When a paragraph of text can make an image believable enough to fool nanna on Facebook, how can we help our listeners spot fakes. @TylerGreenfieId joins us again to help us tell the megs from the mermaids.

www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...

#podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist

Johanna was the first person to use our new #deepsea answerphone to tell us about her @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition going #viral in #Argentina. A whole country following #deepocean exploration together.

Check our the full episode and our wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...

All these people (one of them me) being discussed in the New Zealand parliament have appeared on the podcast.... coincidence?!

Check out the latest episode to find out why.

www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...

Could the #megalodon still be out there, hiding in the deep ocean trenches? 🦈

We speak with #paleontologist 🦖 and #cryptozoologist Tyler GreenfieId about his work on megalodon.

Listen to the full episode and wider reading here:
www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...

📸Challenger Expedition

New episode out now in all podcast places!

They're only 1% of the planet but the #hadal trenches are hotspots of #remineralisation.
🦠
It's tiny processes at an enormous scale and crucial for our planet.

We also have a #blobfish special guest!

deepseapod.podbean.com/e/trench-nut...

Learn all about the incredible biodiversity and unique challenges of #MesophoticReefs with @kaithefishguy.bsky.social on the new #DeepSea #Podcast episode. Plus, discover their unexpected links to the aquarium trade. Listen: deepseapod.podbean.com/e/mesophotic...
📷 Yi-Kai Tea
#marinescience

Meet our guest!

Georgia Nester is a postdoctoral researcher at #UniversityofWesternAustralia and some sort of sorceress who can get water to confess what's been swimming in it.

#eDNA

open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...

#newepisode just dropped!
Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment.
How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless.

open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...

⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️

We join The Professor & Dr Thom live from Antarctica for this month's episode of The Deep-Sea Podcast.

Find out about the deep waters of Antarctica in under 30 mins in our to-the-point version of our latest episode.

Listen: bit.ly/4fIcB4P

📸 Inkfish/UWA

🪸CORALS 101🪸

In our most recent episode, we talked about all things corals - their biology, ecology and importance in our marine ecosystems.

Want to find out more?
Listen to the whole episode here: bit.ly/4ilUTGD

📸 Ocean Exploration Trust

MEET OUR GUEST!

Dianne "Di" Tracey is a deep-sea scientist at NIWA with a long career in fisheries and coral research. Alongside her work, Di is active in supporting women in science.

Listen to her interview about deep-water corals here: bit.ly/4ilUTGD

📸 NIWA

🪸NEW EPISODE🪸

This month we cover the hugely important (yet often not well-known) deep-water corals. These incredibly long-lived ecosystem engineers are vital to deep-sea habitats & we learn why with Di Tracey.

Listen now: bit.ly/4ilUTGD

📸 Ocean Exploration Trust

DEEP, DARK AND DISORIENTATING

Whilst blackwater diving looks incredible, you've definitely got to be brave to scuba dive in the open ocean at night! Here's to all of the blackwater divers out there!

Listen to our episode on blackwater diving here: bit.ly/40C9YOd

📸 Linda Ianniello

A WHOLE NEW WORLD

The open ocean is often overlooked, and blackwater divers are helping to bring this important environment to our attention.

Listen to our blackwater diving episode here: bit.ly/40C9YOd

📸 Linda Ianniello

DIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN AT NIGHT?!

Expert diver Andrea Whitaker talks us through the intricacies of blackwater diving, and how it differs from other types of scuba diving.

Listen to the episode now: bit.ly/40C9YOd

📸 Linda Ianniello

#deepsea #podcast #scicomm #sciencecommunication