Marine Research & Climate Change [2026.H2]

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Islands v Sea-Level Rise - Steibl et al (2026) island

Atoll Islands Have Secret Superpowers Against Sea-Level Rise – Steibl et al (2026)

July 2026

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Palau Coral Restoration Framework (2026 June) - coral restoration logistics

Palau Coral Restoration Framework (2026 June) - coral reproduction

Palau Coral Restoration Framework (2026 June) - heat tolerant corals

Islands v Sea-Level Rise - Steibl et al (2026) growth

Climate-Smart Adaptive Management Framework for Coral Reef Restoration and Rehabilitation in Palau – Piot et al (2026)

Marine & Coral Biology ▼

‘Coral Guard’ substrates accelerate growth and fragment fusion for coral restoration - Kolle et al (2026)
Advancing coastal and marine ecological restoration in Australia - Coleman et al (2026)
Animal Husbandry to Combat Conservation Bottlenecks in Massive Coral Species - Sophia Ippolito (2026) thesis - 'grazing blocks' deter parrotfish
Assisted evolution of corals and their symbionts enhances recruit heat-tolerance but with complex outcomes - Lamb et al (2026)
Bleaching Dynamics & Zooxanthellae Responses of Acropora & Montipora Under Ex-Situ Thermal Stress - Wahyudi et al (2026)
Ceramic 3D printed design “Reef-Plant”: assessment for coral out-planting - Engel et al (2026)
Changes in fish assemblages across mesophotic reef habitats - Hellmrich et al (2026)
Chlorophyll-a as a Proxy for Coral Bleaching Factors Across Reef Environments - Cornet et al (2026)
Comparative ecology and management of crown-of-thorns starfish and long-spined sea urchins (GBR) - Tebbett et al (2026)
Coral parasite resists antibiotic exposure and thermal challenge in Acropora cervicornis - Patton et al (2026) preprint
Coral physiological responses to heat stress across a natural turbidity gradient - Bassett et al (2026)
Coral reef and mangrove interplay during Holocene sea level changes (Indonesia) - Solihuddin et al (2026)
Coral reefs: detection and classification of biological and anthropogenic sounds - Duane et al (2026)
Coral restoration under the chronic persistence of stony coral tissue loss disease (Florida) - Sharp et al (2026)
Coral-associated fishes accelerate coral wound healing and photosynthetic recovery (Pocillopora) - Vega et al (2026)
Corals susceptibility to crown-of-thorns sea star predation: contrasting defensive strategies - Gorman et al (2026) preprint
Crustose coralline algae, algal turfs, and coral reef calcification - Tebbett et al (2026)
Daily feeding rates of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish vary with body size and coral cover (GBR) - Chandler et al (2026)
Developing novel hybrid reefs to provide both wave energy reduction and opportunities for ecological restoration - Norris et al (2026)
Effects of acoustic enrichment on settlement of a critically endangered broadcast spawning coral - Aoki et al (2026)
Extreme flooding, water quality and mass bleaching compounded impacts in Elkhorn coral (Puerto Rico) - Hernández-Delgado et al (2026)
Florida Keys Marine Laboratory prepares for historic El Niño threat to Coral Reefs - by Matthew Cimitile (USF, 7 July)
Foraging ecology of the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle in the Gulf of Guinea - Vieira et al (2026)
FragSize: computer vision models to monitor massive coral fragment growth in a coral nursery (Caribbean) - Villa et al (2026)
Gametogenesis, spawning timing, and fertilization success of Acropora yongei (Indonesia) - Arnenda et al (2026)
Great Barrier Reef’s long-term monitoring program celebrates 40 years - ABC News (8 Jul)
High relatedness in sexually produced restoration cohorts of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) - Kenkel et al (2026) preprint
Host–Symbiont Dynamics in Reef-Building Corals: Seasonal Physiological Strategies (Indo-Pacific) - Huffmyer et al (2026)
Killer whales (Orcinus orca): Distribution, movements and feeding ecology in tropical waters (SW Indian Ocean) - Maeva Terrapon (2026) thesis
Land‑based inputs drive demographic feedbacks in a tropical brooding coral (Pocillopora acuta) [PDF] - Merges et al (2026)
Linking seaweed farming with coral restoration: Bioremediation boosts early coral survivorship (Hawaiʻi) - Brown et al (2026)
Mesophotic octocoral larval settlement preferences and behaviors - McCauley et al (2026)
Morphological and trophic coupling distinguishes coral clades along a light gradient - Lindsay et al (2026)
Near-term impacts of the 2024 mass coral bleaching event on benthic and fish communities (Japan) - Kimura et al (2026) preprint
Patterns of coral disease distribution, frequency, and host susceptibility (Oman) - Thinesh et al (2026)
Persistence of the coral Porites harrisoni is underpinned by strong selection on few genomic loci (Persian Gulf) - Fiesinger et al (2026) preprint
Predicting Coral Offspring Survival From Reef Thermal Histories (Ningaloo, Australia) - Nobre et al (2026)
Responses to Heat Stress in the Scleractinian Coral Galaxea fascicularis and the Soft Coral Clavularia inflata - Zhu et al (2026) preprint
Sea turtle watercraft injuries: anatomical location and severity - Kincaid et al (2026)

