Fully funded MRes opportunity! "Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline" www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... Application deadline: 12th November This one year, fully funded MRes studentship begins on 2nd February 2026.🌊🧪

📣 #PhD opportunities As part of the NERC E5 Doctoral Training Partnership through The University of Edinburgh, SAMS has submitted three options for PhD studentships. 🧪🌊 Is your dream PhD here? e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item... e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item... e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...

Great first visit at the European Elasmobranchs Association's Annual Science Conference in #Rotterdam #blijdorp talking about flapper skates #skatespotter #EEA2025

Congratulations, Dr Sands! 🎉🍾🎊 Huge congratulations to SAMS @thinkuhi.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk (BAS) PhD student Chester Sands who today successfully defended his viva. Chester, a father of three, works at BAS as a molecular ecologist and completed his PhD while working in this role.

Bluesky - can you help us? Drones & Droids is an innovative STEM strategy game created by scientists at SAMS. We've only 5 days to raise the money needed to bring this project to life. If we don’t reach 100%, we lose match funding. ✅ Back the campaign: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids

Congratulations, Dr Francis! 🎉 🧑‍🔬 🌊 🥂 Huge congratulations to SAMS and University of Edinburgh PhD student Adam Francis who yesterday successfully defended his viva: The role of new nitrogen inputs and recycling on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

Fully-funded MRes opportunity! "Determining the origins and ages of plastic arriving on Scotland's shoreline" www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... App deadline: 31st October This one-year project aims to understand marine litter conditions in a pre-determined location on the west coast of Scotland.

Only 14 days left to bring Drones and Droids to life! Drones and Droids is a strategic card game with a difference, fusing robotics, science, and imagination. We’re crowdfunding to get a small production run off the ground - and we’re almost there. 👉 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/drones-and-droids🌊

New report that outlines UK's vision for Arctic science is a UK-wide collaboration co-led by NOC. The report which highlights knowledge gaps, ambitions and capabilities for Arctic science will be presented this week at the Arctic Circle #Assembly2025. Read here👉 lnkd.in/gEjxhurR #IPY5

Adam Hughes, Professor of Innovation in the Blue Economy at SAMS and @thinkuhi.bsky.social, delivered his inaugural lecture to an audience of over 100, with a powerful personal message of resilience, determination, and diversity of thought. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

What do porpoise conservation, AI for aquaculture, Christmas Island crabs and algae have in common..? A warm welcome to our new postgraduate students, who are embarking on fascinating and extremely varied topics! www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @thinkuhi.bsky.social 🌊🧪

Our online EIT Food Algal Biotechnology course is back 4-5 November 2025 📆. apply.eitfood.eu/en_GB/course... This professional development programme provides an introduction to developments in industry. 📆 Deadline: 29 October 2025 🗺 Place: Online 💶 Course fee: € 99 (incl. VAT) 🧪🌊

We're involved in crucial research programmes trying to safeguard global seaweed stocks. There's a race against time to assess and protect stocks which are under severe pressure from factors such as ocean warming, disease & non-native species introduction. Read more www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Some generous pledges have injected new momentum to the #Crowdfunder campaign to develop our table-top game Drones and Droids. Straight from the SAMS 🤖 lab, the game is a fun - and educational - way to experience real #marinescience missions. Please support us www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/drones-and...

9th October the MASTS Marine Artificial Intelligence is hosting a open Forum session with talks from Dr Zonghua Liu ( @robertgordonuni.bsky.social ) and Gary Groves PhD ( @samsocean.bsky.social, UHI ). 📍Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/903dd9...

Important #Arctic #research involving SAMS scientist Laura Castro de la Guardia. 🌊🧪 www.face-it-project.eu/2025/07/02/e...

