Explore the ocean from your phone with FathomVerse! 🦑 With this new mobile game by #OceanDecade actors MBARI, Ocean Vision AI, and WoRMS Flanders Marine Institute - VLIZ, anyone with a smartphone or tablet can take part in ocean discovery. Download it now: ow.ly/3EIg50S2l1A

NEW: UNESCO Ocean's State of the Ocean Report 2024 finds that the ocean crisis is developing faster than our knowledge of it, and provides a comprehensive health check of our ocean. In this report, you'll find the latest ocean trends and data available. 👉ow.ly/EkB250S6Amk

📢 We are thrilled to announce the launch of the State of the Ocean Report 2024! This report aims to inform policymakers and drive actions for 'the ocean we need,' supporting the 2030 Agenda and #SDG14. Discover now 👉 ow.ly/79s850S6Jv1

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)! WoRMS and MBARI agreed to collaborate on labeling public datasets, to be used in #FathomNet and WoRMS. bit.ly/3VtBZEo

🙏Thank you to all who joined “The Plastics Crisis as a Health Crisis: How Can the International Health Community Support the Global Response to Plastic Pollution & the Plastics Treaty?" bit.ly/3VstlpR Co-organised alongside the #WHA77 by Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs, Global Health Centre,

Thank you Luis Vayas Valdivieso for reminding us that our ocean is the source of our life and future - and we must care for it - on this #WorldOceanDay! We are part of your vision of a #healthyocean Mr. chair! Monterey Bay Aquarium #beatplasticpollution #OneHealth #OceanHealth

CSP Class of 2024 graduate Cindy Matuch introduces results from her capstone project: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Policy for Effective Plastic Pollution Reduction loom.ly/Dkv3s-M #mastersdegree #scipol #sustainability #PlastsicPollution #UNEP #PlasticsTreaty

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/06/29/cli…

Plastic makes up 80% of all marine debris found from surface waters to deep-sea sediments. 🪸 We need a strong & ambitious #PlasticsTreaty! TAKE ACTION ➡️ bit.ly/3Pt0tdu

"The Azul results are in and we're ready to leverage this important data to guide our members in the implementation of conservation efforts" - Ayana Melvan, Director of Conservation Action, Aquarium Conservation Partnership

#Pumped! Today is historic - the Biden-Harris Administration just released the #first ever White House-level strategy & roadmap focused on ending #PlasticPollution - building off expert recommendations from National Academies Monterey Bay Aquarium and Environmental Law Institute and others - Onward!! 👊

Today, the U.S. released the 1st government-wide strategy to tackle #PlasticPollution and set a bold goal to phase out single-use plastics from fed ops by 2035! 🌍👏 Thanks to President Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris 4 championing strong effective and #science based action - next: #GlobalPlasticTreaty!

THANK YOU President Biden for committing to phase out single-use plastic across the federal government by 2035! As Aquariums, we lead by example to eliminate single-use plastic in our own operations. We applaud the actions identified by the Biden-Harris Administration for collective

New #openaccess paper! Our deep sea paper has been published in Marine Pollution Bulletin. 🪸 First environmental record of microparticle adsorption/ingestion by cold-water corals. 🌊Lower microparticle concentrations at greater depths. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.marp…

Indigenous #knowledge is a key part of the knowledge ecosystem - read this post from our colleagues at International Science Council

Switching from plastic water bottles to tap in glass containers lowered blood pressure in females in this small group study. No blood was taken to monitor for microplastics during the one month study but it really demonstrates the need for larger studies mdpi.com/2673-8929/3/3/…

The last two dams have been breached, and the Klamath River is flowing freely for the first time in more than a century. Here are some views of the river running through the drained reservoirs. latimes.com/environment/st…

On today’s Los Angeles Times front page: Dam removal frees the Klamath River latimes.com/environment/st… Gina Ferazzi

The production plants for plastics emit toxic air pollutants; air pollution is known to worsen neurocognitive & behavioral outcomes in children and to contribute to cognitive decline & dementias such as those associated with Parkinson & Alzheimer disease psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-plast…

🚨Pacific Island Forum Heads of State endorsed Primary Plastic Polymers Declaration for the #PlasticsTreaty = 😉Presidential support 📈+ 10 the new members for #BridgetoBusan 🇳🇷🇲🇭🇳🇿🇳🇺 🇵🇼 🇵🇬 🇼🇸🇹🇴🇹🇻 🇰🇮 forumsec.org/sites/default/…