Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s going on? In a shift that is reshaping entire ecosystems, the open oceans are letting less light in. We don't fully understand the consequences yet, but there is still hope, says oceanographer Tim Smyth

Oceans are darkening all over the planet – what’s going on? | New Scientist

Call for Papers - Forecasting the Weather between Divination and Science (Antiquity to the Present) We are seeking case studies from the ancient world to the present that focus on learned and scholarly forms of weather prediction (rather than every day or informal beliefs), including but not limited...

Call for Papers – Forecasting the Weather between Divination & Science (Antiquity to the Present)

Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026

Workshop, organised at the University of Oxford, UK, 9 Oct 2026, by @simondolet.bsky.social & Michelle Pfeffer

niche-canada.org/2026/04/06/c...

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Article (Free access): online.ucpress.edu/hsns/article...

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"[This paper] provides a fresh perspective on the role of animals in forging human’s understanding of the ocean’s depths, and on the interplay between science, technology, and myth in defining the human relationship to the natural world." #animalhist #oceanhist #envhist #envhum

New book review:
Meinel on Hoffmann, Richard C.: _Catch: An Environmental History of Medieval European Fisheries, The_. Studies in Environment and History Series. Cambridge University Press, 2023. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20145909

Between large book cases, a researcher is conducting research in the museum collection. Photo by Almicheal Fraay

Fellowships! The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has published a call for proposals to conduct research into its maritime historical collection.

More information, including the English translation of the call texts, can be found here www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/on... #skystorians

Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave | US news - United Kingdom For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast.

Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave | US news

https://www.europesays.com/uk/871611/

For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures…

APEF on the Historie van de Oceanografie Club's newsletter

Our ambassador Anna Batzeli contributed to the newsletter of the Dutch Historie van de Oceanografie Club with an article about online repositories that house collections related to the history of #oceanography, including APE. You can find it linked here: www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/apef-on...

Researchers Create a Family History of San Diego Kelp over More Than Four Decades Key takeaways– Giant kelp forests, an icon of the San Diego coastline, are in retreat as a result of climate change– Off the coast, water temperature has not dropped to traditional lows since the 2015...

🌊 🌿 Scripps Oceanography scientists are here to “kelp” uncover San Diego’s kelp history. Researchers have released an unprecedented record of kelp forests off La Jolla and Point Loma, revealing a steady long-term decline beyond normal boom-and-bust cycles. Dive in. ⤵️
https://bit.ly/40Rvddr

The programme is now available for the British Commission for Maritime History New Researchers Conference in April at Southampton. Full details and booking here: www.maritimehistory.org.uk/new-research...

Internationale Forschungsexpeditionen und die Vermessung des Meeresbodens im Südlichen Ozean im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert Internationale Forschungsexpeditionen und die Vermessung des Meeresbodens im Südlichen Ozean im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert was published in Räume in der Internationalen Geschichte on page 203.

Excited to share that my new article on research expeditions and seafloor mapping in the Southern Ocean is now available open access in "Räume in der Internationalen Geschichte" (in German)! 🌊 Huge thanks to the editors! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #oceanhist #histsci #envhist

DNA from rum-soaked fishes chronicles century of environmental change Museum specimens collected during a 1907 marine expedition reveal loss of genetic diversity in the Philippines

"In October 1907, the USS Albatross departed San Francisco and steamed westward toward the Philippines. The 61-meter-long craft, operated by the U.S. Fish Commission, was the world’s first ship purposely built for research, and this would be its longest expedition."

“The indirect nature of our knowledge about oceans means that imagination and media and aesthetics, things like that, loom large in shaping our understanding of the oceans’’ @oceanhistories.bsky.social www.une.edu/node/121269

CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) bit.ly/4miqNpa

Assistant Professor in Oceans - Stanford, California and Pacific Grove, California job with Stanford University | 674610 Stanford University invites applications for appointment at the assistant professor level in the Oceans Department, in the Stanford Doerr School of...

Invites candidates in three thematic areas to apply including "Human dimensions of oceans" (e.g. ocean social science, resource economics of fisheries, aquaculture, and other marine sectors, ocean cultures and heritage, gender studies, marine policy and governance).

Opinion | The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan (Published 2023)

With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:

The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...

A Starfish, a President and a Deep-Sea Frenzy in Argentina

"The livestream over the past week has transformed a marine exploration project into an internet sensation and shellfish into unexpected standard-bearers for those who oppose President Javier Milei’s threats to cut and privatize state-funded science."

Josephine Quinn · Born on the Beach: Ancient Coastlines Seas are repetitive creatures, working in cycles of tides, migration and climate change, which is normally to say the...

"the sea is back in vogue. Blue Humanities has taken over large parts of the academy in the last decade, bringing the human relationship with oceans, rivers, lakes and seas to the top of the scholarly agenda just as those waters gather to end humanity for good." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Smallpox, overfishing, industrialization destroyed 88% of harvestable food sources in Burrard Inlet: Study Tsleil-Waututh’s Michelle George called the study "scientific proof of what my ancestors and family have been saying for generations.”

“Predator populations exploded & prey plummeted” immediately after the first smallpox outbreak, suggesting not enough Tsleil-Waututh people survived to effectively steward the #environment, said @mefford.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/smallpo... @vancouversun.bsky.social

Opinion | Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment.

Why U.S. dominance at sea is shrinking

The U.S. still has an advantage on the waves, but ocean science needs more — not less — investment. To lead at sea, we must understand the sea!
by Peter DeMenocal, Margaret Leinen and ret. Admiral John Richardson
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Check out this interesting #histocean oral history project by Beatriz Martinez-Rius: talesofoceanscience.com

On a day like today, might be worth reminding y’all that there’s an entire community loving ❤️ on ocean life in #FathomVerse. 🦑🧪🌊 #onwardsanddownwards

Fall 2025 Meeting Midwest Medieval History Conference October 24 & 25, 2025 at University of Notre Dame Call for Papers Water, Rivers, and the Environment in the Middle Ages Keynote speaker: Ellen F. Arnold, Ph.…

I'll be the keynote here, talking about river monsters!
midwestmedievalhc.wordpress.com/about/

The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson

The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson The well-preserved fossilized reefs from the Dominican Republic date back 7000 years and reveal important changes in Caribbean reef ecosystems over time. Credit: Sean Mattson

🪸🦈 Human fishing reshaped Caribbean reef food webs ⬇️

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studied fossilized reefs in Panama & the Dominican Republic, uncovering thousands of fish ear bones and shark scales that allowed them to reconstruct ancient reef communities. 🦑 🌊

The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep-Sea Life In this book, Stacy Alaimo explores the influence of the newfound human intimacy with the deep sea might have on our broader relationship to the nonhuman world.

Read about the human intimacy with the deep sea in Stacy Alaimo’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬—an excerpt is now available on the Environment & Society Portal.

www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/abyss-st...

#envhum #envhist #ocean #bluehumanities #sea @uminnpress.bsky.social

Text: Oceans in Depth. Image: side by side book covers of Sea Level, Oceans under Glass, and Ocean Bestiary.

At #ICHST2025? Dive into our Oceans in Depth series and explore the historical and modern impact of the ocean on humanity through interdisciplinary narratives. Learn more about the series here: buff.ly/JBdVWe1.

It's hard to overstate the importance of this resource to historians of science. #hstm #histsci

🌊🌊🌊New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out “Gauging and Engaging Sea Levels,” Christine Keiner (@rittigers.bsky.social‬)’s review of @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social (Humboldt Uni Berlin)‬’s book _Sea Level: A History_ pub 2024 @uchicagopress.bsky.social

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Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social