Miriam Goldstein (@miriamgoldstein) — Bluesky Profile

14 hours ago

Amazing footage of a living foraminiferan, a type of single-celled ocean plankton that extends long thin gelatinous tendrils of cytoplasm through its shell to forage.

Like some cosmic dandelion, drifting through the ether, shimmering and electric

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17 hours ago

Special thanks to @katieocean.bsky.social for pointing out that LinkedIn links don't work that well and suggesting a thread!

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17 hours ago

The Urgency Does Not Exist: My statement on Deep-sea Mining to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources This week, I was invited to testify in front of Congress on the environmental and social impacts of deep-sea mining for the House Natural Resources Committee hearing Deep Dive: Examining the Regula…

Finally, the "urgency" for these seabed minerals simply does not exist right now. Read deep sea ecologist's @drandrewthaler.bsky.social recent congressional testimony expertly dismantling the industry narrative. We need evidence. 4/4 www.southernfriedscience.com/the-urgency-...

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17 hours ago

I've explored the ocean's deepest part. Trump wants to destroy it. | Opinion I've been to the Mariana Trench. The choice is clear: Protect one of earth's last frontiers or destroy it before we even understand what we're losing.

But this opposition is also fundamentally about the science. If you want to understand the sheer ecological stakes of mining one of the earth's least understood ecosystems, you need to read @deepseadawn.bsky.social's fantastic recent op-ed. 3/4 www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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17 hours ago

Guam objects to Trump administration plan to allow deep-sea mining in western Pacific The Trump administration wants to allow deep-sea mining for critical minerals near the American territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Residents are worried about environmental impacts.

As the rush to mine the seafloor accelerates, communities in Pacific territories are forced onto the front lines without voting representation in Congress. I was very pleased to see @npr.org giving this major equity and sovereignty issue national attention yesterday. www.npr.org/2026/03/10/n... 2/4

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17 hours ago

If you follow ocean policy, you know that the Trump administration’s aggressive push for deep-sea mining is rapidly shaping up to be the defining ocean policy issue of this second term. As this… | M... If you follow ocean policy, you know that the Trump administration’s aggressive push for deep-sea mining is rapidly shaping up to be the defining ocean policy issue of this second term. As this head...

The Trump administration’s aggressive push for deep-sea mining is rapidly shaping up to be the defining ocean policy issue of this second term. I put a little primer over at LinkedIn, but here's a thread so you don't have to click through. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 🧵 1/4

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1 day ago

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1 day ago

Dive into Wool Creature Lab's World of Vibrant Felted Nudibranchs How artist Arina Bovenich's job at a remote biology research station transformed into a unique craft practice.

Okay, here’s today’s assignment: celebrate the joy of nudibranchs. First: read this thoroughly wonderful piece on artist Arina Bovenich and her felted nudibranchs. Tiny wool sea slugs. Maximum delight. If this doesn’t spark joy, nothing will.
#Nudibranchs #OceanHoptimism

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1 day ago

Research Highlight: Scripps and the Science behind the D-Day Landings Note: Walter Munk and his wife, Mary Coakley Munk, will be in Normandy in early June to attend events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day.Guests visiting Walter Munk’s home may lose track of t...

Needs more Munk scripps.ucsd.edu/news/researc...

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1 day ago

ARGH! thank you for letting me know, this is indeed the feedback i seek! i will do a full thread later. seems like LI isn't a good blog replacement as i had potentially envisioned.

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1 day ago

Let me know if this posting experiment worked! I'm still playing with how best to use LinkedIn and Bluesky after my hiatus.

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1 day ago

If you follow ocean policy, you know that the Trump administration’s aggressive push for deep-sea mining is rapidly shaping up to be the defining ocean policy issue of this second term. As this… | M... If you follow ocean policy, you know that the Trump administration’s aggressive push for deep-sea mining is rapidly shaping up to be the defining ocean policy issue of this second term. As this head...

If you follow ocean policy, the Trump admin’s aggressive push for deep-sea mining is THE ocean issue right now. From Guam’s fight on the frontlines (glad NPR covered this yesterday!) to the shaky economics, I put a little primer on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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5 days ago

Timeline cleanse!

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5 days ago

It might not be a ‘sea monstah,’ but the sunfish in that video is ‘an ocean oddball’ “That thing looks dead, man.’’

I do feel like @hankgreen.bsky.social missed the opportunity to say "Oh my god man, we are seein’ some sh*it we ain’t never seen before." www.boston.com/news/local-n...

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5 days ago

Why does Everyone Hate the BEST FISH? YouTube video by Hank Green

"The mola doesn't look like it's winning. It just is winning." How did I miss @hankgreen.bsky.social explaining why my favorite fish, the mola mola, is the BEST FISH? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR9M...

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1 week ago

Pacific Ocean Floor by MARIE THARP, Bruce Heezan, and Heinrich Berann, *as published in* the National Geographic. There, fixed it.😉

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1 week ago

More on the glories of sea spiders from @montereybayaquarium.org: www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/anim...

