New paper-size matters! Our team showed even though highly mobile, turtles, mantas & seabirds all protected by very large #MPA around Chagos Archipelago. Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com #EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies doi.org/10.1038/s415... @sosbangor.bsky.social

Congratulations to these amazing Marine Science programme scientists on their graduation! Drs @hollystokes.bsky.social Melissa Duncan-Schiele and Jess Savage! Completing research on sea turtle ecology, drones for enforcement, and mantas and plastic pollution. Very proud of you! #womeninscience

Such incredible footage and use of tech to understand foraging ecology of seabirds!

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟 New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social 🧪🌍🪶

As #plasticstreaty negotiations kick off in Geneva, our paper by Jess Savage shows shockingly high levels of microplastics in manta feeding grounds. Plastics impact wildlife. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 📷 L.Scheltema, Manta Trust @plymuni.bsky.social @heatherkoldewey.bsky.social

❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175 📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC) #MarineBiology

3-year postdoc @lancasteruni.bsky.social w/ Dr's John Childs & Nicola Firth Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage & Knowledge Offering an alternative t0 mainstream approaches to understanding the political geography of the deep seabed hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic... #Webinar 🦑

Meet some of our senior researchers in the programme! Our researchers work across different areas of the marine world and these researchers look at a mixture of turtle ecology, shark genomics, oceanography and social science @ananuno.bsky.social‬ #MarineScience #Scientists

Our Indian Ocean marine science programme supports established researchers and has a major focus on training the next generation of ocean scientists. A big congratulations to all our recent PhD Graduates for 2024! #PhDGraduates #Doctor #MarineScience #MarineBiology #Scientists

In 2024 scientists from the Marine Science Programme published 39 papers, bringing the total number of published papers to 213 since 2017. Of the 39, five were published in journals with an “excellent” impact factor (>10) and a further 24 in journals with a “good” impact factor (>3)

BREAKING We are pleased to announce that the venue for #IPBES12 will be Manchester, as announced yesterday by Minister Mary Creagh. Thank you to the UK Government and the city of Manchester, we look forward to launching the #BizBiodiversity Report in the UK in 2026! 🌍🧪 @ukri.org

While we live in an electronic age, there’s something so special about the annual volumes of our science papers we produce for each project team. An acknowledgement of the work that our amazing researchers put into each one! And 2024 was a two volume year 👌🏽

Our June job opportunities round-up has landed, showcasing some great job roles from our partners, friends (and us)! Please get in touch with the job poster directly about these positions, we're just sharing like a job board. 🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟 #marinejobs #conservationjobs #conservationcareers

Marine scientists underpin all our research and conservation efforts. Our Marine Science Programme focuses on the Indian Ocean Region with project partners across the region and beyond. We work with 96 scientists from 23 institutions in 9 countries.

🌍 Important News! The laid-out version of the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers (English) is now available! Discover vital interlinkages between #biodiversity, water, food, & health. Explore options for a sustainable future.🧪 Access here: www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess...

Our Programme seeks to maximise visibility, accessibility & useability of all data collected by our project teams. We've partnered with the Harvard Data Repository to create a data collection that allows us to store & manage large quantities of data of all kinds dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/be...

Happy World Ocean Day! The theme this year is 'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate' These are some of our Marine Science Programme 2024 highlights and we’re excited to see how we can improve on these in 2025 and use science to inform conservation action. #WorldOceanDay2025

Fantastic to see so many of our programme's scientists contribute to this important paper - such a massive collaborative effort 🙌

The Marine Science Programme 2024 Annual Report is now published online! Find out more about our 2024 activities, project updates and programme impact - www.marine.science/2025/05/16/2...

This week we are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice! Rachel Jones is presenting a poster about our programme from 6-8pm Tuesday - Thursday - please come along and say hello if you're here, we'd love to see you! #OOSC #ScienceForTheOcean @ZSLofficial.bsky.social

This #WorldTurtleDay we’re hearing from PhD Student Nupur Kale about her research on green and hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean 🦑🐢

Our scientists study a wide range of species, some of which are classed as ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN Redlist. Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay and we want to share just some of the incredible endangered species our programme has the privilege of studying.

📢New blog is out! Joshua Coste shares details about his research on Red-footed Booby homing behaviour in the Indian Ocean 🌊 ➡️ tinyurl.com/RFB-navigation Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... @iomarinescience.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social

If you want to brighten your summer by listening about #mesophotic #reefs, come and join me for an hour, it's online and free 😜🪸💃🏼 @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

Mobulid Rays in the Chagos Archipelago: Fisheries & Conservation Management Join Dr Joanna Harris on 29 April for a free webinar to explore cutting-edge manta and devil ray research & conservation in the Chagos Archipelago 🦑 Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1224910132...

