Robots in the Deep Sea (ft. Schmidt Ocean Institute)
Exploring life in the deep-ocean midwater is a long-standing challenge for deep-sea research. The region between the surface and sea-floor, a space that constitutes the largest most biodiverse habitat on Earth, remains poorly understood due to the limitations of sampling its gelatinous, fragile inhabitants. Robots in the Deep documents recent innovations that allow midwater animals to be sampled in-situ, non-intrusively, with greater efficiency than ever. ROVs and new sampling systems are opening a window onto midwaters which, during these times of uncertainty surrounding deep-sea exploitation and its impacts, is crucial to how we approach stewardship in our planet’s last frontier. Created in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Written, narrated and edited by Leo Richards.
Produced by Logan Mock-Bunting.
Featuring interviews with:
Brennan Philips (University of Rhode Island)
Kakani Katija (MBARI)
Peter Girguis (Harvard University)
