Hacker NewsJun 11, 2024
The Titan Submersible Disaster. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing
https://www.wired.com/story/titan-submersible-disaster-inside-story-oceangate-files/
#ycombinator #longreads #submarines #deep_sea #ships #oceans #materials_science
The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Exclusive Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

A year after OceanGate’s sub imploded, thousands of leaked documents and interviews with ex-employees reveal how the company’s CEO cut corners, ignored warnings, and lied in his fatal quest to reach the Titanic.

WIRED
CellBioNewsMar 16, 2024

Even inactive #deep_sea 'smokers' are densely colonized by #microbial communities, study shows.

#microbiome #primary_production #carbon_cycle

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-inactive-deep-sea-smokers-densely.html

Even inactive deep-sea 'smokers' are densely colonized by microbial communities, study shows

Under certain conditions microbial communities can grow and thrive, even in places that are seemingly uninhabitable. This is the case at inactive hydrothermal vents on the sea floor. An international team that includes researchers from MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, is presently working to accurately quantify how much inorganic carbon can be bound in these environments.

Phys.org
CellBioNewsOct 12, 2023

Using #DNA sequencing to show how marine #worms adapt to #deep_sea conditions.

#symbiosis #bacteria #evolution #epigenomics #polycheates

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-dna-sequencing-marine-worms-deep-sea.html

Using DNA sequencing to show how marine worms adapt to deep-sea conditions

Maeva Perez is fascinated by marine worms. Her first encounter with these cold-blooded invertebrates dates back to her time at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, where she was completing a master's in biology. Her thesis was on the symbiotic relationship between a species of marine worm and the bacteria in its environment that helped the worm adapt to a seemingly inhospitable ecosystem at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Phys.org