Alexandra Talty
@alexandratalty.bsky.social
Investigative ocean journalist based in Asia. Writing for The New York Times + The Guardian.
Lifelong fish 🐟surfing, open water swimming + free diving.
Lifelong fish 🐟surfing, open water swimming + free diving.
For reference: it’s Tay- le.
Merry Christmas from 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Merry Christmas from 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
I am spending the holidays through New Years at Chinese school in Yangshuo and I just learned how to say Taylor Swift in Chinese so I’d say my studies are already a resounding success.
December 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
For reference: it’s Tay- le.
Merry Christmas from 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Merry Christmas from 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
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The natural world is a wonderful place. This is timelapse video from a few years ago of a marine sponge sneezing. It has mucus inside that traps the sort of particles that might clog it up, and expels them in periodic contractions every 3-8 hours. Atchoo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqI...
Timelapse footage shows a sea sponge sneezing
YouTube video by Guardian News
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The natural world is a wonderful place. This is timelapse video from a few years ago of a marine sponge sneezing. It has mucus inside that traps the sort of particles that might clog it up, and expels them in periodic contractions every 3-8 hours. Atchoo!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqI...
I am spending the holidays through New Years at Chinese school in Yangshuo and I just learned how to say Taylor Swift in Chinese so I’d say my studies are already a resounding success.
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am spending the holidays through New Years at Chinese school in Yangshuo and I just learned how to say Taylor Swift in Chinese so I’d say my studies are already a resounding success.
Everytime I see a photograph or video of deep sea creatures I absolutely geek out. It feels like getting a main line to outer space.
Anemone w/ a psolus(maybe) & ophiuroid next to it, anemone, snail, anemone on Balcitina. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 880 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife
December 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Everytime I see a photograph or video of deep sea creatures I absolutely geek out. It feels like getting a main line to outer space.
This was a phenomenal investigation - excited to hear the ins and outs 🦈
This week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:
Brazilian government serves shark to infants, prisoners and more: How Mongabay broke the story
Mongabay senior editor Philip Jacobson joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss a two-part investigation published this year in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center about how state governments in Brazil ...
news.mongabay.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This was a phenomenal investigation - excited to hear the ins and outs 🦈
ICYMI: my longform investigation into the world’s first-ever ocean carbon removal deal:
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea. www.wired.com/story/how-th...
How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
ICYMI: my longform investigation into the world’s first-ever ocean carbon removal deal:
Reposted by Alexandra Talty
Great reporting by @alexandratalty.bsky.social @wired.com
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea. www.wired.com/story/how-th...
How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
www.wired.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Great reporting by @alexandratalty.bsky.social @wired.com
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Vivid illustration of a global scam from the good people at @wired.com. By @alexandratalty.bsky.social.
#climate #CDR #mCDR #carbonoffsets
#climate #CDR #mCDR #carbonoffsets
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea. www.wired.com/story/how-th...
How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sunk Without a Trace
With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.
www.wired.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Vivid illustration of a global scam from the good people at @wired.com. By @alexandratalty.bsky.social.
#climate #CDR #mCDR #carbonoffsets
#climate #CDR #mCDR #carbonoffsets
The Blue Machine is the best ocean science book I’ve ever read - manages to explain complex marine mechanisms in a beautiful, understandable way.
*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Blue Machine is the best ocean science book I’ve ever read - manages to explain complex marine mechanisms in a beautiful, understandable way.
Spelunking in Sterkfontaine Caves aka the Craddle of Humankind in South Africa 🇿🇦. The oldest hominin, “Little Foot,” was found here + believed to be over 3.5 million years old.
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Spelunking in Sterkfontaine Caves aka the Craddle of Humankind in South Africa 🇿🇦. The oldest hominin, “Little Foot,” was found here + believed to be over 3.5 million years old.
China will host the World Conference of Science Journalists in 2029. They beat out Australia for this historic bid. #wcsj25 @wcsj2025.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
China will host the World Conference of Science Journalists in 2029. They beat out Australia for this historic bid. #wcsj25 @wcsj2025.bsky.social
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Attending the World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa?
