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"...The length of time in
which she weathers
her watch: a brooding.
Imagine her, perched,
pale and love-long,
in some dark shelf,
knowing she will
never meet what
she has made, and
making anyway..."
Excerpt fr โThe Motherโ by Lindsay Stewart. Filmed at 2,458m during #TaludContinental_IV expedition
An international team of scientists is documenting remarkable biodiversity and exploring how powerful ocean currents support the #MarDelPlataCanyon ecosystem. Learn more via our latest #TaludContinental_IV expedition in Argentina! ๐ฆ๐ท
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The recent Schmidt Ocean Institute #TaludContinental_IV expedition in the #MarDelPlataCanyon may have concluded, but the excitement and engagement linger on. Check out our latest story from YouTube: youtu.be/eTLt6m2f3rk?...
My department at Lehigh University is hiring a Laboratory Facilities Technician. Beautiful research spaces, a great community, and lots of interesting science to do! For more info: tinyurl.com/2vm3h5p9 www.lehighoceans.org ees.cas.lehigh.edu #GeoJobs #OceanJobs #SciJobs
๐ #PhD opportunity in Paris! Join us at @geosciences.bsky.social to study how magma reservoirs beneath mid-ocean ridges pressurize and trigger eruptions. Part of the @erc.europa.eu #SeaSALT project with strong international links. Background in (geo)physics? Apply now! tinyurl.com/yupkweya
Fast-forward 4 years and a ton of research later, and my initial estimate remains the same--we've seen ~0.001% of the deep seafloor, an area approx the same as the size of Rhode Island.
@oceandiscleague.bsky.social published this work in @science.org Advances today: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!!
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. โ๏ธ๐งช
My latest for @nytimes.com
An amazing discovery at the bottom of the ocean - brought to us by the National Science Foundation. Iโve been working at on hydrothermal systems for years and these systems always blow me away, but how incredible it would be to see discharging lava at the seafloor ๐คฉ ๐ฎ #ocean-science for the win!
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A stunningly blue-silver cerianthid sea anemone! 1241 m Solide seamount! #okeanos #saveNOAA
Introducing FathomVerse 2.0 - Explore the depths and discover all life in the ocean!
We improved the game to enhance player engagement, foster community connections, and expand scientific contributions. ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐งช๐ฎ
Get the latest update to dive in!
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Two new species described from the Coral Lab this week!
๐๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข Horowitz & Barajas, 2025
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๐๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ Quattrini, Morrissey, & McCartin, 2025
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๐ Introducing the SeDNAs Hub: The Publishing Home for the Southern eDNA Society!
Weโre proud to launch the SeDNAs Hub, established in collaboration with the open-access publisher @peerj.bsky.social. This platform provides an ideal publishing venue for members of SeDNAs & the wider eDNA community.
"Luke McCartin is a postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Santiago Herreraโs lab at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, United States. He uses molecular tools to study the distribution of life on the deep seafloor and its evolution. At the Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Luke will be presenting research that uses environmental DNA (eDNA) sequencing to determine the diversity and distributions of deep corals. Using submersibles like remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Lukeโs work involves collecting samples of corals and the seawater around them from the deep-sea floor for analysis. He compares sequences of DNA from the coral specimens and the eDNA that they release into seawater in order to determine the biodiversity of deep corals in the area." (Image: Luke McCartin grinning behind a laptop amongst collaborators: a number of screens with deep-sea footage are in the background. Image Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute; Photographer: Alex Ingle)
Image: A close-up of Luke McCartin smiling inside a dimly lit ROV.
"Lukeโs research has been primarily focused on mesophotic and deep-sea coral communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea south of Puerto Rico. Mesophotic corals, like this large colony of the black coral Plumapathes pennacea occur at depths from approximately 50 to 200 meters where light attenuates". (Image)
"Deep-sea corals, like this colony of the octocoral Paramuricea from 530 meters depth, live in perpetual darkness" (Image).
Happy day 4 ofย #17DSBS!
Meet Luke McCartin, who studies #DeepSeaCoral diversity using #eDNA sequencing in the Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean. Lukeโs work involves using #ROVs to collect coral & seawater samples, analyzing DNA barcodes to reveal their #biodiversity and to understand coral distributions.
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@mbarinews.bsky.social internship deadline Feb 28, but good time to think about your letter of recommendation while you are on holiday break! www.mbari.org/about/career...
When people scoff at my research about how alligators enter oceanic food chains
๐ค๐๐ During a research cruise off #AmericanSamoa last summer, #Mesobot made 4 daring dives into the active #underwatervolcano Vailuluโu!
In a first for the #autonomousvehicle, it entered the caldera to gather images + #eDNA samples.
๐ธ Nova West ยฉ Ocean Exploration Trust
Flyer for the Biological Sciences PhD Program at Lehigh University, with images highlighting the diverse research being carried out in this program. Application deadline Jan 1st, 2025.
๐จThe deadline to apply for Lehigh Universityโs Biological Sciences PhD program is just a few weeks away! Are you (or do you know) an amazing undergrad, post-bac, or masterโs student passionate about science & ready to thrive in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment? Apply here!๐bit.ly/3VwZL29
New paper: Nuclear eDNA metabarcoding primers for anthozoan coral biodiversity assessment
Works for virtually all Anthozoans, shallow or deep
peerj.com/articles/186...
New paper: Nuclear eDNA metabarcoding primers for anthozoan coral biodiversity assessment
Works for virtually all Anthozoans, shallow or deep
peerj.com/articles/186...
