What’s in our backyard? 🌳🌸🐚 This week @theberkeley_bda S3 students joined our team to answer this question, looking at native and invasive plants and animals at Spittal Pond. 🌱 #stemeducation

It's hard to grasp how large this grouper is until you see it in comparison to the ship's toilet on the left. This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m) Let's talk about these gentle giants.

⛴️ A Community of BATS: The collaborative engine behind the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study 🦇 @bats_ocean @rvatlanticexplorer bios.asu.edu/currents/bat...

A new study shows that ocean bacteria are busiest at night. These tiny organisms play a major role in moving carbon through the ocean, and scientists have found they do much of that work during the night shift! 🌒 🦠🔬 @blancobercial.bsky.social 🔗 bios.asu.edu/currents/oce...

🌊 Researchers are studying tiny grazers to better model #zooplankton and ocean food webs in a new Ecological Modelling paper with co-author @zoopgrouplady 🦐 📸 @niimichthyidae www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great photo summary by MEOPAR on some of what I learned this fall participating in a BATS cruise with @biosstation.bsky.social Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience! Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0

🐬 Dive in 2026 💫 Thank you for the effort and support over the past 12 months. Here's to even bigger & better things in 2026! 📸 Paul Lethaby

✨🪸 Happy Holidays ✨🪸 And wishing you a happy and healthy new year! 💫

New results from the multinational, interdisciplinary Exports Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign, funded by NASA, provide new insight into climate systems. Led by David Siegel, UC Santa Barbara, and co-authored by BIOS oceanographer Amy Maas 👇

We’re excited to exhibit at #AGU25 showcasing work and opportunities at ASU’s School of Ocean Futures and ASU Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. 📍 Stop by AGU Central to connect with Craig Carlson and Kaitlin Noyes and learn more about our work! 🧭

Hourly measurements from gliders show when and how the ocean produces, recycles, and exports carbon — and why salps matter more than we thought. bios.asu.edu/currents/new...

#exoCeanadvent Day 10: As winter creeps into Provence we remember warmer days from our fieldwork in Bermuda. We stayed with the lovely folk at @biosstation.bsky.social, like @blancobercial.bsky.social who helped us to look for different foraminifera to catch, than our usual Mediterranean stuff.

POV: You’re diving on coral reefs, learning marine ecology, and making lifelong friends and future colleagues while spending 15 weeks living on a research station in Bermuda. 🇧🇲 🔗 learn more about fall semester program that wraps next month! bios.asu.edu/education/fa... 🎥 Kyla Flook

@biosstation.bsky.social publica el trabajo que está desarrollando un equipo internacional de científic@s, también de nuestro centro, para predecir la llegada de #Physaliaphysalis o #carabelas_portuguesas y determinar cómo afecta el #CambioClimatico a sus trayectorias. bios.asu.edu/currents/pre...

El equipo científico lo componen @omauniovi.bsky.social, @biosstation.bsky.social, @icman-csic.bsky.social, @ulpgc.es, joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu y www.uc.cl Colabora el Bioparc Acuario de Xixón.

“In Bermuda, you’re going to get in the water & see what it’s like to work in the ocean” Gain hands-on experience through courses like Coral Reef Ecology, Marine Molecular Ecology & Research Diving Methods study abroad. @arizonastateuni.bsky.social asuonline.asu.edu/newsroom/sun...

Researchers are studying how winds, currents, and climate change influence the drift of the Portuguese man o' war in an effort to forecast its seasonal movements. @ieo.es @blancobercial.bsky.social bios.asu.edu/currents/pre...

More #NASA #PACE work onboard the RVAE! This time #ASU graduate student Ceridwyn Hunter, part of the Hochberg lab @biosstation.bsky.social, takes radiometric measurements at #BATS. She takes these measurements when the satellite is passing right over us!

🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! During the C-CoMP March Cruise, Clio, the biogeochemistry AUV, was used to collect particle samples for proteomics and metagenomics from various depths within the water column. Check out some of these photos of Clio in action:

Successful dive and recovery to the eddy center, 18 sample depths down to 800 meters deep and engineering tests completed too.

🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! During our March cruise, C-CoMP researchers deployed SVP drifters during diel sampling. The drifters enabled tracking/sampling the same parcel of water in a Lagrangian approach, aiding efforts to capture diel microbial signals from the same water over time!

🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! And that’s a wrap 🎬on C-CoMP Cruise 2 🚢! We (C-CoMP + AE) accomplished an impressive feat - 95 CTD casts, 110,778 L of sw filtered with @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social, eddy sampling, & 9 exp types across 3 locations - to characterize marine chemical currencies & microbes!

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

The High Seas Treaty is the first legal framework aimed at protecting biodiversity in international waters, those that lie beyond the jurisdiction of any single country. https://to.pbs.org/3VKRnMh

A big thank you to all the folks at @biosstation.bsky.social, @whoi.edu, and the crew and Captain of the R/V Atlantic Explorer for making this research and cruise possible!

We wrapped our Research Diving Methods course—3 weeks of dives, discovery, and growth! 🤿 From coral ID to rescue drills and photomosaics, students gained skills in advanced diving, scientific sampling, and @AAUS standards. Guest experts & dives at Bermuda sites like North Rock & Hog Breaker.

