Beth Orcutt
@deepmicrobe.bsky.social
#DeepSea enthusiast. she/her. views expressed here are my own.
Considering end-of-the-year donations? Supporting early career leaders of ocean stewardship brings me joy, even more so because the award honors Kristina Gjerde’s trailblazing work nurturing leaders. Wanna join me in making a donation? 🌊🧑🏻🔬🏆 www.synchronicityearth.org/ocean-stewar...
Ocean Stewardship Award
The Ocean Stewardship Award identifies and empowers the next generation of ocean leaders, with a focus on protecting the high and deep seas.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Considering end-of-the-year donations? Supporting early career leaders of ocean stewardship brings me joy, even more so because the award honors Kristina Gjerde’s trailblazing work nurturing leaders. Wanna join me in making a donation? 🌊🧑🏻🔬🏆 www.synchronicityearth.org/ocean-stewar...
Last but not least - we having an amazing lineup of speakers tomorrow morning talking about the deep sea at #AGU25 - CCZ, dark oxygen, eDNA, microbes, minerals, NOAA, NOMEC, Orpheus - see you there at OS51A! eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?... #AGU25
AGU25
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December 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Last but not least - we having an amazing lineup of speakers tomorrow morning talking about the deep sea at #AGU25 - CCZ, dark oxygen, eDNA, microbes, minerals, NOAA, NOMEC, Orpheus - see you there at OS51A! eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?... #AGU25
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I’ll likely have to take cough breaks to sip my tea & blow my nose, as the plague & I are @agu.org but I hope you’ll join me at 1030 Wednesday for my lecture. I’ll talk about Carson’s impact on science & my career, subseafloor life, microbial ecosystem services, & science storytelling! #AGU25
December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Catch last week’s NYT article on #DeepSeaMining? Some of those scientists will be at our COBRA deep sea sessions this week at #AGU25! Stop by to learn more! www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Catch last week’s NYT article on #DeepSeaMining? Some of those scientists will be at our COBRA deep sea sessions this week at #AGU25! Stop by to learn more! www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
There are several other deep-sea related events at #AGU2025 - check out the COBRA summary for all the deets, and see you there! 🌊🧪🎉 cobra.bigelow.org/workshops-an...
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There are several other deep-sea related events at #AGU2025 - check out the COBRA summary for all the deets, and see you there! 🌊🧪🎉 cobra.bigelow.org/workshops-an...
And definitely check out the #AGU Carson Lecture on Wednesday by @julesdeep.bsky.social on the urgent need to study the deep sea 🚨🌊🧪👩🏼🔬🎉 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And definitely check out the #AGU Carson Lecture on Wednesday by @julesdeep.bsky.social on the urgent need to study the deep sea 🚨🌊🧪👩🏼🔬🎉 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
And stick around Friday morning #AGU25 oral session to hear from federal, industry, and academic partners on accelerating understanding of the deep sea to inform decision making, including updates on #eDNA tools, microbial processes, seabed minerals, mapping, and more! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
December 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
And stick around Friday morning #AGU25 oral session to hear from federal, industry, and academic partners on accelerating understanding of the deep sea to inform decision making, including updates on #eDNA tools, microbial processes, seabed minerals, mapping, and more! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Then Tuesday of #AGU25, join the COBRA team and partners for an evening town hall (free food!!) to learn about opportunities to accelerate deep sea science to inform decision making! 🌊🧪🧑🏻🔬⛴️🎉 cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-town-h...
December 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Then Tuesday of #AGU25, join the COBRA team and partners for an evening town hall (free food!!) to learn about opportunities to accelerate deep sea science to inform decision making! 🌊🧪🧑🏻🔬⛴️🎉 cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-town-h...
Start #AGU25 tomorrow morning with the COBRA deep sea poster session! Learn about habitats targeted for #DeepSeaMining, recent subsea volcanic eruptions, subseafloor fluid flow, how these habitats could teach us how to look for life on other planets, and so much more! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Accelerating Exploration and Research of the Deep Sea to Inform Decision-Making II Poster
The deep seafloor comprises more than half of Earth’s solid surface. Deep-sea crustal environments - defined here as the exposure of hard rocks to seawater, like on mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, nodu...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Start #AGU25 tomorrow morning with the COBRA deep sea poster session! Learn about habitats targeted for #DeepSeaMining, recent subsea volcanic eruptions, subseafloor fluid flow, how these habitats could teach us how to look for life on other planets, and so much more! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
It is truly mind boggling to imagine how the threads could unravel wrt UNCLOS law
I don't think even the wonkiest high seas policy wonks I work with are ready to grasp the absolute global chaos that will be unleashed if major powers start deciding that they no longer need to defer to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It is truly mind boggling to imagine how the threads could unravel wrt UNCLOS law
🌊🚨Ready to learn the latest on building #eDNA reference libraries for deep sea animals like corals and sponges? Check out the next COBRA webinar on Tuesday Dec 2 featuring Steve Auscavitch and Paula Rodríguez Flores! cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
COBRA Webinar - December 2025 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
COBRA Webinar Series, December 2, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌊🚨Ready to learn the latest on building #eDNA reference libraries for deep sea animals like corals and sponges? Check out the next COBRA webinar on Tuesday Dec 2 featuring Steve Auscavitch and Paula Rodríguez Flores! cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
So what is the economic resource potential of seafloor rocks, as humanity considers #DeepSeaMining ? Join the COBRA webinar tomorrow to learn more! cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
COBRA Webinar - October 2025 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
COBRA Webinar Series, October 7, 2025
cobra.bigelow.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So what is the economic resource potential of seafloor rocks, as humanity considers #DeepSeaMining ? Join the COBRA webinar tomorrow to learn more! cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
Amazing!
