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Our mission is to accelerate exploration of the deep ocean through low-cost, easily accessible systems
to empower people historically excluded from the field to explore and understand the deep sea.

09/07/2026

What an incredible week in Niue! 🌊🦈
Our Denticles & Tentacles programme brought together an amazing group of young people for a week of hands-on ocean learning, discovery, and connection.

Throughout the week, students stepped into the role of marine scientists. Learning to identify local shark and fish species, building and deploying their own Baited Remote Underwater Video Systems (BRUVS), and exploring how technology can help us better understand our ocean life.

One of the week's highlights was working alongside Brian and getting hands-on with DORIS, an exciting prototype deep-sea monitoring system. Students helped assemble and launch the system, gaining firsthand experience with innovative technology that's making marine research more accessible.

But this programme is about more than science. It's about building confidence, developing practical skills, and strengthening the connection between Pacific youth and the ocean that surrounds and sustains us.

To wrap up the week, our students shared what they had learned with their families and local community, presenting their experiences, new knowledge, and the discoveries they made along the way. Watching them speak with such confidence and enthusiasm was a powerful reminder that the future of ocean conservation is already taking shape.

Fakaaue lahi to our incredible students for bringing so much curiosity, energy, and passion to every activity. Thank you to our partners, supporters, facilitators, and the Niue community for welcoming us so warmly and helping make this programme such a success. If this workshop peaks your interest, stay tuned. We will have more information about our upcoming workshops soon.

Here's to the next generation of Pacific Ocean Guardians💙



🎥Video Credit: JinNam Hopotoa
💞Partners: Ocean Discovery League Niue Ocean Wide - NOW - Conserving Our EEZ

09/07/2026

Proud to be a part of this program in various Pacific regions, introducing our new Deep Ocean Research and Imaging System (DORIS). ODL Chief Scientist, Brian RC Kennedy, led workshops with students on deployment, recovery, and data. We will be back soon with the next program in the Cook Islands! 🌊🐙

The deep ocean covers 66% of Earth's surface, and we have seen less than 0.001% of it. That number reflects over seventy...
08/06/2026

The deep ocean covers 66% of Earth's surface, and we have seen less than 0.001% of it. That number reflects over seventy years of global deep-sea exploration.

That has to change, and we have a plan.

The Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals identify 10,000 target locations across the deep seafloor, selected to correct for decades of geographic bias and produce the first truly representative visual dataset of the deep ocean. Completing them will nearly double the number of unique sites ever observed.

The deep ocean regulates our climate, sustains biodiversity we've barely begun to document, and underpins decisions about resource management and conservation being made right now.

This World Oceans Day, our commitment is clear: the deep ocean needs to be seen for the first time on a truly global scale.

Join us: oceandiscoveryleague.org/global-deep-sea-exploration-goals

03/05/2026

Tune into the latest episode of Planet Visionaries, in partnership with the Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by , featuring our founder Dr. Katy Croff Bell and marine biologist Sheena Talma as they talk about the challenges of deep-sea exploration and how ODL is transforming this field to be more inclusive and far-reaching.

You don’t want to miss this one!

Meet the first-ever DORIS cohort. Researchers, marine scientists, sailors, educators, ecologists, explorers, and leaders...
22/04/2026

Meet the first-ever DORIS cohort. Researchers, marine scientists, sailors, educators, ecologists, explorers, and leaders from 8 Pacific nations gathered at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology last week for our Deep Ocean Research and Imaging System (DORIS) Training Workshop. This incredible group is now equipped to bring deep-sea research to their home institutions across the Pacific, at a fraction of traditional costs.

Today we welcomed Dr. Drazen and Dr. Girard’s teams from the Deep Sea Animal Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻ...
17/04/2026

Today we welcomed Dr. Drazen and Dr. Girard’s teams from the Deep Sea Animal Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the team from National Geographic Pristine Seas for an introduction to DORIS, our low-cost, modular deep-sea camera system capable of reaching 6,000 meters.

We’re here because the deep ocean remains one of the least explored places on Earth, and the tools to change that have historically been out of reach for most researchers and communities. DORIS is changing that. This meeting is the beginning of a collaboration rooted in a shared belief that understanding and protecting deep-sea ecosystems requires more eyes, more data, and more voices at the table.

PacificOcean HIMB

This week, we’re at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology welcoming Pacific Island partners for a hands-on workshop wit...
15/04/2026

This week, we’re at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology welcoming Pacific Island partners for a hands-on workshop with DORIS, our low-cost, modular deep-sea camera system capable of reaching 6,000 meters. Together with and , we’re building the skills, connections, and tools needed for communities across the Pacific to explore and monitor their own deep ocean backyard. OceanExploration

What does it take to understand an ecosystem that covers two-thirds of Earth’s surface? A plan. On Wednesday we launched...
03/04/2026

What does it take to understand an ecosystem that covers two-thirds of Earth’s surface? A plan. On Wednesday we launched one.

The Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals are 10,000 target locations for deep-sea visual observation — the result of a spatially balanced, probability-based sampling design published today in Science Advances. The design accounts for where we’ve already looked and prioritizes the ocean basins, depth zones, and seafloor types most underrepresented in 70 years of exploration. 58% of the targets are in the high seas. Only 20% of historical dives were.

The Goals are designed to work alongside existing programs — seafloor mapping, biodiversity surveys, routine research cruises — so that any deep-sea expedition anywhere in the world can contribute to a shared, representative baseline. Because understanding the deep ocean shouldn’t depend on where you’re from or what flag is on your ship.

Explore the Goals and the interactive map via the link in our bio.

02/04/2026

We’ve visually explored less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor. Today, we are doing something about that.

The Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals, published yesterday in Science Advances, are 10,000 scientifically selected target locations for deep-sea visual observation. Using a probability-based sampling design built on four global seafloor characteristics — bathymetry, geomorphology, sediment composition, and particulate organic carbon flux — the Goals identify where observation is most needed to produce a statistically representative picture of the deep sea.

When completed, the Goals will nearly double the number of unique seafloor locations ever visually explored, with the largest increases in the regions most lacking in historical coverage.

The targets are live. The interactive map is open. Any expedition, anywhere, can contribute.

Explore the Goals and the interactive map via the link in our bio.

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