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“Œuvre Océane” is an amazing collaboration between two DSBSoc-artists we introduced earlier: Sylvie Salmon and Valérie Ferchaud. 210 x 120 cm Acrylic paint and ink on poster wall by Sylvie Salmon Porcelain By Valérie Ferchaud #sciart #porcelain #contemporary #deepsea #marinebiology #ceramist

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📢 Have you read our new Deep-Sea Round-Up? This week we explore: 🦐 The role of light in shrimp evolution 🌍 A hidden hotspot for nitrogen loss ➕ More updates and opportunities! Read the latest #DeepSea insights, here: https://buff.ly/3D1Z0Ie #DeepSeaRoundUp

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Wonderful piece by @sabs.bsky.social on our recent paper “A herd of sea cucumber, flock together”! So much more to learn about these namakos. Read the original paper here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... defector.com/its-snowing-...

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A new study led by Scripps Oceanography scientists and an international team of marine biologists identified 4️⃣ 8️⃣ 8️⃣ distinct species in this highly habitable region—marking the highest biodiversity count ever recorded in a single seep or vent region! today.ucsd.edu/story/nearly...

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If you want to read more about the #jellyfish -hugging deep-sea #octopus, here is the original paper: 🧪🌊🦑 www.nature.com/articles/sre...

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🌊📢 Deep Sea Round Up – latest highlights! 🔹 A new open-access book on marine genetic resources under BBNJ 🔹 New research on integrating traditional knowledge into marine science Stay informed on #DeepSea science, policy, and conservation updates: https://buff.ly/3EGvJDv

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I love seeing all the excitement about anglerfishes this past week! Last week, researchers from the NGO Condrik Tenerife captured rare footage of a deep-sea anglerfish, Melanocetus johnsonii, in broad daylight—an unusual sight for a fish that typically dwells in the deep ocean. (1/6)

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MEET OUR ARTISTS Today: Sylvie Salmon www.ssd.bzh There is more about the artist in the ALT-text 💙 Follow our main account @dsbsoc.bsky.social #artandscience #sciart #sciartist #marinebiology #deepsea #deepseartist #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainter #bridgingartandscience

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As threats to marine life increase, ocean exploration needs nimble, cost-effective tools. MBARI's CoMPAS Lab developed the MOLA AUV, a portable robot with advanced sensors to study aquatic ecosystems. In its first Maldives field test, it mapped reefs and gathered vital data: youtu.be/D50Rhy4NTro?...

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MEET OUR ARTISTS Valérie Ferchaud For more about Valérie, our DSBSoc-artists and all about deep sea- science, please visit dsbsoc.org and follow our main account @dsbsoc.bsky.social #sciart #ceramics #contemporary #marinebiology #polychaete #worm #dsobsoc (Artist statement in ALT-text)

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Members - don't forget, submissions for the @deepstewardship.bsky.social Deep-Sea Life Issue 24 are due Feb. 14th (this Friday)! We're looking forward to reading about your work and events over the last 6 months, including plans for next year and beyond. Check your e-mail for submission details!

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Congratulations to Erin Easton, Ph.D. & Javier Sellanes, Ph.D., recipients of the 2025 Citation of Merit from The Explorers Club! In 2024, they led an international team with @schmidtocean.bsky.social & discovered 150+ new species on unexplored #seamounts in the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park.

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Important new modelling study trying to solve the riddle of buoyant #plastics that are found on the seafloor (which we also often find in Arctic #DeepSea sediments) via aggregation processes. 💡 "Only #microplastics <100 μm in diameter can reach the ocean bottom." www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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[New Paper] Meet Delectopecten thermus, a new species of Glass Scallop from a deep-sea hot vent in Okinawa Trough, Japan! We also present its mitogenome, the first for this early-diverging pectinid genus; providing key insights to gene order evolution in this family. LINK: doi.org/10.1071/IS24...

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Pyrosome passing through #ClearAPathPeople⁠ ⁠ ⁠Pyrosomes are bioluminescent, producing brilliant blue-green light. Each zooid can detect and emit light in response, creating waves of bioluminescence up and down the organism's body. The name Pyrosoma comes from the Greek term meaning “fire body.”

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Spectacular deep sea corals from the ROV Squid 🦑 dives on the Chatham Rise, east of NZ. @marumunibremen.bsky.social @sgn.one on the FS Sonne.

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🌊 Don't miss this powerful exhibition! If you're in the UK 🇬🇧, visit @johnhansardgallery.bsky.social to experience Emma Critchley's Soundings. Through film, choreography & public engagement, it dives into the urgent issue of #DeepSeaMining & why we must #DefendTheDeep. ℹ️ https://buff.ly/42lvGGP

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🆕 Two new species of ribbon worm have been identified on the Pacific #seamounts, incl. the Emperor Seamounts. Combining genetics and morphology, the study reveals evolutionary links across vast distances, highlighting how much of #DeepSea biodiversity remains to be discovered. 📷 Terra C. Hiebert

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“Alvin remains a critical tool and a symbol of enduring curiosity and commitment to understand the world beneath the waves.”

