Sam Andrews
@oceanoculus.com
Science & stories from the sea (& occasionally the other 30% of the planet)
🌊 Marine science, tech, policy, sustainability writer
🤿 Founder Ocean Oculus, the ocean-focused communications microagency
📈 Researcher
☕ Tea drinker
🧀 Cheese eater
🐧 Bird admirer
🌊 Marine science, tech, policy, sustainability writer
🤿 Founder Ocean Oculus, the ocean-focused communications microagency
📈 Researcher
☕ Tea drinker
🧀 Cheese eater
🐧 Bird admirer
This #NationalEngineeringDay, I’ve been thinking a lot about how marine engineers are helping to protect our ocean.
Let me give you an example...
📷 Credit: @baesystems.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) / @raeng.org.uk’s This is Engineering library
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Let me give you an example...
📷 Credit: @baesystems.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) / @raeng.org.uk’s This is Engineering library
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November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This #NationalEngineeringDay, I’ve been thinking a lot about how marine engineers are helping to protect our ocean.
Let me give you an example...
📷 Credit: @baesystems.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) / @raeng.org.uk’s This is Engineering library
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Let me give you an example...
📷 Credit: @baesystems.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) / @raeng.org.uk’s This is Engineering library
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Spotted this beautiful trumpet vine peeping over someone's garden wall in Hérault, France.
Apparently some people find the leaves irritates their skin (didn't touch to find out)
#BloomScrolling #Nature
Apparently some people find the leaves irritates their skin (didn't touch to find out)
#BloomScrolling #Nature
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Spotted this beautiful trumpet vine peeping over someone's garden wall in Hérault, France.
Apparently some people find the leaves irritates their skin (didn't touch to find out)
#BloomScrolling #Nature
Apparently some people find the leaves irritates their skin (didn't touch to find out)
#BloomScrolling #Nature
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🌊 Oceanographers and people who care about our animal and microbial friends trying to take a deep breath in the ocean: Read @koelling.bsky.social's great thread/paper about how oxygen enters the surface of the subpolar North Atlantic. And, stay tuned... (1/3)
Our new 🌊 paper “Progressive oxygenation of the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre” is out @jgroceans.bsky.social (open access): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises
Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️
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We examined the breathing of one of the ocean’s lungs 🩺 and found some surprises
Paper summary in schematic, more info ⬇️
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November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🌊 Oceanographers and people who care about our animal and microbial friends trying to take a deep breath in the ocean: Read @koelling.bsky.social's great thread/paper about how oxygen enters the surface of the subpolar North Atlantic. And, stay tuned... (1/3)
This manatee awareness month, why not embrace your inner manatee
⛵ Travel!
Manatees migrate to escape cooling waters in winter.
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⛵ Travel!
Manatees migrate to escape cooling waters in winter.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This manatee awareness month, why not embrace your inner manatee
⛵ Travel!
Manatees migrate to escape cooling waters in winter.
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⛵ Travel!
Manatees migrate to escape cooling waters in winter.
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Wishing our blood-belly comb jellyfish a very happy World Jellyfish Day!
You can probably guess where this comb jelly species got its name from, but did you know that down in the depths of the ocean where it lives, it doesn’t look red at all? 🤔
📷 Ryan Schwark (CC0 1.0 Universal)
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You can probably guess where this comb jelly species got its name from, but did you know that down in the depths of the ocean where it lives, it doesn’t look red at all? 🤔
📷 Ryan Schwark (CC0 1.0 Universal)
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November 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wishing our blood-belly comb jellyfish a very happy World Jellyfish Day!
You can probably guess where this comb jelly species got its name from, but did you know that down in the depths of the ocean where it lives, it doesn’t look red at all? 🤔
📷 Ryan Schwark (CC0 1.0 Universal)
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You can probably guess where this comb jelly species got its name from, but did you know that down in the depths of the ocean where it lives, it doesn’t look red at all? 🤔
📷 Ryan Schwark (CC0 1.0 Universal)
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November 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If anyone was ready for Halloween, it has to be this Halloween crab!
