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Technology

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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Jellies of the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | November 7, 2019
Jellies of the Twilight Zone

Jellyfish have lived on earth more than 600 million years, and boast a diverse evolutionary history. Most jellyfish species live…

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Minion robots in the Ocean Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | August 29, 2019
Minion robots

Phytoplankton use sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow, forming the base of the ocean food web. Phytoplankton are eaten by…

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Researching the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | August 27, 2019
Researching the Twilight Zone

Meet WHOI technician, Helena McMonagle, and learn how research is conducted in the Twilight Zone using MOCNESS. This was part…

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Video: This Deep-Sea Robot Will Explore the Depths of the Ocean Like Never Before

By Ken Kostel | August 27, 2019

Seeker

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Mesobot: Following Life in the Twilight Zone

By Ken Kostel | August 21, 2019
Mesobot night deployment

  Mesobot is a brand new underwater vehicle designed to reveal what lives in the ocean’s twilight zone. Mesobot can…

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Mesobot: Following life in the Twilight Zone

By Johnny Willy | August 21, 2019
Mesobot

Mesobot is a brand new underwater vehicle designed to reveal what lives in the ocean’s twilight zone. Mesobot can follow…

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Following the DNA trail in the Pacific Ocean

By Ken Kostel | August 14, 2019
Analyzing eDNA

Mercury News

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A Light in the Darkness

By Ken Kostel | August 8, 2019
LAPIS image

A  key feature of Deep-See is the Large-Area Plankton Imaging System, or LAPIS camera, mounted on the front of the…

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First sea trials of a revolutionary new undersea robot

By Ken Kostel | August 5, 2019
Mesobot deployment

MBARI

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