The Deep-Sea Podcast

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 31. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/031-hydrothermal-vents   We’re continuing on our iconic deep-sea habitat trilogy with the episode you’ve all been waitin...

We’re continuing on our iconic deep-sea habitat trilogy with the episode you’ve all been waiting for… HYDROTHERMAL VENTS! In this jam-packed episode we cover forgotten Christmas specials, lebensspuren, deep-sea sandwiches and climate crisis sea-shanties (and that’s only in the first 20 minutes)!  We speak to the incredible Charles “Chuck” Fisher, a pivotal biologist in hydrothermal vent research,...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 30. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/030-seamounts   We’ve been off-piste for a while now so we thought we’d jump straight back into the deep sea with a seri...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 8. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here   Working in the deep sea is entirely dependent on technology and the incredible forces push engineering to its limit. If you are doing something that no...

We’ve been off-piste for a while now so we thought we’d jump straight back into the deep sea with a series of episodes on deep-sea habitats. We’re starting off strong with a huge episode on seamounts! We speak to a friend of the show, Ashley Rowden who’s an expert in all-things benthic and we find out why seamounts are just so cool. We also get a little distracted and reminisce about the ultimate...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 4. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/004-fear-of-the-deep-sea-with-glenn-singleman   We turn the spotlight on ourselves and wonder why humanity seems...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 29. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/029-deep-rivers   Everyone has been very busy this month with Thom and the Professor officially describing a new species...

https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/029-deep-rivers   Everyone has been very busy this month with Thom and the Professor officially describing a new species of blue snailfish, alongside their adventures in Singapore. We hear from one of our old students about the work he’s been doing in deep freshwater ecosystems, which got us thinking about these unique environments and the kind of species tha...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 3. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/003-aesthetics-of-thedeep-sea-with-artist-alex-gould   Can we use art to help people engage with the deep sea? We...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 28. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/028-being-captain   The Professor is back from his adventures at sea with lots of exciting new updates. He talks...

The Professor is back from his adventures at sea with lots of exciting new updates. He talks us through some of his key findings from this already iconic deep-sea expedition. We also get to hear from an often overlooked figure in these expeditions: the ship's captain. Alan and Captain Stuart Buckle have a shared history of seagoing. Travelling the world together onboard the DSSV Pressure Drop duri...

Here’s our first ever episode of The Deco-Stop; a deeper look into the humans behind deep sea science and technology. We’ve done our science dive, and now it’s time to decompress, and discuss tales at sea, career paths and the social & political aspects of deep sea science.    Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/deco-stop-001   In our first ev...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 2. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/002-exploring-the-mariana-trench-guest-don-walsh   In this episode we have an amazing interview with legendary oc...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 27. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/027-caves   With the Professor out at sea, Thom goes off the rails and finally gets his answers on cave biology....

Full episode notes   With the Professor out at sea, Thom goes off the rails and finally gets his answers on cave biology. What are the similarities and differences between the deep-sea and cave ecosystems? How are they linked? Do we know more about the moon than cave biolo…. just kidding! We speak to the legendary Professor Thomas Iliffe, who has shaped the field of biospeleology (cave biology); d...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 1. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/episode1   In the very first episode of The Deep-Sea Podcast we let you know who we are and why we felt the world...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 26. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/026-vision   After recovering from you-know-what last episode, we’re excited to complete our open-water/pelagic...

Read the show notes and find out more about us at: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/026-vision   After recovering from you-know-what last episode, we’re excited to complete our open-water/pelagic trilogy with this week’s guest Professor Justin Marshall. Justin is an expert on all things vision, and talks us through all of the intricacies and oddities of vision in the deep sea. We discuss how...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 25. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/025-biolum   Last episode we learned about the pelagic zone, the largest habitat on earth, a boundless 3D space...

Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 24. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be!   Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/024-pelagic   We have a confession to make. We talk a big game about how we are busting myths, tackling deep-sea...

https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/025-biolum   Sorry that this episode isn’t the perfectly polished jewel that this show usually is. Thom’s family got a visit from both COVID and chickenpox so there hasn’t been the time or energy to edit as well as he usually does. But we couldn’t abandon you without an episode this month as some great stuff is still covered.   Last episode we leaned about th...

https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/024-pelagic   We have a confession to make. We talk a big game about how we are busting myths, tackling deep-sea tropes and showing the deep ocean as it really is… but we have been guilty of one of the big ones. The deep sea is not just the bottom! Most of the deep sea, in fact, most of the habitat of this planet is the huge open 3D environment of open water...

https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/023-deep-aquaria   Can we safely bring deep-sea organisms to the surface and keep them alive? Certain species, such as the giant isopods and giant Japanese spider crabs have been kept in aquaria in the past but the number of animals we can maintain long-term is quite small. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s new Into the Deep exhibition has succeeded in keeping anim...

https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/022-dive-streaming   One of the most exciting parts of our job is going to places that no one has ever been before and seeing things that no one has ever seen. It turns out, we were making that far harder than it needs to be, we can do all this from home! Several of the big names in deep-sea exploration live-stream (or dive-stream if we’re being cute). With j...

We have often talked about how difficult it is the get data from the deep sea… but would you believe that the bottleneck to our understanding of the deep ocean, at least as far as visual data, is processing those images? Turning a picture of the deep sea into a list of species, habitat type, sediment type etc. is a time-consuming process that requires a wide range of skilled people. Due to time/fu...