On #EarthDay we reflect on the importance of working together to safeguard our planet.We’re inspired by the actions of others working to protect the world we live in & we share our work & data openly with the hopes that others will find this a useful tool in their mission 📷@dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social

New paper led by @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social looks at ‘Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago’ This study provides the first prediction of MCE distribution and their benthic communities in the Archipelago. 🦑 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Scientists discover remarkable similarity in swim depth across sea turtles, penguins & whales. They swim at depths of ~3x body depth when travelling to minimise wave drag. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4tjr37z2 Full paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🦑

Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

The Green Status Assessment, which measures what that might lead to the recovery of an endangered species, has just been published for Ctenella chagius as 'Critically Depleted' for this endangered species. Find out more here: www.iucnredlist.org/species/1337... 📷 Bry Wilson 🦑

Illegal fishing of prey species could potentially harm food availability for brown boobies – a slowly recovering population after efforts to remove invasive rats and vegetation. Open Access Paper: buff.ly/4dLWMcW #IOMarineScience #SeabirdScience @alicetrevail.bsky.social

Mesophotic Coral Ecosytems (MCEs) host high, unique biodiversity which shows the importance of including MCEs within conservation & management plans. Shallow & mesophotic reef ecosystems should be managed as separate, valuable ecosystems vulnerable to climate change.🦑 Open Access: buff.ly/3YMwTFj

New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies doi.org/10.1016/j.an... Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

Climate change will continue to drive disturbance on coral reefs, creating a challenge for conserving resident shark populations. Open Access Paper: https://buff.ly/3X3rMz7 #IOMarineScience #OpenAccess #ClimateChange 🦑

🚨 Final chance to apply! 🚨 Are you 18-35 & passionate about our ocean? This is your sign to apply for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance x Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy Ocean Leaders Fellowship! 📅 Apply by Feb 23: bit.ly/olf-25 @donabertarelli.bsky.social #OceanLeadersFellowship #OLF

Maintaining and rebuilding herbivorous fish populations through MPAs is important to promote coral reef recovery, as fish regulate algal cover and benthic community structure Paper: https://buff.ly/41hU7nT #IOMarineScience 🦑

WE ARE HIRING! Come join our #iomarinescience management team at ZSL as Programme Coordinator (maternity cover) For details and to apply please visit: https://buff.ly/4gMOPVU Deadline to apply: 7 March

Today we celebrate International Women and Girls in Science day. We are grateful for the incredible contribution women make to science every day and are lucky to work with a wonderful group of women in #iomarinescience who are driving forward our knowledge and progress in protecting our ocean

The latest edition of the #ChagosNews from the Chagos Conservation Trust is available to read online here: https://buff.ly/40Fmn25 Featuring #iomarinescience updates from the #turtle, #cetacean and #seabird teams

Find some of the team including scientists, conservationists and experts working on our #iomarinescience programme go.bsky.app/Tq835v

A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Wishing @corettagberry.bsky.social the best of luck as she goes off on her next adventure! Thank you for all your hard work and help with the #iomarinescience programme over the last two years. It’s been fantastic to have you on the team!

Wishing you all happy holidays and a happy new year from our Marine Science Management Team! See you in 2025! #loggingoff #outofoffice

Congratulations to Dr Nicole Esteban (Swansea University) who was awarded the ZSL Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation this week! The award recognises her amazing research and the significant impact it has had on marine and freshwater conservation https://buff.ly/4fdY5kY

Postdoc opportunity to study tropical seabird connectivity & population genetics in the Indian Ocean! With @malcnicoll.bsky.social & collaborators as part of the @iomarinescience.bsky.social seabird project 📍University of La Reunion Apply by Jan 15th #jobopportunity #seabird #ornithology

New Science! 🦑 New #MarineBiology publication out this week led by Malc Nicoll looks at 'Sub-colony variation in foraging behaviour and at-sea distribution of a breeding tropical seabird and consequences for marine spatial planning' #openaccess Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Another fantastic year at #RCUK2024 talking all things reef! Already looking forward to next year. If you wanna help organise it by joining the committee, let us know! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Excited to see so many new and familiar faces here at #RCUK2024! Looking forward to an exciting day of hearing about the latest #reef science and conservation work by an inspiring group of people