Air Quality Alert issued August 7 at 6:01PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Additional Details Here.

Spyridia filamentosa, or “hairy basket weed,” is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Pyropia perforata, or nori (also known as “purple laver”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

© Ian Gaston • The trees of the seas.

Resharing for #phycologyfriday because holy cow my mind is blown! Sea palms (intertidal) are most closely related to bull kelp (subtidal)? I guess they’re found across similar ranges in the NE Pacific 🌊🌴 & 🐂🌱 sure do love cold, nutrient rich, and stormy water! #phcyeah what a great study!

Matt Bracken@brackenlab.bsky.social · 4w ago

Compare the stipes - in many ways, *Postelsia* is a lot like a mini *Nereo*.… 🌊🌴🐂 From Starko et al. (2019; www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) @drseaweed.bsky.social #Kelp #MarineLife

Chaetomorpha aerea, or “rough green thread algae,” is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

A lovely article on the @biodivlibrary.bsky.social in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt

theguardian.com

🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩 A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon Wednesday until 9 AM Thursday for portions of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties due to hot temperatures, low humidity, and gusty winds. #ReadyForWildfire #OneLessSpark #RedFlagWarning #CAwx Los Angeles

🚨 Heat Advisory issued July 13 at 8:38AM PDT until July 16 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 🚨 Additional Details Here.(3/3)

Scanned seaweed pressings, colorful and charismatic #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

“Iridescent cartilage weed” doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue but this alga is still gorgeous! 😍 #phycologyfriday #phycyeah!

Adi Khen@adlysia.bsky.social · last mo.

“Iridescent cartilage weed” (Chondria acrorhizophora) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Think you've got what it takes? NASA has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission. www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon & Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission

scientificamerican.com

Supportive.

🐟🔬 Researchers from Scripps Oceanography & partner organizations have launched the first major effort to genetically catalog marine #biodiversity along the California coast, starting in San Diego. Learn more about the statewide project, supported by @opc-california.bsky.social ⬇️

California's Unidentified Coastal Species Get a DNA Library of Their Own

The closest thing marine taxonomists have to the Olympics is now underway in San Diego. But instead of racing for medals, leading scientists are spending two weeks working together to catalog the extr...

scripps.ucsd.edu

“Sea belly,” or Neogastroclonium subarticulatum (named after its swollen tips), is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

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Adi Khen@adlysia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Historical pressings of Florida seaweeds from ~1895 by Mrs. Mary Snyder #SciArt

Ulva clathrata, or “spiky tendrils,” is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Pepper dulse, or Osmundea spectabilis (also called “truffle of the sea” for its distinct flavor) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Meet the scaly-foot snail, the most metal animal in the world! Read more: www.scientificamerican.com/article/cele... Credits: 🎤🎞️: Marta Hill 📷🎵: Getty Images, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Don’t forget to doom-scroll and share the wins, too! www.cpr.org/2026/06/01/f...

In a victory for science advocates, a federal court blocks the Trump administration's push to dismantle NCAR

The decision will delay attempts to break up a center often called the “mothership” of climate science.

cpr.org

I teach about this in my upper div oceanography class every year. My students design observing systems around the world based upon this as a model. I guess I’ll just teach about other countries’ systems now that the US is intentionally taking a back seat on scientific innovation and discovery. 😭

Brad Johnson@climatebrad.hillheat.com · 2mo ago

in horrific news, NSF is planning to eliminate the Ocean Observatories Initiative

Pride is in full bloom.

Agar weed (Gelidium robustum) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Phycyeah! As a Pelagophycus fan this absolutely rocks! 😍😍😍

Adi Khen@adlysia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Before and after pressing a juvenile elk kelp (Pelagophycus porra) #PhycologyFriday

I hadn’t heard either of these common names for Colpomenia! 10/10 always delighted to see these snotty mollusk marauders in the shallow intertidal 😂 #PhcyologyFriday #phcyeah!

Adi Khen@adlysia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Colpomenia sinuosa, commonly known as oyster thief (or sometimes “elephant’s snot”!), is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Join us virtually or in-person for the next Council meeting on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.! For details and the full agenda, visit bit.ly/OPC-JUN2026

Air Quality Alert issued May 20 at 3:59PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Additional Details Here.

🚨 High Wind Warning issued May 16 at 9:02PM PDT until May 17 at 9:00AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 🚨 Additional Details Here.(1/2)

“Grape tongue” (Cryptopleura ruprechtiana) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

*Macrocystis* *Postelsia* *Egregia* *Undaria* *Eisenia* *Costaria* #PhycologyFriday

Rachel W. Martin@rwmartin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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