The tarpon swims with the shark when the day ends the dark #shark #tarpon #crepuscular #predawn #twilight #bermudachub #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
Before #ISA30, two new studies from the University of Exeter & @greenpeace.org warned of deep-sea mining harm on ocean life, including whales & dolphins, in the Clarion Clipperton Zone area.
Mining noise might have cascading ecological consequences, disrupting key behaviours.
During our exploration of #Guadalcanal, we revisited another of Dr. #RobertBallard’s 1992 discoveries: the #USSNorthampton. The 176-meter-long heavy cruiser was lost during the #BattleofTassafaronga, which began on November 30, 1942, southeast of #SavoIsland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Ax...
📰 It's time for July’s OCEAN ICE News!
🔵Get to know our researcher in the spotlight 🔎
🔵Catch up on the latest OCEAN ICE activities💡
🔵Meet us in the forthcoming events 👋
...and more!
Read it on our LinkedIn page here 📷www.linkedin.com/pos...
🌊 Partnering with CMG supports the broader goal of mapping the seafloor to inform sustainable development in blue economy areas such as maritime transport, port expansion and marine safety. We look forward to many more years of collaboration.
Seabed mapping plays a critical role in coastal infrastructure planning - from port and harbour development to the design of flood defences and other coastal resilience measures.
As the maritime studies and projects division of Canopus - a global maritime agency based in the port of Callao, Peru - CMG has contributed to advancing geosciences in the region and is currently the only company in Peru offering a full range of coastal study and project solutions. 🇵🇪
PFAS 'forever chemicals' are everywhere, in rivers, lakes and seas. Today we have launched our joint proposal for how the UK can take urgent action on them. A PFAS-free UK is possible!
OPEN POSITIONS AT The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii
There are a number of open positions currently being advertised at The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii.
Visit the link below and type in 'coral' into the search box!
hr.rcuh.com/psc/hcmprd_e...
#coralreefs
It's time for the July mini-mid-month update!
Full subscribers can see the latest postings here 👇
www.oceanoculus.com/ocean-opport...
Not yet a subscriber, but have been thinking about it?
Choose between a monthly or yearly subscription here 👇
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OCEAN ICE Publication: Current reversal leads to regime change in the Amery Ice Shelf cavity in the 21st century!
A paper featuring members from OCEAN ICE including Jing Jin, Tony Payne!
Please find a short summary here: ocean-ice.eu/ocean-i...
Ever spotted a #jellyfish but not sure what species it is? We’ve got a brilliant set of jellyfish ID guides to help you 👍
Check out all of guides and all the illustrations here 👇
www.mcsuk.org/sightings
How Development and Plastic Waste Destroyed the Beauty We Came to See: From the Caribbean to the Celebes Sea (By Marina E. De León)
This thought provoking piece of writing by one of our members is available to download on our website here: www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com/articles/
#coralreefs
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced rule changes that would accelerate deep-sea mining in U.S. waters.
The move includes shortened environmental review timelines and extended prospecting permits.
During the NA173 expedition, we're conducting non-invasive archaeological surveys of historically significant #shipwrecks in the #IronBottomSound. Learn the differences between #battleships, #cruisers, and #destroyers in this #blog: bit.ly/4kvZQwH
The EU Court upheld protections for 87 deep-sea areas.
But Spain’s fishing lobby wants to undo them.
📢 We say: No backsliding. Science, law & ocean protection must prevail.
👉 Read the open letter: www.prowildlife.de/wp-content/u...
#DeepSeaProtection #OceanGovernance @deepseaconserve.bsky.social
🚨 Deep-sea mining would be devastating and a financial dead end.
We urge the ISA to #DefendTheDeep:
⏸️ Adopt a moratorium until science proves no harm
❌ Reject efforts to rush a mining code
🛡️ Defend multilateralism
🌊 Prioritize ocean health over corporate greed! DefendTheDeep.org #ISA30
🔵 Today, Xènia Puigcerver took the stage at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting to present her research on blue crab habitat use and distribution in the Ebre Delta. Fascinating insights into this non-indigenous species! 🦀🌊 #TSC20025
@icmcsic.bsky.social @agriculturacat.bsky.social
🆕 Check out our latest 'Researcher in the Spotlight' feature on Kateryna Terletska, a researcher in OCEAN ICE
🔎Learn more about Kateryna here: ocean-ice.eu/researc...
A CALL FOR EXPERTS TO HOST E-LEARNING COURSES!
