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SK Lerner

@sklerner.bsky.social
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Eco-artist raising awareness about plastic pollution & climate change. Artivist. ReefSaver Project. Textile art using repurposed fishing gear.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
78% of surveyed professional women in marine science experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, in case anyone still wrongly believes this is a matter of just partying too much in college. www.womeninoceanscience.com/sexual-haras...
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Sexual Harassment in Marine Science — WOMEN IN OCEAN SCIENCE
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/01/2026
⚠️ Federal agents received a memo asking them to collect identifying information on protesters & so-called agitators, CNN has reported. Last week, a masked ICE agent warned a woman filming their activities in Maine that her information would be entered into a “nice little database." trib.al/oPh4nKf
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Sam Andrews @oceanoculus.com · 16/01/2026
Everyone, look at this huge black coral! 🪸 Researchers and rangers spotted this enormous beauty while diving in Fiordland, New Zealand. It's about four metres high and four and a half metres wide. To reach that size, it could be some 300 - 400 years old! champ.ly/U33ld3U6
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Black coral found in Fiordland
A huge black coral, measuring 4 metres high and 4.5 metres wide, has been found by researchers exploring the underwater depths of Fiordland. The coral is lik...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
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Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
This works on shrimp, too hakaimagazine.com/news/for-juv...
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For Juvenile Shrimp, Green Light Means Stop | Hakai Magazine
LED light—especially green light—is an effective deterrent for juvenile shrimp.
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Cirrothauma! (5182m ) @nautiluslive.org dive L1010 #CookIslands #MarineLife
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Ned Hamson @nedhamson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary) news.mongabay.com/2025/08/deep...
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Deep-sea mining is a false solution to our challenges (commentary)
The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our li...
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I'm quoted in this very interesting piece about the ongoing stalemate at the ISA over seabed mining regulations, and how to respond to the US's move to unilaterally license deep seabed mining. grist.org/oceans/the-i...
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The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself
As the U.N. body faces an American threat to its jurisdiction over deep-sea mining, diplomats have more or less left all the important questions unanswered.
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
« The global footprint that is causing a decline of corals and so much else is from the much smaller number of high-income consumers and economies. Until that is understood and they transform what they’re doing, we won’t be able to resolve the challenges at the bottom end of the income pyramid. »
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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Te Ipukarea Society: The ‘real science’ around deep seabed mining! #StopDeepSeaMining
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Te Ipukarea Society: The ‘real science’ around deep seabed mining! - Cook Islands News
The Prime Minister was quoted in the Cook Islands News article on Wednesday, May 26th, concerning the seabed mining consultations in Australia. He stated that the stance of Te Ipukarea Society and Kō...
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Fiji, France, Canada & more say NO to #DeepSeaMining. 350,000+ have joined the call—add your voice before the UN Ocean Conference this June. Add your voice: change.org/nodeepseamining
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Sign the Petition
Say NO to Deep-Sea Mining
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 28/05/2025
SWAN has joined the call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. Up to 90% of deep-sea species are still unknown & mining would destroy habitats millions of yrs old-with no method of restoration. Organisations & individuals can sign an open letter to world leaders. www.theoceanandus.org/uploads/1/2/...
Sign saying No Deep Sea Mining Protect Our Oceans
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Here’s the truth: We don’t need deep-sea mining. 🖊️ Almost 350,000 people have signed our petition. And this June, we’ll be delivering it directly to world leaders at the UN Ocean Conference. Add your voice today: 🔗 change.org/nodeepseamining  #NoDeepSeaMining
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Petition: Sign with me, then share this link to drive more signers: resist.bot/petitions/PX... Protect oceans from Trump regime's deep sea mining order #resist #resistbot @resist.bot
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Here’s the truth: We don’t need deep-sea mining. 🖊️ Almost 350,000 people have signed our petition. And this June, we’ll be delivering it directly to world leaders at the UN Ocean Conference. Add your voice today: 🔗 change.org/nodeepseamining  #NoDeepSeaMining
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Rejoignez près de 350000 personnes qui disent NON à l’extraction minière des fonds marins 👉Signez la pétition de The Ocean and Us 🔗 change.org/nodeepseamining 👉Organisations & entreprises: Endossez la Declaration appelant à un moratoire www.theoceanandus.org/add-your-voi...
