Marvee Sambajon
@marveeambi.bsky.social
former documentary producer and writer. aspiring science communicator, interested in marine plastic pollution and harmful algal blooms.
full-time daughter. professional daydreamer.
full-time daughter. professional daydreamer.
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Marvee Sambajon
@marveeambi.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Here’s little bit more info about myself. I used to work in television as a documentary producer and writer.
I got assigned to cover a marine scientific expedition of Filipino scientists to the West Philippine Sea in 2017. And then I was hooked.
#marinescience #marinesciencecommunication
I got assigned to cover a marine scientific expedition of Filipino scientists to the West Philippine Sea in 2017. And then I was hooked.
#marinescience #marinesciencecommunication
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Spinner's and Spotted's and Humpbacks, Oh My! Read the full story here: buff.ly/2Rv8Wgz
Video by Nicole
This is an encounter from 2015.
#WhaleTales #dolphins
Video by Nicole
This is an encounter from 2015.
#WhaleTales #dolphins
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Spinner's and Spotted's and Humpbacks, Oh My! Read the full story here: buff.ly/2Rv8Wgz
Video by Nicole
This is an encounter from 2015.
#WhaleTales #dolphins
Video by Nicole
This is an encounter from 2015.
#WhaleTales #dolphins
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Fresh from the field - we confirmed that humpback whales are nursing in Moreton Bay, Australia! 🇦🇺
phys.org/news/2025-11...
@susanbengtsonnash.bsky.social @lbejder1971.bsky.social + Augusta Hollers, William Gough, Raphael Mayaud
@griffith.edu.au @universityofhawaii.bsky.social #marmam
phys.org/news/2025-11...
@susanbengtsonnash.bsky.social @lbejder1971.bsky.social + Augusta Hollers, William Gough, Raphael Mayaud
@griffith.edu.au @universityofhawaii.bsky.social #marmam
Babycams confirm Moreton Bay as nursing ground for humpback whales
On Quandamooka Sea Country (Moreton Bay), a team of multi-disciplinary scientists have captured unique footage that cements the popular bayside site's importance as a humpback whale nursing and restin...
phys.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Fresh from the field - we confirmed that humpback whales are nursing in Moreton Bay, Australia! 🇦🇺
phys.org/news/2025-11...
@susanbengtsonnash.bsky.social @lbejder1971.bsky.social + Augusta Hollers, William Gough, Raphael Mayaud
@griffith.edu.au @universityofhawaii.bsky.social #marmam
phys.org/news/2025-11...
@susanbengtsonnash.bsky.social @lbejder1971.bsky.social + Augusta Hollers, William Gough, Raphael Mayaud
@griffith.edu.au @universityofhawaii.bsky.social #marmam
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Small ocean microplastics follow two main pathways: some drift for decades at mid-depths, while others sink rapidly to the deep sea, with concentrations reaching up to 10,000 particles per cubic meter. doi.org/hbc8v9
Ocean microplastics can drift for years or sink rapidly: Analysis reveals two distinct pathways
Publishing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, researchers at Kyushu University report that they have developed a new method to more accurately analyze the distribution of small microplastics in the ocean at various depths.
phys.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Small ocean microplastics follow two main pathways: some drift for decades at mid-depths, while others sink rapidly to the deep sea, with concentrations reaching up to 10,000 particles per cubic meter. doi.org/hbc8v9
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One of the most extensive marine conservation initiatives ever undertaken on the Great Barrier Reef is starting to deliver some positive impact,helping to reduce the scale of crown of thorns starfish outbreaks thanks to increased levels of reef protections. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/reef-pr...
Reef protections are slowing crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks - Oceanographic
Reef zoning and fisheries reforms along the Great Barrier Reef have helped curb crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and protect coral.
oceanographicmagazine.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
One of the most extensive marine conservation initiatives ever undertaken on the Great Barrier Reef is starting to deliver some positive impact,helping to reduce the scale of crown of thorns starfish outbreaks thanks to increased levels of reef protections. oceanographicmagazine.com/news/reef-pr...
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🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨
🌊 Prioritizing #strictly or #fully protected MPAs is essential to achieve #meaningful biodiversity #outcomes.
🏆 Quality-focused strategies ensure that global targets benefit both #nature and #people, rather than merely meeting numerical goals.
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
🌊 Prioritizing #strictly or #fully protected MPAs is essential to achieve #meaningful biodiversity #outcomes.
🏆 Quality-focused strategies ensure that global targets benefit both #nature and #people, rather than merely meeting numerical goals.
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
Quality of marine protected areas is critical to achieving global biodiversity targets - npj Ocean Sustainability
Summarising CBD target 3 to “30 × 30” emphasizes area coverage, but conservation success depends on MPA quality. Many existing MPAs are under-protected, and rapidly designating new areas risks creatin...
doi.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨
🌊 Prioritizing #strictly or #fully protected MPAs is essential to achieve #meaningful biodiversity #outcomes.
