The disparity between our actual knowledge of the ocean and its importance is almost embarrassing.…
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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.
When a cube of seafloor mud is brought onto a ship’s deck, run through a…
In engineering, there is a point at which a proof-of-concept ceases to be theoretical and…
Finding out that coral colonies older than the Egyptian pyramids have been sitting undisturbed at…
The idea of a worm constructing a home inside a glass skeleton seven kilometers below…
Three thousand meters below the Pacific’s surface, something went wrong, and no one is quite…
When you stand on Stonington’s dock early in July, you can see the weathered boats…
There is something quietly unsettling about the fact that between 30 and 60 percent of…
The idea that a supply of metals that the modern world sorely needs is hidden…
The thought that millions of years of animal life have been developing on the ocean…