fishonareef
@fishonareef.bsky.social
Marine Scientist, GIS nerd, all things ocean. Loves to be in the nature. Hawaii is home.
Vaccinate. I do not understand the fear mongering around these medical miracles. The quack that said vaccines cause autism was a charlatan and the paper was retracted. What I do see is a lot of scientific illiteracy. Antivaxxers can hurt a lot of other people.
theconversation.com/canada-loses...
theconversation.com/canada-loses...
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Vaccinate. I do not understand the fear mongering around these medical miracles. The quack that said vaccines cause autism was a charlatan and the paper was retracted. What I do see is a lot of scientific illiteracy. Antivaxxers can hurt a lot of other people.
theconversation.com/canada-loses...
theconversation.com/canada-loses...
Excellent points here. It is about the bigger system. This is a challenging ($$$, 🕰️) but vital component to assessing success of reef restoration efforts, and why partnerships are important. Managers are more likely to have long term monitoring programs.
theconversation.com/reef-restora...
theconversation.com/reef-restora...
Reef restoration shouldn’t just be about growing corals - but also bringing reefs to life, new study suggests
Most restoration programmes focus their efforts on increasing coral growth, but rarely ask whether the reef is actually functioning as a living ecosystem.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Excellent points here. It is about the bigger system. This is a challenging ($$$, 🕰️) but vital component to assessing success of reef restoration efforts, and why partnerships are important. Managers are more likely to have long term monitoring programs.
theconversation.com/reef-restora...
theconversation.com/reef-restora...
A well articulated and utterly thorough examination of the influencer savior-centered film. No science here.
www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...
www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...
Shark Whisperer is lying to you: a look into the harmful effects of Ocean Ramsey and shark influencers — Dr. Jack A. Cooper
Ocean Ramsey is undoubtedly one of the most well-known “shark influencers”, whose videos show her free diving and touching wild great white and tiger sharks as she swims right up alongside them. Those...
www.drjackacooper.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A well articulated and utterly thorough examination of the influencer savior-centered film. No science here.
www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...
www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...
"Rainfall from Melissa will be measured in feet". Jamaica is about to feel the effects of the climate crisis in a very real way.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Hurricane Melissa Approaches Rare Category 5 — Four Things To Know
Hurricane Melissa is on its way to Category 5 status after explosively intensifying. Here are 4 things you need to know right now about its strength, track, and impacts.
www.forbes.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Rainfall from Melissa will be measured in feet". Jamaica is about to feel the effects of the climate crisis in a very real way.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
This is so incredible: measuring pH of seawater using the physics of sound! Science is cool!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Ambient noise can track dangerous ocean acidification
Acoustic technique could make it easier to monitor threat to marine life stemming from rising carbon emissions
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is so incredible: measuring pH of seawater using the physics of sound! Science is cool!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
The Fifth Nat'l Climate Assessment is back up, fully functional, and no longer on a gov't website!
Huge thanks to the Climate.us team for making this valuable resource easily available to the public.
A big mahalo to Dr. Jane Lubchenco for sharing on LinkedIn
nca5.climate.us
Huge thanks to the Climate.us team for making this valuable resource easily available to the public.
A big mahalo to Dr. Jane Lubchenco for sharing on LinkedIn
nca5.climate.us
Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...
nca5.climate.us
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Fifth Nat'l Climate Assessment is back up, fully functional, and no longer on a gov't website!
Huge thanks to the Climate.us team for making this valuable resource easily available to the public.
A big mahalo to Dr. Jane Lubchenco for sharing on LinkedIn
nca5.climate.us
Huge thanks to the Climate.us team for making this valuable resource easily available to the public.
A big mahalo to Dr. Jane Lubchenco for sharing on LinkedIn
nca5.climate.us
Well this is enlightening. Science is cool.
"Over the past 3000 years, large earthquakes in the Cascadia fault zone may have triggered as many as eight large quakes on the San Andreas fault."
#science #PNW #Cascadia #earthquake #sanandreas #thebigone #tectonic
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"Over the past 3000 years, large earthquakes in the Cascadia fault zone may have triggered as many as eight large quakes on the San Andreas fault."
