Reposted by Wokil BamExploring Ocean Iron Solutions @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No single experiment can answer all questions about ocean iron fertilization for mCDR. 🌊 We’re excited to announce the ExOIS Field Research Coalition, bringing together independent research programs to share knowledge & advance responsible OIF research. Learn more: www.whoi.edu/press-room/n... 121
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With multiple hurricanes churning across the Pacific lately, you might be wondering where these storms originate and what drives their extreme intensity.🌀⛈️🌀 #HurricaneSeason2026 #Hurricane @whoi.edu 011
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026As cities prepare for 2026’s super El Niño, some crucial blind spots can’t be ignored #Elnino theconversation.com/as-cities-pr...theconversation.comAs cities prepare for 2026’s super El Niño, some crucial blind spots can’t be ignoredAging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face. One of the biggest challenges is helping people manage the heat and storms. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 21/09/20262026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat #Elnino theconversation.com/2026s-el-nin...theconversation.com2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heatEl Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal. This El Niño is likely to be the strongest in over a century. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Easy to understand El Niño. What Is El Niño & Why Is It So Powerful 🌡️🤯 Super El Niño 🌊 Source: Geoglobel_tales #elnino #superelnino #pacificocean #geography #maps 01310
Reposted by Wokil BamDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think it’s important for the media to distinguish carbon capture from carbon removal. 616022
Reposted by Wokil BamOut of Context Tracers in the Sea @tracers-in-the-sea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🌊🧪 Uranium is present in the sea in remarkably great quantities compared to its abundance in crustal rocks. - Broecker and Peng (1982), Tracers in the Sea 011
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Our lab is expanding and accepting applications for a graduate assistant position (MS or PhD) in Marine Science beginning January 2027 (Spring Semester), focusing on Critical Minerals and Marine Geochemistry in the Orca Basin. findajob.agu.org/job/8028114/...findajob.agu.orgGraduate Research Assistantship in Critical Minerals & Marine Geochemistry in the Orca Basin - University of Southern Mississippi job with Division of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi | 8028114Graduate Research Assistantship in Critical Minerals & Marine Geochemistry in the Orca Basin, Gulf of America The Radioisotope Geochemistry Lab (“B... 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 09/09/2026El Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... via @NASAscience.nasa.govEl Niño Alters Marine Life in the Pacific - NASA ScienceSatellite measurements of chlorophyll at the sea surface signal shifts in the ocean’s nutrient supplies in mid-2026. 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Tropical Storm Edouard could 'significantly strengthen' before reaching the Texas, Louisiana coasts later today weather.com/2026/09/01/s...weather.comTropical Storm Edouard could 'significantly strengthen'Flooding rain is possible in Houston and across eastern Texas and southwest Louisiana from Edouard. Here's the latest. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I checked a 2019 manuscript draft (not yet published), and the AI‑writing tool flagged about 25% as “AI‑generated.” I’m genuinely curious how it’s detecting AI in something I wrote before half these models even existed. It even flagged my citations and bibliography as plagiarized. #Academic 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Twenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetings www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTwenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetingsScientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Big Trouble from Little Wetlands eos.org/articles/big... #Methane #Wetlandseos.orgBig Trouble from Little Wetlands - EosNew research suggests that small wetlands, previously unaccounted for in the global methane budget, are responsible for about 25% of global methane emissions. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Time to give hydration breaks the red card? What science says about keeping cool #Worldcup #Fifa #Football #Hydrationbreak www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTime to give hydration breaks the red card? What science says about keeping coolInappropriate use of cooling breaks in sport is undermining trust in heat-health research. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Tracking Microplastics Above and Below the Waves: Measuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the particles’ pathways and the impacts they may have on coastal regions. #Microplastics #Ocean #Pollution eos.org/science-upda...eos.orgTracking Microplastics Above and Below the Waves - EosMeasuring plastic particles carried on Cozumel’s sea breezes and ocean currents reveals how simple physics shapes the particles’ pathways and the impacts they may have on coastal regions. 040
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Hurricane season officially started yesterday, June 1st ! 🌀⛈️🌊 Checkout the cool video from @whoi.edu explaining the formation of hurricane. #Hurriance #Storms 011
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Tracing the Path of PFAS Across Antarctica: A new study examines the presence of forever chemicals in one of Earth’s most remote regions. eos.org/articles/tra...eos.orgTracing the Path of PFAS Across Antarctica - EosA new study examines the presence of forever chemicals in one of Earth’s most remote regions. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Eddy or Not: Do Eddies Actually Transport That Much Carbon? #Carbon #Ocean eos.org/research-spo...eos.orgEddy or Not: Do Eddies Actually Transport That Much Carbon? - EosNew data from remote floats around the world indicate the eddy subduction pump is of only secondary importance. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 02/04/2026How can science support and enable the High Seas Treaty? #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty phys.org/news/2026-04... via @physorg_comphys.orgHow can science support and enable the High Seas Treaty?The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement—often known as the High Seas Treaty—came into force in January 2026 following almost two decades of negotiations. Its key objectives are ... 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Last Friday, I had the pleasure of delivering a seminar in the University of Alabama’s Department of Geological Sciences seminar series, where I discussed marine carbon cycling across the equatorial Atlantic. 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Red‑winged Blackbirds standing guard, their scarlet epaulets glowing against the quiet backdrop. Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) #Birds 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I received a manuscript for blind review, but it came with the authorship contribution section proudly attached. It felt like someone saying, “Guess who wrote this!” while wearing a name tag. #AcademicHumor #Academia 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Some days, stillness is the whole story. #Pelican #BrownPelican #Bird 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...nytimes.comOptimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last? 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Journals across the major publishers are indeed rolling out explicit AI‑use policies for reviewers !! 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 09/01/2026The Northern Sargasso Sea Has Lost Much of Its Namesake Algae eos.org/articles/the...eos.orgThe Northern Sargasso Sea Has Lost Much of Its Namesake Algae - EosThere’s less than a tenth as much Sargassum as there was a few years ago, a shift that may be linked to increasing sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 09/01/2026“A naturalist’s life would be a happy one if he had to observe and never to write” -Charles Darwin 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 09/01/2026What Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses eos.org/research-spo...eos.orgWhat Could Happen to the Ocean’s Carbon If AMOC Collapses - EosMass glacier melting may have led this influential ocean current system to collapse at the end of the last ice age. A pair of modeling studies examines how such a collapse could affect dissolved inorg... 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima www.reuters.com/sustainabili...reuters.comJapan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after FukushimaPrime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who took office two months ago, has backed nuclear restarts to strengthen energy security. 021
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Last week at the AGU25 Annual Meeting, my postdoctoral advisor, Ken Buesseler, received the AGU Ambassador Award. It was a pleasure to join him in celebrating this well‑deserved honor. @cafethorium.bsky.social @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 15/12/2025My first presentation will be today at 2:15 PM #AGU2025 #AGU 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 15/12/2025This week at the AGU meeting, I’ll be chairing my first session and presenting in two others. My graduate student will also be presenting, and I’m involved in several additional presentations. You can find me at the sessions listed below. Excited to engage with colleagues & collaborators. #AGU2025 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Tiny Turbulent Whirls Keep the Arctic Ocean Flowing eos.org/research-spo...eos.orgTiny Turbulent Whirls Keep the Arctic Ocean Flowing - EosCentimeter-sized turbulence controls the rate at which the Arctic Ocean churns. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Great Blue Heron!! #birding #bird #heron #GreatBlueHeron 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Hurricane Erin is currently churning off the East Coast and bringing serious concerns to North Carolina—especially the Outer Banks, which are still reeling from last year’s catastrophic Hurricane Helene. #Hurriance #HurricaneErin #Erin 000
Reposted by Wokil BamNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Unbelievable footage from NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Erin. Simply incredible. 632715920
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 18/08/2025First day of the new academic year 🚀Thrilled to be teaching Intro to Marine Geology MAR121. Excited to dig into history of geology, marine sediments, deep ocean morphology & tectonic tales. Any favorite resources/teaching tools? Please drop them below .📚 #AcademicTwitter #Geoscience 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Louisiana Saltmarsh #Louisiana #saltmarsh #coastline #marsh #Louisiana 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 18/07/2025A Pelican and Gull flying along !! #Pelican #Gull #Louisiana #Birds #Birding 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The beautiful Coastline, Louisiana Salt marshes !! #Marshes #Saltmarshes #Louisiana 010
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 07/07/202515 Heart-Wrenching Photos That Show The Texas Flood Devastation www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabram...buzzfeed.com15 Heart-Wrenching Photos That Show The Texas Flood Devastation"When you talk to the men and women that are up there in those helicopters and out in those boats and walking the ground, they're looking for live people right now and doing everything they can to con... 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The AGU25 abstracts are now open !! If you work on mCDR or any carbon cycling, please consider submitting the abstracts on these two session #AGU25 #Carbon #Ocean OS015 - Integrating Perspectives on Carbon Cycling Across the Marine Continuum. 110
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Our oceans are in trouble: how to move beyond the outrage and start taking real action #Ocean theconversation.com/our-oceans-a...theconversation.comOur oceans are in trouble: how to move beyond the outrage and start taking real actionThe ocean needs help – overfishing, pollution and climate change are serious problems. Individuals can take action to help. 011
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Tropical Storm Andrea becomes first named system of the Atlantic hurricane season #Hurriance #Storm www.usatoday.com/story/news/w... via @usatodayusatoday.comTropical Storm Andrea tracker: First named storm of 2025 forms in AtlanticTropical Storm Andrea became the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic on June 24, according to the National Hurricane Center. 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Ocean is filled with millions of organism. Few planktons captured using Underwater Vision Profiler Camera at 1000m in north Atlantic. We captured about 1.3 million images during 1 year sampling period. #Ocean #Plankton #Mooringtrap 020
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Microplastics are everywhere—but our methods to track them are all over the place phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_comphys.orgMicroplastics are everywhere—but our methods to track them are all over the placeA new study from the University of Portsmouth has highlighted the growing role of citizen science in tackling one of the planet's most pervasive pollution problems: microplastics and mesoplastics. Whi... 000
Wokil Bam @wokilbam21.bsky.social · 29/05/2025apnews.com/article/swit... suspended for a missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine villageapnews.comSearch suspended for a missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine villageA 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before. 000