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The 1888 Ritter Island (Papua New Guinea) landslide was the largest historical volcanic-island landslide ever recorded and generated a devastating regional tsunami. Dr. Sebastian Watt (University of Birmingham) and his international team of researchers are joining R/V Falkor to reconstruct in detail the dynamics of the Ritter landslide event while also documenting the re-establishment of … Continued
The opportunity to be part of the biological sampling team has opened my eyes to the differing documentation methods used for differing deep-sea taxa. From the various ways to handle the specimens once brought back to the deck by the ROV or fish traps, to the differing approaches, we use to preserve samples and the … Continued
Aaron is a marine geologist investigating the geomorphology of continental margins. He uses quantitative techniques to analyze geophysical and sedimentological data to solve problems related to submarine mass movements, erosion and marine hydrogeology problems. Aaron is a senior scientist at GEOMAR and associate professor at Department of Geosciences, University of Malta. Aaron holds a MSc … Continued
Dr Nicolas Waldmann is a sedimentologist with a wide background in the marine and lacustrine geosciences discipline. Dr Waldmann received his MSc from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and his PhD from the University of Geneva. After a postdoc at the University of Bergen in marine geology, he returned to Israel for a tenure position … Continued
Seb is a volcanologist and senior lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK, with broad research interests in physical volcanic processes. He has investigated volcanic edifice stability, landslide processes and associated hazards in several locations. This includes marine geophysical and coring projects offshore Montserrat, and an ongoing project investigating the lateral collapse … Continued
So, we are at the halfway point of the trip already! As mentioned in my previous blog, we are off the coast of Exmouth (Western Australia) on a voyage aiming to document the biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons (Cape Range and Cloates). These submarine canyons are unexplored ecosystems, therefore this expedition has the potential to … Continued
Each sample we take is done so with thoughtfulness, respect, and care. The technology – combining high-definition imagery, manipulator tools, and eDNA sensing – means that we can be very selective about what we need to get eat science done. “The deep sea is so unexplored, and so until we are able to describe these … Continued
A quick look at some of the amazing and beautiful creatures observed by ROV SuBastian during the first week of the #NingalooCanyons expedition.
“What is it?” This is a fundamental question that appears obviously simple to ask, but quite often is painstakingly difficult to answer. How do we know what something is? Generally, this is done by comparing it with other, similar animals that have been identified. It can be hard to appreciate how many other similar animals … Continued
