My first blog piece for Oceana is live! Click below to read all about it.

Recent news reports warn a powerful weather pattern known as El Niño could be on the way. Some scientists say it could intensify into a “Super El Niño.” But what does that actually mean? And why should it matter to you? 👉 https://oceana.ly/4v3ef94

My newest colleague, Sonia Kwami, the VP of @oceana.bsky.social in #Ghana! We just opened an office in Accra and she is building our team as we speak. I can't wait for us to get started. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDU2...

New work from Oceana on all those industries that enable distant water fishing. Who finances the vessels? Registers & insures them? Provides their crew & comms? Are they useful levers to better control DWF practices? #fisheries #highseas 🦑🌏🌊🧪🎣🪸🐟 oceana.org/reports/behi...

Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

*taps mic* hi is this thing on? 🐟🐠 slowly returning to bluesky after missing the online science/ocean communities i am feeling re-energized after completing my 2025 knauss year & have since joined a stellar team at Oceana 🌊 Excited to be back doing my favorite fish things and helping our oceans 💙

My REU in 2019 was the very first time I told myself “me? a scientist? I can do it.” It introduced me to my research interests, to knowing how to approach graduate school and what NOAA even was. Without it I would not be where I am today. This is devastating.

My REU in 2011 helped me understand I had a path in research. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of mentoring several REU’s, many of whom have gone onto grad school or scientific careers. The gutting of these programs will have a devastating impact for many years. www.science.org/content/arti...

"What has NOAA ever done for me in #GreatLakes?" NOAA employees in the region help communities become better prepared for challenges like severe weather, coastal erosion, harmful algal blooms, and invasive species www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n6y...

One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.

Extreme heat can age you as fast as a smoking habit. A new study shows that exposure to high temperatures adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age. grist.org/health/extre... #Heat #Health #Wellness #Aging #Climate

I got interviewed by @nature.com 🙃🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

There is *a lot* going on right now. My hot take, as I try to keep up wrt our planet: “These executive orders will make our air dirtier, make people sicker, make energy more expensive, and make our communities less prepared for extreme weather.” apnews.com/article/trum...

The new White House has already deleted dozens of environmental justice websites and reports. Worry not, they’re all backed up on various independent university websites. eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type... 🧪🌎

NEW REPORT: NOAA has released its final report on 2024 Billion-dollar disasters, with 27 individual weather and climate disasters with at least $1 billion in damages, trailing only the record-setting 28 events analyzed in 2023, totaling $182.7 billion... 🧵

How the summer of sharks reshaped our understanding of US presidential elections by me, the not-shark half of the blog team. www.southernfriedscience.com/how-the-summ...

AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power. New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans

Climate change is already impacting athletes and sports worldwide. But athletes and teams can be powerful and effective voices for change as well. This pack collects people and organizations who do both!

Re-sharing a thread before I delete it from x because I think it’s a useful one: In a work email, we had a fantastic thread about the use of "stakeholder" — many collaborators have stated they do not want this term used, and scholarship has supported this.

finally made it over here!! hey everyone, Alyssa Strickland (formally Stasse) over here. I study genomics of eastern oysters response to stressors in NH. expected to graduate with my PhD May 2025 and looking for a postdoc!!

feels wild to re-introduce myself after so many years on “science twitter” but i am liking the fresh start! hey y’all, i’m andy (he/they). i study evolution in the rapidly changing ocean. i like going outside to touch rocks and look at bugs.

[looking at Bluesky over the past 2 days] So this is what the Cambrian explosion must have felt like

Very useful resource from the "Fisheries" feed. 🦑🌍 🐟https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nb4qtiyqkn6z5yoem2ws2kkm/feed/aaadphxqu345s

#IndigenousPeoplesDay is Monday. My challenge to non-Natives: dig into the history of the people who were displaced from your land, learn about the history of how they were displaced, find out where they are now, and support them financially or by protesting with them. Go beyond platitudes.

I finally made it over! same old me -- going to be posting about fish, science, advocacy and life during grad school and the things that make me more than a scientist; my 🇲🇽 culture, fútbol, and movies (SAG still on strike!) Fellow latino/e/x scientists - I hope we can find each other here too!