Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
95% of the habitable volume of our planet is deep ocean. Come alone with deep sea explorer, ecologist and oceanographer Astrid Leitner to make an epic discovery about the ecology and behavior of marine animals in this deep, dark layer of the abyssal ocean.
Astrid focuses on regions of the seafloor with abrupt bathymetric features - from seamounts to canyons to pinnacles and trenches - and tries to understand what drives the ecosystems in these unique habitats. support very rich ecosystems. These areas also tend to be hotspots of human activity in the ocean, such as fishing, tourism, mineral extraction/mining and marine conservation.
Video courtesy of the Maxwell | Hanrahan Foundation award: https://news.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/ceoas%E2%80%99-leitner-receives-2023-maxwellhanrahan-award-field-biology
95% of the habitable volume of our planet is deep ocean. Come alone with deep sea explorer, ecologist and oceanographer Astrid Leitner to make an epic discovery about the ecology and behavior of marine animals in this deep, dark layer of the abyssal ocean.
Astrid focuses on regions of the seafloor with abrupt bathymetric features - from seamounts to canyons to pinnacles and trenches - and tries to understand what drives the ecosystems in these unique habitats. support very rich ecosystems. These areas also tend to be hotspots of human activity in the ocean, such as fishing, tourism, mineral extraction/mining and marine conservation.
Video courtesy of the Maxwell | Hanrahan Foundation award: https://news.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/ceoas%E2%80%99-leitner-receives-2023-maxwellhanrahan-award-field-biology
