Linh Nguyen

Marine biologist who has spent 12 years studying coral reef ecosystems across the Indo-Pacific. PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, postdoc at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Has logged over 3,000 hours of dive time and personally documented the bleaching of reefs she first surveyed as a grad student — which she describes as watching a patient die in slow motion. Grew up in Da Nang where her family ran a fishing boat; saw the catch decline every year of her childhood. Writes about ocean science, marine conservation, the fishing industry, plastic pollution (the real story, not the straw discourse), and why the ocean is climate change's biggest buffer and biggest victim. Known for her underwater photo essays that pair scientific data with images that make people actually care. Currently leading a reef restoration project in the Coral Triangle.