🚨Dive Alert NOAA Okeanos | Cook Islands (EX2605) *on bottom Aug 5, 2026 @ 1730 ET My NOAA/USGS colleagues are onboard carefully monitoring the dive and exploring. The rest of us are serving as Ashore SMEs. Check out those "forbidden truffles" (i.e., nodules!). Live stream 🔗 below. 🌊🧪

I’m back juuuuust in time for #SharkWeek 🦈🌊🧪 Check out the Meg toofs we saw with ROV Little Hercules via the E/V Nautilus NA179 #NautilusLive 📍East of Mariana Trench (July 2026)

New 📚💧 < STEM PROs 2.0 > Super pumped to be included again among 100+ incredible STEM professionals where we share career + life advice. THANK YOU @kevinjdebruin.bsky.social for curating our voices + experiences. Congrats on the new publication! 🔗 ⤵️ *of interest: 🌊🧪🔭 + students

🚨 New RFI- Potential Use of the Outer Continental Shelf for Offshore Space Launch and Re-entry Activities - Public comment opens July 8, 2026 - In addition to general comments, RFI is soliciting feedback for specific questions. RFI linked in 🧵 🌊🧪🔭

BOEM Initiates First Step to Explore Potential for Outer Continental Shelf Space Launch & Recovery

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management begins evaluating the potential for offshore launch and recovery infrastructure to expand America’s space capacity, enhance national security, and support long-term e...

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🚨STATUS UPDATE- Expedition NA179 🌊🧪 The E/V Nautilus Crew is safely sheltering from #SuperTyphoonBavi (😳!!!) While sheltering, they took advantage of the opportunity for an ROV engineering dive + AUV Sentry test "deployment/ recovery"). Reminder, you can watch live anytime via the quoted links ⤵️

Dr. Shannon Cofield@geoshanz.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨DIVE ALERT - E/V Nautilus 6/30/2026 @ 1900 ET/ 2300 UTC ROV Hercules diving to unnamed seamount east of Mariana Islands and east of trench Link to livestream below 🔗⤵️ 🌊🧪

July 4, 1997. Pathfinder + Sojourner land @ Ares Vallis, Mars (Carl Sagan Memorial Station). I like to think they’re still singing 🎶 “We lie beneath the stars at night Our hands gripping each other tight You keep my secrets hope to die Promises, swear them to the sky” -TNAF Happy ~Landiversary 🥳🔭

🚨DIVE ALERT - E/V Nautilus 6/30/2026 @ 1900 ET/ 2300 UTC ROV Hercules diving to unnamed seamount east of Mariana Islands and east of trench Link to livestream below 🔗⤵️ 🌊🧪

🌊🧪 NASEM critical mineral deep-sea workshop - June 29-30, 2026 - FREE, virtual, + public encouraged! - Description, science objectives, + registration in 🔗 - Short overview in 🧵 - Sponsored by NOAA/ BOEM/ BSEE (*I helped develop this study 😁)

A Research Strategy for Seabed Critical Mineral Resources

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will undertake a study to recommend a research strategy on seabed mining for critical minerals. This project will i...

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🔔 Public comment period open (June 23- July 23, 2026) Request for Information- Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA 🌊🧪

Commercial Leasing for Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Offshore the Commonwealth of Virginia-Request for Information and Interest

On November 13, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received an unsolicited request to lease hard minerals (herein "minerals") in an area on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore t...

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June 21 is #ShowYourStripes day! Spotted in the wild 🟦 🟥 @ University of Maryland, USA- Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory 🌊🧪

Earlier this month was a special cake day 🍰 Welcome to your ✌️+☝️decade 🇩🇪 Let’s goooo 2026/27!

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab - Open House Oct 10-11, 2026 - 📍Pasadena, CA If you've never been to JPL, HIGHLY recommend. Visit Mission Control, Mars Yard, + keep your eyes peeled for space deer! 🎟️ Tickets are free, but go very fast = Mark your calendar for August 29 @ 9:00am PDT 🔭🧪🌊

Explore JPL to Take Place Oct. 10, 11

NASA’s leading center for the robotic exploration of the universe is opening its doors for a two-day event. Tickets, available in late August, will go fast.

