TWILIGHTED
Creating a global deep-sea research hub in Madeira Island, Portugal
- To celebrate #Halloween, our MARE-Madeira #YouthAmbassadors have pulled together some of the ‘spookiest’ critters of the #deepsea to share with you! Today we’re celebrating the Giant Squid of the genus Architeuthis, which can reach at least 13 meters in length!
- These squid are believed to be the prey of deep-diving cetaceans like sperm whales, as their stomachs have been found to contain the beaks of large squid. We love this video caught by NOAA, captured at more than 700 meters, of a squid thought to be ~3-4 meters.
- New Abyssmal Humor #cartoon: 'Unsquishable' 😄 Check out the full Abyssmal Humor series: twilighted.eu/resources/ab... #deepsea
- #Halloween is getting closer! Our MARE-Madeira #YouthAmbassadors would like to share another #SpookyScience critter with you: Zombie Worms!
- This September, our partners at NTNU hosted a deep-sea technology training school for scientists, technicians and students from @maremadeira.bsky.social and GEOMAR. It got rave reviews from attendees and hit all project KPIs for moose and aurora borealis sightings, too 🦌
- Are you curious about the kind of technologies used at leading deep-sea research institutes? Are you starting your own deep-sea research program, too? We're here for you: twilighted.eu/twilighted-g... The #TWILIGHTED project is funded by the European Union. #deepsea #capacitybuilding #marinescience
- This month, to celebrate #Halloween, MARE-Madeira's #YouthAmbassadors have pulled together some of the ‘spookiest’ critters of the deep sea to share with you! Today we’re celebrating the Ghost Shark:
- Do you know how Earth's billion cubic kilometers of water came to be? Do you know what fish was responsible for the creation of the EEZs? Do you think you can out-swim a sea snail?
- Ciência Viva no Verão returns(!) and we hosted a smorgasbord of deep-sea activities and games for visiting families. We also had a live-stream of an ROV dive off the coast of Madeira, giving participants the chance to see a wreck and some underwater life in real time!
- GEOMAR hosted our first TWILIGHTED training school this month, covering deep-sea research tools and techniques, plus communications and project management. Want to know what we learned? Find out on our TWILIGHTED blog! 👉 twilighted.eu/mare-madeira... Funded by the EU
- Last month, Rodrigo from MARE-Madeira dressed up in all his woolens and joined a GEOMAR research cruise in the Baltic Sea! Check out the latest TWILIGHTED Blog where Rodrigo shares the tools he used and cool discoveries from the cruise! twilighted.eu/it-was-baltic/ 📷 R Silva & J Dierking
- Check out our latest TWILIGHTED blog, where we review our favorite facts, questions and revelations from the 17th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (#DSBS17) held last month in Hong Kong! twilighted.eu/top-10-deep-...
- Apply to join the Impossible Things Workshop! We have a list of impossible challenges related to deep-sea research, and we want your help to solve them. (No ocean research experience needed!) Applications close 26 Jan. Learn more: twilighted.eu/opportunitie...
- New PhD opportunity! ARDITI has just released a call for PhD studentships, which successful applicants can use to conduct a PhD with MARE-Madeira within the TWILIGHTED project, co-supervised by GEOMAR or NTNU! Fill out our expression of interest by 5 January if you'd like to apply!
