“Reports indicate the administration’s goal for dismantling privacy protections is to build a centralized national database, which would allow the administration to create detailed reports on every American, potentially for political purposes, including retaliation, harassment, and imprisonment.”

"It quickly became clear that the common denominator between people targeted for 'daring' to post about their academic accomplishments was not their discipline, but their gender." Powerful story by @juliet-turner.bsky.social today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

😱 Scary and really interesting work here:

Planning for ~3C isn’t “giving up” on 1.5C. It’s realistic risk management. Europe is already feeling the impacts. Current adaptation plans aren’t enough. The message: act now on resilience, heat, floods, infrastructure, or pay far higher costs later. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨Advice release - Greater North Sea ecosystem Aquculture Overview ICES has published the first aquaculture overview for the Greater North Sea ecoregion - available now to view and download doi.org/10.17895/ice... Find all ICES latest advice www.ices.dk/advice/pages...

Healthy planet, healthy people: scientists from planetary boundaries & planetary health call for a framework linking climate, biodiversity & pollution to health risks. New @thelancet.com comment by PIK director Johan Rockström, Oskar Masztalerz & Sam Myers. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

From economy of occupation to economy of genocide – (A/HRC/59/23) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 @franceskalbs.bsky.social (Advance unedited version) - www.un.org/unispal/docu...

Bank financing for the fossil fuel sector rose by $162.5 billion in 2024, more than 20% compared to 2023, according to a Rainforest Action Network report. Experts say the findings demonstrate the limits of voluntary climate-related commitments by the banking industry.

Last week, we took part in #MARE2025, an inspiring week that brought together the marine social science community 🌐👥 It was great connecting with so many early-career scientists through our different activities 💡 Thanks to all who joined us & to @marecentre.bsky.social for organizing! 🌊

U.S. influence at fisheries and oceans fora appear to be waning during the second Trump administration, which could compromise fisheries health and marine conservation, experts say.

Damu’s Heritage Dine is quietly leading a food revolution. Their mission: bringing ancient mountain flavors back to life, one traditional dish at a time. Run by a group of Monpa women in Arunachal Pradesh, this diner is encouraging a revival of sustainable farming & the preservation of forests.

🚨New publication alert! Happy to have this paper out in @plos.org Sustainability & Transformation on assessing governance performance of #aquaculture (led by Hilde Toonen @w-u-r.bsky.social) presenting the Aquaculture Governance Indicator (AGI) framework 🔗https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000165

Dear all, we have also transitioned from twitter to bluesky :-) it would be great to find our followers back here. So please follow us and spread the news! We will be communicating about the MARE conference👇 and other MARE news via Linkedin and Bluesky!

In 200 days, #ICESASC25 kicks off in Klaipeda, Lithuania! Are you joining us? The Call for abstracts is open. Submit your abstract by 17 March to take part in the marine science event of the year! Check out the 18 theme sessions on offer this year - www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...

Only 2 spots available for our Social Science for Natural Scientists training @icesmarine.bsky.social ! Be quick if you want to secure a place. #MarSocSci 🔽

🐟 Do you have experience in quantitative stock assessment, with a strong fisheries or related environmental sciences background? We are recruiting an Advice Department Professional Officer 📅 12-month contract 📍 ICES Secretariat, Copenhagen, Denmark 🔔Apply by 16 February www.ices.dk/about-ICES/J...

Four PhD scholarships to work on the Transforming Climate Action Project in collaboration with Dal, Laval, & UQAR Based at the Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland 🇨🇦 Apply by March 31, 2025: thelifeaquatic.xyz/opportunities #PhD #climatechange

The 1st episode of our podcast mini-series #SocialScienceMatters was released today. This episode tackles the fundamental question: What is social science & why does it matter for marine research? Enjoy listening: hifmb.podbean.com/e/social-sci... #sciencepodcat #marineresearch #marinegovernance

The deadline is 9AM GMT on Monday, so not long left to apply!

