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Dual-use startup building subsea drones powered by ocean temperature gradients to collect data for maritime intelligence and to monitor ocean health and marine life.
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🌊 The Seatrec Deep Dive — Fall 2025 Newsletter is live!

Inside:
• 1,000 dives with our hydrophone-equipped infiniTE™ float
• Pentagon showcase
• Arctic power station trial
@seabirdscientific.bsky.social partnership
• New interactive ocean thermal energy map 🌍
seatrecinc.medium.com/seatrecs-dee...
Seatrec’s Deep Dive — Fall 2025
🌊 1,000 Dives. The Sound of Success.
seatrecinc.medium.com
🌊 Gulf of Mexico Mission Update

📊 160 profiles to 800 meters depth in 49 days
⚡ 1.241 megajoules of thermal energy harvested
📡 Real-time data transmitted after each surfacing

Persistent ocean monitoring, powered by ocean temperature differences.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/49l8rR1
Gulf of Mexico Ocean Monitoring: 160 Profiles in 49 Days - Seatrec
Seatrec’s thermal-powered infiniTE™ float completes 160 profiles in 49 days in the Gulf of Mexico, delivering real-time CTD and acoustic data
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A mother-calf pair of Omura’s whales—one of the ocean’s rarest species—was filmed feeding alongside manta rays in Raja Ampat. They hit 40 mph. Proof we’ve barely scratched the surface of life beneath the waves. 🌊🐋

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
When a drone photographer filmed the world's most elusive whales, they did something that surprised him | Discover Wildlife
Omura whales are one of the most elusive baleen whales, only being formally identified in 2003, and footage of them is rare
www.discoverwildlife.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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The swirling center of Hurricane Priscilla, seen this afternoon by GOES-18.
October 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
🌊 @seatrec.bsky.social + Naval Postgraduate School signed a CRADA to advance autonomous ocean monitoring.

Tech: The Persistent Smart Acoustic Profiler (PSAP): an autonomous float that collects real-time ocean + acoustic data from remote areas — no ship support needed.

🔗 seatrec.com/seatrec-and-...
Seatrec and NPS announce a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) - Seatrec
Seatrec and Naval Postgraduate School announce CRADA for Persistent Smart Acoustic Profiler (PSAP) to provides continuous, real-time oceanographic and acoustic data in open ocean environments,
seatrec.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌊 The Seatrec Deep Dive — Fall 2025 Newsletter is live!

Inside:
• 1,000 dives with our hydrophone-equipped infiniTE™ float
• Pentagon showcase
• Arctic power station trial
@seabirdscientific.bsky.social partnership
• New interactive ocean thermal energy map 🌍
seatrecinc.medium.com/seatrecs-dee...
Seatrec’s Deep Dive — Fall 2025
🌊 1,000 Dives. The Sound of Success.
seatrecinc.medium.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🌊 Seatrec's Global Thermal Gradient Map visualizes ocean temperature gradients for thermal energy harvesting opportunities worldwide. 🌍

Take it for a spin and let us know how this tool could support your site selection or deployment strategies.
👉 seatrec-floats.com/globaltemp
September 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🌊 First Hydrophone-Equipped Float Deployed in the Gulf of Mexico: Our infiniTE™ Float was launched off the coast of Florida and is profiling to 800m every 6hrs for improved hurricane rapid intensification forecasting + soundscape monitoring (incl. Rice's whales) 🌀🐋

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3IEbcBO
First Hydrophone-Equipped Float Deployed in the Gulf of Mexico - Seatrec
SEATREC deploys the Gulf’s first hydrophone-equipped profiling float, advancing hurricane forecasting and Rice’s whale conservation.SEATREC deploys the first hydrophone-equipped float in the Gulf of M...
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🌊 The Pacific “Blob” is back:
This unusually warm patch in the North Pacific set temp records in August.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Scientists warn 'warm blob' anomaly in Pacific Ocean could make this winter brutal: 'Spanning a vast region'
"This event marks the fourth-largest marine heat wave since 1982."
www.yahoo.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌊 Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025

Yury Ivanov wins with a vibrant macro of ‘ladybugs of the sea’ in Bali. 15,000+ entries show orcas, octopuses, & more. Stunning ocean life!

🌍 Fave ocean shot?

#OceanPhotography #MarineLife

See winners: www.discoverwildlife.com/photography/...
20 mind-blowing images from Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 | Discover Wildlife
Discover the winning images from the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025, including Yury Ivanov’s award-winning macro shot.
www.discoverwildlife.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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🏔️ New research finds that 5️⃣ widely discussed polar geoengineering proposals are unlikely to help the Arctic or Antarctic. Instead, they could cost billions & trigger ecological, political & environmental risks. Read more about the study supported by Scripps glaciologist @helen-amanda.bsky.social. ⬇️
Experts Warn Against Five Polar Geoengineering Ideas
A team of international scientists is urging caution against five of the most-discussed polar geoengineering ideas, stating they are highly unlikely to help the polar regions and could harm ecosystems...
scripps.ucsd.edu
September 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Some incredible images in the SCUBA Diving Magazine 2025 photo contest!

www.scubadiving.com/2025-photo-c... 🦑🧪🌎
Announcing Scuba Diving's 2025 Underwater Photo Contest Winners
<p>Scuba Diving magazine announces the winning images from this year's contest. Prepare to be wowed.&nbsp;</p>
www.scubadiving.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Hurricane Kiko weakens into a tropical storm but still could create dangerous surf in Hawaii
Hurricane Kiko weakens into a tropical storm but still could create dangerous surf in Hawaii
Hurricane Kiko has weakened into a tropical storm but still could create life-threatening surf and rip currents in Hawaii, forecasters said.
www.wkbn.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Meet the newest (and cutest) addition to the snailfish family 🐟

MBARI collaborators @sunygeneseo.bsky.social have described three new deep-sea snailfishes, including one first discovered using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbaris-...
MBARI's advanced underwater technology reveals a new species of deep-sea snailfish • MBARI
The bumpy snailfish is one of three new species of deep-sea snailfish described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY Geneseo.
www.mbari.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A category 1 Hurricane Kiko advances closer to Hawai'i today.