Through hands-on lab and field experiences in coral research to research cruises aboard @rvatlanticexplorer — this year’s cohort of interns are turning passion into purpose. And we’re thrilled to be part of their journey.

Tech training program focused on ocean research technology kicks off this week — helping students build real-world skills for careers in science. #STEMeducation #Internships 🔗 Check out highlights from last year: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ym03...

This year’s SCOPE team, mostly grad students and postdocs, highlights our collaborative approach to science & mentorship. The multidisciplinary team investigates the role microbial processes play in shaping the ocean’s chemistry & ecosystems. 🌊 🧬 😎 #time-series

@salemstatemco.bsky.social joined us for a hands-on coral & fish monitoring expedition.🪸🐠 Using Coral Point Count, a digital tool for tracking coral cover and diversity, students analyzed reef images to assess species and benthic changes — linking fieldwork to long-term reef conservation.

Students from @lacordaireacademy joined researchers to explore Bermuda’s deep-sea #sharks using environmental DNA. The result? Genetic fingerprints of four deep-sea sharks — including a bluntnose sixgill! 🎥 @underwaternoyes #Bermuda

For proper monitoring of the oceans, we need to know what we have, and what we do not have. But, sometimes, it is very difficult due to taxonomic challenges. Here we review some of the major issues in the ICES and Mediterranean waters for zooplankton uncertainties academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

This World Ocean Day, we’re also celebrating our amazing team whose dedication to ocean research, education, and conservation inspires action every day of the year! 🦈 🌎🌊🤿🪸

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This #WorldOceanDay, we celebrate the ocean’s beauty and role in sustaining life—regulating climate, supporting biodiversity, fueling global systems. The ocean connects us — Let’s commit to sustaining what sustains us. 🐟🪸🌊🌎💙

Earlier this month I was fortunate to visit BIOS in Bermuda to catch fish we think are responsible for CaCO3 found in sediment traps in the Atlantic. I’m happy to report that the trip was a success and we found some very interesting fish with fascinating things in their guts!! #fishcarbonates 🇧🇲🐟

First deepwater trials of new tech—combining cameras & acoustic sensors—the system offers less disruptive/more detailed way to study zooplankton up to 1000m. It will be tested against traditional methods & upgraded for adaptive sampling. #worldoceanday

🌊 The ocean sustains life on Earth, yet it faces unprecedented threats. The 2025 UN Ocean Conference will advance global commitments to protect marine ecosystems and #SaveOurOcean: sdgs.un.org/conferences/...

Every night is a disco for our foraminifera in their respiration chambers @biosstation.bsky.social with @case4climate.bsky.social @chalkyoceans.bsky.social @juliemeilland.bsky.social 🧪⚒️🌊🪸

Hidden #biodiversity within Bermuda’s cave systems, home to unique, often undiscovered organisms—tiny, resilient and found nowhere else on Earth. @blancobercial.bsky.social Giovanni Mussini @magdalenecollege.bsky.social #ScienceDiscovery #copepod #Bermuda www.royalgazette.com/general/news...

New #copepod species from a cave in #Bermuda. 🦐 is the first of its kind found in an anchialine environment— and the first record of this genus in Bermuda. Described from a female collected during 2016 expeditions, the paper includes a downloadable 3D model. zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1444...

Bermuda cave sampling today with @blancobercial.bsky.social for these little monsters (lovely forams)! Thank you Leo, @chalkyoceans.bsky.social, @biosstation.bsky.social ! @exoceanlab.bsky.social

Fresh from the press - a new #copepod species from Roadside cave in #Bermuda. This is female we got during our 2016 expeditions. The manuscript includes a downloadable 3D model! Thanks to Giovanni Mussini from @magdalenecollege.bsky.social for taking the lead! zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1444...

We're away from our lovely light and temperature controlled incubators @exoceanlab.bsky.social, but that doesn't mean we can't keep our plankton happy. @biosstation.bsky.social water baths to the rescue. If you've ever wondered what culturing for trace isotope systems looks like, it's this! #d11B

We were honored to welcome Antoinette Hurtado, the new U.S. Consul General to #Bermuda! Her visit highlighted strong ASU BIOS–U.S. ties, student opportunities, deep-ocean tech, and long-term ocean research onboard the Atlantic Explorer. 🌊🇺🇸 #oceanresearch #STEM #studyabroad

Leg 2 of our VAMPIRE at BATS cruise: buoys, backscatter, Gumby suits, and a gulper eel. @stonybrooku.bsky.social @biosstation.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social

Scientists from all 7 continents gathered at BIOS for a workshop on FAIR data practices in ship-based marine ecological time series. Hosted by IOCCP & supported by NSF’s EarthCube to make ocean data more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable—empowering research, education & policy. #METS

Check our paper by @nicolecoots.bsky.social, where she delved into the photosynthetic symbionts on Polycystine #Rhizaria. Nicole came to @biosstation.bsky.social after having to drastically change her dissertation due to COVID, So proud of you, Nicole, keep going! academic.oup.com/plankt/artic...

And we are off on leg 1 of the VAMPIRE - BATS cruise in Bermuda w the team from @biosstation.bsky.social , @urigso.bsky.social , and @stonybrooku.bsky.social Despite its name, the VAMPIRE instrument works both day and night.