A team of researchers led by two University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa oceanography professors has revealed that an array of phytoplankton is not just using the light from the sun.
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endIndex: Deo Onda, the Filipino scientist who participated in the dive into third deepest spot on Earth talks about the promises of deep sea exploration and why microbial oceanography matters to the Philippine community. Screenshot from CALADAN OCEANIC/YOUTUBE When I accepted this, I never thought this would be history-making and that it would gain traction from the Filipino people,” says oceanographer Deo Florence Onda over a call, referring to the invite to descend into Emden Deep with Caladan Oceanic the private company who has shattered records with their deep sea explorations.
The surreal life of the microbial oceanographer from studying epiphytic microalgae interactions (which, in part, control available resources for their host seaweed) and how microplastics and pollution affect marine microbial communities to advocacies like defending the sovereignty of the West Philippine Sea and even driving frontliners to work during the pandemic are themselves the product