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Curating the knowledge, news and sheer wonder of our planet's remarkable ocean “You have to love it before you're moved to save it.” ~Sylvia Earle

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. Our Twitter banner is climate warming stripes of the Arctic Ocean since 1893. Learn about climate warming stripes & their inventor @ed_hawkins here: bit.ly/3m25t9s and make your climate stripes here: showyourstripes.info

The story behind the viral graphic that electrified the climate movement

The creator of the "climate stripes," which was downloaded a million times in its first week, explains how data visualization can help communicate science.

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#OurAmazingOcean To Heal These Bleached Corals, All It Took Was a Little Touch gift link 👇 nytimes.com/2026/10/14/clima…

To Heal These Bleached Corals, All It Took Was a Little Touch (Gift Article)

After sick corals were placed in direct contact with healthy ones of the same genetic makeup, they recovered at “incredible” speed, scientists found.

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#RemarkableOceanPlanet Rare 1-in-100M ‘Ghost Lobster’ Goes to School to Help Scientists Crack Genetic Mystery–in Time for Halloween goodnewsnetwork.org/100m-gho…

Rare 1-in-100M ‘Ghost Lobster’ Goes to School to Help Scientists Crack Genetic Mystery–in Time for...

A ‘ghost’ lobster so rare that the odds of finding it are 1 in 100 million is going to school—a new home at Maine’s Marine Science Center.

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#alohafriday Ocean fun! Play the "Anyone For Mollusks" Wonderword word game! Free -- for a week or two wonderword.com/searchword/an…
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Jeff Berardelli
@WeatherProfOct 15
New paper by the World’s most prominent climate scientists shows rapid acceleration of human-caused warming, with a warming rate now that tracks to near 2.4°C by 2050, far faster than was expected, if it continues. From paper: “We are witnessing the rapid destabilization of the Earth’s climate system. This is no longer a warning for the future; it is a diagnosis of the present. Earth’s life-support systems are being pushed beyond stable limits, with changes unfolding faster than our ability to respond. Human activities are driving profound shifts in the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere.” Paper Link in replies… H/T @LeonSimons8 …
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. To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark theguardian.com/environment/…

To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark

As fishers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, a clash between conservation and commerce has emerged over what to do about the misunderstood species

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. Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It can also devastate the seafloor apnews.com/article/fishing-t…

Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It can also devastate the seafloor

Trawling is a fishing method using large nets to catch fish and shellfish in bulk. Bottom trawls scrape the seafloor for species such as cod and shrimp, while pelagic trawls target fish higher in the...

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#OceanHope ‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles

Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline

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#OceanHope ‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles

Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline

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#seabirds Coastal Golf Course Turned into Vital Wetland Habitat for Seabirds goodnewsnetwork.org/coastal-…

Coastal Golf Course Turned into Vital Wetland Habitat for Seabirds

With an eye towards making room for native wildlife, a pair of golf courses are looking an awful lot more green. Along England’s coastline, a golf course has been transformed into a wetland nature...

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#RemarkableOceanPlanet ✨ The deep sea is still 99% unknown to humans And NOAA Fisheries Service researchers just identified nine new deep sea sponges! One identified species is so unique they had to create a new genus for it oceanwire.wordpress.com/2026…

Spotlight: Nine Species of Deep Sea Sponges Discovered in North Pacific and Bering Sea

A sharpchin rockfish internally incubates its eggs while sheltering within a sponge on the seafloor off Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries NOAA researchers were reminded again that they explore a place…

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GO GREEN
@ECOWARRIORSSOct 3
Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine oil pollution in oceans Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles) of the ocean surface each year, an area slightly larger than the nation of Mongolia. news.mongabay.com/short-arti…

Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine oil pollution in oceans. See the map

Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles) of the ocean surface each year, an area slightly larger than the nation of Mongolia....

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Jeff Berardelli
@WeatherProfOct 2
It’s almost like climate change is real.
Leon Simons 🌍
@LeonSimons8Oct 1
That's quite an acceleration!! Amd the Mediterranean is warming at a rate of 0.74°C per decade!
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"Deforestation is not development. It is self-sabotage on a planetary scale." Every forest cleared for short-term profit steals long-term security from future generations. True progress protects nature; it doesn't erase it.
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. The herring fishery that took 400 years to rebound—and what it teaches us today phys.org/news/2026-09-herrin…

The herring fishery that took 400 years to rebound—and what it teaches us today

From the 13th to the 16th century, herring from the Sound—the strait in the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Sweden—was one of northern Europe's most important trade goods. Salted herring from the...

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#ElNino #climateemergency Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

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Jeff Berardelli
@WeatherProfOct 1
I’d agree here. We’ve seen a lot of deviant weather/ climate behavior over the past few years. But my honest assessment is: this El Niño is by far the most extreme outlier. If we are being honest, a year ago, could any climate/ weather expert legitimately say that they could conceive of an El Niño so far outside the distribution? I’m genuinely curious? Anyone? Bueller??Because I’ve become accustomed to now “expect the unexpected”. But for this I apparently need to adjust my expectations wayyyyy upward.
Prof. Eliot Jacobson
@EliotJacobsonOct 1
Records come and records go. But this is one for the ages. The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly is now at a record 3.23°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. This crushes the previous daily record set in 1982 by over 1.14°C. The Climate 8-ball is looking up.
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#ElNino #climateemergency Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California theguardian.com/us-news/2026…

Concern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for California

The ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast

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. The herring fishery that took 400 years to rebound—and what it teaches us today phys.org/news/2026-09-herrin…

The herring fishery that took 400 years to rebound—and what it teaches us today

From the 13th to the 16th century, herring from the Sound—the strait in the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Sweden—was one of northern Europe's most important trade goods. Salted herring from the...

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#climatemergency #oceanhero #climatehero #endfossilfuels The ex-oil executive trying to wean us off fossil fuels positive.news/environment/li…

The ex-oil executive trying to wean us off fossil fuels

Former oil executive Samantha Cooper once helped power the industry. Now she’s fighting to end its hold on our future

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Sharkwater Extinction
@teamsharkwaterSep 22
Nova Scotia just got a visit from one of the ocean's gentle giants. A basking shark, second only to the whale shark in size... spent Friday evening drifting through Bedford Basin while a crowd gathered to watch. It's a filter feeder, not a threat, and sightings like this are a reminder of why healthy coastal waters matter. Seen a shark you couldn't ID? Tell us! Every sighting adds up.
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