We are specifically looking for qualified persons to host 'An introduction to R for coral scientists' and 'An introduction to QGIS for coral scientists'. If you think this is you, please get in touch!
www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com
#coralreefs
🔵 This week, ICATMAR is at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting in Paris! Ricardo Santos kicked things off Monday with his talk on the vertical distribution and diel dynamics of pelagic decapods in the Mediterranean–Atlantic transition. #TCS2025 🦐🌊
Halfway through Week 1 of the International Seabed Authority Council meeting, where discussions continue on whether to open the deep sea to the highly destructive #DeepSeaMining industry.
See our mid-week update below for the latest insights from inside the ISA. Follow for more!
“To date, the record indicates that deep-sea mining is a risky and unprofitable investment. [It] is a multibillion-dollar solution to problems that do not exist.” --Justin Alger
www.sciencenews.org/article/deep...
DSCC New Zealand and South Pacific Seamounts Campaign Lead @savethefush.bsky.social described the situation as a “perfect storm of poor fishery management”.
This is a critical moment to rethink how we protect fragile deep-sea ecosystems. Destructive fishing practices have no place in them.
In an open letter published today, 24 environmental organizations urge Costas Kadis to resist pressure, and not step backwards on ocean protection.
The credibility of the EU’s environmental leadership depends on it. @ec.europa.eu
bit.ly/4nJzdXW
The Spanish fishing industry and Spanish Members of the European Parliament are putting mounting pressure on Costas Kadis to reopen fishing grounds which have been closed since 2022.
We’re proud to partner with Wildling to help more people feel better in nature this summer, because sometimes it’s not about doing more, it’s about slowing down
Wildling helps you walk, rest, play, and recharge in the world outside
Download the app at wildling.app
#WildlingApp
DOLPHIN INTERNSHIPS at the Dolphin Research Center (Florida)
Get your applications in before OCTOBER 1st 2025 for the Winter Term (January through April)
dolphins.org/internship_o...
#interships #dolphins #dolphinresearch #careers #careeropportunities #intern #scienceinternship #marineresearch
Meanwhile in 🇩🇪...
@greenpeace.de urging @umweltministerium.de to push for moratorium on deepsea mining 🚫⚒️🌊.
@fsaalmann.bsky.social @deepseaconserve.bsky.social @oceanunger.bsky.social
Out July 8 –– EP 2 of the "Surfacing Secrets" podcast featuring 3 deep-sea explorers:
🌊 Meghan Paulson, ONC director of observatory operations
🌊 Dirk Brussow, ONC director of physical operations
🌊 Josh Tetarenko, Canpac Marine Service’s director of ROV operations
Listen 🎙️ bit.ly/ONCpodcast
Is it harder to put sensors in the ocean than space?
Find out tomorrow by tuning into EP 2 of the “Surfacing Secrets” podcast & hear from 3 professional deep-sea explorers as they share what it takes to operate+maintain seafloor observatories.
All episodes 🌊 bit.ly/ONCpodcast
2/🫨 Vancouver subscribers received 26 seconds of notice from our system before ground shaking arrived.
Learn more about ONC’s network of land+sea sensors, designed to provide maximum warning time for offshore #earthquakes in the subduction zone off the #BC coast 🌎 bit.ly/3Qronqv
@uvic.ca
1/🫨 ONC’s land+seafloor seismic network successfully detected an #earthquake 131km northeast of Campbell River last night and notified critical infrastructure subscribers.
The earthquake occurred around 11:42pm PST.
@uvic.ca
📢🎉Good news - the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool Alliance announced a record level of USD 2.5 million investment in biodiversity data.
This means that vital funds will be reinvested back into biodiversity datasets such as the IUCN Red List. bit.ly/4kVei2g
[Modified post from IUCN Red List]
"Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress".
@divaamon.bsky.social warns of the irreversible risks & potential harm of the destructive industry on yet-to-be-discovered fragile deep-sea ecosystems. #DefendTheDeep
🌊 This week, the International Seabed Authority meets to decide the future of deep-sea mining.
We’re calling on civil society — and all RISE UP members — to raise your voices.
Let’s protect one of Earth’s last untouched ecosystems before it’s too late. 🛑🚫⚒️ #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #RISEUP
Our team onboard #EVNautilus located and imaged the bow blown off the #WorldWarII heavy cruiser #USSNewOrleans for the first time on July 6, 2025, resting at ~675 meters deep in the #SolomonIslands’ #IronBottomSound. Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f26P...
🗓️Save the dates for the OCEAN ICE Annual Project Meeting, 15-17 September 2025, which will be kindly hosted by the Danish Meteorological Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark and online!
➡️ocean-ice.eu/save-th...
