Reposted by Matt BrackenAlerts from NWS San Diego CA (UNOFFICIAL) @san.nws-bot.us · 2h🚨 Extreme Heat Watch issued September 30 at 1:41PM PDT until October 7 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA 🚨 Additional Details Here. 001
Reposted by Matt BrackenAlaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 22hMeet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.akpub.ioMeet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champBackpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world. 151461512
Reposted by Matt BrackenChristina Kraus @elbenherzart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026💫🦀Homer, the Hermit 🦀💫 Painted for Magic: The Gathering - Mystery Booster Commander Edition AD: Forrest Schehl Finally getting around to share this big boy! ♥️ FYI, I won't have artist proofs of this card until it's released in November. #mtg #MagictheGathering 2035673
Reposted by Matt BrackenStraitsusa @redlinepulse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The global commercial seaweed market size was valued at USD 21.8 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow from USD 23.83 billion in 2026 to USD 48.53 billion by 2034. straitsresearch.com/report/comme...straitsresearch.comCommercial Seaweed Market Size, Share, Growth, Analysis, 2034Request Free Sample : The commercial seaweed market size is projected to grow from $23.83 billion in 2026 to $48.53 billion by 2034, at a CAGR of 9.3% during the forecast period 2026-2034. 011
Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026*Megathura* for #MolluskMonday! 🌊🦑 #MarineLife #MolluscMonday 0312
Reposted by Matt BrackenMaggi Brisbin @margaretbrisbin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Loved this NYT article abt @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social and @burnsajohn.bsky.social discovering new Paulinella species (in Journal of Phycology!). Cool science, good reporting, & reminded me of past fun hotel labs ❤️🤓🦠🌊 What was your best nontraditional lab? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s... 6203
Reposted by Matt BrackenThe Count of Krigsvold @krigsvold.org · 27/09/2026Europe's seas had their hottest summer in 45 years of data. The Bay of Biscay averaged 2.4 C above the 1991-2020 norm, logging 186 marine-heatwave days by August's end. The ecological bill is already arriving in kelp forests and fisheries.reuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-europes-intensifying-marine-heatwaves-threaten-its-fisheries-2026-09-26/ 022
Reposted by Matt Brackenstephasea.bsky.social @stephasea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So much seaweed washed ashore this weekend. Moody skies. Dramatic ocean vibes. #encinitas #pacificocean 0103
Reposted by Matt Brackenbill doyle @billjondoyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026seaweed on stony beach, deep creek cove deep creek conservation park, fleurieu peninsula, south australia #photography #AustralianPhotographers #landscapephotography 1162
Reposted by Matt BrackenOur world under the waves @worldunderthewaves.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Media Monday #106 🖌️ An Ocean Garden, with plenty of seaweeds and seashells to pick out. Painted by Frances E. Young in 1907.collections.vam.ac.ukAn Ocean Garden | Frances E. Young | V&A Explore The CollectionsYoung, F E 011
Reposted by Matt BrackenSophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Inside you there are two wolves. One wolf adheres to societal expectations. The other wolf wants to go in the kelp hole fully clothed 1201
Reposted by Matt BrackenNature Now Podcast @naturenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New on the podcast - kelp! Nan Evans talks with oceanographer Dr. Ed Parnell about the importance of and vulnerability of kelp forests in our marine ecosystem. 🌊 111
Reposted by Matt BrackenMichael Busch @michael-w-busch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I keep encountering people describing text generators being used to "review" research proposals and papers submitted to journals. There is no way to do that and simultaneously fulfill the obligation to keep the contents of proposals and papers confidential. 0289
Reposted by Matt BrackenBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾 291126
Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An awesome algal story in today’s @nytimes.com: 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...nytimes.comIn an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life (Gift Article)A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet. 0142
Reposted by Matt Brackenc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The obvious conclusion (to me): if you have proprietary research & you upload it into the Plagiarism Nexus, it's not YOUR proprietary research anymore. Behave accordingly. 726589
Reposted by Matt Brackenpublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026yeah, i’m moving my flu shot up to this week 6549
Reposted by Matt BrackenJournal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JEB is proud of its strong tradition disseminating science & now we offer researchers the opportunity to publish their abstract in their own language, or that of the region where the research was performed, to make their discovery even more accessible 🔁 journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/jo... 081
Reposted by Matt BrackenJeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026JUST IN: Today El Niño Broke its Record Hottest Temperature Ever! 🥵 Today the El Niño region surpassed 2015 for the highest temp ever measured in the El Niño (3.4) region. It comes 2 months earlier than typical peak (late Nov/ Dec)… 28767439