🏆 Quality-focused strategies ensure that global targets benefit both #nature and #people, rather than merely meeting numerical goals.
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
🌊 Prioritizing #strictly or #fully protected MPAs is essential to achieve #meaningful biodiversity #outcomes.
🏆 Quality-focused strategies ensure that global targets benefit both #nature and #people, rather than merely meeting numerical goals.
📰 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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🦠Diazotrophs (nitrogen-fixing microorganisms) display high abundances in extreme environments, such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.
👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Global marine metagenomics reveals the functional diversity and ecological adaptations of diazotrophs across marine ecosystems - Communications Earth & Environment
Diazotrophs (nitrogen-fixing microorganisms) display high relative abundances in extreme environments, such as hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, according to analyses of globally distributed met...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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For the Science Communicators out there, how do you style your communication to fight back against sensationalism?
The news seems so sensational sometimes and I feel like clear and honest communication is really important.
I’m curious to hear from you!
#SciComm
The news seems so sensational sometimes and I feel like clear and honest communication is really important.
I’m curious to hear from you!
#SciComm
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For the Science Communicators out there, how do you style your communication to fight back against sensationalism?
The news seems so sensational sometimes and I feel like clear and honest communication is really important.
I’m curious to hear from you!
#SciComm
The news seems so sensational sometimes and I feel like clear and honest communication is really important.
I’m curious to hear from you!
#SciComm
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October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Climate Viz of the Month
October 2025 Hi everyone! Instead of designing a new special feature visualization, this next ‘climate viz of the month’ blog will focus on briefly summarizing the recent extremes in th…
zacklabe.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
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🦈 Good news for Oceanic whitetip sharks! Their protection level has been upgraded at the 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to Appendix I.
#oceanicwhitetip #shark #cop20 #cites #appendix1 #conservation
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#oceanicwhitetip #shark #cop20 #cites #appendix1 #conservation
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November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🦈 Good news for Oceanic whitetip sharks! Their protection level has been upgraded at the 20th Conference of the Parties (CoP20) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to Appendix I.
#oceanicwhitetip #shark #cop20 #cites #appendix1 #conservation
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#oceanicwhitetip #shark #cop20 #cites #appendix1 #conservation
🌊
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🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
The Maldivian government reopened gulper shark fishing, carving a species-level exemption that weakens both protections and reputations.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
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I loved the unintentional 360 view of these two chromodoris nudis. They obviously enjoyed each other's company, as I found them in the exact same spot the next day! #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I loved the unintentional 360 view of these two chromodoris nudis. They obviously enjoyed each other's company, as I found them in the exact same spot the next day! #scuba #marinelife #underwaterphotography
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Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Extremes, Habitat Loss, Zoonotic Diseases, Fossil Fuel Pollution, & Health 🧵
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action
Despite the initial hope inspired by the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is now dangerously
close to breaching its target of limiting global multiyear mean heating to 1·5°C.
Annual mean surface temper...
www.thelancet.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Anthropogenic Global Warming, Climate Extremes, Habitat Loss, Zoonotic Diseases, Fossil Fuel Pollution, & Health 🧵
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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“It’s cold today—so much for global warming!”
Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!
Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!
Climate vs Weather | Global Weirding
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
“It’s cold today—so much for global warming!”
Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!
Weather is like your mood, while climate is your personality. One cold day doesn’t disprove global trends. In fact, warming can even disrupt weather patterns and cause some of the wild swings we see today!
Reposted by Marvee Sambajon
#MarineLife 🌊🦑
‘Sequoias of the Sea’ Documentary Highlights The Dangers Kelp Forests Face
‘Sequoias of the Sea’ Documentary Highlights The Dangers Kelp Forests Face
A new documentary that highlights the importance of kelp forests is making the film festival rounds.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#MarineLife 🌊🦑
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🌊🔵 Introducing Blue Spots! These are places that can accelerate marine conservation by concentrating efforts in areas where existing non-extractive economies—especially diving and wildlife tourism—already support biodiversity protection. Dive in to learn more. ⬇️ 💙🐠
Cornerstones of Marine Protection Might Actually be “Blue Spots”
A marine protection method described this week proposes spreading marine protection from areas where wildlife tourism already discourages activities that damage or degrade ecosystems, like fishing or ...
scripps.ucsd.edu
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
🌊🔵 Introducing Blue Spots! These are places that can accelerate marine conservation by concentrating efforts in areas where existing non-extractive economies—especially diving and wildlife tourism—already support biodiversity protection. Dive in to learn more. ⬇️ 💙🐠
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🌊 Volcanic bubbles in Papua New Guinea a window into coral’s future
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
Volcanic bubbles in Papua New Guinea a window into coral’s future - Oceanographic
Natural CO₂ seeps in Papua New Guinea reveal how rising emissions may reshape reefs by 2100, leading to fewer corals and more fleshy algae.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🌊 Volcanic bubbles in Papua New Guinea a window into coral’s future
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/papua-n...
