Curious about a political economy analysis of #DeepSeaMining? Check out next Monday’s COBRA webinar - more info here: cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then @drandrewthaler.bsky.social comes in with.... "... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥

We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea. Read our full statement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I’ll likely have to take cough breaks to sip my tea & blow my nose, as the plague & I are @agu.org but I hope you’ll join me at 1030 Wednesday for my lecture. I’ll talk about Carson’s impact on science & my career, subseafloor life, microbial ecosystem services, & science storytelling! #AGU25

I have no words- newly minted Dr. Sabrina Elkassas @whoi.edu made me this stunning scientifically accurate blanket, depicting 5 zones of the ocean column. I’m not sure what I did to earn such a beautiful gift, but it now graces my bed. I’m amazed by her brilliant talent as a scientist & artist! 🌊

Deep-sea mining waste in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may disrupt the ocean's twilight zone food webs by reducing the nutritional quality of particles vital to zooplankton and micronekton.

The clocks fell back this weekend & I’m facing a winter of fighting my seasonal depression. Today was easy- I live by a sparkly sea that lifts my spirits & she was at her glittery best. Only 4 (long) months until we are on the better side of this… #seasonaldepression #sun #ocean #walk #timechange

Congratulations to WHOI's @julesdeep.bsky.social, who was recently selected to deliver the prestigious @agu.org Rachel Carson Lecture. The award recognizes women whose work in ocean science is both cutting-edge and deeply relevant to today’s societal & environmental challenges: go.whoi.edu/Huber

My life changed when I first read "The Sea Around Us." Rachel Carson's words captured my 13-yr old sense of wonder for a place I barely knew but felt for so deeply, the ocean. Honored to speak to her legacy @agu.org and grateful to my colleagues for the nomination 🌊💙 www.whoi.edu/press-room/n...

"The strength of WHOI's science is in its people." It was true in the time of our first director, Henry Bigelow—and it's true today. We wouldn't be leaders in ocean science + engineering without our dedicated + talented staff. 👉🏽This Labor Day, get to know the #HumansofWHOI: go.whoi.edu/humans

Seabed Spotlight by is essential reading for anyone following deep-sea mining. Exploring the seabed? Here, have an exploitation permit too.

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have via @theonion.com — theonion.com/watchdog-gro...

🚨 REMINDER: The abstract submission deadline for #AGU25 has been EXTENDED to TODAY at 5:00PM ET! Submit your abstract today: buff.ly/BUyEjhU

It only took me 8 minutes to get into the abstract submission site this morning, with 12 hrs left to go. Join us @agu.org #AGU25 for this important & timely session on deep-sea research!!!

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Read this from @pdemenocal.bsky.social, @msleinen.bsky.social, and John Richardson, retired Navy admiral, whose son was my student, about how investing in ocean science is not just about curiosity, but about ensuring our future readiness, resilience, and national security. 🌊

The Senate just posted the report language of its FY26 science appropriations bill. This text lays out what they want done and carries the force of law if it is included in the final spending bill. It's a line-by-line refutation of Trump's proposed budget for NASA and NOAA.

This was a very scary but incredibly positive experience for me-connecting to the deeply personal, funny, & scary parts of our scientific journeys. I encourage you to listen as intended- full long form radio, with host @jayall.bsky.social & live music. Links at end of article. #stemstories @prx.org

This resonates- & despite being a vegetarian, I have leaned into Beef more than Bear the last few years. Given *all the things* & the reality of supporting my family, I’m still figuring out the right balance, but preparing the next generation & passing the torch is centered for certain.

One small step... Senate appropriators indicate they plan to protect NSF and NASA science from Trump's drastic cuts. www.science.org/content/arti...

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding. Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24. See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it. 🧵 1/3

Today, once again, representatives from 169 nations will meet in Kingston, Jamaica to continue negotiating the rules and regulations for deep-sea mining in the high seas. I'm watching at www.isa.org.jm/the-authorit... and there's an outside chance I'll be there in person later this month.