These absolute beauties live in coastal forests in Central America and Mexico, heading back to the ocean to make babies
📷 Halloween crab at Carillo beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Credit Thomas Splettstoesser (CC BY-SA 3.0)
These absolute beauties live in coastal forests in Central America and Mexico, heading back to the ocean to make babies
📷 Halloween crab at Carillo beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Credit Thomas Splettstoesser (CC BY-SA 3.0)
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If anyone was ready for Halloween, it has to be this Halloween crab!
These absolute beauties live in coastal forests in Central America and Mexico, heading back to the ocean to make babies
📷 Halloween crab at Carillo beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Credit Thomas Splettstoesser (CC BY-SA 3.0)
These absolute beauties live in coastal forests in Central America and Mexico, heading back to the ocean to make babies
📷 Halloween crab at Carillo beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Credit Thomas Splettstoesser (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Let’s get statistically sea-nificant 🧮
🐢 1437
The number of sea turtle hatchlings that made it to the waters of New South Wales, Australia, in the 2024-2025 season.
📷 Credit: Elise Peterson (CC BY 3.0)
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The number of sea turtle hatchlings that made it to the waters of New South Wales, Australia, in the 2024-2025 season.
📷 Credit: Elise Peterson (CC BY 3.0)
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October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Let’s get statistically sea-nificant 🧮
🐢 1437
The number of sea turtle hatchlings that made it to the waters of New South Wales, Australia, in the 2024-2025 season.
📷 Credit: Elise Peterson (CC BY 3.0)
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The number of sea turtle hatchlings that made it to the waters of New South Wales, Australia, in the 2024-2025 season.
📷 Credit: Elise Peterson (CC BY 3.0)
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Ok, so we need to talk about ghost sharks.
Why?
Because today is Ghost Shark Day. Also, I just learned something that’s kinda cool about one species of ghost shark - the spotted ratfish.
📷 Male spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei). Credit: Gareth J. Fraser, @ufresearch.bsky.social
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Why?
Because today is Ghost Shark Day. Also, I just learned something that’s kinda cool about one species of ghost shark - the spotted ratfish.
📷 Male spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei). Credit: Gareth J. Fraser, @ufresearch.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Ok, so we need to talk about ghost sharks.
Why?
Because today is Ghost Shark Day. Also, I just learned something that’s kinda cool about one species of ghost shark - the spotted ratfish.
📷 Male spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei). Credit: Gareth J. Fraser, @ufresearch.bsky.social
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Why?
Because today is Ghost Shark Day. Also, I just learned something that’s kinda cool about one species of ghost shark - the spotted ratfish.
📷 Male spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei). Credit: Gareth J. Fraser, @ufresearch.bsky.social
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Everyone - it’s Sea Slug day, so you absolutely need to look at this gorgeous Goniobranchus kuniei 😍
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Everyone - it’s Sea Slug day, so you absolutely need to look at this gorgeous Goniobranchus kuniei 😍
Reposted by Sam Andrews
The #Ecosde2Cañones team is studying the intricate interplay of ocean features such as currents, wind, circulation, density, temperature, and salinity as they examine the exchange of energy between the atmosphere, the Ocean, and the Earth.
youtu.be/pf8cIYFeYJM?...
youtu.be/pf8cIYFeYJM?...
Studying the Invisible | A Tale of Two Canyons
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The #Ecosde2Cañones team is studying the intricate interplay of ocean features such as currents, wind, circulation, density, temperature, and salinity as they examine the exchange of energy between the atmosphere, the Ocean, and the Earth.
youtu.be/pf8cIYFeYJM?...
youtu.be/pf8cIYFeYJM?...
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Sam Andrews
‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast
‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast
Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast
October 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Help - I need a lipreader!
I've got a couple of very short videos from a recent project where the audio didn't record properly 🤦♀️
The footage itself is very simple - face-on shots, single speaker, all in English.
