I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Check out our #newpaper on #mercury concentrations from the #giantwartysquid from the #SouthernOcean #Antarctica along a 5 decade period (from 1970s to 2010s) 🧪🦑🇦🇶 This work includes a team from @ucoimbra.bsky.social, @uaveiro.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk 🇵🇹🇬🇧 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists url: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

📣 The last episode of the #CIIMAROdysseys featuring our #GorringeExpedition is out! In this episode, our researchers @cventuracosta.bsky.social, @josepmqueiros.bsky.social and Eva Lopes answer the questions raised by you 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬 #MarineScience #DeepSea #DOSI #ScienceAtSea #HorizonEurope #OceanDecade

Here’s the 2nd episode of this new season of #CIIMAROdysseys! This time, we follow the intense sampling during the @twindeeps.bsky.social expedition to the #GorringeBank, with narration by researcher Eva Lopes (CIIMAR & FCUP). ▶️ www.instagram.com/p/DL7s9FNouc8/ #CIIMARexpeditions

And the new series of @ciimar.bsky.social #Odysseys just started and is going to talk a bit about our recent #TwindEEPS project expedition to #gorringebank aboard the #RVPelagia. Check out the first episode 🛳🪸😁 @niozsearesearch.bsky.social @awi.de Havforsknings Instituttet EMEPC #NorthAtlantic

Cientistas exploram o fundo do Gorringe, onde há corais e um chão rochoso à Mordor www.publico.pt/2025/06/20/a...

🌊 The RV Pelagia has arrived in Matosinhos! After 13 intense days at sea, the team from the @twindeeps.bsky.social project has returned from their expedition to the Gorringe Seamount 🔗 Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/ciimar...

Check out what are we doing at #Gorringe Bank in a moment that it was annouced that it will become an #MPA in the near future 🪸🐟🦞🐋 greensavers.sapo.pt/expedicao-ao...

🌊 We celebrated #WorldOceanDay with a group of curious 8th graders! We talked about why the ocean and the deep sea are so important, and what it’s like to live and work on a research vessel! Inspiring future ocean stewards is the best way to celebrate!🌊 #ScienceOutreach #HorizonEurope #OceanDecade

⚓ Today’s the day! ⚓ The #TwinDEEPS research expedition to the Gorringe Bank is about to start onboard RV Pelagia! Stay tuned for updates, as we dive into the unknown! 🌊 #GorringeExpedition #MarineScience #OceanResearch #DeepSea #Capacitation #HorizonEurope #OceanDecade

First TwinDEEPS training activity ✅ Still buzzing after the Cruise Leadership workshop hosted by NIOZ in cooperation with all TwinDEEPS partners. Participants got hands-on training on how to design and plan oceanographic campaigns. 🌊 #DeepSea #OceanExploration #MarineScience #HorizonEurope

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗬𝗧 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! 🧬 Join research teams at CIIMAR with a monthly scholarship 🔬 Access innovative facilities and technologies 💼 Build new skills 👉 Learn more byt.ciimar.up.pt and apply by May 20! #CIIMARtraining #CIIMARblueyoungtalent #BYT#CIIMARbyt #Scholarship #marineresearch

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

My friend from graduate school found out that funding for her NF1 project got pulled. From $25 mil to 0 with a stroke of a pen. NF1=Neurofibromatosis Type 1, an inherited genetic disorder. Both of us are early career scientists. 🧪🔬🧬 #Science #AcademicSky www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

Would you like to know what a team of scientists did aboard a fishing vessel around South Georgia and Shag Rocks (Southern Ocean) for three weeks? 🐟🐙🦀🦑🧪⛴️❄️🇬🇸 If yes, then take a look here: www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/g... @bas.ac.uk

And on a last minute call it is time to fly to #ColoradoBoulder 🇺🇸 for #PECWS (Polar Early Career World Summit) 🐧🐻‍❄️❄️ Let’s discuss the importance of #ECRs in #PolarScience and what are the challenges and directions towards the 5 #InternationalPolarYear ☃️ @polarsecco.bsky.social #APECS

[Please share widely] Come work at the U. of Oslo. We are advertising a 3-year postdoc in Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics. If working with plant evolution in the Galápagos, pangenome and structural variants sounds exciting for you - this may be your chance! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Have you heard the news? 📣 866 brand new marine species discovered by scientists in the Ocean Census Science Network. 👇 oceancensus.org/press-releas...

Happy bday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @deepseapod.com & I did a centenary episode on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social - www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/056-... 🦑🎉 Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA

Oooh.... we're close to having 10k followers! 👀 Can you help us get there? Do you know anyone who'd enjoy following us?

Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing

🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨 Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team. Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec... 📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025 #StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals

[New Paper] is on the COVER of @science.org !! FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS (snails, clams, octopus, etc.) complete with ALL classes —incl. the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals! OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

#PhD position available in Antarctic microbiology at Monash Uni, Naarm Melbourne 🤩

This Correspondence proposes a guideline for academic institutions to better support international Early Career Researchers (ECRs) adapting to a new environment. @m-lopezacosta.bsky.social @odeigg.bsky.social @cgalobart.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

And we finished! ⚓ After 3 intense weeks aboard the FV SIL around #SouthGeorgia and #ShagRocks in the #ScotiaSea sampling #fish 🐟, #cephalopods 🦑🐙 and #crustaceans 🦐🦀 to access how the populations of these species we are back! ⚓ Great experience, working and learning with an amazing team! 🇦🇶

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. 🌊❄️🥼🧪

Check out our newest paper at @ecography.bsky.social on #DeepSea #FoodWebs at the #SouthernOcean 🧪🦑🇦🇶 We used #StableIsotopes to study the #benthopelagic food web at the #SouthSandwichIslands! We found a 5 #TrophicLevel web with #Toothfishes as #TopPredator 🐟🐙🦐🐧 @bas.ac.uk @ucoimbra.bsky.social

Destination: South Georgia 🇬🇸🐧❄️ It’s time to return to the #SouthernOcean! Short research trip (~20 days) aboard a fishing vessel to sample #fish, #cephalopods an #crustaceans to build the food web of the #SouthGeorgia shelf, an important breeding ground for #deepsea species in the archipelago! 🐟🐙🦐🦑

I'm hiring, two fully funded PhD positions! Come work in Umeå in Arctic Sweden, a leading place for high-latitude ecosystem ecology and carbon biogeochemistry

Thank you to the people that aggressively nod during presentations.

📢 Come and work with us! 🤝 We are looking for an Officer for the European Polar Coordination Office (#EPCO). 📍 Based in: Umeå, Sweden 📅 Application deadline: 31 January 2025 at 23:59 CET ➡️ More information: www.europeanpolarboard.org/news-events/...

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Heyyy!!! #marineresearchers!!! At #GES4SEAS project we want to start 2025 with some #oceanoptimism Look at this video with one of our key messages and learn something new. Spread the voice and use the video freely www.ges4seas.eu #marineecology #earthoptimism #science #research youtu.be/z4Teh4Fd1Sg

A different 🎄 gift this year 🎁 Check our new paper on the relevance of #Education&Outreach in the #AntarcticTreaty! We showed which delegations bring #E&O to the table, what are their targets and audiences! We also show how E&O is important to protect #Antarctica 🇦🇶🐧 doi.org/10.1017/S095...

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

🚨PhD funding opportunity for Black British Researchers!!! 🚨 This programme offers 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers Happy to discuss project ideas! shorturl.at/iKmmB

📢 Exciting #PhD alert! Study Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA while working with #anglers🐟 www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear... Supervised by @lilianlieber.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social & me!

For #AntarcticaDay why not follow some polar people! This starter pack is curated by @dnthomas01.bsky.social 🐧🦭🐻‍❄️🇦🇶 go.bsky.app/7RL1i9C

Welcome. To #ClimateAdvent. Over the next 25 days, we'll be on a journey through all of #ClimateScience. We'll cover the natural variability and why we know it's not that, but us causing this current change. We'll dive into the inequalities surrounding #ClimateChange and what to do about all of it.🧵

Really excited to share my 1st post on bsky! And starting with our most recent paper on #SouthernOcean #Squid 🧪🦑🇦🇶 Even happier as this is the 1st paper of a student that just finished her master with us at @ucoimbra.bsky.social - Congratulations Sara (not on bsky!) 🥳 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

Out today on Netflix…! New documentary series “Our Oceans”, narrated by Barack Obama. Very pleased to have contributed as scientific consultant. 🌊

JOB ALERT: Please repost University of Washington (CLIMATE, OCEAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) is looking for a RESEARCH CONSULTANT: ARCTIC DATA SCIENTIST. Closes on 11/27/24 uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...

Happy #PolarPrideDay2024! We are grateful that our grassroots efforts are still going strong & this day has special meaning for so many globally! We are a handful of volunteers who, since 2018, have quietly offered advice & resources to polar professionals & asked orgs to prioritize DEI. #PolarPride

Mapping changes in temperature every year from 1850-2023, using 'small multiples' #dataviz Data: HadCRUT5

This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29

School teachers - if your school is a member of the Royal Geographical Society then you & your students can attend my lecture on glaciers and climate change next week for free! www.rgs.org/events/upcom... #geographyteacher #glaciers #climatechange

Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 4th lowest on record (JAXA data) • about 380,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 1,080,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,710,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,030,000 km² below the 1980s mean Plots zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...