🦭🐳CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! We are working to collate all examples of ways citizen and community scientist initiatives contribute to marine mammal science, and are collating this into an interactive map and a peer review publication! And we need YOU! 🫵📜🗺️
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✍️ A highlight from #UNOC3: Seabed 2030 announced a new partnership with @oceanquest.bsky.social - a newly launched nonprofit based in Saudi Arabia dedicated to advancing ocean discovery, technological innovation and deep-sea exploration.
An investigation by Oceana & @seashepherdglobal.bsky.social found that 91% of bottom trawlers, stalls, & markets analysed in 7 Italian locations sold undersized hake, violating EU rules.
This threatens one of the Med’s most overfished species, & harm fishers playing by the rules. #SaveTheHake
🕷️ Scientists discover first known sea spider species that ‘eat’ methane with the help of bacteria.
The discovery highlights the uniqueness of deep-sea biodiversity & underscores the importance of understanding these systems before any mining is allowed. buff.ly/BzOL71p
#DefendTheDeep
NZ's 'world-leading' fisheries management system leads to the collapse of another fishery - due to bottom trawling, destruction of deep sea coral on seamounts, overfishing, a captured regulator, and a useless fisheries minister newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/08/s...
What happens to the over 20,000 shipwrecks from #WorldWarII (#WWII) that are now living at the bottom of the ocean? Many of these are made of steel and sunk during conflict to become rusting giants. Learn more in our #blog: bit.ly/4l24ovS
Single-use plastics have no place in our national parks. They pollute habitats, disrupt ecosystems, and spoil these treasured areas.
This #PlasticFreeJuly, tell U.S. Congress to make national parks plastic-free! oceana.ly/408bWoq
Day 1 at the Microbial Diversity course. Lectures in the am by Mitch Sogin, Scott Dawson and John Spear. In the lab this afternoon to learn the scope and a field trip to nearby School Street Marsh! @mblscience.bsky.social
📢 As the ISA meets in Jamaica, the DSCC calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining.
The ocean is not for profit — it's our climate ally and shared legacy.
Read the release: buff.ly/WQMieLb
#DefendTheDeep #StopTheMachines #SayNoToDSM #ISA30
A bluestripe grunt finally decides its choice of breakfast was not a good one! #bluestripegrunt #grunt #fishtalk #chatter #spatout #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity
Ocean conservation can overlook the role art plays in inspiring connection.
On 1 August, in whatever form your art takes, MPA Day invites you to:
- Share an existing piece on socials
- Explain how the ocean inspires you
- Tag MPA DAY
- Use the hashtags: #MPACreativeWaves #MPADay #LetsTalkMPAs.
💻 #Webinar - Recent developments in the sustainable management of marine resources
🏛️ By: Mike Elliott / OCTO
📅 When: July 8 2025
Discover more 👇
us02web.zoom.us/webi...
CORAL REEF RESEARCH NEWS: Research finds understanding how far coral larvae travels could help to protect Great Barrier Reef populations
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
#coralreefs #coralresearch #connectivity #coralresilience #coralhealth #corallarvae #larvae #recruitment #coralreefecology
This Wednesday, members of the Marine Conservation Society team will be going to London to join the biggest ever mass lobby for people, climate, and nature, to demand that the Government act NOW 📣
#ActNowChangeForever
His leadership continues to inspire. During his address to over 700 Grads & 2,000 guests, Denis shared this powerful advice: “Respect others. Be active — and most of all, be proactive.”… and… “Asking for help is not a weakness; rather, it is a sign of strength and bravery"
As CEO of H2i Inc. and a respected advisor to Seabed 2030’s Strategic Advisory Group, Denis has dedicated over four decades to advancing Geomatics, Hydrography, #Hydrospatial and global #oceanmapping.
🎓 Congratulations to Denis Hains on receiving an Honorary Doctorate in Geomatics Sciences from #UniversitéLaval — one of only seven recipients honored during the 2025 Convocation ceremonies.
Thank you @thembauk.bsky.social for your support! So excited for my upcoming Visual Neuroscience course @mblscience.bsky.social, tune in on Aug 1st for some vision and some cephalopods! 👀 🐙 @schaferlab.bsky.social
A Miami Dolphin takes a breath of fresh air ‘round midnight in Coral City #dolphin #miamidolphin #cetacean #breathe #blowhole #coralcityafterdark #slowmotion #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity
Sit down with curator Frank Thompson from Naval History & Heritage Command and underwater archaeologist Hiroshi Ishii, leading archaeological surveys on #EVNautilus as exploration with coordinated technology demonstrates new efficiencies in #maritimearchaeology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1o...