📢 🚨JOB ALERT 🚨 📢Come join my Department! Assistant professor in Energy Planning at Aalborg University (Copenhagen campus) 👇 Job posting details below 👇 www.vacancies.aau.dk/scientific-p... Link to application: app.researchplanner.net/Peoplexs22/C... #EnergyPlanning @academic-chatter.bsky.social

New publication: Exploring the dynamic functions of pastoral traditional knowledge Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Our marine science community has many fantastic and inspirational scientists. 🌟 Who inspires you? 🏆Make your nominations for ICES Outstanding Achievement Award 2025 until 1 April www.ices.dk/news-and-eve...

Deadline is 2 days away! Get your abstracts in by the 31st for the 2025 MARE People and the Sea Conference! 🌊👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 See details in my earlier post below 👇 #MarSocSci #MARE2025

Deadline for the call for papers and panels for the 2025 MARE People and the Sea XIII Conference is approaching on January 31st! Theme: “Tensions, Trade-offs, and Transformation for the Ocean Decade and Beyond” Location: University of Amsterdam Date: June 24-27, 2025 marecentre.nl/call-for-pap...

OUT NOW Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Agriculture: Pathways to Sustainable Reductions 📄 https://buff.ly/3W2DVDQ

Data Provenance Initiative “audited nearly 4,000 public data sets spanning over 600 languages, 67 countries, and three decades. The data came from 800 unique sources and nearly 700 organizations.”

🆕Hot off the press!🗞️A co-authored article on validation protocols for qualitative models of marine social-ecological systems. 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... (led by Bruno Oliveira et al, e.g. @drangelborja.bsky.social)

Enjoyed this piece by @scibri.com in @natureportfolio.bsky.social on the backstory of how Canadian PhD students and Postdocs now benefit from the largest increase in funding in 20 years. Really goes to show the power of collective action / organizing! Props to Kaitlin & the Support our Science team

We will be moving our #MarSocSciBookClub summary chats over here - we are excited! We've missed doing them over recent months 💙 #MarSocSci #TeamMarSocSci Check out the books for starting 2025 as we head towards our 5th #MarSocSciBookClub birthday!

#MarSocSci alert! All presentations from MSEAS 2024 - the 2nd Marine Social-Ecological Systems symposium - in Yokohama, June 2024, are now available online. 🔽 meetings.pices.int/publications...

The first day with no sea ice in the Arctic will be a visible sign of climate change. A study in Nature Communications shows that this could occur before 2030 and becomes more likely as the world warms. As the ice thins, the triggers are extreme weather events. https://go.nature.com/49qq5AO 🧪

Applications open for our coastal studies masters programs in the Westfjords of Iceland! Study the pressing issues facing coastal and marine environments and coastal communities in a dynamic, interdisciplinary setting. coastal.uw.is

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

If link doesn't work try this one: oceansolutions.stanford.edu/sites/g/file...

The 3rd BlueMissionBANOS Mission Arena for the North Sea Region happened last week. While I couldn't attend in person, I am sharing some of action points that were voted on during the final Stakeholder Assembly #MarSocSci #BlueMissionBANOS https://b2match.com/e/mission-arena-3#MarSocSci#BlueMissionBANOS(1/20)

Really informative and visual way to understand the often perilous journey of migrants trying to get into Europe...

📣Attn Marine Social Scientists! 📣 The Call for Papers for the MARE 2025 People and the Sea Conference is here! 🌊 Theme: Tensions, Trade-offs, and Transformations for the Ocean Decade and beyond Date: 24-27 June 2025 Deadline for submission: 31 January 2025 🔗https://marecentre.nl/call-for-papers/

If you're a researcher/scientist just joining @bsky.app and want to find your community, check out this great resource below started by @blahttodea.bsky.social (thanks georgia) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thrilled to find this environmental social scientists 'starter pack' on here, started by @heatherrandell.bsky.social (thanks Heather!--would love to be added to the list if possible). go.bsky.app/GNpJZBo

Have you ever wondered what enables successful knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science, policy & management? To address this question, we undertook a global review of the published literature, which is now available online & open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Calling all those working in #MarSocSci to this starter pack with some folks from the community. Great initaitive, thanks @asterinidae.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/Sj7NX5D

Norway set to approve deep-sea mining despite environmental concerns

I imported 7 friends from Twitter to Bluesky

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