DOSI Deep-Sea Round-Up

Vibrant red tubeworms in a hydrothermal vent environment. Image courtesy of Ocean Networks Canada and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. You can view deep-sea images that have been shared through DOSI on our Flickr page. If you would like to showcase any images from your own work, you can find submission guidelines on our website.

This week, our Deep-Sea Round-Up starts with two announcements: First, that we are now featuring video introductions to deep-ocean projects on our website, and second, that a new member has joined our Instagram team! After that, we launch into fascinating new research from the past few days, including articles on capacity-building for deep-ocean research and environmental DNA.

In our News section, make sure to read the featured story about Amelia Bridges, a University of Plymouth postdoc who works on seamount benthic community gradients. Then, in Opportunities, don’t miss a call for ship-time proposals aboard the polar icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot.

Today’s Round-Up concludes with something unusual: a prototype for an online game. Fathomnet is seeking feedback on a game meant to encourage people to help train artificial intelligence to detect ocean life in images, and they need playtester feedback! Give it a try and see how many creatures you can identify before the time runs out.

CLICK FOR YOUR DEEP-SEA ROUND-UP – 19 May 2022