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Recovering reporter • Coffee lover • Marathoner • Dog mom • Doing my best • Comms at WHOI • Views are my own 🔗 rmann-comms.weebly.com 📍 MA, ME, VT

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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Sometimes work looks like this. ☀️🌊
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jordan Kennedy brings Indigenous knowledge, engineering, and observation together to rethink how we study and restore coastal landscapes. I wrote about her work for WHOI's Oceanus Magazine. 🌊 🦫🐚 Dive in: go.whoi.edu/tek
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Reclaiming knowledge from the sea | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WHOI’s Jordan Kennedy draws on Indigenous knowledge, engineering, and observation to rethink how we study and restore coastal landscapes
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tiny oyster larvae use gravity to help them feed! WHOI scientists used high-speed imaging to reveal how their dense shells help create feeding currents and offer clues about how ocean acidification may threaten their survival. 🦪 Read more: go.whoi.edu/oyster-gravity
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hi, Katahdin 👋
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some science, some history, and a little bit of hope for the future of wildlife. 🐺🌲🦅
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How much has the U.S.’s wildlife changed since Lewis and Clark? : Short Wave
Ever wish you could have been part of the Lewis and Clark expedition? Us too. The Corps of Discovery came across scores of plants and animals that were new to Western science: Grizzly bears, ponderosa...
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m all for new coworkers, but…
Spider
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Thursday’s side quest ☀️🌸⚓️
cape cod canal
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/08/2026
It has been three years since the deadliest wildfires to hit the U.S. in more than a century swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui. Hundreds of homes have been rebuilt, but many residents remain in limbo.https://to.pbs.org/4wSp7bs
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Why so many in Maui are still displaced and unable to rebuild 3 years after wildfires
It has been three years since the deadliest wildfires to hit the U.S. in more than a century swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui. The fires consumed thousands of structures, killed 102 people ...
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Fish are friends. 🐠
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Moments like this are exactly why I got a GoPro. 🐠
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 01/08/2026
🔊Pump up the volume to hear Weddell seals calling beneath Antarctic ice—and see a pup get one of its first swim lessons! 👉Learn what's behind these otherworldly sounds from BBC Wildlife: go.whoi.edu/bbc-seals 📹 courtesy of Luis A. Huckstadt/University of Exeter / edited by Rachel Mann/WHOI
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A new analysis says thousands of stranded vessels in the Strait of Hormuz may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide. Learn more in the WHOI Press Room: go.whoi.edu/hormuz
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Scientists warn of potential global marine invasive species event linked to idle ships in the Strait of Hormuz | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
New analysis says thousands of stranded vessels may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 21/07/2026
Announcing the WHOI Schiller Center for Reef Solutions, a bold new vision for the future of coral reefs. This virtual center leverages wide-ranging expertise to accelerate research, innovation, and community engagement in support of coral reefs worldwide. Learn more: go.whoi.edu/schiller-center
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The new WHOI Schiller Center for Reef Solutions will bring together experts across all disciplines to develop innovative, science-based solutions that help protect coral reefs! These vulnerable ecosystems support 25% of marine species. Learn more here: go.whoi.edu/schiller-launch
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution launches the Schiller Center for Reef Solutions | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Transformative, $25 million investment will advance cutting-edge science and scalable solutions to protect coral reefs worldwide
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Another Sunday, another ship. 🇵🇹
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Tall ships ✔️ Short ships ❌
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It’s been two months and I’m still riding the high from seeing Florence Welch live. 👻🔮🖤
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 25/06/2026
The ocean is warming rapidly around the world. Could it also be the ultimate climate solution?🌊 WHOI President & Director Peter de Menocal shared reasons for hope with @wbur.org at last month's WBUR Festival. 📲Listen in: go.whoi.edu/here-and-now
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Before treat 👉 Receiving treat
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A quick trip to Maine. 🌲🦞🥾☀️
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Rhode Island summer ☀️💙⛵️🌊
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Happy seventh gotcha day to the one who keeps me sane. 🌻🐾💙
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 08/06/2026
Join us to find answers in the deep! R/V Atlantis headed out on World Ocean Day to test the newly-upgraded Alvin and a new deep sea robot called Deep Venture. 📲Go behind the scenes of science with a full ship tour: go.whoi.edu/atlantis-tour
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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Stay tuned for our forthcoming story by @cgeib.bsky.social on Miami's urban corals and the underwater feed that gets called "the happiest place on the internet" 🪸🐠🐡🤿
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
If someone gives you their preferred pronouns, just use them. It's not that hard.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 30/05/2026
A “disastrous cocktail” of weather events caused record flooding across Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul region in 2024, upending millions of people’s lives. WHOI oceanographer Iury Simoes-Sousa is making sense of how ocean conditions contributed. Find out what he’s discovered: go.whoi.edu/brazilfloods
Aerial view of a devastated landscape with scattered debris and partially collapsed buildings. A river runs through the midsection of the image, flanked by exposed, muddy ground. In the background, low hills and a town with surviving structures and vegetation are visible under a clear sky with scattered clouds.
