Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 12 minutes ago
Throwback to that time when we lit up the United Nations building in New York with a visitor from the ocean twilight zone!
To highlight the importance of marine life to the global climate, this 2021 Climate Week projection featured a siphonophore—a colony of specialized marine organisms that work together to enhance group survival.
To highlight the importance of marine life to the global climate, this 2021 Climate Week projection featured a siphonophore—a colony of specialized marine organisms that work together to enhance group survival.
Although the projection was only visible for a short amount of time, WHOI’s six-year Ocean Twilight Zone Project uncovered the importance of the mid-ocean region to pelagic fisheries—and the planet’s climate.
👉 Find out how our research helps protect this vital ecosystem: twilightzone.whoi.edu
📸 “Vertical Migration,” by artist collective , supported by Avatar Alliance Foundation, Dalio Philanthropies, and OceanX in partnership with #WHOI.
Throwback to that time when we lit up the United Nations building in New York with a visitor from the ocean twilight zone!
To highlight the importance of marine life to the global climate, this 2021 Climate Week projection featured a siphonophore—a colony of specialized marine organisms that work together to enhance group survival.
To highlight the importance of marine life to the global climate, this 2021 Climate Week projection featured a siphonophore—a colony of specialized marine organisms that work together to enhance group survival.
Although the projection was only visible for a short amount of time, WHOI’s six-year Ocean Twilight Zone Project uncovered the importance of the mid-ocean region to pelagic fisheries—and the planet’s climate.
👉 Find out how our research helps protect this vital ecosystem: twilightzone.whoi.edu
📸 “Vertical Migration,” by artist collective , supported by Avatar Alliance Foundation, Dalio Philanthropies, and OceanX in partnership with #WHOI.