#science #PNW #Cascadia #earthquake #sanandreas #thebigone #tectonic
www.science.org/content/arti...
Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch
Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes
www.science.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Well this is enlightening. Science is cool.
"Over the past 3000 years, large earthquakes in the Cascadia fault zone may have triggered as many as eight large quakes on the San Andreas fault."
#science #PNW #Cascadia #earthquake #sanandreas #thebigone #tectonic
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Over the past 3000 years, large earthquakes in the Cascadia fault zone may have triggered as many as eight large quakes on the San Andreas fault."
#science #PNW #Cascadia #earthquake #sanandreas #thebigone #tectonic
www.science.org/content/arti...
She made such a positive impact on our world. She will be greatly missed.
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
www.npr.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
She made such a positive impact on our world. She will be greatly missed.
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
Reality check in the teachable moment
A Trumper asked me today if I was one of those nutjobs trying to save polar bears.
My reply I think shocked him: No. The polar bears are already dead bears walking/swimming. We can't save them. They will go extinct in the wild. At this point, we're just trying to keep agriculture from collapsing.
My reply I think shocked him: No. The polar bears are already dead bears walking/swimming. We can't save them. They will go extinct in the wild. At this point, we're just trying to keep agriculture from collapsing.
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Reality check in the teachable moment
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"Holley et al. inventoried the potential endowment of unrecovered critical minerals in active US mines compared with imports. Their assessment suggests that 90% recovery of existing by-products could meet nearly all domestic demand for critical minerals."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Holley et al. inventoried the potential endowment of unrecovered critical minerals in active US mines compared with imports. Their assessment suggests that 90% recovery of existing by-products could meet nearly all domestic demand for critical minerals."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
By-product recovery from US metal mines could reduce import reliance for critical minerals
The United States (US) has sufficient geological endowment in active metal mines to reduce the nation’s dependence on critical mineral imports. Demand is increasing for cobalt, nickel, rare earth elem...
www.science.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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"Holley et al. inventoried the potential endowment of unrecovered critical minerals in active US mines compared with imports. Their assessment suggests that 90% recovery of existing by-products could meet nearly all domestic demand for critical minerals."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Holley et al. inventoried the potential endowment of unrecovered critical minerals in active US mines compared with imports. Their assessment suggests that 90% recovery of existing by-products could meet nearly all domestic demand for critical minerals."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
This is great news!
"Governments are now prohibited from providing subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal."
www.marinelink.com/news/overfis...
"Governments are now prohibited from providing subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal."
www.marinelink.com/news/overfis...
Overfishing Deal Reached After 20 Years of Negotiation
A landmark agreement to curb billions of dollars in subsidies contributing to overfishing came into force on Monday, the World Trade…
www.marinelink.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is great news!
"Governments are now prohibited from providing subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal."
www.marinelink.com/news/overfis...
"Governments are now prohibited from providing subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal."
www.marinelink.com/news/overfis...
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Hats off and hands up 🙌 to @EpicLava for this astonishing capture of the Hawaiian nēnē on the wing...past the lava fountains of Eruption 32 of Kīlauea Volcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park!
Mahalo for the permission to repost, Epic Lava!
#nēnē #kilaueavolcano #hvnp #epiclava #wowjustwow
Mahalo for the permission to repost, Epic Lava!
#nēnē #kilaueavolcano #hvnp #epiclava #wowjustwow
September 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hats off and hands up 🙌 to @EpicLava for this astonishing capture of the Hawaiian nēnē on the wing...past the lava fountains of Eruption 32 of Kīlauea Volcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park!
Mahalo for the permission to repost, Epic Lava!
#nēnē #kilaueavolcano #hvnp #epiclava #wowjustwow
Mahalo for the permission to repost, Epic Lava!
#nēnē #kilaueavolcano #hvnp #epiclava #wowjustwow
Less winds = no upwelling The question is, have we reached a tipping point? The consequences will effect marine systems and the fisheries that depend on them.