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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"What drove the birds to retreat to inaccessible cliffsides was changing human behavior, including desperate Spaniards gathering gull eggs to survive the country’s civil war from 1936 to 1939 and the famine that followed." www.biographic.com/spains-cliff...
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Spain’s Cliff-Nesting Gulls Are Actually Beach Bums - bioGraphic
Almost a century ago, egg-poaching humans drove yellow-legged gulls away from beaches. Now the birds are coming back.
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New today: A WHOI-led study finds that industrial-scale fishing has been removing substantial biomass from the ocean’s “twilight zone” for decades, challenging the common assumption that this vast midwater ecosystem remains largely unexploited.
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Industrial fishing has been depleting midwater fish for decades, new WHOI study finds
The research focuses on a poorly understood group of larger midwater fishes that the authors call the “dark web,” species, such as pomfrets and snake mackerels.
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Rest is not a crime. Rest is not a crime. Rest is not a crime.
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“Despite a stream of alarmist headlines, the World Health Organization is emphasizing that the risk to the general public is very low.”
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 29/04/2026
Maine winters can be tough, but coastal wetlands aren’t freezing up on the job! A WHOI researcher is surveying these systems year-round, tracking how they continue to move water and store carbon even in the coldest months. Read more in the full story from WABI Maine: go.whoi.edu/wabi-marsh
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Another day at the office. ⚓️
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sometimes, the most productive research location is in remote regions. Other times it's at home, watching the grass grow! @wcvb5.bsky.social recently visited @whoi.edu to learn more about eelgrass, a vital coastal ecosystem, and what our researchers are doing to restore it. Happy Earth Week! 🌎 🌱
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Ever heard of 'eelgrass?' It's vital to our coast, it's disappearing, but science could bring it back
Eelgrass supports life along the coast, and scientists are now testing new ways to restore it.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 21/04/2026
71% of our planet is ocean, but you wouldn’t know it from traditional maps. Shift your land-based perspective this Earth Week with a story about the Spilhaus Projection map and the WHOI oceanographer who created it: go.whoi.edu/spilhausmap
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A small break from doomscrolling. 🐾
A shepherd husky mix
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Florence + The Machine was such a life giving show. 🎤👻
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Murray Carpenter @murray-journo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It was fascinating to revisit the Sandy River for @nytimes.com A recent deal could lead to the removal of four downstream dams, breathing new life into the salmon restoration. #maine #atlanticsalmon #fish #wildlife #climate #dams www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/s...
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The Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
How many times have I listened to this album? Yes.
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Seeing my favorite ski areas post AI slop for April Fools’ Day is disheartening to say the least…
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Another silly little mental health walk.
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A belated birthday beach trip for Mason. 🐾
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Me: *Writes a sentence* Grammarly: "STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO AI TEXT!!!!"
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spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to a pile of papers .
ALT: spongebob squarepants is holding a piece of paper in his hand while standing next to a pile of papers .
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"Yet the same study found that 64 percent of Americans are at least 'somewhat worried' about global warming." (2/2) insideclimatenews.org/news/1903202...
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Wondering How to Talk About Climate Change? Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny - Inside Climate News
Discussing climate change can make a difference. Focusing on the impacts in everyday life is a good place to start, experts say.
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"The fall 2025 Climate Change in the American Mind survey found that only 17 percent of Americans say they hear about global warming in the media 'at least once a week,' the lowest percentage since the question was added to the twice-yearly effort in 2015." (1/2)
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
One of my favorite WHOI relics to learn about! 👇
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 18/03/2026
📣New today: A WHOI-led study uncovers a hidden mix of molecules released by marine phytoplankton, tiny compounds that feed ocean microbes and help power the planet’s carbon cycle. 📲Learn more about this @microbialplanet.bsky.social research: go.whoi.edu/phytoplankton-metabolites
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Mood this week:
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🌊☀️🐚
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Likely the last turns of the season. ⛷️
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Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Okay, fine. I'll rewatch them all. 💫🪛🕙
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