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Marine Scientist, GIS nerd, all things ocean. Loves to be in the nature. Hawaii is home.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Mahalo #MongaBay for writing a wonderful summary on the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium in Auckland, New Zealand. Please share widely! news.mongabay.com/2026/07/cora...
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Coral reef experts press on, with climate looming over international conference
AUCKLAND — Lest anyone think scientific conferences must be staid affairs, the International Coral Reefs Symposium closed with inspiration from none other than U.S. rap metal band Rage Against the Mac...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Beautifully written piece. 👏👏👏 open.substack.com/pub/ifloz/p/...
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TRUMP SAID NOTHING ABOUT 400 MASKED MEN. THEN HE UNMASKED THE 5-YEAR-OLDS.
Masked men on a train got his silence. Bare-faced 5-year-olds got his 13 million MAGA followers.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
432 PPT. You read that right. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...
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Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Reaches 432 Parts per Million
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego reported today that carbon dioxide levels at Mauna Loa Observatory reached 432.00 parts per million (ppm) in...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One beautifully documented step forward, though the damage has been done. They broke it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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It Was One of DOGE’s Most Absurd Abuses. A Court Finally Exposed It.
Projects were deemed wasteful “because they related to Blacks, women, Jews, Asian Americans, and Indigenous people.”
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Yep. Pretty thorough assessment from an Australian perspective. This is open access. Enjoy the ride. open.substack.com/pub/ifloz/p/...
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The Accidental Unifier: How a Tangerine Wrecking Ball Glued the Fucking Planet Back Together
Donald Trump set out to make America great again. Instead, he made everyone else remember they've got each other.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The man is ill, both mentally and physically. I don't see him lasting through the end of this year.
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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yes, human use is not the only use - and all uses are interdependent.
A photo of a sign next to a pond and wildflowers, with trees in the background, saying: Developers see 'unused land'. Wildlife sees the last place to stay alive.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Another heartbreaking 💔 reality of our generation in the Anthropocene: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared emperor penguins officially in danger of extinction. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction
Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Climate change and ocean acidification are still the greatest threats we face as a planet community. Scientists and policymakers are still working on solutions. Project Drawdown (a personal favorite) has been growing this website tool that is helpful to everyone. Save this! drawdown.org/explorer
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Drawdown® Explorer
We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Anybody remember that Octopus fossil? Turns out it was an Nautilus. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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‘Oldest octopus’ fossil is no octopus at all, scans reveal
The research solves a long-running puzzle in the understanding of octopus evolution that has confused scientists for decades.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
On this day in 1960, scientist Athelstan Spilhaus warns of the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide in the world’s atmosphere that could eventually melt the polar ice caps. allouryesterdays.info/2023/03/21/m...
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March 22, 1960 - US Television warning of carbon dioxide build up, courtesy Athelstan Spilhaus… - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty three  years ago, on this day, March 22, 1960, viewers of a major US news channel were informed about carbon dioxide build-up and its implications. “The Mysterious Deep” aired on March 22 and Ap...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Nailed it.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I completely agree. I would never want to unseat Jasmine, and they are coming for her, which is partially why they are working so hard to keep him out of the public eye. I am from Texas, and know just how appealing he would be to folks there.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
This is an amazing interview! Go watch it and enjoy the wholesome eloquence and shining truth from the very lovely James Talarico on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The estimated harm to marine mammals from training exercises is increasing x2 since 2018 why? This is excessive and unconscionable. The cost to species is unacceptable. www.kpua.net/2025/12/31/n...
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New Navy Report Gauges Training Disruption of Hawaiʻi’s Marine Mammals
Over the next seven years, the U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in collisions as it tests and trains in Hawaiian waters, and it concluded those exercises won’t signifi...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We need to do better. "Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent millions of deaths" www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...
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EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives
Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent m...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
On behalf of everyone in The Resistance movement following the massive EPSTEIN coverup, I want to wish all my fellow Radical Left Scum the happiest of holidays!- ♥️, Mar🐫
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Now Vought is coming for NCAR because climate science is super inconvenient to their fictional narrative. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/19/n...
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I worked at NOAA for 30 years, and know Trump’s attack on Colorado’s world-class science labs puts us all at risk (Opinion)
The research activities NCAR and the NOAA labs in Boulder conduct are predominant sources of authoritative weather and climate data, forecasts of extreme weather and predictions of changes in clima…
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Exciting new paper alert! Paper by UH Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) PhD candidate Paige Wernli looking at the spatio-temporal distribution of tiger sharks in Hawai‘i, including how it correlates to humpback whale occurrence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Correction (oops!) Keiko Wilkins*
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
New paper alert: chemicals from plastics are endochrine disrupers to coral larvae affecting larval survival and settlement. Research from Keiko Williams and Bob Richmond, Kewalo Marine Lab, Hawaii news.mongabay.com/2025/12/anot...
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Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction
As the sliver of a new moon shines over Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, millions of tiny orbs ascend from a reef and swirl in the water column. These spheres are bundles of coral eggs and sperm responding to lun...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This entire press conference is pure gold. Made my whole year.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
This is pure gold. Thank you Senator Mark Kelly for your thoughtful and appropriate responses to the situation. Truly. Best spent hour in politics this year. I wish they didn’t put these photos on the cover of this video. It’s not like that. youtube.com/live/KS-tT5W...
