As the first marine science education activity in the Lunar New Year, the “New Year, New Species” talk by Prof Qiu Jianwen from Hong Kong Baptist University is a promise of fresh and striking eye-opening experience!
The continuous efforts to discover new marine species are important for Human Beings to understand more about the unknown biodiversity of the world; and so as to improve marine conservation. In the past ten years, Prof. Qiu and his team explored the deep sea through Chinese Jiaolong Manned Submersible and other research vessels. They reached down to 1,400m deep in the South China Sea and other areas. The newly discovered marine species in the deep sea include a rare worm without a mouth or digestive tract, a swimming glass scallop and two deep-sea mussels that feed on bacteria.
The talk is filled with precious videos and photos of Prof Qiu’s exploration and research results that you don’t want to miss.
