Thread by @hellyeahcorks

So that tweet did some numbers overnight 😱

Welcome to the new followers! Did you read something that made you think about the #deepsea in a new way & want to see some deep sea science in action? Have I got some live ROV dive sources for ya!

The big 3 groups doing live broadcasts of deepsea science are @EVNautilus, @SchmidtOcean, and @oceanexplorer. @Ocean_Networks also occasionally broadcasts their cabled observatory servicing cruises. Check them out! Summer is when scientists do a lot of work at sea!

And if you, like me, are concerned about the underfunding of #deepsea research in the US, you can contact your state's congresspeople/senators and tell them to improve funding for @NSF, which is the main grant-providing agency for deep sea science here.

We are losing the storied ocean drilling program #IODP next year, which is going to hurt a lot of us who need access to physical samples/data from the subseafloor, as we won't have a drillship for at least a decade.

https://twitter.com/hellyeahcorks/status/1666180599974084608?t=ksG2aWh0Kn86O-rGrswU8Q&s=19

The job situation for deep sea scientists is also pretty dire. The deep ocean is a really important part of the Earth system that we still dont understand well. Improving funding for the GEO/OCE directorates would allow us to do research to understand how our planet works.