Clare Fieseler, PhD

Congrats on a great story Craig!

I was on the “Tiny Matters” podcast talking about one of my favorite things…. offshore wind power!

Listen here👇

I was on the “Tiny Matters” podcast talking about one of my favorite things…. offshore wind power!

Listen here👇

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

*NEW*

The dead whale found on a remote VA beach was the 2023 calf of the well-known whale “Porcia" #3293.

According to NOAA, it marks the 43rd mortality in the ongoing "Unusual Mortality Event" impacting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

*NEW*

The dead whale found on a remote VA beach was the 2023 calf of the well-known whale “Porcia" #3293.

According to NOAA, it marks the 43rd mortality in the ongoing "Unusual Mortality Event" impacting the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/end...

Brilliant. Count me in!

*NEW* The freshly dead whale is a 3 year old female. What a loss. This species has less than 100 breeding females remaining.

It's now washed up on a barrier island managed by The Nature Conservancy in VA. NOAA and other groups are attempting a necropsy to determine cause of death.

Right whale 'Division' is found dead after entanglement in Georgia A North Atlantic Right Whale, previously found entangled in a rope off of south Georgia, has been discovered dead off the coast of North Carolina

I'm getting reports that another critically endangered North Atlantic Right whale was just spotted dead.

Carcass spotted off VA coast. This marks the 2nd death in just three weeks for a species w/ about 400 individuals remaining.

Last month's fatality, a male, died from fishing gear entanglement👇

BREAKING:
Trump directs Pentagon to buy whale oil to revive whaling industry

Check out "Ocean Empire," a column on entanglements between the US, "an empire of political and cultural influence" and another empire, "the global ocean, which makes up 70 percent of our planet" - by the brilliant ecologist and journalist @fieseler.bsky.social.

sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/05/o...

My 6 year old said one of the kids in her class rolled in late to class this morning and when the teacher asked why he was tardy he just said “I blame Bad Bunny.”

There it is. The very last BOOK WORLD.

I’m still in shock that Jeff Bezos, the man who is everything he is today because of selling books, would abandon readers like this.

I grieve for The Washington Post and everything that has been stripped from it.

Congrats again David and Eileen!

I am so sorry Dino. You did such amazing reporting!

@dbauder.bsky.social @borenbears.bsky.social

Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Ob...

Please correct this headline @apnews.com. All humans are primates. That’s a biology.

What Trump posted was a depiction of the first Black U.S. president and First Lady as chimpanzees. That’s racist.

(Please repost to get an AP editor’s attention on this.)

Ocean Empire - Science Politics Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.

🌊I have a new gig. 🌊

Introducing: OCEAN EMPIRE, my new column about U.S ocean policy and foreign affairs for @sciencepolitics.bsky.social.

We are a brand new online magazine housed at Georgetown University. I'm thrilled to bring in-depth news analysis about what's happening to 70% of our planet.

I would see him in the newsroom and never had the courage to go up and speak to him. I was only there for a 4 month fellowship. Greatest regret was not getting to chat with Marty!

Ocean Empire - Science Politics Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.

@fieseler.bsky.social has a new column in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social! Ocean Empire will bring an essay a month.

"The U.S. — this ocean nation I call home — is an empire of political and cultural influence whose reach, at times, seems unlimited."

sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/05/o...

He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years

Marty Weil is a legend. He was the last reporter remaining from the Watergate era at the Post. Just an phenomenal old-school metro reporter. They axed him too.

Please read this story to honor his tenure at the Post. (Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...

Took your advice!

A column to keep an eye on, folks sciencepolitics.org/2026/02/05/o...

Thanks @kakanikatija.bsky.social !

Horizons of Humanity - Science Politics Introducing a new column on the existential risks and opportunities that will shape humanity’s future.

Okay, another thing: If the ocean is not your thing, but outer space is...

We've launched a new column for space policy, too! The great @dagomardegroot.bsky.social is at the helm for that one: HORIZONS OF HUMANITY.

sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/13/h...

I feel the same way. I'm grateful institutions like @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social are stepping up.

Thanks, as always, @deborahb.bsky.social 💎

Thanks @johnvaillant.bsky.social 💪

One last thing: This role is extra meaningful cause I get to work w/ wonderful colleagues I left 5 years ago when I pivoted from a faculty job @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social to science journalism. Thx to @emendenhall.bsky.social the Editor-in-Chief of @sciencepolitics.bsky.social for inviting me back!

Ocean Empire - Science Politics Introducing a new column breaking down seismic shifts in ocean policy and explaining why they matter.

How are America’s actions at sea reverberating through the rest of the world? How are other nations responding? How could these shifting geopolitics impact the health of our ocean and its wildlife?

These are the questions I’ll be answering in my new monthly column. Please follow me to read along.