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DEEP WATER MARINE ZOOLOGIST TORBEN RIEHL GRAPPLES WITH BIG SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS AS HE EXPLORES THE OCEAN DEPTHS FROM THE DECK OF A RESEARCH VESSEL.
Explore 35(3) Summer 2013
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Torben Riehl aboard the German research vessel Sonne during the KuramBio cruise 2012. On the slopes of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench in more than 6000 metres the sampling device has become entangled in a ghost net (lost and forgotten fishing nets). These not only hinder deepsea exploration but threaten fauna such as whales and fish which become entangled and drown. Photo © N Brenke.
