A robotic submarine exploring the seamounts off the Chilean coast in a recent expedition sponsored by the Schmidt Ocean Institute has netted the discovery, an international group of researchers believe, of a hundred new species never before seen, from deep sea corals, urchins, sponges, amphipods and the above ten-legged type of crustacean related to hermit crabs. Specimens were observed off the plunging cliffs of the Nazca Ridge in the southeastern Pacific and reveals how ecosystems change with depth and how to optimise conservation efforts. More from Voice of America at the link above.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the Xerox Alto (1973) plus the mummers of Sardinia
two years ago: assorted links to revisit
three years ago: your daily demon: Abraxas, botanist Catharina Helena Dรถrrien, St David’s Day plus bringing back the North American chestnut
four years ago: Steve Jackson Games (1990) plus Easter Eggs in Swiss maps
five years ago: Prohibition in Iceland, Nixon in Latin America plus Lake Erie gets personhood
