Dr Bart De Smet et al. from the Marine Biology Research Group at Ghent University, together with researchers from the Center of Natural History in Hamburg and IFREMER in France have published a new academic paper in Frontiers in Marine Science. The dissemination of environmental data recovered during GSR expeditions is of critical importance and contributes to the understanding of the deepest parts of our oceans. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00103/full