Has anyone worked with a lipreader that they'd recommend?
I've got a couple of very short videos from a recent project where the audio didn't record properly 🤦♀️
The footage itself is very simple - face-on shots, single speaker, all in English.
Has anyone worked with a lipreader that they'd recommend?
October 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Help - I need a lipreader!
I've got a couple of very short videos from a recent project where the audio didn't record properly 🤦♀️
The footage itself is very simple - face-on shots, single speaker, all in English.
Has anyone worked with a lipreader that they'd recommend?
I've got a couple of very short videos from a recent project where the audio didn't record properly 🤦♀️
The footage itself is very simple - face-on shots, single speaker, all in English.
Has anyone worked with a lipreader that they'd recommend?
Reposted by Sam Andrews
✅ Public participation is not a box to tick - it’s the foundation of a just energy transition.
Our new guide unpacks the latest EU rules and details how and when citizens can get involved in renewable energy planning, from shaping policies to contributing to project proposals.
Our new guide unpacks the latest EU rules and details how and when citizens can get involved in renewable energy planning, from shaping policies to contributing to project proposals.
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
✅ Public participation is not a box to tick - it’s the foundation of a just energy transition.
Our new guide unpacks the latest EU rules and details how and when citizens can get involved in renewable energy planning, from shaping policies to contributing to project proposals.
Our new guide unpacks the latest EU rules and details how and when citizens can get involved in renewable energy planning, from shaping policies to contributing to project proposals.
Reposted by Sam Andrews
📣 Closing soon!
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
📣 Closing soon!
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
We're planning updates to the CEE Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER). If you produce or use #EnvironmentalEvidence, complete our short survey:
👉 forms.gle/yz2p2acStLyK...
🗓 Survey closes Oct 20, 2025
Share with your networks!🌏 #SciPol #EvidenceSynthesis #EvidenceUse
Did you know that today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction?
Today is all about calling for more funding in building resilience...
Perhaps like protecting mangroves & restoring the ones we’ve lost...
📷 Marcelo Johan Ogata “BugDreamer” / Ocean Image Bank
Today is all about calling for more funding in building resilience...
Perhaps like protecting mangroves & restoring the ones we’ve lost...
📷 Marcelo Johan Ogata “BugDreamer” / Ocean Image Bank
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Did you know that today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction?
Today is all about calling for more funding in building resilience...
Perhaps like protecting mangroves & restoring the ones we’ve lost...
📷 Marcelo Johan Ogata “BugDreamer” / Ocean Image Bank
Today is all about calling for more funding in building resilience...
Perhaps like protecting mangroves & restoring the ones we’ve lost...
📷 Marcelo Johan Ogata “BugDreamer” / Ocean Image Bank
Reposted by Sam Andrews
By now issue #60 of our newsletter should've hit your inbox! 📩
This time is a hefty one, inclu. round ups from many #seabird breeding colonies around the UK! 🐣
We've got herons predating kittiwakes, brood patches in stormies & we spotlight Lindsay Young - VP. Research for Pristine Seas (NatGeo) ⭐
This time is a hefty one, inclu. round ups from many #seabird breeding colonies around the UK! 🐣
We've got herons predating kittiwakes, brood patches in stormies & we spotlight Lindsay Young - VP. Research for Pristine Seas (NatGeo) ⭐
October 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
By now issue #60 of our newsletter should've hit your inbox! 📩
This time is a hefty one, inclu. round ups from many #seabird breeding colonies around the UK! 🐣
We've got herons predating kittiwakes, brood patches in stormies & we spotlight Lindsay Young - VP. Research for Pristine Seas (NatGeo) ⭐
This time is a hefty one, inclu. round ups from many #seabird breeding colonies around the UK! 🐣
We've got herons predating kittiwakes, brood patches in stormies & we spotlight Lindsay Young - VP. Research for Pristine Seas (NatGeo) ⭐
Reposted by Sam Andrews
🚀 Sentinel-6B is launching soon!
