Julie Robidart
Technological design to interpret signatures of ocean biology and biogeochemistry, at scale. Specialisation in omics, eDNA and microbiology
- Reposted by Julie RobidartWhat a day for it! Blue skies & calm seas for our team, who have brought in our Autonomous Scientific Buoys for maintenance and upgrades. PML's John McDonald said: "Great to see some of the younger PML team getting hands-on with the more challenging tasks - all good experience, & they smashed it 👊"
- Reposted by Julie Robidart🐦 Why are five booby species showing up in the California Current Ecosystem? Using data from CalCOFI, eBird and more, Scripps Oceanography alumna and postdoc Tammy Russell uncovered the major shift. 🌊 Read the study published by Frontiers In Marine Science: bit.ly/4mOBroh
- Reposted by Julie RobidartThis chart shows that in the City of London (the tiny historical part of London in red), bicycles have overtaken cars to become the most common vehicle. Let's make this throughout Greater London! www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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- Reposted by Julie Robidart@bopplaurent.bsky.social kicking off #LiegeOcean25 with a talk about the state of the climate and potential need for CO₂ removal (CDR). The surface ocean has warmed by more than 1°C, which is astounding if you think about how much energy it takes to do that. 🌊
- Windy day bike tricks
- This is a super unique senior role on our technology team, during an exciting time for technology investment in the UK 👇
- Our team is looking for a new senior colleague with experience leading the development of new marine sensing technology. Have a look! You'd join a highly-interdisciplinary team of great people developing novel instruments from concept to field deployments. careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/prin...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartHonored to be among the 24 global recipients of the #BezosEarthFund’s #AI Grand Challenge for Climate & Nature. PML's Prof Kerry Howell has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support using #artificialintelligence to radically improve our understanding of #deepsea ecosystems: pml.ac.uk/news/project...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartGo see the #OceanFilm with David Attenborough (happy 99th birthday!). I’d like to have a word with the scientific advisors. Among other things, phytoplankton doesn’t remove 1/3 of our CO₂ emissions (the ocean removes 1/4, but it’s abiotic) and the ocean doesn’t produce half the O₂ we breathe.
- Reposted by Julie RobidartWonderful to see AGU standing up for what is right. As an AGU member and Fellow I could not be more proud! Thank you @agu.org
- Reposted by Julie RobidartGood for the @agu.org. news.agu.org/press-releas...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartDon’t destroy your seed corn, says a VC director. “The only thing more damaging than the recent attacks on our research universities is the silence from my colleagues in the venture capital world, especially from those who have the ear of the president.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartThe world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates For comparison….slightly less than the total value of all goods and services produced in the United States last year apnews.com/article/clim...
- 🙌 “…transitioning to clean energy mitigates both emissions and pollution-related illness; shifting urban infrastructure away from car-centric design towards active transportation… fosters physical activity while reducing fossil fuel use; and …plant-based diets enhances nutrition and sustainability.“
- Glad to share this short paper, just published, describing work at the National Academy of Medicine to promote broad system change (beyond the health sector) to confront climate change. @thirdactorg.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @maibached.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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- Reposted by Julie RobidartUniversities like mine are limiting hiring, travel, and other spending using federal funds because of the fear of things like this. It's basically impossible to do science, whether NSF takes back funding or not.
- Reposted by Julie RobidartBikey McBikeface.
- Reposted by Julie RobidartColossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time | Science | AAAS #marineecology www.science.org/content/arti...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartScientific report on deep-sea research sees 2025 as a decisive year for ocean health 🌊 Led by Prof. Dr Sylvia Sander of GEOMAR, a group of internationally renowned marine scientists has published a Future Science Brief on deep-sea research. 🔗 www.geomar.de/en/news/arti... 📸 HROV Ariane, Ifremer
- Reposted by Julie Robidart"The results highlight the need for policy interventions to limit the future flow of plastics into natural environments and minimise impacts on ocean ecosystems." 🌊 Find out more here 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/scienti...