From @lauraatran.bsky.social in The Scientist-- www.the-scientist.com/fantastic-mi...

Socioeconomic status is so important to consider! Thanks for this excellent piece @drcraigmc.bsky.social !

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

How did life start? 🧐🌎Join the Moore Foundation “Early Microbial Life” panel today at #ASMicrobe, starting at 12 p.m., to dive into this question and celebrate their 25th anniversary of advancing science. asm.social/2t7

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To the 🐐 of hydrothermal vent microbiology! Happy Birthday Julie!! aka @julesdeep.bsky.social Now blow out those black smokers and make a wish! Hope you have a great day! 🌊🌋🦠🎂❤️ "Celebrate the good stuff"

Of course @divaamon.bsky.social is exceptional! Glad Time finally realized it. time.com/7290414/deep...

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪 www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

CELEBRATE THE GOOD STUFF!!! The lab & friends celebrated the graduation of Tedi from Bridgewater State with BS, Summa Cum Laude in Physics. Tedi first came to @whoi.edu through our community college program & has been an amazing member of our community and lab here.

A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

If you've been thinking about donating in honor of 🌈 #PrideMonth, you can have an even bigger impact on The Trevor Project right now. Every donation is being quadrupled. Not clear how long this will be, so I donated today! www.thetrevorproject.org

Join us at 3pm eastern today for a webinar with Vicki Ferrini about seafloor mapping! #seafloor #mapping #NSFFunded #COBRA cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

Lab's first preprint! #newPI We show that viruses are active agents that recycle carbon fixed by productive chemoautotrophs, shaping our understanding of carbon cycling in redox-active ecosystems. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @julesdeep.bsky.social @gtrubl.bsky.social @mepjoe.bsky.social

Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration? Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation. This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

As the Trump administration fires government researchers, cancels scientific grants, and targets universities with funding freezes, scientists who might once have welcomed public attention for their work or spoken up on issues affecting their field are instead opting for silence. scim.ag/4jLxA9E

On the National Science Foundation's 75th birthday, an essay on how to celebrate, by taking steps to save it. open.substack.com/pub/joshuasw...

Congrats to @katycroffbell.bsky.social and her team — I can’t wait to start using this data in my talks & sharing even more about the vast unknown that is the deep ocean! 🌊

BTW. If you’re a scientist and are feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, I understand you. You are perfectly sane and you are not alone.

Join us tomorrow for our webinar by Dr Andrew Sweetman on dark oxygen and nodules! Tuesday May 6 at 3pm EDT. Register below 🌊 cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

Lots of people on my feed are concerned about the destruction of NOAA by the Trump administration and Elon Musk, but much of what I’ve seen people post about is the national weather service. That’s vital, but NOAA does so much more than that! My latest, for @ucsusa.bsky.social 🧪🌎🦑🐠

UPDATE: We have data on >1000 terminated #NSF grants at grant-watch.us. Thanks to all who have been contributing data the past few days. We've also added a "Reports" section with some analyses. For NSF, we see that the STEM education directorate has been absolutely pummeled.

Tuning in now to the House Committee on Natural Resources on Deep-Sea Mining #deepseamining 🌊 naturalresources.house.gov/calendar/eve...

How can zombie microbes interact with the Earth system? 🦠🧟🌎 Microbes, even when dormant, play a massive role in shaping Earth's ecosystems & biogeochemistry 🌎 In @natcomms.nature.com I explore dormancy in the context of Earth’s geosphere-biosphere co-evolution 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congratulations to Dr. John Baross on the @setiinstitute.bsky.social award- John is a towering intellect & I am so grateful I got to train with him @uwenvironment.bsky.social ! www.seti.org/press-releas...

There it is: www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... Will take some time to parse it tomorrow. #deepseamining

Follow Andrew who is always on top of this issue #deepseamining