Michelle Baptist

ORAI Artificial Reef Monitoring and Benthic Survey | SeaKeepers

Our field team’s recent artificial reef monitoring dives to help restore south Florida coral reefs! www.seakeepers.org/scientist-le...

Is AI replacing coral scientists? Evaluating the use of AI in coral conservation [REEFBITES ALERT] Artificial intelligence serves as a transformative tool in coral conservation, blending human intuition with cutting-edge technology. Dr. Annalisa Bracco’s TEDx Talk highlig…

Fancy a #Reefbite of info?

Is #AI replacing coral scientists? Evaluating the use of AI in #coral #conservation

By: Michelle Baptist @michellebapt.bsky.social

Blog: tinyurl.com/2tu3dfj2

First infographic for @icrsreefstudent.bsky.social! 🌊

World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.

Our vital work cannot continue without permission from Israel for this aid to enter. Read more here: wck.org/news/gaza-update-5-7
#ChefsForGaza (5/5)

A green moray eel shows out on the Coral City Camera’s 5-Year anniversary! #greenmorayeel #eel #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity

The real revolution is in community.
Connecting with your neighbors
Mutual aid
Rent parties
Community fridges
Community gardens
Food pantries
Library cards
Knowledge sharing
In a culture that thrives off of selfish individualism, the real revolution is in community.

How powerful to show up to a world that doesn’t want you to exist and not only exist but to be joyful about it?

one of the best🌿💚

Protect US racial affinity groups On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1, 2)...

"The current political climate is tremendously hostile for BIPOC scientists. Affinity groups provide solace and a loving community, but the burden of resistance cannot fall on the most marginalized. Those with privilege must step up on personal, collective, and institutional levels."

Thanks for the opportunity to write about such a cool marine organization! 🪸

Hi community: we have put together a gofundme to support our colleagues who lost their jobs at AOML yesterday. Please feel free to share this across your networks. Thank you for your support 💜

gofund.me/248bb5c1

“Coral Catch” of the Day: Inspiring Indigenous Women-Led Conservation REEFBITES ALERT!!! by: Michelle Baptist Coral Catch, founded by Rose Huizenga in 2021, is Indonesia’s first female-led coral restoration team. It empowers local women through scholarships and…

It’s been a tough couple of months for the environmental field, but excited to share my first Reefbites blog article for @icrsreefstudent.bsky.social has been posted! Check out the blog for more articles + resources 🪸 #coralreefconservation #coralcatch

reefbites.com/2025/02/10/c...

Volunteer with Reading Partners Our volunteer literacy tutors spend a little over an hour a week making a huge difference in the lives of their students.

As a country with a high functional illiteracy rate of about 45,000,000 Americans (which would explain a lot🇺🇸), getting involved with #readingpartners helps combat the root of this mass education problem & serves local communities📖 #booksky

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our environment will need to survive long after this current administration, make sure to keep fighting for it 🌎

Resistance isn’t only huge actions. Resistance can be:
-Supporting libraries
-Serving at a soup kitchen
-Sending a few bucks to mutual aid
-Donating new/gently used items
-Checking in on neighbors
-Offering your services pro-bono
-Volunteering
-Neighborhood cleanups
Helping each other is powerful

"..over the course of 15 minutes, Kendrick Lamar gave us what we needed. He was defiant, proud, vindictive, playful and celebratory. He was pro-Black and subversive, trolling and joyful, and through all the expectations and fighting and nastiness, he was ultimately victorious."

Love this! I was using knitting needles until I started learning how to hand-knit during the pandemic & have made a few mermaid + baby blankets🧶🩵

One of my favorite books on the importance of climate justice, #TheIntersectionalEnvironmentalist by Leah Thomas, could be facing a book ban this year. Make sure to get a copy from a local book store or bookshop if interested! 💙📚 #booksky

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Amazing! 😍🌊

International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) The International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) provides funding and support for research and professional development for scientistst working on coral reefs.

Taking 2025 one wave at a time ✨🌊

The ICRS has been endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade! 🐳 With this support, we further our goal in providing crucial funding & support for early-career ocean professionals working on coral reefs. 🪸

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blue skies, clear eyes, can’t lose☁️🦋