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Jeffrey Marlow

@jjmarlow.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Biology at Boston University ::: Science Journalist / Communicator ::: National Geographic Explorer

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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thanks @jgi.doe.gov for the opportunity!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Another rough day for (science) journalism 😢
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Sadly no… DC!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
National Geographic’s Explorers Festival! Complete with a sneak peek of the Museum of Exploration… 😮
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Wow, great to hear about this course correction! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...
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Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Went on an algae-viewing safari for my morning run today 😂
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A "whale necropolis" off the west coast of Australia...nearly 500 skeletons going back more than 5 million years?! 😮 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A 5.3-million-year-old deep-sea whale necropolis in the Diamantina Zone - Nature
Researchers uncovered an enormous deep-sea accumulation of whale remains in the southeastern Indian Ocean, showing long-term, specialized ecosystems and an extensive fossil record that offers new insi...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hey #AbSciCon! Come on by this evening for a book event with me and the great @karenlloyd.bsky.social - tales from the deep sea, the arctic, and volcanoes! Just a short bus ride away…
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Dark Frontier in @science.org! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Dark discoveries
A marine microbiologist shares the joy and dangers of exploring the deep sea
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Snazzy PhD opportunity incoming (in Scotland!) --> www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Exploring the effects of anthropogenic changes on deep-sea abyssal plain and seamount benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic using in-situ experimentation and modelling at University of the Highland...
PhD Project - Exploring the effects of anthropogenic changes on deep-sea abyssal plain and seamount benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic using in-situ experimentation and modelling at University o...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Boston / Cambridge - come on by the Harvard Science Center tonight at 6 PM to hear tales from The Dark Frontier! RSVP and pick up a copy here: www.harvard.com/event/jeffre...
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Jeffrey Marlow at the Harvard Science Center | Harvard Book Store
downstairs at 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
An excerpt from my book (with some newly reported material) is out in The New Yorker today! History may soon repeat itself in the Gulf of Mexico, and deep-sea researchers have a foreboding sense of what's to come... More such stories in The Dark Frontier --> www.amazon.com/Dark-Frontie...
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The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea
Buy The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Yay team DOSI!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Check out this open PhD student position to work with Dr. Davide Oppo on some exciting methane seep questions! risingfluids.org/phd-usam-adv-1
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PhD-USAM — Risingfluids
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Boston / Cambridge - come on by April 15th to hear more about The Dark Frontier 🌊🦑🐋🦠 Get your ticket today! www.harvard.com/event/jeffre...
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Jeffrey Marlow at the Harvard Science Center | Harvard Book Store
downstairs at 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This Boston winter has me thinking fondly of my time at the beautiful Caltech campus 😍 youtu.be/fP0I6eUHZPY?...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Explores Where Film & Science Collide in LA | Architectural Digest
YouTube video by Architectural Digest
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Our lab will be headed back to Iceland, this time in pursuit of new vents and unusual microbes, thanks to National Geographic! Excited to partner with Skylar Tibbits, Jessica Todd, Erlendur Bogason, and Geir Borg on this one. 🌊 news.nationalgeographic.org/meridian-gra...
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From Supervolcanoes to Sacred Springs and More: National Geographic Explorers Unveil Nine Collaborative Projects
The National Geographic Society has announced $1.3 million in funding for nine projects around the globe as part of its Meridian grant program
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The deep sea has been spared the brunt of anthropogenic harm so far...but that may change if deep-sea mining and/or marine CO2 removal technologies gain steam... royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost?
Abstract. The deep sea remains a last paradise and the place of minimal human impacts compared with other ecosystems. However, this pristine status is rapi
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Yeah for sure - happy to chat any time!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Many more book-related snippets to come here! I'd love to share a bit more about what went into the reporting and the very nice things others are saying about it so far. Stay tuned...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hey guess what - I wrote a book, and it's coming out soon! The Dark Frontier is about the wonders of the deep sea...and the threats they face. Check it out, and if you're so moved, you can preorder from your favorite purveyor of fine literature 📚❤️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652987...
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The Dark Frontier by Jeffrey Marlow: 9780593230183 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An awe-inspiring investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea—the most mysterious, unforgiving environment on Earth—whose secrets can radically revise our understanding of life itself...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Wow! 🫣 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/s...
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This Giant Phantom Jelly Won’t Eat You. Maybe.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Interesting...China joins Chile and Belgium as potential seats for the High Seas Treaty secretariat... dialogue.earth/en/ocean/chi...
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China enters race to host High Seas Treaty HQ
Considered a “significant escalation” in its global governance aims, China is up against Chile and Belgium to host the treaty’s secretariat
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
AI for Mars rover traverse planning... www.anthropic.com/features/cla...
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Claude AI Powers First AI-Planned Mars Rover Drive | Anthropic
The first AI-assisted drive on another planet. Claude by Anthropic helped NASA's Perseverance rover travel four hundred meters on Mars.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
👀 "Deep-sea robots will search for source of mysterious ‘dark oxygen’ " www.nature.com/articles/d41... Exciting new work starting in the lab!
