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1、ExploringtheDeepSeaJAMESCameronisgreat,saysWangPinxian,aprofessoratTongjiUniversity’sSchoolofOceanandEarthScienceandanacademicianoftheChineseAcademyofSciences.Wang’snottalkingaboutfilmslikeAvatarandTitanic,directedbyCameron.Rather,he’sinterestedintheCanadanative’srecord-break
2、ingdivetothebottomofChallengerDeep,thedeepestpartoftheMarianaTrench,andofallearth’soceans.WhenCamerondescended10,898metersbelowsealevelonMarch26,2012,hebecamethefirstpersontocompletethedivesolo.WangPinxianmaynotbeafilmdirector,buthe’scertainlyattheforefrontofChineseoceanograp
3、hy.HischiefprojectisperfectingaChinesedesignforaonemansubmersiblecapableofreachinggreatdepths.CalledJiaolong–adragoninChinesemythology–Wang’scraftisusedformarinescientificresearch.10Fromapracticalpointofview,Wangiskeentopointoutthelinksbetweenexplorationofthesea,therichresour
4、cedepositsthatliebeneaththeseafloorandthefutureofChina’seconomicandsocietaldevelopment.Marineresearchrevealsourplanet’shistory,andgivescluestoitsfuture,hesays.“Divedownseveralthousandmetersandthesea’ssecretsrevealthemselves.Besides,wealsogettolearnalotmoreabouttheworkingsofth
5、eplanetwecallhome.”ThehighestmountainintheworldisMountChomolangma,at8,844.48meters.TheMarianaTrench,however,bottomsoutatabreathtaking11,034meters.IfMountChomolangmaweretorisefromthatdepth,youwouldneedtoplace7EiffelTowersontopofeachfromthemountain’speakjusttoreachthewater’ssur
6、face.“Theseaissomysteriousandunfathomable!”saysWang,excitedly.He’snow76yearsoldandhasbeenworkinginthefieldofoceanographyfordecades.Lastyear,WangwasawardedaRMB150million10grantbyChina’sNationalNaturalScienceFoundationtoleadaneight-yearstudyintothegeologyandbiologyoftheSouthChi
7、naSea,thelargesteversuchproject.“TheSouthChinaSeaisaMeccaforoceanographersandclimatologists,”Wangsays,addingit’sbeenhisdreamtodoresearchintheseaformanyyears.Furtherdowntheline,WanghopestheOceanDrillingProgram(ODP)willcomeforasecondtimetotheSouthChinaSeain2014.WangwantstoseeCh
8、inatakealeadinODPresearchandforChina’sowndrillingdesignstobeemployed
