The most amazing Xmas outreach by our technical staff for a school visit @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social All the inverts had their special Christmas decorations. I was so amazed! Well done Ness and Odie!

Prof Emma Sheehan has co-authored a Nature correspondence on safeguarding ocean conservation in the offshore wind energy era, alongside her ICES WGMPAS co-chairs. 🌊 #MPAs #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #OceanConservation #Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🎉 Congratulations to William Hagan Brown on successfully passing his PhD viva! Examined by Dr Lucy Rowland @universityofexeter.bsky.social and Paul Lunt @plymuni.bsky.social, his thesis explored climate change impacts on forest canopy temperatures. A fantastic achievement 🌍🌳

🌍 New research highlights the growing threats facing the world’s rainforests and the urgent need for action. These ecosystems are vital for biodiversity, climate regulation, and livelihoods worldwide. www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/rainfor... #TemperateRainforests #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #SouthWestUK

🌊 Our team are back from the first #RIPCORD field trip in the Caribbean! Working in the #BritishVirginIslands and #TurksandCaicos, the project supports Small Island Developing States to advance #marineconservation by building local capacity and moving beyond parachute science. 🧪🦑🌍

🌍🌱 Happy World Soil Day! 🌱🌍 Today we’re celebrating the thin, irreplaceable layer that sustains life on Earth - soil. Our students and researchers at the University of Plymouth have shared why soil matters more than most of us realise #CRISPSUoP @plymuni.bsky.social

PhD opportunity! "Benefits & impacts of use of light in UK #fisheries & their wider effect on the marine environment" (aka #scallopdiscos!) Supervision by me @thembauk.bsky.social Tom Davies @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk @fishtekmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

PhD opportunity! "Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management". Do cutting edge research on the deep sea under supervision from Prof Kerry Howell @pml.ac.uk, Dr Angela Stevenson @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & me @thembauk.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

Celebrating Soil with Professor Chris Collins 🌱Ahead of World Soil Day, we’re kicking off a series highlighting soil research at the University of Plymouth - from fieldwork to lab science to global collaborations. Stay tuned! @plymuni.bsky.social #WorldSoilDay #SoilScience #CRISPSUoP

@aries-dtp.bsky.social #PhDOpportunity! The biology & ecology of disease in seagrass: Understanding the pseudo-fungus Phytophthora gemini and its impact on common eelgrass development 🗓️Closing date: 7 Jan 2026 🗓️Start date: 1 Oct 2026 #PhD #PhDSky #PhDFunded #Seagrass #Disease #Fungus🧪🦑

Find out how AI technology, Open Earth Observation data and citizen science can help soil conservation and land restoration projects, in this free webinar.

@aries-dtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity! Swamped: Is Crassula helmsii a significant threat to #wetland #biodiversity? Director of Studies: Professor David Bilton 2nd Supervisor: Dr Robert Puschendorf 3rd Supervisor: Dr Pete Cotton 🗓️Closing date: 7 Jan 2026 🗓️Start date: 1 Oct 2026 #PhDSky #FundedPhD🧪

Meet Matilda Powell, First Class BSc (Hons) Marine Biology graduate from the University of Plymouth and this year’s MBA Prize for Outstanding Performance on a Marine Biology Programme. Read more - www.mba.ac.uk/university-o...

The University of Plymouth is #recruiting a Technical Specialist (Skipper) to support teaching & research at our Marine Station Operate the 14m Falcon Spirit and small-craft fleet, ensuring safe, high-quality marine operations. hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... #MaritimeJobs #MarineScience

🌊 Big news: @plymuni.bsky.social & @pml.ac.uk win £2 M to use AI to greatly accelerate mapping of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) such as cold-water coral reefs and sponge fields in the deep Atlantic. #MarineScience #AI #Conservation #DeepSea #Plymouth 🌍🦑🧪 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/univers...

We’re recruiting a Professor of Marine Technology & Autonomy at the @plymuni.bsky.social, to help drive and expand our new cross-disciplinary research centre, #CMAST, the Centre for Marine Autonomy, Maritime Cyber-Security and Technology. #AcademicJob hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

New study by Dr Nathaniel Clark shows plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables, including roots and leaves. 🍽️ #Environment #FoodSafety #Microplastics #Agriculture #PlasticSky www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/first-e...

