Questions (18):
- Werner De Waele: What can cold-water corals tell us about the quality (and perhaps pollution) of the water? [answer]
- Kim Blervacq: About the mohawk, how much pressure can it take under water? Does the coral ever die without being destroyed?? [answer]
- Kim Karim: I have always been interested in science and animals so the day I found out that cold-water corals were live animals I got pretty excited. My question is this: can we(humans) give alternate food to these beings so that they do not grow extinct since the fishers are exceeding the limits and fishing away ALL the fish. And if so would we do it or would we give our attention to other species first? [answer]
- Drikus Kuyper: What impact would the disappearance of cold-water corals have on the marine life in the area? Are there many species of marine life dependant on the corals for breeding and/or feeding grounds or shelter? [answer]
- Pieter Vanden Daele: We've learned about warm-water and cold-water corals. Warm-water corals live in warm and shallow waters, cold-water corals in cold and deep water. Are there other species of coral living in other circumstances for example in front of the coasts of England where the water is cold and shallow, and if not, why? [answer]
- Henri: how can these cold-water corals grow, if there isn't any sunlight? [answer]
- Harm Vervoort: I am a student of Miss Eggermont and she told us about the expedition to the deepsea coral reefs, but I still have a specific question about the deepsea coral reefs: Can these reefs or other living beings survive in depths lower than 1000m (For example: the Mariana Trench) and is it possible to get there with a ROV or another oceanographic research ship? [answer]
- Robin Zartos: "The fauna and flora of the North Sea and the Northeast Atlantic ocean is probably considerably influenced by the proximity of the Gulf Stream. The current change of climate due to the global warming of the earth and the pollution of the seas and oceans, probably cause some changes in the Gulf Stream. What is the influence of this on the recently discovered cold coral reefs in the Northeast Atlantic ocean?" [answer]
- Margo Diricks: Can you do something about the threats to the coral-reefs or are you just going to explore them? How can the submarine resist against the enormous pressure in the water? [answer]
- Andre: Did you have any troubles during the expedition? What was it and what did you do? [answer]
- Nathan Burssens: I was wondering what you are looking for in those Cold-Water Coral Reefs, or are you trying to explain why they don't need the sun to survive? Are the cold-water coral reefs so different from warm-water coral reefs accept they need the sun to survive? [answer]
- Lynn Mogensen: In class we have seen the three cold-watercorals which are the most common in the area you will be examinating and I was very interested so maybe you could tell us a bit more about them and the ones you will see when we talk to you over the internet. The answer to that question in one you can prepare before you leave with the Belgica but I have another one which you can only answer once you have almost finished the expedition (the 20th of june) and the thing I would like to know is if you will have discovered an new or rare kind of cold-water coral and a bit more information about it. I hope you'll do me the honor to answer my question and I wish you the best of luck during the expedition. [answer]
- Thomas Meerschaut: If the ROV is diving at a depth of 2000 meters and its system has crashed so you can't control it. How will you get the ROV back to the surface? [answer]
- Jens Grillet: Does the light from the ROV affect the corals? Because they live on a depth where there is no light. What is the contribution of the cold-water corals for the nature (ocean, fishes, etc...) Would it be a big loss if there were no cold-water corals? What would change or what would not be? Are they important for the nature ? [answer]
- Eveline Kerckhof: What makes the MOHAWK Cherokee resistent to the huge pressure when diving at 2 km depth ? [answer]
- Neil Koen: I was wondering: if cold-water corals are so important for the ocean, wouldn't it be possible to generate them under certain circumstances in labaratories to restore from their damage of human activity? and when they are developed enough to put them back into the ocean. or is the ocean something so unique you really need to let those creatures develop in their natural habitat? [answer]
- Anneleen: How do the animals from the deep stand the high presure? [answer]
- Elke Blansaer: our teacher (Mevr Eggermont) gave us the task to ask you a very good question. That's not that easy because I don't know a lot of cold-water corals. But I'm very curious why you are interested in them. Why do you want to do this expedition? What makes them so interesting? Belgium doesn't spend for no reason so much money for something that means nothing. I'm sorry for my bad english, it's hard to express myself. [answer]