- Reposted by Julie Robidart📢PAPER ALERT! New Capability in Autonomous Ocean Carbon Observations Using the Autosub Long-Range AUV Equipped with Novel pH and Total Alkalinity Sensors 🌊 @biogeosensing.bsky.social sensors integrated in NOC ALR during OCEANIDS cruise For more info👉https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c10139
- Reposted by Julie Robidart🔬 Science makes our world better, safer, healthier and stronger. Scripps Oceanography scientists joined fellow members of @nationalacademies.org to call attention to the importance of funding science that supports not just the U.S., but our planet. @nytimes.com has more.
- Reposted by Julie RobidartAwesome @archaeon-alex.bsky.social !
- That's dramatic (and cool): "archaea species can also form multicellular tissue–like structures when compressive forces are applied... ... These results establish multicellularity as a feature of all three domains of life" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartCars are about to get really expensive. May I recommend an ebike?
- Reposted by Julie RobidartNice write up of our latest DNA Barcoding Guide from West Coast OBON The guide is being used by CA Ocean Protection Council to inform their California Intertidal Biodiversity DNA Barcode Library project (more to come on this project!) opc.ca.gov/wp-content/u... scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-gui...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartThanks @scrippsocean.bsky.social Comms Team for their nice writeup of our reference barcoding how-to guide! Very proud of our West Coast @obon-ocean.bsky.social team (+ a few friends). We hope this work will help others interested in improving our #eDNA databases. scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-gui...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartAutosub Long Range, better known as #BoatyMcBoatface, has helped to recover a 55 year old camera in Loch Ness! 📷 Despite film from the camera being developed by a NOC engineer, no footage of the Loch Ness Monster was found. Find out more 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-oce...
- An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Julie Robidart"To tackle the question of recovery from #DeepSeaMining, we need first to look to the past and use old mining tests to help understand long-term impacts." 🥽 New study reveals long-term impacts of #DeepSeaMining and first signs of biological recovery ➡️ noc.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
- Reposted by Julie Robidart"Thriving Antarctic Ecosystem Revealed by a Departing Iceberg" Congratulations again to @schmidtocean.bsky.social and the Bellingshausen Sea 🇦🇶 science team! eos.org/articles/thr... via @astrokimcartier.bsky.social in @eos.org 🧪 🦑 🌊
- Reposted by Julie RobidartSen. Jeanne Shaheen is introducing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, the case that opened the floodgates to dark money and the buying of elections by billionnaires. 👏👏👏
- Reposted by Julie Robidart📢 EMBRC’s #EMOBON observatory has published its first data 📢 Analysis of these #BiodiversityData can help to: ➡️ Understand ocean ecosystems ➡️ Inform science-based policy ➡️ Tackle pressing environmental issues ➡️ Position the EU as a global sustainability leader 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s3uhctv 🧪 #addOcean
- Look at that 44 year old track 🤯 👇
- A new study led by NOC has revealed the long-term impacts and first signs of biological recovery in deep-sea mining tracks, 44-years after deep-sea trials in the Pacific Ocean. 🔍 Learn more about the long term impacts of the trials on our website 📰 noc.ac.uk/news/new-stu...
- Reposted by Julie Robidartvery happy to see our review as a #TopCitedArticle in @aslo.org L&O Letters aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @subhadeepchowdhury.bsky.social
- Reposted by Julie Robidart“The poor record of terrestrial mining must not be an excuse to mine the ocean floor. Improved oversight and biodiversity protection as miners increase production on land will produce a better global biodiversity outcome.” 🌊🧪
- Reposted by Julie RobidartReally fun to help out with the first #LEGO League Challenge today @noc.ac.uk and talk about careers in marine science. Some really impressive work by all the Southampton schools who participated…they even coded in python!! Pictured are also @johsid.bsky.social and @filipa-carvalho.bsky.social #STEM
- Reposted by Julie RobidartFor #InternationalWomensDay we're celebrating all of the amazing women doing incredible things in complex and challenging fields. 👩🔬 Check out this curated playlist of #NOCIntoTheBlue podcasts covering a range of different areas of ocean research 🔁 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
- Reposted by Julie Robidart🌊🦑🧪 #postdoc alert 🌍working with NERC's #BoatyMcBoatface (ALR 1500) equipped with cutting-edge #plankton imaging technology developed at @plymuni.bsky.social with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social and me & #satellite remote #sensing with @peterimiller.bsky.social at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social #FRONTLINE
- Reposted by Julie RobidartThis is not a surprise. We know what causes CO₂ to increase in the atmosphere and we know how to stop climate change. We just don’t want to.
