Discover our one connected ocean

OCEAN ICE Publication: Bathymetry-Constrained Warm-Mode Melt Estimates Derived From Analysing Oceanic Gateways in Antarctica A paper featuring Torsten Albrecht from OCEAN ICE! Please find a short summary here: ocean-ice.eu/ocean-i...

FIVE SUPRISING CORAL DISCOVERIES that could help Reef restoration: Great Barrier Reef Foundation www.barrierreef.org/news/news/5-... #coralreefs #coralrestoration #coralscience #reefrestoration #conservation #marinescience #coralreefecology #coralhealth #marinebiology

GUESS THE SPECIES: These three ocean animals have cat-inspired names — can you guess what they are? 🐱 Drop your guesses below, then check the comments for the answers! #InternationalCatDay

Throwback to #MyMBLMoment last year at MCN2024, amazing experience with a wonderful group of people @mblscience.bsky.social

#SampleSpotlight! Pictured is a fragmented lava suspended in lithified sediment. When exposed to UV light, the sediment phosphoresces, glowing green for several seconds. This brief "glow in the dark" effect tells us that the sediment is made out of calcite and/or a phosphate mineral.

📢 For the first time ever, our report on economic trends in fishing landings in Catalonia is available in English! 🔍 Dive into the data or download it here 👉 www.icatmar.cat/wp-content/u... #EMC2030 #FEMPA #CatalanFisheries #FisheriesEconomy @agriculturacat.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social

Due to strong offshore winds in the forecast, we're postponing Leg 2 of the #ONCabyss Summer 2025 Expedition aboard Canpac Valour until later this month. Safety of our people is paramount, as well as protecting our oceanographic instruments and equipment.

Happy Alumni August! Check out these photos from one of our Embryology classes of 1897, 1956, and 2023. Share your MBL class photo with MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway! A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month. #throwbackthursday #MyMBLMoment

We’re thrilled to have @holcottagesuk as a supporting sponsor of this year’s Great British Beach Clean! 🌊 From family holidays to seaside getaways, they know how special our shores are - and they’re helping us keep them that way 💙 Join us this Sept 👉 www.mcsuk.org/greatbritishbeachclean

#Seamounts support the health of the entire ocean—they are our #OceanLifelines. But these underwater mountains are under threat from #BottomTrawling, as exposed by Sir David Attenborough's OCEAN. Learn more about how we’re working to #ProtectSeamounts: ➡️ buff.ly/GuTYgQO

🐳 This year's ICYMARE Art Corner has an exciting opportunity for you! 🐳 #ICYMARE2025 #visualrecording #sciart #scienceandart #scienceillustration #art #marinescience #oceandecade #oceanart #scicom #ICYMARE #earlycareerscientists #ECOP

To the wonderful people who follow The Ocean Advocate: some offline time is coming up. I'm heading out to volunteer with the Tropical Research and Conservation Centre. Till then, I hope the ocean, with its ability to inspire and refresh, holds you in its blue thrall. #TheOceanAdvocate #OceanDecade

Celebrating #MPADay in the Greater Skellig Coast Hope Spot.  Here's to the people, places and species that make this part of the ocean so special...from #Portmagee to #Fenit and beyond. Underwater by Micheal O Donnell of @Kerrysubaqua.  #Fair Seas #MPADay2025 #LetsTalkMPAs #HopeSpot

🚢 In 1922, the USS Stewart made history by using newly developed sonar technology to collect over *900 soundings* during a single transit from Boston to Gibraltar. This groundbreaking journey marked the beginning of modern ocean mapping, making weighted-rope methods obsolete.