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Ophiojura, discovered living on a seamount deep in the Pacific Ocean, is the last known survivor of a unique group of animals that diverged from its closest relatives way back in the Jurassic period.
Here’s how microplastics from your clothes end up in the deep sea.
Deep sea mining could supply valuable rare minerals to green technology, but one project in the south-west Pacific is invoking the wrath of local spirits.
When you study volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges, doing fieldwork means becoming an aquanaut – diving thousands of feet to the ocean floor in the submersible Alvin, trading tight quarters for amazing views.
Tiny chemical clues in the ocean reveal how its role as a carbon store is changing.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
Life on the Antarctic seafloor is surprisingly diverse – and half of the species live nowhere else on Earth. Now scientists can accurately map this unique biodiversity.
Research suggests a new threat to life on Earth from the meteorite’s crash: Via seismic waves, the impact triggered massive undersea eruptions, as big as any ever seen in our planet’s history.
The ocean floor off Australia’s east coast bears the scars of numerous subsea landslides, which have potentially triggered tsunamis over the past several millennia.
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria
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Lecturer in International Development and Natural Resources, Lancaster University
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Professor, University of Tasmania
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ARC DECRA Fellow, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Science, University of Newcastle
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PhD, University of Newcastle
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Quantitative Marine Ecologist, University of Tasmania
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Ocean Climate Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
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Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon
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Postdoctoral Associate of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota
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Research fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Marine Ecology, Aarhus University