While Kiko is forecast to sail north of the Hawaiian islands, swells from the storm are expected to produce dangerous surf and rip currents along the coasts this week.
September 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Epic whale rescue by National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI):
4-hour operation with protective humpbacks circling and orcas investigating. When the last rope was cut, they all dove deep and swam free. Incredible work 🐋

www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Whale was ‘anchored’ to seafloor by rope as orcas approached — then help arrived
The “challenging and difficult” rescue operation took place off the coast of South Africa.
www.miamiherald.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Hurricane Kiko has intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean. The National Hurricane Center says Kiko has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and could strengthen more Friday afternoon and evening.
Hurricane Kiko surges back to a Category 4 as forecasters monitor potential impacts on Hawaii
Hurricane Kiko has intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean. The National Hurricane Center says Kiko has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and could strengthen more Friday afternoon and evening.
bit.ly
September 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🌀 What's the difference between hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones?

Same power, same destruction - just geography!

🌎 Hurricane = Atlantic & Eastern Pacific
🌏 Typhoon = Western Pacific
🌍 Cyclone = Indian & South Pacific
www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane...
Hurricanes vs typhoons vs cyclones: What is the difference?
The three are almost identical, but there is one factor that determines if it is a hurricane, a typhoon or a cyclone -- and it's not the wind speed.
www.accuweather.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hurricane Kiko, currently far east of Hawaii, rapidly intensified into a major hurricane on Wednesday. It's a storm we are keeping an eye on as it could pass close to the island chain next week.

weather.com/storms/hurri...
Major Hurricane Kiko Could End Up Near Hawaii Next Week | Weather.com
Hurricane Kiko, currently far east of Hawaii, rapidly intensified into a major hurricane on Wednesday. It's a storm we are keeping an eye on as it could pass close to the island chain next week.
weather.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Kiko developed early Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane later this week.
Tropical Storm Kiko forms in eastern Pacific Ocean; no immediate threat to land
A new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storm Kiko developed early Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane later this week.
bit.ly
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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If you think San Diego sunsets are dazzling, just wait until you can catch the ocean waves glowing from bioluminescence! 🌊✨ Find out the what, why and where of this extraordinary phenomenon from Scripps marine biologist Dimitri Deheyn. ⬇️
Bioluminescence in La Jolla: Your guide to the nighttime glow – lajolla.ca
Bioluminescence in La Jolla lights up the waves with neon blue glow—learn when, where, and why to catch this rare nighttime phenomenon.
lajolla.ca
August 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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🚢 Throughout its career, #RVEndeavor has carried thousands of scientists, engineers, technicians, students, and teachers to sea, traversing more than one million nautical miles in support of scientific research. # NSFfunded 🌊

👉 Explore #RVEndeavor’s history and major milestones: arcg.is/1i0i9i
R/V Endeavor
Celebrating 49 years.
arcg.is
August 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Tracking Tropical Storm Kiko
"Forecasting a storm's intensity can be more challenging than predicting where it will make landfall. Forecast models, particularly for hurricanes, have improved, but they can still miss intensification or overstate it."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Maps: Tracking Tropical Storm Kiko
See the likely path and wind arrival times for Kiko
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Happy international whale shark day!

Whale sharks are absolutely unequivocally sharks, and are absolutely not whales. And they’re not half shark half whales.

While I have you, they’re predators. Eating lots of tiny animals is still eating animals!
a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written below it .
ALT: a whale shark is swimming in the ocean with its mouth open and the words thank you written below it .
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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🌊 Marine heatwaves are shaping the vertical structure of phytoplankton in the global ocean

Using 17 yrs of global BGC-Argo data, we show depth-specific chlorophyll-a responses (intensified, weakened, subsurface-reversed), driven by light, temp & nutrients

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Marine heatwaves are shaping the vertical structure of phytoplankton in the global ocean - Communications Earth & Environment
Marine heatwaves promote the development of a deep chlorophyll maximum, which reshapes subsurface chlorophyll and therefore vertical phytoplankton distributions, according to analyses of Biogeochemica...
www.nature.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Using robots and AI to unlock the secrets of a remote ocean with @soccomproject.bsky.social 🌊🤖🌊

Applying machine learning algorithms to a trove of data collected by robotic floats has improved estimates of ocean productivity and carbon export in the Southern Ocean: www.mbari.org/news/new-ai-...
New AI approach sharpens picture of carbon export in the Southern Ocean • MBARI
Applying machine learning algorithms to a trove of data collected by robotic floats has improved estimates of ocean productivity and carbon export in the Southern Ocean.
www.mbari.org
August 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM