Oceanwire
@oceanwire.bsky.social
Curating the knowledge, news and sheer wonder of our planet's remarkable ocean
“You have to love it before you're moved to save it.” ~Sylvia Earle
https://oceanwire.wordpress.com
“You have to love it before you're moved to save it.” ~Sylvia Earle
https://oceanwire.wordpress.com
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@oceanwire.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
#ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels
Our banner image shows the climate warming stripes of the Arctic Ocean since 1893.
Learn about climate warming stripes & their inventor
@ed_hawkins here: bit.ly/3m25t9s
and make your climate stripes here: showyourstripes.info
Our banner image shows the climate warming stripes of the Arctic Ocean since 1893.
Learn about climate warming stripes & their inventor
@ed_hawkins here: bit.ly/3m25t9s
and make your climate stripes here: showyourstripes.info
#ClimateEmergency
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope
by Nina Lakhani
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope
by Nina Lakhani
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
#ClimateEmergency
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope
by Nina Lakhani
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope
by Nina Lakhani
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#WhaleWednesday
Progress! A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
apnews.com/article/righ...
Progress! A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
apnews.com/article/righ...
A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction.
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
#WhaleWednesday
Progress! A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
apnews.com/article/righ...
Progress! A rare whale is having an encouraging season for births. Scientists warn it might still go extinct
apnews.com/article/righ...
#science
Interesting! Coral reef fish recovery could boost sustainable #seafood servings by up to 50 percent
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Interesting! Coral reef fish recovery could boost sustainable #seafood servings by up to 50 percent
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Coral reef fish recovery could boost sustainable seafood servings by up to 50 percent
With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think about. But imagine if the ocean could help with that.
phys.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
#science
Interesting! Coral reef fish recovery could boost sustainable #seafood servings by up to 50 percent
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Interesting! Coral reef fish recovery could boost sustainable #seafood servings by up to 50 percent
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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He has arrived!
The Oceanwire ohana's cat is in the running to be America's Favorite Pet -- and he'd be a magazine cover boy!
Tru is a very ocean-loving feline -- he will *not* eat anything even *remotely* related to seafood. Ever. 🤩
He has arrived!
The Oceanwire ohana's cat is in the running to be America's Favorite Pet -- and he'd be a magazine cover boy!
Tru is a very ocean-loving feline -- he will *not* eat anything even *remotely* related to seafood. Ever. 🤩
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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He has arrived!
The Oceanwire ohana's cat is in the running to be America's Favorite Pet -- and he'd be a magazine cover boy!
Tru is a very ocean-loving feline -- he will *not* eat anything even *remotely* related to seafood. Ever. 🤩
He has arrived!
The Oceanwire ohana's cat is in the running to be America's Favorite Pet -- and he'd be a magazine cover boy!
Tru is a very ocean-loving feline -- he will *not* eat anything even *remotely* related to seafood. Ever. 🤩
#science
How juvenile lobsters fall into a deadly natural trap in the Florida Keys
phys.org/news/2026-01...
How juvenile lobsters fall into a deadly natural trap in the Florida Keys
phys.org/news/2026-01...
How juvenile lobsters fall into a deadly natural trap in the Florida Keys
In the shallow waters of the Florida Keys, juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters are unwittingly meeting their doom by stumbling into naturally occurring ecological traps, according to a new study…
phys.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
#science
How juvenile lobsters fall into a deadly natural trap in the Florida Keys
phys.org/news/2026-01...
How juvenile lobsters fall into a deadly natural trap in the Florida Keys
phys.org/news/2026-01...
#NewYear #resolutions
For the new year ... vow to keep going & never give up
Like this right whale! ✨
Endangered Whale That Turned up in Ireland, Shocking Scientists, Migrates to US Stunning More
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-w...
For the new year ... vow to keep going & never give up
Like this right whale! ✨
Endangered Whale That Turned up in Ireland, Shocking Scientists, Migrates to US Stunning More
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-w...
Endangered Whale That Turned up in Ireland, Shocking Scientists, Migrates to US Stunning More
Make no mistake about it, an Irish N. Atlantic right whale emigrating to Boston has never been seen before.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#NewYear #resolutions
For the new year ... vow to keep going & never give up
Like this right whale! ✨
Endangered Whale That Turned up in Ireland, Shocking Scientists, Migrates to US Stunning More
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-w...
For the new year ... vow to keep going & never give up
Like this right whale! ✨
Endangered Whale That Turned up in Ireland, Shocking Scientists, Migrates to US Stunning More
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/endangered-w...
#OceanHero
Lost Grey Seal Pup Rescued After Being Netted by Fisherman 20 Miles Away 🫶🏽
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-se...
