My latest for American Scientist is all about FathomVerse, a MBARI community science initiative where you can help scientists to identify deep sea weirdos. Get good at the game and you might get to be the first human being ever to see a new species! @amsci.bsky.social@mbarinews.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎

Help Scientists Study the Ocean with FathomVerse

A new game involving videos of ocean life joins citizen science with AI.

Thank you!!! So great. Really appreciate it.

Thank you @whysharksmatter.bsky.social@amsci.bsky.social#FathomVersefathomverse.game#OnwardsandDownwards 🦑🧪🌊🌎🤿

Preach. The deep sea is NOT just there to be exploited but is filled with wonder, and is one of our planet's final frontiers. youtu.be/qW7CGTK-1vA?... 🧪🦑🌊🌎

Deep-Sea Mining: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses deep-sea mining, whether or not it’s worth doing, and which undersea creature he most wants to eat.Connect with Last Week Tonight onlin...

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Want to help us discover all life in the ocean?? 🦑🌊🌎🪼🪸🐠🤿 Use your mobile device to download and play #FathomVersefathomverse.gameyoutu.be/molGox1_Heg?...@mbarinews.bsky.social@montereyaq.bsky.social

Welcome to FathomVerse | Game Walkthrough

Welcome to FathomVerse! We're taking ocean exploration to the next level by merging science with an innovative gaming experience. Follow along as Kakani Katija shares a walkthrough of the game and all its features. You can join in the adventure today! FathomVerse is free to download on the App Store or Google Play. https://www.fathomverse.game/

“It is beyond time that we stop treating the deep ocean as something to exploit and start treating it for what it really is: A mind blowingly vast, virtually unknown world within our world; one filled with beauty, wonder…” #DeepSeaMining

John Oliver on deep-sea mining: ‘Time that we stop treating the deep ocean as something to exploit’

Last Week Tonight host discusses the deep ocean and the private company looking to mine it for precious metals.

Thank you so much to our FathomNauts!! Y'all represent 100 different countries, and we're grateful to you for joining us on this journey. #onwardsanddownwards

Out of 8,577 players worldwide, 16 have reached Denizen of the Deep! Congratulations!! If you see your player ID on the leaderboard, let us know over in #general on our Discord server.

By far, the mission with the most unlabeled images in #FathomVerse is sea fans! The more sea fan expeditions we complete (as well as anemone, bony fish, physonect siphonophore, sponge, etc), the faster we reach community consensus.