Soft Robotics in the Deep Sea
Soft robotics has been getting increased attention in recent years. It is a sub-field of robotics that uses soft, squishy and pliable materials - similar...
MoreSaying Goodbye to PIPA
What an incredible cruise. We got our first look at the majority of the Phoenix Islands. Yes, these had been known for centuries by the...
MoreDeep Corals of PIPA – Wrap Up Video
New discoveries, new species, and new technologies! The #DeepCoralsOfPIPA expedition is coming to an end, but the impacts of this research are just beginning. Take...
MoreA Natural Experiment
No place on planet Earth is free from human impact. Indeed, it is nearly impossible to study how animals have evolved in their natural environment...
MoreChasing Ghosts
This Halloween, we found ourselves in what may some regard as a relatively spooky environment: 1646m deep, on the bottom of the ocean, under bone-crushing...
MoreDeep Sea Fish of PIPA
Growing up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, I have spent many brisk fall evenings on the water, chasing diving birds and jumping striped bass, Morone saxatilis....
MoreSampling and Squishy Fingers – Week Three Video
Why are biological samples important for better comprehension of the ocean? How does collecting them build value and understanding towards these remote underwater areas? How does...
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David Gruber
Life in a Blue Ocean
Ninety three million miles away from earth resides our beautiful star. It showers our planet with electromagnetic radiation of different energies. The peak of this energy...
MoreSecrets of the Ocean’s Most Abundant Molecule
Water comprises 60% of our body and 71% of the surface area of the earth; it is simultaneously the most familiar compound and also often...
MoreCoral Associates of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area
Deepwater corals are many things, including fascinating, diverse, slow-growing, threatened, and susceptible to deep-sea fisheries or mining activities. Yet they have another very important quality:...
MoreUnderwater Biogeography – Week Two Video
"Since we know so little about the deep ocean, we need to find out 'What' is 'Where' to begin with. And that is what we...
MoreCorals: Through the looking Glass
Back in our lab at Temple University much of my time is spent running live experiments with corals, extracting genetic material, and then processing them...
MoreNew Perspectives of Place
Each coral is an animal, made up of lots of tiny polyp organisms clinging on to, and then building up, a calcium carbonate skeleton. Some...
MoreGoing Deeper in PIPA
Our Way Down to the Deep Every time we dive with ROV SuBastian, we go from the surface down to around 2,500 meters depth in...
MoreVisiting Kanton Atoll – Week One Video
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is the largest and deepest UNESCO World Heritage Site on Earth. Learn about Kanton Atoll, the largest and only...
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Thom Hoffman
PIPA: Right Next Door in the Middle of the Ocean
We have not seen a speck of land or another ship for five days. We have seen a rainbow, some sunsets, and a handful of...
MoreEssentials Items for Deep-Sea Science
Being at sea poses a lot of challenges for a science team - the first of which is "Do you have everything you need?" Keeping...
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Thom Hoffman
Setting sail for the Phoenix Islands
If I asked you to picture a coral reef, you might think of snorkelling around colorful ocean architecture surrounded by curious fish. But you can’t...
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