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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 7d

Most importantly, she recognized that – together – we can make a real difference through our actions, large and small.

I mourn her passing and celebrate her life. It was an honor to know and work with Dr. Goodall. Her legacy will live on, in the lives of the millions of people she inspired.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall was a remarkable individual – as a scientist, as an advocate for wildlife and wild places, and as a source of profound hope for the future of our planet. She brought such a joyful spirit and unfailing optimism to her work. #inspiration #hope #wildlife #conservation

Two white-haired women stand outdoors facing each other in conversation. The woman to the left is shorter. In the background are the concrete buildings of Monterey Bay Aquarium and a distant view of the ocean.

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 20d

MBARI’s Video Lab has developed the first benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking in deep-sea video. 🤖🌊DeepSeaMOT tests machine learning models in real ocean environments. This publicly available tool will help advance AI for ocean exploration. Learn more: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03499

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 20d

We have clear data pointing to the sources of the problem, and clear evidence of the disproportionate impact on the Global South. We must shift to a clean-energy economy. #EnvironmentalJustice #CleanEnergy #GreenhouseGasEmissions #OceanClimateActions #ClimateDisparities

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 20d

A few years ago, @montereybayaquarium.org researchers documented clear disparities in the places where the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change are being produced and the places that will disproportionately feel the impacts. www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/clim...

A map of Earth colored red and blue. Large red areas contribute comparatively few greenhouse emissions yet experience more severe warming. Smaller blue areas emit far more emissions yet experience relatively less warming.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 20d

The study finds that each of them has emitted enough greenhouse gases to cause multiple heat waves that would have been virtually impossible in the absence of climate change. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #GreenhouseGasEmissions #ClimateChange #AttributionScience

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 20d

A new study led by @ethz.ch researchers,published in @nature.com, concludes that half the increase in global heat wave intensity in the industrial era can be traced to emissions from just 180 fossil fuel and cement producers. bit.ly/46cKGIS h/t @anthropocenemag.bsky.social

Heat waves aren’t just natural disasters. Study finds hidden fingerprints on our hottest days.

By connecting individual companies’ emissions to hundreds of heat waves, scientists show how a few producers bear outsized responsibility for worsening climate extremes.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 22d

We've lost a great environmental champion with Robert Redford's passing. He used his voice to support climate action, to protect our public lands, and to help people understand the importance of safeguarding the natural systems on which our lives depend.

We are better for his time on Earth.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 22d

"The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation." -- Robert Redford

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Robert Redford's Environmental Legacy

Actor and activist Robert Redford tells his personal story of what moves him to protect the environment, and his journey in doing so. "Art and nature combined,…

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 29d

Hector is one of many remarkable volunteers at @montereybayaquarium.org. He's making such a difference.

Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 5

Meet Héctor! 🤩 With 3,000+ hours of service, he inspires visitors in English and Spanish to love and protect the ocean. Like Héctor, you can be part of the change. The ocean needs us all, in every language, together. ¡Acompáñanos!
Follow this link: youtube.com/shorts/ZlhvL...

One ocean, two languages, un corazón | #shorts

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 29d

This is fabulous! #SeaOtter #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce #Swifties

Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 8

🎶 Just dropped: The Recovery (Aquarium’s version) 🎥🦦
Because saving sea otters is the real win 🏈🦦

📍Sea Otter Awareness Week is coming… Bringing otters to your algorithm—one adorable post at a time.

Text📲 OTTERS to 54159

Check out the full music video at:
mbayaq.co/3IcDxih

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

@governor.ca.gov must now support strong implementing regulations by CalRecycle so #SB54 can take effect as it was intended. #PlasticPollution #ActOnPlastic #SourceReduction #CircularEconomy #ProducerResponsiblity

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

There's one step left to fulfill the promise of #SB54, which “goes further than any other state on cutting plastics production at the source and continues to build a circular economy that is necessary to combat climate change.” And it's in the hands of @governor.ca.gov. #ActOnPlastic

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

The California State Legislature and @governor.ca.gov recognized the need for a "wholesale rewriting of the rules" when they enacted #SB54 in 2022. This is landmark legislation that – for the first time – holds producers responsible for the plastic waste they create. www.gov.ca.gov/2022/06/30/g...