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Add your name to NASA’s [Dr.] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope • Dark energy, exoplanets, + astrophysics!? Yes please! • Launch window opens August 30, 2026 🔗’s below 🔭🧪#planetsci

Can’t believe it’s already been a year. Can we please go back for this year’s summer solstice? 🥹 📍Dutch Harbor, AK AT50-38, R/V Atlantis 🦅🌋🌊

✌️Chesapeake Bay calling ⛵️

2026 Expedition Season, arriving 🔔 Looking forward to contributing as an Ashore Scientist during this busy time (w/ a few pending ship-time opportunities). "General" overarching themes are deep-sea mineral and environmental characterization- mapping + sampling 🌊🧪

Greetings from #AASG 2026 👋 Today’s packed agenda included coastal, mapping, ADA compliance, + energy sessions; posters; and tours of JMU’s Mineral Museum + incredible Dept of Geology & Environmental Sciences 🧪

HAPPY #WorldOceanDay 🌊 ⛴️ Fair winds to the R/V Atlantis + Alvin crews as they depart for sea trials in Bermuda. Hoping everything goes smoothly! (Also, #HappyMobDay)

For critical minerals in U.S. Federal (OCS) waters (*beyond those boundaries = NOAA) 🧪🌊 Still need *lots of research to understand these unique environments + resources. Ongoing projects plus several upcoming opportunities. Stay tuned! Hoping to present our interagency efforts @ AGU (~2027).

BOEM Our Ocean, Our Future Final

YouTube video by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

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< whispers in planetary geology > Come on Jessica Watkins 🤞 NASA Artemis III Crew Announcement- Tues, 06.09.2026 @ 1100 ET #PlanetSci 🔭

NASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update - NASA

NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on

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Heading into Memorial Day- remembering my friends/ shipmates/ family. 🌍 Especially reflecting on my NATO + international military family who gave their lives in our campaigns. You will NEVER be forgotten by those you served alongside. We honor you. With love + gratitude, S.

🌊🧪 Did you know HOV Alvin dive images + video are available for the public? Check out Sealog data via National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) here ⤵️ ( ⚠️ Per usual, some data are under embargo periods and will be released once they lapse)

-Friendly Reminder- National Geographic's brand new *Museum Of Exploration* opens June 26, 2026 📍Washington, D.C., USA My Explorer's Heart 🫶 is so excited! 🧪🌊🔭

National Geographic Museum of Exploration

Welcome to an unprecedented destination for the Explorer in all of us. Share in the exciting mission work of National Geographic at the Museum of Exploration.

moe.nationalgeographic.org

For funnsies [when available], I may use the δ¹⁸O(atm) from these data to recreate my HLY0503-JPC22 age model. Might make for a good comparison... and new pub! Posting for my own posterity (*temporal pincer movement- if anyone gets this reference, you officially rock!)

Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his)@mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🧪🧪 Ice core reveals longest-ever continuous record of Earth’s climate -- Data from Antarctica could help to solve the mystery of why ice ages were so brutal. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Excellent new publication from @adrg2.bsky.social et al. (2026) on DSM impacts 🌊🧪 *My team greatly appreciates this comprehensive info!

The environmental impacts of deep-sea mining

The deep sea contains a wealth of potential mineral resources, many of which are being investigated for commercial exploitation. Exploration and techn…

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Adrian Glover@adrg2.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. Our review paper looking at the last 50 years of research on the subject out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Happy #PublicServiceWeek 🤝 To my entire public service family, across all disciplines, thank you. I've been fortunate to spend over 10 yrs in service (military + civil service) and wouldn't have it any other way. It's truly an honor to have a professional life rooted in service.

Truly sorry to hear this heartbreaking news from University of South Florida. Fire at the USF College of Marine Science research building. Keeping my ears open for opportunities to help (please tag me if you see any). Hope the science community can rally and assist any research losses 🌊🧪

Just awarded a new deep-sea sediment plume study to our USGS colleagues. Excited to see where this one takes our teams. #SettlingVeolcity is quite important in the DS. Mod for our current study, "Baseline Characterization of Offshore Mineral Ecosystems" (aka- BCOME). GO TEAM GO 🧪🌊

Data are coming in! 🧪🌊 NOAA contracted NV5 to explore #AmericanSamoa. Our colleagues are busy, busy! You can check out near real-time box core sample images here:

2026 American Samoa Mapping: NV5 Contract Work - NOAA Ocean Exploration

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🔔 #MEPAG kicks off today. Stay tuned for some highlights from the exciting world of Mars Exploration. 🧪🔭 #PlanetarySci

Dr. Shannon Cofield@geoshanz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Mars Teams- April's MEPAG meeting registration is open (in-person + virtual). Looking forward to catching up with the Mars community- I'm waaaay out of the loop right now. #planetaryscience 🧪