De'Marcus Robinson, Ph.D
@callmedrob.bsky.social
“Just your favorite marine scientist”
|🌊Oceanographer 🌊| Postdoc life 👨🏽🔬 | FAMU alum 🐍| Researcher-SciComm-SciPoly| www.demarcusr.com
|🌊Oceanographer 🌊| Postdoc life 👨🏽🔬 | FAMU alum 🐍| Researcher-SciComm-SciPoly| www.demarcusr.com
Overall Top 5 Aquarium ranking so far!
1. Mote Aquarium (Sarasota, FL)
2. National Aquarium (Baltimore MD)
3. Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Ca)
4. Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach Ca)
5. Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, Tx)
1. Mote Aquarium (Sarasota, FL)
2. National Aquarium (Baltimore MD)
3. Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Ca)
4. Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach Ca)
5. Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, Tx)
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Overall Top 5 Aquarium ranking so far!
1. Mote Aquarium (Sarasota, FL)
2. National Aquarium (Baltimore MD)
3. Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Ca)
4. Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach Ca)
5. Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, Tx)
1. Mote Aquarium (Sarasota, FL)
2. National Aquarium (Baltimore MD)
3. Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Ca)
4. Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach Ca)
5. Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, Tx)
Why not both? An Ocala National Forest and Park—Have your Park and Forest too
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Why not both? An Ocala National Forest and Park—Have your Park and Forest too
America’s National Forest and Parks are the crown jewel of American history.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Why not both? An Ocala National Forest and Park—Have your Park and Forest too
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Really enjoyed OceanHackWeek this week
August 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Really enjoyed OceanHackWeek this week
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🌊 New evidence suggests the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), long considered an internal climate fluctuation, is heavily influenced by human activity.
Greenhouse gases and aerosols may be driving its multidecadal variability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Greenhouse gases and aerosols may be driving its multidecadal variability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human emissions drive recent trends in North Pacific climate variations - Nature
The main multidecadal variations in the PDO index during the twentieth century, including the ongoing, decades-long negative trend, were largely driven by human emissions of aerosols and greenhouse ga...
www.nature.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🌊 New evidence suggests the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), long considered an internal climate fluctuation, is heavily influenced by human activity.
Greenhouse gases and aerosols may be driving its multidecadal variability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Greenhouse gases and aerosols may be driving its multidecadal variability.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Day 1 of carpentries! 🙏🏽
July 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Day 1 of carpentries! 🙏🏽
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The State Department fired the remaining staff in the Office of Global Change, responsible for international climate policy, as part of a larger downsizing of nearly 3,000 employees. This leaves the State Department with no staff knowledgeable about global climate negotiations. 🤷🏻♂️
The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change
The firings of nearly a dozen people in the State Department’s Office of Global Change include the last U.S. climate negotiators.
wapo.st
July 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The State Department fired the remaining staff in the Office of Global Change, responsible for international climate policy, as part of a larger downsizing of nearly 3,000 employees. This leaves the State Department with no staff knowledgeable about global climate negotiations. 🤷🏻♂️
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They want to close the NOAA lab (GML) that brings you this, the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences.
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
June 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They want to close the NOAA lab (GML) that brings you this, the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences.
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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Senate Appropriations has a markup hearing for science this morning. In their bill: $9B for NSF (current is $9.06B). Also includes protections for NOAA and NWS staffing. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
New U.S. Budget Proposal Slashes Billions in Funds for Science - Eos
President Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, released today, slashes non-defense discretionary spending by $163 billion, a 22.6% reduction from 2025.
eos.org
July 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Senate Appropriations has a markup hearing for science this morning. In their bill: $9B for NSF (current is $9.06B). Also includes protections for NOAA and NWS staffing. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Happening now nomination hearing for the NOAA Administrator and Assistant Secretary
Dr. Neil Jacobs, (NOAA Administrator)
Mr. Taylor Jordan Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction (NOAA)
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/7/nomin...
Dr. Neil Jacobs, (NOAA Administrator)
Mr. Taylor Jordan Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction (NOAA)
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/7/nomin...
Nominations Hearing for Department of Commerce Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for nominees of the Department of Comm...
www.commerce.senate.gov
July 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happening now nomination hearing for the NOAA Administrator and Assistant Secretary
Dr. Neil Jacobs, (NOAA Administrator)
Mr. Taylor Jordan Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction (NOAA)
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/7/nomin...
Dr. Neil Jacobs, (NOAA Administrator)
Mr. Taylor Jordan Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction (NOAA)
www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/7/nomin...
While the results of the proposed budget in NOAA FY2026 awaits with Congress Commitee on Appropriations, the impact to students and early career professionals remain uncertain. If pushed forward, there could be substantial changes to science and workforce development. 🌊
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What does NOAA’s proposed FY 2026 budget mean for students and early career professionals?
