Work with seagrass? 🌱 We're often asked by the public: “What can I do to reduce seagrass loss?” We’re running a survey to identify the everyday actions people can take to support seagrass conservation and we’d love your insights! 🕒 Takes just 10–15 minutes fiu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🌊🌱Missed the #SeagrassSeminar with @boardshortsben.bsky.social? Catch up on how seagrass ecosystems play a key role in supporting fisheries and alleviating poverty. The recording is now available: youtu.be/EUqIHBeCZ9A

New Global map reveals seagrass meadows under threat — even inside protected areas! 🌍 With help from over 1000 citizen scientists, we mapped human pressures to seagrass at more than 1200 sites in 86 countries. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater gardens.

If we have depended on seagrass for 180,000 years – for food, homes, customs – investing in their conservation and restoration is not just ecological, it’s deeply human. theconversation.com/human-connec...

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We often get asked, “Where does SeagrassSpotter data go?” This study is a perfect example of how your contributions to SeagrassSpotter help to drive real scientific progress. Find out more: ow.ly/67uc50VpxFl

Nearly 200,000 years! That’s how long humanity and #seagrass meadows have been intertwined. Excited to be part of this new paper documenting these links and led by @nicolerfoster.bsky.social. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Seagrass loss leaves Thailand's dugongs struggling to survive: dialogue.earth/en/ocean/sea...

From Kenya to Madagascar, massive effort aims to put seagrasses on the map: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

New Review: Conserving seagrass ecosystems to meet global biodiversity and climate goals 🌎🧪 From @carlosduartephd.bsky.social and colleagues. Web: go.nature.com/4khmf1N PDF: rdcu.be/ebI5F

‪A well-written piece by Jillian Ooi: SEAGRASS RESTORATION ON THE RISE – BUT ARE WE MISSING THE POINT? www.bernama.com/en/thoughts/... Couldn't agree more! #Conservation should come before #Restoration

Happy #WorldSeagrassDay Went snorkelling on Wednesday in Miami to explore what Biscayne Bay had to offer. Not disappointed by green meadows with the metropolis backdrop!

🌊Happy #WorldSeagrassDay! This year’s theme is Blue *Resilience: Invest in Seagrass* How can WE #investinseagrass? We'll share some examples—let's keep the conversation going! Use the hashtags in the comments & tag us so we can repost!

Without appropriate management, seaweed programmes could threaten marine biodiversity. Read more in our article in @theconversation.com which responds to calls for seaweed cultivation programmes at scale and considers the risks this could present for marine life: ow.ly/fCFv50V3AxI

In our academic response, published in the journal @pnas.org, we outline the risks of habitat loss from seaweed cultivation within seagrass: ow.ly/qnSe50V3AxJ

Seagrass meadows are often naturally patchy, changing shape and moving over time. A new study finds that a 50 year old meadow accumulated negligible carbon, likely due to the migration and movement of seagrass patches. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

After years of discussion a Social-Ecological Systems Society (SocSES) socses.org is launching March 27 2025, 2:30 - 4pm CET you can register for the virtual launch event here zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#Seaweed farming has many potential benefits, but scaling these farms cannot be at the expense of other habitats (e.g. #seagrass) that support people! In our short letter, me, @eklof.bsky.social, @zosterar.bsky.social & others discuss why caution is needed. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Seagrasses are really cool, they can reduce the abundance of bacterial pathogens from the water. This may be good for seaweed farming BUT can be quite harmful for the seagrass and the services they provide! 📣Newly published letter. B. Jones, R. Unsworth, J. Eklöf, et al doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Expanding seaweed farms pose a risk to #seagrass

"Estimates from small diverse subsets of this size outperformed most estimates from homogenous groups; sufficiently diverse small crowds are just as effective as large crowds in estimating ecological state."

New paper on "OCEAN EQUITY: From assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance" www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Calling all scientific artists, creatives & graphic designers! We're offering 5 pairs of tickets to see Coldplay live! Looking for striking, impactful designs conveying complex ideas about #seagrass. #SciArt #Illustration #Art #GraphicDesign #CreativeDesign www.projectseagrass.org/coldplay-tic...

