Dr Thom
@ThomLinley
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Researching #deepsea #fish. Co-host of @DeepSeaPod. #TeamFish @Te_Papa. #tech and #SciComm. Views are my own. #dyslexic, he/him
Wellington City, New Zealand
Joined December 2011
#ProjectESCA lives! @ALCESonline and I developed this novel light lure with funding from @PureOceanFund. It uses a quiet frame, illumination invisible to the animals, a 360-degree camera, and simulated bioluminescence to attract shy deepsea animals.
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More nonsense from our #Antarctic data processing. The Antarctic jonasfish (Notolepis coatsi) were attracted to the ROV lights. This one shoots off like #roderunner. @ALCESonline
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Me and @ALCESonline have been annotating @SchmidtOcean #Antarctic footage today and it may have driven us a little. Strange. #soundon.#Cephalopods #octopus
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RT @DeepSeaPod: Learn all about the incredible biodiversity and unique challenges of #MesophoticReefs with @FishGuyKai on the new #DeepSea….
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RT @DeepSeaPod: #newepisode just dropped!.Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment. How can we app….
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I haven't seen this misleading labelling method before. I was recommended the one on the right as better value. 10 mg of nothing is still nothing.
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#ColossalSquid has been filmed in its natural habitat for the first time! .Filmed in #Antarctica by @SchmidtOcean, we just had a press conference to share the news. @ALCESonline provides the voiceover and context for the video. @Te_Papa .@PureOceanFund.
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I was on @radionz #NinetoNoon this morning talking about joining the @SchmidtOcean expedition to explore a newly exposed area of #Antarctic #deepsea. @Te_Papa @PureOceanFund.
rnz.co.nz
Giant foot-long sea spiders, icefish with milky-white blood, and 200 year-old coral communities - these are among the creatures a team of international scientists came across when an iceberg the size...
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We can now talk about what we found on the @SchmidtOcean #AntarcticClimateConnections expedition!.A huge section of #iceshelf broke off and politely got out of the way, allowing us to observe pristine under ice habitat. @Te_Papa.@PureOceanFund.
phys.org
An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted their research plans to study an area that was, until last month, covered...
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RT @DeepSeaPod: Our beloved #Blobfish has been voted the #NZFishoftheYear! Second place went to the #OrangeRoughy, proving people love the….
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The #blobfish is #NZFishoftheyear! Our maligned ambassador of the #deepsea and precious baby finally gets recognition. 2nd place went to another #deepocean fish, the #OrangeRoughy. Check out the @Te_Papa #blog for the origin of that iconic image.
blog.tepapa.govt.nz
This Psychrolutes microporos, also known as “Mr Blobby,” the blobfish, is the iconic ambassador for The Deep Sea and personifies everything we air-breathers seem to find weird about it. The image, …
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A huge thanks to @Intrepid_Travel for having me and @ALCESonline aboard to deploy our #ProjectESCA #squid lure in #Antartica.
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RT @ALCESonline: Happy birthday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @ThomLinley and I did a centenary episode on @DeepSeaP….
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A nice side effect of joining @Intrepid_Travel is great #scicomm - talks and updates on #ProjectESCA and #colossalsquid. Loving the guest engagement and even #fanart! Last night they were even on the @DeepSeaPod. @ALCESonline.@PureOceanFund .@Te_Papa .@AutScience
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RT @ALCESonline: Master Squidcrafter Heather has been at it again. Not sure @Intrepid_Travel realized just what they were in for by having….
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We have arrived at the #7thContinent on our #ColossalSquid quest and are deploying our #ProjectESCA camera from the Ocean Endeavour. A big thanks to those who got @ALCESonline and me here: @PureOceanFund, @Te_Papa, @AutScience and @Intrepid_Travel . #Antarctica .#deepsea
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We have arrived at the #7thContinent on our #ColossalSquid quest and are deploying our #ProjectESCA camera from the Ocean Endeavour. A big thanks to those who got @ALCESonline and me here: @PureOceanFund, @Te_Papa, @AutScience and @Intrepid_Travel . #antarctica.#deepsea
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It's happening! @ALCESonline and I are out with @Intrepid_Travel deploying #ProjectESCA in search of the #ColossalSquid. Supported by @PureOceanFund, @Te_Papa and @AutScience, we have developed a suitcase-sized light lure and camera system. #deepsea.#deepocean.#Antarctica
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RT @ALCESonline: We're off! Setting sail for Antarctica to chase some squids with the #ProjectESCA camera system and @ThomLinley, thanks to….
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