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
Upwelling Failure
stri.si.edu
September 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Less winds = no upwelling The question is, have we reached a tipping point? The consequences will effect marine systems and the fisheries that depend on them.
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/can-...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/can-...
Breadfruit Is A Global Warming Warrior. But How Strong Is It?
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That's not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.
www.civilbeat.org
September 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/can-...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/can-...
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We took our own look at the fossil fuel “orbiting debris field of oddballs and charlatans” cranked up for Trump to oppose climate action, but it’s hard to top McKibben on a roll. You go, Bill!
Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced
International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?
www.newyorker.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We took our own look at the fossil fuel “orbiting debris field of oddballs and charlatans” cranked up for Trump to oppose climate action, but it’s hard to top McKibben on a roll. You go, Bill!
I fully support this idea. More butts on bikes and walkable communities please.
Coming October 21st...
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
"Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile."
A new book about how cars ruin everything and what we can do to fight back.
Pre-order here: www.lifeaftercars.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I fully support this idea. More butts on bikes and walkable communities please.
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Today is Day 2 of the public hearing on the EPA’s reconsideration of the 2009 endangerment finding, the key ruling underpinning U.S. greenhouse gas regulations. 🧪
Testimonies start at the top of the hour, and we’re following along: 👇🧵
Testimonies start at the top of the hour, and we’re following along: 👇🧵
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today is Day 2 of the public hearing on the EPA’s reconsideration of the 2009 endangerment finding, the key ruling underpinning U.S. greenhouse gas regulations. 🧪
Testimonies start at the top of the hour, and we’re following along: 👇🧵
Testimonies start at the top of the hour, and we’re following along: 👇🧵
Mis- and disinformation is dangerous. It causes confusion and doubt and division and distrust. Please familiarize yourself with this and have conversations with your friends, family, and community.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...
interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...
Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
interactive.carbonbrief.org
August 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mis- and disinformation is dangerous. It causes confusion and doubt and division and distrust. Please familiarize yourself with this and have conversations with your friends, family, and community.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...
interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...
Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...
Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report - Inside Climate News
Climate scientist Michael Mann called the report “a deeply misleading antiscientific narrative, built on deceptive arguments, misrepresented datasets, and distortion of actual scientific understanding...
insideclimatenews.org
August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202...
"The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations."
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www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
World's top court paves way for climate reparations
The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations.
www.rfi.fr
July 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations."
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
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Data visualizations are some of the most powerful tools in a climate science communicator’s playbook. However, designing visuals that are clear to the public and policy makers is not a straightforward task, writes @rachitdubey.bsky.social .
So, what works?
So, what works?
How clear and simple data visualizations bring the climate crisis home
Climate change is a slow-moving disaster. We need graphics that capture both its pace and its impact.
thebulletin.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Data visualizations are some of the most powerful tools in a climate science communicator’s playbook. However, designing visuals that are clear to the public and policy makers is not a straightforward task, writes @rachitdubey.bsky.social .
So, what works?
So, what works?
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How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system.
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
High water bills, filthy rivers – and now drought. This is England's great artificial water crisis of 2025 | George Monbiot
In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How do you ensure a nation fails to cope with drought? Privatise its water system.
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Almost everyone wants our water renationalised. Almost everyone, that is, except the government.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is amazing! What an incredible resource!
Map of Ecosystems of North America Completed!
@natureserve.bsky.social has released a first-of-its-kind map of ecosystems across the conterminous U.S. & nearby regions w/ a level of detail & consistency not previously available.
🧪 🌎 #GISchat
geohub-natureserve.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/Natures...
@natureserve.bsky.social has released a first-of-its-kind map of ecosystems across the conterminous U.S. & nearby regions w/ a level of detail & consistency not previously available.
🧪 🌎 #GISchat
geohub-natureserve.opendata.arcgis.com/maps/Natures...
International Vegetation Classification Groups v1.0
This layer presents information on the distribution of International Vegetation Classification (IVC) Groups for North America.
geohub-natureserve.opendata.arcgis.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is amazing! What an incredible resource!