Note to self

The Japanese scientist was 1200 years old??

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social chain catshark?

Anyone? Anyone?

🌊🦑🧪🐟 FISH PEOPLE Can anyone help me identify this fish(?) seen in a few feet of water in Narragansett Bay last September? The white PVC is 1" diameter (with salmon bait inside).

Finally got some @oceandiscleague.bsky.social gear!!

🌊 10,000 points around the world to explore let's do this. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

I'm over the moon to share the Global Deep Sea Exploration Goals, a culmination of years of effort developing the idea, methodology, and strategy by the team at @oceandiscleague.bsky.social www.oceandiscoveryleague.org/global-deep-...

Ah the good ol’ days

🌊🧪🦑"In response to the need for improved taxonomic knowledge of the CCZ fauna, the ISA initiated the Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative: One Thousand Reasons campaign, aiming to describe 1000 species new to science before the end of the decade" zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1767...

🌊🧪🦑 "Given that all five animals are classified as Endangered or Vulnerable & play a vital role in the ecology of hydrothermal vents, understanding the factors influencing the success & connectivity of their symbionts is crucial for conservation & management" academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

🌊🧪🦑 "These findings underscore the urgent need for expanded systematic deep-sea research and data collection, and increased capacity sharing and technology transfer, to inform future ocean stewardship in Trinidad and Tobago." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Psychrobacter, Quest-ce-que-cest? fu fu fu fu fu Fu fu fu fu fu Better run run run…run run run run awayyyyy

I was told BAGS ALWAYS FLY FREE on Southwest 😡

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Attention Physical Oceanographers....NOAA is hiring?! 5 positions, closing date is 3/25 so hurry. 🌊🧪 #oceanography www.usajobs.gov/job/861651700

🌊🧪🦑 Environmental DNA Reveals Diverse and Depth-Stratified Biodiversity in East Indian Ocean Submarine Canyons "Our work demonstrates the efficacy of eDNA metabarcoding ...and its potential for characterizing biodiversity in unexplored deep-sea habitats" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🌊🦑🧪🌍 "This vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) represents a rare record of fragile and highly endemic corals that reinforces the value of natural heritage protected within a mid-Atlantic ridge MPA" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Babies can be vaccinated against measles at as young as six months. The child will need to begin the normal series again at 12 months, so a kid vaccinated prior to being a year old will get 3 shots total instead of two. (at 6 months, at 12 months, and btwn 2-4 years old) /1

We're getting close to the start of #canning season... PLEASE DO NOT GET CANNING ADVICE FROM IG/YT/MOMMY BLOGGERS. NCHFP, Ball/Bernardin, and univ extensions (.edu sites) host tested SAFE recipes. There's an excellent wiki on the /canning subreddit with safe books you can use.

Counterpoint: Proof that Pepe the Prawn long pre-dates the rest of the Muppets.

Spending the next week as the cartoonist-in-residence at The Map Center in Pawtucket, RI! Wanna come see me inking pages in person AND get your ear talked off about cartography by @mapcenter.com? It’s pretty magical in here.

Individual and size-based variability in movements and residency by nurse sharks at a Caribbean Atoll - Marine Biology

#2026MMM www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Same!

Me too!!

Spring has sprung!!

Systematic review of Marine Protected Area management effectiveness evaluation methods doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... 🦑 🧪 🌍️

Applications for Accessing the Deep 2026 are due TODAY!

🌊🧪🦑 "Our results demonstrate that deep-sea sponge grounds function as hotspots of carbon and nutrient cycling and suggest distinct functional contributions of sponge groups and their microbiome." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌊🧪🦑 The guide compiles morphotaxa identifications, reference imagery and observational notes from ~460 hours of video footage obtained through baited lander and submersible transect surveys in the Japan, Ryukyu and Izu-Ogasawara trenches in the NW Pacific doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

This week in our Deep Sea Round Up: 🔹️Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems at seamounts, 🔹️How scientific practices at sea influence ocean management, 🔹️Nutrient cycling sponge hotspots 👉 www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se... 📷 Oblong Dermechinus urchins by ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute.

A friend shared this with me this morning! Such color, diversity, and squishy cuteness of felted nudibranchs 😍 www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/wool...

📣 DEADLINE EXTENDED Accessing the Deep applications now due: March 8, 2026 @11am ET // 6pm SAST *Attention*: If you submitted an application, but did not receive a confirmation email, please resubmit your application via www.surveymonkey.com/r/ATD-2026

🌊🧪 Research vessel practices shape deep ocean governance "Social practices onboard research vessels fundamentally shape how the deep ocean is understood and governed." academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

🌊🧪🦑🌏 Hotspots beyond borders: quantitative assessment of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems on the Corner Rise seamounts with implications for conservation planning "depth and water mass structure are key drivers of coral and sponge biogeography on the CRS. " doi.org/10.3389/fmar...

PSA: If you see a downed power line, report it!! I was out for a walk today and saw a tree that had fallen down in last week's blizzard STILL on top of a power line. I called RI Energy to check if anyone reported it and NO ONE HAD even though dozens of people have walked by it every day!

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Re-upping from yesterday: If you're in DC-land today, it's the final day of a phenomenal exhibit at National Gallery, treasures of Aboriginal art. You won't regret it.

I’m going to open my DMs for one week. Please can you drop me a line if you have contracted any hospital acquired infection (at least you think it happened in hospital) in New South Wales.

"How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain" "Covid wasn’t simply causing short-term confusion, but also leaving structural and biochemical footprints in patients’ brains" Source: archive.md/FYsGV

Turkey takeoff in the snow!

“The National Weather Service office in Norton, MA, announced at 7 p.m. that total snow accumulation of 37.9 inches was at Rhode Island T. F. Green Airport. Before Monday, the greatest single snowstorm on record was 28.6 inches on Feb. 6-7, 1978.” rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/23/b...

I’ll be providing the latest storm update today at 4:30 p.m. Tune in at FB.com/GovDanMckee. Stay home and stay safe.

@novysan.bsky.social there were TWO blizzards of '78!

Looks like a big snow