Image showing dense live cold-water coral reef framework covering the Campeche Mounds in the Gulf of Mexico. Image courtesy of MARUM ROV Cherokee, Bremen, Germany. This week: Cold-water coral carbon storage and seaweed-fuelled deep-ocean…
Stalked barnacles captured during the 2020 Great Australian Deep-Sea Coral and Canyon Adventure. Image courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute. This week: Climate relevance of cold seeps, impacts of bottom trawl fisheries, and ecological benthic…
A large solitary hydroid (Branchiocerianthus sp.) seen during the Beyond the Blue: Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition. Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue. This week: New DOSI Policy Brief and Information…
Two new hydrothermal vent fields were recently discovered in the Doldrums Megatransform and Fracture Zone. This large, tectonically active system cuts across the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which forms the world’s longest mountain chain. Image courtesy…
Sponge garden at a Norwegian seamount, taken during the Greenpeace Deep Arctic Expedition in May 2026. This week: Dive into new research on seamounts in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, shifting conditions in Antarctic sediments,…
Join the DOSI and the Deep Ocean ECOP Task Team on Tuesday, 14 July for an interactive session on Policy Briefs covering what they are, how they can be used effectively, and the…
From 8 to 18 June 8–18, 2026, DOSI joined the world’s climate negotiators as they gathered in Bonn, Germany, for the 64th Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 64) under the UNFCCC, the…
Dumbo octopus in front of Loki’s Castle hydrothermal vent at 2,300 m, taken during the Greenpeace Deep Arctic Expedition in May 2026. Image courtesy of Greenpeace. This week: Challenges and opportunities for ECOPs, a…