Join us tomorrow at 3PM in the Ruby Auditorium for a panel on science data & endangered species moderated by IPBES Robert Spaull
In the panel: Roxanne Joseph, Tadeuz Michrowski, & Alexandra Talty
See you there!
Join us tomorrow at 3PM in the Ruby Auditorium for a panel on science data & endangered species moderated by IPBES Robert Spaull
In the panel: Roxanne Joseph, Tadeuz Michrowski, & Alexandra Talty
See you there!
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Attending the World Conference of Science Journalists 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa?
Join us tomorrow at 3PM in the Ruby Auditorium for a panel on science data & endangered species moderated by IPBES Robert Spaull
In the panel: Roxanne Joseph, Tadeuz Michrowski, & Alexandra Talty
See you there!
Join us tomorrow at 3PM in the Ruby Auditorium for a panel on science data & endangered species moderated by IPBES Robert Spaull
In the panel: Roxanne Joseph, Tadeuz Michrowski, & Alexandra Talty
See you there!
Reposted by Alexandra Talty
🌍 Are you attending #WCSJ2025 in Pretoria? Don't miss Journalismfund's grantees' session on use of scientific data in wildlife-focused investigations! @alexandratalty.bsky.social @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social t.ly/pmcLa
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🌍 Are you attending #WCSJ2025 in Pretoria? Don't miss Journalismfund's grantees' session on use of scientific data in wildlife-focused investigations! @alexandratalty.bsky.social @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social t.ly/pmcLa
When I started using data as the backbone for my ocean investigations, I noticed a BIG shift in impact. 📊
This Thursday, I’ll be sharing insights into data-driven science investigations with Roxanne Joseph @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social, Rob Spaull IBPES and Tadeusz Michrowski at @wcsj2025.bsky.social
This Thursday, I’ll be sharing insights into data-driven science investigations with Roxanne Joseph @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social, Rob Spaull IBPES and Tadeusz Michrowski at @wcsj2025.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
When I started using data as the backbone for my ocean investigations, I noticed a BIG shift in impact. 📊
This Thursday, I’ll be sharing insights into data-driven science investigations with Roxanne Joseph @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social, Rob Spaull IBPES and Tadeusz Michrowski at @wcsj2025.bsky.social
This Thursday, I’ll be sharing insights into data-driven science investigations with Roxanne Joseph @oxpeckersnews.bsky.social, Rob Spaull IBPES and Tadeusz Michrowski at @wcsj2025.bsky.social
Beijing’s Daxing airport looks like one is walking into the future.
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Beijing’s Daxing airport looks like one is walking into the future.
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Next week we'll be at @wcsj2025.bsky.social talking about how data can kickstart investigations into endangered species, alongside Tadeusz Michrowski, Alexandra Talty (@alexandratalty.bsky.social) and Rob Spaull. If you can't make it in person, you can attend virtually. Register today ➡️ wcsj.online
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Next week we'll be at @wcsj2025.bsky.social talking about how data can kickstart investigations into endangered species, alongside Tadeusz Michrowski, Alexandra Talty (@alexandratalty.bsky.social) and Rob Spaull. If you can't make it in person, you can attend virtually. Register today ➡️ wcsj.online
Great news for the ocean
As climate change talks took center stage at COP30, a growing number of countries have integrated ocean-based solutions into their national climate commitments.
A new report found that 92% of coastal and island nations’ updated climate plans now include ocean-related measures.
A new report found that 92% of coastal and island nations’ updated climate plans now include ocean-related measures.
COP30: What did it deliver for the ocean?
Between Nov. 10 and 21, more than 56,000 delegates, including representatives from nearly 200 nations, gathered in Belém, Brazil, for the 30th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the…
news.mongabay.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Great news for the ocean
Somehow this makes me feel better about the state of the world.
