Source: Hakai Magazine
Author: Richard Kemeny
Tracking data shows a great white shark diving deep into the open ocean.
Continue reading The Deep-Sea Adventures of Lydia the Great White Shark
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Source: PhysOrg
Author: Bob Yirka
A pair of researchers at Peking University has found evidence that suggests liquid CO2 could be safely sequestered in deep sea sediments. In their paper posted on the open access site Science Advances, Yihua Teng and Dongxiao Zhang describe a model they built to mimic CO2 injections beneath the ocean floor and what it showed.
Continue reading Model suggests sequestering CO2 in deep sea sediments might be viable option
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Source: Mongabay
Author: Bhanu Sridharan
Plastic water bottles and snack-food packaging have made their way to the deepest parts of the world’s oceans, drifting to depths of nearly 11,000 meters (36,100 feet), according to a new study published in Marine Policy.
Continue reading The plastic crisis sinks to a new low in the deep sea
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Fueling a deep-sea ecosystem: Surprisingly productive microbes are a key source of food in the abyss
Source: Phys Org
Author: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Miles beneath the ocean’s surface in the dark abyss, vast communities of subseafloor microbes at deep-sea hot springs are converting chemicals into energy that allows deep-sea life to survive—and even thrive—in a world without sunlight. Until now, however, measuring the productivity of subseafloor microbe communities—or how fast they oxidize chemicals and the amount of carbon they produce—has been nearly impossible.
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Source: The Irish Times
Author: Lorna Siggins
A deep sea mountain landscape marked by “catastrophic” rock avalanches and giant boulder fields has been mapped by an international team of scientists on the State’s research ship RV Celtic Explorer.
Continue reading Scientists explore deep sea landscape off the west of Ireland
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Fisheries, environmental, and Indigenous organizations announced the launch of a music video “Guardians of Tariuq” starring school children from Nunavut and celebrating the protection of special places in the deep waters off the coast of Nunavut and Labrador
Continue reading Nunavut kids star in music video to help protect the Arctic
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Source: The Irish Times
Author: Michael Viney
There are many strange-shaped sharks in the world, but a big fish native to big sandy bays on Ireland’s west coast is among the least shark-like of all.
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Source: EcoWatch
Author: Nathan Johnson
The deep sea might be cold and dark, but it’s not barren. Down here, an incredible diversity of corals shelters young fish like grouper, snapper and rockfish. Sharks, rays and other species live and feed here their whole lives.
Continue reading Ignoring Deep-Sea Corals Is Risky for the Oceans, and for Us
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Source: EurekAlert!
Kumamoto University
A new species of microcrustacean (Stygiopontius ) was collected from a submarine hot spring (hydrothermal vent) of a volcanic seamount (Myojin-sho caldera) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. This crustacean group lives only around deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the central Atlantic or eastern Pacific Oceans. The new species is the first of its kind discovered in Japanese waters. Reina Senokuchi, a Kumamoto University student, was the first to make the discovery saying, “When I realized that it might be a new species, I was both delighted and very surprised. I couldn’t believe it was true.”
Continue reading Japanese student discovers new crustacean species in deep sea hydrothermal vent
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Source: National Geographic
Author: Sarah Gibbens
The underwater footage shows a rare look at the thriving deep-sea life contained in the Gulf of Mexico’s dark depths.
Continue reading This ‘Secret Garden’ of Coral May Be 1,000 Years Old