It's official: @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I have launched the HOLOtag for ocean observation on a micro-AUV! An ultra-compact plankton imaging sensor, the #HOLOtag is a real breakthrough in sensor innovation and now backed by the @royalsociety.org 🌊🦑🧪

Find out more at: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

FMRI Coastal Autonomy Workshop in Plymouth tomorrow hosted by the NCCA - National Centre for Coastal Autonomy. A strong showing from the marine autonomy & innovation community 🌊🧪 Great to see Plymouth now recognised as the UK’s National Centre for Marine Autonomy. noc-events.co.uk/fmri-keynote...

🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy APPLY NOW 👇

🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy APPLY NOW 👇

Wind turbines affect local wind regime, esp. downwind from them. How that affects marine ecosystems, through wind-related features like upwelling, is something we are still learning. But aspects like surface primary productivity seem to be affected. 🧪🌊 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧪🦑From #plankton to predators 🌊 Out for sea trials testing our new #autonomy technology when this beauty surfaced right in front of us! #sunfish A timely reminder of how #ocean change is reshaping #biodiversity on our doorstep. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

Scotland's seabirds land conservation fund from windfarm donors ->Oceanographic | #LandConservation | More info from EcoSearch

Devon life! Mid-week paddle and having inspiring conversations with our local #seafarers! #ocean 🦑🧪🌊

🌊🦑 Remember this one? I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you. As my first time going through this as lead supervisor, it was exciting to see so much interest & strong candidates— truth be told, it was also encouraging to see that the kinds of ideas I’m envisioning are resonating.

Through sustained collaborations with the maritime industries, we are building new directions and applications in science & technology - bringing these advanced directly into the classroom with @plymuni.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 An amazing week @ Ocean Business in Southampton with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🌊 Missed the Marine Biodiversity Networking Friday: Advancing Ocean Observations of Marine Life webinar? Catch the recording featuring insights from Lina Mtwana Nordlund and Elizabeth Lawrence. Learn about the Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science. 📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/live/DF1qqK0...

Van-tastic weekend in Cornwall. So much fun in the waves, great food and sunshine 🙏 Escapes are real.

🧪🌊🦑 When Marine Science Gets Eel-y Interesting ;) After 4 months, our Sonardyne ADCP frame was due for recovery—but it had an unexpected resident! We @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social retrieved the frame only to find a large conger eel inside. Watch its dramatic escape! 👇

Had the pleasure this week to go out on the University of Plymouth' Falcon Spirit. Heading out with such engaged and experienced skippers & technicians with a can-do attitude, the University can really take pride as research & teaching always is a #team effort. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🧪🌊🌍🦑

Next paper of my Phd project published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🎉Read more to find out what makes #Arctic #diatoms arctic and why temperate diatoms could encounter significant barriers in their warming-driven poleward range-shifts. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🌊🪸🐚Applications for a training course in how to assess the impact of bottom trawling on seabed habitats now open. 6-10 October in Copenhagen🦐🦞🐙 www.ices.dk/events/Train...

The deadline for submitting abstracts to #FSBI2025 is 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆! 'Turning Science into Strategy: Advancing Fish Conservation and Management'. Excitingly, it will be our first joint symposium with the Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM). 7 - 11 July 2025, Belfast. More info, here:

New paper on the new phytoplankton growth model for the Greenland Sea published News 07.01.2025 bioecoocean.org/focal-living...

🐋 “Fishermen, hunters and researchers gathered at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage in January to discuss how several fish species and marine animals are changing their migration patterns in the warming climate.”

🧪🌊🦑 Beth is here, give her a follow @bescott-abdn.bsky.social! Beth works on the interface of ecology & oceanography and has pioneered on informing the sustainable development of marine #renewables for over two decades. My mentor when I most needed one. #ocean energy

This still makes me chuckle and that is exactly what makes bluesky great. Keep it going, friends. 😂👍

🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front. Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

🌊 Hands-on marine monitoring with MSc students! A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵

🌊🦑🧪 #postdoc alert 🌍working with NERC's #BoatyMcBoatface (ALR 1500) equipped with cutting-edge #plankton imaging technology developed at @plymuni.bsky.social with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social and me & #satellite remote #sensing with @peterimiller.bsky.social at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social #FRONTLINE

🌊 Save the date! The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is coming to Glasgow, Scotland, 22-27 Feb 2026—the first OSM outside the U.S.! 🌍 Join scientists, students, journalists and more to grow our global ocean community, foster partnerships and build a sustainable future.​