Since the deep-sea accounts for over half the surface of the planet and more than 90% of this world's biosphere, in a very really and quantified way, the unknowable wonders of the deep are the normal ones and us terrestrial outliers are the weird ones.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Somehow this makes me feel better about the state of the world.
Incredible climate mitigation strategies across the Gulf Coast. This past week, I drove 700 miles from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama.
As COP30 ends in Belem with an uneasy deal, I’m struck by how citizens are taking climate protections into their own hands in the absence of government. 🧪
As COP30 ends in Belem with an uneasy deal, I’m struck by how citizens are taking climate protections into their own hands in the absence of government. 🧪
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Incredible climate mitigation strategies across the Gulf Coast. This past week, I drove 700 miles from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama.
As COP30 ends in Belem with an uneasy deal, I’m struck by how citizens are taking climate protections into their own hands in the absence of government. 🧪
As COP30 ends in Belem with an uneasy deal, I’m struck by how citizens are taking climate protections into their own hands in the absence of government. 🧪
My fifth 🍤Po-Boy while reporting across Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana…. It still hits.
This one is from Bradley’s Cajun Gas Station in Long Beach, MS, featuring all Gulf-caught shrimp.
This one is from Bradley’s Cajun Gas Station in Long Beach, MS, featuring all Gulf-caught shrimp.
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My fifth 🍤Po-Boy while reporting across Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana…. It still hits.
This one is from Bradley’s Cajun Gas Station in Long Beach, MS, featuring all Gulf-caught shrimp.
This one is from Bradley’s Cajun Gas Station in Long Beach, MS, featuring all Gulf-caught shrimp.
Sunset over decommissioned shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
Reporting here for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. And if the name of the town sounds familiar, yes, it is Bubba Gump’s hometown in “Forest Gump.”
Reporting here for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. And if the name of the town sounds familiar, yes, it is Bubba Gump’s hometown in “Forest Gump.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sunset over decommissioned shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
Reporting here for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. And if the name of the town sounds familiar, yes, it is Bubba Gump’s hometown in “Forest Gump.”
Reporting here for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. And if the name of the town sounds familiar, yes, it is Bubba Gump’s hometown in “Forest Gump.”
It has taken a while but the anti-captive cetacean lobby is gaining traction in 2025, thanks mostly to scientific evidence.
In a few years, will it be possible for aquariums to host dolphin or whale shows anymore? Scientists hope not. 🧪
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
In a few years, will it be possible for aquariums to host dolphin or whale shows anymore? Scientists hope not. 🧪
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It has taken a while but the anti-captive cetacean lobby is gaining traction in 2025, thanks mostly to scientific evidence.
In a few years, will it be possible for aquariums to host dolphin or whale shows anymore? Scientists hope not. 🧪
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
In a few years, will it be possible for aquariums to host dolphin or whale shows anymore? Scientists hope not. 🧪
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
Heading to the Gulf Coast to report for Bloomberg BuisnessWeek. I’ll be staying in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Send your food recommendations please!
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Heading to the Gulf Coast to report for Bloomberg BuisnessWeek. I’ll be staying in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Send your food recommendations please!
The short answer: when the US gov reduces the 100% tariff on Chinese EVs.
Super-cheap EVs exist in other parts of the world, as advances in battery tech and manufacturing are making new cars significantly cheaper. But the US market presents unique challenges for automakers. www.wired.com/story/when-w...
When Will the US Finally Get $15K EVs?
Super-cheap EVs exist in other parts of the world, as advances in battery tech and manufacturing are making new cars significantly cheaper. But the US market presents unique challenges for automakers.
www.wired.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The short answer: when the US gov reduces the 100% tariff on Chinese EVs.
Increased collision with vessels threatens British Columbia’s
a remarkable resurgence of humpback whale populations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
a remarkable resurgence of humpback whale populations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
After 3 Whale Deaths Off British Columbia, Researchers Fear a Pattern
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Increased collision with vessels threatens British Columbia’s
a remarkable resurgence of humpback whale populations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
a remarkable resurgence of humpback whale populations.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...