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Ocean Explorer Jacques Coustu Research Paper

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The Ocean Nearly 70 % of the earth is under or in the oceans and only 5% of the oceans on earth have been explored, in the past we didn’t have very many things that could withstand the extreme pressure, the very cold temperatures, and the very bad darkness. Throughout time people and scientists have developed different technology to explore the earth’s great waters. In the 1940’s, ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau helped invent the Aqualung. This device allowed divers to breathe under water. The Aqualung was a metal oxygen tank attached to a breathing tube that controlled the flow of oxygen. Scientists have since improved this and it is now known as SCUBA. Even the most experienced scuba divers can go down only 130 feet for 10 minutes. To

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