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Tessa Hill

@tessahill.bsky.social

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Climate change, oceans, blue carbon and coastal communities. Professor, researcher, educator, author. 🌊 📕: At Every Depth @ateverydepth.bsky.social AtEveryDepth.com bio.site/Tessahill

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · Nov 22

Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science.

You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks.

If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 35m

I’d say this is a must read by @rahmstorf.bsky.social - and ends with a warning that this is not purely “an academic discussion without major consequences.” Completely agree.

Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 12h

High resolution images from satellite and from eddy-resolving ocean circulation models point to an ongoing decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation, a key ocean current for our climate. Read more about it in my new blog article. 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approach...

www.realclimate.org

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦

Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts @splitrailfence.bsky.social · 5h

I love it. Makes me happy.
Weird that I'm now seeing your post here after I just read about the bill to end the 1970s marine mammal legislation to protect these beautiful creatures.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

abcnews.go.com

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

Then Toad fell asleep.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 2d

MIT says no to the Trump admin higher-ed compact clearly and emphatically. Other universities would be well served to read, remix, and respond similarly.

"In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences."

orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

www.latimes.com

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 3d

That’s not how science works dip shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 3d

It’s been fun for me so far, and that matters a lot these days ♥️

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 4d

Henry Farrell on the Trump admin’s proposed “compact” for universities, arguing that the rollout signals weakness, and that academics need to band together to reject this authoritarian attack on university independence and academic freedom.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

Right now my whole syllabus is on Canvas as both text & “modules” - but yes! Maybe at the end of the class I could consolidate everything & share as a document? This is my first time teaching this but I’m thinking of offering it a 2nd time so that will be good motivation to get more organized 😂

Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

I’m doing on online summary of my class on Rachel Carson each week 🍃 🐦 follow along if you’d like to read with us!

Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, if you are following along, assignments for Silent Spring reading for week 3 are:

Chapters 4-6,

plus two articles online: www.acs.org/education/wh...

Legacy of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring National Historic Chemical Landmark - American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.

www.acs.org

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

Students also selected from a list of scholars that are carrying on Carson’s work today. They’ll do a presentation about what these folks work on. The list included @jambeckresearch.bsky.social @smbrander.bsky.social @rosannaxia.bsky.social and many others, so these presentations will be amazing!

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

Discussion groups in class this week focused on a few questions, including:

- Why did Carson start the book the way she did?
- if Carson was to write this story today, what might she write about?
- What surprised you about the first few chapters?

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

And, www.theopennotebook.com/2022/01/18/r...

Rosanna Xia Unearths the Story of a Decades-Old DDT Dump off California’s Coast - The Open Notebook

The waters off Southern California’s picture-perfect Catalina Island conceal a toxic cache from decades ago: submerged barrels seeping DDT on the seafloor. In a longform story for the Los Angeles Time...

www.theopennotebook.com

Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, if you are following along, assignments for Silent Spring reading for week 3 are:

Chapters 4-6,

plus two articles online: www.acs.org/education/wh...

Legacy of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring National Historic Chemical Landmark - American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.

www.acs.org

Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, this and others by Lubchenco are helpful!

Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 7d

Working on a project that requires pulling together a lot of literature on public engagement/ community engagement in marine science disciplines. I’ve done a traditional literature search - but if you have a favorite project, paper, or scientist in this realm, please post a link or DM me! #oceans

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 9d

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😍

UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · 9d

Elisabeth Sellinger and Karolina Zabinski, PhD candidates at @ucdavis.bsky.social, study how #seagrass, sediments & #shellfish adapt under stress, while also navigating uncertainty in their own careers. Both kinds of resilience rely on federal support: arcg.is/1KTj02

A panoramic view of a seagrass meadow from the water level, with blue skies above it.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 10d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 10d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

www.science.org

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 10d

Assignments for Week 2:
Read chapters 1-3
And, review this exhibit: www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/...

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a Book that Changed the World

www.environmentandsociety.org

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 10d

We watched some of this presentation by Linda Lear, Carson biographer: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kIlO...

Rachel Carson and Her Friends: A Talk by Acclaimed Biographer Linda Lear

YouTube video by Nature Forward

m.youtube.com

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 10d

So, if you’d like to follow along, here goes Week 1!

We started with some reflection questions, including:

When you think of Carson, what comes to mind?

What do you think Carson’s legacy is?

What are you curious to learn more about?

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 10d

In the class, we are reading Silent Spring, along with additional supplemental materials.

Photo of the cover of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. The cover is green, with a drawing of a leaf and a bird superimposed.

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 10d

In case you need something … less dark… on your timeline:

This week I started my seminar focused on the legacy of Rachel Carson.

I’m thinking I’ll post here what we are reading/watching/doing, and if you are interested, you could follow along. Like a bit of a Carson book group. 📕 🐦

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Climate Crisis Advisory Group @climatecrisisag.bsky.social · 12d

CCAG member Tessa Hill spoke with We Don’t Have Time about CCAG’s report on methane at New York Climate Week.

By cutting methane emissions, we can deliver affordable, available and urgent cooling within years – buying time to accelerate the transition to a safer future.

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