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Randie Bundy

@rmbundy.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at the University of Washington Chemical Oceanographer • Traveler • Nature and Outdoor Enthusiast • Views are my own (she/her)

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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New paper out in the lab from Travis Mellett on how iron impacts organic carbon consumption by heterotrophic bacteria in the mesopelagic www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Iron availability modulates bacteria carbon cycling in the mesopelagic - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Iron availability modulates bacteria carbon cycling in the mesopelagic
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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Early- and mid career scientists - apply by April 17 for the @projectdrawdown.bsky.social Climate Science Serving America Fellowship - drawdown.org/careers/clim... 🌊
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Climate Science Serving America Fellowship
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
New paper out by Laura Moore highlighting the unique chemical imprint low temperature vents have on the chemistry of the water column 🌋 urldefense.com/v3/__http://...
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Characterizing the Unique Chemical Imprint of On‐Axis, Lower‐Temperature Hydrothermal Flow to the Deep Ocean (Southern East Pacific Rise, 16.5°–18.0°S)
Lower temperature hydrothermal venting is widespread along the Southern East Pacific Rise, averaging 28 sites per 100 km Isolated lower temperature vent sites provide unique chemical fluxes to th...
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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Registration is now open for the @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social Float Data Workshop this Aug. in Seattle! Learn more and apply by end of April: www.go-bgc.org/news/float-d... @bgc-argo.bsky.social @usclivar.bsky.social 🌊
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GO-BGC Float Data and Science Workshop | GO-BGC
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Successful cruise with all UW folks fostering new collaborations with oceanographers and atmospheric scientists
A group of scientists standing on the bow of a research vessel
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Loading day in Davao, Mindanao, Philippines for our upcoming CRESST cruise!
A large oceanographic research vessel with scientific passengers walking on board with luggage
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Super proud of our summer intern Erin Novobilsky who presented her work today on differences in iron between two cruises to the equatorial Pacific. ☺️
A female undergraduate student standing next to her scientific poster
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UW College of the Environment @uwenvironment.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
We’re so proud of the UWROV team! These undergrads took top honors at the MATE ROV World Championships with their ROV, “Boxfish 2.0.” Boxfish 2.0 is helping advance #marine conservation and #climate research, as well as supporting renewable marine energy tech. environment.uw.edu/news/2025/08...
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UW team takes top spots in international ROV competition
Each year, teams of students from around the globe convene at the MATE ROV World Championships to go head-to-head in an engineering competition to showcase cutting-edge marine technology. The competit...
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
The two Patricks who are excited about equatorial iron cycling @oceanandclimate.bsky.social @pmonreal.bsky.social
Two scientists at a conference
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 18/07/2025
The Senate just posted the report language of its FY26 science appropriations bill. This text lays out what they want done and carries the force of law if it is included in the final spending bill. It's a line-by-line refutation of Trump's proposed budget for NASA and NOAA.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 13/07/2025
“If Americans don’t fight back … the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society.” Join the #SummerFightForScience to take action here ➡️zurl.co/zG9W5 zurl.co/F0Wyk
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Attacks on Higher Education Are Attacks on All Americans
If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science and society
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Tell me you do mass spectrometry without telling me you do mass spectrometry (the last 20 pics in my camera roll) 😀
Mass spectrometry peak pictures
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Dr Tommy Ryan-Keogh @tjryankeogh.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🌊PhD Positions Available🌊 If you are interested in studying marine CDR check out the link below. There are 3 positions available at Stellenbosch University in the School of Climate Science. The applications will remain open until all positions are filled. climate.sun.ac.za/blog/three-p...
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Three PhD bursaries in marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) - School for Climate Studies
The School for Climate Studies at Stellenbosch University (www.climate.sun.ac.za ) in collaboration with the Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observatory (SOCCO) at CSIR, DFFE: Oceans and Coasts Branch, ...
