ICHO
@histocean.bsky.social
International Commission of the History of Oceanography
"In October 1907, the USS Albatross departed San Francisco and steamed westward toward the Philippines. The 61-meter-long craft, operated by the U.S. Fish Commission, was the world’s first ship purposely built for research, and this would be its longest expedition."
DNA from rum-soaked fishes chronicles century of environmental change
Museum specimens collected during a 1907 marine expedition reveal loss of genetic diversity in the Philippines
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"In October 1907, the USS Albatross departed San Francisco and steamed westward toward the Philippines. The 61-meter-long craft, operated by the U.S. Fish Commission, was the world’s first ship purposely built for research, and this would be its longest expedition."
“The indirect nature of our knowledge about oceans means that imagination and media and aesthetics, things like that, loom large in shaping our understanding of the oceans’’ @oceanhistories.bsky.social www.une.edu/node/121269
Ocean historian shows how humanities and science together can heal ocean systems in annual UNE lecture
In the University of New England’s annual Connections Lecture hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 9, ocean historian Helen M. Rozwadowski’s, Ph.D., explained how history can be a powerf...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“The indirect nature of our knowledge about oceans means that imagination and media and aesthetics, things like that, loom large in shaping our understanding of the oceans’’ @oceanhistories.bsky.social www.une.edu/node/121269
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CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) bit.ly/4miqNpa
CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) | NAVSA
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August 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) bit.ly/4miqNpa
Invites candidates in three thematic areas to apply including "Human dimensions of oceans" (e.g. ocean social science, resource economics of fisheries, aquaculture, and other marine sectors, ocean cultures and heritage, gender studies, marine policy and governance).
Assistant Professor in Oceans - Stanford, California and Pacific Grove, California job with Stanford University | 674610
Stanford University invites applications for appointment at the assistant professor level in the Oceans Department, in the Stanford Doerr School of...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Invites candidates in three thematic areas to apply including "Human dimensions of oceans" (e.g. ocean social science, resource economics of fisheries, aquaculture, and other marine sectors, ocean cultures and heritage, gender studies, marine policy and governance).
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With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
Opinion | The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
"The livestream over the past week has transformed a marine exploration project into an internet sensation and shellfish into unexpected standard-bearers for those who oppose President Javier Milei’s threats to cut and privatize state-funded science."
A Starfish, a President and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"The livestream over the past week has transformed a marine exploration project into an internet sensation and shellfish into unexpected standard-bearers for those who oppose President Javier Milei’s threats to cut and privatize state-funded science."
"the sea is back in vogue. Blue Humanities has taken over large parts of the academy in the last decade, bringing the human relationship with oceans, rivers, lakes and seas to the top of the scholarly agenda just as those waters gather to end humanity for good." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Josephine Quinn · Born on the Beach: Ancient Coastlines
Seas are repetitive creatures, working in cycles of tides, migration and climate change, which is normally to say the...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"the sea is back in vogue. Blue Humanities has taken over large parts of the academy in the last decade, bringing the human relationship with oceans, rivers, lakes and seas to the top of the scholarly agenda just as those waters gather to end humanity for good." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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“Predator populations exploded & prey plummeted” immediately after the first smallpox outbreak, suggesting not enough Tsleil-Waututh people survived to effectively steward the #environment, said @mefford.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/smallpo... @vancouversun.bsky.social
Smallpox, overfishing, industrialization destroyed 88% of harvestable food sources in Burrard Inlet: Study
Tsleil-Waututh’s Michelle George called the study "scientific proof of what my ancestors and family have been saying for generations.”
vancouversun.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Predator populations exploded & prey plummeted” immediately after the first smallpox outbreak, suggesting not enough Tsleil-Waututh people survived to effectively steward the #environment, said @mefford.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/smallpo... @vancouversun.bsky.social
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Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking
The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea!
by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🧪 🌊 🦑
The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea!
by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking
The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking
The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea!
by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🧪 🌊 🦑
The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea!
by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🧪 🌊 🦑
Check out this interesting #histocean oral history project by Beatriz Martinez-Rius: talesofoceanscience.com
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talesofoceanscience.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Check out this interesting #histocean oral history project by Beatriz Martinez-Rius: talesofoceanscience.com
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On a day like today, might be worth reminding y’all that there’s an entire community loving ❤️ on ocean life in #FathomVerse. 🦑🧪🌊 #onwardsanddownwards
Tired of doomscrolling? Play #FathomVerse @fathomverse.bsky.social to discover all ocean life. 🦑🧪🌎🌊 Download to your device by visiting the App Store or Google Play; more details at www.fathomverse.game. #playingfortheplanet
July 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On a day like today, might be worth reminding y’all that there’s an entire community loving ❤️ on ocean life in #FathomVerse. 🦑🧪🌊 #onwardsanddownwards
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I'll be the keynote here, talking about river monsters!
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Fall 2025 Meeting
Midwest Medieval History Conference October 24 & 25, 2025 at University of Notre Dame Call for Papers Water, Rivers, and the Environment in the Middle Ages Keynote speaker: Ellen F. Arnold, Ph.…
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July 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'll be the keynote here, talking about river monsters!
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🪸🦈 Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs ⬇️
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊
July 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🪸🦈 Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs ⬇️
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊
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Read about the human intimacy with the deep sea in Stacy Alaimo’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬—an excerpt is now available on the Environment & Society Portal.
www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st...
#envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social
www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st...
#envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social
The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep-Sea Life
In this book, Stacy Alaimo explores the influence of the newfound human intimacy with the deep sea might have on our broader relationship to the nonhuman world.
www.environmentandsociety.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Read about the human intimacy with the deep sea in Stacy Alaimo’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬—an excerpt is now available on the Environment & Society Portal.
www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st...
#envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social
www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st...
#envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social
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At #ICHST2025? Dive into our Oceans in Depth series and explore the historical and modern impact of the ocean on humanity through interdisciplinary narratives. Learn more about the series here: buff.ly/JBdVWe1.
July 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
At #ICHST2025? Dive into our Oceans in Depth series and explore the historical and modern impact of the ocean on humanity through interdisciplinary narratives. Learn more about the series here: buff.ly/JBdVWe1.
Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
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about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...
Call for Support: – About BHL
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July 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out James W. Seabrooke III (U of West Florida)’s review of Satsuki Takahashi (Hosei University)’s book _Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape_ pub 2023 @uwapress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out James W. Seabrooke III (U of West Florida)’s review of Satsuki Takahashi (Hosei University)’s book _Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape_ pub 2023 @uwapress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out James W. Seabrooke III (U of West Florida)’s review of Satsuki Takahashi (Hosei University)’s book _Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape_ pub 2023 @uwapress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out James W. Seabrooke III (U of West Florida)’s review of Satsuki Takahashi (Hosei University)’s book _Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape_ pub 2023 @uwapress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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An excerpt from my book Sea Level: A History has been published in Issues in Science and Technology!
https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/
#envhist #histsci
https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/
#envhist #histsci
Our Bases Are Precarious!
Our ideas about sea level, why and how we measure it, and how it varies have changed radically over the centuries.
issues.org
March 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An excerpt from my book Sea Level: A History has been published in Issues in Science and Technology!
https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/
#envhist #histsci
https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/
#envhist #histsci
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Hey, #oceans #fisheries peeps.
I'd like your help finding a reviewer for this book, for H-Oceans.
Super flexible due date. Looks like a fantastic edited volume. One catch is that we have the e-book only.
Want to review it? Know someone I should ask? Drop me a note.
I'd like your help finding a reviewer for this book, for H-Oceans.
Super flexible due date. Looks like a fantastic edited volume. One catch is that we have the e-book only.
Want to review it? Know someone I should ask? Drop me a note.
Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880)
"Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880)" published on 28 Dec 2023 by Brill.
brill.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Hey, #oceans #fisheries peeps.
I'd like your help finding a reviewer for this book, for H-Oceans.
Super flexible due date. Looks like a fantastic edited volume. One catch is that we have the e-book only.
Want to review it? Know someone I should ask? Drop me a note.
I'd like your help finding a reviewer for this book, for H-Oceans.
Super flexible due date. Looks like a fantastic edited volume. One catch is that we have the e-book only.
Want to review it? Know someone I should ask? Drop me a note.
Congrats to @mshea.bsky.social!
The 2025 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History Winner Announcement
The DHST Commission on the History of Oceanography (ICHO) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize. The award aims to provide recognition …
oceansciencehistory.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Congrats to @mshea.bsky.social!
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Why do we draw journeys as lines on maps?
Historian @saracaputo.bsky.social reveals their histories in 'Tracks on the Ocean', exploring how oceanic navigation and cartographical 'ship tracks' have profoundly shaped our understanding of movement.
Discover more - link below ⬇️
Historian @saracaputo.bsky.social reveals their histories in 'Tracks on the Ocean', exploring how oceanic navigation and cartographical 'ship tracks' have profoundly shaped our understanding of movement.
Discover more - link below ⬇️
March 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why do we draw journeys as lines on maps?
Historian @saracaputo.bsky.social reveals their histories in 'Tracks on the Ocean', exploring how oceanic navigation and cartographical 'ship tracks' have profoundly shaped our understanding of movement.
Discover more - link below ⬇️
Historian @saracaputo.bsky.social reveals their histories in 'Tracks on the Ocean', exploring how oceanic navigation and cartographical 'ship tracks' have profoundly shaped our understanding of movement.
Discover more - link below ⬇️
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"Hardenberg gives us a richly detailed yet very accessible history of how over five centuries, the concept of measuring mean sea level was a painstaking process." 🌊📏
@forbes.com reviews Wilko Graf von Hardenberg's new book "Sea Level: A History"
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#HistSci #EnvHist #Oceanography
@forbes.com reviews Wilko Graf von Hardenberg's new book "Sea Level: A History"
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#HistSci #EnvHist #Oceanography
New Book Offers Reality Check On Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise due to human induced climate change is a hot button topic. But as a new book reveals, its history has long been a struggle.
bitly.cx
January 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
"Hardenberg gives us a richly detailed yet very accessible history of how over five centuries, the concept of measuring mean sea level was a painstaking process." 🌊📏
@forbes.com reviews Wilko Graf von Hardenberg's new book "Sea Level: A History"
🔗 bitly.cx/qz0Mj
#HistSci #EnvHist #Oceanography
@forbes.com reviews Wilko Graf von Hardenberg's new book "Sea Level: A History"
🔗 bitly.cx/qz0Mj
#HistSci #EnvHist #Oceanography
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Spring touring schedule out! Come hear me talk about aquatic environments, French colonialism, and other fun things at the following conferences over the next three months:
January 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Spring touring schedule out! Come hear me talk about aquatic environments, French colonialism, and other fun things at the following conferences over the next three months: