NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

It is hard to overstate how critical @ncar-ucar.bsky.social is to climate science in the US and around the world. It's the beating heart of our field. Generations of scientists have trained there, and almost everyone I know relies on deep collaborations with NCAR scientists. It's end is unthinkable.

We love this! 100 scientists share the kids’ books that inspired their careers. What a gift list! wapo.st/4pETRc3 (gift article)

"Forever chemicals" are also "everywhere chemicals". New study finds PFAS and other contaminants in whales and dolphins in coastal and offshore habitats. phys.org/news/2025-11...

Our paper in Bioscience shows that dolphins carry pathogens that could affect multiple species, plus antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... 📷 Ryan Tidman

Southern resident killer whales need us to redouble our efforts to restore salmon and habitat—or we will lose them One point missing from this excellent @seattletimes.com editorial: we also need to invest in orca health monitoring www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

The latest efforts to save Hope, the young #humpback whale stranded on an Oregon beach, appear to have failed. A veterinarian is preparing for euthanasia. Amidst the sadness, it’s been inspiring to see so many people invested in this one whale’s fate 🧵 www.opb.org/article/2025...

The International Pacific Halibut Commission is losing funds for stock assessment surveys just as stocks appear to be near record lows. Fascinating read on the role of science & scientific debate in resource management decision making www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

First, the frogs died. Then people got sick. #onehealth wapo.st/47Slsij (🎁 article)

Our new paper, estimating the impact of the bird flu on elephant seals in South Georgia, came out today. The virus caused a decline of 47% of the adult female population 🦭🦑🌎🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s42...

An amazing success story: the recovery of humpback whales 50-60 years after we stopped whaling on them.

🌏 Strengthening marine protection in Southeast Asia. With the the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, we’re training regional teams to use Marine Manager—co-developed with @donabertarelli.bsky.social —to plan and monitor MPAs through open data and satellite tech. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4ovrRak

A moving interview with Lynda Mapes on @kuow.org about oil drilling in the Western Arctic. Joni said it best: you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. www.kuow.org/stories/a-vi...

Bipartisan laws for fisheries resulted in greater sustainability and profits in the US. Successes due to fishers, NGOs, and of course the many dedicated NOAA and state scientists collecting data, assessing status, and setting catch levels. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink academic.oup.com/bioscience/a... Check out this important new open-access paper in #BioScience

Looks like there's still time to buy tickets to watch (virtually) the incomparable @edyong209.bsky.social 's talk, "Becoming a Birder." Tomorrow at 630pm Pacific, via @townhallseattle.bsky.social & @uwnews.uw.edu www.washington.edu/lectures/eve...

How bowhead whales live for centuries—and how we might borrow some of their biology to extend our healthy lifespan. Gift link to my new column: nyti.ms/4hyD9ry

Great new work led by @oceansinitiative.org! Proud to be part of it.

Broadening disease surveillance to include wild dolphins and killer whales: novel components of One Health. Dr @erinashe.bsky.social led a study in @aibsbiology.bsky.social's BioScience, exploring pathogens in Pacific white-sided dolphins 🧵 academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Is your sleep getting worse? It's not your imagination. It's climate change. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Are you sneezing way more from allergies than you used to be? It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California 2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin. ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003

Have you ever fantasized about getting away from <all this>? Do you have mad #offgrid skills? The wonderful Salmon Coast Field Station is hiring in the beautiful Broughton Archipelago, BC, Canada. PS the place is full of dolphins! 🇨🇦 ❤️ salmoncoast.org/join-us/work/

The world has lost a truly great hero today. Dr Jane Goodall inspired generations to study animals as living individuals—and more importantly, to listen to what non-human animals have to teach us. www.reuters.com/business/env...

Continually impressed with the work, innovation, and the leadership at @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years. With an award from Climate Breakthrough, he aims to help the next 50 countries do the same wapo.st/4gzNqUa

A duck says quack. A cow says moo. What does the fish say? Terrific article (with video & audio) of the wonderful work of @cornellbirds.bsky.social, @fishsounds.bsky.social at @uvic.ca. (Gift article) wapo.st/3IAhN03

Important news out of the UN today! The Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) will now enter into force, strengthening conservation & management of 40% of the earth’s surface & 64% of the ocean www.un.org/sg/en/conten...

The Society for Conservation Biology - Marine Global Program is excited to announce that #IMCC8 will take place in #Edinburgh, Scotland from November 13-17, 2026! Join us to help Make Marine Science Matter! #marinescience #conservation #conference

Orca J36 observed pushing another dead calf through Salish Sea waters. This is what “bright extinction” looks like @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

When desperate times call for desperate measures. Marine mammal researchers are trialing a bird flu vaccine for endangered Hawaiian monk seals www.marinemammalcenter.org/news/the-new...

Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds apnews.com/article/amaz... #onehealth

The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under Attack www.scientificamerican.com/article/prop...

Wow, incredible new database joining together 14 separate fisheries surveys in the NE Pacific from the tip of the Alaskan islands through British Columbia to southern California. Nice work @eric-ward.bsky.social peerj.com/articles/199...

The map won't quite load at airnow.gov... I'm guessing because so many Seattleites are wondering if Smoketember has arrived... Fires now ring the Puget Sound region in almost every direction. #wawx

“Go ahead and ban my book” @margaretatwood.bsky.social “To those who seek to stop young people from reading The Handmaid’s Tale: Good luck with that. It’ll only make them want to read it more.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Fantastic article on preventing extinction of endangered species. Should the loss of critical habitats become the cost of doing business? www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

Today on Volts: longtime movement veterans @billmckibben.bsky.social & @jamiehenn.bsky.social drop by to discuss what's next for climate activism. They envision a movement focused on the sun: kicking off with a national "Sun Day" & then organizing locally to help renewable energy projects get built.

I'm Trevor and I use computer models and synthesis to solve problems in fisheries and whales: how many fish can we catch safely? What is the status of whales? Why can killer whales not hear the loudest songs in the ocean from blue and fin whales? I also love teaching folks how to make cool R plots!

Scientists of Bluesky, introduce yourselves by replying to this post and I’ll share it and help you get some followers! I’m David, I’m based in DC and study shark ecology and conservation policy. I’m the author of “Why Sharks Matter.” 🧪🦑🌎🐠🦈

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

Is this fish disappearing from the Georgia Strait? | The Narwhal

Sorting out the history of whaling pressure on five populations of blue whales in the Indian Ocean and SW Pacific. So many years of work went into this monumental collaboration with many many coauthors. So pleased to see this paper finally published. doi.org/10.1111/mms....

My paper "Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should" is formally published in an issue. It's a how-to guide to using Bluesky, the first ever published in the scientific literature! 🧪🦑🌎🐟 academic.oup.com/fisheries/ar...

Important new data on dark fishing vessels and their activities in marine protected areas. But also - you'll have better protected MPA's when you have MPA's in EEZ's that are already well protected. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/c...

“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.” RIP, Joanna R. Macy (May 2, 1929 – July 19, 2025)

Pop. press coverage of new research from Griffith University using drones to study the effect of migration on #whales “An average size adult #humpbackwhale loses ...as much as the weight of standard single-decker city bus or two adult African elephants,” share.google/q7j4ieWkC5pl...

🐋 Southern resident killer whales are on track to extinction BUT recovery is still possible. A new report by an independent science panel of 31 experts across Canada & the U.S. identifies 26 key actions to reverse their decline & enable their recovery. 🔗 View the full report here: bit.ly/44iH5Ia