Check out this postgraduate opportunity (Masters or PhD) at Edith Cowan University. 🎣 Fisheries genomics of nearshore, estuarine and/or freshwater species 🗓️ 3yrs 💰 $41,000 /yr 👀 www.ecu.edu.au/scholarships... 🚨Deadline: Monday 15 June

A vote from me for Tyne and Fran www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... Visual storytelling at its best

In 2023, then Enviro Minister Plibersek said the heart of EPBC reforms—National Environmental Standards—would set "legally enforceable requirement for decision making – that approval decisions deliver a positive net outcome for nature" @euanritchie.bsky.social & I examine the reversal of promises

This. Is. Spectacular! Easily one of the coolest uses of satellite imagery I have ever seen.

Life returns when the ocean returns. My news to me good news for May 14. #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Registration + abstract submissions are now open for the 2027 Southern eDNA Society Conference in Canberra! 🎉 ednaconference.com.au Theme: Scaling eDNA: From Method to Mainstream Join researchers, practitioners, industry & community partners shaping the future of eDNA. #eDNA #SeDNAS2027

BREAKING: Minister for Environment finally secures budget funding for Environment portfolio Unfortunately for the environment it's $500M for "unlocking major projects and helping proponents get a faster yes or a faster no" Recall, NONE of the 6 National Environmental Standards have been finalised

Chaotic whale rescue shocks marine biologists | Science | AAAS #marineecology #research www.science.org/content/arti...

🧬📸 #eDNAinFocus Photo Competition – Winner Announcement After an incredible response and 37 outstanding submissions, we’re excited to announce the winner of the #eDNAinFocus Photo Competition! 🏆 Congratulations to Max Gomez!

Not much mention of it in Australia, though its officials were there. Colombia and the Netherlands this week hosted nearly 60 countries for the first dedicated international talks focused on how to transition away from fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The ABC just referred to 'anti-Israel' demos last year. Facts matter. Anti-genocide is what those marches were about. #abc730

Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!

Ew Moleskine used genAI for their Lord of the Ring collection by mentioning they used it, then entirely removing the claim after some backlash. Incredibly shitty of them for a brand that claims human creativity. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

ECR Webinar 🎤 To support the opening of registration & abstract submissions for the Southern environmental DNA Society (SeDNAS)’s eDNA Conference 2027, the conference’s ECR Subcommittee is excited to launch a dedicated ECR Webinar on 15 May 2026. Sign up here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2zuahfvc

I've reduced my cake intake by 600%!

David Pocock shreds the idea that gas giants choosing to invest in pipes should mean they avoid tax "No other sector in our economy gets the raw material for free"🔥 Tax breaks for big corps who get our resources for $0 doesn’t make us the lucky country—but the stupid country.🙄

We are excited to announce a new Special Issue in the Journal 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘕𝘈, titled: “𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐍𝐀 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭-𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞” Send a tentative article title/EOI by April 30: [email protected]

A leading scientist has criticised an “appalling” New South Wales government agency decision to stop water flowing to wetlands in the state’s north-west, saying it was “absolutely crazy” that researchers had to scramble to save animals buried in drying mud.

Dr Richard Denniss dismantles the gas industry’s favorite threat. If taxes kill investment, why is the gas industry rushing to Norway to pay 78%? 🙄 “They are playing us for fools.” 🔥 Nationals’ Susan McDonald has no rebuttal & scrambles to change the subject. #auspol

Well worth a read if you missed this. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You're hearing it more and more... it's time to tax gas exports! More than 50 community organisations, including ACOSS and Oxfam, are calling for a 25% export tax. Australians are fed up with the gas industry not paying its fair share. ✍ Sign the petition: https://theaus.in/41IwWTa

Effective #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 🤝 policy making depends on #comparable and #generalisable data. We demonstrate how #eDNA 🧬 is empowering 💪 🌍 🌐 global biodiversity analyses. 1/8

An “incomprehensible” disaster is unfolding at wetlands in New South Wales after the state water agency abruptly stopped environmental flows in the state’s north-west, leading to the deaths of turtles, waterbirds, frogs and sheep.

PLS RT📣 Two Postdoc jobs at #mpaib with Serena Ding on collective behavior of worms (Never seen a "wormuration"? That's them in green) 🪱 social dynamics of collective dispersal: bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/2... 🪱 sensory ecology of worm towers: bewerbermanagement.net/jobposting/7...

We are trying to bring a European eDNA Society = eDNAEurope to existence. If you can see yourself as a potential future member and/or want updates along the way, you can sign up here: forms.gle/64d8vBFCJ27F...

