Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jordan 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/tekgo.whoi.eduReclaiming knowledge from the sea | Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWHOI’s Jordan Kennedy draws on Indigenous knowledge, engineering, and observation to rethink how we study and restore coastal landscapes 010
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Tiny 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 000
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Some science, some history, and a little bit of hope for the future of wildlife. 🐺🌲🦅npr.orgHow much has the U.S.’s wildlife changed since Lewis and Clark? : Short WaveEver 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... 010
Reposted by Rachel MannPBS News @pbsnews.org · 08/08/2026It 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/4wSp7bsto.pbs.orgWhy so many in Maui are still displaced and unable to rebuild 3 years after wildfiresIt 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 ... 113237
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Moments like this are exactly why I got a GoPro. 🐠 030
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods 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 15418
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A 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/hormuzgo.whoi.eduScientists warn of potential global marine invasive species event linked to idle ships in the Strait of Hormuz | Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionNew analysis says thousands of stranded vessels may unintentionally spread invasive marine life worldwide 120
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 21/07/2026Announcing 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 0235
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The 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-launchgo.whoi.eduWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution launches the Schiller Center for Reef Solutions | Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionTransformative, $25 million investment will advance cutting-edge science and scalable solutions to protect coral reefs worldwide 110
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It’s been two months and I’m still riding the high from seeing Florence Welch live. 👻🔮🖤 000
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 25/06/2026The 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 0126
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Happy seventh gotcha day to the one who keeps me sane. 🌻🐾💙 040
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 08/06/2026Join 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 1176
Reposted by Rachel MannbioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Stay 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" 🪸🐠🐡🤿 06717
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/06/2026If someone gives you their preferred pronouns, just use them. It's not that hard. 000
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 30/05/2026A “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 0194
Reposted by Rachel MannColin 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...biographic.comSpain’s Cliff-Nesting Gulls Are Actually Beach Bums - bioGraphicAlmost a century ago, egg-poaching humans drove yellow-legged gulls away from beaches. Now the birds are coming back. 02818
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/05/2026New 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.whoi.eduIndustrial fishing has been depleting midwater fish for decades, new WHOI study findsThe 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. 010
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Rest is not a crime. Rest is not a crime. Rest is not a crime. 020
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.” 000
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 29/04/2026Maine 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 0156
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Sometimes, 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! 🌎 🌱go.whoi.eduEver heard of 'eelgrass?' It's vital to our coast, it's disappearing, but science could bring it backEelgrass supports life along the coast, and scientists are now testing new ways to restore it. 000
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 21/04/202671% 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 58839
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Florence + The Machine was such a life giving show. 🎤👻 000
Reposted by Rachel MannMurray Carpenter @murray-journo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026It 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...nytimes.comThe Fragile Hope for Salmon Recovery in Maine 183
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 11/04/2026How many times have I listened to this album? Yes. 000
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Seeing my favorite ski areas post AI slop for April Fools’ Day is disheartening to say the least… 030
Rachel Mann @rmannnews.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Me: *Writes a sentence* Grammarly: "STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO AI TEXT!!!!"media.tenor.comspongebob 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 . 010
Reposted by Rachel MannJoshua 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...insideclimatenews.orgWondering How to Talk About Climate Change? Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny - Inside Climate NewsDiscussing climate change can make a difference. Focusing on the impacts in everyday life is a good place to start, experts say. 054
Reposted by Rachel MannJoshua 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) 154
Reposted by Rachel MannWoods 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 1255