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In the News

Investigating the mid-ocean twilight zone with underwater robot technology

By David Levin | June 17, 2021

Innovation Network News

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WHOI Wants Everyone To ‘Keep It Weird’

By David Levin | May 22, 2021

The Falmouth Enterprise

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“It’s deep. It’s dark. It’s elusive.” The ocean’s twilight zone is full of wonders.

By David Levin | April 21, 2021

Vox

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Scientists Are Developing A New Observation Network For The Ocean’s ‘Twilight Zone’

By David Levin | March 4, 2021

Deeper Blue

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Scientists are tracking down deep sea creatures with free-floating DNA

By David Levin | November 23, 2020
frozen test tubes

Popular Science

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The Lungs of the Earth: Shifting a Metaphor from Superstition to Science

By David Levin | November 11, 2020

Georgetown Journal of Public Affairs

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That strawberry squid can’t be true (But it is)

By Ken Kostel | July 21, 2020
Strawberry Squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis)

Snopes

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Ultra-black skin helps deep-sea fishes avoid detection

By Ken Kostel | July 17, 2020
fangtooth

New York Times

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Environmental threats of seafloor mining to the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | July 16, 2020
illustration of sea floor mining

PNAS

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Bringing Light to the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | June 15, 2020
larvacean house

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

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