4K Video Highlights – Video Update
Some of the fantastical creatures, colors, and scenes from our latest expedition may seem better suited for fairy tales than the deep sea! This highlight...
MoreFrom Deep to Shallow
Back on dry land, amongst my usual crowd of shallow coral reef ecologists, I would consider my normal line of research to be on the...
MoreVoyage of Discovery – Video Update
The #VisioningCoralSea expedition is wrapping up its time at sea, with amazing accomplishments and discoveries having been made. In this wrap-up video, the researchers describe...
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ROV SuBastian / SOI
Xenophyophores
The deep sea is undoubtedly home to the weird and wonderful, but one of the strangest organisms of all is actually a single cell. During...
MoreLearning Lessons of Long-Term History – Video Update
The Great Barrier Marine Park - it is unique. It is the only seascape like this on the planet. "Our duty here is to come...
MoreDelayed Gratification
In March I was busy preparing to join R/V Falkor in Exmouth for Leg 2 of the Illuminating Biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons voyage. A...
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Dean Miller / SOI
Science Stories – Video Update
"I love ROVs because there is so much we haven't discovered about the ocean... It is really hard to put an ROV in a new...
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Dean Miller / SOI
Into the unknown
My name is David Henderson and I am part of a team of engineers from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, at the University of...
MoreRapid Transformation – Video Update
"The Schmidt Ocean Institue's surveys out here in the Coral Sea are rapidly transforming the Coral Sea Marine Park from being one of the least...
MoreScience Stories – Video Update
The Deep is known as "The Museum of Biodiversity," as creatures that developed millions of years ago - far before what we see now in...
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Dr Zhi Huang, Geoscience Australia
From Modelling to Diving with SuBastian
For a first-timer going on a marine survey, this voyage on RV Falkor in the Coral Sea Marine Park is a dream come true. Importantly,...
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ROV SuBastian / SOI
Black Corals and Leaps Forward
Three years ago, I started my PhD aimed at overcoming knowledge gaps pertaining to the taxonomy and the evolutionary history of black corals. Black corals...
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ROV SuBastian / SOI
Lebensspuren – More Than Just a Fancy Word for Deep-Sea Poo
While the ROV SuBastian glides above the seafloor, scientists and observers eagerly wait for the next fish, coral, or (particularly in the case of this...
MoreData and Tools – Video Update
"By being able to acquire data that spans these full depth ranges - not just in terms of images but also samples - we can...
MoreVideo Update – Science Stories
"What I love about studying reef rocks is that it is an interplay between Geology and Biology, because originally the rocks were part of the...
MoreWhen Opportunity Knocks
There is a saying: “When opportunity knocks, let it in”. In 2017, I was fortunate to be selected as a Schmidt Ocean Institute Student Opportunity...
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Dean Miller / SOI
Deep Diving in the Coral Sea
The science team on Falkor is really excited to be heading off on this unique voyage of research and discovery in the Coral Sea and...
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