Giant fan-shaped geological structure discovered beneath East Antarctica
Durham University
Published: 4 June 2026
An international team discovered the East Antarctic Fan-shaped Basin Province, a massive network of 30 subglacial basins connecting features like the Wilkes Basin and Lake Vostok into one tectonic structure, published in Nature Geoscience.
Keywords: Antarctica, subglacial basins, tectonics, ice sheet, Lake Vostok, geology, East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Innovative MBARI technology plays integral role in expedition to document deep-sea biodiversity
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Published: 3 June 2026
An international team discovered over 30 new marine species in the tropical South Atlantic using advanced imaging systems and AI tools developed by MBARI engineers during a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition.
Keywords: deep-sea biodiversity, marine technology, imaging systems, new species discovery, midwater ecosystem, South Atlantic, ROV
Endangered basking sharks rely on the ocean twilight zone during long-distance migrations
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 3 June 2026
Basking sharks actively feed during migrations rather than fasting, diving nearly 1,000 meters into the ocean twilight zone in search of prey previously thought inaccessible to them.
Keywords: basking sharks, ocean twilight zone, deep-sea migration, mesopelagic zone, marine predators, endangered species, filter feeding
