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Underwater Reveal: Finding Deepest Fish Leads to Seamount Discovery

Last November, Research Vessel Falkor discovered a seamount (an underwater mountain). It was during this expedition focused on the biology and geology of the deepest part of the planet, the Mariana...

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Bringing Falkor to the Masses

Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor recently arrived in Honolulu after a 21 day expedition across the equator looking at small-scale mixing in the central Pacific Ocean. She is now undergoing...

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Scientists Return from the World’s Largest Single Volcano with New Data

Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor arrived into Guam yesterday after a 36 day expedition mapping the world’s largest single volcano, Tamu Massif. HAGANTA, GUAM – Tamu Massif is a volcano...

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Researchers return with latest El Niño data from the central equatorial Pacific

An international team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa arrive into Honolulu after studying small scale ocean mixing under El Niño conditions aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute makes MTR100 Editor’s Choice top Five Stand Outs

This year marks the 10th anniversary for Marine Technology Reporter’s annual Top 100. As a relative newcomer, Schmidt Ocean Institute is honored to be included in this list alongside with...

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