Teaching, training, or supporting the next generation of aquatic science/sector or blue economy professionals? Have an innovative approach to supporting skill and career development? We want to hear about it in Session EP005 at #ASLOSIL26! Abstracts due Nov 25! #BlueEconomy @ubcoceans.bsky.social

I didn't think the pressure could possibly get any higher...but the sky is the limit... apparently www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Damn - this is really good. Modeling plant communities with Dirichlet regression. I use beta and ordered beta (thanks, @rmkubinec.bsky.social!) a lot, but this is very cool. Something I'd normally use gllvm for, but maybe... ecogambler.netlify.app/blog/plant-c...

🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement: ❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️ See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D... /bot

Uncovering the role of chemical pollutants in shaping biological invasions buff.ly/On0nuux | #ProcB #Ecology #EnvironmentalScience

It was an absolute honour to be part of the Future engineers program, empowered by Women In Subsea and Energy, inspiring young girls into engineering and other STEM careers. We ran a transdisciplinary workshop with my amazing engineering colleagues to demonstrate the importance of working together.

Super happy with this piece of work being finally out. Fantastic cross-disciplinary collaboration with lead author Dan Luo from UQ. Here we address challenges and opportunities of floating artificial structures. Check out the whole book! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Our #FishOfTheWeek this week is… the Pacific Blue Eye (Pseudomugil signifer) 🐟 👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members: zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoo... 🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au #Australia #fish #biology

"Thinking time —the time needed to concentrate without interruptions has always been central to scholarly work. It is essential to designing experiments, compiling data, assessing results, reviewing literature and, of course, writing. Yet, [it] is often undervalued." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"When you plan your work, be careful to give yourself time to think." - Advice given by British ecologist Charles Elton to his graduate students over 60 yrs ago (Crowcroft 1991).

Our May job round-up is here! Here are 5 roles suitable for early career and graduate marine conservationists. (As always, get in touch with the advertiser directly about any positions, we're just sharing like a job board!) 🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟 #marinejobs #conservationjobs #conservationcareers

Excited to be a small part of this great collaboration. Hot off the press, work led by Amelia Mannering. Here, we report that microplastic ingestion increases oxidative stress in fish, but doesn’t make them easier prey. 🐟🧪 #Microplastics #FishHealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Joining online to see the final presentation of my amazing Master student, Alyaa Shara Shaharuddin who investigated microplastic contamination in small reef fish. Excellent work, Alyaa! Co-supervised with Alyssa Marshell, @joelfishecology.bsky.social and Thomas Rodemann.

Friends, I am seeking a historian in either Irish or Scottish lore specialized in leviathans, basking sharks, or any other marine creatures.

We have new additions to our #CoastalHistory starter pack, so take a look if you're interested in coastal history! Likewise, if you're researching and writing about coastal history topics, please let me know if you want to be part of our community. go.bsky.app/Pfa95p7

With current trends and policies, we'll transgress all planetary boundaries in 2050, except for ozone depletion. Targeted interventions — e.g., the Paris Agreement — can help, but not enough. More effective policy measures are needed to ensure we live well within the planetary boundaries.

New paper on ten ecological restoration measures for shallow coastal habitats of the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak, with particular focus on effectiveness, costs and knowledge gaps. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What absolute cuteness looks like...

If you're in the DC/Baltimore area, there are still a few tickets left for Friday's public lecture on endangered species in US waters! marylandnature.wildapricot.org/event-614437... 🧪🦑🌎

🦪Wow: New study shows that noise pollution also disturbs mussels: shipping noise caused stress-related inflammation with increased energy demand, higher protein turnover & disrupted nervous system activity,promoting delayed larval metamorphosis in suboptimal habitats. www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...

Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊

This is a fascinating study on fishing altering fish migratory patterns. It’s management implications are important. I’ve argued that Limit Reference Points also need to consider the ecological role of the fished stock. This is an example of why that matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Resolving the context-dependency of local heterogeneity–#diversity relationships across rocky reefs worldwide #EvidenceSynthesis #ProcB royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #OpenAccess

Anthony Albanese wins 2025 federal election with Labor on track for majority

We are hiring. The Natural History Museum Denmark seeks a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology. Duties are collection-based research, curation of collections, teaching and public engagement. Deadline: 18 May 2025. View full job posting: bit.ly/3XPIQcg

“Climate change is so widespread across the Arctic & we’re seeing this magnitude of warming at 4X the rate than the rest of the 🌎. We expected to see very concrete trends & trajectories. Because in other biomes, we are. But the Arctic is a special & often unexpected place.” - Mariana García Criado

In a blow to many foreign medical researchers who rely on U.S. funding, the NIH has announced that by the end of September, it will halt what are known as “foreign subawards,” in which U.S. researchers share their grant money with overseas collaborators. scim.ag/42UpRyQ

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New study on eastern oysters 🦪 concludes: "#Plastic pollution may therefore reduce shell growth, initiate immune and stress responses, alter sex differentiation, and impact reproductive output of eastern oysters through changes in transcription." #microplastic journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

One week left to apply to this postdoc opportunity I'm offering in native oyster restoration in Ireland. Get your applications in before the 9th May 12 pm deadline! Any questions contact me. Details in the application documents, link below.

Just chilling with Buddy

We’re hiring! Help us find the right director 🦄 to build the next phase of @urbanoceanlab.bsky.social. Opportunity to lead a bold, justice-centered organization working at the intersection of ocean policy, climate resilience, and city innovation. multiplier-careers.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

Welcoming our partner @rare.org to Blue Sky... Current projects in: 🌊 €6.7m to empower coastal communities in 🇲🇿 ogy.de/s1ga 🌊 €4.9m for ocean conservation & thriving coastal communities in 🇭🇳 ogy.de/2lt5 ... and one in the pipeline in 🇵🇭 go.bsky.app/TBuGkQx

Environmental group @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social described the move by TMC as “a slap in the face to international cooperation.” www.wsj.com/articles/tru... #StopDeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep

Urgent advice for US researchers….

Nature recently compiled a list of the most-cited scientific journal papers of all time. I replicated their analysis for papers from my field, and looked for any patterns. Please enjoy! www.southernfriedscience.com/these-are-th... 🧪🦑🌎🦈

I've seen in my relatively short career the slow death of some of the most beautiful places on earth, and it is soul destroying. Nearly 83% of all coral reefs have bleached in the last year. What is it going to take for us to see some serious action? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Published in Nature, an important analysis of the liability of fossil fuel polluters for climate change impacts. “Chevron, the highest-emitting company, very likely caused between US $791 billion & $3.6 trillion in heat-related losses over the period 1991–2020” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Added KfW Development Bank alias @kfwfz.bsky.social... Welcome to the Blue Sky go.bsky.app/86hT6V7

Going through old family photos and this one popped up! A dork through and through. This is me aged 12. And now I’m studying the dolphins of Sydney Harbour and Gamay (Botany Bay). #wildsydneyharbour #dolphin #dolphins #throwback #kid #kids #family #year6 #school #marine

Such a tremendous effort, wonderful collaboration among excellent scientists. It was an honour to be part of the team. Huge thanks for an exceptional leadership @louisefirth.bsky.social

Feeling very grateful that our paper “Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state of the art” has been awarded #Halcrow Prize by the Institution of Civil Engineers. 🌿🌊 This recognition means a lot to me & 51 brilliant coauthors. www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/full/10....

At what point does fiction become lived narratives for the trajectory that we are steering our planet along? The Forcing and The Decent by #PaulHardisty are unsettling yet captivating. As a global change ecologist, these novels were a powerful call to arms for the change we so desperately need. 🌏🌐

Starting a kelp ecologist starter pack. Let me know if you want to hop on! go.bsky.app/9HNjC1T

What an end to a day of talks at the @stonelivinglab.bsky.social nature-based solutions conference. City of #Boston Chief Climate Change Officer telling us about plans of the newly appointed Climate Council AND Office of Climate Resilience. #Resilience #Decarbonisation #Energy @jebyrnes.bsky.social

Thanks to Oceanographic magazine for this nice article on our new paper about the value and decline of #sustainable #fisheries oceanographicmagazine.com/news/urgent-... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐟

🚨🐟🚨 By 2100, cold-water fish like cod, herring & haddock could decline by 10-80% in the North Sea due to the climate crisis, when modelled under high emissions scenarios. 📉❌ 1/3 @plymouthmarine.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 We’re hiring! Join OTN as our Data Operations Manager. Lead the ops side of a global aquatic tracking data team. Manage resources, drive projects, and coordinate people. Learn more & apply: oceantrackingnetwork.org/were-hiring-...

We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile uol.de/en/job/postd...