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Introducing our next DSBS artist - Freya Hammar - @freylaverse.bsky.social with a digital illustration of the weedy sea dragon, which cannot be found in the deep-sea but is cute nonetheless! 🏝️ #dsbs #sciart

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Hi! #17DSBS ended a while ago, but we still wanted to show some pictures! Here's a small retrospective of our first Art&Science experience in Hong Kong 🔥🔥🔥 Follow our main account for more science @dsbsoc.bsky.social #deepsea #deepseaart #sciart #scientificillustration #marinebiology #artshow

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Giant ice age landforms discovered deep beneath North Sea revealed in amazing detail ->SPACE.com | More info from EcoSearch

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We recently returned from Hong Kong, where we attended the Deep Sea Biology Symposium 🦑 Read more about our trip here! @dsbsoc.bsky.social cbearctic.com/2025/02/01/d...

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Sea pig with a fish friend, isopod that looks a lot like a trilobite, giant hydroid, & a cirroctopus lump. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 786 #AntarcticClimateConnections #MarineLife

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Sponges are important members of #deepsea ecosystems for many reasons. Among them? they are food and habitat for many species.In this case, a sea star called Marginaster! nom nom on the fleshy tissue! off Cape fear at about 300m, North Atlantic, #okeanos 2018

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How does marine life survive on the dark seafloor? 😱 Dive into new WHOI research into #hydrothermalvents– and what it could mean for the search for life on other #oceanworlds– on WCAI 's The Point: go.whoi.edu/wcai-vents

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Did you know that Venus flytraps have a marine counterpart? It's the Venus flytrap anemone! These deep-sea anemones have large bilobed oral discs and tentacles arranged in two cycles forming a concave surface. #ConvergentEvolution Photos: @natural-history.bsky.social's Estefania Rodriguez

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thank you @ameliabridges.bsky.social - the @mbarinews.bsky.social interns always bring energy, enthusiasm, and talent to the summer program. Application deadline Feb 28 - www.mbari.org/internship

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Glass squids (Cranchiidae) are nearly invisible, with bodies made mostly of water and light-reflecting cells. They float through the ocean looking like ghostly space invaders—all vibes, no solid structure. Photo from @mbarinews.bsky.social more info at www.mbari.org/animal/glass... #marinelife

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#OceanOpportunities PhD position: Deep-sea predator-prey interactions - Deadline 20 February 2025 nf-pogo-alumni.org/27012025-9/

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Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) are an ancient Class of chelicerates with a fascinating evolutionary tale. A new study we just published on the EJLS uncovers their evolutionary history! 🧵 #Evolution #TheLinneanSociety #SeaSpiders #Arthropoda academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

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Strange discovery! The Sea Pen, a bizarre underwater animal, looks like a glowing quill pen rooted to the ocean floor. Found in deep seas, it’s actually a colony of tiny organisms working together! It glows in the dark when touched, making it one of nature’s most peculiar and beautiful creatures.

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Deep Sea diving with Neal makes yer heart beat a little faster sometimes too, but for exhilarating and educational reasons. neal.fun/deep-sea/

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Happy day 4 of #17DSBS! Meet Luke McCartin, who studies #DeepSeaCoral diversity using #eDNA sequencing in the Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean. Luke’s work involves using #ROVs to collect coral & seawater samples, analyzing DNA barcodes to reveal their #biodiversity and to understand coral distributions.

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Climatic change and climatic intervention. Both could affect deep sea ecosystem negatively. We need careful decision. Paleo record tells. Featured as cover in Current Biology. www.cell.com/current-biol... @paleosynth.bsky.social @dsbsoc.bsky.social

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"There has never been a better, nor more important time to be a marine biologist." 🐙🔍⬇️ oceancensus.org/amid-a-sea-o... #17DSBS @dsbsoc.bsky.social

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One of my favorite CTDs, one of three custom SBE 49s that went to the bottom of the Marianas Trench. Rated to 12K meters, with super thick titanium casings, it pushed the limits of sensor engineering & performance. I know because I got to hold them and check out the data! #CTDAppreciationDay

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This is officially my horizontally longest image to date, depicting some of the earliest complex animals on the planet from 565 to 505 million years ago and how they changed over time. Thank you to @egmitchell.bsky.social and Steve Pates for trusting me with this gargantuan task! #Art #SciArt

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Predatory tunicates look like innocent sacs but ambush passing shrimp. You might think they’re simple filter feeders—until they go full bitey sock puppet on their prey. #AmbushSacs #marinelife #invertebrate

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That's a wrap on the 17th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, #17DSBS! Check out the thread to see our team members and network colleagues in action at the conference. @dsbsoc.bsky.social @drmtaylor.bsky.social @deepstewardship.bsky.social

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Excellent talk at #17DSBS by @georgeimatsumoto.bsky.social outlining MBARI’s research internship! So often we see predatory internships & positions in conservation requiring skilled work for free because it’s ’good experience’. Great to see an institution leading the way in equitable internships! 👏🏼

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Muriel Rabone shared perspectives on challenges & opportunities for Marine Genetic Resources and the #BBNJAgreement #17DSBS Find out more about this important work and how to get involved through DOSI here www.dosi-project.org/marine-genet...

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Our final #17DSBS support feature, for the final day of #17DSBS! Meet Flávia Tiemi Masumoto, a master’s student at the University of São Paulo studying #DeepSea biodiversity and litter and now researching the impacts of #microplastics in #DeepSeaFishes collected from the DEEP-OCEAN expeditions.

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Meet Oenone “Nonny” Scott, a PhD student at the University of Essex modelling larval dispersal of #octocorals in the Scotia Sea to understand connectivity in vulnerable ecosystems. With a background in biology, coding, and conservation, she’s passionate about #SciencePolicy and ecosystem protection.

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