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🌊 Episode 5 of Written in the Ocean is out. Doctor Christina Roggatz explains the sugar molecules that algae produce and why bacteria don't always eat them.

🎧 Link in the first comment

#WrittenInTheOcean #MARUM #OceanScience #CarbonCycle #ClimateEmergency #ScienceJournalism #FrontiersScience #ERC

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🌊 Episode 5 of Written in the Ocean is out. Doctor Christina Roggatz explains the sugar molecules that algae produce and why bacteria don't always eat them.

🎧 Link in the first comment

#WrittenInTheOcean #MARUM #OceanScience #CarbonCycle #ClimateEmergency #ScienceJournalism #FrontiersScience #ERC

@unibremen

The ocean doesn’t “change suddenly.” What you see instead is a steady drift in baselines; temperature bands shifting a fraction, species appearing slightly outside their usual range, timing patterns coming earlier or later.
Individually, none of it looks dramatic. Together, it starts to redraw what “normal” looks like.
If you’ve spent time around coastal or fishing areas, you start to notice the pattern before the reports catch up.

#ClimateChange #OceanScience #GlobalTrends

The ocean doesn’t “change suddenly.” What you see instead is a steady drift in baselines; temperature bands shifting a fraction, species appearing slightly outside their usual range, timing patterns coming earlier or later.
Individually, none of it looks dramatic. Together, it starts to redraw what “normal” looks like.
If you’ve spent time around coastal or fishing areas, you start to notice the pattern before the reports catch up.

#ClimateChange #OceanScience #GlobalTrends

Dr. Steven Haddock discusses how bioluminescent and fluorescent molecules, genes borrowed from jellyfish and others, have become powerful tools in biotech and biomedical research.
From lighting up nervous systems to advancing medical imaging, this conversation shows how nature’s brilliance fuels human innovation.
🎧 Listen here: embedded.fm/episodes/530

Here's an excerpt:

#OceanScience #DeepSea #Bioluminescence #EmbeddedSystems
#mbari #jellyfish #author #biology #engineering #embedded #podcast

Dr. Steven Haddock discusses how bioluminescent and fluorescent molecules, genes borrowed from jellyfish and others, have become powerful tools in biotech and biomedical research.
From lighting up nervous systems to advancing medical imaging, this conversation shows how nature’s brilliance fuels human innovation.
🎧 Listen here: embedded.fm/episodes/530

Here's an excerpt:

#OceanScience #DeepSea #Bioluminescence #EmbeddedSystems
#mbari #jellyfish #author #biology #engineering #embedded #podcast

From bioluminescent "living highlighters" in cancer research to deep-sea creatures exuding glowing green plumes, the ocean floor is full of wonder. 🌊✨
Marine biologist Dr. Steven Haddock joins us to discuss these and more.

👉 Read the show transcript here: https://embedded.fm/transcripts/530.

#Podcast #OceanScience #Biotechnology #DeepSea #Bioluminescence #EmbeddedSystems
#mbari #jellyfish #author #biology #engineering #embedded #podcast

From bioluminescent "living highlighters" in cancer research to deep-sea creatures exuding glowing green plumes, the ocean floor is full of wonder. 🌊✨
Marine biologist Dr. Steven Haddock joins us to discuss these and more.

👉 Read the show transcript here: https://embedded.fm/transcripts/530.

#Podcast #OceanScience #Biotechnology #DeepSea #Bioluminescence #EmbeddedSystems
#mbari #jellyfish #author #biology #engineering #embedded #podcast

Ocean Literacy: The Foundation for the Success of the Ocean Decade, Volume I: Transforming Education, Research, and Engagement by Teresa J. Kennedy, 2026

This open access volume is the first of three volumes highlighting the critical intersection of Ocean Literacy and global initiatives driving positive change during the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Ocean Decade).

#books
#nonfiction
#oceans
#OceanLiteracy
#OceanScience
#OpenAccess
#Springer

Ocean Literacy: The Foundation for the Success of the Ocean Decade, Volume I: Transforming Education, Research, and Engagement by Teresa J. Kennedy, 2026

This open access volume is the first of three volumes highlighting the critical intersection of Ocean Literacy and global initiatives driving positive change during the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the Ocean Decade).