Global SST spikes during El Nino years [HadCRUT]

SST (Nino 3.4 region) 31-Jul-2026 [@EliotJacobson]

Global SST by decade (13 July 2026) [@EliotJacobson]

SST daily (June 2026) [C3S ECMWF]

SSTa Global Map June 2026 [C3S-ECMWF]

Climate Change Science ▼

Assessing NOAA Coral Reef Watch alerts and ECOSTRESS thermal imagery in Belize - Galdamez et al (2026)
Climate risks on small islands using a Bayesian framework, heterogeneous data and knowledge (Polynesia) - Badillo-Interiano et al (2026) preprint
Diurnal cycles of cloud and rainfall during the coral bleaching season (NE Queensland) - Chapman et al (2026)
El Niño is here: what it means for Maldivian reefs - by Ahmed Naish (Maldives Independent, 21 July)
Global Coastal Marine Heatwaves (1982–2023) and Implications for Trend Attribution - Sun et al (2026)
Past Acropora mortality linked to climate variability and anthropogenic impacts (GBR) - Clark et al (2026) preprint
Persistence Without Resilience: Long-Term Degradation of Coral Populations in an Extreme Reef System - Riegl & Georg (2026) preprint
Reclaiming an archipelago? Land reclamation in the not-so-vanishing Maldives - dell'Agnese et al (2026)
Sub-basin sea level budget analysis in the North Indian Ocean (2003–2024) - Pillai et al (2026) preprint
The Strongest El Niño Ever - Zeke Hausfather (The Climate Brink, 13 July)
The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more - by Matthew England, ARC (The Conversation, 2 July)
Track how extreme this year’s El Niño could get - by Ben Noll & John Muyskens (WaPo, 10 July)
Why A Record-Hot Ocean Is Supercharging The El Niño Effect - by Ingmar Rentzhog (Forbes, 9 July)

Strongest El Niño Ever - Zeke Hausfather

The Strongest El Niño Ever – Zeke Hausfather (The Climate Brink, 13 July)

August 2026

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Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2025 - Global Hard Coral Cover (1980-2024)

Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2025 - Global SST Trends and ENSO (1980-2024)

Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2025 - Global Bleaching Stress (1980-2024)

Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2025 – González-Rivero et al (Aug 2026) GCRMN, AIMS, ICRI

