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Ocean Discovery League Newsletter | January 2024
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Last year, we launched the inaugural Ocean Exploration Day honoring the day in 1960 when Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh reached a record depth of approximately 10,911 meters (35,797 ft) in the research bathyscaphe Trieste, fueling public interest in the deep ocean.
As we celebrate Ocean Exploration Day 2024, we look to the future of deep ocean exploration, which comes down to one word: acceleration. If the past year’s climate change news has revealed anything, we do not have time to explore the deep, slowly, and expensively. We need lower-cost solutions in the hands of more people in targeted deep-sea areas to characterize this critical biosphere before it’s too late.
The future path is clear. To fully characterize the deep sea over the next decade, we need:
- Targeted Exploration: Identifying and exploring locations that, when observed and sampled, will allow us to characterize the deep ocean effectively.
- Lower Cost and Easier to Use Tools: Developing low-cost, high-quality tools, deployment systems, and data analysis solutions. We also need the deep-sea community to accept that low-cost solutions do not produce low-cost data and that any observations are better than none. The sooner the community adopts this approach, the faster we can complete this work.
- A Broader Community of Explorers: Deep ocean exploration can no longer be limited to the select few with the means and methods to conduct this research. 76% of countries in the world have deep ocean in their EEZ, and they need the tools to explore them before making decisions that will destroy this landscape irreparably.
Sadly, we lost Don Walsh last November at the age of 92. We are so grateful that he joined us for Ocean Exploration Day last year to share his thoughts on ocean exploration, and we will forever remember his guidance and wisdom.
We invite you to post and share about Ocean Exploration Day 2024 using our social media toolkit. We look forward to sharing the incredible progress this community has made during OED next year!
Dr. Katy Croff Bell
Founder & President
Ocean Discovery League
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Celebrate Ocean Exploration Day Today!
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Nature Article: Towards equity and justice in ocean sciences
An overview of the key topics and issues that the scientific community has debated over the last three to four years, with an emphasis on ocean research, coupled with actions per stakeholder groups (research community, institutions, funding agencies, and publishers). Key discussions that are currently missing are outlined and a path forward is suggseted to tackle these gaps.
Read Paper Here
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Call for Science Input: 2024 E/V Nautilus Expeditions
Ocean Exploration Trusts invites members of the ocean exploration, science, and management community to submit priorities for seafloor mapping, remotely operated vehicle dives, physical sampling, and technology integrations for expeditions through the Pacific in 2024.
Deadline: February 1, 2024
Training Opportunity: NOAA OE Explorer-in-Training Program
NOAA OE is welcoming applications from students for its Explorer-In-Training Program. These interns gain valuable, interdisciplinary experience in ocean exploration while collaborating on office projects and expeditions.
Deadline: January 31, 2024
For more job opportunities, follow our friends at SEVENSEAS Media and sign up for their weekly opportunities newsletter.
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Sea Grant: Graduate Student Knauss Fellowship
The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students interested in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and the US national policy decisions affecting those resources.
Deadline: February 15, 2024
National Geographic Society: Explorer Grants
Grants are designed for individuals who may be earlier in their career, those looking to establish themselves better in their field, those seeking mentorship from others in their field and beyond, or those who want to grow their network and enhance their impact by joining a global community of National Geographic Explorers.
Deadline: April 11, 2024
Deep-Sea Biology Society: Research Support and Conference Support Awards
The Deep-Sea Biology Society supports its members through financial support to either research projects (Research Support Awards) or participation to conferences or other networking activities (Conference Support Awards).
Deadline: April 30, 2024
Explorers Club: Discovery Expedition Grants
The Explorers Club has a new grant program to support researchers and explorers from around the world, while also providing them with a platform to illuminate their findings—and without restrictions on scientific publication or infringement on ownership of research.
Deadline: Rolling
Deep Dives: Ocean and Fisheries Reporting
The Pulitzer Center is seeking ambitious reporting proposals from freelance and staff journalists from around the world who wish to report on vital ocean and fisheries issues and are in need of support for their reporting projects.
Deadline: Rolling
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