Whale Falls and the Deep Sea with Dr Diva Amon

I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to share this episode with you. By far one of my favorite interviews I’ve done!

It’s sea-ptember, and today we are diving deep

A month or so back, I had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with today’s guest that left me wonderstruck. As I mentioned at the top, this started as an attempt to follow the journey of the body of one of the oceans most fascinating creatures after their lives have ended, but it became an expedition to the deep sea.

We talk hydrothermal vents, shag 

carpet, whale falls, blobfish, zombie worms, fish on stilts, see through skulls, scientific colonialism, exploding whales, and...honestly there is so much in this episode I can barely come up with a comprehensive teaser.

Today’s guest is a Trinidadian-British deep-sea biologist working at the nexus of science, policy, and communication.

She studies the weird and wonderful animals living in a range of deep-sea habitats and how our actions are impacting them.

She participates in expeditions around the world and has an extensive science communication and outreach record.

She’s also a Pew-Bertarelli Ocean Ambassador, a Co-Lead of the DOSI Minerals Working Group, a Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum in London, and a Director and Founder of SpeSeas.

She has honestly done so much amazing work that I don’t feel I could come up with any intro to do her justice.

So, get ready for a deep dive, to a dark and mysterious place. Take a break from the rippling pressures and darkness of life during COVID (depressing enough?) for a different kind of pressure—-3k to 9k pounds per square inch!

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