Marine & Coral Biology ▼

Advancing Symbiodiniaceae Functional Ecology Through a Trait-Based Framework - Bauer et al (2026)
Airborne and marine microplastics: decoupled pathways traced by black carbon (Indian Ocean) - Markuszewski et al (2026) preprint
Algae-specific immune modulation influences responses to heat and pathogen challenge in a symbiotic coral - Da-Anoy et al (2026)
Annual Summary Report of Coral Reef Condition 2025-26 (GBR) - AIMS Long-Term Monitoring Program
Bleached coral recovers after cyclone cools sea temperature (Lady Elliot Island, GBR) - ABC News (1 Aug)
Bleaching in scleractinian corals: a comparison across life-history strategies (GBR) - Washington & Hoogenboom (2026)
Concurrent thermal stress and flood-plume disturbance drive rapid coral community change on an inshore intertidal reef (GBR) - Waller et al (2026)
Coral acclimatization to novel, co-varying stressors is associated with fitness trade-offs - Solomon et al (2026)
Coral bleaching events have eroded reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys (USA) - Toth & Courtney (2026)
Coral microbiome stewardship: From holobiont restoration to ecosystem resilience - Peixoto et al (2026)
Coral Reef Rescue Initiative (Refreshed Strategic Plan 2026-2032) [PDF] - Goby et al (2026) Global CRRI
Coral Reefs Journal of the International Coral Reef Society - Vol. 45, Issue 4 (Aug 2026)
Coral Transplantation: A Systematic Review of Clustered Versus Widespread Spatial Strategies - Shefy et al (2026)
CoralAssist Plug: a novel device with built-in microrefugia for settling, rearing and rapidly outplanting corals - van der Steeg et al (2026) preprint
Corallivorous Fishes on Coral Reefs: Evolutionary History and Morphological Divergence - Marrable et al (2026)
Coral–macroalgae interactions across heterogeneous reef environments - López-Jiménez & Eirin-Lopez (2026)
Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.): increasing imperative to manage ongoing coral reef degradation - Pratchett et al (2026)
Crown-of-thorns starfish and coral monitoring design (GBR) [PDF] - Lawrence et al (2026) COTS Control Innovation Program
Development of methods for coral spawning, fertilization, larval husbandry, and settlement (Astrangia poculata) - Borbee et al (2026)
Escalating marine heatwaves drive taxonomic and functional trait loss in the world’s warmest coral reefs - Zinman et al (2026)
Evaluating the use of live rock in closed-system aquaria with mesophotic corals - Aquilina-Beck et al (2026)
Fine-scale thermal stress heterogeneity decouples bleaching from mortality across a Caribbean fringing reef - Alvarez-Filip et al (2026) preprint
Floating Reefs as Self-Sustaining Biodiversity Hubs - Shefy et al (2026)
Genotype-specific microbiome responses of Acropora cervicornis to nutrient enrichment and disease stress - Rosales et al (2026)
High-resolution mapping of artificial reefs: Linking sonar-derived habitat metrics to reef construction material and design (California) - Claisse et al (2026)
Invertivore fish predation is an overlooked source of carbonate sediment on a turbid coral reef - Nilsen et al (2026)
Kelp forest collapse alters the reef microbiome and associated metabolome - Farrell et al (2026)
Key coral symbiont lineages (Symbiodiniaceae): stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) - Karrick et al (2026)
Killer Whales (Orcinus orca): Distribution, Population, Ecology (Indo-Pacific) - Paola Lacetera et al (2026)
Live Coral and Seagrass Cover: Using Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy - Malthus et al (2026)
Low-Frequency Wave Dynamics over a Fringing Reef [PDF] - Margot Giliam (thesis, 2026)
Mangrove colonization drivers in the uplifted coral reefs and sea beds in the N.Andamans (India) - Singh & Prabakaran (2026)
Mangrove-Mediated Coastal Flood Protection: Hydrodynamic Modelling (Systematic Review) - Zakaria et al (2026)
Microplastics Contamination in Marine Environment: Sources and Management Strategies - Hamdi et al (2026)
Mosquito Control: Transition Framework for Reducing Pesticides (Maldivian Resorts) - Knols et al (2026) Maldives
Origin and impacts of ploidy variation in the coral Pocillopora acuta in Hawai‘i - Johnston et al (2026)
Permits, pay and geography: why Maldivian scientists are missing from their own marine research - by Nizam Ibrahim (MBR, 12 Aug) local news
Predicting the feasibility of Crown-of-Thorns control in space and time to improve coral protection (GBR) - Bode et al (2026)
Reef Shape: Influence on Fish Community Structure Around Coral Reefs (Saudi Arabia) - Alowaidi et al (2206)
Sea Turtle Symposium #44 (Hawai’i, USA, 2026) - International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS, Aug 2026)
Sea turtles: hundreds are stranded each year (Cape Cod, USA) - by Erin McCormick (Guardian, 15 Aug) rescue network
Sea turtles: Wave disturbance as a driver of reduced natality (Florida, USA) - Ceriani et al (2026)
Seagrass fish assemblages: Community structure and functional diversity in an oceanic atoll system (Maldives) - Floyd et al (2026)
Seeded corals: Testing a site-prioritisation framework to maximise survival - Alvarez-Noriega et al (2026)
Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2025 - González-Rivero et al (Aug 2026) GCRMN, AIMS, ICRI
Sun-coral colonies (Tubastraea) invasion on a near-reef triggers alternative macrofauna dynamics - de Albuquerque Cavalcanti Savio et al (2026)
Trophic Antioxidant Transfer as a Measure for Scalable Coral Conservation Strategies - Dorantes-Aranda et al (2026)
Unconventional coastal pollution sources and their environmental impacts: a global review of invisible pressures - Rangel-Buitrago et al (2026) preprint
When the ocean reaches further (wave-induced flooding) in Maldives [May-Aug] - by Dr Nashwan Matheen [Maldives Independent]
Widespread coral bleaching across subtropical and temperate Japan under record marine heat stress - Kurihara et al (2026)
WIO-ReefFish: A High-Resolution Dataset for Taxon-Aware Coral Reef Fish Detection (W. Indian Ocean) - Gerard et al (2026)
World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August - by Damian Carrington (Guardian, 24 Aug)

