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In the years after the HMS Challenger set sail from Portsmouth, England, in 1872, researchers made discoveries that laid the foundation of the science of oceanography. These scientists couldn't have imagined that more than a century later, almost anyone can discover secrets of the sea -- even if he or she lives thousands of miles from a coastline.
On World Oceans Day, June 8th -- or anytime -- the Ocean Observatories Initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, is making the seas accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week to anyone with an Internet connection.Image credit: NSF/OOI/UW/ISS
