Happy birthday to #geologist & oceanographic #cartographer Marie Tharp (1920-2006), whose pioneering, thorough & complete ocean floor maps with Bruce Heezen, made using realms of echo sounder data, revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.⁠ 👩🏼‍🔬🧪🐡⚒️ #histsci After studying #geology & math,

Remember X-Labs? Without transparency, and in defiance of Congress, a new memo to NSF directs “program managers to stop seeking funding for any proposals, even those that received the highest marks from outside reviewers and program staff, “until we are able to provide more details.”

Science Magazine@science.org · last mo.

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. https://scim.ag/4xY2KCm

So timely for the Forams2026 conference this week! #foraminifera

Katie Collins@spissatella.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With apologies to the Sec Pistols ....

Also, every store in Alaska should be required to have a section of books by Alaska Natives. I pick up so many promising books and read "He moved to Alaska in 1963" "Born in New York..." "She calls Alaska her home after three decades...."

Check out the new research from @uafairbanks.bsky.social marine biologists on kelp, CO₂, and marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR. 🧪🌊🦑 #AlaskaSky www.uaf.edu/news/alaska-...

Alaska kelp farms have varied effects on marine CO2 levels

Alaska kelp farms, which have been viewed as a potential boon for reducing local carbon-dioxide levels, have surprisingly murky effects on atmospheric CO2 removal, according to a new study.

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Great story from Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Basile about the challenges, emotional and practical, of relocating entire communities in southwest Alaska in the face of changing climate and catastrophic storms. #akwx #AlaskaSky @markspringer.bsky.social www.northernjournal.com/after-halong...

I don't want AI to write anything for me. I want it to deal with SAP Concur for me.

These academics—if they are real; who could ever know!!—should be embarrassed

Dr. Holly Walters@manigarm.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

I have a new preprint up on EGUsphere! We used compound-specific stable isotopes of amino acids to reconstruct plankic foraminifera trophic ecology from foraminifera tests collected in Santa Barbara Basin: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Ground-truthing the application of compound-specific stable isotopes of amino acids to planktic foraminifera tests from Santa Barbara Basin

Abstract. Planktic foraminifera form shells that are preserved in ocean sediments and are used in a variety of paleoproxy and biostratigraphic applications. However, species-specific ecology can compl...

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LTER has been archived for about a year now. It’s normal between solicitations. LTER is still here.

Deep-sea marine snow is on the menu for the vampire squid 🍽️ Instead of chasing down prey, Vampyroteuthis infernalis uses sticky filaments to feed on “marine snow”—a flurry of dead plankton, poop, mucus, and other organic material sinking from the waters above. Dive in: youtu.be/JgytSJNKrkE?...

Deep-sea marine snow is on the menu for the vampire squid

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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Fairbanks February snowfall as of 3pm AKST Monday up to 32.4 inches (82.3cm), making this the second highest February snow total on record. Highest is still 43.1 inches (109.5cm) in February 1966. #akwx #Climate #Snow @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social @coyotetrail.bsky.social

Happy Birthday 6️⃣5️⃣ to the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences @uafairbanks.bsky.social! 🧪🌊🦑🎈 #AlaskaSky

These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."

Fantastic zooms on this siphonophore! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 898 #livingbioreactors #MarineLife

🚨 Requesting help: I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 Please signal boost?

Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then @drandrewthaler.bsky.social comes in with.... "... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥

Clare Fieseler, PhD@fieseler.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I'm watching @drandrewthaler.bsky.social testify now in front of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources. "While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."

Did you spot the aurora earlier this week? This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/... #Chemsky 🧪

I have 2 OpenCTD Rev7 Kits left! I am working on getting out the final designs for Rev8, so I don't plan to restock the Rev7s. If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while! oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com/product/open...

OpenCTD rev7 Kit

This kit contains all of the components and most of the consumables you will need to build you own CTD. Not included are the weights needed to...

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The West before the West. Our January 2026 issue, Deep Time in the West, dives into geologic mysteries—from ancient rocks and Ice Age survivors to Meteor Crater, plate tectonics, and the landscapes (and people) shaped over millions of years. Out now. buff.ly/cdHIxoi

I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”

As you plan end of the year donations, please consider the Caleb Scholar's program. It is the only program that I know of that provides Alaska Native students how to use their education to support their community after graduation, mentored & run solely by Inupiaq www.calebscholars.org/donation/

Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.

AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 8mo ago

Longer statement from Brown University: "We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities. alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There are a bunch of people who are live in western Alaska showing the flooding. It's calming down, but dang... I haven't heard much from Kotzebue. This one is Bethel: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTH74wUUXq...

🌊 If you want to help Alaska’s small villages devastated by the flooding then this is the best legit site using a QR code. Here’s another legit donation link too from Alaska Community Foundation: Click to donate here: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c... #AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood

These grants also supported multiple workforce development (aviation, IT) programs and student services on four UAF rural campuses, which are located in primarily Alaska Native communities but open to everyone. It’s a disservice to both students and the future of our rural communities.

Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Trump admin is freezing grant funding that Congress already allocated to help Alaska Native students attend college. The grants for Indigenous students in Alaska are part of a $350 million freeze for minority college students nationwide.

I love a good newsletter or blog, but this is exactly why I don’t buy into the Substack- or Patreon-based journalism. I can’t personally support all the journalists I would want to, AND I don’t want reporting that has not been edited by at least one other person.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 11mo ago

One of the problems with the move to single newsletters, besides the fact that the math doesn't really math in terms of people subscribing to eleventy newsletters, is that they don't have editors. And editors are usually a good thing. It would be useful if folks like Klein had one

people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things