Scripps Oceanography Scientists are set to take their deepest dive yet. Scientists will travel more than 16,000 feet down to explore how methane is impacting our marine life and how it could even help climate change above the surface. It's currently sitting off the coast of Point Loma. It was named after an engineer and geophysicist who helped pioneer research expeditions like this. Since its launch in 1964, Alvin has made more than 5,000 dives, giving more than 14,000 scientists and engineers rare access to the ocean floor. "This mission is going to usher in a new era of ocean exploration," Tim Shank said, who is a Biologist for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The expedition will bring two scientists and one pilot to some of the deepest parts of the ocean humans have ever travelled. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/scripps-scientists-embark-deep-sea-expedition/509-c555f7f7-77b9-43ce-9659-6fff52ffc63c