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Amazing!
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Are you an early career scientist curious about getting involved in deep-sea research? Apply for our "new user program" at @agu.org this year 👇
www.unols.org/news/early-c...
www.unols.org/news/early-c...
DeSSC New Users Program
[Application Deadline: 3 October 2025]
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September 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Are you an early career scientist curious about getting involved in deep-sea research? Apply for our "new user program" at @agu.org this year 👇
www.unols.org/news/early-c...
www.unols.org/news/early-c...
Last day to apply!
#DeepSea reminder : applications are open for the COBRA Master Class on Deep Sea expedition leadership training. Apply by Sept 18. cobra.bigelow.org/master-class...
Early Career Deep-Sea Expedition Leadership Master Class and Fellowship - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
Applications due September 18, 2025
cobra.bigelow.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Last day to apply!
After a long day of discussing future field work to study #DeepSeaMining, this short documentary was a welcome reminder of the why - there is still so much we don’t know about the deep sea! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jcm...
Nodules: Deep-Sea Life Giver or Key to Our Energy Future?
YouTube video by Scientific American
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September 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
After a long day of discussing future field work to study #DeepSeaMining, this short documentary was a welcome reminder of the why - there is still so much we don’t know about the deep sea! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jcm...
#DeepSea reminder : applications are open for the COBRA Master Class on Deep Sea expedition leadership training. Apply by Sept 18. cobra.bigelow.org/master-class...
Early Career Deep-Sea Expedition Leadership Master Class and Fellowship - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
Applications due September 18, 2025
cobra.bigelow.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#DeepSea reminder : applications are open for the COBRA Master Class on Deep Sea expedition leadership training. Apply by Sept 18. cobra.bigelow.org/master-class...
#DeepSea science alert 🌊🚨 tomorrow’s COBRA webinar is about the ecology and ecosystem services of inactive hydrothermal sulfide deposits that may be targeted for #DeepSeaMining Register here: cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
COBRA Webinar - September 2025 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
COBRA Webinar Series, September 9, 2025
cobra.bigelow.org
September 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#DeepSea science alert 🌊🚨 tomorrow’s COBRA webinar is about the ecology and ecosystem services of inactive hydrothermal sulfide deposits that may be targeted for #DeepSeaMining Register here: cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...
So honored to work with such amazing people! Thank you @katycroffbell.bsky.social and everyone at @oceandiscleague.bsky.social for bringing the #DeepSea closer to so many! And thanks @natgeophotos.bsky.social for the feature!
August 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
So honored to work with such amazing people! Thank you @katycroffbell.bsky.social and everyone at @oceandiscleague.bsky.social for bringing the #DeepSea closer to so many! And thanks @natgeophotos.bsky.social for the feature!
Ocean job alert 🌊🚨 @bigelowlab.bsky.social in Maine is hiring for a research tech to join our analytical services team, helping with things like biotoxin testing and more! Apply by Sept 24! www.bigelow.org/about/career...
Careers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
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August 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ocean job alert 🌊🚨 @bigelowlab.bsky.social in Maine is hiring for a research tech to join our analytical services team, helping with things like biotoxin testing and more! Apply by Sept 24! www.bigelow.org/about/career...
#DeepSea Training alert 🚨 applications open for the virtual COBRA Master Class on Deep Sea Expedition Leadership! Apply by 18 Sept! Everything you wanted to know about being a Lead Scientist of an expedition! cobra.bigelow.org/master-class...
Early Career Deep-Sea Expedition Leadership Master Class and Fellowship - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator
Applications due September 18, 2025
cobra.bigelow.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#DeepSea Training alert 🚨 applications open for the virtual COBRA Master Class on Deep Sea Expedition Leadership! Apply by 18 Sept! Everything you wanted to know about being a Lead Scientist of an expedition! cobra.bigelow.org/master-class...
Great science, great people, great article. Hooray Karen! I’m so proud that single cell genomics services at @bigelowlab.bsky.social we’re part of making these discoveries possible! www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-...
The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable | Quanta Magazine
A decade ago, Karen Lloyd discovered single-celled microbes living beneath the seafloor. Now she studies how they can survive in Earth’s crust, possibly for hundreds or thousands of years, and push li...
www.quantamagazine.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Great science, great people, great article. Hooray Karen! I’m so proud that single cell genomics services at @bigelowlab.bsky.social we’re part of making these discoveries possible! www.quantamagazine.org/the-pursuit-...
Grateful to NPR for interest in the awesome deep sea and for creating space to talk about #DeepSeaMining. www.npr.org/2025/08/10/n...
Understanding the Impact of Deep Sea Mining
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August 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Grateful to NPR for interest in the awesome deep sea and for creating space to talk about #DeepSeaMining. www.npr.org/2025/08/10/n...
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If you do #DeepSea research that can inform decision making, we welcome your abstract at our #AGU25 session. Due July 30! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
Accelerating Exploration and Research of the Deep Sea to Inform Decision Making
The deep seafloor comprises more than half of Earthâs solid surface. Deep-sea crustal environments - defined here as the exposure of hard rocks to seawater, like on mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, nodu...
agu.confex.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you do #DeepSea research that can inform decision making, we welcome your abstract at our #AGU25 session. Due July 30! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
🚨 science job alert - @bigelowlab.bsky.social in Maine is hiring for two science jobs: an algae data wrangler 🦠📊🤖 and a PFAS researcher 🧪🧑🏻🔬 www.bigelow.org/about/career...
Careers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
www.bigelow.org
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨 science job alert - @bigelowlab.bsky.social in Maine is hiring for two science jobs: an algae data wrangler 🦠📊🤖 and a PFAS researcher 🧪🧑🏻🔬 www.bigelow.org/about/career...