#books
#nonfiction
#oceans
#OceanLiteracy
#OceanScience
#OpenAccess
#Springer

கடல்களும் மனிதனும் – ப. ஸலோகின் (Ocean And Man In Tamil by B. Zalogin)

A book describing various resources of the ocean and how we utilise them.

Translated to Tamil.
கடல்களின் சகாப்தம்
கடலின் பல்வேறு வளங்கள் மற்றும் அவற்றை நாம் எப்படி பயன்படுத்துகிறோம் என்பதை விவரிக்கும் ஒரு புத்தகம்.

தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டது.

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கடல்களும் மனிதனும் – ப. ஸலோகின் (Ocean And Man In Tamil by B. Zalogin)

A book describing various resources of the ocean and how we utilise them.

Translated to Tamil.
கடல்களின் சகாப்தம்
கடலின் பல்வேறு வளங்கள் மற்றும் அவற்றை நாம் எப்படி பயன்படுத்துகிறோம் என்பதை விவரிக்கும் ஒரு புத்தகம்.

தமிழில் மொழிபெயர்க்கப்பட்டது.

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Click here to listen to the episode on various platforms:

🎧YouTube: https://youtu.be/O1UYdHAFyWc
🎧Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wai9Uxpe73oJuBLqbWmH9?si=a0a3209604ff45d8
🎧Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/co-emissions-and-the-oceans-limits/id1896873435?i=1000777078278
🎧RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/written-in-the-ocean/

Produced as part of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Fellowship, funded by the European Research Council under the EU Horizon Europe programme.
#WrittenInTheOcean #MARUM #OceanScience #CarbonCycle #ClimateEmergency #ScienceJournalism #FrontiersScience #Podcast

Click here to listen to the episode on various platforms:

🎧YouTube: https://youtu.be/O1UYdHAFyWc
🎧Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wai9Uxpe73oJuBLqbWmH9?si=a0a3209604ff45d8
🎧Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/co-emissions-and-the-oceans-limits/id1896873435?i=1000777078278
🎧RSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/written-in-the-ocean/

Produced as part of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Fellowship, funded by the European Research Council under the EU Horizon Europe programme.
#WrittenInTheOcean #MARUM #OceanScience #CarbonCycle #ClimateEmergency #ScienceJournalism #FrontiersScience #Podcast

🌊 In the quiet drift of the tide, small fragments travel farther than we imagine, shaping stories we seldom see.

What unseen routes carry them back to us?

✍️ Follow the journey: https://www.theperpetuallycurious.org/microplastics-in-the-ocean/

The ocean carries more traces of our presence than we often realize.

#Microplastics #OceanScience #MarineEcology #EnvironmentalResearch #ThePerpetuallyCurious #TPC8

Not all coral reefs respond the same to heatwaves. 🌊 Climate patterns shape nature's cooling effect. 🪸
Find out more here ➡️ https://www.marum.de/en/coral-heat-stress.html
#CoralReefs #ClimateChange #OceanScience

Not all coral reefs respond the same to heatwaves. 🌊 Climate patterns shape nature's cooling effect. 🪸
Find out more here ➡️ https://www.marum.de/en/coral-heat-stress.html
#CoralReefs #ClimateChange #OceanScience

Lawmakers are urging the NSF to save a network of ocean sensors that helps scientists track changes in our seas. #oceanscience

https://earth.org/us-lawmakers-push-trump-administration-to-stop-illegal-dismantling-of-ocean-observation-network/

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Produced at MARUM as part of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Fellowship, funded by the European Research Council under the EU Horizon Europe programme.

#WrittenInTheOcean #Glaciers #ClimateEmergency #OceanScience #ScienceJournalism #MARUM #FrontiersScience #Podcast

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Produced at MARUM as part of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Fellowship, funded by the European Research Council under the EU Horizon Europe programme.

#WrittenInTheOcean #Glaciers #ClimateEmergency #OceanScience #ScienceJournalism #MARUM #FrontiersScience #Podcast

Lawmakers are pushing to save a $386 million ocean observatory project that is currently being dismantled. #oceanscience

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/06/lawmakers-fight-to-stop-the-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-a-386m-ocean-observatory-project/

Lawmakers are trying to keep a $386 million ocean observation network from being dismantled. #oceanscience

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-17/lawmakers-fight-to-keep-386-million-ocean-observation-network

Two pages stopped a teardown.

Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, and Lisa Murkowski, a Republican — which in this year is its own small miracle — wrote the Saving the OOI Act. It bars federal money from gutting a $368 million ocean-monitoring network mid-recovery. The NSF folded within days. Instruments going back in the water.

#OceanObservatories #ClimateScience #AMOC #Bipartisan #Senate #Merkley #Murkowski #ClimateAction #OceanScience #USPolitics #GoodNews #Resist

https://twp.ai/4hrgVe

Two pages stopped a teardown.

Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, and Lisa Murkowski, a Republican — which in this year is its own small miracle — wrote the Saving the OOI Act. It bars federal money from gutting a $368 million ocean-monitoring network mid-recovery. The NSF folded within days. Instruments going back in the water.

#OceanObservatories #ClimateScience #AMOC #Bipartisan #Senate #Merkley #Murkowski #ClimateAction #OceanScience #USPolitics #GoodNews #Resist

https://twp.ai/4hrgVe

Then the Senate did the thing it rarely manages anymore. It acted. Two pages, one Democrat, one Republican. The NSF has since said it'll halt removals and redeploy the array it already pulled.

The sea was here before the empire and will outlast its budget cuts. The only question is who's left listening when it speaks.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-blood-on-the-ledger-linden-on-the-tongue

#OceanScience #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OOI #Senate #Bipartisan #SaveTheOceans #Science #EarthBased #GoodNews

Then the Senate did the thing it rarely manages anymore. It acted. Two pages, one Democrat, one Republican. The NSF has since said it'll halt removals and redeploy the array it already pulled.

The sea was here before the empire and will outlast its budget cuts. The only question is who's left listening when it speaks.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-blood-on-the-ledger-linden-on-the-tongue

#OceanScience #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OOI #Senate #Bipartisan #SaveTheOceans #Science #EarthBased #GoodNews

What the machines watch: ocean acidification, carbon sequestration, marine heatwaves, coastal flooding — and the AMOC, the Atlantic current that keeps the whole climate honest. Scientists keep warning it's creeping toward irreversible collapse. The kind that scorches the equator and freezes the poles.

#OceanScience #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OOI #Senate #Bipartisan #SaveTheOceans #Science #EarthBased #GoodNews

What the machines watch: ocean acidification, carbon sequestration, marine heatwaves, coastal flooding — and the AMOC, the Atlantic current that keeps the whole climate honest. Scientists keep warning it's creeping toward irreversible collapse. The kind that scorches the equator and freezes the poles.

#OceanScience #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OOI #Senate #Bipartisan #SaveTheOceans #Science #EarthBased #GoodNews

A $368 million network. More than 900 instruments. Five arrays strung across the Pacific and the Atlantic, listening to the deep ocean. That's what they tried to pull out of the water.

#OceanScience #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OOI #Senate #Bipartisan #SaveTheOceans #Science #EarthBased #GoodNews

A $368 million network. More than 900 instruments. Five arrays strung across the Pacific and the Atlantic, listening to the deep ocean. That's what they tried to pull out of the water.

#OceanScience #ClimateCrisis #AMOC #MarineScience #ClimateAction #OOI #Senate #Bipartisan #SaveTheOceans #Science #EarthBased #GoodNews

Coral Reefs Worth $2.7 Trillion/Year: How 25,500 Restored Corals Are Saving Mauritius’s Fisheries & Tourism

MV Wakashio’s 1,000-tonne oil spill destroyed Mauritius reefs, Dr. Nadeem Nazurally’s ecoMode Society used microfragmentation to restore 25,500 corals. With fishers and women farmers, 86,000 sqm became a conservation area, protecting fisheries and tourism livelihoods SIDS depend on

Read Full https://economicsperspective.com/explained/Coral-reef-restoration-Mauritius-OilSpill/

#coralreef #BreakingNews #oceanscience #news #economicgrowth #oilspills

Coral Reefs Worth $2.7 Trillion/Year: How 25,500 Restored Corals Are Saving Mauritius’s Fisheries & Tourism

