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In the first ROV survey of Argentina's Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon, scientists found litter, mostly plastic and fishing gear, down to 3,814 meters. Canyons act as funnels, channeling our waste into the deep, where it barely degrades and can entangle marine life.

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September 25, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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New research led by @seaprinceaaron.bsky.social shows that 30 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras are found in areas proposed for deep-sea mining, and nearly two-thirds are already threatened with extinction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.019

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November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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#URIGSO Ph.D. student Vanessa Jimenez joined a cruise exploring #hydrothermalvents at the Eastern Pacific Rise (9°50’N) using #DSVAlvin! With Lehigh's @jillmcdermott.bsky.social, she studied chemosymbiotic life—like Alvinellid & Tevnia worms—and vent geochemistry changes. 🔬🌊 🧪 🦑 #DeepSeaScience
Vanessa on the deck of the vessel with DSV Alvin.
March 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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On our last expedition to Antarctica, we found an abundance of Crinoids 1800 meters deep, also commonly known as Sea Lilies!

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#AntarcticResearch #DeepSeaScience
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Hi Bluesky science community 👋 I'm new here after migrating from the app that shall not be named. I'm a PhD researcher in deep-sea ecotoxicology—interested in all the weird and wonderful things in the deep sea. Excited to connect, share insights, and learn from this community. #DeepSeaScience
November 14, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Scientists discovered 24 new deep-sea species and a new branch of life in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. With most species still undescribed, decisions about deep-sea mining risk being made before we know what’s there.

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Deep-sea creatures in various colors displayed on a black background. Text reads: “Science Spotlight: 24 new species and a new branch of life discovered in the deep sea.” Logos of Science News and Deep Sea Conservation Coalition are present. Credit: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
April 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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The SCIMPI production space is all set up and ready for action.

#SCIMPI #OceanTech #BehindTheScenes #MarineEngineering #DeepSeaScience #seafloormonitoring
July 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The drill rig on board the L/B Robert that will drill holes 350 meters below the seafloor to take samples and install SCIMPI for long term monitoring.

#SCIMPI #OceanTech #BehindTheScenes #MarineEngineering #DeepSeaScience #SeafloorMonitoring
July 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Dive into this deep-sea mystery!🔎Scientists at
@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social found unknown, long, white siliceous filaments on a scalpellid and a sponge. These filaments are not part of the organisms! Can you help identify them? #MarineMystery #DeepSeaScience @univmiami.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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SCIMPI is a long-term sub-seafloor monitoring system that lowers the cost of marine hydrogeology research. By adapting to borehole findings and being installable while on station, it reduces ship time, return visits, and ROV use changing how we explore the deep.

#SCIMPI #OceanTech #DeepSeaScience
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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The snailfish is the deepest-living fish ever found, at over 8,000 m below the surface.

Soft, scaleless, and nearly transparent, it survives crushing pressure and freezing temperatures, proof that life can thrive even in the most extreme environments.

#DeepSeaWonders #DeepSeaScience
Promotional image for Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and Schmidt Ocean Institute featuring a close-up of a snailfish with a vibrant orange, ruffled body, entitled 'Deep Sea Wonders'.
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Setting out into the #ArcticOcean! 🌊❄️ Ingvild and Morgane are two of the researchers aboard the RV Kronprins Haakon which just left Svalbard on a research cruise to the Arctic. Here they are getting temperature sensors ready. 🌡️🔬🚢 #ArcticResearch #deepseascience
November 27, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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This photo is from our first-ever deployment back in 2013. Today, we begin the journey to deploy our next-gen system in support of IODP Expedition 501.

More updates soon from the ship.

#SCIMPI #OceanTech #BehindTheScenes #MarineEngineering #DeepSeaScience #seafloormonitoring
July 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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🌊Meet Dexter Davis and Maeva Perez

Two incredible scientists turning deep-sea discovery into art.

Together, they’re creating a community poster celebrating the invertebrates of Western Pacific seamounts.

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🎨 Dexter is a deep-sea and polar benthic ecologist who’s studied larval dispersal around methane seeps and hydrothermal vents. He now SCUBA dives at methane seeps in Antarctica! Through scientific illustration, he brings fragile underwater habitats to life, raising awareness and inspiring protection for the species that call them home. 🧭 Maeva is a deep-sea biologist exploring molecular evolution and the partnerships between invertebrates and their symbiotic bacteria. She recently descended in a deep-sea submersible to a newly explored Western Pacific seamount and can’t wait to share the stunning communities they encountered.
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Industrial fishing has been depleting the ocean's twilight zone for decades, largely unnoticed and almost entirely unregulated. A new study finds that midwater fish critical to food webs & carbon storage have been heavily exploited in plain sight. #deepseascience
https://bit.ly/4vGbdbP
A tangled mass of blue and white fishing nets fills the background. Overlaid text reads: “Science Spotlight: The ocean’s twilight zone has been fished for decades. We’re only just realising what that means.” The logo for Deep Sea Conservation Coalition is at the bottom.
July 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Record-breaking, ultra-high energy “ghost particle” found underwater: Scientists detected a record-breaking, ultra-high-energy "ghost particle," neutrino named km3-230213a, with an underwater telescope.

