How should philanthropy respond to the crisis facing the charitable sector? I’m honored to introduce this series created in partnership with @macfound.org and @ssir.org and be in conversation with philanthropic leaders with different viewpoints. ssir.org/philanthropy...
NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume...
Download what you need asap and send comments to: ncei.info@noaa.gov
New paper: Climate interventions in oceans are popular (e.g. marine restoration, bioengineering & mCDR) but bring social risks. We find foresight and mgmt of such risks are constrained by methods, public engagement & expertise. Governance reforms urgently needed
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New study highlights the lack of appropriate governance for emerging (and potentially dangerous) interventions in the ocean.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
JenniferJacquet at UM’s Rosenstiel School should be able to help
Introducing Blue Convergence Fund! We are pleased to announce the launch of a new philanthropic venture – Supporting Research, Fostering Collaboration, Empowering Communities
Read more and sign up for our newsletter at blueconvergence.org
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
"In 2023, Miller was awarded NOAA Fisheries employee of the year...and in March 2024, she was promoted.
On Thursday afternoon, while on vacation in Hawaii, the federal biologist opened her work email on her personal phone to find she no longer had a job."
www.kuow.org/stories/noaa...
All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.
Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now.
abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....
Super! Looking forward to reading this!
Ah, a CSU alum! I was faculty there for 10 years before moving to UM. Love FoCO 🙂
Staggeringly irresponsible!
But, glad your team is thinking seriously about exits. Perhaps this paper from our research on responsible exits in conservation philanthropy will be useful for you all: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"These kinds of shocks are going to lead to a mass exodus … for minorities in particular.”
For my latest @science.org story, I spoke with early career researchers who have been affected by the federal upheaval and are concerned about what it means for their future.
www.science.org/content/arti...
Remarkable thread offering guidance to current and prospective NSF grantees about how to navigate the times ahead — from an NSF program officer who was fired in yesterday's DOGE purge (!)
I study sharks, including restraining them for data collection. People often think my job must be a scary adrenaline-fueled thrill ride (it’s not). But without question, the most heartstoppingly, gut-clenchingly terrifying day of my professional life was the day my sample freezer almost thawed.
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NOAA saves lives during tragedy and feeds millions of people every year
Mess this up and people will die
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Another funding opportunity is gone. NSF archived the the Career-Life Balance program which provided supplemental funding when researchers are on family leave.
The small strides we had made toward improving representation in science are being undone so fast.
new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Thank you!! 😊
Hello bluesky. I've done a bit of an update to the #MarSocSci starter pack. A flurry of new followers suggests it was needed. Let me know if you are engaged in marine social science and would like to be added. Suggest including the hashtag in your message so people can find you!
go.bsky.app/Sj7NX5D
Thanks for organizing! Please add @umiamiconservation.bsky.social
Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵
Some happy news: our Center has welcomed a fabulous new colleague who applies approaches from archeology to sea turtle conservation in exciting and innovative ways!
Our work continues.
Research News!
📣 Johnson Center faculty affiliate Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez has co-authored a new study in Science on the benefits of large-scale marine protected areas for highly migratory species AND economically valuable fisheries.
Read more:
news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/s...
🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨
🐟 Conservation benefits of large #MPA #network can span multiple ecosystems.
👉 Conservation performance should be framed at multiple ecologically relevant scales, from individual MPAs to MPA networks.
📰 doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
🤓 @thebraveecologist.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social
Massively important Nature study affirms global significance of small-scale fisheries:
*SSF provide at least 40% of global fisheries catches
*Globally, the livelihood of 1 in every 12 people, nearly half of them women, depends at least partly on small-scale fishing
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub
and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese....
Scholarship Ad:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
This will be a great one, folks! Join us in person or online.
Please give our new Center a follow too, for news about our interdisciplinary marine conservation research, education, and outreach!
🎉30th Anniversary!🎉Our 2025 Sea Secrets Lecture Series starts January 14, with @drcatmac.bsky.social director of our Shark Research and Conservation Program, discussing the biology, ecology and conservation of sharks and rays in So. Florida. Join us in person or online. 🦈 👇
Our department is recruiting for a lecturer position: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1... The focus of the position is spatial analysis and environmental policy/law, along with student advising across our programs. Review of applications begins January 6.