In the latest episode we talk with a #deepsea legend Nigel Merritt. He shares a career that spans whaling, months on a vessel with no common language, and pioneering methods that have shaped how we understand the #deepocean.
Find it in #podcast places.
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/67
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Sorry the next episode still isn't out, @thomaslinley.com is still out chasing #ColossalSquid
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@hadalbloke.bsky.social is on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by Pineforest Media talking about #deepocean #tech to tide you over.
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Hank, you need to talk to Dr. Alan Jamieson about this!!!!
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The next episode is recorded but @thomaslinley.com been a little too busy for the edit. Coming soon hopefully!
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Thom's on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by Pineforest Radio talking about what the #deepsea is really like.
#deepocean
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Welcome to the deep @hankgreen.bsky.social! What rabbit holes did you go down? The deepest fish is also adorable, that's got to be significant.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIIB...
The #ProjectESCA team flank a life-sized plush colossal squid on a sofa in a ship lounge. A mysterious cardboard hammerhead shark hat lurks behind
T -5 days to the next voyage! Want to know the story of #ProjectESCA? @thomaslinley.com and I chatted about how we got here on the @deepseapod.com in honor of the colossal squid's 100th birthday www.deepseapod.com/episodes/056...
I know I give generative AI a hard time but it worries me how completely people have already made it part of their workflow when it's so cheerfully and confidently wrong.
Despite knowing of them for hundreds of years and collecting many samples, there's still so much we don't know about them.
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They build elaborate shells from the material they scavenge, catch or their own crystalline waste.
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The coolest things that no one is talking about. What if we told you there were giant single cells in #deepsea that can reach over 20 cm
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/065
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What’s it like to grow up in a culture with no concept of the ocean and then find yourself 5km under it?
On our Deco-Stop episode, we talk to Dr Yakup Niyazi about just that!
Listen to the full episode here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/dec...
#deepsea #podcast #submersible
When a paragraph of text can make an image believable enough to fool nanna on Facebook, how can we help our listeners spot fakes. @TylerGreenfieId joins us again to help us tell the megs from the mermaids.
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
#podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
Johanna was the first person to use our new #deepsea answerphone to tell us about her @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition going #viral in #Argentina. A whole country following #deepocean exploration together.
Check our the full episode and our wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
All these people (one of them me) being discussed in the New Zealand parliament have appeared on the podcast.... coincidence?!
Check out the latest episode to find out why.
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
Could the #megalodon still be out there, hiding in the deep ocean trenches? 🦈
We speak with #paleontologist 🦖 and #cryptozoologist Tyler GreenfieId about his work on megalodon.
Listen to the full episode and wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
📸Challenger Expedition
Introducing the Unseen Oceans Collective! Formed in 2026 this collective is bringing deep-ocean fine art and science events to international venues in 2025 and 2026. #sciart #scienceartists #unseenoceancollective #deep-sea #womeninscience #deepocean
Long-term collabo-friend and #podcast Discord den-mother Meghan is nailing it right now.
#artists 🖌️ who love the #deepsea, #deepocean #scientists 🥼 who love #art, listen up!
You're gonna like this one. I got to talk to the photographer of that faithful image!
We talk about what actually happened that day and the aftermath.
Deep-Sea Podcast logo A deep-sea fish looks, rather confused, at a large instrument pushing probes into the sandy seabed.
New episode out now in all podcast places!
They're only 1% of the planet but the #hadal trenches are hotspots of #remineralisation.
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It's tiny processes at an enormous scale and crucial for our planet.
We also have a #blobfish special guest!
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Learn all about the incredible biodiversity and unique challenges of #MesophoticReefs with @kaithefishguy.bsky.social on the new #DeepSea #Podcast episode. Plus, discover their unexpected links to the aquarium trade. Listen: deepseapod.podbean.com/e/mesophotic...
📷 Yi-Kai Tea
#marinescience
Meet our guest!
Georgia Nester is a postdoctoral researcher at #UniversityofWesternAustralia and some sort of sorceress who can get water to confess what's been swimming in it.
#eDNA
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#newepisode just dropped!
Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment.
How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless.
open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
I hope I didn't break anything...
Check out the new handle! The Deep-Sea Podcast has its own domain! Website and other exciting things to follow.
On #BlueSky you can now find Thom @thomaslinley.com and the #podcast here at @deepseapod.com
I'm really glad you found it. Don became a regular contributor to the show, about 35 episodes, I think. It's usually 5 minutes near the end. He shared some very candid stories that we don't think appear elsewhere.
We really miss him.
Our beloved #Blobfish has been voted the #NZFishoftheYear! Second place went to the #OrangeRoughy, proving people love the #deepsea.
Check out our #CoffeeWithAndrew episode about the origin of that iconic image.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilwh...
New #podcast episode just dropped, coming to you live from #Antarctica!
We talk to @notothentoma.bsky.social about the amazing adaptations of #Antarctic #fish: Clear blood, antifreeze and parental care.
www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/055-...
⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️
We join The Professor & Dr Thom live from Antarctica for this month's episode of The Deep-Sea Podcast.
Find out about the deep waters of Antarctica in under 30 mins in our to-the-point version of our latest episode.
Listen: bit.ly/4fIcB4P
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⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️
With The Professor down in Antarctica, we’ve got an update live from the field!
We talk Antarctic sub-dives, below-freezing trenches, unexpected uses of glacial ice & the importance of growing a beard…
Listen here: bit.ly/4fIcB4P
📸 Inkfish/Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre
🪸CORALS 101🪸
In our most recent episode, we talked about all things corals - their biology, ecology and importance in our marine ecosystems.
Want to find out more?
Listen to the whole episode here: bit.ly/4ilUTGD
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