🚨 First PhD paper in @pnas.org 🥳 🌊 @edualastrue.bsky.social and I looked at how much less CO2 will be taken up by the ocean if the #AMOC weakens - and how this reduced ocean carbon uptake affects the social cost of CO2 emissions. 📝 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧵 A thread [1/11]

🌊🦑🧪🌍 Can't wait for #OSM26 to be held in Scotland - first time outside the US - and what a cracking choice! Having lived in #Scotland for nearly 10 years, I take every opportunity to go back 💙 wonderful country & people with amazing mountains, coastline & wildlife. @agu.org #ocean #science meeting

Oh hello there 🌱 #gardening #growyourown #devon #wembury #goldenhour

Tuna stakes: Pacific Islands land 'tuna safeguarding' fund ->Oceanographic | #Island | More info from EcoSearch

Climate change will increasingly impact the ocean around Antarctica, and the life within it, as it progresses. Read the new paper by the excellent Ben Fisher and colleagues on how this will happen, what are the implications, and how we can improve our ability to predict the key changes. 🌊❄️🥼🧪

🌍🌊🦑🧪Hot off the press @theguardian.com: "The researchers will attach holographic plankton imaging devices, integrated with artificial intelligence, to container ships, new underwater robots and to filter-feeding ocean giants, such as whales." tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🌍🌊🦑🧪Hot off the press @theguardian.com: "The researchers will attach holographic plankton imaging devices, integrated with artificial intelligence, to container ships, new underwater robots and to filter-feeding ocean giants, such as whales." tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🧪🦑🌊🌍 How can we forecast climate tipping points? By capturing the pulse of our #ocean. @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social

Need a distraction of playing with beautiful data? Our Observations Portal displays all the live data from our #gliders: observations.voiceoftheocean.org - or you could dive into the full datasets via the Dashboard tab 🌊 Video shows 4 years of temperature data from the Bornholm Basin observatory.

New technology lights way for accelerating coral reef restoration Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities.  The device, dubbed the Underwater Zooplankton Enhancement Light Array (UZELA), is an…

1/ We often feel that all the exciting discoveries have been made, especially in natural history and even more in the old European continent. Well, think again: researchers discovered LAST YEAR that huge fish colonies were covering hundreds of hectares off the coast of the touristy Corsica island…

Antinoxidation process is often used as marker of #deoxygenation. The study highlights the role of ocean circulation patterns in regulating the relationship of temperature in the NA and deoxygenation in the Pacific: reduced vertical mixing of O-rich water, thereby O deprivation in the #DeepSea 🌊🧪🪨

Love our local, the great mewstone never disappoints. #devon #coastal walks

Have you joined Bluesky after leaving SnapTok or whatever? Are you wondering “where are all the shark scientists and conservation advocates?” I got you! 🧪🌎🦑🐠🦈 go.bsky.app/Q1x1gJB

If you're new to Blue Sky and looking for people in #ocean tech, especially those driving innovation in autonomous systems & sensors, have a look at this #StarterPack go.bsky.app/VgpFR6B

Hello to new followers👋💙 How about looking back to last week to combat #BlueMonday? Setting up my first MRes student for observations in #Plymouth Sound was certainly one of the perks of last week! These will span predators like seabirds, oceanographic features & recreational fishing boats🌊🧪🦑

Hey rewilding people. What is the consensus on archipelago islands which typically don't host any major grazers. Is the high degree of island endemism and biodiversity despite or because of lack of large grazers? Does rewilding thinking fit with archipelago islands? #rewilding

Nice 🌊 paper that brings together @bgc-argo.bsky.social data and modelling to look at the drivers of blooms in the Southern ocean : agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

We conducted a 'classic' kelp canopy removal exp in mixed Laminaria forests in southwest UK. Results show that loss of canopy increases 5-fold the light reaching the reef which leads to 7-fold increase in understorey algae & 9-fold increase in kelp recruits; ms: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Last night's celebration of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance—the UK’s largest cluster of marine scientists & researchers! We also took the opportunity to toast to our MRP Work Package within NERC's ECOFLOW Frontline project with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑🌍

✨📚 Calling all postgraduate students 📚✨ 🌊 Join us at the 21st MBA postgraduate conference at the University of Hull 23rd-25th April 🌊 ‘Tides of Change - fostering connectivity across marine disciplines’ to share your work in a friendly and welcoming environment. See more at mymba.mba.ac.uk/pgc25