El nino index FORECAST [WaPo Aug-2026] PNG

El Nino 3.4 SST anomaly FORECAST [@Recretos]

El Nino 3.4 SST anomaly FORECAST [@EliotJacobson]

El nino index FORECAST map [WaPo Aug-2026] PNG

Climate Change Science ▼

Artificial Island Development as a Climate Change Adaptation Measure for Atoll Countries - Nakayama et al (2026)
Assessing Human Thermal Stress in the Maldives: A Comparative Analysis of UTCI and Apparent Temperature - Abdulkareem et al (2026) preprint
Climate change is driving unprecedented European ocean temperatures, with severe impacts for marine life - Bergin et al (2026)
Coastal and marine ecosystems under climate change: ecological and socio-environmental impacts - Ruban et al (2026)
Evolution of Global Sea-Level Rise Projections and Their Uncertainty - Garner et al (2026)
India seems immune to global warming, and nobody knows why - by Hayley Bennett (BBC, 18 Aug)
Is this El Niño a glimpse of a future, hotter Earth? - by Andrew Dessler & Zeke Hausfather (theclimatebrink, 17 Aug)
Marine heatwaves pose hidden threat to human physical and mental health - by Falkenberg & Russell (adelaide.edu, 11 Aug)
Recent Temperature and Energy Imbalance Trends Point to Higher Estimates of Future Warming - Gyuleva et al (2026)
State of the Climate Report (2025): Takeaways from the Global Oceans - by AMS (10 Aug 2026) - editors Volkov & Perez
Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory - by Andrej Flis (12 Aug)
The ‘super’ El Niño is coming for our corals (Maldives) - by Maldives Independent (23 Aug 2026)

Assessing Human Thermal Stress in the Maldives: A Comparative Analysis of UTCI and Apparent Temperature – Abdulkareem et al (2026)

Thermal Stress in the Maldives - Abdulkareem (2026) monthly

Thermal Stress in the Maldives - Abdulkareem (2026) annual mean temp

Thermal Stress in the Maldives - Abdulkareem (2026) UTCI anomalies

Thermal Stress in the Maldives - Abdulkareem (2026) monthly grid

El Nino 3.4 SST observed & FORECAST [4billionyearson.org]

September 2026

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Coral Bleaching [Maldives Independent, Artwork Dosain]

As El Niño builds, Maldivian reefs are running out of time [by Hassan Moosa, 10 Sept 2026, Maldives Independent, Artwork Dosain]

