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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It is such a privilege to work with our oceanographer colleagues in Ghana. I have learned so much from this incredible project centered in Accra.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Both of these stories were published today, and together pretty much sum it all up for me:

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m just rollin’ along. How are you?

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

On Tuesday the Monterey County Board of Supervisors is voting to approve funding for >100 new license plate surveillance cameras and a 10 year contract. Comments can be emailed by Monday, or you can attend the meeting and speak in person. When did we consent to constant surveillance by the police?

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Katie Rodriguez @katierodriguez.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Vistra’s battery storage facility, the largest in the world, caught fire in the center of a global academic hub; where state and local agencies failed to study the impacts tied to a growing industry, local researchers and community groups stepped in. shorturl.at/fu4wD

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Local researchers fill gaps left by state and local agencies after the Vistra battery fire.

Within days of the 2025 Moss Landing fire, Ivano Aiello, a Prunedale resident and a marine geologist at Moss Landing Marine Labs, noticed something was off. Most obvious were the

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Wow, did you know that Monterey County has at least 316 surveillance cameras recording everyone’s movements? This map from @deflock.org shows their locations. This is among the highest per capita surveillance in the country according to this organization.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

For those who celebrate, Saturday is Worldwide Knit in Public Day. #WWKIPD If you leave near Monterey, come join us on the lawn at Colton Hall 12-4pm.Join me at Worldwide Knit in Public Day meetu.ps/e/Q29TJ/BDMp...

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Worldwide Knit in Public Day, Sat, Jun 13, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup

**Spread the word! Worldwide Knit in Public Day in** **Saturday June 13th. This event is hosted in partnership with Monterey Public Libraries.** **Gather on the lawn at**

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I'm sharing our work on marine snow at the Hopkins Marine Station (@stanforddoerr.bsky.social ) this Friday. Looking forward to connecting with the community at Stanford and sharing BRAND NEW data!!!! @mbarinews.bsky.social events.stanford.edu/event/oceans...

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Oceans Seminar Series | Colleen Durkin

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

It is so amazing that we can study protists (single celled organisms) using an ROV. We collected one of these on the #LivingBioreactors cruise on the @schmidtocean.bsky.social R/V Falkor last month. It went to a colleague studying the chemistry of their calcium carbonate shells.

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planktonteuta.bsky.social @planktonteuta.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

so beautiful. good morning world, keep the beauty going.

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The #OBVI #LivingBioreactors science team spent a little over a month aboard R/V Falkor (too) in the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina, with support from ‪@SchmidtSciences‬ Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute. Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlZ5qe69pU

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Jaw-dropping jellyfish, Poralia sp, 1,414m (ID, Dr. Anela Choy) “There are many mysteries to uncover,” Choy writes. “But perhaps this beautiful brownish, reddish medusae has a unique role to play in connecting carbon flow between the deep water column with the seafloor.” #OBVI #LivingBioreactors

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Working on image processing code in my new office on the Falkor too, while we transit to the next station. #LivingBioreactors @schmidtocean.bsky.social

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

My co-PIs Anita and Anela are so inspiring. Check out this video explaining why I am spending 35 days at sea! #LivingBioreactors @schmidtocean.bsky.social #OBVI @mbarinews.bsky.social

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Deja vu: starting another ROV dive tonight. I hope we see more deep sea phaeodarians tonight. #LivingBioreactors

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Halfway through our #LivingBioreactors cruise track from Argentina to Brazil (orange carrot on the map). We couldn't decide whether we should stop at station 6 or station 7 and are now somewhere in between. So I guess we decided on 6🤷‍♀️7? 🫠

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Just starting another #LivingBioreactors ROV dive. Check it out on the @schmidtocean.bsky.social YouTube live stream.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Our next #LivingBioreactors ROV dive is tonight (midnight our time). Hope we can capture the night time upward migration of midwater animals. @schmidtocean.bsky.social

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It sounds like there are lots of people excited to tune into the next #LivingBioreactors ROV dive aboard the Falkor too. FYI I think this will be two days from now. We are steaming offshore and deploying a bunch of really cool instruments before getting eyes in the midwater.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Happy #CTDAppreciationDay from the #LivingBioreactors cruise on the Falkor too. Our CTD is friends with an ISIIS-DPI shadowgraph camera. @schmidtocean.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social #OBVI

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Just sailed off on the Falkor too for a 32 day research cruise from windy Argentina! We are studying deep sea animals and how their gut microbiomes transform marine snow as it sinks to the deep ocean. @schmidtocean.bsky.social #LivingBioreactors #OBVI @mbarinews.bsky.social

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Our new instrument, the SINKing Ecology Robot (SINKER) was highlighted recently in the Monterey Herald. I love how this story highlights the contributions of the diverse team require to make these kind of advancements in ocean science. www.montereyherald.com/2026/01/09/t...

