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Blue Planet 2 | Episode 7 | Our Blue Planet

This was by far the most important episode of the series. I am sure that many viewers were troubled by the scale of some of the issues touched upon in the programme; as biological scientists, we live in this state of concern perpetually, both professionally and personally. Continue reading →

Exploring environmental changes in the Antarctic with Blue Planet II

I joined the BBC Blue Planet II expedition to the Antarctic, where we made the first dives in minisubmarines to reach 1 km deep there. As a deep-sea biologist, those dives gave me new insights into how "dropstones" (typically car-sized boulders that fall from passing icebergs) shape the pattern of life on the ocean floor around Antarctica. Continue reading →

WHO ARE SOME OF THE INVESTORS & CONTRACTORS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING THE WORLD’S 1ST DEEP-SEA VENT MINE?

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Onwards and downwards: when ROVs or AUVs are lost in ocean exploration

This week saw the news that the Nereus hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) has been lost while exploring the Kermadec Trench at a depth of 9.99 km, during an expedition that has revealed that part of our planet as never before. To link with Week 5 of our free Massive Open Online Course on "Exploring Our Oceans", during which we focus on how we explore the oceans, this post takes a look at some of the ROVs and AUVs that have been lost during ocean exploration. Continue reading →

MINING AT DEEP-SEA VENTS: WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS ON MARINE LIFE?

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents are one of the seafloor environments now being targeted for mining of their mineral resources, because the "chimneys" that form at vents are particularly rich in metals such as copper that we need for modern technology. Continue reading →

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