Aya Naseem

Our islands, homes, livelihoods, sustenance, protection & culture is fundamentally rooted in the life of corals.

No seawall we build could ever match the protective strength, adaptive capacity & rich productivity gifted to us by our living coral reefs- Truly irreplaceable✨

🪸Goidhoo Atoll, Maldives

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

“If we don’t understand what’s happening and why it’s happening, you can’t be adapting. … You’re just going to suffer,” said a member of NOAA’s scientific advisory board. “We’re going to see huge impacts on infrastructure and lives lost in the U.S.”

By @abrahm.bsky.social

A Scientific Inquiry on Bottom Turns, Highlines and Common Surf Injuries Cliff Kapono explains the physics behind two of surfing’s most fundamental moves and where you're next lively to get hurt.

To high line or bottom turn? One of the more surreal reviews of my work by pro surfer/scientist Dr Cliff Kapono: www.surfer.com/how-to/cliff...

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A woman holding her child’s hand on the side of a street. They are standing in front of a wall with a mural of a woman’s face next to a sunflower, with the writing “strong women, strong world”

Though women are disproportionately affected by climate change, women hold the knowledge and power to bring about just change ✨🌏🦸🏾‍♀️

#InternationalWomensDay

Women Shaping Science - Lewis Pugh Foundation February 11th marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a day to celebrate and support gender equality in science, first adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Our...

It’s #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience! Let’s celebrate these 22 trailblazing scientists from our #ChampionsCommunity who are driving meaningful change for the planet. Read 🪸🌿👇👩‍🔬🦠

lewispughfoundation.org/women-shapin...

Close up of 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂 coral showing its textures, corallites and polyps

Coral close-up ✨👀
𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂

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@spalumbi.bsky.social excellent news! I shall look forward to seeing you at Soneva and Fulhadhoo. Excited to talk corals!

The locals putting on a show at Maldives Coral Institute’s coral restoration site at Fulhadhoo island’s house reef 💙🐠🪸
#StreamOcean #Marrs #reefstars