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In short: US companies can apply for #mining rights in international waters, essentially bypassing international environmental regulations and protections meant to safeguard the ocean. This is a huge step towards the industrial #exploitation of the #DeepSea, which remains one of the last pristine frontiers on Earth.
And it’s not just a legal technicality, this is an environmental disaster in the making!
Any impulse purchases made under the effects of The Flu cannot be judged! 
#Plushie #BodyPillow #Squid #MarineLife #MarineBiology #DeepSea #GiantSquid
Meet Some of the Strangest Deep-Sea Creatures, from ‘Sea Pigs’ to ‘Disco Worms’
A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea creatures—including a “mystery mollusk,” a bioluminescent jellyfish and a “sea pig”
#NewSpecies
New sea cucumber from west #pacific just surfaced:
Bathyplotes varicolumna
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FAE422C6-6426-522C-B71E-AE9315D6ACD9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1231.142729
#ZooKeys #BathyplotesVaricolumna
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #echinodermata #seacucumber #deepsea
A marine robot that can swim, crawl and glide untethered in the deepest parts of the ocean https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-marine-robot-glide-untethered-deepest.html 
#DeepSea #Robotics #MarineLife #MarineBiology
Thriving Antarctic Ecosystems Found in Wake of Recently Detached Iceberg https://schmidtocean.org/thriving-antarctic-ecosystems-found-in-wake-of-recently-detached-iceberg/
"team on board #SchmidtOceanInstitute’s R/V Falkor (too) rapidly pivoted their research plans to study an area that was, until last month, covered by ice... they observed the #DeepSea for 8 days and found flourishing ecosystems at depths as great as 1300m. Their observations include large #corals and #sponges supporting an array of animal life, including #icefish, giant #SeaSpiders, and #octopus"
Deep-sea fish study reveals evolutionary marvels in Earth's hadal zone https://phys.org/news/2025-03-deep-sea-fish-reveals-evolutionary.html
#Evolution and genetic adaptation of fishes to the deep sea https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867425000315
"they confirmed a century-old hypothesis about deep-sea #fish evolution involving two distinct pathways. 'Ancient survivors' colonized the deep sea before the #Cretaceous mass #extinction, while 'new immigrants' account for the majority of modern #DeepSea species that emerged after the #MassExtinction."
Found in the Midnight Zone: they're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/pigbutt-worm-ocean-mystery
Thank you #ludovicoeinaudi for your support to protect the #deepsea
Vor dem Konzert in der Olympiahalle in #München haben wir Unterschriften zum Schutz der #Tiefsee gesammelt.
Die Veranstaltung war mit 11000 Besuchenden ausverkauft - so konnten wir mit vielen Menschen ins Gespräch kommen
Die Tiefsee – eine Wunderwelt am Meeresgrund. Doch die #Tiefseebergbauindustrie wartet nur darauf, den Meeresboden mit riesigen Maschinen umzugraben
Hilf uns die Tiefsee zu schützen
#NewSpecies!
New deepwater tilefish from #china just swam in:
Branchiostegus sanae
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/314D703E-FACE-5DA7-9EBC-6D66F1377C08
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1227.130512
#Zookeys #BranchiostegusSanae
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #tilefish #bottomfish #deepwater #deepsea
Stripey-faced fish named after warrior princess San https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywq42ng8yo paper: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/130512
"A #DeepSea #fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from #StudioGhibli's #PrincessMononoke, due to its striking facial markings... deepwater tilefish are found as deep as 600m below the surface... Only three #NewSpecies in the genus Branchiostegus have been identified in the last 34 years."
Rare deep sea anglerfish photographed and sighted for the first time in daylight
Deep-sea #shrimp have evolved enhanced vision for the bioluminescent world
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-deep-sea-shrimp-evolved-vision.html
#Bioluminescence and environmental light drive the visual #evolution of #DeepSea shrimp https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-07450-z
"Oplophoroidea migrate vast distances, up and down in the water column. Some of them have special glowing organs that they use to camouflage, defend themselves and maybe even communicate. They have evolved a diversity of light-detecting proteins that can help them navigate"
Wait, this company is based in UK Gloucestershire? 
A Mysterious Donor Is Funding an Effort to Build a ‘Permanent Human Settlement’ Underwater https://gizmodo.com/a-mysterious-donor-is-funding-an-effort-to-build-a-permanent-human-settlement-underwater-2000559074
Nearly 500 species of #DeepSea dwellers documented at Costa Rican methane seeps https://phys.org/news/2025-02-species-deep-sea-dwellers-documented.html
A faunal inventory of #MethaneSeeps on the Pacific margin of #CostaRica: Charlotte Seid et al. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/134385/
"marine biologists have documented the highest known count of deep-sea species living in methane seeps off Costa Rica's Pacific coast... Of the documented species, at least 58 are entirely new to science"
"They have come together with a single mission statement: to make humans aquatic."
Lisa Bachelor for The Guardian: https://longreads.com/2025/02/04/a-flooded-quarry-a-mysterious-millionaire-and-the-dream-of-a-new-atlantis/
If you need to chill, I highly recommend this video. I go see this magnificent creature at work whenever I can.
Watch A #SleeperShark Appear Out Of The Gloom And Chow Down On A #DeepSea Camera
Little is known about these large deep-sea #sharks and it is rare to see a full adult.
#Pacific sleeper #sharks (Somniosus pacificus) are thought to be fairly widespread and live at depths of around 2,000m (1.2 miles). Adult females can reach lengths of around 3.7-4.3m (12.1 -14.1ft) but there is some suggestion that the maximum length for this species could be 7 meters (23 feet) long.
https://www.iflscience.com/watch-a-sleeper-shark-appear-out-of-the-gloom-and-chow-down-on-a-deep-sea-camera-77281