Governor Newsom Signs Legislation Cutting Harmful Plastic Pollution to Protect Communities, Oceans and Animals | Governor of California

New California law requires all packaging to be recyclable or compostable, significantly cutting plastics use Legislation strengthens state’s recycling system and shifts burden of plastic waste from…

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

"Single-use plastic was never inevitable," Chaudhuri writes. "It was a business decision. And we can choose differently if we confront how we’ve essentially been manipulated into arriving here, and muster the willpower to push for something better." In California, we are poised to do just that.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

Chaudhuri shares these thoughts in a compelling @nytopinion.nytimes.com commentary: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/o...

Opinion | Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

"We are saddled with an addiction to disposability so deep that tackling it will require a wholesale rewriting of the rules that have governed business and consumption for the past 70 years." -- Saabira Chaudhuri, journalist and author of “Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic.”

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

"Plastic has unleashed a tidal wave of waste, most of which flows to landfills and incinerators or ends up as litter harming biodiversity, the climate, and human health." #PlasticPollution #BiodiversityLoss #PublicHealth

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Sep 9

The cute side of deep-sea exploration and science! #MarineLife

MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · Sep 8

MBARI’s technology is helping researchers document deep-sea biodiversity, and our collaborations with expert taxonomists around the world are helping to advance the discovery of life in the largest living space on Earth.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 21

California can lead the way & help #EndPlasticPollution. @governor.ca.gov: It's time to uphold the promise you made when you signed #SB54 -- the most ambitious and comprehensive plastics law in the world: "Our kids deserve a future free of plastic waste and all its dangerous impacts." #leadership

Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 21

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to uphold Senate Bill 54, or the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. SB 54 shifts the burden of plastic waste from everyday people to the companies that produce it. Read more: mbayaq.co/4oIVQw0

Advocates in front podium speaking in favor of senate bill 54

Two women holding signs that say a world without plastic healthier for people and our ocean planet

A demonstrator sign that says hold producers accountable

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 21

Solving the challenge of #PlasticPollution is an urgent matter and we know what it takes to solve it. We will continue to press for strong and ambitious global action to address the harmful impacts of unnecessary plastic. #GlobalPlasticsTreaty

Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 20

We’re deeply disappointed negotiations for a global plastics treaty have ended without a final agreement.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · Aug 13

When Pope Francis died, it wasn't clear his successor would take up his environmentalist mantle. In just a few short months, Pope Leo is already well on his way to being the climate champion the world needs now

Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column

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Pope Leo Is Becoming the Climate Champion We Need

He has introduced a “green” Mass and supports running Vatican City solely on solar power.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 12

Young people are stepping up and speaking out for a strong and ambitious #GlobalPlasticsTreaty! #InternationalYouthDay

Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 12

Happy #InternationalYouthDay! This week, youth delegates are showing up in Geneva to advise on the ongoing Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Our teams have signed on to Youth Plastic Action Network to help coordinate youth advocacy and shape the treaty negotiations. 📸 : © Markus Winkler WWF

Margaret Spring meets a youth delegate posing for photo at Plastic Treaty Negotiations in 2025

Youth delegates demonstrate holding signs that say End Plastic Pollution at Plastic Treaty Negotiations in 2025

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 12

Teams from @montereybayaquarium.org, the Sunflower Star Laboratory, and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums are now working to raise and reintroduce sunflower stars to the wild so they can again be part of the ocean ecosystems in which they place a critical role. bit.ly/4mycCfo

We're growing sunflower stars!

YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 12

We can accomplish so much through teamwork and collaboration -- and when we invest in science to tackle society's biggest challenges. Here's a deeper dive from @theconversation.com and @drewharvell.bsky.social & colleagues into the hard work behind this success story: bit.ly/46OQybS

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