🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Although the funding seems to have gone away, @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social still has some floats to deploy that need adopters - www.go-bgc.org/outreach/ado... Work with real data in the classroom, lesson plans available...

Journal article: Seasonal variability of the microzooplankton biomass and community composition on the Northeast US Shelf. Lopez, Marrec, & Menden-Deuer. 2026. Journal of Plankton Research 48 (2). doi.org/10.1093/plan... @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social

Seasonal variability of the microzooplankton biomass and community composition on the Northeast US Shelf

Abstract. Grazing on phytoplankton by microzooplankton is a critical process in making energy available to higher trophic levels, shaping marine food webs,

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Journal article: A nonequilibrium framework for community responses to pulse perturbations, Medeiros, Neubert, Sosik, & Munch. 2026. Ecology Letters 29(1). doi.org/10.1111/ele.... @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu

A Nonequilibrium Framework for Community Responses to Pulse Perturbations

Understanding responses of communities to shocks that displace species abundances has been an important challenge in ecology. We introduce mathematical metrics that quantify how perturbed abundances ...

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Journal article: Seasonal trophic controls drive population variability in a foundational marine copepod, Honda, I. et al, 2025, Scientific Reports 15(1) doi.org/10.1038/s415... @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu

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Scientific Reports - Seasonal trophic controls drive population variability in a foundational marine copepod

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Published data: Microzooplankton biomass on the Northeast US Shelf LTER Transect, ongoing since 2018, Lopez, Marrec, & Menden-Deuer 2026 doi.org/10.6073/PAST...

Since the start of 2026, the NES-LTER team has published 7 more data packages in the EDI Repository, from grazing rates, DOC, DIN, Chl, to Microzoop biomass. Details to follow! @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu

Long term data is key to understanding, following, and predicting change. OOI has been an incredible asset. This is not ok.

Susanne Menden-Deuer@drplankton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trump Administration to Remove Hundreds of Deep-Ocean Observation Instruments, Dismantling $368 Million Program eos.org/research-and...

As part of their NES-LTER Data Jam creative project, these 6th graders from Newton MA wrote a song about Right Whales and held a bake sale to raise money for Whale and Dolphin Conservation. That's singing and dancing with data! @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu #nsf

NES-LTER Data Jam 2026 projects are rolling in! We love student creativity describing patterns and reasoning about data. Pictured: Scratch game designed by 5th graders at Morse Pond School in Falmouth MA, based on NMFS trawl data. tinyurl.com/NES-LTERData... @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu

This week, our scientists are out on R/V Neil Armstrong for the Future Fishery Alliance's inaugural research cruise! They're gathering data from the Gulf of Maine, a traditionally rich fishing ground that's warming faster than most of the world ocean 🎣 Learn more: go.whoi.edu/fisheryalliance

🌊 #URIGSO's Long-Term Plankton Time Series is one of the most valuable continuous records of ocean ecosystem change in the world. Each week, researchers head out on Narragansett Bay to collect samples that track shifts in plankton communities, nutrient cycles, & the health of our changing ocean. 🦑🧪

Yes, we're interested!

Scott Doney@scottdoney.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Are you interested in climate change, fisheries & marine resource management? 🌊 🐟 Then I highly recommend recent paper by Malin Pinsky @ucscscience.bsky.social and Sarah Smith @universityofri.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Diana did her PhD research with NES and we're so proud of her Knauss work and her next adventures! @uslter.bsky.social

URI Graduate School of Oceanography@urigso.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#URIGSO alum Diana Fontaine, Ph.D. ’24, shares how her year as a Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow allowed her to bring her ocean science background into the policy world, making a real-world impact in the office of Congresswoman @dorismatsui.bsky.social 🌊 🧪 🦑 Read more: buff.ly/9JzMW32

After a short delay, our research team headed out for the spring transect cruise on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp. With room for only 14 scientists, no special guests on board like last spring, but we will get it all done! @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu @uslter.bsky.social Thank you #nsf !

