Ocean Twilight Zone Project

Ocean Twilight Zone Project

Ocean Twilight Zone Project 370 200 Ocean Decade

Lead institution:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution – United States of America (USA)

The Ocean Twilight Zone Project is an established project within the TED “Audacious Projects” portfolio.

The Ocean Twilight Zone Project has three pillars: 1) rapidly advance scientific understanding of the twilight zone, 2) dramatically improve public awareness of the deep ocean and inform policy development and 3) develop low-cost pervasive technologies and build capacity for further studies of the mesopelagic ecosystem.

This Project is hosted by the Ocean Decade Programme Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network (JETZON)

Start date: 01/07/2018
End date: 01/07/2024

Lead Contact: Heidi Sosik (hsosik@whoi.edu)

challenges: Protect and restore ecosystems and biodiversity, Sustainably feed the global population, Unlock ocean-based solutions to climate change
type_of_action: Project

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