The deep sea is one of the last truly mysterious locales on the Earth, and scientists are always finding strange new things down there.
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Deep-Sea Brine Lake Dubbed ‘Jacuzzi of Despair’
Scientists have found an alien, inhospitable world not in the far reaches of the galaxy, but on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
Video: Meet the deep-sea squid with one glowing eye
The team aboard the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) research vessel Doc Ricketts has a new gadget in their ocean-science arsenal: an array of blue
Holographic imaging of marine snow
At Henry Ruhl’s blog on their research on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, he discusses imaging marine snow. Head over and visit a great blog
RV Falkor Hydrothermal Vent livestream – April 29, 2016
UPDATE: if you missed the Fiji deep-sea hydrothermal vent education Live Dive event on April 29th, the recording is now available online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiEGIqwciVA&feature=youtu.be Schmidt Ocean
GeoLog | Methane seeps – oases in the deep Arctic Ocean
Carbonate reef on Vestnesa Ridge. Four sea spiders are crawling around the carbonates and snails are scattered over the seafloor. Credit:CAGE The deep Arctic
CRAB SWARM!
New write up at Deep-Sea News on Pineda J, Cho W, Starczak V, Govindarajan AF, Guzman HM, Girdhar Y, Holleman RC, Churchill J, Singh H, Ralston
DOSI Webinar on Deep-sea Genetic Resources
The recording from December’s DOSI webinar has now been posted online: Deep-sea Genetic Resources: Governance, Science and Stewardship (click link to download video) INDEEP-DOSI and
Nautilus Expedition Patch Design Contest for Children
Children ages six to fourteen (6-14) are eligible to submit original artwork to be considered for the official Nautilus Expedition Patch that will be worn by
The Deep Ocean Under Climate Change
Please see link to special section of Science with articles about climate and oceans. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/350/6262/721.full?utm_campaign=email-sci-toc&et_rid=35071002&et_cid=89899 Of particular interest to INDEEP and DOSI is the