{"id":7080,"date":"2012-09-27T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:18:13","slug":"google-reef-mapping-project-takes-users-on-virtual-scuba-dive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/09\/27\/google-reef-mapping-project-takes-users-on-virtual-scuba-dive\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reef Mapping Project Takes Users on Virtual Scuba Dive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/09\/27\/google-reef-mapping-project-takes-users-on-virtual-scuba-dive\/google-reef-mapping-project\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"897,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Heather&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1348707412&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Google Reef Mapping Project\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Google Reef Mapping Project&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project-300x142.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7081\" title=\"Google Reef Mapping Project\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project.jpg\" alt=\"Google Reef Mapping Project\" width=\"897\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project.jpg 897w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s reef mapping project allows users to take virtual scuba dives along with the Catlin Seaview Survey scientific expedition.<\/p>\n<p>The Catlin project is mapping reefs not only to document them and the amazing diversity of life contained in a reef community, but also to inspire people to protect the reefs. Viewers can experience a coral reef dive without ever getting their feet wet (or spending lots of money on airfare and hotel).<\/p>\n<p>Many coral reefs may not be here in the next century due to <a title=\"Ocean Acidification: Some Simple Things You Can Do About It\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/06\/08\/ocean-acidification-some-simple-things-you-can-do-about-it\/\">ocean acidification<\/a> and habitat destruction, although with help, <a title=\"Study Finds Coral Reefs Recover from Climate Change Damage\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2010\/01\/14\/study-finds-coral-reefs-recover-climate-change-damage\/\">some can recover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Six underwater locations in Australia, the Philippines, and Hawaii are online at <a title=\"Google Reef Mapping Project\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\">Google Ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Google Reef Mapping Project\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\">Sea turtle in Queensland\/Google<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s reef mapping project allows users to take virtual scuba dives along with the Catlin Seaview Survey scientific expedition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[2854,475,866,1793],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Google-Reef-Mapping-Project.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}