Scripps Scientists Explore Ocean Floor Dumping Sites with Help from the Schmidt Ocean Institute

“We are just beginning to understand the valuable resources of our ocean ecosystem,” said Wendy Schmidt, co-founder of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.

“We can’t protect what we don’t know and understand… and we expect the knowledge gained from this expedition will inform policy, management and stewardship of the deep sea, so that episodes of dumping toxic waste, such as this one, will not happen again.”