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Posts by Ken Kostel

EXPORTS 2018 and the Ocean Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | May 1, 2019

From Voice of The Sea TV. EXPORTS is a unique scientific undertaking by NASA and the National Science Foundation to…

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SEA Collaborating with WHOI to Study the Ocean’s Twilight Zone!

By Ken Kostel | April 25, 2019
Corwith Cramer

This morning we sailed from the Bermuda exclusive economic zone (EEZ) into the “area beyond national jurisdiction” (aka the “high seas”) in deepwater (about 5,000 meters) on the Cramer.

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The New York Times: Visitors from the Ocean’s Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | November 27, 2018
New York Times

New York Times

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Twilight Zone at the Microsoft Faculty Research Summit

By Ken Kostel | October 9, 2018
Mark Abbott

WHOI President & Director Mark Abbott attended the 2018 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Wash., recently and took a…

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Entering the Twilight Zone at the UN

By Ken Kostel | September 19, 2018

The Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) under the UN Convention on the Law of the…

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An Unexpected Honeymoon

By Ken Kostel | September 12, 2018
Muntsa Marti

These last several weeks have been hectic and at the same time very exciting, as they included a wedding (my…

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What Lives in the Ocean’s Twilight Zone? New Technologies Might Finally Tell Us

By Ken Kostel | August 24, 2018

Science Magazine

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Meet 6 Bewitching, Rarely Seen Creatures from the Ocean’s Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | August 23, 2018
Jellly

IDEAS.TED.COM

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This Twilight Zone is Dark, Watery, and, Yes, Also Full of Intrigue

By Ken Kostel | August 22, 2018

NASA

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Aboard NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow

By Ken Kostel | August 17, 2018
Bristlemouth

Images from the first half of the expedition aboard R/V Henry B. Bigelow totest Deep-See and explore the ocean twilight zone.

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