🐟 New global review by Dr Benjamin Ciotti @plymuni.bsky.social reveals major gaps in how we monitor juvenile-fish habitats and outlines a blueprint for better conservation. #MarineScience #Fisheries #JuvenileFish #ICES #Conservation 🦑🧪 @icesmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/global-...

🔊New paper alert 🔊 🌊Spatial and Temporal Variation in Wave Overtopping Across a Coastal Structure Based on One Year of Field Observations 🌊 by J. Brown @noc.ac.uk with @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Network Rail and SW Coastal monitoring 🔗https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13112194 #wirewall @ukri.org

🦀🌱 BioBlitz Day: 10 Dec 2025! Join researchers from the @plymuni.bsky.social and the Ocean Conservation Trust at the University of Plymouth Marine Station to explore the incredible invertebrates living in Plymouth Sound’s seagrass restoration sites. FREE event. Registration essential.

So happy to have this FISH INTEL paper published! Thank you to everyone who contributed- great to see it out there published for everyone to read and use! 🐟🎉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/2688... @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social #AcousticTelemetry #LEK #FishIntel

Another great session before lunch! 🪲 Sereene Ghariani @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🍅 Cliven Njekete @inrae-france.bsky.social 🐌 Tom Ashfield, UK Agri-tech centre @rothamsted.bsky.social 🌾 Ilma Qoonah @uonresearch.bsky.social

Two fascinating talks from the @bas.ac.uk this Friday at @plymuni.bsky.social. Open to all staff & students! Discover how baleen whales are recovering in South Georgia and how blue carbon ecosystems are helping the Southern Ocean fight climate change🌊31 Oct🕐1-2 pm📍Devonport LT

Staff from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social ready for Thursday’s graduation of Zoology and Conservation Biology students. Quite a mixed set of gowns, special mention to Anne Plessis French military university outfit, complete with sword. You can work out which one she is!

🌊 Delighted to share that our first-ever #GirlsintoOceanScience event is now fully booked! We have 93 girls registered to join us at the @marine-station.bsky.social on Friday, 31st October. www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/gir... #GiOS #MarineScience #WomenInSTEM #UoP🧪🌍🦑

As one of the organising committee for the UK & Ireland student chapter of @marinemammalogy.bsky.social, I'm especially pleased to share that the next event will take place at my own stomping ground @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social. Keen to welcome everyone here, spread the word!

Big news from the Indian Ocean! First sighting of the incredibly rare Omura’s whale, confirming previous acoustic recordings in the Chagos Archipelago. Project to determine cetacean 🐋 diversity by @iomarinescience.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Photos by me 🧪 🌍 🧵1/5

🚤 Big news! Our #USV Cetus at @plymuni.bsky.social has just been granted a General Exemption under MCA MGN705 - it is now free to operate within wider UK waters. This unlocks exciting new opportunities for teaching, research, and collaboration in #MarineAutonomy here in #Plymouth 🌊

Our Marine Science degrees kicked off their induction with a trip to Newquay, where they could choose between a coastal walk, coasteering, or surfing! ✨ The trip included students from: 🌊 Ocean Science 🗺️ Ocean Exploration & Surveying 🐬 Ocean Science & Marine Conservation

LAST CHANCE to fill out our #octopus surveys! Fishermen & divers of the UK, have your say if you haven't already, surveys close at midnight tonight, Sunday 21st September! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk @plymuni.bsky.social Please share 🐙

👀 Spotted an #octopus off the #SouthWest coast? #Fishermen & #divers, we want to hear from you! 🐙 Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom: 🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... 🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...

