New! Transactions B special issue on The biosphere in the Anthropocene: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3... Hope you like the cover and lineup!

Rossella Alba, our new colleague at @hifmb.de leading the Marine Policy and Management working group, offers two fully funded PhD positions here: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/21... apply until March 18, and feel free to make potential applicants aware. 🧪 @icbm-uol.bsky.social

Open invitation to collaborate with the Ocean Floor excellence cluster in Bremen and Oldenburg. Annual calls planned. Pls distribute @eesaupe.bsky.social @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social @elenalitchman.bsky.social @itchyshin.bsky.social @nmouquet.bsky.social

Out now: 1st call for Synthesis Working Groups by "The Ocean Floor – Earth’s Uncharted Interface". We bring cluster members & external experts together to address key scientific questions in ocean floor research 🧪👉 theoceanfloor.de/en/The-Ocean... @marumunibremen.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social

The fabulous Kimberley Peters @hifmb.de provides some great perspective on the BBNJ Agreement put into force today. hifmb.de/wp-content/u... 🧪🌍 @awi.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social

Today, the world has made history - the #BBNJ Agreement has officially entered into force. Hear from ministers, ocean advocates, and High Seas Alliance members urging all nations to keep global momentum toward universal ratification high. #HighSeasTreaty #60ToGlobal

Invested some leisure time in creating a curated list of jazz album recommendations. Just in case you are searching for some inspiration #jazzsky www.discogs.com/de/lists/MyT...

Read our new paper, in which we explore the importance of response diversity for maintaining community stability in the context of pulse disturbances, using a combination of model simulations and meta-analysis: doi.org/10.1111/ele.... w @hillebr1.bsky.social @owpet.bsky.social & Shyamolina Ghosh

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ckunze.bsky.social tested whether the concept of response diversity holds for pulse disturbances & realized response diversity. Turns out interaction strength is key. Great collaboration w @owpet.bsky.social & Shyamolina Gosh @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de

Here at SLU Aqua (Uppsala campus, Sweden), we have an exciting 2 yr postdoc open for an ECR with a background in aquatic ecosystem ecology. The position focuses on investigating how land–sea interactions and climate change affect aquatic food webs. Great lab - apply! 🦑🧪🌎🐠 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

HIFMB newsletter out now! 🦑 In our top story, Bettina Meyer outlines the Krill Stock Hypothesis, a scientific framework for setting krill catch quotas to protect the ecological balance in the Southern Ocean. That and more here: 241806.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16677411

Flathead Lake Biological Station @umflbs.bsky.social searches for a new director following @drlimnology.bsky.social end of 2026. See details 👇

More than a year ago researchers from @hifmb.de and @icbm-uol.bsky.social started to write about different perspectives on marine biodiversity change from natural and social science perspectives. This morphed into a review paper that was published online today link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪

🧵1/5 🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology. 👇 Thread ↓ doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Some more #jazzsky for Friday night. Moserobie is a small independent Swedish jazz label that brings out big music. This week I received a much anticipated bundle and each of these albums is a mind-blowing treat 😲. Album titles in alt text, full program here. www.quesonegro.de/main.html

Our new study: light and nutrients interactively shape the thermal traits of phytoplankton -> Interactions matter! #phytoplankton #light #nutrients #temperature #traits Led by @alheinrichs.bsky.social and in cooperation with Miriam Gerhard #bestteam doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Der Bundeskanzler brüskiert das Gastgeberland der #COP30, dabei zeigt Belém, wie ernst es #Klimaschutz nimmt. Die Gastgeber*innen haben alles getan, um Fortschritte beim Ausstieg aus fossilen Energien und bei einer gerechten Wende zu ermöglichen. Dafür gebührt Belém und Brasilien unser Dank.

Impressions from the fantastic Rockit festival in Groningen yesterday. Many wow moments with Mary Halvorson, Immanuel Wilkins, Makaya McCraven and Dave Holland. Among these highlights, the new Dave Holland trio stood out as a masterly and emotional performance of jazz Grandezza #jazzsky

Webinar zu Reputation und #OpenScience: Wie soll sich die Bewertung von wissenschaftlichen Leistungen weiterentwickeln? Am 14. Nov wird neben Impulsvorträgen ein Diskussionspapier des Schwerpunkts "Digitalität in der Wissenschaft" der #AllianzWissenschaft vorgestellt. Anmeldung: sohub.io/wjqd

#JazzTonight Great concert by Archer, a new quartet of Dave Rempis alto and Terry Ex guitar with Jon Rune Strøm – bass, Tollef Østvang – drums. #JazzImGüterschuppen #jazzsky

First time I saw Jack deJohnette live, almost 40 years ago, was in Vienna, an outerworldly concert with Jarrett and Peacock, but most impressive was this melodious drummer hovering over his drum set to effortlessly paint rhythms. A genius will be missed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_De... #Jazzsky

One of 2178 signatories. Climate action needed now. See full letter below @hifmb.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social

Die werktägliche @taz.de ab kommender Woche "nur noch" digital, die letzte Druckausgabe vom Freitag ein großartiges Stück Journalismus. Ein kleines bisschen Wehmut aber viel Freude auf das was kommt. Danke für Eure Arbeit🌻, wichtiger denn je. Abo bleibt natürlich!