Loved researching this for @nature.com. A mist of DNA engulfs us & ecologists are figuring out how to grab it to measure biodiversity. @jlittlefair.bsky.social @richardmleggett.bsky.social @profbatgirl.bsky.social @erinhahn.bsky.social @drbarnes.org www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tres bien Marseille! Rebounding seagrass after pollution reduction is my news to me good news for April 15 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/2026/04/a-fr...

Angus Taylor, My mother is rapidly approaching the end of her life, in aged care. This awful time is being made easier by the tender, thoughtful care by people from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Australia. How dare you talk about ‘Australian Values’ & reboot One Nation/Trump bs about migrants.

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

I'm deep down the rabbit hole on FROGFISH, 60 species of anglerfish in family Antennariidae. They are deeply, utterly WEIRD & MARVELOUS. Most walk on modified fins. Others use jet propulsion. Some are capable of air-breathing. Some are "hairy", others blend perfectly in sargassum.

This is your chance to play a key role in shaping the ASFB & AFSS 2026 conference by putting forward a Special Sessions Topic. 👇 Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🚨 Call closes on Monday 13 April 2026 🚨

Have you ever seen volcanic bubbles underwater?

What do you get when you mix schooling fish and metal music? 🐟🤘 Pure coordinated chaos. No leader. No plan. Just instinct, motion, and energy—like an underwater mosh pit. We channeled that into 1 hour of schooling fish to mosh to. Get ready to rockfish! mbayaq.co/4sMdpwU

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Please remember when you swim in the ocean: 200 meters below you, there is a layer of fish that stretches all around the world. It is so dense, that when it was discovered during WWII it scared the navy so bad they bombed it. This is the ocean's thin inner shell of fish [🧵]

I cried watching this 4Corners ep last night. The greed of people who care about nothing but lining their pockets & buying their next porsche, even if it comes at the costs of 100s of people's jobs, was so tough to see. How do so many people just have no decency?! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Woah will you look at this petrol station sign?? Crazy!!

Missed the webinar last Thursday? No stress! The recording is already up 🎥 Watch it here 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S54...

Bless the librarians of Aberystwyth University for sending this blog out to their students: "Wait a Minute…What If I Don’t Want to Use AI?" #LibrarySky

TLDR? The @albomp.bsky.social government is being loose with the truth about the environment and conservation, again. "This important report...mistakes promises for progress – is not worthy of a nation with both the means and the obligation to lead." theconversation.com/australia-cl...

Remember this next time anyone in the govt says they can’t afford to raise the rate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🪼🧬 New paper! How far does environmental DNA travel in coastal bays? We used biophysical modelling + particle tracking to estimate the transport & detectability of Chironex fleckeri (Australian box jellyfish) eDNA. 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...

Our webinar series is back! Dr. Ana Zaiko: “Faster, Simpler, Smarter: Rethinking how we collect eDNA from water” Dr. Maarten De Brauwer: "Rebooting estuarine monitoring – How can environmental DNA help redefine biodiversity baselines in Australia?" Time: 19 Mar 2026, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm NZDT

This Wednesday, Professor Phillip Wilcox and I will be giving a webinar on #Indigenous #data #sovereignty and #environmental #DNA as part of the Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao programme webinar series run by the Environmental Protection Authority NZ. #eDNA events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5dbf89...

Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.

🎤 Conference Showcase Opportunity Outstanding submissions may be selected (with permission) as official promotional material for the 3rd Australian & New Zealand Environmental DNA Conference. Your image could appear on: 🌐 Website 📱 Social media 📣 Digital campaigns 🎫 Conference materials

🧬📸 Calling all eDNA enthusiasts, researchers, students & practitioners! We want to see eDNA through your lens 👀 The #eDNAinFocus Photo Competition celebrates the creativity, diversity & real-world impact of environmental DNA research across Australia, New Zealand & beyond 🌏 🧵👇

Another day, another estuary. Sampling #eDNA to better understand biodiversity in Tilba Tilba Lake An important aspect our work is communication with local stakeholders, such as the farmers around this estuary Visits from cute echidnas is an added bonus #eDNAinFocus @sednasociety.bsky.social

Photos for the #eDNAinFocus photo competition 📸 @sednasociety.bsky.social The Sequench team testing our #eQuip PK1 cordless stick sampler—one of our easy, cost-effective devices for collecting eDNA 🧬💧 Essential testing that keeps the eDNA community moving forward. Show your #eDNA adventures 🧬🌏