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The snow below: New MBARI technology measures ocean carbon like never before

“If we can find ways to more realistically represent these processes in the models, then our understanding of what’s going to happen in the future should be more accurate.”

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

End of the workday @mbarinews.bsky.social . December sunsets are the best in Moss Landing.

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

MBARI’s software engineers play a vital role in transforming troves of ocean data into meaningful insights. They design and develop the software that powers MBARI’s autonomous robots, imaging platforms, and data pipelines. Learn more about what they do: youtu.be/MpeC74TOyvY

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How MBARI software engineers help scientists visualize data about the ocean carbon cycle

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

MBARI’s mechanical technicians and engineers collaborated closely to build a titanium frame capable of holding cameras, sensors, and instruments used in the SINKER—SINKing Ecology Robot—imaging system, which collects vital carbon data. 🔧 🌊 🔬 Learn more: youtu.be/6_elP8a1o0M?...

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MBARI's team of mechanical technicians make innovative new tech come to life

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I want to see the particles that sink carbon to the deep ocean, all the time and in real time.This summer we built an instrument that collects images of sinking particles every second, and visualizes them in 5 different ways. @mbarinews.bsky.social youtu.be/4xXGlnCoik8

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How MBARI scientists are studying the ocean’s carbon flux in real time

YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

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planktonteuta.bsky.social @planktonteuta.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Just recently, on linkedin, the former director of NASA GSFC said that more than 32% of the Goddard workforce is gone. 32% That is insane. They are destroying us completely.

Linkedin post from Makenzie Lystrup stating 'Goddard lost more than 32% of its workforce just since February. it's not limited to JPL or any one organization. we should be looking at the impacts across all science organizations.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

The Carbon Flux Ecology team is teaching at #coessing2025 this week at University of Ghana! Who else is here? Let’s connect! We are teaching a marine imaging class, but excited to talk all things ocean science and engineering. @mbarinews.bsky.social

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Our first deployment of a surface-tethered sediment trap in Gulf of Guinea! We are trying to build these arrays using supplies from the Tema canoe fisherman’s market. @mbarinews.bsky.social

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Congratulations to Natalia Llopis Monferrer for being selected as an awardee of the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation 2025 Awards in Field Biology! 🔬 🎉 Learn more about the awards and Natalia's work: www.maxwell-hanrahan.org/award/natali....

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Natalia Llopis Monferrer - Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation

Field research is vital to the work of Natalia Llopis Monferrer because the delicate organisms she studies, Rhizaria, can’t be grown in labs. Researching them

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Dropping these two beauties in Monterey Bay this week. Both measure carbon sequestration in the deep ocean. Lots of good data to come. @mbarinews.bsky.social

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Can a teeny little phytoplankton cell sink through the mesopelagic 🌊? Usually, we assume they must be packaged inside larger aggregates. We found that a small but distinct part of the population does sink through the mesopelagic! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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Solitary phytoplankton cells sink in the mesopelagic ocean

Phytoplankton, and their carbon, are typically exported from the surface ocean when packaged inside larger, sinking detrital particles. This process draws carbon out of the atmosphere, where it can be...

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Sailing on the R/V Endeavor this week with my besties.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

How do phytoplankton export carbon into the deep sea? Which phytoplankton taxa drive the most carbon export? We used DNA to identify which phytoplankton are packaged in exported particles during the NASA EXPORTS field campaigns. @mbarinews.bsky.social 's summary: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...

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Marine snow provides new clues about the export of carbon to the deep sea • MBARI

Genetic sequences in microscopic particles of sinking organic material reveal the mechanisms of carbon transport into the deep sea that can help improve satellite-based models of carbon export.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I hear that lots of people are gathering in public tomorrow. I can’t believe there are so many people celebrating Worldwide Knit in Public Day! #WWKIPD 😉

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Can’t wait to join them in August with our team from @mbarinews.bsky.social ! We are excited to learn from our colleagues in Ghana.

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

June in Monterey=turning the heater back on 🙁#coastalupwelling

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

June 14th is Worldwide Knit in Public Day! Join you fellow yarn enthusiasts on the lawn at Colton Hall from 12-4 in Monterey. All fiber arts are welcome. Bring a picnic and your latest project. 🧶🧺 #montereybay

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Miguel Méndez Sandín @sandinmm.eurosky.social · 05/05/2025

Why do some planktonic protists develop a gelatinous matrix? We suggest that this original adaptation is a strategy to cope with ocean oligotrophy: doi.org/10.1111/1462... Led by @n-llopis-m.bsky.social, and thanks to all co-authors, I'm very happy to finally see it out! #protistsonsky

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Colleen Durkin @cadurkin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

This week at work: SCUBA diving with our underwater microscope in Hawaii. Can’t wait to share the amazing view we are getting of the plankton!

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