Yes, we need to meet a growing demand for the technology we've come to depend on. But we can do so without the damaging extraction of raw minerals from the seafloor. Innovations are reducing the need for this environmentally risky and economically suspect approach.

The new research concludes that sediment plumes extending far from the site of seabed mining could affect plankton abundance. Plankton support myriad other species and commercially important fisheries in the Pacific Ocean for tunas and mahi mahi. #CommercialFisheries #tuna #MahiMahi #FoodWeb

Their findings, published in @natureportfolio.nature.com, reaffirm earlier work by researchers including Steven Haddock of @mbarinews.bsky.social, who have urged the global community to move cautiously in the face of all the uncertainties. mbayaq.co/44cVKEa

A team led by Stanford University researcher Richard Grewelle identified risk factors to sea otters from parasitic worms in their prey. Dr. Ri Chang and the veterinary team at the Aquarium then developed an effective treatment regimen. #VeterinaryMedicine #parasites #disease #foraging #MarineMammals

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.

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. 🦦💙

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.

Most importantly, she recognized that – together – we can make a real difference through our actions, large and small.

I mourn her passing and celebrate her life. It was an honor to know and work with Dr. Goodall. Her legacy will live on, in the lives of the millions of people she inspired.

We have clear data pointing to the sources of the problem, and clear evidence of the disproportionate impact on the Global South. We must shift to a clean-energy economy. #EnvironmentalJustice #CleanEnergy #GreenhouseGasEmissions #OceanClimateActions #ClimateDisparities

A few years ago, @montereybayaquarium.org researchers documented clear disparities in the places where the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change are being produced and the places that will disproportionately feel the impacts. www.montereybayaquarium.org/stories/clim...

The study finds that each of them has emitted enough greenhouse gases to cause multiple heat waves that would have been virtually impossible in the absence of climate change. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #GreenhouseGasEmissions #ClimateChange #AttributionScience

We've lost a great environmental champion with Robert Redford's passing. He used his voice to support climate action, to protect our public lands, and to help people understand the importance of safeguarding the natural systems on which our lives depend.

We are better for his time on Earth.