🚨DIVE ALERT - E/V Nautilus 6/30/2026 @ 1900 ET/ 2300 UTC ROV Hercules diving to unnamed seamount east of Mariana Islands and east of trench Link to livestream below 🔗⤵️ 🌊🧪

🌊🧪 NASEM critical mineral deep-sea workshop - June 29-30, 2026 - FREE, virtual, + public encouraged! - Description, science objectives, + registration in 🔗 - Short overview in 🧵 - Sponsored by NOAA/ BOEM/ BSEE (*I helped develop this study 😁)

🔔 Public comment period open (June 23- July 23, 2026) Request for Information- Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA 🌊🧪

June 21 is #ShowYourStripes day! Spotted in the wild 🟦 🟥 @ University of Maryland, USA- Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 🌊🧪

Earlier this month was a special cake day 🍰 Welcome to your ✌️+☝️decade 🇩🇪 Let’s goooo 2026/27!

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab - Open House Oct 10-11, 2026 - 📍Pasadena, CA If you've never been to JPL, HIGHLY recommend. Visit Mission Control, Mars Yard, + keep your eyes peeled for space deer! 🎟️ Tickets are free, but go very fast = Mark your calendar for August 29 @ 9:00am PDT 🔭🧪🌊

Add your name to NASA’s [Dr.] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Dark energy, exoplanets, + astrophysics!? Yes please! • Launch window opens August 30, 2026 🔗’s below 🔭🧪#planetsci

Can’t believe it’s already been a year. Can we please go back for this year’s summer solstice? 🥹 📍Dutch Harbor, AK AT50-38, R/V Atlantis 🦅🌋🌊

✌️Chesapeake Bay calling ⛵️

2026 Expedition Season, arriving 🔔 Looking forward to contributing as an Ashore Scientist during this busy time (w/ a few pending ship-time opportunities). "General" overarching themes are deep-sea mineral and environmental characterization- mapping + sampling 🌊🧪

Greetings from #AASG 2026 👋 Today’s packed agenda included coastal, mapping, ADA compliance, + energy sessions; posters; and tours of JMU’s Mineral Museum + incredible Dept of Geology & Environmental Sciences 🧪

HAPPY #WorldOceanDay 🌊 ⛴️ Fair winds to the R/V Atlantis + Alvin crews as they depart for sea trials in Bermuda. Hoping everything goes smoothly! (Also, #HappyMobDay)

For critical minerals in U.S. Federal (OCS) waters (*beyond those boundaries = NOAA) 🧪🌊 Still need *lots of research to understand these unique environments + resources. Ongoing projects plus several upcoming opportunities. Stay tuned! Hoping to present our interagency efforts @ AGU (~2027).

< whispers in planetary geology > Come on Jessica Watkins 🤞 NASA Artemis III Crew Announcement- Tues, 06.09.2026 @ 1100 ET #PlanetSci 🔭

Heading into Memorial Day- remembering my friends/ shipmates/ family. 🌍 Especially reflecting on my NATO + international military family who gave their lives in our campaigns. You will NEVER be forgotten by those you served alongside. We honor you. With love + gratitude, S.

🌊🧪 Did you know HOV Alvin dive images + video are available for the public? Check out Sealog data via National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) here ⤵️ ( ⚠️ Per usual, some data are under embargo periods and will be released once they lapse)

-Friendly Reminder- National Geographic's brand new *Museum Of Exploration* opens June 26, 2026 📍Washington, D.C., USA My Explorer's Heart 🫶 is so excited! 🧪🌊🔭

For funnsies [when available], I may use the δ¹⁸O(atm) from these data to recreate my HLY0503-JPC22 age model. Might make for a good comparison... and new pub! Posting for my own posterity (*temporal pincer movement- if anyone gets this reference, you officially rock!)

Excellent new publication from @adrg2.bsky.social et al. (2026) on DSM impacts 🌊🧪 *My team greatly appreciates this comprehensive info!

Happy #PublicServiceWeek 🤝 To my entire public service family, across all disciplines, thank you. I've been fortunate to spend over 10 yrs in service (military + civil service) and wouldn't have it any other way. It's truly an honor to have a professional life rooted in service.

Truly sorry to hear this heartbreaking news from University of South Florida. Fire at the USF College of Marine Science research building. Keeping my ears open for opportunities to help (please tag me if you see any). Hope the science community can rally and assist any research losses 🌊🧪

Just awarded a new deep-sea sediment plume study to our USGS colleagues. Excited to see where this one takes our teams. #SettlingVeolcity is quite important in the DS. Mod for our current study, "Baseline Characterization of Offshore Mineral Ecosystems" (aka- BCOME). GO TEAM GO 🧪🌊

Data are coming in! 🧪🌊 NOAA contracted NV5 to explore #AmericanSamoa. Our colleagues are busy, busy! You can check out near real-time box core sample images here:

🔔 #MEPAG kicks off today. Stay tuned for some highlights from the exciting world of Mars Exploration. 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Great geospatial offshore tool! Check out those layers under 'Seabed and Sediments' 🧪🌊🐟

🚪🔔🐟 Here’s your reminder, the Netherlands’ fish doorbell is live! One of my favorite citizen science projects 🧪🌊

Victor Glover on Artemis II crew dynamics: “Yes, we get along well, but we ALSO disagree well.” Love this framing! I tend to approach disagreements with an open mind for resolution, but I like this slight pivot in mindset.