Marine & Coral Biology ▼

30×30 Global Assessment 2026 (Ocean Protection Gap) - Campaign for Nature partners
☑️Acropora cervicornis transcriptomes: nutrient- and disease-exposed in situ nursery samples - Grace et al (2026)
Adult corals enhance juvenile recruitment through cumulative ecological niche construction - Brambilla et al (2026) preprint
African Journal of Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation (AJST) #6 - Manjula Tiwari (Editor) et al 2026
As El Niño builds, Maldivian reefs are running out of time to recover - by Hassan Moosa (Maldives Independent, 10 Sept 2026)
☑️Bioactive Nanocoatings Encode Bacterial Settlement Cues for Coral Restoration - Kundu et al (2026)
Bioactive Nanocoatings Encode Bacterial Settlement Cues for Coral Restoration - Kundu et al (2026)
☑️Cleaning station use in the rare stingray, Megatrygon microps - Keeping et al (2026)
Climate-mediated population declines in the common Floridian coral, Porites astreoides - Vaughn et al (2026)
Cooling and shading corals: in-situ mitigation of bleaching through engineered refuges - Boitel et al (2026) preprint
Coral brown band disease: Histopathology of scuticociliate tissue loss (Philaster guamense) in Acropora cf. muricata (Maldives) - Bises et al (2026)
☑️Coral Feeding Scars: Fate Following Predation by Crown‐of‐Thorns Seastars - Foo et al (2026)
☑️Coral Grow-out Robotic Assessment System (CGRAS): Scaling Coral Recruit Monitoring Through Robotics and Computer Vision - Tsai et al (2026)
Coral metabolomic diversity is associated with restoration success - Raker et al (2026)
Coral outplanting success: Impacts of site preparation and fragment size - Juang et al (2026)
Coral reef carbonate production estimates using underwater photogrammetry (full-spur mapping) - Molina-Hernández et al (2026)
Coral reef resilience is undermined by increasing nitrogen loading (Gulf of Mexico) - Jung et al (20260
Coral Reef Sediment Dissolution: Global Projections in the 21st Century - Yan et al (2026)
Coral reef sponges: Bottom-up control (for better and for worse) - Janie Wulff (2026)
Coral spat survival on inshore reefs is enhanced by foul-release-coated seeding devices - Montalvo-Proano et al (2026)
CoralAssist Plug: a novel device that enhances outplant rate and survivorship of sexually propagated corals - van der Steeg et al (2026) preprint
☑️Damselfish influence on the coral holobiont (Acropora) - Bednarek et al (2026)
Effects of seabird nutrient inputs on the productivity of coral reef fish communities - Laura-Li Jeannot (2026) PhD thesis
Environmental filtering shapes patch dynamics across isolated mesophotic reefs - Pittoors et al (2026)
Exposure to tetrabromopyrrole reliably induces settlement across Caribbean coral species - Sneed et al (2026) preprint
Fine-scale habitat heterogeneity and community structure shape coral health patterns in a remote Caribbean reef [PDF] - González-Díaz et al (2026)
Ghost fishing gear origins and impacts on loggerhead sea turtles entanglement (Mediterranean) - Segura-Alemany et al (2026)
Global coral bleaching event #4 (Maldives): microbial & symbiont shifts of Acropora muricata and Porites lutea - Toniolo et al (2026) poster
Global synthesis reveals that artificial reef units consistently augment fish assemblages - Haag et al (2026)
Green sawfish (Pristis zijsron) Critically Endangered: current knowledge and future directions - Ingelbrecht et al (2026)
Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles Had to Be Rescued More Than 1,100 Times on This Remote Island - Joe Spring (22 Sep)
☑️Indian Ocean pelagic ecosystem: fisheries management and climate change scenarios - Amate et al (2026) IOTC-2026 (UN, FAO)
☑️Larval success in crown-of-thorns seastar: light and short-term high food availability - Patel et al (2026)
☑️Mycosporine-like amino acids in mangrove associated red algae of the Maldives - Nicolai et al (2026) preprint
Natural frequencies of hybridization in Caribbean reef-building corals - Sotka et al (2026)
Parrotfish demonstrate little behavioural shift during marine heatwaves - Golanski et al (2026)
☑️Rapid loss, and slow recovery, of coral reef structural complexity resulting from a prolonged marine heatwave - Bruce et al (2026)
Reducing consumer pressure increases community dissimilarity leading to coral- or algal-dominance on a coral reef - Speare et al (2026)
Reproductive patterns of massive Porites (Ningaloo, W. Australia) - Juszkiewicz et al (2026)
Sea Turtle: First Record of Triplet Embryos – Polyembryony in a Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Cuba - Azanza-Ricardo et al (2026)
Seagrass fisheries expose the poverty dimensions of marine conservation (Indo-Pacific) - Jones et al (2026)
☑️Super El Niño is cooking coral reefs: can lullabies and probiotics save them? - by James Dinneen (Nature, 30 Sept 2026)
Thermal tolerance in Montipora capitata and Porites compressa corals (Hawaii) - Klein et al (2026)
Turbid coastal reefs act as paradoxical climate refugia for corals - Menezes et al (2026)
☑️White-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon lepturus): Breeding biology (Maldives) - Cox et al (2026)

