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Julie Packard
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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
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.
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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
Scientists urge caution, further assessment of ecological impacts above deep-sea mining • MBARI
A new study argues that deep-sea mining poses significant risks not only to seafloor ecosystems, but also to animals in the vast midwater realm.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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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.
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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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
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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
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.
October 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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...
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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.
September 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM