Dr. Kati Gosnell

Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
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'There are so many bones everywhere': The whale graveyards that transform the deep sea A photographer captured this extraordinary site where whales' bodies lie in the shallows, with troubling repercussions for the deep oceans.

@kathlanpher.bsky.social has written a great article for the BBC about a photography expedition to film at a shallow #whale graveyard near Tasiilaq, Greenland. There are around 20 #minkewhale skeletons here, 15 feet belöw the pack ice

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Cape point and the botanical gardens outside of Cape Town are amazing!

Mushrooms turn dead wood into food and medicine which is better than anything any tech start up has ever done

Olympics Dog was chasing the motorized camera they have to capture the competitors at the finish line, then decided to chase some competitors instead

Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.

66 years old going 66 mph.

Nice to see there is still some hope for peace. 🪻 Totally love how happy their adopted dog is too ☺️

Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency reversed its “endangerment finding," which found that greenhouse gases are a threat to human health.

"Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price" | My op-ed with Bob Ward in @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Marine biologists discover 28 new deep sea species—and an old VHS tape The level of ocean biodiversity near Argentina staggered researchers.

Let's not trash the deep sea before we've done more than glimpse its wonders. (Even though we're already polluting it.)

#NoDeepSeaMining

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Scientists put sharks in a tank with toys. They noticed that the sharks bite and push toys and deliberately swim in circles. But are they really playing?

Experts: "It's hard to say and research is ongoing."

#marinelife #science #toys #play

A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...

Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

A diagram showing different colored humans. The title reads — There have been 646 measles cases confirmed in the current South Carolina outbreak (as of Jan 20, 2026) Red human — unvaccinated (563) Black human — unknown vaccination status (58) Blue human — partially vaccinated (12) Green human — fully vaccinated (13) Receiving both doses of the measles vaccine (MMR vaccine) is 97% effective at preventing measles.

Measles has one of the highest basic reproduction numbers (R₀) of any disease (12 to 18), meaning one infected person can spread it to 12 to 18 others in a fully susceptible population, making it extremely contagious. Need 95% vaccination status to achieve herd immunity. Get vaccinated!!

One of the best cartoons summing up the matter!

What Americans Lose If Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled - Eos Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

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They built wind turbines to make power — but under the sea, they “produce” something no one expected Offshore turbines with nature‑inclusive Reef Cubes help restore oceans, boosting marine life as Dutch wind farms show clean energy can heal underwater ecosystems.

They built wind turbines to make power — but under the sea, they “produce” something no one expected
www.ecoportal.net/en/turbines-...

I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's...

Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's happening. https://to.pbs.org/45WdVPh

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”

Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal In December 2022, nearly 200 nations committed to protecting 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according…

By 2025, 9.6% of the ocean is covered by marine protected areas, but only 3.2% are highly or fully protected—raising concerns about “paper parks” that allow harmful activities.

Always follow the money.

New Year’s nurse shark starts the year swimming through clear blue winter water. Let’s hope 2026 brings many more clear water days in the months ahead! 💙🩺🦈💙 #nurseshark #sharksofcoralcity #shark #newyearsday #clearwater #bluewater #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Experts warn ongoing concern with Atlantic Ocean will be direct threat to dozens of nations: 'Consequences for at least 1,000 years to come' "A huge responsibility for the decision makers of today."

A recent study by Dutch colleagues shows that a shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries.
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
@swinda.bsky.social
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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) can grow to more than 450 kg (1,000 lb) and live for over 65 years

📹Pelagic Ventures Scuba

Sprat are small members of the herring family, and are the basis of whole marine ecosystems. Yet they're being hoovered up by pair-trawlers to feed fish farms.

Please sign our petition calling for a pause on sprat trawling until we have more data.

Thank you!
www.change.org/p/save-our-m...

Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.

Today, the DOJ sued Colorado for access to its complete voter roll. This marks the 15th state sued over private voter info, 13 of which are led by Democrats. My colleague @ariberman.bsky.social and I published a big piece last week about why this should scare you. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

For more than a century, oil companies have sunk wells in this desert looking for liquid gold, leaving countless scars behind. Dunlap showed me wells ensconced by rusted-red pipes and decrepit pumpjacks strewn about the desert. These thousands of forgotten wells are not just inert fossils of economic history. Many emit methane—a greenhouse gas that's nearly 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide -and leach chemicals, including benzene, a human carcinogen. Recently, another problem has emerged: Old, dormant wells have begun mysteriously leaking-oozing brine onto the land-and shooting geysers of toxic water into the sky.

Former oil and gas workers in Texas are now fighting to make the industry plug old empty wells, which are exhaling methane and vomiting toxic water (from fracking miles away) all over the state.

Eye-opening story by @mollytaft.com

www.motherjones.com/environment/...

The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders.

Damn good journalism.

Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice.
@highcountrynews.org

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