Ross Ong

Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct" - Oceanographic Following a record-breaking marine heatwave in 2023 Florida's critical staghorn and elkhorn corals have been left 'functionally extinct.'

🌊 Marine heatwave leaves critical Florida corals "functionally extinct"

Following the record-breaking 2023 marine heatwave and the ninth mass coral bleaching, staghorn and elkhorn corals have dwindled to populations too small to reproduce

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Amazing video documenting the collection of stalagmites from Angola to study past changes in precipitation and drought!!! 😎

21.09.2025 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Visitors view the Dolphin and Tuna diorama and play with an interactive station inside the Museum's Hall of Ocean Life.

A man stands on a raised platform, addressing a crowd of children and parents, seated on the floor and on a raised staircase before him.

A group of Museum visitors are looking above at the Dynamic Earth exhibit in the Hall of Planet Earth. The half globe above shows a changing image of the Earth as seen from space. As the Earth rotates, clouds are removed to reveal its oceans and continents.

Attendees gathered under the blue whale model in the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History.

Mark your calendars: From Friday, 9/19, through Monday, 9/29, join us at the Museum during #ClimateWeekNYC! Details: bit.ly/4nf1sgn

🖼️Throughout the week, eight Museum dioramas are being transformed to highlight the effects of climate change on our planet.

Photos: Alvaro Keding & Daniel Kim/© AMNH

15.09.2025 19:30 — 👍 32    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0

A woman stands behind a podium with a large screen. Untapping a New Climate Archive: Colpophyllia natans Climate Reconstruction in the Tropical Atlantic Ross Ong

Super awesome morning at #amnh seeing @paleoross.bsky.social present her thesis dissertation.
Insane levels of attention to detail. Really wonderful work developing a new ocean temperature and salinity proxy.

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Congratulations Dr. Ong!!! 🙌

#climate #corals

29.07.2025 17:28 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Thank you so much for coming to watch @atthenius.bsky.social !! I truly appreciate it! ❤️

30.07.2025 04:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations @margelab.bsky.social for this year’s Earl Ingerson Lecture at @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social!!! 🎉🥳👏🏻🎊🎉🍾

10.07.2025 17:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

IsoCamp – two-week short-course with hands-on training in the application of stable isotopes to the biological, geological, and anthropological sciences.

Only two days left to apply for IsoCamp 2025! Go to isocamp.org for more details and join us in New Mexico June 16th-27th!

27.02.2025 00:19 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Had such an amazing week spending time and sharing science with friends and colleagues at #AGU24 !!! Thank you D.C.! It’s been wonderful! Till next year!

15.12.2024 00:03 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fantastic time presenting my work, seeing old friends, and meeting new folks at #AGU24

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Hello folks! It's that exciting time of the year again for earth scientists! I'll be at #AGU24 to present a poster on coral ∆14C and ocean circulation in the tropical Atlantic. If you have some time Monday afternoon, please do come by and say hello! :) @agu.org

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