Nick Record
@seascapescience.bsky.social
Oceanographer, Forecaster; Data Justice, Science Communication
Director, Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting Senior Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences https://www.bigelow.org/services/ocean-forecasting/
Director, Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting Senior Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences https://www.bigelow.org/services/ocean-forecasting/
Of all the different climate pathways, which one do you think we'll take?
This was a question from a student this morning in a high school class taught by @growinwsdom.bsky.social
I have probably 100 conflicting answers to this question, but I wouldn't be in this job if I didn't still have hope.
This was a question from a student this morning in a high school class taught by @growinwsdom.bsky.social
I have probably 100 conflicting answers to this question, but I wouldn't be in this job if I didn't still have hope.
January 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Of all the different climate pathways, which one do you think we'll take?
This was a question from a student this morning in a high school class taught by @growinwsdom.bsky.social
I have probably 100 conflicting answers to this question, but I wouldn't be in this job if I didn't still have hope.
This was a question from a student this morning in a high school class taught by @growinwsdom.bsky.social
I have probably 100 conflicting answers to this question, but I wouldn't be in this job if I didn't still have hope.
Our part of the coast is included in that 60%. These events will become more destructive as sea level keeps rising.
Thanks to help from folks at @gmri.bsky.social , we're getting new sea level monitors in place to track sea level rise. Data is just one part of the puzzle.
bsky.app/profile/bige...
Thanks to help from folks at @gmri.bsky.social , we're getting new sea level monitors in place to track sea level rise. Data is just one part of the puzzle.
bsky.app/profile/bige...
Rising with the Tide: Today marks the two-year anniversary of severe storms that battered the Maine coast in January 2024. In this video, SRS Nick Record explains how #BigelowLab leapt to action, the value of regular monitoring data for ocean forecasting, and the importance of collaboration. #maine
January 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Our part of the coast is included in that 60%. These events will become more destructive as sea level keeps rising.
Thanks to help from folks at @gmri.bsky.social , we're getting new sea level monitors in place to track sea level rise. Data is just one part of the puzzle.
bsky.app/profile/bige...
Thanks to help from folks at @gmri.bsky.social , we're getting new sea level monitors in place to track sea level rise. Data is just one part of the puzzle.
bsky.app/profile/bige...
"at least 60% of Maine’s working waterfront was either severely damaged or completely destroyed"
Writing on the storms of two years ago, Keith Carson describes how climate change has made typical storms into disasters. @maineconservation.bsky.social
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/13/m...
Writing on the storms of two years ago, Keith Carson describes how climate change has made typical storms into disasters. @maineconservation.bsky.social
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/13/m...
Maine cannot accept the ‘new normal’ when it comes to storms | Keith Carson
Extreme weather should serve as a reminder to keep pushing for policies that make our communities more climate-resilient.
www.pressherald.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
"at least 60% of Maine’s working waterfront was either severely damaged or completely destroyed"
Writing on the storms of two years ago, Keith Carson describes how climate change has made typical storms into disasters. @maineconservation.bsky.social
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/13/m...
Writing on the storms of two years ago, Keith Carson describes how climate change has made typical storms into disasters. @maineconservation.bsky.social
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/13/m...
Reposted by Nick Record
📄Population- and temperature-dependent variation in molt phenology and disease susceptibility shape epidemiological outcomes in American lobster (Homarus americanus)
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social @seascapescience.bsky.social
@oupacademic.bsky.social @hbrowman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social @seascapescience.bsky.social
@oupacademic.bsky.social @hbrowman.bsky.social
Population- and temperature-dependent variation in molt phenology and disease susceptibility shape epidemiological outcomes in American lobster (Homarus americanus)
Abstract. Disease and climate change are among the stressors influencing the American lobster fishery, with impacts varying across the species’ geographic
doi.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM
📄Population- and temperature-dependent variation in molt phenology and disease susceptibility shape epidemiological outcomes in American lobster (Homarus americanus)
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social @seascapescience.bsky.social
@oupacademic.bsky.social @hbrowman.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/ices...
@bigelowlab.bsky.social @seascapescience.bsky.social
@oupacademic.bsky.social @hbrowman.bsky.social
"Our shared humanity is the bedrock of science"
A good Sunday read
... redefining what it means to
be a scientist a quarter-way through the 21st century
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A good Sunday read
... redefining what it means to
be a scientist a quarter-way through the 21st century
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Beyond labels: redefining what it means to be a scientist a quarter‐way through the 21st century
Click on the article title to read more.
