sweetman

British

/ ˈswiːtˌmæn /

noun

(in the Caribbean) a man kept by a woman

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Sweetman also used the press conference to push back against criticism of his 2024 study.

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"We've used these instruments over the last 20 years and every time we've deployed them, we've never had bubbles," Sweetman said, adding that the team conducted tests to rule out such a possibility.

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So British marine ecologist Andrew Sweetman, who led the 2024 research that revealed the possible existence of dark oxygen, is planning a new underwater expedition in the coming months.

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Unlike previous missions, these landers will have sensors specifically designed to "measure seafloor respiration", Sweetman explained.

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Sweetman's 2024 study was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining firm, The Metals Company, which has since sharply criticised his research.

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