🌟 JOIN OUR TEAM! 🌟 The Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory is hiring an Administrative Coordinator to take on a range of administrative responsibilities with professionalism in a fast-paced research environment. 🌊💼 🔗 Apply at recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02784 by July 21st! 📍

TIME’s new cover: Plastics are harming the oceans and the planet. Inside Fiji’s fight for the future ti.me/45Xq6KD

Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies incentives shipping companies to slow down, reducing the risk of fatal ship strikes. 🚢🐋 "The real winner may be ocean life." – The New York Times Ships' travel data provided by WhaleSafe.com 💙 👇 Read more nytimes.com/2024/07/02/cli…

Fishing shortens food chains esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea… in Ecological Applications w/ Fiorenza Micheli Hillary Young & Rob Dunbar

If you dove into the ocean in the 1800s, you would have been treated to a complex symphony of sound: raindrops falling, seals moaning, staccato snapping of shrimp, undersea vents bubbling & love songs of humpback whales. Today the sea sounds different. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

African countries must make their voices heard on deep-sea mining aje.io/1m04rt via Al Jazeera English UBC SPPGA UBC Oceans Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement UBC Science

Wonderful leadership on a critically important issue.

Applications to our Administrative Coordinator position are due soon! Apply by Sunday, July 21. Join us in leveraging science, technology, and collaboration to solve ocean problems and inspire the replication of these successes 💙 🌊

Brief Communication: Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor AndrewKSweetman Danielle de Jonge Alycia (she/her) Jeffrey Marlow Alastair Lough Clare Woulds Dr Will Homoky Scottish Association for Marine Science JNCC Boston University nature.com/articles/s4156…

Whales, sharks, and other large sea creatures face numerous threats, but one of the most severe—especially for protected species—is getting hit by a ship. Now, researchers have captured such an incident for the first time on video. scim.ag/7OH

Deep-sea metals may be source of oxygen for life on ocean floor latimes.com/environment/st…

SharkEye.org uses artificial intelligence (#AI) to monitor great white sharks populations, keeping local communities informed and contributing to conservation research. 🦈 Explore our work in the latest CNN story edition.cnn.com/science/califo…

🚨 New 🦈 Shark Study: A groundbreaking analysis, published in Science Magazine, reveals the outsized role sharks play in maintaining #biodiversity and ecosystem health. Read more: bit.ly/4c8IZM3 FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education Mike Heithaus Yannis Papastamatiou Simon Dedman

What we do/don’t know re: sharks ecological roles. Much predation/fear by big coastal sharks, by western unis, little else. Must protect big individuals & species’ outsized roles. MPAs crucial; engage communities to improve outcomes & shark perceptions tinyurl.com/52e295m3

🦈 Exciting new research reveals the crucial roles sharks play in maintaining healthy oceans, now threatened by overfishing, climate change, and more. Led by FIU, the study emphasizes protecting sharks' ecological roles, not just their populations. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🌊 Check out UC Santa Barbara's The Current to learn more about our latest paper, featuring insights from our advisor and co-author, Douglas McCauley. 👇Read more news.ucsb.edu/2024/021569/bi…

Congrats to Leticia Carvalho on being elected as ISA's new President! 🎉 A scientist, ocean champion, and UN diplomat, her leadership marks a watershed moment for ocean conservation. This incredible achievement wouldn't have been possible without all of your support. The ocean is

Katherine Rundell on sharks in the New Yorker

This coral garden was observed during the #NazcaHighSeas expedition, where scientists have been cataloging biodiversity & oceanographic conditions along underwater seamount ranges, providing scientific data to inform potential marine protected areas in the high seas.

Remote islands and villages dependent on oil/diesel for electricity generation can eliminate CO2 emissions and save money with a net-zero electricity system built on wind and solar with storage. #climate #energy authors.elsevier.com/c/1jZ9f15eifC6…