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Elisabeth Hadjis
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comms specialist @ oceans north | former poynter fellow, NU journalism alum & wicked tuna superfan 🐟
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🌅 sunrise, Monterey Bay
October 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The Metals Company is trying to circumvent the International Seabed Authority and get the Trump administration to approve mining of the deep sea.

We have to stop seeing the ocean as a place to exploit instead of a place of wonder and beauty and an essential part of our life support system.
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals (Gift Article)
Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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As Data Goes Off-Line Under Trump, Environmental Researchers Are Uploading Backups

A team of scholars has worked since November to archive resources that are valuable to themselves and the public—just in case they were taken down. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/42uGUcl
As data goes off-line under Trump, researchers upload backups
A team of scholars has worked since November to archive resources that are valuable to themselves and the public—just in case they were taken down.
bit.ly
January 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Move over, blue whale. This 300+ year old 34m coral is now the largest animal* known. Hopefully its depth, as described, can keep it going 🦑🧪

*colony of animals
Scientists discover world’s largest coral—so big it can be seen from space
Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic Society’s Pristine Seas expedition team.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 14, 2024 at 12:34 PM