“It is increasingly indefensible for news coverage of climate change not to make it clear that this crisis is driven by very specific human activities – primarily burning fossil fuels. And in second place is food, agriculture, forestry.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night: Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at? **pause** Him: "Anything where it has to be right".

Celebrating #WorldRiversDay with this beautiful old Irish proverb. When was the last time you listened to your local river? 💙🐟

www.saxbam.com/appointment/... The Marine Management Organisation, with an s, is looking for a new CEO 💙👇

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

cefas.sharepoint.com/:b:/r/sites/... Senior science role in blue carbon at Cefas 👇 #CefasScience

'...a potentially lower food safety risk of consumption (of aquatic protein) compared to other meats' Can the #bluetransformation reduce the risk of zoonotic pandemics?? www.frontiersin.org/journals/aqu... #OneHealth

www.frontiersin.org/journals/aqu... #CefasScience - a perspective on the potential for the #bluetransformation to lend to significant #OneHealth benefits felt by society, nature and the wider environment #OneHealthAquaculture

Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CefasScience #OneHealth

Coastal seaweed a major methane source, challenging current views fuels oxygen-tolerant microorganisms that pump methane into the air, overturning a long-held scientific assumption about coastal ecosystems and their climate role newatlas.com/environment/...

Emma Reynolds as new Secretary of State at #Defra announced yesterday

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CefasScience #OneHealth

I’ve been a fellow of the Linnean Society for a good few years so very pleased to be here in London this evening for the president’s lecture #taxonomy #FLS

New Lancet ID article led by Jay Patel on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #OneHealth #AMR

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/4mOb5T9

The Environmental Biosurveillance Design Framework (EBDF) developed under the UK Govt National Biosurveillance Network, provides a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to designing environmental biosurveillance programmes. #CefasScience #OneHealth bit.ly/4mC1VJf

Is there a more wonderful British #seafood luxury than this? I think not! 🦐

defrajobs.co.uk/roles/resear... Opportunities for R&D fellowships in Defra (some linked to agencies including Cefas)....

www.frontiersin.org/journals/aqu... The crux of it - ‘….For a #bluetransformation at the national level, recognising that watercourses are a food production medium (like soil) rather than a convenient route for waste disposal is a fundamental first step’ #CefasScience #OneHealth

www.frontiersin.org/journals/aqu... The crux of it - ‘….For a #bluetransformation at the national level, recognising that watercourses are a food production medium (like soil) rather than a convenient route for waste disposal is a fundamental first step’ #CefasScience #OneHealth

Meanwhile, back in reality, global ocean heat content just updated through June 2025 and set a new record high. Time to wake up! Data (anomalies) & methods from www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/globa...

Important reading as you prepare for your semester

@nature.com I love this article - but WHY are the only share options to X and Facebook when the whole point of the article is that science-based posts get more shares here? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine ecologists aplenty within…

If you join us here, I'm not sure how this works, I suggest all people associated to this, using the haghstag #MarineEcology in their posts, for an easier search go.bsky.app/4PTX62K

Positive tipping points for climate, like the UK phasing out coal, show how big steps toward a low-carbon future can suddenly become unstoppable. Can we identify where the next tipping points could happen, and figure out how to help trigger them? These researchers say YES. Read more:

We can achieve a #BlueTransformation by: 🪸 preserving aquatic ecosystems 🏭 reducing pollution 🐠 protecting biodiversity 🟰 promoting social equality But what would this transformation look like exactly? 👉 bit.ly/3Acn2fH #WorldOceansDay #SaveOurOcean #UNOC3

www.frontiersin.org/journals/aqu... #CefasScience - a perspective on the potential for the #bluetransformation to lend to significant #OneHealth benefits felt by society, nature and the wider environment #OneHealthAquaculture

"The UK imports nearly 50% of its food, making it highly dependent on international supply chains, particularly from Europe. #Climate shocks in key export regions like Spain, France, and Brazil could disrupt imports and further exacerbate inflation." autonomy.work/portfolio/on...

www.int-res.com/abstracts/da... Amoebic crab disease (ACD) in edible crab Cancer pagurus from the English Channel, UK #CefasScience

“Sea-level rises of multiple meters mean global political instability that will dwarf what we’re seeing right now.” - @profmattengland.bsky.social #Antarctica #ClimateEmergency grist.org/climate/anta...

content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKC... #CefasScience

Food insecurity is a term used by USDA. It is distinct from hunger. Food insecurity = a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food. Hunger = an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.

Casting and casting. Not fishing. Just casting and casting. #Dorset #nobasstonight

marinescience.blog.gov.uk/2025/08/21/t... #CefasScience #OneHealth #AMR

'..mitten crabs from the Thames likely acquired infection in its invasive range ‘recently’ (as our earlier survey of approximately 1,440 mitten crabs from the river Thames in 2003 did not detect Hematodinium spp. infection via histology) #NNIS sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CefasScience

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CefasScience

A wave train entering into the North Sea, seen by #Sentinel1 on 12 August. I am guessing it's tidal-related, but I have never seen this kind of signal in this region in SAR data before, pretty cool 😎 @jowilliams.bsky.social

defrafmp.blog.gov.uk/2025/08/21/d... #CefasScience and our role in fisheries management plans…

academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... #CefasScience #OneHealthAquaculture #Aquaculture

Twitter is dead.....scientifically speaking. www.southernfriedscience.com/twitter-suck...

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....