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Recipes: Enjoy a delectable autumn dish from the R/V Falkor (too) chefs — creamy celeriac soup with coriander pesto. Spotify playlist – Come Monday, we’ll take a Trip Around the Sun, because we all deserve a Cheeseburger in Paradise. This newsletter’s Spotify playlist is dedicated to the king of tropical rock music, Jimmy Buffet. SOI … Continued

SOI Sails through Times Square To close out New York Climate Week, footage from two SOI expeditions in the Galápagos Islands, Hydrothermal Vents of the Western Galápagos and Vertical Reefs of the Galápagos lit up Times Square in September. SOI partnered with Nasdaq and the Charles Darwin Foundation to project 10 minutes of highlights on … Continued

Corinne Bassin Appointed to the Ocean Decade Data Strategy Implementation Group SOI’s Data Architect, Corinne Bassin, has been appointed to a two-year term to the Ocean Decade Data Strategy Implementation Group (DSIG). This working group, part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, will work to develop a detailed action plan … Continued

Quarterly Chronicles of the Schmidt Ocean Institute – Chapter 6, 2023 Executive Director’s Note SOI Expeditions SOI’s Ship-to-Shore Program The People Behind SOI Partner Spotlight Artist’s Corner Coming Together Open Source Publications Imagery in the Open Digital Swag In the News Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter

Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Ship-to-Shore Connection is a free, immersive learning experience for classrooms, lecture halls, aquariums, museums, and community groups. We like to think of them as “virtual field trips,” where learners are taken on a tour of R/V Falkor (too)’s main science deck and directly engage with scientists and crew. We always leave plenty … Continued

The Twilight Zone with Natural World Facts Natural World Facts is an educational YouTube channel that hosts short nature documentaries. It is the creation of Leo Richards, who writes, narrates, and edits all the content housed within the channel. One of Leo’s latest videos, Mysteries of the Twilight Zone, utilizes SOI imagery to describe life … Continued

Recipes from the Galley —Check out a new recipe from one of our R/V Falkor (too) chefs. Welcome Back-to-School with this Ocean-inspired Playlist for Kids. Enjoy fun and educational music by Raffi, Mike Bennet, and The Banana Slug String Band. SOI Zoom Backgrounds/Wallpaper – New images from R/V Falkor (too) and ROV SuBastian that you can … Continued

 Here are some of the articles on SOI from this quarter. Deep Sea Dive from a Desk Uncovers Three New Species, 2023-06-16 An article from Phys.Org on three new species of carnivorous sponges described by Dr. Merrick Ekins of the Queensland Museum, who virtually participated in the “Seamounts, Canyons & Reefs of the Coral Sea” … Continued

The Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Alumni Conference, Tokyo Approximately 140 attendees gathered in Tokyo, Japan, in early August for the first Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Alumni Conference. The conference’s goal was to discuss problems and solutions around quickly and efficiently mapping the seafloor to scale. The conference theme was Connecting Our Ocean, with a secondary … Continued

Exploring the Ocean with Creative Commons: Sharing Data, Images and Footage SOI has now applied the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License for non-commercial use to provide open and easier accessibility to the data collected on the vessel, including footage of deep-sea creatures and underwater landscapes. This initiative promotes collaboration, education, transparency, … Continued