Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative

Opportunities:
🔹JAMSTEC Marine Plastics Researcher (4 Dec) buff.ly/Ph2MdfM
🔹SCOR Visiting Scholar call (15 Dec) buff.ly/YygyenT
🔹Carlo Heip Award nominations (19 Dec) buff.ly/8jrn5Xq
🔹AIMEC Postdocs (21 Dec) buff.ly/oiXExRl
🔹UWA Deep-Sea PhD (31 Dec) buff.ly/13dU1bq

🌊 Coming up in December for the #DeepSea Community!

2 Dec – COBRA Webinar: eDNA reference libraries, taxonomy & new species discoveries. buff.ly/Rnxm6Zh

15–19 Dec – AGU25: #DeepOcean sessions on tech, exploration & decision-making. buff.ly/xhn5SM5
👏 Congrats to awardees Lisa Levin & Julie Huber!

Roundtable event “Opportunities in the BBNJ Agreement for Advancing Climate Action in the Deep Ocean” on 17 November at 15:00 to 16:30 GMT-3.
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Join our #DeepSea booth at #COP30
We explore the crucial yet often overlooked role of the #DeepOcean in regulating Earth’s climate. Through videos, podcasts, webinars, and policy briefs, we highlight the importance of deep-sea ecosystems.
👉 buff.ly/0sMrWLG

What's happening this week for the #DeepSea

#COP30 has begun and is running until the 21st November. We are hosting a booth at the Virtual Ocean Pavilion . It's easy and free to register and view all the resources we have made available.
Register here: buff.ly/0sMrWLG

Have you visited DOSI’s Virtual Booth at the #COP30 Ocean Pavilion? 🌍

🔹 Ask one of our experts your #DeepSea questions
🔹 Dive into our webinars, policy briefs, podcasts, and more

👉 cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com

🌊 Find out more about climate and the #DeepOcean our latest video!

▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8

This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.

COBRA Webinar “From Abyss to Audience: Science Communication in Deep-Sea Research” | 4 Nov

How do we share deep-ocean science with the world? This interactive session explores storytelling, visuals & outreach strategies to bring the deep to light. 🌊

Register here: buff.ly/ixCqALh

COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion 2025 [3-21 November] The COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion is an online space to support global engagement around the UN Climate Conference 2025. The event is scheduled for 3-21 November 2025

#ClimateChange Mitigation and #DeepSea Biodiversity: Risks & Opportunities | 3 Nov (13:00–14:30 BRT) With experts: Cymie Payne, Lisa Levin, Ilysa Iglesias, Joachim Claudet, Liz Hetherington, Diva Amon, Erik Cordes & Pradeep Singh.
Free registration: buff.ly/7GItT34
#COP30

#COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion | 3–21 Nov
Our exhibit “Climate Change and the Deep Ocean” (with Schmidt Ocean Institute, DOOS and Ocean Discovery League explores how the deep ocean regulates Earth’s climate and why it needs our protection.
buff.ly/7GItT34

It’s a big month for the #DeepSea community from #COP30 to deep-ocean storytelling, here’s what’s coming up in November👇

Stay tuned as we share highlights and key takeaways throughout November. Have we missed a #DeepSea event? Share it with the #DeepSeaCommunity in the comments below!

This week in the Deep-Sea Round-Up:
🔸️A brand new issue of Deep-Sea Life with a brand new look!
🔸️Register for DOSI’s events at #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion!

Read the latest Deep-Sea Round-Up here: www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se...

📷 vampire squid by Schmidt Ocean Institute.

DOSI delegates joined side events on #IPBES assessments, One Health, and biodiversity restoration highlighting links between science, policy & deep-sea ecosystems. Thank you Anna and Eugenia for bringing #DeepSea science into this global biodiversity discussion.

Delegates addressed biodiversity & climate change, scientific needs under the #KMGBF, and issues from invasive species to global cooperation.