- Reposted by Julie RobidartCheck out this great Introduction to Using #eDNA for Environmental Management from @ednacollab.bsky.social @hakai.org @oceandecadenep.bsky.social DFO, and the Sunday lab 🧪 🧬🌊🐟🦀🐚 Is a great primer on eDNA for marine conservation! www.ednacollab.org/wp-content/u...
- Icy ducks ❄️🦆❄️
- What a perfect choice. AGU is in great hands with Brandon’s leadership.
- A historic milestone for #AGU! 🚀🌍 Dr. Brandon Jones has officially taken the helm as AGU’s President, bringing a bold vision for the future of Earth and space science. Read more about his leadership and impact in this #Forbes feature: www.forbes.com/sites/marsha... #Leadership #ScienceMatters
- Reposted by Julie RobidartRNA xkcd.com/3056
- Reposted by Julie RobidartCheck out our new paper on particle-associated #N2fixation 👉👉 www.nature.com/articles/s42... @noc.ac.uk @mioceanologie.bsky.social
- Reposted by Julie RobidartParticle-associated N2 fixation by heterotrophic bacteria in the global ocean www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs 🌊
- Reposted by Julie Robidart📢JOB ALERT!! Come and work with us! We are looking for an enthusiastic Research Assistant 👉https://careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/research-assistant-578046.html
- Reposted by Julie Robidart💬 "By translating our innovation into science-ready autonomous capabilities, we’re supporting @fmri-nerc.bsky.social vision for a modern, versatile and sustainable marine research infrastructure". £4 m to boost marine robotics research capabilities ➡️ noc.ac.uk/news/ps4-m-b...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartNOC has been awarded new funding to lead critical research into the potential collapse of the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. 👀 Find out how the funding provided by UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) will help monitor the climate tipping point here 🗞️🌊 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-awa...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartCheck out the Feb 2025 OBON Newsletter - with project updates, news from the Programme team, upcoming events and more. Read it at: mailchi.mp/0ca4a2c5ac71... #eDNA #MolecularBiology #marinebiology #oceanobs #UNOceanDecade
- Reposted by Julie Robidart🌊🧪 The Chemical #Oceanography Gordon Research Conference will be held July 20-25, 2025. Consider this exciting Microbial Fingerprints session with discussion leader Alyson Santoro (University of California, Santa Barbara) along with invited speakers Emily Zakem (Carnegie Institution for
- Reposted by Julie RobidartNOC was delighted to host a marine research roundtable onboard #RRSDiscovery, organised by the British Embassy in Lisbon. 👥 The roundtable helped further the dialogue between UK and Portuguese researchers to explore future collaborations and to discuss the UN Ocean Decade.
- Reposted by Julie RobidartAlthough NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden
- Gatwick Airport is just like IKEA. I’ve been trained to stop thinking and just follow the arrows.
- Looking for something new and want to make a difference for the health of our planet? One week left to apply for this software design opportunity in the Ocean Technology and Engineering group @noc.ac.uk
- Interested in new tools to understand our changing ocean? Come work with us! A rare opportunity is open @noc.ac.uk @biogeosensing.bsky.social for a senior software engineer to lead new design as part of a tightly-integrated team. careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/seni...
- Reposted by Julie Robidart🌊 A great summary of our recent paper entitled ‘Inefficient transfer of diatoms through the subpolar Southern Ocean twilight zone’ led by PhD student Jack Williams. Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartNEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
- Reposted by Julie Robidart'Monsters of the Deep: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' is now available to watch on demand! 📺 It heavily features NOC's Discovery Collections and our research into deep-sea creatures. Watch now (only available in the UK) 👀 www.channel5.com/show/monster...
- Reposted by Julie RobidartA few spaces remain for the POGO-26 Annual Meeting in Malaysia next month, hosted by CEMACS/USM. We also have some poster session slots. Find out more and apply to join us at: mailchi.mp/97ba3713b023... 🌊 #oceanobserving
- Reposted by Julie RobidartLike most of us in the Global North are going to have to consume less shit and find other ways to get that dopamine hit but if we do it right the other ways to get that dopamine hit will not just be lower carbon but more fulfilling than shopping.
