A very warm welcome to Seychelles on the occasion of their joining the Ocean Panel The U.S. looks forward to working with you for a sustainable, healthy, and equitable ocean.

The Regional Wildlife Science Collaborative for Offshore Wind Draft Science Plan is available for public comment until Sept. 30th. The Plan describes recommendations to support wildlife conservation w/ offshore wind development in US Atlantic waters. More: rwsc.org/science-plan/

(5 of 5) SEE our Significant #Climate Events Map.

The tropics saw 9 named storms in June — only one of which reached major tropical cyclone strength.

See more:

bit.ly/44Hi7Q8

NOAA NCEI #StateOfClimate

Great to see the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy moving from commitment to action with the development of a National Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. I hope this work links ocean and coastal management priorities in the region to federal ocean policy and agency actions.

See an explainer from Michele Conrad for Ocean Conservancy on how El Niño affects fisheries:

oceanconservancy.org/blog/2023/06/1…

The fact that there are multiple candidates for what this linear regression is blows my mind 🤯

(Original, of course: xkcd.com/2347/)

An important #publicaccess milestone: All peer-reviewed scholarly publications resulting from NSF-funded research will be made freely available and publicly accessible...in NSF-PAR, without embargo or delay nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-06/NSF231…

'Everyone here is motivated by a huge sense of urgency. The climate system has a lot of momentum going into it, it's going to take awhile to bend that curve,' says @co2ley of Director of Climate Science at Ocean Conservancy #CHOW2023

It's not officially National Ocean Month until the Presidential Proclamation drops🏄‍♀️ whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Looking forward to this. Thanks for having this important conversation, Washington Post Live

Today we’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Murmur, the band’s debut album, released way back when on April 12, 1983.

Visit REMHQ to read Bill, Peter, Mike, & Michael's Murmur Memories: bit.ly/murmur40

#murmur40
📸 Velena Vego

Clean water for the win!!

In recent weeks, Jimmy Carter has mostly been listening to favorites like Willie Nelson, whose music helped get him through the Iran hostage crisis. Read about how the former President redefined the relationship between rock and roll and political power: nyer.cm/qdE7AM2

Our Administration is proud to announce the first-ever U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan, which will grow coastal economies, protect natural resources, and tackle the climate crisis.

When President Biden tweets about an issue that you work on! A rare day for ocean policy. Thanks to the Ocean Policy Commitee White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and Council on Environmental Quality for all your work to advance #OceanClimateAction

Team Ocean Conservancy past and present was there in full force to celebrate ocean wins at the Conservation In Action Summit! Amy Trice @ReggieParos Addie Haughey Whitney Berry

Just a little more appreciation for @Potus, Council on Environmental Quality, and White House Office of Science & Technology Policy for the release of the first ever #OceanClimateAction Plan. We need to act on climate now, and we need to leverage the power of the ocean in that fight.

See my STATEMENT on the first of its kind #OceanClimateAction Plan. The Biden Administration is reorganizing often siloed agency efforts into a concrete action plan that puts the ocean at the forefront of climate policy where it needs to be. oceanconservancy.org/news/statement… via Ocean Conservancy

The White House Ocean Policy Committee released the U.S. first ocean climate action plan this AM. #OceanClimateAction whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…

This is the most exciting moment in my photography career. My personal project Sun City: Life After Life is in the April issue of National Geographic and even has an interview with me. I am so grateful. 🥹 And today I’m on a flight back! National Geographic Magazine