From time-shifting earthquakes to bizarre creatures, the crushing depths of the hadal zone are another world.
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A new centre in Indonesia is dedicated to studying the curious and ancient Coelacanth.
It was our 14th expedition to the trenches of the Pacific Ocean, where depths can exceed 10,000m. And it was due to be our last for the foreseeable future. We had been aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s…
As ships resume the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the depths of the Indian Ocean this week, we often hear that the oceans are “95% unexplored” and that we know more about the surface…
The incredible diversity of coral reef ecosystems is being threatened by factors associated with global climate change and local pollution. Today diseases have increased and are killing more corals. Seeing…
Some years ago New Yorker magazine printed a cartoon showing a group of high society ladies enjoying an afternoon cup of tea. One lady turns to her neighbour and says, “I don’t know why I don’t care about…
Waves as tall as skyscrapers have been recorded breaking in the deep ocean by a team of University of Washington oceanographers…
With the global population now well over seven billion people there are few remaining parts of the world relatively untouched by human activity. We assess the current state and future prospects of five…
In a chance sighting, scientists have managed to study the ecology of a whale carcass, found in an undersea crater beneath…
Microbes have been found thriving in even the deepest spot on the ocean floor. Research found the Mariana trench, nearly…
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Founding Professor of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research centre, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Ocean Exploration and Science Communication, University of Southampton
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Director - Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management, University of Wollongong
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Curator of Fishes, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; Newcastle University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Arlington
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Director of Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor in Marine Microbiology, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer in English, University of Bristol
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Lecturer, Cardiff University
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Associate professor, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington
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Director, Research Centre for Deep Sea, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
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Himalayan geologist, Lancaster University