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If our house was this pretty we'd carry it around all the time too! The hermit crab Sympagurus dimorphus in symbiosis with Zoanthids found at ~ 230m depth SA west coast #FBIPSeaMap #invertebrate #offshore #biodiversity

🌍Online Workshops: African Network of Deep-water Researchers 🗓️8-10 Aug 2023 🪸Challenger 150 is holding a series of workshops to gather #African perspectives on #CapacityDevelopment needs & actions to advance deep-water #research in Africa forms.gle/d9CZwi1bRVQFN2… #deepsea

📢Less than a week! The Science to Policy Workshop aims to bridge the gap between scientific research and policy implementation in South Atlantic countries of Africa. 📅22-24 August 📌Cape Town iAtlanticEU One Ocean Hub AtlantECO Project 🇪🇺🇧🇷🇿🇦 TRIATLAS Project H2020 rb.gy/8x252

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💬 "The global oceans are affected by climate change and other anthropogenic impacts but the ecological consequences are poorly understood, particularly in the deep ocean." Check out the first blog from #JC263 here ✏️ blogs.noc.ac.uk/jc263-pap/rrs-… PAP Observatory

Last deep-water CTD over Whittard Canyon completed for #JC263, accompanied by a beautiful NE Atlantic sunset. En route to PAP! PAP Observatory National Oceanography Centre

Basket stars always seem so otherworldly🤩With their long intricately branching arms we usually find them in deeper waters. Gorgonocephalus pustulatum found #offshore of the south coast of SA. #marine #biodiversity #FBIPSeaMap #echinoderm #invertebrate

Excitement on board #JC263 tonight as our seafloor imaging system HyBIS reaches the bottom for our first survey National Oceanography Centre

HyBIS on its way to the abyss for camera surveys tonight at PAP Observatory #JC263 National Oceanography Centre

🔬🌊 Job Opportunity Alert: Research Scientist - Quantitative Benthic Ecologist 🗓️ Deadline: 4 June 2024 The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK is looking for a quantitative ecologist to join their team! National Oceanography Centre 🔗 buff.ly/3VmJTQ9 📸 @oceanexploration

Updates from the field. Out latest blog from #JC263 reviews our progress so far: blogs.noc.ac.uk/jc263-pap/upda… National Oceanography Centre ICOS Ocean Thematic Centre MINKE_Project Andrew Gates Dr Lisa Skein

New #JC263 blog: Our eyes in the abyss - the HyBIS underwater vehicle is used for photographic survey of the seabed 4850 m below the surface National Oceanography Centre blogs.noc.ac.uk/jc263-pap/hybi…

Two back-to-back cruises and loads of great data. Grateful for the many weeks at sea. Now for some hiking!

In Namibia this month looking for deep-sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems 🪸

Some beautiful soft-bottom habitats. Great cruise and team in Namibia - thanks to everyone involved!

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