Category Archives: Hydrothermal Vents

Marine Science Short Course Program

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Exploring the Dee-Sea

Exploring the Ocean Depths from Amy Scott-Murray on Vimeo.

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OUT OF OUR DEPTH

Mining the Ocean Floor in Papua New Guinea The Deep Sea Mining Campaign is claiming pacific communities are against experimental seabed mining but their governments are not listening.  The campaign is claiming thorough research has not been conducted on the … Continue reading

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Finding the Squid in a squidworm

The deep sea has once again revealed one of its many secrets, this time unveiling an intriguing new annelid, Teuthidodrilus samae, a.k.a squidworm. This unique creature was caught in 2007 at the western Celebes sea, a body of water surrounded by … Continue reading

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Are seahorses REAL?

Ask any biologist why they chose biology and the 2 most common answers you’d get would be because they love animals and they love being out doors (although not usually in that order). Coming to think of it, the decision … Continue reading

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The deep can not be home for everyone

Send a surface mammal diving to the depths of the ocean and after a few meters it starts feeling the effects of the weight of the water and atmosphere acting on it. Make it dive down a little further and … Continue reading

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Case of the Mysterious Gastropod

The scaly footed gastropod, Crysomallon squamiferum is proving to be as ellusive as ever. My former boss, Prof. Cindy Lee Van Dover has a replica of it in her office at the Duke University Marine Lab and I really wanted to … Continue reading

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Why Licensing of Solwara 1 project was deferred

For those of you who have been following the recent near licensing of deep sea mining in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and were wondering why it was deferred, here is the latest I have on the matter. There has been … Continue reading

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Deep sea mining license to be granted

I do not know how to break this news to my friends and colleagues, especially those who value and treasure the wonders of sea-floor massive sulfide and hydrothermal vent ecosystems in PNG but the government of PNG has decided to … Continue reading

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Worlds Deepest Hydrothermal vent Discovered

I was recently out on an off shore exploration cruise where I was part of a team hunting for hydrothermal vent plume signatures in the water column. The entire cruise was three months long and involved two exploration cruises with … Continue reading

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