Kelly Martin

It feels like some kind of irony that as an employee of a certain agency I’m now required to commute an hour each way through these weather events that are getting harder to forecast because of cuts to said agency… luckily it wasn’t too terrible yet on I45 at ~6:30 this morning.

And on Thursday, join the #WorldOceanDay festivities at the National Museum of Natural History! Our team is taking over the Explorer Theater in the Ocean Hall from 1:30-3:30pm!

Attending #CHOW2025? Go see @etspencer.bsky.social present today (6/3) at 2:35-2:55pm and tomorrow (6/4) at 10:35-10:55am in the Sanctuary Cinema! They may even given you a cool poster for stopping by 👀🪸

Remember that tiny crab that went viral in January? 🦀 Our partners at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History are here to tell the rest of its story! Learn how this spiky crab is helping deep sea restoration efforts in the Gulf: ocean.si.edu/human-connec...

I'm a fishing-boat captain. Cuts to NOAA put the U.S. fishing industry at risk. Deep budget cuts endanger the federal agency that tracks hurricanes, develops ocean tech and prevents overfishing. Can the fishing industry survive without it?

#Opinion: Deep budget cuts endanger the federal agency that tracks hurricanes, develops ocean tech and prevents overfishing. Can the fishing industry survive without it?
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The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.

NOAA manages large ocean fisheries in US waters. Scientists there conduct surveys, sample fish, and run complex models to estimate the levels of sustainable catches. NOAA is recognized as a world leader in creating jobs, producing food, and avoiding overfishing. Kudos to NOAA fisheries!!!!