Source: Business Insider Nordic
Author: Jeremy Berke
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conducted an expedition to explore uncharted waters in the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico– and the images they’re bringing back are astonishing.
Source: Oceans Deeply
Author: Paul Tullis
Researchers often can’t afford to send remotely operated vehicles to the far reaches of the ocean. Now they’re collaborating with business to take advantage of discoveries made by ROVs deployed by oil and gas companies.
Continue reading How Oil Industry Robots Can Help Scientists Explore the Deep Sea
Source: National Geographic
Author: Sarah Gibbens
Of all Earth’s major ecosystems, the deep sea is one of the least understood—even though it is the largest. But a new comprehensive study that looked at 30 years of video footage from remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is helping researchers piece together a more accurate map of who is eating whom underwater.
Continue reading Deep-Sea Predators Revealed in 30 Years of Footage
Source: Gizmodo
Author: George Dvorsky
Marine biologists have discovered six new animal species in undersea hot springs nearly two miles deep in the southwest Indian Ocean—an area already slated for future seafloor mining.
Continue reading Bizarre New Deep Sea Creatures Found in Unexplored Hydrothermal Vents
Source: Daily Mail
Advanced robotic technology has allowed researchers to capture unprecedented footage of marine life surrounding the UK’s tallest underwater mountains.
Source: ABC Far North Queensland
Athors: Mark Rigby and Alan Stephen
When a collaborative team of researchers set about exploring the depths of Osprey Reef, off the Queensland coast, they had no idea they would discover living fossils, ecosystems that have remained unchanged for millions of years and marine life thought alien to Australian waters.
Continue reading Living fossils discovered during deep sea expedition off Queensland coast
Source: IFLScience
Author: Stephen Messenger
While there are no shortage of wacky ideas in science fiction about what creatures from other planets might look like, many weird and remarkable creatures can actually be found right here on Earth.
Continue reading Deep Sea Explorers Stumble Upon A Creature They Can Hardly Believe Is Real
Source: Ocean Health Index
Authors: Dr Bruce Robison & Dr Steven Katona
Dr. Bruce Robison may have the best job in the world! As Research Division Chair at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), he has spent much of his career exploring deep water aboard more than a dozen submersible vehicles as well as developing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that can photograph and collect animals at great depth.
UK scientists exploring the ocean floor in the Caribbean have discovered an “astounding” set of hydrothermal vents, the deepest anywhere in the world. Deploying a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) in the Cayman Trough, they stumbled across a previously-unknown site nearly 5000m below the surface.
Continue reading Deepest undersea vents discovered by UK team
Published by: Natural Environment Research Council, Planet Earth Online
Author: Peter Hurrell
Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical and overhanging sides of submarine canyons 1350 metres below the surface of the Bay of Biscay.
