Julie Packard
@juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org
Executive Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium Our mission: to inspire conservation of the ocean. Chair, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; vice chair, David and Lucile Packard Foundation she/her www.MontereyBayAquarium.org
The science is clear. At a time when we face life-threatening impacts from climate change, this ill-conceived effort to open massive parts of our ocean to offshore oil and gas leasing is a major step backward in the nation’s urgently needed transition away from fossil fuels.
Today, the California coast we cherish and the delicate ocean ecosystems just beyond it face a renewed threat from offshore drilling. We oppose the Trump Administration’s 5-year oil and gas leasing program and will continue to defend our coastline, wildlife, economy, and health from this threat.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The science is clear. At a time when we face life-threatening impacts from climate change, this ill-conceived effort to open massive parts of our ocean to offshore oil and gas leasing is a major step backward in the nation’s urgently needed transition away from fossil fuels.
The environmental risks posed by deep-sea mining extend far beyond destruction of seabed habitats. New research from the University of Hawaii at Manoa affirms that plumes of sediment from mining operations pose a real threat to life in the ocean water column. bit.ly/47ZsxOi #DSM #SeabedMining
Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns
Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The environmental risks posed by deep-sea mining extend far beyond destruction of seabed habitats. New research from the University of Hawaii at Manoa affirms that plumes of sediment from mining operations pose a real threat to life in the ocean water column. bit.ly/47ZsxOi #DSM #SeabedMining
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Science is the foundation that shapes good policy decisions to protect ocean wildlife and ecosystems. When you combine solid science with veterinary care innovations like those developed at @montereybayaquarium.org, you get a #SeaOtter success story like this: www.montereyherald.com/2025/11/01/s...
Solving a sea otter mystery: Researchers track down origin of deadly disease
The latest research adds a dimension of clarity to sea otter health. So do new discoveries about the ways to treat AP-infected sea otters
www.montereyherald.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Science is the foundation that shapes good policy decisions to protect ocean wildlife and ecosystems. When you combine solid science with veterinary care innovations like those developed at @montereybayaquarium.org, you get a #SeaOtter success story like this: www.montereyherald.com/2025/11/01/s...
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We have a unique example right here in Monterey Bay:
Pacific leatherback sea turtles migrate across the Pacific Ocean all the way from Indonesia to feed on our local sea nettles.
Pacific leatherback sea turtles migrate across the Pacific Ocean all the way from Indonesia to feed on our local sea nettles.
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We have a unique example right here in Monterey Bay:
Pacific leatherback sea turtles migrate across the Pacific Ocean all the way from Indonesia to feed on our local sea nettles.
Pacific leatherback sea turtles migrate across the Pacific Ocean all the way from Indonesia to feed on our local sea nettles.
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🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day!
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
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These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
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🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day! #shorts
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🪼Happy World Jellyfish Day!
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...
These brainless, boneless, and bloodless beauties play an important role in our ocean ecosystems.
youtube.com/shorts/KRi9y...
Wow!
Taylor Swift, sea otters, t-shirts & @montereybayaquarium.org are an irresistible combination. We've generated $1M+ in donations for our Sea Otter Program and other ocean conservation work in just a few hours. Even #WWD is covering the news as a conservation success story: bit.ly/4nVnS6R #Swifties
Taylor Swift’s Vintage Otter T-shirt Went Viral — Now It’s Helping Real Sea Otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has re-released the otter t-shirt worn by Taylor Swift during 'Life of Showgirl' promo to support its Sea Otter Program.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Wow!
So cool!
🧡 Are you ready for it…
🎉 It’s release day—for (sea otters and) that one shirt! 🦦👕
✨ Re-released sustainably with Liberty Graphics, this throwback look supports our Sea Otter Program + ocean conservation.
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🎉 It’s release day—for (sea otters and) that one shirt! 🦦👕
✨ Re-released sustainably with Liberty Graphics, this throwback look supports our Sea Otter Program + ocean conservation.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So cool!
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The redhead larvacean is a deep-sea climate hero 🌊💙
These tiny animals build mucous houses to filter marine snow sinking from the waters above. When their filters clog, they abandon their homes, which sink to the seafloor packed with nutrients and large amounts of carbon: youtu.be/7swiAc8rZbk?...
These tiny animals build mucous houses to filter marine snow sinking from the waters above. When their filters clog, they abandon their homes, which sink to the seafloor packed with nutrients and large amounts of carbon: youtu.be/7swiAc8rZbk?...