Becoming a marine biologist, conservationist, or oceanographer has been a dream for some since childhood.
substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
While the results of the proposed budget in NOAA FY2026 awaits with Congress Commitee on Appropriations, the impact to students and early career professionals remain uncertain. If pushed forward, there could be substantial changes to science and workforce development. 🌊
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The Trump administration’s proposed FY26 budget for NOAA would eliminate climate research at NOAA. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
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Proposed NOAA Budget Calls for $0 for Climate Research - Eos
In the latest move in a months-long attack on climate science funding, the Trump administration released a budget document on 30 June that calls for zero funding for climate research and the eliminati...
eos.org
July 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Trump administration’s proposed FY26 budget for NOAA would eliminate climate research at NOAA. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
Found a coral washed up on the beach. I wonder what type it is
July 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Found a coral washed up on the beach. I wonder what type it is
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It's hard to adequately summarize how destructive NOAA's 2026 proposed budget released on Monday is for hurricane forecasting, but I crammed all I could into today's newsletter. I encourage everyone with interests along the coast to read it carefully. ⬇️
NOAA Proposes Permanently Closing Premiere Hurricane Research Institute
In its proposed 2026 budget released Monday, NOAA closes all federally funded weather and climate research labs, including the one responsible for maintaining the nation’s top hurricane models
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's hard to adequately summarize how destructive NOAA's 2026 proposed budget released on Monday is for hurricane forecasting, but I crammed all I could into today's newsletter. I encourage everyone with interests along the coast to read it carefully. ⬇️
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I'll have a new live Weather and Climate office hour on Tue, July 1 @ 3pm PT to further discuss the potentially disastrous NOAA budget decimation, and also the (ongoing) NorCal lightning/fire weather event (expect a radar/satellite tour). #CAwx #CAfire www.youtube.com/live...
Weather & climate office hour 7/1/25: Disastrous NOAA budget & NorCal lightning/fire weather update - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme weather and c...
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'll have a new live Weather and Climate office hour on Tue, July 1 @ 3pm PT to further discuss the potentially disastrous NOAA budget decimation, and also the (ongoing) NorCal lightning/fire weather event (expect a radar/satellite tour). #CAwx #CAfire www.youtube.com/live...
One things that I’ve been questioning lately is, with changes in ocean programs how can outside sectors feel the gap
July 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
One things that I’ve been questioning lately is, with changes in ocean programs how can outside sectors feel the gap
Reading through the “big beautiful bill” as the senate prepares to vote. This will have serious set back for families and businesses and government functionality.
June 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Reading through the “big beautiful bill” as the senate prepares to vote. This will have serious set back for families and businesses and government functionality.
First time using R, I actually like that the interface is a mixture between matlab and python
June 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
First time using R, I actually like that the interface is a mixture between matlab and python
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Feast on some recent deep sea news & discoveries, like a sea spider covered in methane-fueled bacteria.
🌊🦑🌏🧪
@nicoledubilier.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/s...
🌊🦑🌏🧪
@nicoledubilier.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/s...
First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor | CNN
Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.
www.cnn.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Feast on some recent deep sea news & discoveries, like a sea spider covered in methane-fueled bacteria.
🌊🦑🌏🧪
@nicoledubilier.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/s...
🌊🦑🌏🧪
@nicoledubilier.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/s...
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Never let her Please get her
leave the villa. out of the villa
I’m so for her own
entertained: good right now:
#LoveIslandUSA
leave the villa. out of the villa
I’m so for her own
entertained: good right now:
#LoveIslandUSA
June 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Never let her Please get her
leave the villa. out of the villa
I’m so for her own
entertained: good right now:
#LoveIslandUSA
leave the villa. out of the villa
I’m so for her own
entertained: good right now:
#LoveIslandUSA
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Los Angeles. Just wow.
June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Los Angeles. Just wow.
Excited to join the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) looking forward to contributing and being engaged!
@deepstewardship.bsky.social
@deepstewardship.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Excited to join the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) looking forward to contributing and being engaged!
@deepstewardship.bsky.social
@deepstewardship.bsky.social
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Two days remain to comment on the US FWS and NMFS rule change that undermines the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal rescinds the definition of “harm,” limiting protections to actions that directly injure or kill listed species, leaving their habitats vulnerable. Please submit comments! 🧪
Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...
www.federalregister.gov
May 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Two days remain to comment on the US FWS and NMFS rule change that undermines the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal rescinds the definition of “harm,” limiting protections to actions that directly injure or kill listed species, leaving their habitats vulnerable. Please submit comments! 🧪