🎧New podcast episode! "A new wave of ocean exploration" Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data. 👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪 @fmri-nerc.bsky.social

🎧New podcast episode! "A new wave of ocean exploration" Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data. 👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪 @fmri-nerc.bsky.social

What if rocks could make oxygen? This sci-fi sounding “what if” may be true! Researchers at @samsocean.bsky.social were shocked to find oxygen production in the deep sea and traced its most probable source to metallic rocks on the sea floor. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...

This morning we have moved away from yesterdays unofficial theme of #coccolithophores to nutrients with talks by Robyn Tuerena @samsocean.bsky.social and the #C-streams project, Anna Belcher @ukceh.bsky.social and @biopole.bsky.social project and a keynote by @altagliabue.bsky.social on #iron

If you were listening this morning to BBC Radio 4's Farming Today, you would have heard a great feature on the future of #seaweed farming. The story opens today's episode (link below) and includes interviews with Professor Michele Stanley of SAMS. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪

The GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR programme, led by SAMS, has asked the UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3 in Nice to recognise the importance of #seaweed to ocean health and food security and requested it gets conservation status similar to coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses.🧪🌊 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Fascinating insight on ocean health from President Moetai Brotherson of French Polynesia on BBC #R4today programme today bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (From 2:17) President Brotherson references the discovery of deep-sea oxygen production by SAMS scientist Andrew Sweetman www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Today, #SeaweedDay, SAMS is announced as a partner in a @wwf.org.uk project to explore seaweed farming in coastal communities.🌊🧪 Through this £1m project, funded by the The National Lottery Community Fund, we're analysing public perceptions around seaweed farming. 👇 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

#Ocean science outreach activities in Scotland have received a boost following a charitable donation worth £10,000 to SAMS.🌊 The donation of £8,000, plus Gift Aid, from Oban resident Robert Kincaid will buy kit including an ROV, a hydrophone, & a field microscope. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

SAMS has been in front of politicians and policy makers to inform the Scottish Parliament on 🌊 matters. Prof. Andrew Sweetman gave a seminar at parliament on his Dark Oxygen discovery & Prof. Paul Tett gave evidence to parliament on offshore #aquaculture. 👇 www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/rura...

📣Next month @noc.ac.uk are running a 2-day workshop on the contribution of UK Arctic Ocean science to the International Polar Year 32/33. 🌊The deadline to register is 16th May - TOMORROW All the info about how to join and workshop are here: noc-events.co.uk/workshop-con...

Tom Wilding from @samsocean.bsky.social talking on estimating the Infaunal Quality Index (IQI) inside aquaculture areas using traditional methods (costly) and novel #eDNA metabarcoding. Developed the eDNA2IQI r-package to do this by using sequence data generated from 16S to predict IQI. #UKDNAWG25

Our marine robotics team have been out beyond the #Hebridean islands to deploy a glider in the north-east Atlantic over the coming months. Gliders are able to gather data in hard-to-reach parts of the ocean, filling gaps in our understanding of large-scale currents.🌊 The dolphins were a bonus!🐬

Scientists have discovered abundant algae in Antarctica. It could lead to faster melting of Antarctic ice. New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...

📣New report launched State of the World's #Seaweed This report from our GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR programme highlights how human-induced threats could dramatically change the fortunes of the ocean and ultimately impact human health. 🌊🧪 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @globalseaweed.bsky.social

A new report published this week in the European Journal of Phycology highlights the need for a co-ordinated European effort to preserve seaweed genetic diversity against a backdrop of rapid species loss.🧪 Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @thinkuhi.bsky.social

A #NewStudy reveals that mixed #microplastic blends may be substantially more toxic to key marine food-web species than single polymers: pml.ac.uk/news/impacts...

Funded #PhD opportunities🧪🌊 Looking for a PhD? We currently have three funded opportunities to work with us here at SAMS. To find out more, see: www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... #MarineScience #FindAPhD #ThinkUHI

The Scottish Entanglement Alliance is a fascinating project involving SAMS that works with creel fishermen to reduce the entanglement risk to marine mammals. 🌊🐳 Read more here: www.countryside-jobs.com/article/2025...

