📅 Apply for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative by Feb 20, 2026 → www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco Join our virtual office hours to connect directly with our team: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ0R0rKUvXteZcqmEtGE80mxu-x9zyMhaM3pA4eovFFssIugYNkX6i3-qab-kqeDaTe_DWiUw-xp

Kick off 2026 with impact: apply to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 🌊. 📅 Deadline: Feb 20, 2026 🔗 Apply: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak. But sharks are more the strong, silent type. Last year, researchers reported the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4pmJngP #ScienceMagArchives

One of the largest wildlife crossing projects in North America has finished in one year and under budget in Colorado.

Connections help stabilise reef health, reducing the risk of collapse 🪸 New research shows that improving conditions on both land and sea may be the best way of protecting these crucial ecosystems. Led by @arielgreiner.bsky.social with @wcs.org and @utoronto.ca 👇 bit.ly/4rMyg2Z

Latest updates from the NSF Arctic Data Center! ❄️

🤖 How can we use AI to help us monitor the world’s species? 🌎 📖 Discover how NCEAS is helping pave the way for responsible & impactful AI use in the ecological community, the latest from AiP www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/closing...

☃️ As another year draws to a close, the Arctic Data Center team is taking a moment to reflect on the progress, successes, and collaborations that shaped our work over the past 12 months. Read our annual recap here for more information on our work in 2025: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...

❄️ Dive into our December newsletter for exciting updates on the 2025 OHI scores, this month's AI feature, and much more! ☃️ Read More: https://mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-newsletter-december-2025 📩 Subscribe: https://ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=bbef3949b4

Closing out 2025 with gratitude for collaboration, innovation, and data science shaping the Gulf’s future 🌊 Apply AI, synthesis, and teamwork for solutions that last. 📅 Apply due Feb 20, 2026 → nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

📰New from our journals!📰 Moths sipping moose tears, deep-sea squid in disguise, coral reef recovery breakthroughs, and more! Explore six fascinating studies in our latest media tip sheet: https://ow.ly/qUrA50XHajr

Check out the latest issue of UC Santa Barbara Magazine, featuring NCEAS Director: Ben Halpern! 👍

🌊 🎥 Trust us: Check out the Scripps Pier underwater camera right now! The current ocean visibility at Scripps Pier is high, so you'll likely encounter some cool critters. Tune in here: coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/

Check out this opportunity!

It’s greatest daily migration on Earth—that hardly anyone has heard of. 🦠🦐🐟 🌀Find out why WHOI researchers are turning to the “twilight zone” to understand the mid-ocean's role in global fisheries and keeping the planet cool: go.whoi.edu/ocean-world #ItsAnOceanWorld

Only a few hours to go until Early Bird registration closes!

Such an exciting discovery! 🐙

#OceanDataFriday is here. (Post 2/2) #MPA, #Sharks #Kelp #HighSeas

Today, the 2025 #ArcticReportCard was released, marking 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic warming and change. Find the full 2025 Arctic Report Card, with images, facts and stats at: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... #AGU25 noaa.gov via NOAA Research

🌊 Happy 50th birthday, Coastal Data Information Program! What began in 1975 as a single wave measurement has grown into one of the world’s most enduring & trusted coastal observing programs. For 50 years, CDIP has powered science, engineering, safety & resilience with accurate, real-time wave data.

Amazing work at #ucsb in #marinescience

Like living in an extraordinarily beautiful place? Excited about world class aquatic research, education, and outreach? Flathead Lake Biological Station is seeking a new Director: apply.interfolio.com/178916

The ocean covers 71% of our planet, but despite this fact, humans have only observed a small percentage of it. 🌍🌎🌏 How little? Take a wild guess in the comments!👇 Then get to know some of the wonders we've found so far: go.whoi.edu/ocean-world

Amazing science!!

Hot off the presses! Check out last week's special edition of our webinar series on exploring ecology careers, featuring our (soon to depart) executive director, Catherine O'Riordan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaNfd8vbqM4

A new study out of #UCSB found that global assessments systematically underestimate hunger—finding one in five may go uncounted. "This matters because these metrics are used to trigger funding for emergency relief." Full story: https://ow.ly/lUKP50XIC17

Our Global Monthly Temperature & Precipitation Report is out again, this time for #November: bit.ly/Global202511 via NOAA's NCEI

The Gulf Ecosystem Initiative isn’t just for scientists 🌊 We need resource managers, practitioners, and individuals who know the Gulf’s challenges firsthand. Work together → analyze data → inform solutions. ⏰ 2 months left! 📅 Apply by Feb 20 : www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

🦋 We are excited to share UCSB Magazine's feature spotlighting Benjamin Halpern, Director of NCEAS! Learn more about his contributions to global ocean science: 📖 https://magazine.ucsb.edu/fall-winter-2025/ben-halpern 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ9P0biAmXo

2025 Ocean Health Index is live! Data insights: • Tourism recovery • Conflict → major declines in management capacity • and more! 50+ datasets, 10 goals, one comparable global framework. 🔗 oceanhealthindex.org/news/2025-sc... #OHI2025 #OceanData #SciComm

AI for the Planet — The Cyber2A Project Cyber2A is helping researchers + educators develop AI and ML skills to advance arctic science and beyond! Read more about their most recent workshop 👇 www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/empower...