📸 Eugenia Thomas and Francesca Vitali at the Smithsonian Institute during the side event as seen in the slide

Day 1 saw opening remarks from the SBSTTA Chair, CBD Executive Secretary, and Panama’s Environment Minister. Countries shared priorities on capacity building, to strengthen the science–policy interface.
📸 Eugenia Thomas with the #SBSTTA27 Secretary Sakhile Silitshena

Last week DOSI delegates engaged with discussions at #SBSTTA27 where Parties and observers gathered to provide scientific technical advice for the implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

📸 DOSI Delegates Eugenia Thomas and Anna Metaxas at SBSTTA27

This week in the #DeepSeaRoundUp 🌊
🔹 Cusk eels congregating off Chile
🔹 Register for the #COP30 Virtual #Ocean Pavilion
👉 Read it here: buff.ly/8F7PcRd
📸 A Caulophacus sponge towering >2 m off the seafloor. NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2025 Beyond the Blue.
#DeepSea

Day 1 closed with discussions on the IPBES work programme and on biodiversity and climate linkages, which will continue throughout SBSTTA27. We will continue contributing to the dialogue this week, working to ensure that the #DeepSea is part of the GBF’s implementation story. 🌊

Our DOSI delegates, Anna Metaxas and Eugenia Thomas, took part in side events focused on strengthening the scientific basis of CBD processes, including discussions on how to ensure that indigenous and local knowledge is integrated alongside scientific expertise.

Member States shared their progress and priorities under Agenda Item 3, highlighting the need for:
🔹 integration of diverse data sources,
🔹 capacity building (especially for SIDS and developing countries), and
🔹 improved monitoring to identify and close key scientific gaps.

DOSI is attending #SBSTTA27 which opened in Panama yesterday with strong calls for science-based decision-making to advance implementation of the Kunming–Montreal GBF. If you're attending, be sure to find Anna Metaxas and Eugenia Thomas to say hello 👋
Summary so far 🧵 👇

DOSI is in Panama for #SBSTTA27

We’re contributing #DeepSea science & policy insights to discussions on implementing the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 🌊

If you’re here too look out for our DOSI ambassadors Anna Metaxas and Eugenia Thomas to discuss all things #DeepSea 👋

This week’s #DeepSeaRoundUp 🌊
🔹 Seamount trawling impacts in the Pacific
🔹 Can deep-ocean CO₂ storage really last?
Plus more events and opportunities for the #DeepSea community!
🔗 Read it here buff.ly/SGwUq5r
📸 Image: Schmidt Ocean Institute

Exciting to see Maria Baker & Sabine Gollner representing DOSI at the #GESDASummit advancing dialogue on anticipatory science & diplomacy to shape a sustainable future for our ocean. 🌊 🤝

You can watch the #GESDASummit including Sabine's talk here: buff.ly/45JlGNl

🌊 Big win for the #DeepSea
At the #IUCNCongress members voted to adopt:
✅ Motion 032 – Protecting seamounts and vulnerable marine ecosystems from destructive practices
✅ Motion 035 – Protecting mesopelagic ecosystem integrity

Thanks to those who voted science into policy 👏

📍 At #IUCNWorldCongress?
Stop by the DOSI booth 137 to explore our new policy brief on the ocean twilight zone, which provides evidential supports of Motion 035 on Protection of Mesopelagic Ecosystem Integrity.
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Our science recommends:
1️⃣ A precautionary approach to all new twilight-zone activities
2️⃣ Investment in research & monitoring
3️⃣ Integration into High Seas governance
4️⃣ Collaboration & capacity building

Let science guide policy! buff.ly/YTtPQXx
#DOSI #IUCNCongress

The mesopelagic (200–1,000m) links surface & deep-ocean life regulating carbon, feeding fisheries & sustaining biodiversity, yet:
🔹 87% of experts say mining impacts are poorly understood
🔹 72% say climate impacts are unclear
🔹 75% say science is not integrated into governance

The #IUCNCongress is considering Motion 035: Protection of Mesopelagic Ecosystem Integrity a vital step for climate, biodiversity & the ocean.

DOSI’s new policy brief supports this call for precautionary action.
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In the forum plenary, Kristina Gjerde and Synchronicity Earth announced the Ocean Stewardship Award to empower future ocean leaders, with the first recipients to be announced at the inaugural BBNJ COP.