Until then, explore our Launch Hub for updates, mission insights, and resources.
Sentinel-6B will continue decades of sea-level monitoring to track climate change, improve forecasts, and support ocean services. 🌊
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3J5ZC2y
Until then, explore our Launch Hub for updates, mission insights, and resources.
Sentinel-6B will continue decades of sea-level monitoring to track climate change, improve forecasts, and support ocean services. 🌊
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3J5ZC2y
October 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚀 Sentinel-6B is launching soon!
Until then, explore our Launch Hub for updates, mission insights, and resources.
Sentinel-6B will continue decades of sea-level monitoring to track climate change, improve forecasts, and support ocean services. 🌊
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3J5ZC2y
Until then, explore our Launch Hub for updates, mission insights, and resources.
Sentinel-6B will continue decades of sea-level monitoring to track climate change, improve forecasts, and support ocean services. 🌊
👉 Learn more: bit.ly/3J5ZC2y
Reposted by Sam Andrews
Our October #UNMappers Mappy H🕛ur is happening on October 31st! 🎉
We will be opening new projects soon & we hope you can join us in #mappingforpeace! 🌎🌍🌏
📅 31 October
⏱️ 12:00 UTC
📌 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...
#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #MappyHour #UNvolunteering
We will be opening new projects soon & we hope you can join us in #mappingforpeace! 🌎🌍🌏
📅 31 October
⏱️ 12:00 UTC
📌 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...
#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #MappyHour #UNvolunteering
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our October #UNMappers Mappy H🕛ur is happening on October 31st! 🎉
We will be opening new projects soon & we hope you can join us in #mappingforpeace! 🌎🌍🌏
📅 31 October
⏱️ 12:00 UTC
📌 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...
#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #MappyHour #UNvolunteering
We will be opening new projects soon & we hope you can join us in #mappingforpeace! 🌎🌍🌏
📅 31 October
⏱️ 12:00 UTC
📌 RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers...
#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #MappyHour #UNvolunteering
Time for a little #BloomScrolling #Nature with these Ox-Eye Daisy flowers in Savoie, France
October 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Time for a little #BloomScrolling #Nature with these Ox-Eye Daisy flowers in Savoie, France
Everyone, it’s World Octopus Day 🐙 !
How could I not share this gorgeous dumbo octopus? 🥰
There are actually 17 species of dumbo octopus, each sporting fins that look a bit like Dumbo the elephant’s ears. They live in the deep, deep sea. As far as we know, none of them has an ink sack!
How could I not share this gorgeous dumbo octopus? 🥰
There are actually 17 species of dumbo octopus, each sporting fins that look a bit like Dumbo the elephant’s ears. They live in the deep, deep sea. As far as we know, none of them has an ink sack!
October 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Everyone, it’s World Octopus Day 🐙 !
How could I not share this gorgeous dumbo octopus? 🥰
There are actually 17 species of dumbo octopus, each sporting fins that look a bit like Dumbo the elephant’s ears. They live in the deep, deep sea. As far as we know, none of them has an ink sack!
How could I not share this gorgeous dumbo octopus? 🥰
There are actually 17 species of dumbo octopus, each sporting fins that look a bit like Dumbo the elephant’s ears. They live in the deep, deep sea. As far as we know, none of them has an ink sack!
Reposted by Sam Andrews
Indonesia is moving to designate 17 seagrass habitats as strategic areas for blue carbon, a plan that promises climate & community benefits but raises concerns over safeguards.
Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.
Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.
Indonesia eyes seagrass zoning for blue carbon; experts urge community benefits
Indonesia’s push to legalize a blue carbon zoning plan that’s focused on seagrass has sparked optimism for climate solutions, but some experts debate its risks and safeguards. The Indonesian Marine…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Indonesia is moving to designate 17 seagrass habitats as strategic areas for blue carbon, a plan that promises climate & community benefits but raises concerns over safeguards.
Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.
Experts welcome the initiative but warn it must avoid privatization, ensure fair benefit-sharing & guarantee transparency.