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A team of scientists has reportedly broken the record for drilling the deepest ocean hole in history.

A crew in Japan has set the record for the deepest sea drilling and the deepest sub-sea level sample after recovering a 37-meter-long (121 feet) sediment core from a site on the seabed just over 8 kilometers (5 miles) below sea level. The research vessel KAIMEI set the record on the morning of May 14, 2021, at a site in the Japan Trench in the Western Pacific, according to an announcement on the project’s blog. The previous record was set in 1978 when the drilling vessel Glomar Challenger recovered a sediment core from the seabed at 7-kilometers (4.3 miles) water depth in the Mariana Tr...

cillig@altoonamirror.com Michael Strasser has served as superintendent of the Cambria Heights School District since 2009. He will wrap up his 37-year teaching career at the end of this school year. PATTON — Michael Strasser has faced numerous challenges throughout his 37-year teaching career. But of all the obstacles he has faced, arguably none have been more difficult than COVID-19. Entering the final weeks of his career in public education, Strasser reflected on the stressful yet rewarding journey he has witnessed. “To see the teachers, students and parents rise to the challenge when c...

cillig@altoonamirror.com PATTON — Recognizing the rapid decline in the number of volunteer firefighters, the Cambria Heights School District took action Tuesday to help retain and recruit volunteers. After a unanimous vote from school board members, the district will now be able to provide up to a $200 tax credit to eligible volunteer firefighters within the district. “We are really excited to give back and provide some type of reward for those that put everything on the line,” Superintendent Michael Strasser said. “We hope this can help our volunteers with their recruitment and reten...

Tracking giant earth­quakes in the Ring of Fire 11.03.2021 Many processes behind giant earthquakes are still not understood. Ten years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake in Japan, an international team aims to unravel the sedimentary archive of past earthquakes in the Japan Trench. Michael Strasser from the Sedimentary Geology Working Group is one of the scientific leaders of the deep sea-expedition in the framework of the IODP. Image: Research vessel Kaimei. (Credit: JAMSTEC) Exactly ten years ago today, on 11 March 2011, Japan was unexpectedly struck by one of the most severe earthqua...