Floating aquatic laboratory will study ocean 12:0 am a day
The French architect Jacques Rougerie has designed a floating aquatic laboratory with a capacity to help marine biologists to discover some of the secrets of the ocean. The boat is called SeaOrbiter and its construction begins May 31, 2014, according to the website of the project.Two-thirds of the 51 meter infrastructure will be under water, giving it a privileged view of the ocean. Inside, between 18 and 22 marine biologists may study ecosystems and fish at any time of the day or night.The lab weighs tons and will work solely with solar energy, wave and wind power. With so many possibilities and functionalities, the price triggers: €39,2 million ($ 120 million), a value funded by NASA and the European Space Agency.According to Rougerie, Sea Orbiter will have a system for collecting fish for pelagic ecosystem studies, biodiversity of plankton and fishing quotas. Despite only next year see the light of day, the project was conceived and designed for 12 years. Rougerie, however, built his first House in underwater 1977, before moving on to the concept of L'hippocampe, a scientific base suspended in water, in 1981."The Sea Orbiter will be the only boat in the world that allows an exploration 12:0 am a day in long-term missions," said Rougerie. "You can also become an essential tool in the global oceans exploration and an useful study to understand the link between global warming and the oceans, which absorb a quarter of all carbon emissions," concluded the French.See some of the photos of the project.
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