great summary of our newest paper - led by Abby Gilson #seaweed #MarineLife 🦑 #AlgalAwesomeness! #oceanfarmers

BRICONS (Building Resilient Irish Coasts through Oyster Restoration) - are looking for a new postdoctoral researcher - deadline 19th February - details 👇 🦪🌊 @drjosemfarinas.bsky.social @annikaclements.bsky.social briconsproject.com/2026/02/06/n...

Shipworms aren’t worms. They’re bivalves that eat wood with the help of symbiotic bacteria turning wooden shipwrecks into functioning ecosystems. #MolluscMonday Fantastic image from seahistory.org/sea-history-...

go.bsky.app/4naJbid Here's a list of Dublin City Council accounts on Blue Sky

SEAGROW is GO!

The world is your…. 🦪 fantastic work from @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social and Belfast Harbour!

Good morning here is your emergency sloth

It’s Trinity Open Day and one of the most common questions I get asked is ‘what kind of jobs do zoologists do?’ - so we asked our alumni… youtu.be/lJr4AsZ_rLc?...

Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest. #Aras25 #Speirgorm

This little bivalve larva is taking a stroll with its foot… #marineplankton 🦑

We also launched the BRICONS project this week! There's a lot of work to do restoring habitats in the face of global change! www.marine.ie/site-area/ne...

SEAGROW has begun! We cannot wait to get started quantifying all the benefits of regenerative ocean farming! @tcddublin.bsky.social

Delighted to see the Living Seawalls in Ireland! www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster... @louisefirth.bsky.social

This is definitely true… 😔

This went completely under my radar. A rewilded Glen of the Downs Golf Course that creates an unexpected corridor between the GOTDs, Kindlestown Wood and the Little Sugar Loaf 🤯 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Ugh so frustrating! Just hurry up and build it! 🚆

The Irish media bear significant responsibility for Ireland's lack of progress. The example below illustrates this clearly. Their deference to climate-denying billionaires like Michael O'Leary is so deeply ingrained that it's often overlooked — but it continues to undermine real progress.

She’d definitely get my vote! #Aras25 #spéirghorm

"Tourist discovers ‘extinct’ jellyfish while rock-pooling in Outer Hebrides" this is why #InverteFest encourages you to smell the flowers and ogle the critters. cameras have gotten exponentially better over the years and EVERYONE has a high chance of making scientific discoveries in normal places.

the brilliant @marianacerca.bsky.social is highlighted this week by EU4Algae! Read about her groundbreaking work linking seaweed science and society! maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/eu4algae-int...

This review clearly shows that macroalgal decomposition rates vary significantly between experimental approaches and are severely underestimated when a refractory pool is not considered, impacting scaled-up estimates of macroalgal carbon export to the deep ocean 🌊🌱

Silence is complicity

Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and their beautifully patterned backs. County Clare, Ireland.

I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!

Mother**** wind farms!!! 😀🌊🌱 group.vattenfall.com/windfarmed

Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

It absolutely makes sense that men are using AI more and seeing more job benefits, because confidently spouting nonsense in the shape of information (what LLMs are programmed to do) has always been much more of a pathway for career advancement for men than for others.

oystercatcher "What, I meant to do that"

The remains of a Weather balloon- with its transmitter still attached. Been seeing a few of these washing in over the summer months 🤔 County Clare, Ireland.

I was on Newstalk earlier trying to explain why Ireland has been so hopeless in protecting our marine environment. Listen back 📻 ⤵️ www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position @jcuofficial.bsky.social. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: 8th Aug 2025 🔗 careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site. UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.

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Merci to Amelia Curd, Stan Dubois, Martin Marzloff, Gautier Schaal & team for an AMAZING #ITRS in Brest, France. 🇫🇷 You deserved that standing ovation 👏 #Science #HumanPyramid #Connemara #Limpet #Kelp @aec13.bsky.social

The wonderful #Cultural exchange 🌎 - bag pipe walk to the gala dinner at the #Oceanopolis for the #ITRS 🇫🇷. Which ended in the traditional #HumanPyramid ⚠️😂🙌 @cariocamayer.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @trinebekkby.bsky.social

See you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social

Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family ☺️❤️🌊🐟🦀🐚 @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social

Been looking forward to presenting this poster at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium #ITRS 😃. #Limpets hosting algal guests. #epibiosis Be our guest. Beauty and the beast. #Disney

Merci beaucoup @aec13.bsky.social for a fantastic #ITRS - excellent rocky shore ecology and delicious Breton food! @louisefirth.bsky.social @svenjatidau.bsky.social

we did not need another reason to ❤️ #kelp but here's one anyway...

The Portuguese Man Of War Is Actually Four Distinct Species, study led by Yale University with Griffith University, published by @currentbiology.bsky.social #SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social #MarineBiology #ecology #NewSpecies www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

I feel seen here… 🤨

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nice postdoc here 👇👇

If due-diligence of mCDR investors included solid engagement with expert ocean scientists like Hurd and others – who have years of experience and publish peer-reviewed research – the cycle of hype and waste might be replaced with a better path to solutions. 🌊 www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...

Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

‘Life is better when we leap together’