CORAL REEF RESEARCH MENTORSHIPS! The Coral Reef Research Hub
If you would like to check our mentorship program out for free, then simply sign up as a monthly member using the discount code: 340879EECA
www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com/mentorships/
#coralreefs #mentorships #mentors #careers
Hamlets stand out amongst Caribbean reef fish as being simultaneous hermaphrodites, meaning that they are male and female at the same time. They alternate between releasing sperm and eggs during a pair’s spawning sessions, as seen in today’s up close and personal biology lesson #coralcitycamera
🌊 Read about OCEAN ICE being presented at the UN Ocean Decades conference
This was presented by Andrew Meijer's and Gael Durand! 🔎
Read the article here: ocean-ice.eu/ocean-i...
@BAS_News
ICYMI: French Polynesia has created one of the largest networks of marine protected areas on Earth, spanning about 420,000 square miles—and pledged to protect at least 193,000 more by June 2026.
Via PewEnvironment pewtrsts.org/4dRsXZu
DYK that on 1 July 2025, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (@CITES) celebrated 50 years of regulating the world's international wildlife trade!
Read more here: cites.org/eng/disc/wha...
SST anomaly in the Catalan Sea breaks records. A compact mass of water with a surface temperature higher than 29ºC occupies the central part of the Balearic Sea. At the regional level, the water reached, at the beginning of the month, a higher temperature than that of the warmest peak of 2024.🧪🌊
🛰️ Teledyne CARIS’ decades of experience - including advances in AI-based bathymetry processing - continue to support the global effort to accelerate ocean mapping and enhance data quality.
We’re grateful for their collaboration and look forward to building on this partnership in the years ahead.
Peculiar paper nautiluses, the low-down on shaky shark videos, a magnificent MPA, deep sea mining and a global call to action with @deepseaconserve.bsky.social
Read tinyurl.com/3p28uucu
Photo credits: Kogia, Protect Blue
#theoceanadvocate #whysharksmatter #MPADay #DefendTheDeep #OceanDecade
🌊 At #UNOC3, ICATMAR proudly contributed to the Digital Ocean Pavilion with Experience OBSEA — an immersive application developed in collaboration with OBSEA, SARTI-UPC & BlueNetCat.
#UNOC2025 #OceanTech #ExperienceOBSEA
WARNING ⚠️ GRAPHIC CONTENT
Two weeks ago in Leynar, #FaroeIslands, our crew witnessed the slaughter of 245 pilot whales, including pregnant mothers and calves.
What we saw was not tradition. It was cruel destruction.
Help us put an end to this.
#stopthegrind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGGz...
💼 #Job - Mariculture Specialist with The Pacific Community (SPC)
🗺️ Where: Noumea, New Caledonia
⌛ Deadline: July 6 2025
Discover more 👇
careers.spc.int/job/...
FOUR OPEN POSITIONS with the Maldives Underwater Initiative!! (including some sea turtle ones!!)
www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com/063020250700...
For other open positions see here: www.maldivesunderwaterinitiative.com/careers
#jobs #coralreefs #maldives #careers #jobopportunity #seaturtle #coral
🌊🌡️ L'anomalia tèrmica al mar Català bat rècords històrics. Una massa compacta d’aigua amb una Tº superficial superior als 29ºC ocupa la part central del mar Balear. A nivell regional, l’aigua ha assolit, a principis de mes, una Tº més elevada que la del pic més càlid del 2024.
#BREAKING: U.S. Congress just passed one of the worst environmental bills in American history.
This budget reconciliation bill significantly expands dirty & dangerous offshore drilling, while overriding critical protections for coastal communities and wildlife.
Read more: oceana.ly/4lyQykf
As we explore #IronBottomSound, we're using @unhresearch.bsky.social's #USVDriX to create a high-resolution map of the entire basin and identify potential exploration sites. #DriX has an EM712 #multibeamsonar and topside sensors to support piloting from both shoreside and onboard #EVNautilus.
Everyday is Shark Week in Coral City. A male lemon shark swims directly over the Cam 🔮🍋🦈🪸🌇 #lemonshark #sharksofcoralcity #everydayissharkweekincoralcity #sharkweek #overhead #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity
The plastic crisis is DEVASTATING for seabirds. They ingest it. Feed it to their chicks. Get tangled in it.
Together, we can give seabirds a fighting chance against plastic. Pledge to help reduce single-use plastics at the source: oceana.ly/4000aMN
#WorldSeabirdDay #PlasticFreeJuly