🔥 Join us Monday, Dec 8 for a free public talk with NCEAS researcher Cat Fong on the Wildfire Resilience Index, a new tool turning complex data into meaningful insight. 📍 Dargan’s, SB 🕡 6:30–8:00 PM No ticket needed—arrive early! More info: sbnature.org/calendar

Tomorrow at 9 AM PT! ⏰ Join us for the DataONE Community Call spotlighting biodiversity and the onboarding of OBIS-SEAMAP and OBIS into the network. You won’t want to miss this one! 📅 Add it here: https://bit.ly/DataONECalendar

🚨We're hiring! Join the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative as a postdoc tackling big, interdisciplinary questions impacting the Gulf 🌊 Based at NCEAS in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA. Apply by Feb 20, 2026 ➡ https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco Expected salary: $69k-82k. UCSB is an EOE.

🦃 🥧 Check out the November newsletter for info on our new Call for Artists, an upcoming Science Pub, a feature on the Cyber2A project, & more stories of synthesis science in action! 🍂 Read the Newsletter: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe here: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Grateful this season for the resilience of the Gulf and the science that drives solutions. 🌊💙 📅 Deadline Feb. 20, 2026, at 5 PM PT | 7 PM CDT → www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

REMINDER: Join the next DataONE Community Call on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 9 AM PST! 🍃 They’ll dive into how connected repositories and shared metadata open up biodiversity data for easier discovery and long-term use. 🔗Add to your calendar: bit.ly/DataONECalendar

Join DataONE for the final Community Call of 2025! 📣 They’ll explore how repositories are federated and linked through shared metadata practices to improve data visibility, interoperability, and long-term access. 📅 Date: Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 9 AM PST 🔗Add to your calendar: bit.ly/DataONECalendar

Thank you to everyone who joined our GEI Webinar! We are excited for your proposals! 🎥 Recording: Sign up for our Office Hour: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ0R0rKUvXteZcqmEtGE80mxu-x9zyMhaM3pA4eovFFssIugYNkX6i3-qab-kqeDaTe_DWiUw-xp ! Applications due 2/20/26

🌊 Today’s the day! Join us for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative informational webinar – get your questions answered and learn more about the program! See you there! TODAY 🕙 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs4T18a7TQeyQP3ov5f5lg#/registration

Thank you Bluedot Living for featuring NCEAS’ work with UCSB’s Cheadle Center + The Nature Conservancy to fight ice plant in Santa Barbara County! Learn how the NCEAS team is using machine learning + satellite imagery to map ice plant as part of AI for the Planet: bluedotliving.com/the-green-bl...

🔔 REMINDER 🔔 🌊 Have questions about the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 2026? Join us for a live informational webinar — we’ll cover how working groups work, FAQs, and tips for strong proposals. 🗓 Nov 5 | 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs4T18a7TQeyQP3ov5f5lg

🍂 Cooler days, new discoveries. October brings fresh energy to the season as NCEAS continues advancing research and collaboration heading into the end of 2025. Check out our latest Newsletter! 🎃 Read: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

🌊 Have questions about the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 2026? Join us for a live informational webinar — we’ll cover what how working groups work, FAQs, and tips for strong proposals. 🗓 Nov 5 | 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT 🔗 Register: https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fs4T18a7TQeyQP3ov5f5lg

Applying for GEI’s 2026 Request for Proposals? We’re here to help! Check out our applicant support materials — guides, webinars, and weekly office hours to help strengthen your proposal. Learn more ➡️ nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco #gulfecosysteminitiative #nceas #sciencefordecisionmaking

Welcome the '25 Morpho working groups! 🌿 Nature Health Index will develop a global framework for measuring ecosystem integrity. 🐟 GO FISH will identify data standards for inland fisheries. Learn how these projects demonstrate the power of synthesis science: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/collabo...

📣 Research Funding Opportunity! The Gulf Ecosystem Initiative (GEI)—a partnership between NCEAS and NOAA RESTORE—supports synthesis science for the Gulf of America 🌊 Funding available for 2 working groups + 1 postdoc Apply by Feb 20, 2026 → nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

We’re launching a new monthly feature spotlighting projects from our AI for the Planet program. Learn more about how artificial intelligence drives environmental science and sustainability solutions. Kickoff: The Wildfire Resilience Index🔥 Read the full article: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/when-wi...

Applications are LIVE for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP! 🌊 We’re funding two working groups and one postdoc to tackle climate change, fisheries, & ecosystem management in the Gulf. 📅 Deadline: Feb 20, 2026, at 5 PM PT | 7 PM CDT 🔗 Apply: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

🍁 This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the deep ecological knowledge and enduring stewardship of Indigenous communities, partners in protecting the land, water, and biodiversity we all depend on, especially the Chumash people on whose ancestral lands we live and work.