Source: Mongabay
Author: Catherine Morris
Researchers at the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) have been mapping the deep waters at the northern end of the Bahamian archipelago for many years, but their efforts got a boost recently when they partnered with state-of-the-art research vessel M/V Alucia.
Continue reading Underwater tech unlocks the secrets of The Bahamas’ Exuma Sound
Source: Yale Environment 360
Scientists have discovered a massive deep-sea coral reef stretching at least 85 miles long off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. The previously unknown reef sits in complete darkness about a half-mile below the ocean surface and is teeming with Lophelia pertusa, a stony coral species, and a variety of other hard and soft corals, several news outlets reported.
Continue reading Scientists Find a Massive Deep Sea Reef Off the U.S. East Coast
Source: Ecowatch
Author: Center for Biological Diversity
At least 65 California cities and counties have taken action opposing new fossil fuel leasing in the Pacific Ocean since President Trump proposed a massive expansion of drilling in federal waters last year. That ongoing campaign now represents communities with 21.3 million Californians—more than half the state’s population.
Continue reading 65 California Cities, Counties Oppose Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
Source: Irish Mirror
Author: Niall O’Connor
Irish scientists have made a ground-breaking discovery of a deep sea coral reef in the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: The Inertia
There are a whole pile of things that go on in the ocean that we don’t know about. Weird fish, strange behaviors, The Bloop, and with any luck, giant sea monsters. That’s why the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research is running Windows to the Deep 2018, an undersea exploration mission that routinely documents some extraordinary stuff.
Continue reading Watch This Incredible Footage of a Lightning-Fast Deep Sea Predator
Source: MIT Technology Review
Conamix, a little-known startup based in Ithaca, New York, has raised several million dollars to accelerate its development of cobalt-free materials for lithium-ion batteries, the latest sign that companies are eager to find alternatives to the increasingly rare and expensive metal.
Continue reading A freshly funded battery startup aims to ease the cobalt crunch
Source: EurekAlert!
Author: Penn State
Degradation rates of oil were slower in the dark and cold waters of the depths of the Gulf of Mexico than at surface conditions, according to an international team of geoscientists trying to understand where the oil went during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Continue reading Oil biodegradation inhibited in deep-sea sediments
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
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
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