Watching a big-time tornado head towards my parents’ house- from >1,500mi away- is a terrible feeling. Stay safe, Wisconsinites!!! #WIwx

In honor of International Day of Human Spaceflight, thank you to everyone who has played a role in these complex, inspirational fields. This global team is truly remarkable: past, present, + future. 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Shout out USS John P. Murtha (⚓🐊) LPD-26 was selected as Friday's recovery vessel for the #ArtemisII crew (~1700 PT). Bravo Zulus all-around + Hooyah Navy! Keep tab via MarineTraffic for updates 🌊🔭

#ArtemisII Lunar Approach 📸🌔 🌊 When you dive on the HOV Alvin, each Observer has a tablet + we were tasked w/ meticulous record-keeping. The anticipation was v. stressful. Now, imagine floating in that small "office" while looping around the moon + ensuring you record... EVERYTHING 😮‍💨 🔭🧪

Incredible to see -HUMANS- on the Deep Space Network (DSN)! As a Martian, it's strikingly fun to see new faces at the DSN party 🪩🕺 ART2 current RT light-time: 0.15s 🧪🔭 Data and live DSN dashboard: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now...

Big moon loop ♾️ time. Let's go space camping!

GO FOR LAUNCH!!! Let’s goooooo 🚀🥹 Geology, space camping, and TRL boosts. Heck yeah! To the moon ♾️ (Yes, our ASCAN interviewee groups are watching!!!)

🚨 NASA- HRP IWS (4/7-4/9, 2026) As we gear up for today's #ArtemisII launch window, a friendly reminder that (free + virtual option) registration is still open for the 2026 NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop Deets ⤵️ 🧪🔭

Our lovely colleague handcrafted coffee cups for the exp science team 🥹 ℹ️ Made from deep-sea mud + clay collected by the HOV Alvin on our Aleutians, AK Expedition *For several reasons, a small subset of fine-grained samples were unusable, so she transformed them into art Thank you Dr. AW 🫶 🌊🧪

"Hey- new yearbook picture dropped." -Saturn, probably. -- Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) 🔭🧪 #PlanetarySci #JWST

NASA MSL Curiosity rover's 🛞... still rollin'. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Sol 4844 (23.03.2026) via MAHLI 🔭🧪 #PlanetarySci

(Today’s 🏃🏻‍♀️training plan from my 🇳🇴 peeps has an important footnote 🥹) “Gratulerer med Våffeldagen 🧇” If you're seeing this, consider it your sign to start thinking about your waffle toppings. *I’m sticking w/ strawberries + Seterrømme* Kos deg! #InternationalWaffleDay 25.03.2026

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Applications are currently being accepted for Cohort 7 of the Dragonfly Mission’s Guest Investigator Program. Over a two year period, students will be mentored by members of the Dragonfly team for 3.6 months per year on projects relevant to Saturn’s moon Titan.

Notable NASA #Ignition update. Of interest, a phased approach to a collaborative lunar base: Phase 1: Build, Test, Learn Phase 2: Establish Early Infrastructure Phase 3: Enable Long‑Duration Human Presence In today's Presser, Isaacman also mentioned landing astronauts at a 6-mo freq. 🔭🧪

🗣️ Tiny bsky shout out to our NASA-JPL colleague, Mark Wallace! Why? Peep the #ProjectHailMary credits. BRAVO, Martian Friend 👏👏👏

GPR on a Martian delta (Jezero crater)? Yes please. Congrats on the new publication! Always enjoy catching up on new data coming from the Mars2020 mission/ teams. (Shout out to RIMFAX!) (Cardarelli et al., 2026) 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Sending my aloha to O’ahu in the wake of this week’s storms. 🌊 Latest NOAA data for the Wahiawa Dam adjacent to O’ahu’s North Shore:

Heads up, 🌔 Team: NASA may (re)roll-out SLS tomorrow (March 19, 2026) #ArtemisII 🔭🧪

#LPSC 🧵 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 📍The Woodlands, TX, USA (March 16-20, 2026) While I'm not attending, I figured it might be useful to curate the virtual LPSC Town Halls and Plenary Sessions. #PlanetarySci 🔭🧪 #LPSC2026 LPSC schedule:

«(Re)introduction time» Hallo 👋 Welcome to my lil' slice of bsky. Follow along for an assortment of: • Oceanography 🌊 • Geology/ Paleoclimate 🪨📉 • Planetary Science 🔭 (beep boop 🤖) • STEM 🧪 • Sprinkled with adventures (n+1) Research, pubs, travel, et al. (🔗 in bio)

Sending out support to students & colleagues at my alma mater, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Active sho*ter on campus this morning- directly in the middle of campus (Constant Hall area). Heartbreaking 💔 www.wavy.com/news/local-n...

Thank you VAP-A for ~14 yrs of research🫡 Set to reenter this evening (~1945 ET 10.3.2026) 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

“Officially” #BiathlonFamily ~ Tusen takk + danke schön for the 💐~ Past week was a beautiful, unexpected seismic shift in my life- what / a / dream. (Apparently my knowledge of natural v. artificial snow chemistry/ fluid dynamics/ phase diagrams has a real-life applications)