Jeffrey Marlow
@jjmarlow.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University ::: Science Journalist / Communicator ::: National Geographic Explorer
Another rough day for (science) journalism 😢
Steve Brusatte@stevebrusatte.bsky.social · last mo.Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social
National Geographic’s Explorers Festival! Complete with a sneak peek of the Museum of Exploration… 😮
Wow, great to hear about this course correction! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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Went on an algae-viewing safari for my morning run today 😂
A "whale necropolis" off the west coast of Australia...nearly 500 skeletons going back more than 5 million years?! 😮 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone - Nature
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
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Hey #AbSciCon! Come on by this evening for a book event with me and the great @karenlloyd.bsky.social - tales from the deep sea, the arctic, and volcanoes! Just a short bus ride away…
Snazzy PhD opportunity incoming (in Scotland!) --> www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Exploring the effects of anthropogenic changes on deep-sea abyssal plain and seamount benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic using in-situ experimentation and modelling at University of the Highland...
PhD Project - Exploring the effects of anthropogenic changes on deep-sea abyssal plain and seamount benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic using in-situ experimentation and modelling at University o...
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Boston / Cambridge - come on by the Harvard Science Center tonight at 6 PM to hear tales from The Dark Frontier! RSVP and pick up a copy here: www.harvard.com/event/jeffre...
Jeffrey Marlow at the Harvard Science Center | Harvard Book Store
downstairs at 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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An excerpt from my book (with some newly reported material) is out in The New Yorker today! History may soon repeat itself in the Gulf of Mexico, and deep-sea researchers have a foreboding sense of what's to come... More such stories in The Dark Frontier --> www.amazon.com/Dark-Frontie...
The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea
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The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 4mo agoDonald Trump promised to usher in a new era of offshore oil drilling. Scientists know all too well how that story ends. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Yay team DOSI!
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative@deepstewardship.bsky.social · 4mo agoDOSI ambassadors are at #PrepCom3 for the #BBNJ Agreement in New York. Over the next two weeks, the DOSI delegation, led by Christine Gaebel & Marina Garwood, will be working to support States and other actors as they consider the rules, procedures, and institutions required for the implementation.
Check out this open PhD student position to work with Dr. Davide Oppo on some exciting methane seep questions! risingfluids.org/phd-usam-adv-1
PhD-USAM — Risingfluids
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Boston / Cambridge - come on by April 15th to hear more about The Dark Frontier 🌊🦑🐋🦠 Get your ticket today! www.harvard.com/event/jeffre...
Jeffrey Marlow at the Harvard Science Center | Harvard Book Store
downstairs at 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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This Boston winter has me thinking fondly of my time at the beautiful Caltech campus 😍 youtu.be/fP0I6eUHZPY?...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explores Where Film & Science Collide in LA | Architectural Digest
YouTube video by Architectural Digest
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Our lab will be headed back to Iceland, this time in pursuit of new vents and unusual microbes, thanks to National Geographic! Excited to partner with Skylar Tibbits, Jessica Todd, Erlendur Bogason, and Geir Borg on this one. 🌊 news.nationalgeographic.org/meridian-gra...
From Supervolcanoes to Sacred Springs and More: National Geographic Explorers Unveil Nine Collaborative Projects
The National Geographic Society has announced $1.3 million in funding for nine projects around the globe as part of its Meridian grant program
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The deep sea has been spared the brunt of anthropogenic harm so far...but that may change if deep-sea mining and/or marine CO2 removal technologies gain steam... royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost?
Abstract. The deep sea remains a last paradise and the place of minimal human impacts compared with other ecosystems. However, this pristine status is rapi
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Hey guess what - I wrote a book, and it's coming out soon! The Dark Frontier is about the wonders of the deep sea...and the threats they face. Check it out, and if you're so moved, you can preorder from your favorite purveyor of fine literature 📚❤️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652987...
The Dark Frontier by Jeffrey Marlow: 9780593230183 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An awe-inspiring investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea—the most mysterious, unforgiving environment on Earth—whose secrets can radically revise our understanding of life itself...
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Interesting...China joins Chile and Belgium as potential seats for the High Seas Treaty secretariat... dialogue.earth/en/ocean/chi...
China enters race to host High Seas Treaty HQ
Considered a “significant escalation” in its global governance aims, China is up against Chile and Belgium to host the treaty’s secretariat
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👀 "Deep-sea robots will search for source of mysterious ‘dark oxygen’ " www.nature.com/articles/d41... Exciting new work starting in the lab!
Deep-sea robots will search for source of mysterious ‘dark oxygen’
Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
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It’s live! Now the real work begins…making the BBNJ treaty as strong and effective as possible.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution@whoi.edu · 7mo agoThe High Seas Treaty is officially in effect! 🌊🎉🌎 TODAY, the UN’s #BBNJ Treaty becomes international law, protecting areas of the global ocean beyond any nation’s control. 👉Learn more about the road to protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 and #60toGlobal from the @highseasalliance.bsky.social!
We lost an absolute legend recently - Kristina Gjerde was fearless defender of the ocean and all of its marvels 💪 🌊 iucn.org/news/202512/...
IUCN Statement on the passing of Kristina Maria Gjerde
In memoriam: Kristina Gjerde, IUCN High Seas Adviser, Mother of the High Seas' and Defender of the deep ocean The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) mourns the passing of Kristina M...
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Well this seems important: perhaps Titan doesn't have a subsurface ocean after all... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean - Nature
Reanalysis of radiometric data from Cassini indicates that Titan does not contain a subsurface ocean, as strong tidal dissipation observed in its gravity field is not consistent with the presence of a...
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The UN's "Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction" treaty (aka the "High Seas Treaty") is about to take effect - great! But what does it mean for scientists working in international waters? What will we need to do to be compliant and, ideally, helpful? We wrote a paper to answer these questions 👇
Biological surveys reveal unexpectedly high faunal diversity at Nankai Trough methane seeps esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Biological surveys reveal unexpectedly high faunal diversity at Nankai Trough methane seeps
Cold seeps are chemosynthesis-based ecosystems powered by microbial primary production that support diverse and specialized faunal assemblages in the deep sea. Despite Nankai Trough in Japan being a ...
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Despite their prominence in the deep sea, ammonia oxidizing microbes don't play a huge role in carbon cycling. They're around, just not very active, starved for nitrogen... 🧪🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Minor contribution of ammonia oxidizers to inorganic carbon fixation in the ocean - Nature Geoscience
Ammonia oxidizers contribute minimally to carbon fixation in the dark ocean despite their abundance at depth, according to enzyme inhibition experiments on water samples from two cruises.
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Between this and similar news at the University of Nebraska (where the Dept of Earth & Atm Sci has been earmarked for elimination), geology departments seem to be on the front lines of academia budget cuts. This would be a tragic loss for young scientists and citizens alike 🧪
Prof Susie Maidment@tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 9mo agoGeology and palaeobiology at the University of Leicester are under threat, with at least 14 staff expected to be made redundant. Support them, their postdocs, and their students by signing this petition: c.org/SK8Xm8dhqK
