The idea of a platform the height of a forty-story building, sitting in almost complete…
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Indeep Project: The INDEEP Project exists to bridge the gap between deep-sea science and the policies that govern our oceans. Through international collaboration, rigorous research, and open communication, indeep-project.org documents the biology, ecology, and fragility of deep-sea ecosystems — and advocates for the sustainable management that can preserve them for future generations.
A picture of a construction crew somewhere deep underground, knee-deep in water that shouldn’t be…
The idea of extracting gold and copper from the ocean floor, thousands of meters below…
When a weather satellite silently drifted in geostationary orbit over the Western Hemisphere early on…
When the topic of Arctic drilling comes up again, a certain silence falls over the…
The idea of vast, frigid Alaskan waters, kelp swaying in the current, and oyster beds…
Witnessing the gradual disappearance of something ancient evokes a certain kind of dread. For hundreds…
A series of instruments has been quietly counting molecules for years off the coast of…
The vents weren’t discovered until the late 1970s, when scientists lowered instruments to the seafloor…
Nobody discusses how slow the response had to be when the Titan submersible went silent…