oceans..

Answer 3

Sure its possible to do it. The problem is that the cost is prohibitive and it would serve no function. The deep oceans are basically deserts. There is very little life down there, with the exception of the deep ocean vents. There is no light. All food, water and everything else would have to be transported down at ruinous cost. The pressures are so extreme that anything we could build would constantly be in danger of collapse. This does not seem to be a particularly good use for public funds. The same problem exists with Mars. Mars is every bit as useless as the deep sea floor. Granted there is sunlight there but shipping costs and distances are astronomical. There is no shortage of land on earth where air is free, you can walk around outside in the sun, and you are free of the constant danger of being reduced to a gelatinous goo.

Answer 4

We haven't explored the deep seas simply because we don't have the technology to get down there with the immense pressure that would be experienced. Scientists have yet to develop a way to reach the deepest parts of the ocean and thus so much is still unknown. I doubt we could live there because of the pressure and the lack of energy e.g. a light source.

Answer 5

Technology is allowing us to delve deeper and deeper into the ocean, however up until recently pressure has limited the depths we could reach. Developers of deep sea explorering apparatus have designed a spherical submarine which can withstand huge amounts of pressure. However this submarine is unmanned and has to be controlled from elsewhere, thus making it difficult to explore extensive amounts of the ocean.

It would be impossible to live in the deep sea because the pressure exerted on our bodies would make us incapable of breathing.

Answer 6

No, we could not live on the bottom. Not enough waves of light penetrate through the water, thus there is no sunlight. Also, food sources would run low and pressure would be impossible for humans or todays technology. Though we have explored a fair amount we have a long way befor we consider living there.

Answer 7

It might happen in your lifetime but not mine. The exploration has begun. I've handled items myself on the ocean floor that slipped past the reach of sunlight in 1943. Rivers in Eastern Europe are presently the focus of artifact interests. South America is harvesting timber underwater. The North Sea has miles of laid pipe to provide petrol. Select a future.

Answer 8

The abyss as they the deeps eas has been explored by robotic subarrines with camera and sample grabbers on robot arms and collecting baskets. ALVIN was the first robotic submarine to seplore the bayss. we van't live there-the pressure is to high we'd explode, there is no light, and very little food that is called marine snow drifts don from the upper layers of water in the form of uneaten leftovers (detritus).All life is adopetd to these conditions is white in color and are very big in size (sprerm whales who are on the top of the food chain along with the gigantic squid,many weird different lloking animals including jellyfish, etc). Way to dangerous in all areas to live down there.

Answer 9

We do know the deep sea is not a very good place to live.

We are exploring it but costs rival the cost of exploring space and benifits do jot justify it.

We have vehicles that can go the depth.

Answer 10

We have explored the deep sea but to have a permanent base would be expensive and dangerous.