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CONICET Announces Talud Continental V to Explore Two Unstudied Submarine Canyons

The April 2027 mission will map unknown deep‑sea life to inform conservation policy.

Daniel Lauretta liderará por segunda vez consecutiva una expedición del Schmidt Ocean Institute, una decisión poco habitual para una organización que recibe propuestas científicas de todo el mundo
El Conicet anunció una nueva expedición a 600 km de la costa de Chubut
La nueva campaña Talud Continental V del CONICET iniciará en abril y contará con un streaming en vivo.
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Overview

  • CONICET and the Schmidt Ocean Institute announced the new Talud Continental V campaign on June 8, 2026, with a planned departure in April 2027 and an option to move to February.
  • Scientists will target the Ameghino and Almirante Brown submarine canyons off Chubut and plan manned ROV and AUV dives to about 4,500–5,000 meters to document deep‑sea habitats.
  • The expedition will sail on the research vessel Falkor (too) and use the ROV SuBastian plus autonomous underwater vehicles capable of greater depths to collect HD imagery and samples.
  • A 19‑member Argentine team from GEMPA will lead biodiversity, eDNA, sediment and oceanographic studies while running live broadcasts, school outreach and open data releases.
  • The mission builds on Talud Continental IV’s discoveries of cold‑water coral reefs and more than 40 candidate new species and aims to provide baselines for conservation and national capacity building.