Visuel de fond marins couvert de nodules, avec texte Dites NON à l’extraction minière des fonds marins, signez la pétition
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Arlo Hemphill @arlohemphill.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"authorizing deep-sea mining outside international law is like lighting a match in a room full of dynamite—it threatens ecosystems, global cooperation, and U.S. credibility all at once." #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Advance 'Deeply Dangerous' Deep-Sea Mining | Common Dreams
Amid global calls for a ban on deep-sea mining, Trump signs order to advance the risky practice that threatens marine ecosystems—and everyone and everything reliant on them.
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IPSO - International Programme on the State of the Ocean @oceanipso.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Over the past decade, marine biology has seen a multitude of exciting discoveries that have broadened our understanding of the ocean. From new species & ecosystems to solutions to mitigate #ClimateChange, these are the breakthrough discoveries of the past decade. Tell us which is your favourite ⬇️
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10 Breakthrough Discoveries in Marine Biology in the Last Decade - discoverwildscience
Explore 10 groundbreaking marine biology discoveries from the last decade, revealing new species, ecosystems, and insights into ocean life.
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Because clean water is woke? Or so that the oligarchs can just do their thing and poison Americans? No language, no data, no regulations, no problem. What a bunch of dangerous, self-serving pieces of s*it
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 26/03/2025
Deep-sea mining for rare minerals to go into electric car batteries and smartphones could threaten the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that sustains life across our planet. An oceanographer explains how sediment plumes from mining may disrupt this delicate environment: buff.ly/TbOJpdu
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Yell In a War @jelenawoehr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Help stop this disaster before it starts. Sign the petition and share! chng.it/9MvFdSNPhF
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Say NO to Deep-Sea Mining
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) – When threatened, it doesn’t attack—it inverts itself into a spiky, unappetizing ball. The lesson? Sometimes, the best way to fight oppression is to make yourself impossible to swallow. 🌊🦑 #DeepSea #Resistance
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a close up of a squid with a dark background
ALT: a close up of a squid with a dark background
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Hoping to bring some brightness to the day with my new piece ‘Salawati’, inspired by the beautiful Raja Ampat coral reefs. Made with #ghostgear
A sculpture representing a section of coral reef, orange, pink, yellow and white, made out of repurposed fishing nets
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Holidays 💙🌟🪸
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Just one more month to visit the exhibit at the town hall of La Celle Saint Cloud! Am thrilled to be showing 14 pieces along with the works of underwater photographers Alexis Rosenfeld, Jason Caires Taylor, and numerous other artists. If you are visiting Paris it’s a short train ride away :)
Poster of exhibit « Sur la route des fonds marins » 17 October to 15 December 2024 at the Mairie de La Celle Saint CloudA shot of 6 of my art pieces made from used and beached fishing gear and plastic waste. 2 vertical wall pieces inspired by coral reefs, one mixed media wall piece called Natural History Museum, drawer number 2017, and 3 Xenophora 
A wall piece called Kelp Forest, woven blue, green and yellow fishing gear
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
New #coralreefs made from beached waste and lost fishing gear #marinescience #attforchange
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
Some closeups of « Wakatobi » Made with beached and used fishing gear #coralreef #artivism
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 25/05/2024
« Wakatobi » finished! Made with used and beached fishing gear Inspired by the Wakatobi Reef in Indonesia #savecoralreefs
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SK Lerner @sklerner.bsky.social · 09/02/2024
New work in progress! Second in a series of #coralreefs made with lost and beached fishing gear. My practice focuses on plastic pollution & climate change impacts on marine life.
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