Lost Grey Seal Pup Rescued After Being Netted by Fisherman 20 Miles Away 🫶🏽
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-se...
Lost Grey Seal Pup Rescued After Being Netted by Fisherman 20 Miles Away
A surprised fisherman hooked an unlikely catch, the day after Christmas, when he netted a lost seal 20 miles up river from the coast–LOOK...
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#OceanHero
Lost Grey Seal Pup Rescued After Being Netted by Fisherman 20 Miles Away 🫶🏽
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-se...
Lost Grey Seal Pup Rescued After Being Netted by Fisherman 20 Miles Away 🫶🏽
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lost-grey-se...
#RemarkableOceanPlanet
Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH) ✨
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-h...
Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH) ✨
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-h...
Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH)
Mats Janzon found an orphaned baby otter and helped return it to the wild. Now, the otter often climbs aboard his kayak in a Swedish lake.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#RemarkableOceanPlanet
Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH) ✨
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-h...
Baby Otter He Rescued Jumps Into His Boat Every Time She Sees Him After He Returned Her to the Wild (WATCH) ✨
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/baby-otter-h...
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Merry Christmas one and all... ✨
via @LegoLostAtSea
Merry Christmas one and all... ✨
via @LegoLostAtSea
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Merry Christmas one and all... ✨
via @LegoLostAtSea
Merry Christmas one and all... ✨
via @LegoLostAtSea
#surfing #EndPlasticPollution
Great news! Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/plant-based-...
Great news! Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/plant-based-...
Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards 'Sensational' to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution
The company regularly does demonstration days, the dates for which can be gleaned by following the firm's Instagram page.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#surfing #EndPlasticPollution
Great news! Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/plant-based-...
Great news! Plant-Based 3D-Printed Surfboards ‘Sensational’ to Ride While Halting Microplastic Pollution
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/plant-based-...
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They're called "killer whales" for a reason
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They're called "killer whales" for a reason
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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They're called "killer whales" for a reason
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They're called "killer whales" for a reason
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#alohfriday
Bermuda: Giant Structures Found Underneath Antarctic Ice By Now-Missing Underwater Drone
www.iflscience.com/giant-struct...
Bermuda: Giant Structures Found Underneath Antarctic Ice By Now-Missing Underwater Drone
www.iflscience.com/giant-struct...
Giant Structures Found Underneath Antarctic Ice By Now-Missing Underwater Drone
"It's a bit like seeing the back of the moon."
www.iflscience.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#alohfriday
Bermuda: Giant Structures Found Underneath Antarctic Ice By Now-Missing Underwater Drone
www.iflscience.com/giant-struct...
Bermuda: Giant Structures Found Underneath Antarctic Ice By Now-Missing Underwater Drone
www.iflscience.com/giant-struct...
#ClimateEmergency #OceanWarming
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#ClimateEmergency #OceanWarming
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#WhaleWednesday
Progress! Blue whale calf numbers are up — 13 instead of the usual 9 or 10 — recorded off W Australia's sw coast.
Obvious lower-than-normal fat reserves were observed in adult whales, which can affect reproduction. Their diet is mostly krill. MT @DrTOMontgomery ✨
Progress! Blue whale calf numbers are up — 13 instead of the usual 9 or 10 — recorded off W Australia's sw coast.
Obvious lower-than-normal fat reserves were observed in adult whales, which can affect reproduction. Their diet is mostly krill. MT @DrTOMontgomery ✨
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#WhaleWednesday
Progress! Blue whale calf numbers are up — 13 instead of the usual 9 or 10 — recorded off W Australia's sw coast.
Obvious lower-than-normal fat reserves were observed in adult whales, which can affect reproduction. Their diet is mostly krill. MT @DrTOMontgomery ✨
Progress! Blue whale calf numbers are up — 13 instead of the usual 9 or 10 — recorded off W Australia's sw coast.
Obvious lower-than-normal fat reserves were observed in adult whales, which can affect reproduction. Their diet is mostly krill. MT @DrTOMontgomery ✨
#ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels
Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef
University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic wasting disease that wiped out large, long-lived corals on the Great Barrier…
phys.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels
Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef
phys.org/news/2025-12...
