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🇹🇹🇬🇧 | Marine Biologist | #DeepSea | @UCSBenioffOcean | @SpeSeas Director | @insidenatgeo Emerging Explorer | @DeepStewardship Exec
Oct 31, 2022 25 tweets 8 min read
1. The third and final part of the @ISBAHQ negotiations on #deepseamining has just begun. Delighted to be here once again on the @DeepStewardship delegation. Will attempt to tweet the main developments during this first week, and we are already off to a punchy start…./n Image 2.Germany off to a strong start! Underlining its view that current knowledge is insufficient to approve DSM so will not sponsor any plans of work for exploitation until this is remedied and robust regs in place. Germany supports a precautionary pause on DSM to enable research
Mar 25, 2020 58 tweets 49 min read
Yesterday, on the 1st day of the UK's #COVID19 lockdown, I started posting a daily #deepsea fact on my instagram (@diva_amon) to help amaze/excite/distract. Will cross-post them here also. Feel free to add comments/questions/etc. & I'll try to get to them #DivasDailyDeepSeaFact DAY 1: The test used to diagnose #COVID19 & other pandemics was developed with the help of an enzyme isolated from a #microbe found in #DeepSea #HydrothermalVents & freshwater hot springs.
Video: @NERCscience @adrg1.
Fact: @WHOI.
#DivasDailyDeepSeaFact
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