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Deep-sea robots will search for source of mysterious ‘dark oxygen’
Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It’s live! Now the real work begins…making the BBNJ treaty as strong and effective as possible.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I was humbled to call Kristina a mentor and a friend - she made the complicated world of marine policy legible, and showed me that scientists no longer have the "luxury" of detachment. We don't need to choose between understanding and protecting the natural world - we can, and should, do both!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We lost an absolute legend recently - Kristina Gjerde was fearless defender of the ocean and all of its marvels 💪 🌊 iucn.org/news/202512/...
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IUCN Statement on the passing of Kristina Maria Gjerde
In memoriam: Kristina Gjerde, IUCN High Seas Adviser, Mother of the High Seas' and Defender of the deep ocean The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) mourns the passing of Kristina M...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Well this seems important: perhaps Titan doesn't have a subsurface ocean after all... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean - Nature
Reanalysis of radiometric data from Cassini indicates that Titan does not contain a subsurface ocean, as strong tidal dissipation observed in its gravity field is not consistent with the presence of a...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Good morning Nee Orleans 👋 Excited to #AGU!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
With a rockstar team of researchers and diplomats, we put together a list of requirements, recommendations, and opportunities for scientists to keep in mind. Science is at the core of the BBNJ treaty, and scientists have many key roles to play! aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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An actionable guide to the United Nations' Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement for research scientists
The United Nations' “Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) Agreement establishes a broad framework regulating activities—including scientific research—in marine Areas Beyond National Juri...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The UN's "Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction" treaty (aka the "High Seas Treaty") is about to take effect - great! But what does it mean for scientists working in international waters? What will we need to do to be compliant and, ideally, helpful? We wrote a paper to answer these questions 👇
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Biological surveys reveal unexpectedly high faunal diversity at Nankai Trough methane seeps esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Biological surveys reveal unexpectedly high faunal diversity at Nankai Trough methane seeps
Cold seeps are chemosynthesis-based ecosystems powered by microbial primary production that support diverse and specialized faunal assemblages in the deep sea. Despite Nankai Trough in Japan being a ...
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
(For reference, this is what we were hoping that view would look like...)
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
And the next highly anticipated geological pilgrimage: the grand vista at the Cliffs of Moher 😂🤦
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Major geological pilgrimage yesterday! 😍
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Despite their prominence in the deep sea, ammonia oxidizing microbes don't play a huge role in carbon cycling. They're around, just not very active, starved for nitrogen... 🧪🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Minor contribution of ammonia oxidizers to inorganic carbon fixation in the ocean - Nature Geoscience
Ammonia oxidizers contribute minimally to carbon fixation in the dark ocean despite their abundance at depth, according to enzyme inhibition experiments on water samples from two cruises.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
And here's the initial news and recent update on the UNL situation 🧪 It's not too late! www.dailynebraskan.com/news/breakin... unlcas.github.io/eas-budget/p...
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BREAKING: UNL to eliminate multiple programs as part of $27.5 million budget cut
Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design and Earth and Atmospheric departments announced the possible elimination of the programs as apart of UNL $27.5 million budget cuts.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I was in geology depts from undergrad through my PhD, and they've given me an expansive sense of time and space as they operate in the natural world. These scales are completely different from our own lived experience, but are essential to understand if we're to exist long-term on this planet. 🧪
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Between this and similar news at the University of Nebraska (where the Dept of Earth & Atm Sci has been earmarked for elimination), geology departments seem to be on the front lines of academia budget cuts. This would be a tragic loss for young scientists and citizens alike 🧪
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
western science 🤝 traditional knowledge What exactly is it about Marshall Islands sailors that allows them to navigate across vast oceanic distances without fancy tools? Excited to see what comes of this study! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
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A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Oranges left for two weeks in tupperware: a completely intentional microbiological study 😂😜
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
😮😮😮
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Deep-Sea Biology Society @dsbsoc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Hey members, don't forget: Issue 25 of Deep-Sea Life is online! #DeepSeaLife is a biannual newsletter run by @deepstewardship.bsky.social & #DSBS to showcase the #DeepSea scientific community. Thanks to #DOSI & all contributors! Find it here: www.dosi-project.org/deep-sea-life/. Happy reading!
Multi-photo collage with photos from Issue 25 of DSL and a blurb resembling a smartphone reminder titled: "Reminder: Deep-Sea Life Issue 25 available now!" with "DIVE IN" as the option.
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Ahhh so sad we missed this! Hope it went well!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
🌊😍 Even when the heat vanishes from hydrothermal vents, energy abounds in the chemicals and minerals that remain…
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
😂 Yesssss....
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The age-old question: is it worse to instinctively reach for your house key when entering your office, or your office key when entering your home? Asking for a friend... 😂
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
This looks like a good one!
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Jeffrey Marlow @jjmarlow.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
What makes a hobby? Can we really just do something for its own sake anymore? Interesting stuff from @newyorker.com: "A committed hobbyist...must strive to be proficient but not professional, creative but not productive, ambitious without being anxious..." www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
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Do We Need Hobbies?
We’re all busy. But are we busy in the right ways?
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