🎧NEW PODCAST EPISODE Drowning in plastic pollution 🧪🌊 www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... SAMS scientists Prof. Bhavani Narayanaswamy and Dr Geslaine Lemos Concalves explain the extent of plastic pollution in our ocean and what we can do to mitigate some of the worst impacts. #MarineScience

#GlobalSeaweed-Protect researches biodiversity, aquaculture & sustainable livelihoods with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines: led by Juliet Brodie #NHMLondon plus @samsocean.bsky.social - @ukri.org funded oceanographicmagazine.com/news/natural... www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...

Fully-funded #PhD opportunity!🌊🧪 "Exploring benthic biogeochemical cycling in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean" Want to help answer one of the biggest questions in #deepsea science? Apply by 30th April, or find out more 👇 www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr... @mastscot.bsky.social

Remember that time there was a a 15-metre humpback whale in the gym at Oban High School..? 🌊🐳 The inflatable giant was the centrepiece to SAMS' Whale of a Time outreach event, the conclusion to the Scottish Government-funded GENESIS project. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

A new deep-sea study involving SAMS scientists and led by @noc.ac.uk and @nhm-london.bsky.social has revealed the long-term impacts and the first signs of biological recovery in seabed mining tracks, 44-years after deep-sea trails in the Pacific #Ocean.🌊🧪 Read more 👉 www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Antarctic scientists have unveiled communities of photosynthetic algae, which add to melting of the ice caps in the region.🌊🧪 Dr Matthew Davey of SAMS (@scienceisnotfun.bsky.social) led the research team during 2 months of fieldwork on a remote ice cap. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @bas.ac.uk

Last year, @samsocean.bsky.social scientists made the groundbreaking discovery of #DarkOxygen production by polymetallic nodules, a target of #DeepSeaMining. As #ISA30 negotiations unfold, findings like this highlight the urgent need to close scientific gaps in Earth’s least explored biome.

On #InternationalDayOfForests, let's consider the forests we don't often see. Kelp forests in our seas act as nurseries and food sources, provide coastline protection and absorb CO2. Learn more in this episode of SAMS Ocean Explorer podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis... @thinkuhi.bsky.social

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,290,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,810,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... ⚒️🧪🌊

Bring. It. On! Ocean by David #Attenborough, coming to a cinema near you, May 8th. The film the whole world needs to see: silverbackfilms.tv/ocean-with-d... #mustwatch 🌊 🎥 🪸 🐟 🦞 🦈

📢 Fully-funded #PhD opportunity! Join the team investigating 'Dark Oxygen' production in the deep sea!🌊 👨‍🎓 3.5-year PhD funded by The Nippon Foundation 🚢 Join research cruises in the Pacific Ocean 🧪 Sample and study polymetallic nodules Apply, or find out more 👇 www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...

SAMS' Prof @michaeltburrows.bsky.social is co-author on a new 🧪study highlighting the 'shocking' extent of marine heatwaves. 🌊3.5 times more heatwave days in both '23 and '24 compared to other years 💲Billions of dollars of damage globally 🌡️In 2023-24, nearly 10% of the ocean hit record temperatures

Prof. Adam Hughes of SAMS was a plenary speaker yesterday at the @royalsociety.org for #SeafoodInnovation2025. The professor of Innovation in the Blue Economy spoke on novel tech and innovation in #aquaculture. @cefasgovuk.bsky.social 🌊

Prof. Andrew Sweetman has delivered a keynote address at the @euromarine.bsky.social conference in Chioggia, Italy. Prof. Sweetman presented his discovery of oxygen production in the deep sea.🌊🧪 To learn more, listen to the latest SAMS Ocean Explorer podcast🎧: www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis...

SAMS researchers and collaborators including @bas.ac.uk have been selected for funding from The Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to help improve our understanding of climate tipping points. Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @aria-research.bsky.social