#underground ocean

Setiap hari, selalu ada fenomena sains dan teknologi di sekitar kita yang membuat takjub. Termasuk juga dua pekan ini. Dikutip dari Popular Science, Beranda Inovasi merangkum 5 fenomena sainstek yang paling menakjubkan pekan ini. (more…)

Underground Ocean-I See Through You

Worcester's fast rising indie rockers Undergroud Ocean follow up recent single Get Me Out with a brand new track entitled I See Through You. Once again produced by Gavin Monaghan the powerful four-piece prove the debut single was no mere one off, as the band deliver another contagious blast of infectious stadium ready rock.

The track is introduced by a torrent of drums and driving riffs before frontman Stuart Mcdonnell delivers a stunning, emotion packed croon before the band rev up towards an instant punchy chorus over the aforementioned flurry of drums and riffs as the band flex their muscles creating a dense wall of sound, whilst retaining an all important accessible melody, bringing to mind the  Design For Life era Manics.

Much like the band's debut, I See Through You is a track destined to be blasted out at the biggest of arenas and if Underground Ocean continue in the same vein it wouldn't be too much of a surprise to see the band climb towards that goal, so with that in mind I suggest you catch them now, whilst you can anywhere close to the band.

Underground Ocean have released a new single ‘Get Me Out’. (more…)

Underground Ocean’s debut single, Get Me Out, was released today! It’s a great song that we are loving here at TKOS HQ. You can buy it on ITunes here

The guys have a couple of live dates happening next month, check out our gig listings for more info on that.

While you’re downloading the track, why not give the video a watch below?

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Underground Ocean-Get Me Out

Underground Ocean are a Worcester based raucous alternative indie rock four-piece, that formed only back last year, but having honed their sound, are set to make a massive splash with their debut, Gavin Monaghan (The Twang, Enemy, etc) produced single, Get Me Out.

The track is the first to be lifted from a number of sessions recorded at Magic Garden studios (with another single and five track EP to be released later in the year) and serves as an incredible statement of intent, like all good debuts should, Get Me Out instantly grabs at the attention with a howl of feedback, before an infectious riff and a driving bass take over to create a powerful and contagious slice of alternative rock. Lead vocalist Scott Mcdonnell possesses an impressive set of pipes that are both melodic and powerful, whilst the middle break down allows drummer, Lee Evans to explore his kit as the band suggest a more aggressive undercurrent waiting to be tapped, suggesting further fireworks in the future.

If Get Me Out is anything to judge on, Underground Ocean already have it all in place, an addictive stadium ready sound, killer hooks and attitude, if the band manage to continue in this vein they might have to think of a name, because there's no way they'll be staying underground for long.

On an upgradable ship, with a hold filled with materials, you are a captain, and you will cruise the Unterzee, a dark underground ocean, docking at numerous strange, threatening (life-saving?) ports. At each, you're consulted with detailed message, a few options (the results which might depend upon your statistics and also resources) as well as the possibility to collect sources, both bodily and non.

One of the most appealing points regarding Sea is that you select your victory condition. At the beginning of each journey, you can decide on not simply a past history for your captain that gives a perk to beginning statistics, but likewise a passion. These variety from wide range to an individual quest to locate your daddy's continues to bes, but all fit within a basic objective: to discover, and collect resources.

All sources, from smuggled dog crates of souls to "zee-ztories," are stood for by cards. Each action requires a certain set of cards, if you don't have the right collection, you're shown exactly what you require. In chasing rarer sources, nevertheless, it's important not to forget to keep food and gas, as well as minimize "terror," which enhances as you head into the drab midsts.

There are lots of means to die on the Unterzee. When that does occur, you'll see the legacy system. With each fatality, you choose how your new captain is connected to the previous for a starting perk: a shipmate gets to maintain a policeman, a correspondent obtains your graph ...

This system does minimize the aggravation of fatality, yet as your line of captains maintains expertise so do you, and while the map could alter between captains, each dock has the very same story to tell. After a few plays, you'll quit checking out, making use of acquainted anchors totally as locations to input resource x as well as receive source y. Since also the battle is memorizing-- sea creatures are rapid yet weak, and also you could secure any type of ship-- the technicians alone are not nearly enough to maintain passion. That claimed, the globe and its tales are so different, it'll take a while to obtain aged, specifically considered that for a great few hrs (and deaths) there will continue to be lots of anchors you have actually yet to visit.

Melissa Davey, The Guardian, 12 June 2014

After decades of searching scientists have discovered that a vast reservoir of water, enough to fill the Earth’s oceans three times over, may be trapped hundreds of miles beneath the surface, potentially transforming our understanding of how the planet was formed.

The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories.

“Geological processes on the Earth’s surface, such as earthquakes or erupting volcanoes, are an expression of what is going on inside the Earth, out of our sight,” Jacobsen said.

“I think we are finally seeing evidence for a whole-Earth water cycle, which may help explain the vast amount of liquid water on the surface of our habitable planet. Scientists have been looking for this missing deep water for decades.”

Jacobsen and his colleagues are the first to provide direct evidence that there may be water in an area of the Earth’s mantle known as the transition zone. They based their findings on a study of a vast underground region extending across most of the interior of the US.

Ringwoodite acts like a sponge due to a crystal structure that makes it attract hydrogen and trap water.

If just 1% of the weight of mantle rock located in the transition zone was water it would be equivalent to nearly three times the amount of water in our oceans, Jacobsen said.

The study used data from the USArray, a network of seismometers across the US that measure the vibrations of earthquakes, combined with Jacobsen’s lab experiments on rocks simulating the high pressures found more than 600km underground.

It produced evidence that melting and movement of rock in the transition zone--hundreds of kilometres down, between the upper and lower mantles--led to a process where water could become fused and trapped in the rock.

The discovery is remarkable because most melting in the mantle was previously thought to occur at a much shallower distance, about 80km below the Earth’s surface.

Icy Enceladus hides a watery ocean Alexandra Witze, Nature News & Comment 03 April 2014

A body of water as wide as Lake Superior and as deep as the Mariana Trench bolsters search for life on Saturn moon. 

Planetary scientists have found an ocean buried beneath the south pole of the Saturnian moon Enceladus by studying tiny anomalies in the flybys of the Cassini spacecraft. The discovery, which helps to explain earlier observations of geysers, makes Enceladus only the fourth Solar System body found to have a water ocean — making it a potential cradle for life.

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