De'Marcus Robinson, Ph.D

🌊 A historic moment for the ocean.

The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean.

Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/

YouTube video by High Seas Alliance Celebrating the Entry into Force of the High Seas Treaty

Today, the world has made history - the #BBNJ Agreement has officially entered into force.

Hear from ministers, ocean advocates, and High Seas Alliance members urging all nations to keep global momentum toward universal ratification high.

#HighSeasTreaty #60ToGlobal

🌊 Unlock the Ocean’s Hidden Chemistry!
Excited to announce #argopy 1.4.0! 🎉
Now predict nutrients (NO₃, PO₄, SiOH₄) and carbonate variables (AT, DIC, pHT, pCO₂) with CANYON-B and CONTENT models—directly from your #argofloats data. Perfect for @bgc-argo.bsky.social users !
argopy.readthedocs.io

Overall Top 5 Aquarium ranking so far!

1. Mote Aquarium (Sarasota, FL)
2. National Aquarium (Baltimore MD)
3. Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, Ca)
4. Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach Ca)
5. Texas State Aquarium (Corpus Christi, Tx)

Why not both? An Ocala National Forest and Park—Have your Park and Forest too America’s National Forest and Parks are the crown jewel of American history.

Why not both? An Ocala National Forest and Park—Have your Park and Forest too
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Really enjoyed OceanHackWeek this week

Human emissions drive recent trends in North Pacific climate variations - Nature The main multidecadal variations in the PDO index during the twentieth century, including the ongoing, decades-long negative trend, were largely driven by human emissions of aerosols and greenhouse ga...

🌊 New evidence suggests the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), long considered an internal climate fluctuation, is heavily influenced by human activity.

Greenhouse gases and aerosols may be driving its multidecadal variability.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Motherfucking wind farms…

Day 1 of carpentries! 🙏🏽

The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change The firings of nearly a dozen people in the State Department’s Office of Global Change include the last U.S. climate negotiators.

The State Department fired the remaining staff in the Office of Global Change, responsible for international climate policy, as part of a larger downsizing of nearly 3,000 employees. This leaves the State Department with no staff knowledgeable about global climate negotiations. 🤷🏻‍♂️

They want to close the NOAA lab (GML) that brings you this, the most iconic time series in the environmental sciences.

gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/

New U.S. Budget Proposal Slashes Billions in Funds for Science - Eos President Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, released today, slashes non-defense discretionary spending by $163 billion, a 22.6% reduction from 2025.

Senate Appropriations has a markup hearing for science this morning. In their bill: $9B for NSF (current is $9.06B). Also includes protections for NOAA and NWS staffing. 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

Argo -BGC

Nominations Hearing for Department of Commerce Nominees WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for nominees of the Department of Comm...

Happening now nomination hearing for the NOAA Administrator and Assistant Secretary

Dr. Neil Jacobs, (NOAA Administrator)
Mr. Taylor Jordan Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction (NOAA)

www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/7/nomin...

While some grants have been terminated (waiting Supreme Court) certain programs still exist. Every agency now has to submit their budget detailed proposal based on the president budget. Congress then decides what gets funded for FY26 starting in Oct 1

What does NOAA’s proposed FY 2026 budget mean for students and early career professionals? Becoming a marine biologist, conservationist, or oceanographer has been a dream for some since childhood.

While the results of the proposed budget in NOAA FY2026 awaits with Congress Commitee on Appropriations, the impact to students and early career professionals remain uncertain. If pushed forward, there could be substantial changes to science and workforce development. 🌊

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Proposed NOAA Budget Calls for $0 for Climate Research - Eos In the latest move in a months-long attack on climate science funding, the Trump administration released a budget document on 30 June that calls for zero funding for climate research and the eliminati...

The Trump administration’s proposed FY26 budget for NOAA would eliminate climate research at NOAA. 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

Found a coral washed up on the beach. I wonder what type it is

NOAA Proposes Permanently Closing Premiere Hurricane Research Institute In its proposed 2026 budget released Monday, NOAA closes all federally funded weather and climate research labs, including the one responsible for maintaining the nation’s top hurricane models

It's hard to adequately summarize how destructive NOAA's 2026 proposed budget released on Monday is for hurricane forecasting, but I crammed all I could into today's newsletter. I encourage everyone with interests along the coast to read it carefully. ⬇️

Weather & climate office hour 7/1/25: Disastrous NOAA budget & NorCal lightning/fire weather update - YouTube The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme weather and c...

I'll have a new live Weather and Climate office hour on Tue, July 1 @ 3pm PT to further discuss the potentially disastrous NOAA budget decimation, and also the (ongoing) NorCal lightning/fire weather event (expect a radar/satellite tour). #CAwx #CAfire www.youtube.com/live...

One things that I’ve been questioning lately is, with changes in ocean programs how can outside sectors feel the gap

Reading through the “big beautiful bill” as the senate prepares to vote. This will have serious set back for families and businesses and government functionality.

In Rstudio, the interface has quadrants similar to matlab like the command window and editor. It’s also similar in the style for how code is displayed. Rstudio has very similar code syntax to python.

First time using R, I actually like that the interface is a mixture between matlab and python

First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor | CNN Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

Feast on some recent deep sea news & discoveries, like a sea spider covered in methane-fueled bacteria.
🌊🦑🌏🧪

@nicoledubilier.bsky.social
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#LoveIslandUSA

Los Angeles. Just wow.

Excited to join the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) looking forward to contributing and being engaged!
@deepstewardship.bsky.social

Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively referred to as the Services or we) are proposing to rescind the regulatory definition of "harm" ...

Two days remain to comment on the US FWS and NMFS rule change that undermines the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This proposal rescinds the definition of “harm,” limiting protections to actions that directly injure or kill listed species, leaving their habitats vulnerable. Please submit comments! 🧪