Second-highest in number and third-highest in costs, 2021 was another extreme year for weather and climate disasters in the United States. Learn more about NOAA NCEI's 2021 Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters report from lead scientist Adam Smith. climate.gov/bdd2021

Dead deep diving whale species have been washing into the west coast of Ireland in recent days. The three big storms last week have brought them ashore but they have been dead for well over a week to 10 days if not longer and more might make landfall.

🚨NEW PUBLICATION!🚨We explored how 11 maritime industries currently assess the potential for their activites to result in cumulative impacts to marine mammals🐳Spoiler: Standards differ between industries, which may have conservation implications for whales, dolphins and seals🐬

We need Democrats on every news channel across the country talking about abortion rights like this.

Ok so for those of you not in Denmark but interested in killer whales (#orca) you may not know about all the excitement that has taken place in Aalborg, just 10km from my home a thread: 1/x

For those who teach marine biology or ecology for undergrads, what textbook and/or other text materials do you use and why? Dr. Nyssa Silbiger jebyrnes (he/him) @EcoEvoLab dr. allison barner Cascade Sorte Dr. Justin Baumann

Just learned a new projection to show ocean warming trend map: all the oceans connected to each other. Really fascinating!

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UH hosts high school students overnight on Moku o Loʻe (Coconut Island) - The Summer Marine Mammal Intensive Learning Experience program is designed for Oahu high school students to learn about marine mammal science in a hands-on environment ➡️ bit.ly/3aZsnMV Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology

🚨 10 days from submitting my PhD I became the (probably?) co-first whale researcher to WITNESS THE BIRTH 👶🏼of a SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE as Morgane Pommier and I took a break from work to go whale watching with @LimuLehm - Thanks International Statistical Ecology Conference(ISEC), you made me come here ❤️

The horizon in this video is filled with blows from about 150 Southern fin whales in a huge “feeding aggregation”off the coast of Antarctica. 👀 It’s a sign the species is back from the brink after being heavily hunted until 1976. More details on RN Breakfast at ~0835!

Just released! Report of the 2022 meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee. Read the latest research and recommendations from the world's leading #cetaceanscientists at archive.iwc.int/?r=19447

UH extramural funding hits an all time high, meanwhile most STEM graduate students are still paid less than half of the minimum livable income for a single adult. This huge imbalance is severely limiting who can pursue graduate education in Hawaii.

Consider “Snow Cone” – we know 4 generations of her family, including 22 individuals. 12 known or presumed dead. 4 died from lethal entanglements, 4 were vessel struck and 3 of 5 of her calves have died from similar entanglements or vessel strikes. #smm2022 #rightwhales

Late night additions from the SMM student night: Florence was sporting a gifted scarf and a diverse array of earrings: seal earrings were from zeehonden creche in the Netherlands; Polar bear was from Nat Geo; the others were gifts. #SMMfashion #SMM2022

Brandon Bassett: Florida #manatee carcasses were each hit 0-47 times EACH. Average adult has 8 scar patterns, calves commonly have multiple scars too. #Smm2022

Hands-down, one of the best talks at #SMM2022! Vote for @TAzizeh for favorite presentation 🌞

Will we lose our beautiful blue #whales in #Aotearoa #NewZealand ? Read about it in our new paper on changes in great whale distribution in response to future #climatchange here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol… 📷 by Dave Lindop #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #AMSA22 #SMM2022

🚨New paper alert!🚨 We've known for a decade that killer whale moms keep their adult sons alive. But how does this impact the moms? Turns out, quite a lot! Read more here (OA) cell.com/current-biolog… and see the thread below...