Happy to announce a short perspective piece as part of a SynCom @helmholtz.de working group. Discussing the breadth of biodiversity indicators, we encourage to differentiate better between multidimensional diagnosis, leading steering & actionable management indicators dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688... 🧪

Happy to announce that #PlanktonEcologyLab researcher @marenstriebel.bsky.social received the university-wide recognition as best PhD advisor - already a second time. Congratulations and so well deserved @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de

Neben Klimawandel, Artensterben & Krieg waren die vielen armen Menschen, die jeden Tag heulend im Supermarkt zusammenbrechen weil sie den Veggieburger nicht von ihrem Fleischburger unterscheiden konnten, sicherlich eines der größten Probleme der Menschheit. Gut dass wir wenigstens das gelöst haben.

Need a album recommendation? Cosmic Ear brings together some of the finest Swedish musicians (Christer Bothèn, Mats Gustafsson, Kansan Zetterberg, Göran Kajfeš, Juan Romero). Inspired by Don Cherry, but not a classical hommage, rather its own beauty #jazzsky matsgustafsson.bandcamp.com/album/traces

6 more days to apply 👇

The excellence cluster Ocean floor @marumunibremen.bsky.social @icbm-uol.bsky.social @hifmb.de opens two strategic positions at the University of Oldenburg. Please distribute widely Scientific Coordinator: uol.de/job723en Data Steward: uol.de/job724en

Oregon has always been unique with their beautiful chamber music jazz, captured really well in this high-quality concert recording on YouTube. Great audience, fantastic music. Ralph Towner, Glen Moore, Paul McCandless and Colin Walcott at their best youtu.be/9m7VIHR9lYk?... #Jazzsky

Warum Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf ihre Kandidatur für das Bundesverfassungsgericht zurückzieht. Heute in der taz und auf taz.de.

Hallo artist community, this one is for you! Together with @hanse-ias.bsky.social we are looking for an artist in residence in early 2026. Please share! #artscience #artistinresidence #marinebiodiversity

Interested in biodiversity, macroecology, spatial ecology, conservation? @nmouquet.bsky.social put together a global ecology starter pack, two volumes are already full but you can DM @global-ecology.bsky.social to join the Vol_3. Let’s keep the community growing 🌐

The call for our 2026 Postdoc Cohort is now open. We offer 4 full-time positions. Apply until August 24th. hifmb.de/jobs Please spread the word. #postdoc #jobsinscience #marinebiodiversity #antarctica @awi.de @hillebr1.bsky.social @ibaums.bsky.social @thilogross.bsky.social @merenbey.bsky.social 🦑

#CSD2025 #CSDnordwest #Oldenburg

Fantastic paper by two PhD students @anikahappe.bsky.social & @kasperjmeijer.bsky.social on Wadden Sea population trends highlighting the amount of biodiversity reorganisation that happened in this Unesco World Heritage site.

Some impressions of the 5th HIFMB symposium, day 1: talks, discussions, insights, coffee and art. More tomorrow. HIFMB.de/symp25

Wir wissen alles nötige, um die Erderhitzung zu stoppen. Und trotzdem diskutieren wir nicht über das Wie, sondern über das Ob. Wie öde!

Spent the weekend at the #MoersFestival. Weather was mediocre, not all organisation perfect, but this is the most daring, humanistic, emotional, in short: best festival on earth. Cheers and thanks to a fantastic team putting this miracle together every year #Jazzsky

Das Jazz-Festival in Moers hat es gewagt und eine Diskussionsrunde zu „Kunst, Kritik oder Antisemitismus“ sowie das Statement „Breaking the Silence“ ins Programm aufgenommen. Man kann schon, wenn man will

Today the One Ocean Science Conference #OOSC kicks off, followed by the UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3 next week. We asked some of the HIFMB scientists who will be attending the summits about their activities at the conference and their expectations. #OceanDecade #marinebiodiversity

Überragender Erfolg für die Universität Oldenburg: Im Exzellenzwettbewerb war sie mit den drei Exzellenzclustern Hearing4all, Ocean Floor und NaviSense erfolgreich. In den Vorhaben geht es um Hörforschung, Meeresforschung und Tiernavigation... weiterlesen

🎉✨Historischer Erfolg: #UniBremen wirbt erstmalig zwei Exzellenzcluster ein Wissenschaftler:innen aus den Meeres- und Materialwissenschaften überzeugen in der #Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern ➡️ www.marum.de/Erfolg-Exzel... @hifmb.de @icbm-uol.bsky.social

Hey, new paper by @cleggtom.bsky.social and me is just out in @pnas.org. This combines a lot of things that start with B: Biodiversity, Bipartite Networks, Bifurcations, Bacteria, ... www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... And yes, I know, Fig 1 looks like one of 'those' papers but please read on ...

An inspiring day full of exchange and commitment to ocean protection: On May 6–7 2025, national and international actors are gathering in Berlin for the first National Ocean Conference. Together with policymakers, scientists, stakeholders and society, we’re working to protect our oceans.

So happy to have @ibaums.bsky.social as a colleague at @hifmb.de very nice portrait @www.helmholtz.de

I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers, www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵

We also recommend this interview about the book with the authors Kimberley Peters and Jennifer Turner: center-border-studies.uni-gr.eu/en/news/nouv...

Out now: Ocean Governance (Beyond) Borders (open access) ➡️ contemporary border scholarship & cutting edge ocean governance research ➡️challenges the ontological stability or ‘common-senseness’ with which bordering is deployed in oceans ➡️multidisciplinary perspective link.springer.com/book/10.1007...