Source: UConn
Author: Elaina Hancock
While seasonal holidays and associated feasts may occupy our thoughts in the coming weeks, a team of researchers including Peter Auster, UConn Marine Science Research Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Scientist at Mystic Aquarium, got a chance to be distant guest at a more primal feast rarely observed.
Continue reading Shark Feast! And Insights about Deep-Sea Carbon Sequestration
Source: EurekAlert
he deep seas – vast expanses of water and seabed hidden more than 200 metres below the ocean surface to depths up to 11,000 metres – are recognised globally as an important frontier of science and discovery.
Source: Science Alert
Author: Carly Cassella
Before we start mining for precious metals in the darkness of the deep sea, we might try switching on the light first and observing our surroundings.
Continue reading Massive Swarm of Eels Is The Most Fish Ever Recorded at The Bottom of The Ocean
Source: CBS8
Author: Neda Iranpour
There are parts of this planet that have yet to be explored, even right off the coast of Southern California. There’s an area known as “Borderlands” that’s rich in minerals and made up of deep canyons, ridges, and seamounts.
Source: The Daily Blog
A coalition of environmental groups delivered a 50,000 strong petition to Parliament today, calling on the Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts.
Continue reading 50,000-strong Petition Calls For An End To Bottom Trawling On Seamounts
Source: Forbes
Author: Liz Allen
While mercury occurs naturally in the environment, human industrial activities have rapidly increased the concentration of mercury in the world’s plants, animals, air, and seas.
Continue reading Dead Fish Are Carrying Mercury To The Deep Ocean
Source: Republik
Author: Sabrina Weiss
Valuable raw materials for batteries, wind systems and solar systems lie on the seabed. The energy transition cannot be achieved without them. Raw material companies want to mine them quickly – also with money from Switzerland. How high can the ecological price for a clean energy future be?
Source: Astrobiology Web
Microbiology professor Jim Holden, a researcher in the School of Earth and Sustainability, recently received a three-year, $441,219 grant from NASA’s Exobiology Program to study competition between different types of thermophilic, or heat-loving, microbes that live in deep-sea volcanoes called hydrothermal vents.
Continue reading Exploring Hot Deep-Sea Vents for Signs of Extreme Life
Source: ScienceAlert
Author: Michelle Starr
The bigfin squid (Magnapinna) is one of the most elusive creatures that we know.
It dwells in the permanently dark depths of the ocean and is an extremely rare sight, with only around a dozen confirmed spottings worldwide.
Continue reading Eerie Footage Captures Elusive Deep-Sea Squid Near Australia For The First Time
Source: CNN
Author: Ben Westcott
China has broken its own record for deepest manned dive into the world’s oceans, sinking an estimated 10,909 meters (35,790 feet) into the Mariana Trench, state-run news agency Xinhua said.
