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DoomsdaysCW<p>Firings at US <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> agency risk lives and economy, former agency heads warn</p><p> By SETH BORENSTEIN<br>Updated 9:48 AM EST, March 1, 2025</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — "The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy, according to the people who ran it.</p><p>"The first round of firings started Thursday at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a government agency that monitors the oceans, the atmosphere where storms roam and space, and puts out hundreds of 'products' daily. Those products generally save lives and money, experts say.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a>’s 301 billion weather forecasts every year reach 96% of American households.</p><p>The firings are 'going to affect safety of flight, safety of shipping, safety of everyday Americans,' Admiral Tim Gallaudet told The Associated Press Friday. President Donald Trump appointed Gallaudet as acting NOAA chief during his last administration. 'Lives are at risk for sure.'</p><p>"Former NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad agreed.</p><p>"'We’re getting into prime <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tornado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tornado</span></a> time. We’re getting into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/planting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planting</span></a> season for the agricultural season for the bread belt,' Spinrad said. 'It’s going to affect safety. It’s going to affect the economy.'"</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/noaa-doge-federal-cuts-musk-weather-danger-6f60e7c511989aeff8930ae87c9a5ee8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/noaa-doge-f</span><span class="invisible">ederal-cuts-musk-weather-danger-6f60e7c511989aeff8930ae87c9a5ee8</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PolyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolyCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeatherForecasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherForecasts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Safety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spaceweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spaceweather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFlares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFlares</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateScientists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OceanWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oceanographers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a></p><p>Something remarkable has happened 2 A23a, world's biggest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/iceberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iceberg</span></a>.<br>For months→been spinning on spot just north of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a> when really it should b racing along w/ Earth's most powerful ocean current<br>Scientists say frozen block, more than 2X the size of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GreaterLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreaterLondon</span></a>, has been captured on top of huge rotating cylinder of water<br>It's a phenomenon <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> call <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Taylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taylor</span></a> Column - and it's possible A23a might not escape its jailer 4 yrs</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd168081wxvo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cd168081</span><span class="invisible">wxvo</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oceanographers</span></a> uncover the vital role of mixing down of oxygen in sustaining <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> health <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-04-oceanographers-uncover-vital-role-oxygen.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-04-oceanogr</span><span class="invisible">aphers-uncover-vital-role-oxygen.html</span></a></p><p>The deepwater oxygen deficit in stratified shallow seas is mediated by diapycnal mixing <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47548-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-47548-2</span></a></p><p>"mixing down of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> by summer <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/storms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storms</span></a> is an important process in topping up the deep water oxygen levels in summer, and in keeping these seas healthy."</p>
KilleansRow 🇺🇲 🇺🇦🍀<p>We don't often consider scientists, researchers and health care workers as front line warriors subject to post traumatic stress disorder. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pandemic</span></a> exposed some of those fault lines in brutal fashion and increasingly I'd not be surprised to also see data scientists in other areas join the ranks of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Clmatologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clmatologists</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oceanographers</span></a> where exposure to data shows realities the general public thinks are futuristic sci fi dramas...even while a world literally burns in front of their noses !</p>
KaylinQ<p>A team of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MarineBiologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiologists</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> from the University of California, the University of British Columbia, the University of Hawaii and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, has found evidence suggesting that fish such as skipjack, yellowfin tuna and bigeye have been changing their migration patterns due to climate change and have begun moving into areas where people plan to start <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-07-deep-sea-fish-populations-due.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-07-deep-sea</span><span class="invisible">-fish-populations-due.html</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>A team of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> at the Scripps Institution of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oceanography</span></a>, working with a colleague from Chungnam National University and another from the University of Hawaii, has mapped 19,000 previously unknown undersea <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/volcanoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>volcanoes</span></a> in the world's oceans using radar <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> data. <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-04-radar-satellite-reveals-previously-unknown.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-04-radar-sa</span><span class="invisible">tellite-reveals-previously-unknown.html</span></a></p>
Sam McClatchie<p>I have not seen any new fisheries people or oceanographers on the Fediverse for over a month, so I have not updated my list. I guess the Twitter migration may have lost momentum. </p><p>I note that some key people I used to follow have not moved. Perhaps the cost in lost followers is considered too high?</p><p>Personally I'm enjoying not having to spend anywhere near as much time filtering my feed compared to Twitter.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Huia_fishocean/109357256770703063" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@Huia_fishocea</span><span class="invisible">n/109357256770703063</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fisheries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fisheries</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanography</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fisheriesscientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fisheriesscientists</span></a></p>
Sam McClatchie<p>A fascinating and revealing tale about the career of the oceanographer Dr. Mary Sears.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02287-6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-022</span><span class="invisible">-02287-6</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanography</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WomenInScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInScience</span></a></p>
Ukraine<p>What people think <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> do at work. <a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidho/109740239330553352" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@davidho/109740</span><span class="invisible">239330553352</span></a></p>
CausesEffects<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@davidho" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidho</span></a></span> Wait, what? You mean <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> don't do this at work? Bummer.</p>
David Ho<p>What people think <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> do at work.</p>
Ɗꞅ. ╽ሆѺƞ𝛂 first of her name<p>Calling all <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a> !!! 5 days to your favorite holiday - <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/CTDAppreciationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTDAppreciationDay</span></a>!!!</p><p>get those photos ready, make some poetry and show the world how awesome our field is!</p><p>we will be running this both on twitter and here, and as i have almost no followers here, i need your help to spread the word.</p><p>(photo is from 2021 <a href="https://sciencemastodon.com/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> EXPORTS, where two royal and one non royal vessel explored the fate of carbon in ocean)</p>
Sam McClatchie<p>Since its Friday in New Zealand, here's a <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>followfriday</span></a> contribution: a slowly incrementing list of 58 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> working in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fisheries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fisheries</span></a> or <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oceanography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanography</span></a> <br> that I know of on the Fediverse.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Huia_fishocean/109357256770703063" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@Huia_fishocea</span><span class="invisible">n/109357256770703063</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/fisheriesscientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fisheriesscientists</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oceanographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oceanographers</span></a></p>