MV Wakashio’s 1,000-tonne oil spill destroyed Mauritius reefs, Dr. Nadeem Nazurally’s ecoMode Society used microfragmentation to restore 25,500 corals. With fishers and women farmers, 86,000 sqm became a conservation area, protecting fisheries and tourism livelihoods SIDS depend on

Read Full https://economicsperspective.com/explained/Coral-reef-restoration-Mauritius-OilSpill/

#coralreef #BreakingNews #oceanscience #news #economicgrowth #oilspills

New release: MBARI’s Deep-Sea Guide has been updated at https://dsg.mbari.org

This visual guide helps researchers identify deep-sea species found in regions MBARI studies, with imagery and information to support taxonomy, biodiversity research, and exploration of life in the deep ocean.

Dive in and explore the deep sea.

#DeepSea #MarineScience #Biodiversity #OceanScience

New release: MBARI’s Deep-Sea Guide has been updated at https://dsg.mbari.org

This visual guide helps researchers identify deep-sea species found in regions MBARI studies, with imagery and information to support taxonomy, biodiversity research, and exploration of life in the deep ocean.

Dive in and explore the deep sea.

#DeepSea #MarineScience #Biodiversity #OceanScience

I am proud to have contributed to the Third World Ocean Assessment #WOAIII a truly global effort bringing together the knowledge of over 550 experts from 86 countries Explore findings, share knowledge, inspire action un.org/regularprocess/woa3 #OceanScience #SustainableOcean #OurOcean #MarineEcology

I am proud to have contributed to the Third World Ocean Assessment #WOAIII a truly global effort bringing together the knowledge of over 550 experts from 86 countries Explore findings, share knowledge, inspire action un.org/regularprocess/woa3 #OceanScience #SustainableOcean #OurOcean #MarineEcology

The Trump administration is tearing up 900 deep-sea instruments that took a decade to install and $370 million to build — scrapping the world's most advanced ocean monitoring network to save $48m/year. Real-time data on AMOC stability, marine heat waves, ocean chemistry, commercial fisheries? Gone. Congress twice voted to save it. They did it anyway by bureaucratic fiat through the NSF. No, not budget management, this is deliberate science vandalism — blinding ourselves to the ocean systems that regulate global climate, because the results were inconvenient.

#climatecrisis #trumpadministration #sciencedenialism #oceanscience #amoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJczkQZDQhM

The Trump administration is tearing up 900 deep-sea instruments that took a decade to install and $370 million to build — scrapping the world's most advanced ocean monitoring network to save $48m/year. Real-time data on AMOC stability, marine heat waves, ocean chemistry, commercial fisheries? Gone. Congress twice voted to save it. They did it anyway by bureaucratic fiat through the NSF. No, not budget management, this is deliberate science vandalism — blinding ourselves to the ocean systems that regulate global climate, because the results were inconvenient.

#climatecrisis #trumpadministration #sciencedenialism #oceanscience #amoc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJczkQZDQhM

Extreme weather is making Antarctic research harder, but new technology is providing some answers – new study
#Environment #Antarctica #ClimateChange #Nature #ExtremeWeather #PolarScience #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Research #Antarctic #OceanScience
https://the-14.com/extreme-weather-is-making-antarctic-research-harder-but-new-technology-is-providing-some-answers-new-study/

Extreme weather is making Antarctic research harder, but new technology is providing some answers – new study
#Environment #Antarctica #ClimateChange #Nature #ExtremeWeather #PolarScience #GlobalWarming #SeaLevelRise #Research #Antarctic #OceanScience
https://the-14.com/extreme-weather-is-making-antarctic-research-harder-but-new-technology-is-providing-some-answers-new-study/

The NSF lost 40% of its staff and fired all 22 independent board members. Then came the order: haul up 900 instruments tracking the AMOC, the current keeping half the planet livable. They're unplugging the alarm so the house burns quiet.
https://twp.ai/4hs9Ic
#ClimateCrisis #ScienceUnderAttack #AMOC #OceanScience #ClimateAction #NSF #Resistance #ClimateEmergency #SaveScience #EarthDay

