It’s been a busy week for the deep-sea community with the kick off of the 16th Deep-Sea Biology Society Symposium. There have been some excellent presentations with a number of special sessions led…
Deep-sea mining is back in the headlines with the news that attendees at the IUCN World Congress voted overwhelmingly in favour of a mining moratorium. A powerful Time magazine article and video wades…
Highlights from DOSI News: an interview with DOSI Advisory Board’s Se-Jong Ju (deep-sea scientist from South Korea), a part-time communications job opportunity and a reminder of next week’s Beyond Plastic webinar. And that’s…
Deep-dwelling cookiecutter sharks feature in the media this week following a new study on their diet and habitat, which reveals their reliance on critters rather than the chunks of larger prey (including humans)…
This week, the media can’t get enough of a shape-shifting whale fish captured on film, while the discovery of a shark nursery off Israel continues to generate headlines. A new paper considers whether…
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A bumper edition this week with plenty of deep-sea research hitting the headlines. Amongst these is an eagerly-anticipated MIT paper on the impact and scale of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes. Also, architects…
Short-ish round-up this week, but most importantly a reminder to please complete the DOSI Day survey by the 21st July (if you are planning to attend on the 1st September). A relative lull…