Dr. Basia Marcks (she/her)
@basialikesrocks
Advocate for Earth, ocean, and climate
Knauss Legislative Fellow 2023
PhD in Oceanography @URIGSO
Views and actions are my own
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I often compare JOIDES Resolution and IODP to space telescopes. Without deep-sea drilling, entire fields wouldn't exist and we'd know so much less about earth's past. The data collected through scientific ocean drilling have supported tens of thousands of researchers for decades.
2021-22 #Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellows at American Museum of Natural History Having a great time with an amazing, inspiring group of people. Also, got to see how the sausages are made by attending parts of the U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling (#USAC) 2022 summer meeting.
1/ Interested in what fossil-bound #NITROGEN can tell us about the marine/#ocean systems through time? Our NEW REVIEW outlines why this is such a powerful tool, what we know so far from #diatoms, #forams, and #corals, and future directions. THREAD below:ย annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11โฆ
Three months into the Knauss Fellowship and I have met amazing scientists, advocates, and policy makers. I'm so grateful to be working with the Natural Resources Democrats, helping inform policy debate and making sure science policy is based in science.
The need to pursue environmental justice does not end at the waterโs edge. Thatโs why Azul, American Progress, Urban Ocean Lab, & more teamed up to present #Upwell2024: A Wave of Ocean Justice! ๐ฝ๏ธ Watch the recording: youtube.com/live/iFFpY7-ZEโฆ
Hey SenateEnergyDems and Senate Energy GOP: Over 360 groups OPPOSE Senator Joe Manchin and Sen. John Barrassoโs Energy Permitting Reform Act and its extreme anti-environment policies with handouts to Big Oil and provisions from the wildly unpopular #Project2025 earthjustice.org/wp-content/uplโฆ
Hey Project 2025: Deleting the words โclimate changeโ from US policy doesnโt solve the problem. Weather and climate disasters in the US totaled $93 BILLION in 2023 alone. We need #OceanClimateAction, not climate denial. youtu.be/7CgnMYUYpP8
#Project2025 would prioritize short-term oil and gas industry profits over long-term sustainability, and risk sacrificing the health of our ocean and the wellbeing of future generations. Great work by Angelo Villagomez with American Progress americanprogress.org/article/projecโฆ
๐จOcean Alert ๐จ 70 organizations oppose provisions that harm our ocean and our climate in Senator Joe Manchin and Sen. John Barrassoโs Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. Chuck Schumer there is no need to trade our ocean and climate for fossil fuel giveaways!
I'm concerned that modelling showing emissions reductions from a bill mandating 60 million acres of offshore drilling lease sales each year is not transparent. Worse yet, modelers have financial conflicts of interest with oil and gas. Doesn't lend confidence. President Biden Senate Democrats
Thank you to Violet Sage and the Northern Chumash Tribal Council who have been working for decades to protect the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary off of California's Central Coast! Today NOAA & Sanctuaries (NOAA) have signaled their intent to designate #ChumashSanctuary