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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 2d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 2d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 4d

📣Calling all Pacific early career researchers📣

Want to gain experience working, living and conducting science at sea while exploring key issues affecting your region? 🚢🌊.

Applications for the Floating University 2026 voyage. ⏰Applications open until 30 November.

Apply here 👉 bit.ly/4nXODH6

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Andrés Ospina-Álvarez @andresospina.bsky.social · 20d

🌊🌍 Hoy celebramos un hito histórico: la ratificación del Tratado de las Naciones Unidas sobre Biodiversidad en Áreas Fuera de Jurisdicción Nacional (BBNJ).
Un acuerdo global que protege las aguas oceánicas internacionales, el 60% del océano.

@imedea.bsky.social @csic.es @csicdivulga.bsky.social

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Infografía en estilo digital plano con fondo azul. En la parte superior aparece el logotipo de Naciones Unidas y el hashtag #BBNJ. En el centro se lee en letras blancas: ‘Hoy celebramos un hito histórico: ratificación del Tratado de las Naciones Unidas sobre alta mar’. En la parte inferior hay un dibujo de una ola y un globo terráqueo simplificado en azul y verde.

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · 19d

Reminder to register!

Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨 Register Now!
Join SOLAS Seminar XI “Air-Sea gas exchange in warming polar regions: impacts of the changing sea-ice scape” on 14 October 2025, 15:00-16:00 UTC+2, online!
Free registration: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More info：https://www.solas-int.org/events/solas-seminar/solas-semianr-xi.html

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 22d

The Labor govt's 2035 target of 62% reduction in net national GHG emissions below 2005 emissions levels is aligned with >2.4°C of warming (above pre-industrial levels)

Not sure how destructive it'll be cos 2.4°C is BEYOND the range of this Climate Council infographic warning of appalling impacts

Climate Council infographic comparing impacts at 1.5°C and 2°C of warming

It compares impacts relating to Extreme Heat, Sea-Ice-Free Arctic, Sea-level Rise, Species Loss-Vertebrates, Species Loss-Plants, Species-Loss Insects, Ecosystems, Permafrost, Crop Yields, Coral Reefs and Fisheries

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Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨 Register Now!
Join SOLAS Seminar XI “Air-Sea gas exchange in warming polar regions: impacts of the changing sea-ice scape” on 14 October 2025, 15:00-16:00 UTC+2, online!
Free registration: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More info：https://www.solas-int.org/events/solas-seminar/solas-semianr-xi.html

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · Jan 16

SOLAS is organising a special section "Greenhouse Gas Budgets Across the Land-Ocean Continuum" in the journal Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research. Submissions welcome for 2025! Article Processing Charges are waived.
More info: mailchi.mp/xmu/solas-an...

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations to Ziman Zhang on this excellent PhD paper! 🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ecological risk assessment of marine plastic pollution - Nature Sustainability

Escalating marine plastic pollution has been harmful for marine ecosystems. Here the authors evaluate the relative ecological risks posed by marine plastic globally through different exposure pathways...

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Sep 9

I have posted a preprint for comment 🌊 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Reawakening of the bipolar seesaw under CO2 stabilisation

Anti-phased polar thermal and ventilation patterns are a recognised feature of climates of the past, thought to influence climate transitions. Here we initiate a bipolar seesaw in an earth system mode...

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ocean plastics are not going to threaten the climate 🌊🧪

‘A double-whammy problem’: how plastic dust is altering natural processes

Carbon emissions from plastics production are no surprise. But when plastic turns to dust, it also affects how the planet absorbs carbon from the air, on land and in the oceans.

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Jul 11

Please join Tracy Mincer, Shiye Zhao, Camille Richon, Clara Manno and myself for our session at AGU Ocean Sciences in Glasgow, February 2026! #OSM26 🌊

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Jul 11

Please join Sina Acksen, Dominik Hülse, and myself for our session at AGU Ocean Sciences in Glasgow, February 2026! #OSM26 🌊

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Aug 9

Media can register here for the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty press conference this Tuesday 👇 #INC5.2 #PlasticsTreaty #PlasticPollution 🌊🧪 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Scientists' Coalition Press Conference. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Are you interested in learning what independent science says about where things stand in the plastics treaty negotiations? Then we invite you to join our ‘Ask a Scientist’ press conference next Tuesda...

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · Jan 16

SOLAS is organising a special section "Greenhouse Gas Budgets Across the Land-Ocean Continuum" in the journal Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research. Submissions welcome for 2025! Article Processing Charges are waived.
More info: mailchi.mp/xmu/solas-an...

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jul 29

Working in #Ocean #Biology & #Biogeochemistry? 🌊

We are pleased to announce that we have opened applications for the International #Workshop on The Role of #Marine Biology in Helping the Ocean Store #Carbon.

📅 2 - 4 March 2026
🗺️ Glasgow, UK
‼️ Deadline: 24th August
💷 £320

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Jul 11

Please join Sina Acksen, Dominik Hülse, and myself for our session at AGU Ocean Sciences in Glasgow, February 2026! #OSM26 🌊

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Jul 11

Please join Tracy Mincer, Shiye Zhao, Camille Richon, Clara Manno and myself for our session at AGU Ocean Sciences in Glasgow, February 2026! #OSM26 🌊

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · Jun 26

🌊 Join #WHOI and @scrippsocean.bsky.social at the 4th annual #OceanPavilion at #COP30! We're currently seeking partners—benefits include guaranteed programming slots, meeting room access & branding opportunities.

🔗Apply by July 18: oceanpavilion-cop.org/expression-of-interest

#OceanAction

Expression of Interest - Ocean Pavilion

COP30 Expression of Interest *Please note that Partnerships entail a pre-determined financial commitment, and that entry and associated passes to the Blue Zone are not conferred as part of Ocean Pavilion Partnership.Organization name(Required) Contact name(Required) First Last Contact email(Required...

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Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) @solas-ipo.bsky.social · Jun 12

SOLAS co-sponsored side event at #UNOC3: Integrated Ocean Carbon Research (IOC-R):
A vision primed for implementation

IOC-R working group is releasing a new report that provides a robust and actionable foundation for addressing the challenges of ocean carbon research.

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Apr 30

Microplastics are now found at high concentrations throughout the deep ocean rdcu.be/ej7Cx 🌊🧪 #plasticpollution

The distribution of subsurface microplastics in the ocean

Nature - Global data collected between 2014 and 2024 provide insights into the distribution and potential transport mechanisms of subsurface microplastics throughout the oceanic water column.

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EGU Biogeosciences Division (BG) @egubg.bsky.social · Apr 26

Convening or presenting a session in the @egubg.bsky.social programme at #egu25? If so give us a follow and advertise your session and presentations here so the #biogeosciences community at @egu.eu can come and support you😉

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Apr 27

I’m on a team that will have a paper on deep ocean microplastics published in Nature on Wednesday. Will be in Vienna all week

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Karin Kvale @kkvale.bsky.social · Apr 27

I’m on a team with a deep ocean microplastics paper coming out in Nature on Wednesday

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Jenna C. Hill @chillocean.bsky.social · Apr 17

NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]

Notice of Changes

Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.

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