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LIVE: Sen. Mark Kelly speaks out about Trump and Hegseth's threats
YouTube video by MS NOW
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
YAAASSSSS! We need more leadership that supports bike friendly, walk friendly communities. Automobiles should not be the default.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Look at this cute little death ball sponge! Deeo sea critters make me happy 💙 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
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Researchers Discover 'Death Ball' Sponge and Dozens of Other Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures in the Southern Ocean
So far, two expeditions have yielded 30 new species—and researchers say there's more to come
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Everybody should take a quick moment to read this short piece by a doctor who remembers what it was like before vaccines virtually wiped out a lot of preventable diseases. I can tell you it's visceral.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Vaccinate. I do not understand the fear mongering around these medical miracles. The quack that said vaccines cause autism was a charlatan and the paper was retracted. What I do see is a lot of scientific illiteracy. Antivaxxers can hurt a lot of other people. theconversation.com/canada-loses...
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Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I cannot even fathom how many bright, curious minds are engaged in research projects across the globe at any given moment, adding to the greater scientific body of knowledge.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Excellent points here. It is about the bigger system. This is a challenging ($$$, 🕰️) but vital component to assessing success of reef restoration efforts, and why partnerships are important. Managers are more likely to have long term monitoring programs. theconversation.com/reef-restora...
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Reef restoration shouldn’t just be about growing corals - but also bringing reefs to life, new study suggests
Most restoration programmes focus their efforts on increasing coral growth, but rarely ask whether the reef is actually functioning as a living ecosystem.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A well articulated and utterly thorough examination of the influencer savior-centered film. No science here. www.drjackacooper.com/writing/shar...
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Shark Whisperer is lying to you: a look into the harmful effects of Ocean Ramsey and shark influencers — Dr. Jack A. Cooper
Ocean Ramsey is undoubtedly one of the most well-known “shark influencers”, whose videos show her free diving and touching wild great white and tiger sharks as she swims right up alongside them. Those...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
"Rainfall from Melissa will be measured in feet". Jamaica is about to feel the effects of the climate crisis in a very real way. www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Hurricane Melissa Approaches Rare Category 5 — Four Things To Know
Hurricane Melissa is on its way to Category 5 status after explosively intensifying. Here are 4 things you need to know right now about its strength, track, and impacts.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This is so incredible: measuring pH of seawater using the physics of sound! Science is cool! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Ambient noise can track dangerous ocean acidification
Acoustic technique could make it easier to monitor threat to marine life stemming from rising carbon emissions
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The Fifth Nat'l Climate Assessment is back up, fully functional, and no longer on a gov't website! Huge thanks to the Climate.us team for making this valuable resource easily available to the public. A big mahalo to Dr. Jane Lubchenco for sharing on LinkedIn nca5.climate.us
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Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Well this is enlightening. Science is cool. "Over the past 3000 years, large earthquakes in the Cascadia fault zone may have triggered as many as eight large quakes on the San Andreas fault." #science #PNW #Cascadia #earthquake #sanandreas #thebigone #tectonic www.science.org/content/arti...
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Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch
Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
She made such a positive impact on our world. She will be greatly missed. www.npr.org/2025/10/01/4...
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Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Reality check in the teachable moment
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This👇👇👇 "Holley et al. inventoried the potential endowment of unrecovered critical minerals in active US mines compared with imports. Their assessment suggests that 90% recovery of existing by-products could meet nearly all domestic demand for critical minerals." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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By-product recovery from US metal mines could reduce import reliance for critical minerals
The United States (US) has sufficient geological endowment in active metal mines to reduce the nation’s dependence on critical mineral imports. Demand is increasing for cobalt, nickel, rare earth elem...
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I was recently reminded that this is in the Project 2025 document. Cruelty is the point.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
When you get to name a coral after Chewbacca... www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/09...
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Chewbacca coral: New deep-sea species spotted in waters off Hawai‘i, Mariana Trench | University of Hawaiʻi System News
UH researchers helped identify a newly discovered deep-sea coral species, nicknamed “Chewbacca” for its hairy branches.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Love data! Bring it! The humor, too. It's badly needed. That old growth graph hurts my heart.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I do! We have a lot of great people out here in Hawaii working on it as well. And I love that you're sharing #DATA.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This is humorous, which is what they appear to be shooting for, albeit funny not funny. This is a false dichotomy. It's a rhetorical device to debate in bad faith. All plastic pollution is harmful to aquatic systems. Straws are low-hanging single use fruit. Changing people's behavior is harder.
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This is great news! "Governments are now prohibited from providing subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal." www.marinelink.com/news/overfis...
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Overfishing Deal Reached After 20 Years of Negotiation
A landmark agreement to curb billions of dollars in subsidies contributing to overfishing came into force on Monday, the World Trade…
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Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Hats off and hands up 🙌 to @EpicLava for this astonishing capture of the Hawaiian nēnē on the wing...past the lava fountains of Eruption 32 of Kīlauea Volcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park! Mahalo for the permission to repost, Epic Lava! #nēnē #kilaueavolcano #hvnp #epiclava #wowjustwow
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Less winds = no upwelling The question is, have we reached a tipping point? The consequences will effect marine systems and the fisheries that depend on them. stri.si.edu/story/upwell...
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Upwelling Failure
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That’s not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries. www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/can-...
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Breadfruit Is A Global Warming Warrior. But How Strong Is It?
ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That's not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 05/09/2025
We took our own look at the fossil fuel “orbiting debris field of oddballs and charlatans” cranked up for Trump to oppose climate action, but it’s hard to top McKibben on a roll. You go, Bill!
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Trump’s Department of Energy Gets Scienced
International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?
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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Just ordered mine through Audible 🩵
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