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Cabo Verde seamounts oases of life🌋🐋🪸🌊
New collaborative article highlights Cabo Verde's seamounts biodiversity, ecological role and socioeconomic relevance.
@st.ieo.es @unibarcelonathe.bsky.social
Read more:
noc.ac.uk/news/seamoun...
📷 Luso/iMirabilis2/iAtlantic Project
📷 JacobGonzalez-Solis
New collaborative article highlights Cabo Verde's seamounts biodiversity, ecological role and socioeconomic relevance.
@st.ieo.es @unibarcelonathe.bsky.social
Read more:
noc.ac.uk/news/seamoun...
📷 Luso/iMirabilis2/iAtlantic Project
📷 JacobGonzalez-Solis
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Cabo Verde seamounts oases of life🌋🐋🪸🌊
New collaborative article highlights Cabo Verde's seamounts biodiversity, ecological role and socioeconomic relevance.
@st.ieo.es @unibarcelonathe.bsky.social
Read more:
noc.ac.uk/news/seamoun...
📷 Luso/iMirabilis2/iAtlantic Project
📷 JacobGonzalez-Solis
New collaborative article highlights Cabo Verde's seamounts biodiversity, ecological role and socioeconomic relevance.
@st.ieo.es @unibarcelonathe.bsky.social
Read more:
noc.ac.uk/news/seamoun...
📷 Luso/iMirabilis2/iAtlantic Project
📷 JacobGonzalez-Solis
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🎉 INCREDIBLE SIGHTING Scientists have captured the first-ever confirmed live photos of the elusive Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale!
This rare moment gives researchers an exciting new opportunity to learn more about these mysterious deep-sea animals. 🌊🐋 people.com/researchers-...
This rare moment gives researchers an exciting new opportunity to learn more about these mysterious deep-sea animals. 🌊🐋 people.com/researchers-...
Scientists Capture First Photos of Living Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whales, Study Confirms the Historic Moment
Researchers from the Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare Center successfully found and photographed living ginkgo-toothed beaked whales ...
people.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🎉 INCREDIBLE SIGHTING Scientists have captured the first-ever confirmed live photos of the elusive Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale!
This rare moment gives researchers an exciting new opportunity to learn more about these mysterious deep-sea animals. 🌊🐋 people.com/researchers-...
This rare moment gives researchers an exciting new opportunity to learn more about these mysterious deep-sea animals. 🌊🐋 people.com/researchers-...
It’s been three years since the HABs Watch Project was launched in the Philippines. Grateful to have met people from different institutions across the country, even more grateful to have them as friends, even though the project has ended and we have moved on to different paths and things.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It’s been three years since the HABs Watch Project was launched in the Philippines. Grateful to have met people from different institutions across the country, even more grateful to have them as friends, even though the project has ended and we have moved on to different paths and things.
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#ICYMI: 🐋 📰 My latest #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on the role of news media in marine conservation, this time about Rice's #whales. Worth reading even if you're not in whale science and conservation. Available #OpenAccess at bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews. 🐋 📰
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#ICYMI: 🐋 📰 My latest #research with @emilyyeager9.bsky.social on the role of news media in marine conservation, this time about Rice's #whales. Worth reading even if you're not in whale science and conservation. Available #OpenAccess at bit.ly/RicesWhaleNews. 🐋 📰
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🌊🧪🦑🌍
Our new review provides a valuable primer in support of our recent call for greater integration of oceanography and ecology (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Coral reefs are inextricably linked to their surrounding seascape, ecologically shaped by ocean circulation patterns and dependent on upwelled nutrients and planktonic subsidies. To better predict cor...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🌊🧪🦑🌍
Reposted by Marvee Sambajon
From superheroes to myths and legends, humans are fascinated by creatures whose appearance helps them move through the water with stealth. 🤫
From shape shifters to massive predators, all ocean creatures have abilities that help them navigate the open seas. 🌊
bit.ly/4oeHdiI
From shape shifters to massive predators, all ocean creatures have abilities that help them navigate the open seas. 🌊
bit.ly/4oeHdiI
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
From superheroes to myths and legends, humans are fascinated by creatures whose appearance helps them move through the water with stealth. 🤫
From shape shifters to massive predators, all ocean creatures have abilities that help them navigate the open seas. 🌊
bit.ly/4oeHdiI
From shape shifters to massive predators, all ocean creatures have abilities that help them navigate the open seas. 🌊
bit.ly/4oeHdiI
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"The update from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this week comes just days after researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi concluded that deep-sea mining could harm zooplankton, the tiny sea creatures who make up an integral part of the ocean’s food web."
Trump sets sights on Pacific seafloor near the Marianas Trench
Efforts to expand deep-sea mining are alarming scientists and Indigenous leaders, who worry mining risks fisheries and food security.
grist.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"The update from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management this week comes just days after researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi concluded that deep-sea mining could harm zooplankton, the tiny sea creatures who make up an integral part of the ocean’s food web."