The Aquarium got some new, albeit hard to photograph, residents recently! 🦑
These tropical babies are Gulf Stream orphans. They were stranded in New England waters as temperatures dropped, then found and brought to us!
I’m listening to a NASA town hall about the new NISAR satellite. So exciting.
I was recently reminded that these satellite programs are a prime example of public goods. A successful launch, at a time when many public goods are under attack, feels great.
Government exists to provide services! 🧪
Graphic showing changes in CO₂, global temperatures and global sea levels over the last 2025 years. Steep increases are visible after the industrial revolution.
Updated climate indicators graphics, now including 2025
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"EPA rescinds key finding that enabled federal greenhouse gas regulation" | I discussed with @wbur.org / @npr.org #HereAndNow: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
#medievalsky
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Women aren’t just reaching for the stars, they’re engineering the rockets that get us there. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, these are some of the faces of @esa.int Space Transportation.
That Ring commercial is terrifying. Surely no one would ever use this for anything bad
Ha, sure thing! You can even make your own in the same style if you want: www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
Big news here ... 🌊 🦑 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geosky
Got to make a cool map at work this week: data centers permitted (in any capacity) by the EPA. It's always a treat to use symbologies from @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social! #gischat
Jeopardy fame is one of the coolest types! 🐟
Yesterday was #WorldWetlandsDay, and I have seen so much diverse beauty during fieldwork this year. How lucky we are to spend our time like this. ⚒️🌊🌱
So awesome!
Aquarium Friday 🦑 New addition to the elasmobranchs — fiddler rays!
A small bright spot in an otherwise chilly and blustery and news-heavy week. Stay warm 🌤️
An Alligator Gar head is seen in the snow in front of a University of Minnesota sign.
GARgantuan pride in our state today❤️
@garlab.bsky.social -themed content on Jeopardy tonight!
A 2024 study found that gars’ evolution was at a virtual standstill, at .00009 of THESE GENETIC CHANGES per million years… 🐟🦑☠️
Humans are using more water than the Earth can support, with many water sources already damaged beyond repair, the report found
Curiosity is the first step to science! 😉
Aquarium Friday! 🦑
Today a young visitor saw the stingrays and shouted, “WHERE ARE THEIR HEADS?” Another asked whether he would beat them in a contest of standing on one leg. We talked about what makes a fish a fish! 🐟🪼
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rose by 2.4% in 2025, ending a two-year decline. The uptick is driven partly by AI data centers' energy demands and rising natural gas prices.
And the effects of all the proposed rollbacks of environmental policy by the Trump administration hadn’t even hit us yet. 🧪
Please enjoy a break with like, 100 gar; if you need one👍
Although they are predatory fish, they’re also quite social, one might even say...greGARious 🥁
Turns out smoking tobacco's not so bad if you get to ignore all the people that kills.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Aquarium Friday (yesterday)! 🦑
Our goliath grouper was up at the front of his exhibit, which is unique. Great opportunity to chat about what “thigmotactic” means with guests!
For the first time in 25 years, the entire state of California is completely drought-free! If you just turned 25 or are younger, California's always been somewhat in drought during your entire life- until now.
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There were 23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the US in 2025.
And we only know this because @climatecentral.org hired the NOAA employee who led this vital tracking effort, which was decommissioned by the administration last spring.
Aquarium Friday! 🦑
Our semi-elusive nurse shark, Cirri, was on full display today. So were the baby Caribbean dwarf seahorses!
Among the strongest and longest-lasting atmospheric rivers in the history of the region has triggered a series of severe #floods in the Pacific Northwest.
The below Sentinel radar data shows one area of change in Skagit County, #Washington. ⛈️🛰️🧪
(Left: November 29, 2025. Right: December 11, 2025.)
Lake Manly is back!
Several inches of water have formed in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, following Death Valley’s wettest fall on record. During the Ice Ages, the basin held a lake with depths of up to 700 feet.
The Sentinel imagery below is from December 2024 and 2025. 🛰️⚒️🧪
Aquarium Friday! 🦑
This week at shrays, we had a tri-species cuddle puddle, which was awesome. Pancake (non-Aquarium-sanctioned name) also continues to amaze.
Aquarium SATURDAY! 🦑🌙
NEAq had its inaugural adults-only Aquarium After Dark event tonight. It was some of the most fun I’ve had there! Tons of great conversations and active animals.