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Couldn’t make the protest but busted out the poster board anyway #NoKings
Protest poster that says “Even introverts and people pleasers are pissed”
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Making the best of the virtual #OCB2025 format with an in person Seattle gathering to watch the amazing sessions! @usocb.bsky.social
Group of scientists gathered together in a classroom
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New paper out lead by Nick Hawco and many other amazing co-authors on how iron inputs alter the position of the transition zone in the North Pacific ocean. Amazing collaborative effort funded by @simonsfoundation.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Anthropogenic iron alters the spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific transition zone | PNAS
Industrial activities have increased the supply of iron to the ocean, but the magnitude of anthropogenic input and its ecological consequences are ...
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
New graduate fellowship opportunity in microbial ecology from the Simons Foundation for students starting in fall 2026 www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
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Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Happy birthday NSF and thank you for all of the scientists and amazing research discoveries you have supported. The best people work at NSF! www.science.org/content/arti...
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Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting. Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...
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After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
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UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences @uwsafs.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🐠🐋🌊🪸 We're looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow for the UW Aquatic Sciences Open House, taking place from 10am-4pm! 🦀 Join us for a fun day of science! fish.uw.edu/students/stu...
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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
What's at stake for the #KeelingCurve if NOAA gets dismantled. A take in @thebulletin.org from Ralph Keeling and Eric Morgan of @scrippsocean.bsky.social: thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...
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How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve
How the Trump administration's dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threatens the Keeling Curve, an iconic measure used in climate change research. As explained by the so...
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
New paper out from the lab showing efficient uptake and recycling of cobalamins in the North Pacific by Jiwoon Park urldefense.com/v3/__http://...
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Efficient cobalamin uptake and cycling contribute to the lack of cobalamins in the surface cobalt‐binding ligand pool in the North Pacific
Cobalt is a central component of cobalamins, which are nutrients essential for various metabolic processes in marine organisms. Dissolved cobalt in seawater is mostly bound to organic ligands, and th...
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Super proud of Deserée Lai, who was selected as one of the top 100 most influential students at all of @gohuskies.bsky.social ! Deserée works in the lab and will be starting as a grad student in the fall. Read about her here! www.washington.edu/husky100/#na...
Picture of Deserée Lai on the Husky100 website
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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Our Scripps Pier #mercury time series paper, led by #PhD student Hannah Adams, is finally out! We also reflect on the need for #sustained, #long-term #funding for #science in the blog post below. @scrippsocean.bsky.social
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It Takes Patience to Measure Change
What four years of weekly mercury sampling taught us about slow shifts in coastal ecosystems and the importance of sustained research funding
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Highly recommend petting alpacas on an island for ignoring the chaos of the world
Alpacas standing in a field
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
A little Friday harbor getaway ☺️
View from a coffee shop with Puget Sound in the background.
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eScience Institute @uwescience.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
eScience partners on $20 Million Grant to Provide Cloud Resources to National Research Community. Learn more here - www.sdsc.edu/news/2025/PR...
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UC San Diego Leads $20M Grant to Provide Commercial Cloud Resources to National Research Community
CloudBank 2 will be a service-based resource, providing commercial cloud resources, from Jupyter Notebooks and secure data to the latest GPUs and quantum computers.
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Check out this great sea-going guide written by Meg Yoder with insights from lots of sea-going oceanographers. Great for first time cruises! repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329...
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Life and Science at Sea: Advice for your First Scientific Research Cruise from Experienced Oceanographers.
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
March for science, Alaska style
Cross country skiers in the snow
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Geotraces S&I committee ice cave and cross country ski adventure on our lunch break 😀
A group of scientists in an ice caveA cross country ski trail with mountains in the background
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
GEOTRACES Standards and Intercalibration Committee meeting outside of Fairbanks. ☺️
A group of scientists sitting around a table looking at a presentation with mountains in the background  A view of snowy mountains from a balcony.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
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Natalie Cohen @oceanatalie.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I am looking for a summer undergraduate intern to help out with harmful algal bloom monitoring in coastal GA! Fully funded internship and housing is available. Pls help spread the word! www.skio.uga.edu/undergraduat... #habs #REU #aquaticecology #internship #oceanography
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Undergraduate Internships - Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
“The classroom is where we lay the foundation, but an internship at the Skidaway Institute provides the framework to build a... Read more »
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American Meteorological Society @ametsoc.org · 21/02/2025
The AMS is temporarily opening its career services to all who need them, regardless of membership status, and offering dues waivers and meeting registration fee reductions for those impacted by job loss due to changes in the government. Read more: bit.ly/4gRiHAk
The official AMS logo.
