מפגש עם תמנון מעמקים
During a night research dive off the coast of Haifa, at a depth of over 100 meters, we had an extraordinary encounter with a curious octopus that stayed with our ROV for an unusually long time. Typically, octopus encounters are brief – these sensitive animals tend to flee quickly from the noise and bright lights […]
בחיפוש אחר ספוגים
One of our most exciting ROV mission types is our collaboration with the Sponge Lab led by Prof. Micha Ilan from Tel Aviv University (link). Together with EcoOcean’s research vessel – the Mediterranean Explorer (MedEx), we regularly carry out dives offshore Israel at sponge-rich sites around 100 meters deep. We choose sites based on bathymetric […]