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The redhead larvacean is a deep-sea climate hero 🌊💙
These tiny animals build mucous houses to filter marine snow sinking from the waters above. When their filters clog, they abandon their homes, which sink to the seafloor packed with nutrients and large amounts of carbon: youtu.be/7swiAc8rZbk?...
These tiny animals build mucous houses to filter marine snow sinking from the waters above. When their filters clog, they abandon their homes, which sink to the seafloor packed with nutrients and large amounts of carbon: youtu.be/7swiAc8rZbk?...
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Donations will support the Aquarium’s Sea Otter Program as well as the Aquarium's other important ocean conservation work, protecting the very creatures who inspired the tee. 🦦💙
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Donations will support the Aquarium’s Sea Otter Program as well as the Aquarium's other important ocean conservation work, protecting the very creatures who inspired the tee. 🦦💙
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We’re excited to be re-collaborating with the original artwork owners Liberty Graphics for a special, limited-time fundraiser! We’ll be thanking donors who support our mission with a re-issue of the sea otter shirt originally printed in the 1990s.
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We’re excited to be re-collaborating with the original artwork owners Liberty Graphics for a special, limited-time fundraiser! We’ll be thanking donors who support our mission with a re-issue of the sea otter shirt originally printed in the 1990s.
🧡You deserve what you want,
Hope you get what you want….
Don’t worry—we got our paws on the original artwork. 🐾
🎤We heard you calling on the megaphone,
The otter tee returns to stand on its own.
The legend wore it—Swifties found it
You all are quite the pros 🦦✨
Hope you get what you want….
Don’t worry—we got our paws on the original artwork. 🐾
🎤We heard you calling on the megaphone,
The otter tee returns to stand on its own.
The legend wore it—Swifties found it
You all are quite the pros 🦦✨
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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During the 2025 CANON Expedition, MBARI researchers leveraged a diverse suite of technologies—from our flagship research vessel David Packard and autonomous robots to innovative imaging systems and eDNA—to study life in Monterey Bay in remarkable detail.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
MBARI research expedition provides a detailed snapshot of life in Monterey Bay • MBARI
The 2025 CANON Expedition used MBARI’s advanced technology, including our new research vessel David Packard, to collect detailed data about marine life, ecosystems, and processes.
www.mbari.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
During the 2025 CANON Expedition, MBARI researchers leveraged a diverse suite of technologies—from our flagship research vessel David Packard and autonomous robots to innovative imaging systems and eDNA—to study life in Monterey Bay in remarkable detail.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
Dr. Jane Goodall was a remarkable individual – as a scientist, as an advocate for wildlife and wild places, and as a source of profound hope for the future of our planet. She brought such a joyful spirit and unfailing optimism to her work. #inspiration #hope #wildlife #conservation
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Dr. Jane Goodall was a remarkable individual – as a scientist, as an advocate for wildlife and wild places, and as a source of profound hope for the future of our planet. She brought such a joyful spirit and unfailing optimism to her work. #inspiration #hope #wildlife #conservation
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MBARI’s Video Lab has developed the first benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking in deep-sea video. 🤖🌊DeepSeaMOT tests machine learning models in real ocean environments. This publicly available tool will help advance AI for ocean exploration. Learn more: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03499
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
MBARI’s Video Lab has developed the first benchmark dataset for multi-object tracking in deep-sea video. 🤖🌊DeepSeaMOT tests machine learning models in real ocean environments. This publicly available tool will help advance AI for ocean exploration. Learn more: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03499
A new study led by @ethz.ch researchers,published in @nature.com, concludes that half the increase in global heat wave intensity in the industrial era can be traced to emissions from just 180 fossil fuel and cement producers. bit.ly/46cKGIS h/t @anthropocenemag.bsky.social
Heat waves aren’t just natural disasters. Study finds hidden fingerprints on our hottest days.
By connecting individual companies’ emissions to hundreds of heat waves, scientists show how a few producers bear outsized responsibility for worsening climate extremes.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A new study led by @ethz.ch researchers,published in @nature.com, concludes that half the increase in global heat wave intensity in the industrial era can be traced to emissions from just 180 fossil fuel and cement producers. bit.ly/46cKGIS h/t @anthropocenemag.bsky.social
"The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation." -- Robert Redford
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Robert Redford's Environmental Legacy
Actor and activist Robert Redford tells his personal story of what moves him to protect the environment, and his journey in doing so. "Art and nature combined,…
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September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation." -- Robert Redford
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Hector is one of many remarkable volunteers at @montereybayaquarium.org. He's making such a difference.