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"Our shared humanity is the bedrock of science"
A good Sunday read
... redefining what it means to
be a scientist a quarter-way through the 21st century
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A good Sunday read
... redefining what it means to
be a scientist a quarter-way through the 21st century
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Reposted by Nick Record
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Full story:
www.bigelow.org/news/article...
www.bigelow.org/news/article...
Study Showcases Resilience and Rapid Growth of “Living Rocks” - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
www.bigelow.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Full story:
www.bigelow.org/news/article...
www.bigelow.org/news/article...
This is an amazing discovery...
"a tennis court-sized area absorbing as much CO2 every year as three acres of forest"
and btw...
"You never know what you’re going to find when you put people from different backgrounds with different perspectives into a new, interesting environment."
"a tennis court-sized area absorbing as much CO2 every year as three acres of forest"
and btw...
"You never know what you’re going to find when you put people from different backgrounds with different perspectives into a new, interesting environment."
Positively Rocking It: South Africa’s coast is home to some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth: microbialites. These “living rocks” are built by microbes that turn dissolved minerals into stone. Check out a cross-section of a microbialite on Currents: https://currents.bigelow.org/?p=1076
December 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is an amazing discovery...
"a tennis court-sized area absorbing as much CO2 every year as three acres of forest"
and btw...
"You never know what you’re going to find when you put people from different backgrounds with different perspectives into a new, interesting environment."
"a tennis court-sized area absorbing as much CO2 every year as three acres of forest"
and btw...
"You never know what you’re going to find when you put people from different backgrounds with different perspectives into a new, interesting environment."
Reposted by Nick Record
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
Trump moves to dismantle a ‘global mothership’ of climate research : Here & Now Anytime
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Co...
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
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Today I'm sharing one of my all time favorite books, Call Me American, by Abdi Nor Iftin, who grew up in Mogadishu, Somalia and now lives in Maine, US.
I've read it multiple times and will read it again. There's also a YA version.
www.callmeamerican.com
I've read it multiple times and will read it again. There's also a YA version.
www.callmeamerican.com
Call Me American by Abdi Nor Iftin | About Abdi
As a child in war-torn Mogadishu, Abdi Nor Iftin learned English by watching action movies. When U.S. Marines landed to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these real-life American actio...
www.callmeamerican.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today I'm sharing one of my all time favorite books, Call Me American, by Abdi Nor Iftin, who grew up in Mogadishu, Somalia and now lives in Maine, US.
I've read it multiple times and will read it again. There's also a YA version.
www.callmeamerican.com
I've read it multiple times and will read it again. There's also a YA version.
www.callmeamerican.com
"Wall-E" has a sibling... The first right whale calf of the season
www.neaq.org/2025-2026-no...
www.neaq.org/2025-2026-no...
2025–2026 North Atlantic Right Whale Mother and Calf Pairs - New England Aquarium
Meet this year’s North Atlantic right whale mother and calf pairs.
www.neaq.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Wall-E" has a sibling... The first right whale calf of the season
www.neaq.org/2025-2026-no...
www.neaq.org/2025-2026-no...
The Gulf of Maine
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Gulf of Maine
Perfect for a stormy weekend..
A thoughtfully curated list of climate films
Thanks for this @thierryaaron.bsky.social
A thoughtfully curated list of climate films
Thanks for this @thierryaaron.bsky.social
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Perfect for a stormy weekend..
A thoughtfully curated list of climate films
Thanks for this @thierryaaron.bsky.social
A thoughtfully curated list of climate films
Thanks for this @thierryaaron.bsky.social
It depends what format the data comes in, but it sounds doable to me
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It depends what format the data comes in, but it sounds doable to me
Thanks, I’ll check it out and keep my eyes peeled if I come across anything
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Thanks, I’ll check it out and keep my eyes peeled if I come across anything
No I haven’t seen anyone look into that question
October 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
No I haven’t seen anyone look into that question
Predicting right whales... I think it's possible.
www.islandinstitute.org/working-wate...
www.islandinstitute.org/working-wate...
