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Marine biologist, evolutionary biologist, geneticist. Also
@marine-omics.bsky.social
Antarctica's Future is Our Future
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErA...
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Antarctica's Future is Our Future
YouTube video by SAEF - Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YErA1RAuQFs
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Check out our new paper 'Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments' led by the fabulous Nadja Schneller
@marine-omics.bsky.social
@iracooke.bsky.social
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Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments
Major threats to marine species and ecosystems include overfishing, invasive species, pollution and climate change. The changing climate not only imposes direct threats through the impacts of severe ...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17776
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Drew Harwell
29 days ago
Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid
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Climate News
about 1 month ago
Latest PBS Terra - Weathered episode is absolutely a must watch - extremely fast sea level rises are likely very soon!
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You’re Not Worried Enough About Sea Level Rise
YouTube video by PBS Terra
https://youtu.be/bg7x6mlD5Js
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
about 1 month ago
Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds.
@swinda.bsky.social
That's an under-appreciated impact of
#AMOC
shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
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Anna Brüniche-Olsen
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Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non-Model Species
#popgen
#consgen
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Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non‐Model Species
Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are increasingly being analysed using whole genome sequences in non-model species as a measure of inbreeding and to assess demographic history, thus providing useful inform...
https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70083
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El Ess🌻🚫Dominionism
about 1 month ago
“If a species as iconic as the African penguin is struggling to survive,” said one researcher, “it raises the question of how many other species are disappearing without us even noticing.”
www.commondreams.org/news/african...
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62,000 African Penguins Starving to Death Highlights Humanity-Driven Extinction Crisis | Common Dreams
A study on starving African penguins highlights the devastating impact of human activity on the planet's biodiversity.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/african-penguin
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Richard Butler
about 1 month ago
Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
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Curator of Natural Sciences - Warwick,Warwickshire job with Warwickshire County Council | 250490
About Heritage and Culture Warwickshire Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) provide a wide range of services that help local communities and ...
https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/curator-of-natural-sciences?LinkSource=EmployerHub
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Kelly
about 1 month ago
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s. This is the power of vaccines. The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer. Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/australia-set-for-world-first-cervical-cancer-elim
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Paul Williams
about 1 month ago
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications
Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64303-3
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Rob Larter
about 1 month ago
At present the issue is how to reinforce existing infrastructure or fortify shoreline, or relocate, Indigenous villages. In future decades major coastal cities around the world will face the same dilemma. Metres of sea-level rise are committed, even if we succeed in reaching net zero.
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Jon Puritz
about 2 months ago
Job Opening **ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARINE ECOLOGY**, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island.
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15960
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Maria Sachkova
about 2 months ago
🪸 Two weeks to go! Please apply for this Postdoc position! 🪸
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Ian Hall
about 2 months ago
Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late Tipping point risks are interconnected. Most interactions among them are destabilising, meaning that tipping one system into disaster makes tipping another more likely.
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
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Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late
Dangerous climate tipping points will threaten food, water and coastlines. They’re irreversible and only radically accelerated climate action can stop them now.
https://theconversation.com/climate-tipping-points-are-close-scientists-urge-radical-action-before-its-too-late-268931
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Couldn't be more proud of my James Cook University honours student, Joshua Lesicar, who has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for 2026. Josh will commence his DPhil at University of Oxford next year!
www.jcu.edu.au/news/release...
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JCU marine scientist named 2026 Rhodes Scholar
Marine scientist and James Cook University (JCU) climate change researcher Joshua Lesicar will continue his studies at the prestigious University of Oxford after being named a 2026 Australia-at-Large ...
https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2025/october/jcu-marine-scientist-named-2026-rhodes-scholar
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Prof Helen Bostock
3 months ago
#Plastic
#ghostnets
#australia
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The ocean's least natural predator has come for Australia
Illegal fishing is ravaging the world's oceans of fish and shellfish but it is what is left behind that is creating a mess for governments worldwide and of Australia's most remote beaches.
https://ab.co/4o1RCyE?fbclid=IwZnRzaANbl6xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHikr2nOVbawwA-Y3AWkjPQHWG3WVuhR_k6_pssVpKH9MqlU-oM3bhCQHRP7W_aem_hOyHUEr0t5JjV-8X7eDknw
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Anthony Amend
3 months ago
Applications now open for the position of Director of Pacific Biosciences Reseach Center, at University of Hawaiʻi. PBRC fosters cutting-edge research across cellular, molecular, developmental, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation biology—with a focus on Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.