#seabirds
Wonderful! Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Wonderful! Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll
You can see the large white seabirds dancing, preening, feeding and raising young—though the live feed might show a dark side of island living, too, with potential predation from invasive mice
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#seabirds
Wonderful! Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Wonderful! Stream the Beautiful Highs and Violent Lows of Albatross Life With This New 24-Hour Camera on Midway Atoll
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Horseshoe crab fossil reveals early mass-burial event and ancient microbial attack
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Horseshoe crab fossil reveals early mass-burial event and ancient microbial attack
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Horseshoe crab fossil reveals early mass-burial event and ancient microbial attack
A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of animal disease in a Late Carboniferous swamp—more than 300 million years…
phys.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Horseshoe crab fossil reveals early mass-burial event and ancient microbial attack
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Horseshoe crab fossil reveals early mass-burial event and ancient microbial attack
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Scientists know the animal’s optic glands are responsible for this behavior. If the glands are removed, the octopuses resume eating and live months longer.
But how these glands trigger the animal’s gruesome death has been a mystery.
bit.ly/44qQ6xP
📸: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Biological Laboratory
But how these glands trigger the animal’s gruesome death has been a mystery.
bit.ly/44qQ6xP
📸: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Biological Laboratory
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Scientists know the animal’s optic glands are responsible for this behavior. If the glands are removed, the octopuses resume eating and live months longer.
But how these glands trigger the animal’s gruesome death has been a mystery.
bit.ly/44qQ6xP
📸: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Biological Laboratory
But how these glands trigger the animal’s gruesome death has been a mystery.
bit.ly/44qQ6xP
📸: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Biological Laboratory
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STRIKING: Check out the bold coat of the ribbon seal! 🖤🤍
These Arctic seals spend most of their lives in the icy open ocean, rarely hauling out on ice. Their unique light-colored “ribbons” develop over their first three years, becoming more defined with each annual molt.
RT @oceana
STRIKING: Check out the bold coat of the ribbon seal! 🖤🤍
These Arctic seals spend most of their lives in the icy open ocean, rarely hauling out on ice. Their unique light-colored “ribbons” develop over their first three years, becoming more defined with each annual molt.
RT @oceana
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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STRIKING: Check out the bold coat of the ribbon seal! 🖤🤍
These Arctic seals spend most of their lives in the icy open ocean, rarely hauling out on ice. Their unique light-colored “ribbons” develop over their first three years, becoming more defined with each annual molt.
RT @oceana
STRIKING: Check out the bold coat of the ribbon seal! 🖤🤍
These Arctic seals spend most of their lives in the icy open ocean, rarely hauling out on ice. Their unique light-colored “ribbons” develop over their first three years, becoming more defined with each annual molt.
RT @oceana
#WhaleWednesday
Beluga whales still held in captivity at the closed Arctic Cove exhibit, Marineland, Canada
The 30 captive belugas have nothing to do but wait as their future hangs in the balance. The park’s owners threaten to euthanise them unless the fed govt covers their costs
📸 Daphne Lemelin
Beluga whales still held in captivity at the closed Arctic Cove exhibit, Marineland, Canada
The 30 captive belugas have nothing to do but wait as their future hangs in the balance. The park’s owners threaten to euthanise them unless the fed govt covers their costs
📸 Daphne Lemelin
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#WhaleWednesday
Beluga whales still held in captivity at the closed Arctic Cove exhibit, Marineland, Canada
The 30 captive belugas have nothing to do but wait as their future hangs in the balance. The park’s owners threaten to euthanise them unless the fed govt covers their costs
📸 Daphne Lemelin
Beluga whales still held in captivity at the closed Arctic Cove exhibit, Marineland, Canada
The 30 captive belugas have nothing to do but wait as their future hangs in the balance. The park’s owners threaten to euthanise them unless the fed govt covers their costs
📸 Daphne Lemelin
#OurAmazingOcean
Brazil -- Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection (commentary)
" the vast Abrolhos Seascape is home to some of the South Atlantic Ocean’s richest marine biodiversity "
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/abro...
Brazil -- Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection (commentary)
" the vast Abrolhos Seascape is home to some of the South Atlantic Ocean’s richest marine biodiversity "
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/abro...
Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection
Located off the south coast of Bahia state and the north coast of Espírito Santo state in Brazil, the Abrolhos Seascape is known for its rich concentration of marine biodiversity, which is among the…
news.mongabay.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#OurAmazingOcean
Brazil -- Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection (commentary)
" the vast Abrolhos Seascape is home to some of the South Atlantic Ocean’s richest marine biodiversity "
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/abro...
Brazil -- Abrolhos: A South Atlantic marine treasure in need of protection (commentary)
" the vast Abrolhos Seascape is home to some of the South Atlantic Ocean’s richest marine biodiversity "
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/abro...
#OceanHeroes
Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...
Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...
Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile
Huellelhue means “place for swimming” in Mapudungun. It’s also the name of one of the rivers that flow through the Lafken Mapu Lahual Multiple-Use Conservation Area, established in 2005 in southern…
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#OceanHeroes
Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...
Indigenous knowledge and science join forces to save the choro mussel in Chile
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...