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Thankful for an amazing week of cool science and networking with fellow deep sea folks at ASLO_Palma2023! UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Graduate students at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will receive a 10% raise to deal with the rising cost of living on Cape Cod. The raise, which is the largest in years, comes after months of urging by the WHOI Grad Students Union. capeandislands.org/local-news/202…

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Packing up for a scientific cruise to the Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico) with Bowman Lab Space Oceans OAST Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Stay tuned for some deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basin/astrobiology action! 🌊🔬🔭🪐 #extremophiles #highpressure #hypersaline

Food for thought: 5 megarich lost at sea when taking a look at Titanic shipwreck: world’s top submersibles, vessels and airplanes mobilized. An estimated 500 emigrants, incl 100 children, scaling from hunger and poverty lost in the Ionian Sea, minimal search efforts

We made it to the bottom of the Orca south basin, in 2500m depth! On day 8 of our cruise we cored this extremely fluffy seafloor beneath an over 200m thick brine. Kudos to the oceaneering team!

Some pictures of our two-week cruise to Orca Basin in the Gulf of Mexico! Orca Basin, located approximately 250 km from the Louisiana coast at a depth of over 2000 m, is a NaCl-dominated basin and part of the extensive Louann salt formation that underlies much of the Gulf coast.

DHABs like Orca Basin provide essential information on the coevolution of biological communities and their geologic niches, and on the limits of life under conditions relevant to contemporary oceans on Europa, Enceladus, other icy moons, and past oceans on Mars. #NASAAstrobiology

We found distinct layers of high particle densities above the Orca basin core brine. The particles differ in their elemental composition (measured by XRF on board) creating also a visual contrast. Space Oceans OAST

Sunsets out at sea after a long days of sciencing 🔬🧬 #gulfofmexico #sunset

And we're done! Over 12 days, we conducted 21 CTD casts, 11 ROV dives, collected 10 sediment cores (they said it couldn't be done!), and a considerable number of water column samples. Huge thanks to everyone for making this a reality. On to the real work! #nasaastrobiology

Mañana comenzamos la Escuela UIMP/Centro Astrobiología/NASA sobre los mundos oceánicos: Europa, Encélado, Titán... Hace un mes, una de la ponentes (#OlgaPrieto) y yo estuvimos en #ObjetivoPlaneta (24h RTVE) hablando sobre este tema con Lorenzo Milá Mencos: rtve.es/play/videos/ob…

Official opening of the XIX International School of Astrobiology "Josep Comas i Solà" #AstrobioUIMP2023 Cursos de Verano entitled "Searching for Life on Ocean Worlds", by Profs. Carlos Andradas (Rector UIMP), Víctor Parro (Centro Astrobiología) and Rosaly M. Lopes (NASA JPL NASA).

Very interesting talks at #AstrobioUIMP2023 UIMP Cursos de Verano by Víctor Parro (Centro Astrobiología), Rosaly M. Lopes (NASA), Morgan Cable (NASA JPL) and Nicolas Altobelli (European Space Agency).

And it’s a wrap! Two weeks floating above the Orca Basin and 176 NanoSIMS/BONCAT incubations later… what a productive cruise! Space Oceans OAST Bowman Lab NASA Astrobiology: Exploring Life in the Universe #astrobiology #microbiology

Living in a castle and learning about icy ocean worlds for the next week! 🤓

What do #deepsea ecosystems do for you? Our team is at International Seabed Authority now sharing the latest science on abyssal plains, seamounts, and hydrothermal vents. You can read their new information sheets via the links in the thread below.

Inspiring lectures at #AstrobioUIMP2023 UIMP Cursos de Verano by Morgan Cable (NASA JPL), Nicolas Altobelli (European Space Agency), Shannon M. MacKenzie (Johns Hopkins University) and Olga Prieto Ballesteros (Centro Astrobiología) !!