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Rob Larter
3 months ago
🧵🧪 In session on policy and societal requirements at the Royal Society discussion meeting today, Prof Hans-Otto Pörtner, former Co-Chair of the IPCC Working Group II, stated that he thinks keeping global temperature rise "below 1.5 [°C above pre-industrial] is probably now out of reach".
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James Cook University
3 months ago
🌋🌊🪸🐟 As part of an international team of researchers,
@jcuofficial.bsky.social
PhD candidate Lucy Southworth is studying what's happening on the seafloor three years after the 2022 eruption of the Tonga underwater volcano. Listen to the full SBS News story 🎧 👉
tinyurl.com/3c8fp5cf
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The effects of Tonga's massive volcanic explosion linger, three years on
It's been more than three and a half years since one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recent history left devastation in Tonga. An Australian-led scientific team has been studying the area s...
https://tinyurl.com/3c8fp5cf
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30C warming above South Pole flips Australia's spring weather forecast
Temperatures above Antarctica have risen by 30C, in a rare event that could potentially flip Australia's spring weather for months.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-26/weather-pattern-could-disrupt-australia-for-months/105817572
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Rebecca R Helm
3 months ago
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Maarten De Brauwer
4 months ago
Job opening! CSIRO
@csiropublishing.bsky.social
is currently hiring 2
#eDNA
Postdoctoral Fellowships!
sednasociety.com/2025/09/04/j...
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Job opportunities: 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships at CSIRO
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, is currently recruiting two eDNA Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications close on October 5th. More information and links below. CSIRO Postdoctoral Fell…
https://sednasociety.com/2025/09/04/job-opportunities-2-postdoctoral-fellowships-at-csiro/
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Nick Golledge
4 months ago
Any philanthropists out there that would like to support some Antarctic-focused climate change & ecosystem science? I have some ideas, and a great team...
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
4 months ago
🏆 Octopus and Ice Sheet Team
@marine-omics.bsky.social
is awarded the Aspire Scholarship Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research. Learn more:
youtu.be/8H3bCE6wfjM
#EurekaPrizes
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@lausally.bsky.social
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Peter Mumby
4 months ago
New 2yr postdoc position @ University of Queensland on coral distributions and Allee effects. Must have permission to work in Australia
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Dr. Thomas Ronge
4 months ago
🚨Job alert Want to know what’s behind these doors? TAMU’s Gulf Coast Repository is looking for a Curatorial Specialist to support the GCR on shore & who will be sailing on expeditions operated by the Scientific Ocean Drilling Coordinating Office (SODCO).
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
4 months ago
“Sea-level rises of multiple meters mean global political instability that will dwarf what we’re seeing right now.” -
@profmattengland.bsky.social
#Antarctica
#ClimateEmergency
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Antarctica is in extreme peril
New research catalogs several “abrupt changes,” like a precipitous loss of sea ice, unfolding in Antarctica with dire implications for us all.
https://grist.org/climate/antarctica-is-in-extreme-peril/
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Emerging evidence for abrupt
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changes: declining sea ice, slowing ocean circulation, reduction in ice sheets and changing ecosystems.
theconversation.com/from-sea-ice...
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From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
https://theconversation.com/from-sea-ice-to-ocean-currents-antarctica-is-now-undergoing-abrupt-changes-and-well-all-feel-them-262615?utm_medium=article_native_share
5 months ago
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The Crustacean Society
5 months ago
❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025:
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175
📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC)
#MarineBiology
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Thomas Hansen
5 months ago
So, what it's gonna be? Motherfucking windfarms!!! Or....motherfucking windfarms
#Vattenfall
#GHG
#CO2
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Great Southern Reef Foundation
5 months ago
Giant Australian Cuttlefish are still gathering in large numbers and currently laying plenty of eggs, with the waters around Point Lowly remaining clean. Today, the SA Government is holding an emergency meeting to plan for risks from the harmful algal bloom spreading to the upper Spencer Gulf.
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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
5 months ago
Octopus and Ice Sheet Team
@marine-omics.bsky.social
is a finalist in the Aspire Scholarship Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research. Learn more:
youtu.be/8H3bCE6wfjM
#EurekaPrizes
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Arko Lucieer
5 months ago
I am currently advertising a new 3-year research position in my TerraLuma team: Research Associate in Drone Field Operations (Academic Level A) The position will support the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network’s (@TERN_Aus) Dronescape project.
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...
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Current Vacancies
https://careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/501223/research-associate-in-drone-field-operations
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Craig White
5 months ago
An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor).
