“I believe we’re living at a pivotal time- where we actually understand the issues and the solutions. The question is, what will we do about it?” - Brian Skerry #VirtualCHOW@Brian_Skerry@marinesanctuary
Our team at @NOAASBNMS is out satellite tagging Great Shearwaters! Stay tuned this week with updates from the field. So far 8 birds have been tagged, giving scientists valuable information about their migration and lifecycle!
#birdtagging#birdresearch#noaasanctuaries
📢BIG NEWS: Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts, is set to grace the U.S. quarter in 2025 thanks to the U.S. Mint's American Women Quarters™ Program. 🌟 Let's honor her legacy together! Get the deets: https://t.co/dC0et8Ulm1 #GirlScouts#AmericanWomenQuarters
Farewell to Dr. Roger Payne, who passed away peacefully on June 10. He showed all of us on this blue planet the wonder and plight of #whales: fins calling across oceans, humpbacks singing, a whale nursery, and now a message to us to carry our work forward https://t.co/3IJrnZCsRW
Happy World Ocean Day! Check out this feature from NOAA Education that includes one of our volunteers, MJ Foti, and the Stellwagen Sanctuary Seabird Stewards (S4) Program! Congrats to MJ and all the other amazing citizen science volunteers highlighted! https://t.co/6JMqnt5IYO
It's a STEM takeover at camp! Explore fun hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math challenges throughout Camp Cedar Hill. Activities will be available for all ages, register today: https://t.co/7cqGBWwXBT
The first #NorthAtlanticRightWhale mom/ calf pair of the season has been spotted! 💙
Right whale mom "Medusa" (#1208) was seen yesterday by @cmaquarium with her seventh calf!
#RightWhale calves this season: https://t.co/Qarf0pP0IY
📷: Under NOAA permit #20556-01
🎵 Check out this cool new game to listen to the role that different species have within an ecosystem. @NOAASBNMS commissioned this fun project to explore how different human impacts can affect an ecosystem. Share with your musically inclined friends! ➡ https://t.co/aFD5Ki2Cyz
Happy Birthday to us! Today is the 30th anniversary of the designation of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 30 wonderful years and more to come.