Calling all scientific artists, creatives & graphic designers! We're offering 5 pairs of tickets to see Coldplay live! Looking for striking, impactful designs conveying complex ideas about #seagrass. #SciArt #Illustration #Art #GraphicDesign #CreativeDesign www.projectseagrass.org/coldplay-tic...

Interesting paper. Not discussed or highlighted is the fact two farms with negligible carbon burial (Indonesia & Madagascar) were places where seagrass previously existed before the addition of farms. Replacing seagrass with seaweed farms = bad www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hot off the press! This week's research 🦑🧪🌍🌊 🎣 Global small-scale fisheries www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪸 Diversity shifts on Great Barrier Reef www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💎 Artisanal mining impacts doi.org/10.1016/j.ex... 🏝️ Reef indicators for island restoration doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

From the weight of a dead ox to complex questions about fisheries sustainability: Applying a 120 year old idea to fisheries management shows that the wisdom of (fisher) crowds unlocks huge potential for filling data gaps in data-poor fisheries. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MarSocSci

Quite fitting that this discovery, by one of the forefathers of eugenics, would lead to the Wisdom of Crowds phenomenon where human diversity is key

And for those unaware, in 1906, Francis Galton was at a country fair where attendees had the opportunity to guess the weight of a dead ox. Galton took the guesses of fair-goers and found that the mean guess was identical to the actual weight (the median was 0.8% off). www.nature.com/articles/075...

About 120 years after Francis Galton introduced the wisdom of crowds phenomenon, we apply this theory to a recreational catch-and-release fishery and show that estimates from small diverse crowds (multiple ages and years of experience) outperformed most estimates from larger homogenous crowds.

From the weight of a dead ox to complex questions about fisheries sustainability: Applying a 120 year old idea to fisheries management shows that the wisdom of (fisher) crowds unlocks huge potential for filling data gaps in data-poor fisheries. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MarSocSci

Deadline for the call for papers and panels for the 2025 MARE People and the Sea XIII Conference is approaching on January 31st! Theme: “Tensions, Trade-offs, and Transformation for the Ocean Decade and Beyond” Location: University of Amsterdam Date: June 24-27, 2025 marecentre.nl/call-for-pap...

Working on some new #seagrass impact imagery, which one is your favourite? 🧵

What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper. Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I try to make the big blue more green

If academic publishing were a game of bingo, what would be on your list? Good and bad? Paper published in Science? Author name spelt incorrectly? Misinterpretation by the press? One paper as first and one paper as last author in the same year? Two papers in the same journal?

Paper accepted on the second to last day of 2024 🎉 But just missed the academia bingo ✅ of a paper accepted on the last day of the year 😭

A submission to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social’s #12DaysofFoxmas, I painted this one for my grandmother this Christmas. Some things I like, some I don’t like, but first and only painting of 2024. #FoxoftheDay

Working to map a phenomenon globally, but having trouble making figures that are meaningful at the global level, while also having enough resolution at regional level. What would you do to change this so that points don't look like polygons while keeping number of figures to a minimum?

As we’re nearing the end of 2024, what’s been the most interesting #MarineScience article that you’ve read this year?

So I was just renewing my @britishecolsoc.bsky.social membership and checking through the expertise categories. I appreciate that all systems can’t be included, but if you’re gonna have peatland, reefs, mangroves, grasslands and forests in the list, at least put seagrass in there too! 🤷🏼‍♂️

As we’re nearing the end of 2024, what’s been the most interesting #MarineScience article that you’ve read this year?

“Food security means security guards at the supermarket right?” “Do people eat seagrass then?”

Just scouting for some good and affordable scientific journals to (try to) publish in. As a charity, we want our research to be open access, but our funders and donors certainly don’t want their funds used for that. How best do we overcome this?

Just tried the Porto Google Chrome extension to import my Tweets to here. Gosh, I was not ready to see tweets from 2012. I think I'll be adjusting the date range if I try it again!

Any thoughts on this from fellow #MarSocSci Blue Sky peeps

Currently submitting revisions for a paper where one reviewer has questioned the use of the term Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK), implying that lumping the terms is inappropriate and suggest using local ecological knowledge (LEK) instead.