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Craig White
5 months ago
Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor)
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Marine-Omics
6 months ago
Check out Joe Perkins' research detecting toxic algal species in Hervey Bay, Australia
#HABs
www.marine-omics.net/2025/07/24/j...
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Joe Perkins detects toxic dinoflagellate species in Hervey Bay, Australia – Marine Omics
https://www.marine-omics.net/2025/07/24/joe-perkins-detects-toxic-dinoflagellate-species-in-hervey-bay-australia/
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Erin Chille, M.S. 🧬🪸🧪
6 months ago
Today’s #DailyCoralRead 📖🪸 🧬 Two new telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies for Acropora digitifera and A. tenuis! 🧬 The study reveals highly disordered genomic regions with potentially neofunctionalized genes from lineage-specific expansions. 🧪 🔗
http://tiny.cc/z61q001
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Nearly T2T, phased genome assemblies of corals reveal haplotype diversity and the evolutionary process of gene expansion
Abstract. Gene family expansion illustrates a critical aspect of evolutionary adaptation. However, the mechanisms by which gene family expansions emerge an
http://tiny.cc/z61q001
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Dr Tim O’Hara
6 months ago
New paper in Nature: global evolutionary biogeography of my favourite animals.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nick Golledge
6 months ago
Abstract deadline for Climate and Cryosphere 2026, in Wellington NZ, now extended till August 31st. Spread the word...
clic2026.com
#climate
#academicsky
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Home - CliC OSC 2026
About the conference REgister now Abstract Guidelines Registration is open! Register here and use the buttons below to access travel resources. FLIGHT DISCOUNTS ACCOMMODATION TRAVEL INFORMATION Second...
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Bob Wong
6 months ago
The three academic positions (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University are now advertised. Details here: Ecology:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Genomics:
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Ian Hall
6 months ago
🌊 Deep ocean currents shape microbial communities across South Pacific, scientists discover
phys.org/news/2025-07...
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Deep ocean currents shape microbial communities across South Pacific, scientists discover
A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-deep-ocean-currents-microbial-communities.html
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Nicholas Wu
6 months ago
🚨 Lecturer in Animal Ecology position
@jcuofficial.bsky.social
. Candidates with expertise in terrestrial animal ecology are encouraged. 📍 Townsville, AU Closes: 8th Aug 2025 🔗
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Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia
James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. We now have an opportunity a...
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Lecturer in Animal Ecology at James Cook Uni
www.seek.com.au/job/85671632...
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Lecturer, Animal Ecology Job in Townsville, Northern QLD - SEEK
The role involves teaching in ecology and conservation biology, supervising students, and building a productive, externally funded research program.
https://www.seek.com.au/job/85671632?savedSearchID=d9579fa6-a1de-11e8-93a9-7721c0527826
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Andy Lee, PhD
6 months ago
New paper with
@birdpicsandscience.bsky.social
out TODAY!! We found that choosing "highly informative loci" (aka high fst loci) may bias results in common population genetic analyses
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Explainer thread to come!
#PopGen
#PopulationGenomics
#Evolution
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‘Highly‐Informative’ Genetic Markers Can Bias Conclusions: Examples and General Solutions
High-grading bias is the overestimation power in a subset of loci caused by model overfitting. Using both empirical and simulated datasets, we show that high-grading bias can cause severe overestimat...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1755-0998.70011
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John Jackson
6 months ago
NHM London is looking for a Director of Research as part of our leadership team. Guide a world-class research community, set a strong vision for collections-based research, and ensure research excellence across NHM activities.
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Martin A. Nuñez
6 months ago
You know now what to bring to the next lab meeting 🍫
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Matt Quin
6 months ago
Ever wondered how DNA metabarcoding compares to traditional methods for assessing diet? Curious whether these techniques could help inform the management of introduced deer in Australia? Then our latest research is for you!
@janstrugnell.bsky.social
@coatiben.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
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DNA metabarcoding provides new insight into the diet of invasive chital deer (Axis axis) in a tropical savanna landscape
The introduction of non-native species into new environments can cause significant ecological harm and is considered a major conservation threat. As populations of invasive species continue to establ....
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70288
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Thanks for visiting. It’s been great! Come again soon!
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Prof Andrew Mackintosh
7 months ago
🌏 Rare opportunity to join us! We’re hiring two new Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in the School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment
#MonashUni
, a top 50 global university 🔬 Isotope Geochemistry 🛰️ Remote Sensing/Geospatial
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