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1 week ago

WEIRD INVERTEBRATES (sea spiders are the best, they breathe through their legs and the males are the ones who get pregnant)

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1 week ago

Letter: Navarro's fisheries claims just don't hold water
By Miriam Goldstein | March 2, 2026

Navarro’s fisheries claims just don’t hold water

To the Editor: As an ocean scientist and Manchester native, I read with interest Peter Navarro’s op-ed on Donald Trump’s fisheries policy (“Fish ban lifted to lower cost,” Feb. 23). Unfortunately, his op-ed suffers from poor geography and worse economics — no doubt he would have been better off had he also attended Central High School.
First, Navarro seems unaware of where the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument actually is. Located 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod, the monument is so far offshore that it comprises less than 1% of historic fishing grounds. While it protects rare deep-sea corals and underwater canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon, data on vessel movements show the monument has had little to no economic impact on commercial fisheries — unlike Trump’s tariff policy, which cost the average U.S. household $1,000 last year.
Second, Navarro seems to have confused New Hampshire with New York. He addresses “New York families” and localities such as Montauk and Fulton Fish Market. New Hampshire readers deserve better than warmed-over New York leavings, particularly because of New Hampshire’s proud tradition of stewardship. Indeed, a 2022 poll of 3,500 New Englanders found more than 80% favor permanently protected marine areas.
While Navarro touts his fishing bona fides, the administration he represents is moving to open over 1.27 billion acres of public waters to offshore oil and gas drilling, expanding deep-sea mining into key fishing grounds, and raising electricity prices at twice the rate of inflation. That isn’t just poor geography — it’s deliberate misdirection.

Dr. Miriam Goldstein is the Executive Director of the National Ocean Protection Coalition and a graduate of the Central High School class of 1999.

Peter Navarro tried to explain Trump's fisheries policy in my hometown newspaper, but it turns out his geography is worse than his economics policies. You know what the Granite State loves? Getting mixed up with New York!

Anyway, I fixed his homework for him. ⬇️
www.unionleader.com/opinion/lett...

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1 week ago

Purple sea urchin wearing a white cowboy hat. Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/sea-urchins-tiny-hats/

can they be shaped like tiny hats

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1 week ago

Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean.

So weird, Premee. www.livescience.com/animals/moll...

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1 week ago

WEIRD INVERTEBRATES

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1 week ago

This nostalgia is totally @beebrookshire.bsky.social's fault for this literal banger of a post. bsky.app/profile/beeb...

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1 week ago

a person 's finger is pointing at a can of soda in the sand Alt: A tiny octopus in a soda can gently touching a human finger with one arm.

Considering coming off Bluesky hiatus, mostly to post ocean policy takes and weird invertebrates. Is this a terrible idea? Is it just misplaced nostalgia for Ocean Twitter circa 2010? Please advise.

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1 week ago

This Monument Is the Latest Casualty in Trump’s War on Public Lands Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument could be opened up to commercial fishing

“We have the opportunity now, in this moment, to protect and save [these places] for future generations... We are passing this gift down so that they will know...that they're not a sad story of the past, but that they are there thriving quietly in the dark.” - Me www.sierraclub.org/sierra/monum...

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2 weeks ago

I've explored the ocean's deepest part. Trump wants to destroy it. | Opinion I've been to the Mariana Trench. The choice is clear: Protect one of earth's last frontiers or destroy it before we even understand what we're losing.

Geologist @deepseadawn.bsky.social has been to the deepest place on Earth. Now, Trump wants to mine nearby. To her, "the choice is clear: protect and explore one of Earth’s last frontiers, or destroy it before we even understand what we are losing." tinyurl.com/22ta9fkw

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1 month ago

Maxine Dexter Decries 'Concerning Lack Of Transparency' In Deep Sea Mining Permitting Process YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

Two weeks ago I testified before congress on the promise and peril of deep-sea mining. A few key points of my testimony, and my responses to Congresswoman Dexter, were clipped by Forbes. I think they're worth a listen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLY2...

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2 months ago

Trump’s plan to open California’s coastline to oil drilling threatens more than ocean life OPINION: The Trump administration plans to open the length of California’s coast to offshore oil and gas development, regardless of the law and the consequences.

Forty years ago, Californians stopped an ill-conceived federal plan to open our coast to offshore oil and gas drilling. In the decades since, we’ve taken remarkable steps to safeguard our coastal waters. Now the Trump administration is pushing to undo all we’ve accomplished. bit.ly/3Lo2hWp

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2 months ago

Community Centers & Recreation Centers No matter where you live in the District, DPR manages and maintains a neighborhood recreation center that is close to your home. These centers are your gateway to a broad range of fun and challenging ...

Gotta stand up for the city of DC here though I don't care about golf. DC has a wonderful system of public gyms and pools, all free to DC residents. We especially love the outdoor pools in the summer. dpr.dc.gov/reccenters

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3 months ago

2) Architecture Errors

The authors present basic metrics and assumptions about how our fleet is operating that are inconsistent with our latest published documentation and demonstrate a lack of understanding of our system and our operations beyond a basic level. One example of the authors’ incorrect assumptions is the number of autonomous underwater vehicles in a full fleet. A full-scale Eureka IV fleet will operate with 314 vehicles, whereas the authors assumed it would operate 90 AUVs. A second incorrect assumption is the ship size, where the authors assume a Panamax-class vessel with a Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) of 65-80 kDWT. The ship size used in the latest published model is 144 kDTW, and our latest plan is a Newcastlemax-class vessel with a 200 kDWT capacity. There are numerous other errors like this, and there is no documentation indicating where the authors’ numbers for our system come from. You can find our latest published model at this link. An updated version will be published and presented toward the end of this year.

I do encourage anyone familiar with ocean tech/ops/at-sea conditions to take a look both at the report and at IM's response, shown here. They want to run 314 AUVs simultaneously at abyssal depths from a very large vessel. Source: impossiblemetals.com/blog/correct...

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