Beth Orcutt

Due today!

If you do #DeepSea research that can inform decision making, we welcome your abstract at our #AGU25 session. Due July 30! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Careers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

🚨 science job alert - @bigelowlab.bsky.social in Maine is hiring for two science jobs: an algae data wrangler 🦠📊🤖 and a PFAS researcher 🧪🧑🏻‍🔬 www.bigelow.org/about/career...

If you do #DeepSea research that can inform decision making, we welcome your abstract at our #AGU25 session. Due July 30! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Honored to be a DOSI science ambassador at the International Seabed Authority council meetings this week. Start of session tomorrow should be…interesting.

Thank you, @drandrewthaler.bsky.social , for breaking this story down #DeepSeaMining

Reminder that Bigelow Laboratory is recruiting a new Director of Facilities to help run our ocean science research institution. Please help spread the word. bigelow.freshteam.com/jobs/-1eBR5M...

Careers - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

We are hiring at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences! Several positions open in administration and facilities. We are consistently ranked a best place to work in Maine! www.bigelow.org/about/career...

YouTube video by DW News Deep sea mining: Technology, geopolitics and scientific warnings | Transforming Business

A brief update on #DeepSeaMining from Deutsche Welle. I’m thankful to have been asked to share some science perspectives in this piece. youtu.be/WMywnPG6MpE

COBRA Webinar - April 2025 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator COBRA Webinar Series, April 7, 2025

Happening in 30 min - COBRA webinar on evaluating efforts to develop capacity for deep-sea research, featuring @oceandiscleague.bsky.social cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

The Metals Company has a Jones Act Problem The deep-sea mining world was thrown a curveball last week when, as the spring session of the International Seabed Authority came to a close, the Metals Company, one of several commercial ventures …

The first of what will likely be several analyses of the policy regime surrounding petitioning the US for rights to mine the seabed in the high seas.

The Metals Company has a Jones Act Problem

www.southernfriedscience.com/the-metals-c... #deepseamining

Whoa 🥶

Same - great way to stay connected with global negotiations about #DeepSeaMining

#OceanJobs 🚨🚨Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine is hiring a Director of Communications! #SciComm bigelow.freshteam.com/jobs/eAFZgIO...

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Wants to Know: What If We Get It Right? | Worth Climate advocate Ayana Elizabeth Johnson discusses the challenges facing the climate movement, the role of corporations, and the need for actionable solutions.

My first interview in this awful new political era.

TLDR: Yes, it’s harder when we have a government that clearly doesn’t give a shit. That doesn’t mean we can’t make the world better than it would have been if we hadn’t tried at all. What is our role in human history? 🧐

worth.com/ayana-elizab...

If you need a short diversion of fun, you can vote for mollusk of the year! 🐙🐙Shameless promotion for the Dorado Octopus!! 🐙🐙 moty.senckenberg.science/en/

Could be that it is hard to commit to a meeting the week after the continuing resolution might expire, and govt shutdown in that event?

COBRA Webinar - March 2025 - COBRA: Crustal Ocean Biosphere Research Accelerator COBRA Webinar Series, March 3, 2025

Curious if abyssal plains and hydrothermal vent ecosystems can be restored after #DeepSeaMining impacts? The first COBRA webinar of 2025 will explore this topic next Monday. cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

Two Bigelow Laboratory Scientists Receive ASLO Honors - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Something to be happy about to today: two amazing humans that I care about deeply were honored with @aslo.org awards! Congrats to Deb and Nicole! www.bigelow.org/news/article...

Early career scientists need boosts now more than ever to stay engaged. For those in the scientific ocean drilling community, there is one week left to nominate them for the $18k Taira Prize! www.agu.org/honors/taira

So how are we celebrating Presidents Day Monday? In the streets? Right?

To all of my US science colleagues - sending a huge psychic bear hug to all of you. This is a mighty storm to weather.

It’s not about what federal grants are spent on. The authorized organizational representative signing off on all federal awards at an institution has the verify that the INSTITUTIOn doesn’t have anti discrimination policies that violate the federal rules.

COBRA Webinar - February 2025 Your Content Goes Here SAVE THE DATE: Monday February 3, 2025 (3:00 – 4:30PM EST, UTC-5) Register for Zoom Link

Studying the #DeepSea is often limited by access, yet thankfully there are many initiatives to share and expand capacity to address this gap. In the next COBRA webinar, @oceandiscleague.bsky.social will share ideas for aligning such activities with community needs cobra.bigelow.org/cobra-webina...

We also have a #SciComm position open at Bigelow Lab! www.bigelow.org/about/career...

Do you love #algae? We have two positions open to work with our algae culture collection team at Bigelow Lab in Maine! www.bigelow.org/about/career...

seems fitting to move over from the dark side as we celebrate the longest night of the year and welcome more sunshine back into our lives