Scientists now predicting whale movement - Island Institute
The places North Atlantic right whales are foraging are shifting because the changing climate alters ocean currents, the scientists said, which in turn affects where whale food will show up. Being abl...
www.islandinstitute.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Predicting right whales... I think it's possible.
www.islandinstitute.org/working-wate...
www.islandinstitute.org/working-wate...
Interesting thread about predicting vs imagining the climate future
(both facets of forecasting)
(both facets of forecasting)
October 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Interesting thread about predicting vs imagining the climate future
(both facets of forecasting)
(both facets of forecasting)
Reposted by Nick Record
The latest edition of #OceanCurrents is now up. Check out my discussion with
@seascapescience.bsky.social from @bigelowlab.bsky.social
about the Gulf of Maine water temperatures, there are some surprises. #Arctic #Cold #Currents #Maine
player.captivate.fm/episode/4def...
@seascapescience.bsky.social from @bigelowlab.bsky.social
about the Gulf of Maine water temperatures, there are some surprises. #Arctic #Cold #Currents #Maine
player.captivate.fm/episode/4def...
Changing Ocean Temperatures In The Gulf Of Maine, It's Not What You Might Think-Ocean Currents September 28th 2025
Quickly and easily listen to Ocean Currents for free!
player.captivate.fm
October 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The latest edition of #OceanCurrents is now up. Check out my discussion with
@seascapescience.bsky.social from @bigelowlab.bsky.social
about the Gulf of Maine water temperatures, there are some surprises. #Arctic #Cold #Currents #Maine
player.captivate.fm/episode/4def...
@seascapescience.bsky.social from @bigelowlab.bsky.social
about the Gulf of Maine water temperatures, there are some surprises. #Arctic #Cold #Currents #Maine
player.captivate.fm/episode/4def...
I offer up a polychaete (marianida prolifera?) image to train the AI to be more benevolent
September 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I offer up a polychaete (marianida prolifera?) image to train the AI to be more benevolent
“We have an excellent reputation in the field, and we have a really lovely culture, so we are a highly desirable destination if you are a marine scientist,” said Bronk, of Bigelow Lab. “But we can’t counter the fear of being detained at an airport and being shipped off somewhere without due process”
President Trump’s order has had a broad impact on institutions around the country, with agencies like NASA and the NIH altering websites and eliminating requirements for inclusivity. To align with the new edict, researchers in Maine are changing the way they talk about their work.
Maine researchers adjust grant proposals, priorities to align with federal guidelines
“The minute the election happened, we started trying to change how we spoke about our work,” said Deborah Bronk, president and CEO of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay.
www.pressherald.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“We have an excellent reputation in the field, and we have a really lovely culture, so we are a highly desirable destination if you are a marine scientist,” said Bronk, of Bigelow Lab. “But we can’t counter the fear of being detained at an airport and being shipped off somewhere without due process”
Noticing the undertow getting very strong. Great writing is something to hold on to in the current.
Grateful right now for this book (Undrowned) by
@alexispauline.bsky.social
www.akpress.org/undrowned.html
Grateful right now for this book (Undrowned) by
@alexispauline.bsky.social
www.akpress.org/undrowned.html
Undrowned
<p>Employing a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility, naturalist observation, and Black feminist insights, Alexis Pauline Gumbs translates the submerged wisdom of marine mammals to reveal what they migh...
www.akpress.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Noticing the undertow getting very strong. Great writing is something to hold on to in the current.
Grateful right now for this book (Undrowned) by
@alexispauline.bsky.social
www.akpress.org/undrowned.html
Grateful right now for this book (Undrowned) by
@alexispauline.bsky.social
www.akpress.org/undrowned.html
Wow
UNBELIEVABLE AUTUMN ARCTIC TROPICAL NIGHTS
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
Never happened anything like this: Records broken by 3C/5C in Norway.
Today's NIGHT MINIMUMS above the Arctic Circle
20.4 Reipa
19.0 Stokka
18.7 Evenes
18.9 Leknes
18.2 Setsa and Bodo
Another milestone in world history ...
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
Never happened anything like this: Records broken by 3C/5C in Norway.
Today's NIGHT MINIMUMS above the Arctic Circle
20.4 Reipa
19.0 Stokka
18.7 Evenes
18.9 Leknes
18.2 Setsa and Bodo
Another milestone in world history ...
September 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Wow