Meet Héctor! 🤩 With 3,000+ hours of service, he inspires visitors in English and Spanish to love and protect the ocean. Like Héctor, you can be part of the change. The ocean needs us all, in every language, together. ¡Acompáñanos!
Follow this link: youtube.com/shorts/ZlhvL...
Follow this link: youtube.com/shorts/ZlhvL...
One ocean, two languages, un corazón | #shorts
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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September 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hector is one of many remarkable volunteers at @montereybayaquarium.org. He's making such a difference.
🎶 Just dropped: The Recovery (Aquarium’s version) 🎥🦦
Because saving sea otters is the real win 🏈🦦
📍Sea Otter Awareness Week is coming… Bringing otters to your algorithm—one adorable post at a time.
Text📲 OTTERS to 54159
Check out the full music video at:
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Because saving sea otters is the real win 🏈🦦
📍Sea Otter Awareness Week is coming… Bringing otters to your algorithm—one adorable post at a time.
Text📲 OTTERS to 54159
Check out the full music video at:
mbayaq.co/3IcDxih
September 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Plastic has unleashed a tidal wave of waste, most of which flows to landfills and incinerators or ends up as litter harming biodiversity, the climate, and human health." #PlasticPollution #BiodiversityLoss #PublicHealth
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"Plastic has unleashed a tidal wave of waste, most of which flows to landfills and incinerators or ends up as litter harming biodiversity, the climate, and human health." #PlasticPollution #BiodiversityLoss #PublicHealth
The cute side of deep-sea exploration and science! #MarineLife
MBARI’s technology is helping researchers document deep-sea biodiversity, and our collaborations with expert taxonomists around the world are helping to advance the discovery of life in the largest living space on Earth.
September 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The cute side of deep-sea exploration and science! #MarineLife
California can lead the way & help #EndPlasticPollution. @governor.ca.gov: It's time to uphold the promise you made when you signed #SB54 -- the most ambitious and comprehensive plastics law in the world: "Our kids deserve a future free of plastic waste and all its dangerous impacts." #leadership
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to uphold Senate Bill 54, or the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act. SB 54 shifts the burden of plastic waste from everyday people to the companies that produce it. Read more: mbayaq.co/4oIVQw0
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
California can lead the way & help #EndPlasticPollution. @governor.ca.gov: It's time to uphold the promise you made when you signed #SB54 -- the most ambitious and comprehensive plastics law in the world: "Our kids deserve a future free of plastic waste and all its dangerous impacts." #leadership
Solving the challenge of #PlasticPollution is an urgent matter and we know what it takes to solve it. We will continue to press for strong and ambitious global action to address the harmful impacts of unnecessary plastic. #GlobalPlasticsTreaty
We’re deeply disappointed negotiations for a global plastics treaty have ended without a final agreement.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.
Over the past 3 years, the momentum has been undeniable. The world now understands, plastic is a full lifecycle problem that demands systemic solutions, & that its health impacts are profound.
August 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Solving the challenge of #PlasticPollution is an urgent matter and we know what it takes to solve it. We will continue to press for strong and ambitious global action to address the harmful impacts of unnecessary plastic. #GlobalPlasticsTreaty
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When Pope Francis died, it wasn't clear his successor would take up his environmentalist mantle. In just a few short months, Pope Leo is already well on his way to being the climate champion the world needs now
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
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Pope Leo Is Becoming the Climate Champion We Need
He has introduced a “green” Mass and supports running Vatican City solely on solar power.
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August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When Pope Francis died, it wasn't clear his successor would take up his environmentalist mantle. In just a few short months, Pope Leo is already well on his way to being the climate champion the world needs now
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Young people are stepping up and speaking out for a strong and ambitious #GlobalPlasticsTreaty! #InternationalYouthDay
Happy #InternationalYouthDay! This week, youth delegates are showing up in Geneva to advise on the ongoing Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Our teams have signed on to Youth Plastic Action Network to help coordinate youth advocacy and shape the treaty negotiations. 📸 : © Markus Winkler WWF
August 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Young people are stepping up and speaking out for a strong and ambitious #GlobalPlasticsTreaty! #InternationalYouthDay