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DNA from rum-soaked fishes chronicles century of environmental change Museum specimens collected during a 1907 marine expedition reveal loss of genetic diversity in the Philippines

"In October 1907, the USS Albatross departed San Francisco and steamed westward toward the Philippines. The 61-meter-long craft, operated by the U.S. Fish Commission, was the world’s first ship purposely built for research, and this would be its longest expedition."

“The indirect nature of our knowledge about oceans means that imagination and media and aesthetics, things like that, loom large in shaping our understanding of the oceans’’ @oceanhistories.bsky.social www.une.edu/node/121269

CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) bit.ly/4miqNpa

Assistant Professor in Oceans - Stanford, California and Pacific Grove, California job with Stanford University | 674610 Stanford University invites applications for appointment at the assistant professor level in the Oceans Department, in the Stanford Doerr School of...

Invites candidates in three thematic areas to apply including "Human dimensions of oceans" (e.g. ocean social science, resource economics of fisheries, aquaculture, and other marine sectors, ocean cultures and heritage, gender studies, marine policy and governance).

Opinion | The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan (Published 2023)

With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:

The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...

A Starfish, a President and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina

"The livestream over the past week has transformed a marine exploration project into an internet sensation and shellfish into unexpected standard-bearers for those who oppose President Javier Milei’s threats to cut and privatize state-funded science."

Josephine Quinn · Born on the Beach: Ancient Coastlines Seas are repetitive creatures, working in cycles of tides, migration and climate change, which is normally to say the...

"the sea is back in vogue. Blue Humanities has taken over large parts of the academy in the last decade, bringing the human relationship with oceans, rivers, lakes and seas to the top of the scholarly agenda just as those waters gather to end humanity for good." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Smallpox, overfishing, industrialization destroyed 88% of harvestable food sources in Burrard Inlet: Study Tsleil-Waututh’s Michelle George called the study "scientific proof of what my ancestors and family have been saying for generations.”

“Predator populations exploded & prey plummeted” immediately after the first smallpox outbreak, suggesting not enough Tsleil-Waututh people survived to effectively steward the #environment, said @mefford.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/smallpo... @vancouversun.bsky.social

Opinion | Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment.

Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking

The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea!
by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Check out this interesting #histocean oral history project by Beatriz Martinez-Rius: talesofoceanscience.com

On a day like today, might be worth reminding y’all that there’s an entire community loving ❤️ on ocean life in #FathomVerse. 🦑🧪🌊 #onwardsanddownwards

Fall 2025 Meeting Midwest Medieval History Conference October 24 & 25, 2025 at University of Notre Dame Call for Papers Water, Rivers, and the Environment in the Middle Ages Keynote speaker: Ellen F. Arnold, Ph.…

I'll be the keynote here, talking about river monsters!
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The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson

The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson

🪸🦈 Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs ⬇️

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊

The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep-Sea Life In this book, Stacy Alaimo explores the influence of the newfound human intimacy with the deep sea might have on our broader relationship to the nonhuman world.

Read about the human intimacy with the deep sea in Stacy Alaimo’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬—an excerpt is now available on the Environment & Society Portal.

www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st...

#envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social

Text: Oceans in Depth. Image: side by side book covers of Sea Level, Oceans under Glass, and Ocean Bestiary.

At #ICHST2025? Dive into our Oceans in Depth series and explore the historical and modern impact of the ocean on humanity through interdisciplinary narratives. Learn more about the series here: buff.ly/JBdVWe1.

It's hard to overstate the importance of this resource to historians of science. #hstm #histsci

🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social‬)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)‬’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social

#oceans

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out James W. Seabrooke III (U of West Florida)’s review of Satsuki Takahashi (Hosei University)‬’s book _Fukushima Futures: Survival Stories in a Repeatedly Ruined Seascape_ pub 2023 @uwapress.bsky.social ‬

#oceans

Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

Our Bases Are Precarious! Our ideas about sea level, why and how we measure it, and how it varies have changed radically over the centuries.

An excerpt from my book Sea Level: A History has been published in Issues in Science and Technology!

https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/

#envhist #histsci

Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880) "Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880)" published on 28 Dec 2023 by Brill.

Hey, #oceans #fisheries peeps.

I'd like your help finding a reviewer for this book, for H-Oceans.

Super flexible due date. Looks like a fantastic edited volume. One catch is that we have the e-book only.

Want to review it? Know someone I should ask? Drop me a note.

The 2025 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History Winner Announcement The DHST Commission on the History of Oceanography (ICHO) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize. The award aims to provide recognition …

Congrats to @mshea.bsky.social!

Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel Dr Sara Caputo (Profile Books and The University of Chicago Press, 2024)

Why do we draw journeys as lines on maps?

Historian @saracaputo.bsky.social reveals their histories in 'Tracks on the Ocean', exploring how oceanic navigation and cartographical 'ship tracks' have profoundly shaped our understanding of movement.

Discover more - link below ⬇️

New Book Offers Reality Check On Sea Level Rise Sea level rise due to human induced climate change is a hot button topic. But as a new book reveals, its history has long been a struggle.

"Hardenberg gives us a richly detailed yet very accessible history of how over five centuries, the concept of measuring mean sea level was a painstaking process." 🌊📏

@forbes.com reviews Wilko Graf von Hardenberg's new book "Sea Level: A History"

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#HistSci #EnvHist #Oceanography

Spring touring schedule out! Come hear me talk about aquatic environments, French colonialism, and other fun things at the following conferences over the next three months:

So ... who else belongs in an OceansHSTM starter pack? go.bsky.app/CKYMfBU

A woman seafarer in high-visibility orange apparently riding a broomstick with a freighter's white mast and a bright blue sky in the background. Photograph from a review of Mainsheet: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Maritime Studies.

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How Whales Found Peace in War - bioGraphic A forgotten museum collection reveals how a pause in industrial whaling during World War II changed whales at the molecular level.

When World War II broke out, and "nations repurposed many of their whaling ships for the global conflict, whales experienced a rare moment of respite."

www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...

No One Owns the Gulf of Mexico - The Marjorie Jack E. Davis, author of "The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea," shares his insights about President-elect Donald Trump's announcement to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of Americ...

“Until now, the U.S. has never objected to the Gulf’s given name, although it has a deep history of engaging in diplomatic gamesmanship over the sea.”

Interesting piece on the Gulf of Mexico’s environmental, economic, and geopolitical history

themarjorie.org/2025/01/15/o...

Global Connectivity in Maritime Perspective – International Fellowships DSM 2025 | Deutscher Museumsbund e.V. Do you also think that the global impact of our relationship with the sea has so far been little addressed? The German Maritime Museum, Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM) offers you the oppo...

The German Maritime Museum invites applications for 3-9 month-long fellowships to work on interdisciplinary object-based research focussing on the cultural & political significance of the relationship between humans and the sea. Deadline 31 January 2025. More info: www.museumsbund.de/stellenangeb...