#GhostParticle #Neutrinos #Astrophysics #DeepSeaScience #ScientificDiscovery #EarthDotCom #Earth
Record-breaking, ultra-high energy "ghost particle" found underwater
Scientists detected a record-breaking, ultra-high-energy "ghost particle," neutrino named km3-230213a, with an underwater telescope.
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February 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🌊Meet this awesome ArtSea Matchmaking duo 🌊

Guided by Jeremy’s expertise, Cat will create visuals that can support both scientific understanding and public
appreciation.

#sciart #artseamatchmaking #scientificillustration #deepsea #coralreef #deepseascience #marinebiodiversity #scicomm
✨ A collaboration that will reveal the hidden beauty of black corals ✨ 🎨 Cassidy Cat is a New England–born illustrator whose early years spent roaming the rural woods sparked a lasting love for the natural world. She earned her BS in Zoology and a minor in Studio Art from Oregon State University, followed by specialized training in the Science Illustration graduate program at CSUMB. Cat’s work blends scientific accuracy with visual storytelling to help make science accessible to broader audiences. 🔬 Jeremy Jeremy is a Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution where he studies the taxonomy and evolutionary history of the coral order Antipatharia (black corals). 🤝 Together Black corals rarely get the detailed illustrations they deserve, especially when it comes to the tiny structures that matter for taxonomy. That’s why illustrator Cat and researcher Jeremy Horowitz are collaborating on a series that highlights these features in a new way. Guided by Horowitz’s expertise, Cat’s artwork will capture the spines, polyps, and branching patterns that define this deep-sea coral group, creating visuals that can support both scientific understanding and public appreciation.
December 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Two-thirds of the world’s hydrothermal vent molluscs are now threatened with extinction, a new IUCN Red List assessment reveals, driven by the threat of deep-sea mining.

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Poster titled "Science Spotlight" from the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition highlighting the risk of extinction faced by snails, clams, and limpets found at hydrothermal vents due to deep-sea mining. Background features an image of deep-sea snails in shades of orange and brown.
July 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Record-breaking neutrino spotted deep in the Mediterranean sea: Scientists detected an ultra-high-energy neutrino in the Mediterranean Sea using KM3NeT. This particle likely comes from space events.

#Neutrinos #Astrophysics #ParticlePhysics #DeepSeaScience #ScientificDiscovery #EarthDotCom #Earth
Record-breaking neutrino spotted deep in the Mediterranean sea
Scientists detected an ultra-high-energy neutrino in the Mediterranean Sea using KM3NeT. This particle likely comes from space events.
www.earth.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Why Do Anglerfish Males Fuse to Females? The Shocking Truth

Male anglerfish permanently fuse with females, sharing blood vessels and eventually losing eyes, fins, and reproductive organs This extreme parasitic mating stra...

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Why Do Anglerfish Males Fuse to Females? The Shocking Truth
Male anglerfish permanently fuse with females, sharing blood vessels and eventually losing eyes, fins, and reproductive organs This extreme parasitic mating strategy evolved in deep-sea environments w
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July 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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🌊 MARUM's Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) explore oceans worldwide, uncovering unique habitats and fascinating marine life. Each dive reveals amazing deep-sea moments! Dive in with us ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN6K...

🌐🤖 #DeepSeaScience #MarineScience #ROV #OceanDiscovery #Tauchen
Deep Sea Moments - New Shorts Series (Trailer)
Die Tauchroboter des MARUM sind weltweit in allen Ozeanen im Einsatz. Auf dem Weg in die Tiefsee und am Grund der Meere entdecken die Forschenden mit Hilfe d...
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May 27, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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New study uncovers how #Anglerfish (Lophiiformes) adapted to thrive in the extreme depths of the #bathypelagiczone, revealing stunning diversity in these bioluminescent hunters. 🌌🐟 #DeepSeaScience #MarineBiology #MarineLife discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
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January 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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1/2 Science Spotlight ✨

Another reminder that life in the deep sea continues to push the boundaries of biology, revealing adaptations we are only just beginning to discover and understand.

📚 Read the study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx2596

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March 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Wrapping up the BAIT project 🎯
Our latest post reflects on its impact — from practical training in Cabo Verde to growing deep-sea research networks across Africa.
🌍🌊 Read more: challenger150.world/building-loc...
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Building Local Expertise: Training the Next Generation of Deep-Sea Scientists in Africa - Challenger 150
The BAIT project in Cabo Verde trained African scientists in low-cost deep-sea monitoring, laying the groundwork for long-term research and regional leadership.
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May 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Dominica’s volcanic vents release methane that fuels deep-sea bacterial communities. These microbes form the base of entire ecosystems that survive without sunlight, revealing how geology and biology interact in the Caribbean’s hidden underwater world.

#Dominica #DeepSeaScience #EPICCaribbeanTrivia
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM