GOOD NEWS for all Orthodox Jedi (reformed) practitioners: MIDICHLORIANS have been discovered! Now the BAD NEWS: they've been discovered in Ixodes ticks. "Candidatus Midichloria" are a real bacteria found in the ovaries of certain hard-bodied ticks & they DO have some unusual properties.

Old ocean maps are packed with deep-sea creature details. Haven't seen a meme of this yet so I made one last week for my deep-sea colleagues. So, what's your vibe today? 🙃 #deepsea

This week's Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium brought together deep-sea scientists and professionals for hands-on workshops on QGIS (maps), BIIGLE (underwater footage), data management and platforms, standardization, cruise planning, as well as group discussions, and time to connect 🌊

The Bergen Bathysphere Symposium took place this week. We had a strong crew from CDeepSea including Hassan, Petra, Renee, and Morgane who helped make it all happen. 🙌 Big shoutout to Christian, Maja, Mari, David and Morgane for leading inspiring workshops and discussions! 💬 (📸Bergen Bathysphere)

Images from the Aurora vent field on the Gakkel Ridge from the new paper by Profs E Reeves, J Jamieson and collaborators. The vent field was sampled during the 2021 NFR HACON project and represents a significant scientific and technological achievement. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌊 A new paper on the Gakkel Ridge highlights the increasing accessibility of ice-covered Arctic seafloor for geological investigations. The study presents the first detailed, ROV-based geochemical survey of hydrothermal vents beneath permanent, drifting Arctic sea ice. 👍 The paper is open access.

In textbooks, you'll find that certain iron-oxidizing bacteria are exclusively found in freshwater. But we've recovered their genomes from deep-sea hydrothermal vents! 🦠🤔 We've explored what they do, how they adapt to this environment, and whether we can determine their origins 🧬

This. Is. Amazing!!! 😍