Precipitable water (PWAT) global [theclimatebrink]

Climate Change Science ▼

☑️Coastal El Niño Events in CMIP6 Models: Relationship to Mean-State and ENSO Biases - Rivera Tello & Karamperidou (2026)
☑️Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR): 10th edition - Copernicus Team (2026)
☑️Coral Skeletal Banding: Reconstructing Climate (Statistical Effects of Replicating Cores and Observers) - Hedger et al (2026)
Global Mean Sea Level reconstruction: improvement to short term variability - Shaw et al (2026)
☑️Marine Heatwaves and Their Effects on Long-Term Changes in Marine Ecosystems - Guibourd de Luzinais et al (2026)
Marine heatwaves reshape survival of small corals, revealing size- and taxa-specific vulnerabilities - Baker et al (2026)
Monsoon Precipitation: Diagnosing CESM2 Biases in NW Indian Ocean Warming - Chen et al (2026)
Ocean heat content (OHC): combining GRACE gravity, satellite altimetry and Argo profile observations - Uebbing et al (2026)
Ocean Heat Uptake: New Constraint Revealed by Model Spread of Radiative Forcing - Wu & Gregory (2026)
☑️Planetary Health Check 2026 - Planetary Boundaries by Johan Rockström (PIK)
Sea Level Changes in the GECCO3 Ocean Synthesis - Stammer et al (2026)
☑️Sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature - by Dr Giuliana Viglione (carbonbrief, 22 Sept 2026)
See How Much Corals Have Declined in Just 40 Years - by Melissa Hobson (NatGeo, 9 Sept 2026)
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record - by Andrew Dessler (climatebrink, 14 Sep 2026)
What Do 2°C and 3°C Global Warming Mean for the Tropical Indian Ocean? - Manoj & Dhage (2026) preprint

October 2026

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Marine & Coral Biology ▼

☑️Benthic communities and reef functionality throughout the fourth global coral bleaching event (Honduras) - Paden et al (2026)
☑️Coral Nurture Program: a science–practitioner partnership for stewardship-based reef restoration - Camp et al (2026)
☑️Damsels in distress: acoustic and behavioural defences scale with predation risk in a coral reef fish - Soriano-Gonzalez et al (2026)
☑️Hawksbill sea turtles: Abundance, distribution, and origins (Atlantic reefs, Florida Keys) - Wood et al (2026)
☑️Patterns in Coral Fecundity Across the Indo-Pacific - Bilodeau & Quigley (2026)
☑️Pteraeolidia semperi species complex (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia): Integrative systematics (Vietnam) - Meshik et al (2026)
☑️Sea turtles: Competition among males for breeding females as a measure of male abundance - Hays et al (2026)

Climate Change Science ▼

☑️El Niño goes off the charts: ‘Perfect storm’ - Dinah Voyles Pulver & Janet Loehrke (USA Today, 2 oct 2026)