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Life

Value Beyond View: The Ocean Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | January 22, 2020

How does the ocean twilight zone benefit life on Earth? This mysterious ocean realm helps regulate our climate, storing two…

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Open ocean diving observations

By Johnny Willy | January 15, 2020
Diver

Watch and learn how blue and black water diving is conducted in the open ocean and what these divers see…

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Satellite Observes Massive Ocean Migration

By Ken Kostel | December 9, 2019

  Every night, under the cover of darkness, countless small sea creatures swim from the ocean depths to feed near…

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Antarctic Krill: Unsung Heroes of Climate Mitigation

By Ken Kostel | December 4, 2019

Antarctic krill—and more importantly, krill poop—are an important part of the global climate system. Unlike many species that migrate miles…

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Drift along with the critters of the twilight zone

By Johnny Willy | December 4, 2019
Jellyfish

Enter the ocean realm that exists just beyond the reach of sunlight and encounter some of the alien life that…

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Tagging sharks to study the twilight zone

By Johnny Willy | December 4, 2019
Shark

The movements of big predators can give scientists studying the ocean twilight zone an unprecedented window into life deep below…

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Our beautiful ocean from surface to seafloor

By Johnny Willy | December 4, 2019
Ocean Surface

Take a therapeutic ride from the surface to the seafloor and discover the fascination of the watery world that drives…

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Bristlemouth dominance: How do we know?

By abrickley | November 26, 2019
Bristlemouth

image credit: Paul Caiger By towing sampling nets over specific depth ranges, scientists are able to estimate the total amount…

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WHOI and 4Ocean Search the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | November 12, 2019

Jellyfish play a vital role in a healthy ocean. But we need more insight into exactly what that role is–and…

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Tagging Along into the Twilight Zone

By abrickley | November 8, 2019
porbeagle shark fin with SPOT tag

Before the rest of the Ocean Twilight Zone team heads out next week on the Neil Armstrong, there was tagging…

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