Reposted by Matt BrackenSatan's Cupcake @satanscupcake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From one calico to another, "meow." 011
Reposted by Matt Brackenseaottersavvy.bsky.social @seaottersavvy.bsky.social · 26/09/20267 Days of Sea Otter Savvy: Day 6 Q: What does “canopy” mean to a sea otter? A: A floating refuge! Surface kelp offers a place to rest, anchor, gather, and perhaps hide from predators below. For a sea otter, the canopy isn’t overhead. It’s right where it needs to be for a nap. 2146
Reposted by Matt BrackenClay Steell @claysteell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026For #PhycologyFriday, sharing this new publication in @psaalgae.bsky.social Journal of Phycology! doi.org/10.1111/jpy.... Headed by Dr. Lauren Dykman, @cneufeld.bsky.social & @baumlab.bsky.social, with support from Amanda+Rob Zielinski, Matt Csordas, Alex Wiebe, & many more! #kelp #salishsea 084
Reposted by Matt BrackenMadrona Murphy @arbutocrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Umbrella crab! Cryptolithodes sitchensis. 810131
Reposted by Matt BrackenNimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In which a crab and an anemone trundle about together!🦀youtube.comFashionista Backpack Crab! | Nautilus Live #evnautilus #deepsea #underwaterYouTube video by EVNautilus 163
Reposted by Matt BrackenEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Yeti crab is really a squat lobster so I’m sharing it this National Lobster Day! This is a handprinted lino block print of the Yeti crab (Kiwa hirsuta), a crustacean with silky blond setae (resembling fur, which reminded scientists of the Abomnible Snowman) found on the Pacific-Antarctic 🧪🐡🦞 48923
Matt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026~24 yrs ago: @sierrahull.bsky.social meets @sambushband.bsky.social for the first time. #bluegrass @worldbluegrassday.bsky.social youtu.be/TQnXbKw88rc?...youtu.beSierra Hull Meets Sam Bush for the First TimeYouTube video by World Bluegrass Day 020
Reposted by Matt BrackenErin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩🔬🦠 #academicjobsjobs.apply.vt.eduAssistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United StatesJob Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ... 03348
Reposted by Matt BrackenGet To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Is it just me or does this moth look like Eeyore? I promise this is not Ai, nature is just weird and wonderful #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky 1529833
Reposted by Matt BrackenNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Polo. Simply incredible. 511587529
Reposted by Matt BrackenDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hey @governor.pa.gov , want the easiest win of the year? Wildly popular, good policy, real impact, low cost? Help save the academy of Natural Sciences in Philly. creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/st...creators.yahoo.comAmerica's oldest natural history museum is closing this week — but not without a fightThe oldest natural history museum in America shuts its doors this month. Here's what we're losing inside (it's big), and why City Hall is fighting back. 8860445
Reposted by Matt BrackenTiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!recruit.ucdavis.eduAssistant Professor of Plant PathologyUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 03376
Reposted by Matt BrackenNimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026‘One of the species, dubbed the Callipallene pilosuspedes, has red eyes and a short proboscis with claws to grab food, which it eats with a “three-lipped mouth covered in sensory tendrils–a tiny marine Sarlacc pit, if you will.”’ {alt txt: a whitish spidery weirdo with big nose} #inverts #SalishSeacheknews.ca‘Red-eyed’: Two new sea spider species discovered in B.C., first in nearly 100 yearsTwo new species of sea spiders have been discovered in the waters off Vancouver and Victoria for the first time in nearly a century, including one that is “hairy-legged” and “red-eyed.” 1196
Reposted by Matt BrackenKitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dancing crabs, some time in the 1830s 🦀 315142
Reposted by Matt BrackenDr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It was a bit rough today 🌊 , but it’s always good to be on the water! Tagging giant kelp & measuring growth rates! 🤿 041
Reposted by Matt BrackenNatural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Did you know that seaweed is older than dinosaurs? 😮🌿 Learn more about the fascinating world of seaweed our series, Natural History Museum Showstoppers! 17113
Reposted by Matt BrackenWordBot @wordbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Word of the Hour: Pepper dulse - A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay 011
Reposted by Matt BrackenMarine Ecology Progress Series @meps-ir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🌐🧪🦑 Priming pre-exposes kelp (Saccharina latissima) to warm temperatures in an effort to increase thermal tolerance under heat-stress. We found an increased tolerance particularly in early life stages, but benefits are modest and transient. bit.ly/meps15253 021
Reposted by Matt BrackenJournal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🧬 TECHNICAL INNOVATION 🧬 Qin et al. applied a novel CRISPR/Cas gene-editing system, including optimization of an economical delivery method, in the seaweed Ulva prolifera, offering an AT-rich-targeting Cas variety for precision editing in seaweeds 🌊 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 084
