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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Aug 21

Super proud of our summer intern Erin Novobilsky who presented her work today on differences in iron between two cruises to the equatorial Pacific. ☺️

A female undergraduate student standing next to her scientific poster

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UW College of the Environment @uwenvironment.bsky.social · Aug 19

We’re so proud of the UWROV team! These undergrads took top honors at the MATE ROV World Championships with their ROV, “Boxfish 2.0.” Boxfish 2.0 is helping advance #marine conservation and #climate research, as well as supporting renewable marine energy tech.

environment.uw.edu/news/2025/08...

UW team takes top spots in international ROV competition

Each year, teams of students from around the globe convene at the MATE ROV World Championships to go head-to-head in an engineering competition to showcase cutting-edge marine technology. The competit...

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Jul 25

The two Patricks who are excited about equatorial iron cycling @oceanandclimate.bsky.social @pmonreal.bsky.social

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Jul 18

The Senate just posted the report language of its FY26 science appropriations bill. This text lays out what they want done and carries the force of law if it is included in the final spending bill.

It's a line-by-line refutation of Trump's proposed budget for NASA and NOAA.

www.appropriations.senate.gov

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jul 13

“If Americans don’t fight back … the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society.”

Join the #SummerFightForScience to take action here ➡️zurl.co/zG9W5

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Attacks on Higher Education Are Attacks on All Americans

If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society

www.scientificamerican.com

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Jul 10

Tell me you do mass spectrometry without telling me you do mass spectrometry (the last 20 pics in my camera roll) 😀

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Dr Tommy Ryan-Keogh @tjryankeogh.bsky.social · Jun 23

🌊PhD Positions Available🌊

If you are interested in studying marine CDR check out the link below. There are 3 positions available at Stellenbosch University in the School of Climate Science. The applications will remain open until all positions are filled.

climate.sun.ac.za/blog/three-p...

Three PhD bursaries in marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) - School for Climate Studies

The School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University (www.climate.sun.ac.za ) in collaboration with the Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observatory (SOCCO) at CSIR, DFFE: Oceans and Coasts Branch, ...

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Jun 15

Couldn’t make the protest but busted out the poster board anyway #NoKings

Protest poster that says “Even introverts and people pleasers are pissed”

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Jun 3

Making the best of the virtual #OCB2025 format with an in person Seattle gathering to watch the amazing sessions! @usocb.bsky.social

Group of scientists gathered together in a classroom

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Jun 2

New paper out lead by Nick Hawco and many other amazing co-authors on how iron inputs alter the position of the transition zone in the North Pacific ocean. Amazing collaborative effort funded by @simonsfoundation.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Anthropogenic iron alters the spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific transition zone | PNAS

Industrial activities have increased the supply of iron to the ocean, but the magnitude of anthropogenic input and its ecological consequences are ...

www.pnas.org

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Jun 2

New graduate fellowship opportunity in microbial ecology from the Simons Foundation for students starting in fall 2026 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · May 23

Happy birthday NSF and thank you for all of the scientists and amazing research discoveries you have supported. The best people work at NSF! www.science.org/content/arti...

Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait

Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency

www.science.org

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · May 17

9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting.

Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...

After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down

www.nytimes.com

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UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences @uwsafs.bsky.social · May 16

🐠🐋🌊🪸 We're looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for the UW Aquatic Sciences Open House, taking place from 10am-4pm!

🦀 Join us for a fun day of science!

fish.uw.edu/students/stu...

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · May 9

And gutting NSF while they’re at it. Please make Congress do something 😭

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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · May 6

What's at stake for the #KeelingCurve if NOAA gets dismantled. A take in @thebulletin.org from Ralph Keeling and Eric Morgan of @scrippsocean.bsky.social: thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...

How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve

How the Trump administration's dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threatens the Keeling Curve, an iconic measure used in climate change research. As explained by the so...

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · May 6

Nice to celebrate science victories even in the chaos 🫠

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · May 6

New paper out from the lab showing efficient uptake and recycling of cobalamins in the North Pacific by Jiwoon Park urldefense.com/v3/__http://...

Efficient cobalamin uptake and cycling contribute to the lack of cobalamins in the surface cobalt‐binding ligand pool in the North Pacific

Cobalt is a central component of cobalamins, which are nutrients essential for various metabolic processes in marine organisms. Dissolved cobalt in seawater is mostly bound to organic ligands, and th...

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Super proud of Deserée Lai, who was selected as one of the top 100 most influential students at all of @gohuskies.bsky.social ! Deserée works in the lab and will be starting as a grad student in the fall. Read about her here! www.washington.edu/husky100/#na...

Picture of Deserée Lai on the Husky100 website

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Apr 16

Our Scripps Pier #mercury time series paper, led by #PhD student Hannah Adams, is finally out! We also reflect on the need for #sustained, #long-term #funding for #science in the blog post below. @scrippsocean.bsky.social

It Takes Patience to Measure Change

What four years of weekly mercury sampling taught us about slow shifts in coastal ecosystems and the importance of sustained research funding

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Highly recommend petting alpacas on an island for ignoring the chaos of the world

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Apr 15

A little Friday harbor getaway ☺️

View from a coffee shop with Puget Sound in the background.

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eScience Institute @uwescience.bsky.social · Apr 10

eScience partners on $20 Million Grant to Provide Cloud Resources to National Research Community. Learn more here - www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...

UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community

CloudBank 2 will be a service-based resource, providing commercial cloud resources, from Jupyter Notebooks and secure data to the latest GPUs and quantum computers.

www.sdsc.edu

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Mar 27

Check out this great sea-going guide written by Meg Yoder with insights from lots of sea-going oceanographers. Great for first time cruises! repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329...

Life and Science at Sea: Advice for your First Scientific Research Cruise from Experienced Oceanographers.

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · Mar 8

March for science, Alaska style

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