Hey, that's our PI, Heidi Sosik! And she's just one amongst so many other women on our project making waves in ocean science and engineering! @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social #nsf

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution@whoi.edu · 5mo ago

Happy International Women's Day—from all of us making waves in ocean science and engineering! 🌊💪🏽💐 #IWD2026 #WomenInSTEM

Super interesting work by our Post-Doc, Lucas Medeiros: A Nonequilibrium Framework for Community Responses to Pulse Perturbations - Medeiros - 2026 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @whoi.edu @uslter.bsky.social #nsffunded

🧑🏽‍🔬🌊🤖 Hey undergrads! Get paid, hands-on experience in ocean science or engineering as a WHOI Summer Student Fellow! Applications are due on February 1—so start yours today! 📲Find program details and potential projects for summer 2026: whoi.edu/summerfellow

Our winter transect cruise is underway on the RV Armstrong. Our team will spend 5 days stitching a line across the Northeast US Shelf sampling the winter ecosystem. Fair wind & seas with mild temps for the crew! @whoi.edu @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu @smast @uslter.bsky.social Thank you #nsf

It's winter transect cruise time on the Northeast US Shelf and we're lucky to be heading out on the RV Neil Armstrong next week. Understanding the valuable ecosystem on the shelf and how it responds to change over the long term is such critical work. Funded by NSF. @uslter.bsky.social @whoi.edu

🎉 It’s been a big year for ocean science here at WHOI!⁠ ⁠ Celebrate with us! Check out what made the ocean world go round in 2025: whoi.edu/best-of-2025

When you invite a member of the @whoi.edu Comms group to come on a research cruise, you get great video interviews! Check out our latest NES-LTER Team Member Stories on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@nes-lter530... @uslter.bsky.social

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Students participating in the NES-LTER Data Jam (sites.google.com/view/nes-lte...) are learning to think with data and make data moves AND communicate the story they see in the data. Thanks, Tim, for this great break down!

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Making data sing so everyone can dance and tell the stories. We believe that the skills of understanding, interpreting, and presenting data are essential in a world where our ability to collect data ...

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DS4E @ds4everyone.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Helping students think with data is one thing — explaining the data moves behind their thinking is another. Tim Erickson just made that challenge easier in a new interview + Substack! 🔗 substack.com/home/post/p-... 🔗 datasciencelearning.org

🌉 🌊 The Bridge to Ocean Exploration (B2OE) program connects CCRI students with #URIGSO labs and NOAA OECI mentors, where they spend 6–8 hours a week working on ocean-science projects—everything from engineering long-deployment camera hardware to building data tools used by our researchers.

Check out "The Little Big Picture" in the latest issue of Oceanus magazine, in which Lead PI, Heidi Sosik, talks about the value of LONG TERM research. cloud.3dissue.com/2331/3058/67...

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Following a great PR event @whoi.edu on Friday, our research team boarded the RV Armstrong for our fall transect cruise. When the weather is rough, go long first! #nsf @uslter.bsky.social @urigso.bsky.social @wellesley.edu #umassd Follow their work with the tracker: www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/e...

Where is the Neil Armstrong Now? - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Our Lead PI, Heidi Sosik, talks about the importance of long term study in regions such as the Northeast US Shelf.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution@whoi.edu · 11mo ago

New England's famous fisheries rely on tiny but mighty plankton. 😋🎣 That's why scientists keep a close eye on the offshore food web that fuels the region's marine economy through the @nes-lter.bsky.social 📲 Find more reasons we need science—and science needs us: go.whoi.edu/together

Thank you to the #RVEndeavor crew for your service, from the shipboard to the maintenance, you served our project graciously. We will miss you!

URI Graduate School of Oceanography@urigso.bsky.social · 11mo ago

⬇️ From the very beginning, #RVEndeavor was a first responder to urgent ocean challenges. Explore more from the first cruise and other milestones as #RVEndeavor wraps up its final cruise before retirement: buff.ly/VIhLhAH

Learning to analyze, interpet, and manage data is an absolutely essential skill, not only in science, but across the board. Excited to see this resource for educator!

DS4E @ds4everyone.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us Oct 8 @ 6pm ET for: Built by Educators, Researchers & YOU: K–12 Data Science Learning Progressions Unveiling our new website + resources designed to integrate #DataScience into every grade & subject. 🔗 Register: share.hsforms.com/1x05UsD83QLm...

Hey, good idea! Calling all NES LTER photographers! The contest is on! ; )

KBS LTER@kbslter.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Calling all KBS LTER photographers! Have some photos from your best day and worst day in the field? Submit them to the LTER Network's yearly photo contest! lternet.edu/stories/lter...

Our summer transect cruise has safely returned. Although, this "mixing event" would be interesting to survey...

National Weather Service@nws.noaa.gov · 12mo ago

Erin is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents along the beaches of much of the east coast of the U.S. during the next several days. Beachgoers in those areas should follow advice from lifeguards, local authorities, and beach warning flags. weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent