What’s in our backyard? 🌳🌸🐚 This week @theberkeley_bda S3 students joined our team to answer this question, looking at native and invasive plants and animals at Spittal Pond. 🌱 #stemeducation
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
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Combining more than 120 years of ocean research with the repeatedly ranked No. 1 U.S. institution in innovation, impact and sustainability.
It's hard to grasp how large this grouper is until you see it in comparison to the ship's toilet on the left. This appears to be an Atlantic goliath grouper or 'itajara' (Epinephelus itajara). They can reach 800 lbs (350 kg) & 8 feet long (2.5 m) Let's talk about these gentle giants.
⛴️ A Community of BATS: The collaborative engine behind the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study 🦇 @bats_ocean @rvatlanticexplorer bios.asu.edu/currents/bat...
BATS Funding Renewed | BIOS
A Community of BATS: The Collaborative Engine behind the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study
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A new study shows that ocean bacteria are busiest at night. These tiny organisms play a major role in moving carbon through the ocean, and scientists have found they do much of that work during the night shift! 🌒 🦠🔬 @blancobercial.bsky.social 🔗 bios.asu.edu/currents/oce...
Ocean Bacteria Work the Night Shift | BIOS
New study finds nighttime peaks in bacterial activity and carbon cycling in the ocean
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🌊 Researchers are studying tiny grazers to better model #zooplankton and ocean food webs in a new Ecological Modelling paper with co-author @zoopgrouplady 🦐 📸 @niimichthyidae www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great photo summary by MEOPAR on some of what I learned this fall participating in a BATS cruise with @biosstation.bsky.social Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience! Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0
🐬 Dive in 2026 💫 Thank you for the effort and support over the past 12 months. Here's to even bigger & better things in 2026! 📸 Paul Lethaby
✨🪸 Happy Holidays ✨🪸 And wishing you a happy and healthy new year! 💫
New results from the multinational, interdisciplinary Exports Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign, funded by NASA, provide new insight into climate systems. Led by David Siegel, UC Santa Barbara, and co-authored by BIOS oceanographer Amy Maas 👇
UC Santa Barbara@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social · 10mo agoA stormy ocean voyage produced a wildly productive study led by UCSB researchers, revealing important insights for our understanding of Earth’s climate 🌊 It presents some of the first findings to predict fluxes of carbon into the deep sea: https://ow.ly/WIUc50XKXZf
We’re excited to exhibit at #AGU25 showcasing work and opportunities at ASU’s School of Ocean Futures and ASU Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. 📍 Stop by AGU Central to connect with Craig Carlson and Kaitlin Noyes and learn more about our work! 🧭
Hourly measurements from gliders show when and how the ocean produces, recycles, and exports carbon — and why salps matter more than we thought. bios.asu.edu/currents/new...
New Study Using Ocean Gliders Uncovers Clues About Carbon Cycling in the Sargasso Sea | BIOS
Hourly measurements show when and how the ocean produces, recycles, and exports carbon — and why salps matter more than we thought
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#exoCeanadvent Day 10: As winter creeps into Provence we remember warmer days from our fieldwork in Bermuda. We stayed with the lovely folk at @biosstation.bsky.social, like @blancobercial.bsky.social who helped us to look for different foraminifera to catch, than our usual Mediterranean stuff.
POV: You’re diving on coral reefs, learning marine ecology, and making lifelong friends and future colleagues while spending 15 weeks living on a research station in Bermuda. 🇧🇲 🔗 learn more about fall semester program that wraps next month! bios.asu.edu/education/fa... 🎥 Kyla Flook
@biosstation.bsky.social publica el trabajo que está desarrollando un equipo internacional de científic@s, también de nuestro centro, para predecir la llegada de #Physaliaphysalis o #carabelas_portuguesas y determinar cómo afecta el #CambioClimatico a sus trayectorias. bios.asu.edu/currents/pre...