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Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The National Academies released the Decadal Survey "Forecasting the Ocean" stating: "U.S. investment in ocean science, engineering, and technology is not keeping pace with growing societal needs, even as U.S. competitors are increasing investments in ocean science and advancing their capacities" 1/2
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Galen McKinley @oceancarbon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
🌊Check out the new decadal survey for NSF from NASEM nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2784...
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Forecasting the Ocean: The 2025–2035 Decade of Ocean Science
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @scar-antarctic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🌊 Help bridge the digital gender gap in ocean science! Join the Ingenium Centre and partners for a hybrid Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Sat, 22 Feb (15:00 GMT). Edit, add, or translate entries for women & non-binary ocean scientists. ➡️ womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/edit-a-thon/ #AntarcticaEDI
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
For scientists standing up for @noaa.gov : secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote...
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Science at Risk: Protect NOAA
Scientists and other experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the ...
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Lydia Babcock-Adams @seathechemistry.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I’m so excited to announce that my paper on the structure of marine copper ligands is published in JASMS! Thanks to all of my awesome co-authors 🎉 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Detection and Structural Elucidation of Copper Binding Tri- and Tetrapyrrole Ligands Produced by the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum Tricornutum
In seawater, most dissolved copper (Cu) is complexed by organic ligands, many of which are thought to be produced by phytoplankton. Although very little is known about the composition and structure of...
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 13/02/2025
Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do… We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘
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Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest
Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.
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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Webinar from SCOR 168 - Leveraging 4-dimensionally mapped ocean biogeochemistry data products to inform species distribution modeling - Mary Margaret Stoll (UW) 2/20, 9am PST us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 4D-BGC Webinar #2 - Mary Margaret Stoll. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Presenter: Mary Margaret Stoll, University of Washington Title: Leveraging 4-dimensionally mapped ocean biogeochemistry data products to inform species distribution modeling
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Kimberly Cartier @astrokimcartier.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I’m working on a story for @eos.org about LA-area scientists who are using their skills and knowledge to study the fires affecting the region. If that’s you and you’d like to share your science, I’d like to talk with you. Please reach out via DM, to kcartier[at]agu[dot]org, or reply to this post.
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Roberta Hotinski @hotinski.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
GO-BGC is hosting a float data workshop this summer at the University of Washington - let us know if you'd be interested in joining! @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social
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GO-BGC Float Data Workshop – Interest Form | GO-BGC
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
New paper out led by @pmonreal.bsky.social showing that iron from whale poop is organic and bioavailable. He also found REALLY high copper bound by strong ligands, rendering it not toxic. Such a fun study with help from amazing coauthors! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Organic ligands in whale excrement support iron availability and reduce copper toxicity to the surface ocean
Communications Earth & Environment - Whales transform prey biomass into labile micronutrients and inject them directly into the surface ocean, according to chemical analyses of whale excrement...
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GEOTRACES @geotraces.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New GEOTRACES Science Highlight! Biological production of ligands influences iron chemistry in hydrothermal systems Paper first author: Colleen L. Hoffman, U. Washington Read it here: www.geotraces.org/biological-l... @rmbundy.bsky.social #OceanScience
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Consider applying to the 2025 UNOLS MATE internship program where you learn lots of amazing marine technical skills! www.unols.org/news/early-c...
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2025 UNOLS-MATE MARINE TECHNICAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The University-National Oceanographic Laboratory Syst
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
The NBP has made it to the ice and the team saw their first penguin (!)
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The team worked really hard and is ready to set sail!
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Randie Bundy @rmbundy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Lots of science prep happening this week on the R/V/I/B Nathaniel B Palmer!
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