🦀 Hairy claws make hermits braver! BBC has featured a paper by PhD researcher Ari Drummond (et al.) in Proceedings B, revealing how shell traits can boost confidence in hermit crabs. #PhDLife #HermitCrabs #AnimalBehaviour #SoBMS #UniversityOfPlymouth #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🌎🧬 Last week, two of our postgraduate researchers from @plymuni.bsky.social attended @nerc-eof.bsky.social Metabarcoding & eDNA wetlab and bioinformatics workshop at @sheffielduni.bsky.social! #eDNA #TrainingCourse #NEOF #NERCFunded #PhDLife #Metabarcoding #Bioinformatics @victoriamann.bsky.social

Fishermen & divers of the UK we need YOU! Our #octopus bloom surveys have been extended to Sept 21st. If you haven't already done so, please fill out the fishermen's survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... or divers survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... Thank you! Please share widely! 🐙

Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸

A pleasure as always to drop in to @3rrrfm.bsky.social Radio Marinara in Melbourne this morning to share the latest marine news from the UK. This time, it was all about the #octopus bloom 🐙 The whole show is great. You can hear my interview at about 13 minutes in: www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...

“If there’s a risk that these chemicals can harm #coral and other #MarineLife, if there’s less harmful compounds out there that we can use instead, then we need to establish what they are,” says Anneliese Hodge. news.mongabay.com/2025/08/suns...

Our next round of student bursaries is now open! ⭐🌎 MBA student bursaries have helped turn ambition into action—removing financial barriers & unlocking access to global events, groundbreaking research, & career-shaping connections. 🗓️ Deadline: 31st October 2025 at 12pm Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/3TuxcPm

#Fishermen of Devon & Cornwall - have higher numbers of #octopus affected your catch? The MBA and partners are gathering your experiences on the impact - positive and negative. Take part in our survey, which will guide future support. bit.ly/3V2lVbR Image c. South Devon and Channel Fishermen Ltd.

Our latest Podcast is out. Don & Howard chat to an old friend and @arrancoast.bsky.social research collaborator @bd-stew.bsky.social @reviveourocean.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social 1st Bryce has to plant a tree. youtu.be/NgpmERb10D0

Delighted to share this interview on the @incomingtide.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Don MacNeish for saving a tree for me & @howardlwood.bsky.social for chatting with me about my involvement with @arrancoast.bsky.social over the past 20 years youtu.be/NgpmERb10D0?... #mpaswork #bemorescallop 🪸 🐟🐙🌱🦀🦞

🌿 Join us in celebrating Plymouth’s fantastic achievement in the Botanical University Challenge, taking 2nd place in a very close national final yesterday! 🥈 You can watch the intense finals here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_s... @bucbotany.bsky.social #BUC2025 #BotanicalUniversityChallenge #Botany

Through funding from #ResearchEngland and @plymuni.bsky.social, #CRISPS has opened the new Marie Lebour Marine Research Facility and our eDNA & Metabarcoding facility! #foodproduction #aquaculture #eDNA #metabarcoding #eDNAsequencing 🧪 www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/new-fac...

🐙Have you spotted a Common Octopus in South West England? We’d love to hear from you - share your sightings by completing our short survey: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... #CitizenScience #Octopus #OctopusBoom #SouthWest #Diver #Snorkeling #MarineLife #AnimalBehaviour 🧪🌍

Huge congratulations to the team from Plymouth @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social led by the fabulous @botanycornwall.bsky.social!

The July issue of #TheMarineBiologist is out now! We explore the 'octopus bloom''; a rare habitat of glass sponges; inshore fishing regulation as well as the latest developments in marine biology research and news from the MBA. Become a member and get exclusive access bit.ly/4onqdb4 #MarineBiology

Thanks to Oceanographic mag for this article on our new project on the UK #octopus bloom & to Plymouth City Council, Devon County Council & Defra for their financial support oceanographicmagazine.com/news/extraor... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk 🐙

Record warm seas help to bring extraordinary new species to UK waters. Pleased to be interviewed about the "canaries in the coal mine" for this article www.bbc.com/news/article... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social #climatechange #fisheries #octopus 🌊 🔥 🐙

NEW PAPER: Mainstreaming Habitat Management Objectives in an Ecosystem-Based Approach to Management of #Scallop #Fisheries www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Delighted to share this study by former PhD student Mairi Fenton @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

A six-year, study led by #PaigntonZoo with the @plymuni.bsky.social represents one of the most ambitious undertakings in modern #ZooResearch, screening more than 27,000 articles a process that could transform how endangered species are cared for across the globe! www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/world-f...