Predicting the Arrival of the Portuguese Man o' War | BIOS
Scientists are studying how winds, currents, and climate change influence the drift of the Portuguese man o' war in an effort to forecast its seasonal movements
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El equipo científico lo componen @omauniovi.bsky.social, @biosstation.bsky.social, @icman-csic.bsky.social, @ulpgc.es, joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu y www.uc.cl Colabora el Bioparc Acuario de Xixón.
“In Bermuda, you’re going to get in the water & see what it’s like to work in the ocean” Gain hands-on experience through courses like Coral Reef Ecology, Marine Molecular Ecology & Research Diving Methods study abroad. @arizonastateuni.bsky.social asuonline.asu.edu/newsroom/sun...
From Online Learning to Ocean Exploration: Going to Bermuda | ASU Online
Online ocean futures students at Arizona State University can gain hands-on ocean research experience at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
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Researchers are studying how winds, currents, and climate change influence the drift of the Portuguese man o' war in an effort to forecast its seasonal movements. @ieo.es @blancobercial.bsky.social bios.asu.edu/currents/pre...
Predicting the Arrival of the Portuguese Man o' War | BIOS
Scientists are studying how winds, currents, and climate change influence the drift of the Portuguese man o' war in an effort to forecast its seasonal movements
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More #NASA #PACE work onboard the RVAE! This time #ASU graduate student Ceridwyn Hunter, part of the Hochberg lab @biosstation.bsky.social, takes radiometric measurements at #BATS. She takes these measurements when the satellite is passing right over us!
🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! During the C-CoMP March Cruise, Clio, the biogeochemistry AUV, was used to collect particle samples for proteomics and metagenomics from various depths within the water column. Check out some of these photos of Clio in action:
Successful dive and recovery to the eddy center, 18 sample depths down to 800 meters deep and engineering tests completed too.
🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! During our March cruise, C-CoMP researchers deployed SVP drifters during diel sampling. The drifters enabled tracking/sampling the same parcel of water in a Lagrangian approach, aiding efforts to capture diel microbial signals from the same water over time!
🌊🦠#FieldworkFriday! And that’s a wrap 🎬on C-CoMP Cruise 2 🚢! We (C-CoMP + AE) accomplished an impressive feat - 95 CTD casts, 110,778 L of sw filtered with @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social, eddy sampling, & 9 exp types across 3 locations - to characterize marine chemical currencies & microbes!
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...
Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
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The High Seas Treaty is the first legal framework aimed at protecting biodiversity in international waters, those that lie beyond the jurisdiction of any single country. https://to.pbs.org/3VKRnMh
Nations ratify world's first treaty to protect marine biodiversity in international waters
A major agreement to protect marine diversity in the high seas was struck Friday when Morocco became the 60th nation to sign on, paving the way for the treaty to take effect next year.
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A big thank you to all the folks at @biosstation.bsky.social, @whoi.edu, and the crew and Captain of the R/V Atlantic Explorer for making this research and cruise possible!
We wrapped our Research Diving Methods course—3 weeks of dives, discovery, and growth! 🤿 From coral ID to rescue drills and photomosaics, students gained skills in advanced diving, scientific sampling, and @AAUS standards. Guest experts & dives at Bermuda sites like North Rock & Hog Breaker.
Through hands-on lab and field experiences in coral research to research cruises aboard @rvatlanticexplorer — this year’s cohort of interns are turning passion into purpose. And we’re thrilled to be part of their journey.
Tech training program focused on ocean research technology kicks off this week — helping students build real-world skills for careers in science. #STEMeducation #Internships 🔗 Check out highlights from last year: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ym03...
BIOS – Robotics Program '24 Highlight
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This year’s SCOPE team, mostly grad students and postdocs, highlights our collaborative approach to science & mentorship. The multidisciplinary team investigates the role microbial processes play in shaping the ocean’s chemistry & ecosystems. 🌊 🧬 😎 #time-series
@salemstatemco.bsky.social joined us for a hands-on coral & fish monitoring expedition.🪸🐠 Using Coral Point Count, a digital tool for tracking coral cover and diversity, students analyzed reef images to assess species and benthic changes — linking fieldwork to long-term reef conservation.
