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Posts by David Levin

A New Report for the One Ocean Summit

By David Levin | February 10, 2022

A comb jelly, one of the many species that live in the ocean twilight zone, appears rainbow-colored—but this prism effect…

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Efficiency and Ease at Sea

By David Levin | November 9, 2021

WHOI research assistant Erin Frates processes a batch of samples in the Wet Lab after a Mesobot dive on September…

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Environmental DNA is a reliable way to learn about migration from the twilight zone

By David Levin | November 2, 2021

Woods Hole, MA — The mid-ocean “twilight zone” holds the key to several tantalizing questions about the marine food web…

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Exploring the Twilight Zone with Mesobot

By David Levin | October 21, 2021

During a seven-day expedition on the E/V Nautilus in August 2021, OTZ team members tested the capabilities of the autonomous…

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Dancers From the Deep Sea Shine on the U.N. for Climate Week

By David Levin | September 16, 2021

The New York Times

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How an underwater robot could help reveal mysteries of the deep

By David Levin | August 13, 2021

PBS News Hour

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Exploring the Twilight Zone: ‘Undescribed’ Red Jellyfish Species and Other Interesting Specimens Discovered in Atlantic Ocean

By David Levin | August 11, 2021

The Science Times

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‘What we know now is how much we don’t know’: Enter the strange world of the ocean twilight zone

By David Levin | July 2, 2021
Phronima sp. crustacean inside a hollowed-out salp

CNN

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Robot Dives 3,000 Feet to Film Creatures in Mid-Ocean ‘Twilight Zone’

By David Levin | June 26, 2021

Newsweek

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Swimming robot spies on creatures of the ‘twilight zone’

By David Levin | June 17, 2021

Engineering & Technology Magazine

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