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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Just introduced. Call your Congressional Representatives and ask them to sign on to H.R.7656 - To support marine carbon dioxide removal activities, and for other purposes.

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The Research and Education Coalition for Ocean Sciences @theoceancoalition.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Join us at #OSM26 to learn how RECOS is working across ocean organizations and partners to advance ocean science advocacy. Your ideas shape our message and work! Hear updates from @paulabontempi.bsky.social and RECOS officers #theOceanCoalition @aslo.org @agu.org @cerfscience.bsky.social

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Scientific conferences are becoming prohibitively expensive…for everyone. What can we do about this? 😔

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

This makes me so happy and proud 🥹 🧬 🪸 🔬 I hope they are happy and proud too. I hope that I’m creating an environment where students feel excited to learn and explore, but also safe to mess up. Because that is science.

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Lots of beautiful corals on this morning’s “shallow” (630 m) dive! 🪸 Also, tune in at 12 PM to watch us processing samples in the lab and discuss what we’ve found 😊

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Hudson Canyon Daily Livestreams!

YouTube video by NOAA Sanctuaries

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

But how many people can say they’ve been rejected from the astronaut candidate program TWICE?! 🤗🤣 #reachforthestars No, I mean really reach. 💫 👩🏼‍🚀

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Tune into the ROV livestream! To 1700 meters today! And we just spotted a shark! 🦈👀 (And lots of trash 🙁) www.youtube.com/live/j4NMyZJ...

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

After tucking into New York Harbor to dodge hurricane weather, we are back out to sea. If you want to follow along with today's exploration, here is a link to the ROV live feed: www.youtube.com/live/j4NMyZJ.... You can also check out my posts on our lab's instagram account @salerno_lab.

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Hudson Canyon Daily Livestreams!

YouTube video by NOAA Sanctuaries

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Enjoy a little live deep sea exploration with your morning coffee 🐙 ☕️ youtube.com/live/pIG13U9...

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Hudson Canyon Daily Livestreams!

YouTube video by NOAA Sanctuaries

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Livestream from the ROV! Be among the first people to set eyes on what lives in this deep sea canyon! 🌊 🐙

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Hudson Canyon Daily Livestreams!

YouTube video by NOAA Sanctuaries

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John Burns @burnsajohn.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Not a fish or a dragon scale, but a single cell of a #protistsonsky. This rhizarian testate amoeba creates perfect tiny glass scales to build it's shell. From a peat bog. #protistaday.

SEM image of a rhizarian testate amoeba (euglyphid) showing its glass scales.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

In case you're wondering how scientists can say that many shark populations are threatened with extinction while some US fishermen report that they've never seen so many sharks, the answer is shifting baselines: how much things have changed depends on when you start counting.

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Happy to see this little gem pop up in my google alerts 😊 🪸 🐠 🧫 🫶 #microbial #symbiosis

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I often echo this sentiment. The Earth will go on (microbes will be content), but we might not be here. We NEED a healthy ocean. #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Despite all of this. I remain hopeful. Especially through the eyes of students aspiring scientists. We are integrating more science based solutions into conservation, restoration, AND decision/policy making. #OceanChat #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you know a coral reef scientist, give them a big hug (and contact info for a good therapist). Not gonna lie. It is becoming increasingly difficult to monitor your study sites as they die y’all 😢 #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Best quote: What are you protecting it from? That’s the wrong question. It’s about who and what we’re protecting it for 🌊 #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Ah Papahanaumokuakea. I had the honor to conduct my dissertation research there. An absolutely magical place! The corals were beautiful of course but it also made me truly appreciate the majestic albatross. #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

As I say often, we cannot “outrestore” climate change #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Absolutely this! Many factors contributing to this conundrum…resources, community support, scientific information… #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

As a grad student, I remember hearing stories from professors about the (negative) changes they observed on coral reefs over their careers. I didn’t expect to see such drastic changes within a much shorter time span (5 yrs) at our study site in Honduras due to disease and bleaching. #OceanChat

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mari @amari.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Most predatory fish are gone. Some of the earliest work on this was done by Daniel Pauly at UBC leading to the ‘fishing down the food web’ notion. #oceanchat ie www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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(PDF) Fishing Down Marine Food Webs

PDF | The mean trophic level of the species groups reported in Food and Agricultural Organization global fisheries statistics declined from 1950 to... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Uhg. I just got to Attenborough’s trawling footage. I spend most days writing about these delicate, beautiful animals — some that take hundreds to thousands of years to grow. I’m weeping. #oceanchat youtube.com/shorts/BpQcj...

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An Unusual Oasis! #glassponge #science #oceanexploration #deepsea

YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Want to learn more about that “2/3 of large predatory fish are gone” stat? I wrote about that research for scientific American @sciam.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌎🐠 #OceanChat www.scientificamerican.com/article/pred...

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Predatory Fish Have Declined by Two Thirds in the 20th Century

First-of-its-kind analysis of hundreds of food web models shows that the decrease has mostly taken place since the 1970s

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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you want to know about the history of fishing, read The Unnatural History of the Sea by Dr. Callum Roberts Published in the mid 2000s, so probably needs some updating, but it's very good! Some of the talking points on fishing 400 years ago were probably pulled from that book #oceanchat

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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

According to the film, governments spend $20 billion per year subsidizing overfishing All ocean conservation efforts get about $1.2 billion Show me your budget and I'll tell you your values It's no surprise the ocean is in trouble #oceanchat

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Jenny Woodman @jennywoodman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

If you’re curious about seamounts, there are some fantastic videos over at Schmidt Ocean Institute’s YouTube channel from 2024 expeditions off the coast of Chile. #salasygomez #oceanchat youtu.be/Et80hK_bINo?...

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A Vital Ocean Corridor | Unexplored Seamounts of the Salas y Gómez Ridge - Week 1

YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

This will forever be known as “the scallop scene.” Very hard to watch objectively. Oof. #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Misty the cat knows the drill and has joined #OceanChat 🌊 🐱

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Of all of the symbioses I learned about on coral reefs, the one between coral animals and their photosynthetic microbes fascinated me most and turned me into a microbiologist! Still amazed… #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I had the same feeling of awe when I first saw a coral reef (the GBR) 😍 🪸 It stays with you. #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Fun microbio fact: Giant kelp aren’t plants but are multicellular protists! #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The number of seamounts being mapped is absolutely incredible! #OceanChat

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Jen Salerno @jlesaler.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

There’s still so much more ocean to explore…and conserve #OceanChat

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