Miriam Goldstein

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

reminds me of the Ocean Cleanup days, Dr. Martini @rejectedbanana.bsky.social

well Impossible Metals is so mad about this report that they spent all weekend posting about it on my LinkedIn...so you are definitely going to want to tune in! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

i came back to share our upcoming DSM webinar and just couldn't resist making a crab joke while i was here! but still mostly off social

let's take the CAR out of CARCINIZATION

Link to full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1Rett...

A Techno-Economic Assessment of Seabed Mining: American Samoa and Global Implications - CleanTechnica Evidence based review finds deep ocean mining overstates its readiness, underestimates costs, and faces weak demand for nodule derived metals.

Link to Clean Technica article: cleantechnica.com/2025/11/18/a...

Flyer for deep sea mining webinar, showing pictures of panelists and moderator. Text reads: A new report on the technical and economic feasibility of deep sea mining in the American Samoa region finds that the approaches of two leading companies are plagued by flawed financial models, underestimated costs, and immature technology. Register for this webinar with the report authors to learn why deep sea mining is likely to be much harder, slower, and more expensive than proponents suggest.

Please join Michael Barnard, Lyle Trytten, and I for a public webinar to discuss their new report on whether seabed mining in the American Samoa region is economically viable and technically achievable. Tues 12/2 at 3 PM ET/12 PM PT/9 AM SST. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thanks! Please come join us!

Haunting read by my friend @oceanhoptimism.org

"Our data are exquisite. Our world is empty."

An amazing piece on the coral reefs of the future by Rick MacPherson.

DEATHBALL SPONGE 💀

Protect marine national monuments from destruction | GUEST COMMENTARY The Trump administration is working to open some of America’s protected natural treasures to industrial fishing and oil drilling, writes Lauren Wenzel.

"What's happening right now is exactly what I was working to prevent." A former NOAA director explains why opening our Marine National Monuments to industrial fishing is a disaster for conservation. Some places are too precious to risk: tinyurl.com/mr6tyjsw

President and CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences, Jasmin Graham, shares how she's defying stereotypes and telling her own story. 🦈

Watch more from the 2025 Ocean Progress Symposium: https://www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean-progress-symposium-2025-advancing-conservation-close-to-shore/

Speed Mentoring 2025 — Women's Aquatic Network Join us and the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board on Wednesday, October 22nd for our annual Speed Mentoring event.

Come join me at the @womensaquaticdc.bsky.social and @nationalacademies.org Speed Networking event on October 22! Register here:

www.womensaquatic.org/events/speed...

They didn't use my full quote so I'll put the kicker here: "The public has a right to know what is at stake, and if the Trump
Administration won’t publish our comments, we will."

E&E News: Groups urge NOAA to keep commercial fishing out of monuments They also said the Trump administration has not used a transparent process for getting input from the public.

What do more than 230 scientists and 53 ocean conservation organizations have in common? They just told the Trump administration to protect our marine national monuments. Read more about our work to protect our monuments from industrial fishing: tinyurl.com/4d9xaa6e

Safeguard Papahānaumokuākea: The Future Of Our Oceans Depends On It It’s a sanctuary and a global model of ocean protection grounded in Native Hawaiian leadership.

“It is not our right to fish every inch of ocean… If we fail to safeguard Papahānaumokuākea, we risk losing not only a globally unique seascape but the wisdom it carries for managing our shared future.” Read more from Kanoeʻulalani Morishige in @CivilBeat (& sign the petition!) tinyurl.com/3jd4tt7m

Trump’s Exec. Order on seafood threatens decades of marine protections by opening national monuments to industrial fishing. Gear like trawls, gillnets and longlines devastates habitats and both targeted and not species. Tell NOAA to protect ocean ecosystems! secure.everyaction.com/cvNZk5i6cUaE...

Pausing my hiatus because this is important! Please sign and share.

Protect Our Marine Monuments | Notion 🐟 Action #1: Sign the national petition to protect our marine monuments from industrial fishing!

Marine monuments protect ocean wildlife and areas connected to cultural and historic traditions.
POTUS is undermining these special places and laying the groundwork to destroy protected areas. Support marine monuments and tell @NOAA to #ProtectOurOcean! https://linkly.link/2F3tY

.@SenateGOP passed their bill to give handouts to fossil fuel companies while cutting funding for coastal communities and saddling American families with trillions more in debt.

Thank you to @SenateDems and @HouseDemocrats who fought tirelessly for our coastal communities and ocean future.

My husband wrote 'Jaws.' We need to better protect the oceans he loved. | Opinion 'Jaws' brought sharks and the ocean into the forefront of the public's imagination 50 years ago. Let's use this anniversary to protect it.

'Jaws' shark scared us, but we must save this vital species | Opinion

A lot of us really, really believe in free speech regardless of the views expressed. I was taught about the Jewish lawyers in the Skokie case with great cultural pride. www.newsweek.com/story-jewish...

NOAA ends extreme weather database that tracked cost of disasters since 1980 | CNN Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.

NEW: NOAA retires its widely cited billion-dollar weather and climate database amid staff cuts. Unique database had been tallying disaster costs for 45 years. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...

head of a stalked sponge

yellow stalked sponge quite big

Wow. A bright yellow HUGE# Bolosoma glass sponge at 1825 m maybe >50 cm across- you could SIT IN IT!! Paul Seamount #okeanos #saveNOAA #spongethursday