They pulled 900 instruments from the Atlantic — the ones tracking the AMOC current that keeps half the planet livable. Unplugging the alarm so the house burns quiet. https://twp.ai/9OXOUg #ClimateCrisis #OceanScience #AMOC #ScienceUnderAttack #ClimateAction #SaveScience #EarthScience

The NSF lost 40% of its staff and fired all 22 independent board members. Then came the order: haul up 900 instruments tracking the AMOC, the current keeping half the planet livable. They're unplugging the alarm so the house burns quiet.
https://twp.ai/4hs9Ic
#ClimateCrisis #ScienceUnderAttack #AMOC #OceanScience #ClimateAction #NSF #Resistance #ClimateEmergency #SaveScience #EarthDay

They pulled 900 instruments from the Atlantic — the ones tracking the AMOC current that keeps half the planet livable. Unplugging the alarm so the house burns quiet. https://twp.ai/9OXOUg #ClimateCrisis #OceanScience #AMOC #ScienceUnderAttack #ClimateAction #SaveScience #EarthScience

Undersea Eruption Observed From Above, Deeper Mystery Below

Satellites captured images of an underwater volcano erupting on May 26, 2026. Scientists are trying to understand the cause and effects of the deep-sea event.

#UnderseaEruption, #Volcano, #SatelliteImagery, #OceanScience, #DeepSea

https://newsletter.tf/satellite-sees-underwater-volcano-erupt-may-26/

An underwater volcano erupted, seen from space by satellites on May 26, 2026. This event highlights how much we still don't know about the deep ocean.

#UnderseaEruption, #Volcano, #SatelliteImagery, #OceanScience, #DeepSea
https://newsletter.tf/satellite-sees-underwater-volcano-erupt-may-26/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@theperpetuallycurious8/115368885020490251

Sharks do not simply float; they negotiate gravity with oil‑rich livers, cartilage, and lift from fins and tail 🌊🦈 A quiet choreography of physics and survival. Drift back to the earlier post if you would like to linger in the details.

#Sharks #Physics #OceanScience #MarineBiology #TPC8

RE: https://mastodon.social/@theperpetuallycurious8/115368885020490251

Sharks do not simply float; they negotiate gravity with oil‑rich livers, cartilage, and lift from fins and tail 🌊🦈 A quiet choreography of physics and survival. Drift back to the earlier post if you would like to linger in the details.

#Sharks #Physics #OceanScience #MarineBiology #TPC8

NEW ARTICLE ALERT: “What is a fisheries biologist?” Brendan Turley, PhD, explains the science behind fisheries management, field research, and sustainable seafood and what life as a fisheries biologist is really like. neighborhoodscientist.org/posts/2026/f... #Fisheries #OceanScience #NOAA

What is a fisheries biologist?...

🌊🔍 "Atlantic current could shut down, say scientists." Because, you know, a giant ocean conveyor slowing down is just an overhyped sequel to "The Day After Tomorrow." But hey, at least we're not sure yet, so let's keep those 🥶 parkas on standby, just in case!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/amoc-climate-change #AtlanticCurrent #OceanScience #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalImpact #WeatherPreparedness #HackerNews #ngated

The ocean system that shapes Europe’s climate
#Europe #Environment #Weather #Climate #GulfStream
#ClimateChange #AMOC #Environment #GlobalWarming #EuropeClimate #OceanScience #Sustainability #Oceans #ClimateRisk #Science #EarthSystems #ClimateCrisis
https://the-14.com/the-ocean-system-that-shapes-europes-climate/

The Chambered Nautilus is one of the oldest surviving marine species on Earth, with a lineage that dates back more than 500 million years. Long before dinosaurs existed, these creatures were already drifting through ancient oceans, and remarkably, they have changed very little since then.
Unlike octopuses or squids, the nautilus retains an external shell, divided into chambers that help control buoyancy.
#Nautilus #DeepSea #MarineBiology #OceanScience #LivingFossil #OceanFacts #globalmuseum

What makes this more alarming is the implication: if the more pessimistic projections are the more accurate ones, then the risk profile for future climate disruption changes substantially.
#ClimateChange #AMOC #AtlanticCurrent #Science #Environment #OceanScience #ClimateCrisis