In about a week we (Biological Sciences @ Monash Uni in Melbourne, Australia) will be opening a search for 3 (!!!) permanent academic positions (40% research, 40% teaching, 20% service) at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer. 1 Genomics, 2 Ecology. Please share, email me, DM, follow, send carrier pigeons…

Big thanks to the @lec-reefs.bsky.social crew for hosting the Thriving Oceans team in Lancaster. Workshops in castles and walks in the woods made for an amazing collaboration.

Our Bright Spots 2.0 workshop team @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social @bessruff.bsky.social

Generations of my PhD students (4 former and 2 current) working together. @christinahicks.bsky.social @evamaire.bsky.social @jzamborainmason.bsky.social @crisruanocha.bsky.social

In my way to a series of exciting workshops in Lancaster and Montpellier - we’ll be developing the next generation bright spots analysis. Watch this space… @lec-reefs.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social

BIG new paper on the MegaMove project with @netlab.bsky.social - portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... Top areas to reach 30 x 30 for marine megafauna are highlighted

This is why I am not that worried about AI

Out today in Nature, our paper on the drivers of the record 2023 summer heating of the North Atlantic. Temperatures warmed to record levels in just a few months. The impacts on climate & ecosystems were severe. A thread on how this work came about and what we found.👇👇🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Vale Jim Estes- a giant in marine ecology.

Got my first electricity bill after installing solar with a battery. $0…

Colin Simpfendorfer’s resignation from working group comes as conservationists lash expansion of lethal program they say ‘does nothing to improve beach safety’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Awesome postdoc opportunity in our school to work with the amazing Sophie Webber on Australia’s climate economy usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

New article: Our team's reflections on the use of Q methodology in environmental justice research, and the ways we tried to embed EJ principles in the process - and interpretation of the data. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The QLD $90 million on more shark nets, etc is disgraceful. My quote: “Today’s policy decision makes politicians more safe and Queensland beaches less safe by taking the focus off the personal responsibility and education in beach safety.” newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/05/quee...

New #sharkscience from @hollieboothie.bsky.social Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program. A deep dive into the ins and outs of pay to release. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @iucnshark.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social

Most conservation initiatives require changes in human behavior. Insights from behavioral science may help bridge that gap. Learn more on #EarthDay:

Trump Opens a Huge Marine Protected Zone to Commercial Fishing www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/c...

THREE DAYS LEFT to apply for a 🔥 fully funded PhD scholarship to join our interdisciplinary Thriving Oceans Research Hub. Come be part of an epic global project focused on locating and learning from coral reef bright spots. Prior publications are helpful. www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Congrats to the 2025 Pew Marine Fellows! This is such a wonderful program and we are looking forward to seeing the great work the new class of Fellows will do. #PewMarineFellow pewtrsts.org/4c1h16q

Exciting PhD scholarship opportunity to join our new Thriving Oceans Research Hub www.sydney.edu.au/science/our-.... Looking for candidates with training in social science, fisheries, and/or ecology. Prior publications are helpful. www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

The Thriving Oceans team assembled at last (11/13 of us at least). Such an amazing group of ECR talent. Watch this space for some exciting and interdisciplinary marine sustainability science!

Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates theconversation.com/fish-and-chi...

Marine reserves contribute half of the larval supply to a coral reef fishery doi.org/10.1126/scia...

If you hate statistics like I do, then you'll love my free lectures. Putting science before statistics, 20 lectures from basics of inference & causal modeling to multilevel models & dynamic state space models. It's all free, made with love and sympathy. 🧪 #stats www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans? 2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

Taking a much needed break on an island where the kava flows and the loudest sound is the rolling thunder- I could, however, do without the sea lice…

Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Foundations and future directions for causal inference in ecological research, forthcoming w/ @katherinesiegel.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/4mm57zzd. We wrote it based on our experience teaching causal inference to ecologists w/ some stuff we wish other papers had reviewed to share w/ the students 1/n

Just out in early view @Conbiology we show how to assess the sustainability of data poor reef fisheries leveraging information from global models! @joshuacinner.bsky.social @mikemihalitsis.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Hot new #OpenAccess paper by ECR superstar @jzamborainmason.bsky.social on Downscaling global reference points to assess the sustainability of local fisheries. We downscaled a global model to examine whether Ahus Island's fishery is sustainable. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Big paper drop by @reefjav.bsky.social ! Reef fish communities are undergoing substantial change on the Great Barrier Reef, with latitude and through time. Changing coral composition, not simply coral cover, a major driver. @lec-reefs.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Ok, so what is up with all of the cat pictures in my Discover feed in Bluesky? I have muted several permutations (cat, cats, cat pictures, pets, etc) of words and tags and it is still about 10% of my feed. Anyone else have this problem? How do I make it stop???

Wildlife contributes to human well-being and values in visible and invisible ways that are under-recognized or dominated by conflict narratives. We review these critical contributions and what research and policy is needed to protect them: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Fascinating new paper out in @nature.com on the importance of Small Scale Fisheries. Lots of great information on catch, nutrition, livelihoods, etc. The #sharkscience factoid I found was that only 0.2% of the SSF catch is sharks, rays or chimaerans. 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...

Our new Nature paper on the multi-dimensional contributions of small scale fisheries just dropped www.nature.com/articles/s41.... We find that SSF supply ~40% of global fish catch worth >$77billion, with knock on benefits that support numerous sustainable development goals. A truly monumental effort

OK, just deleted my Twitter account, so am all in for Bluesky....

"The (Australian) federal Environment Department published the offshore carbon capture & storage plans on 2nd January, for 2 weeks of public consultation".... Because they don't really want any public consultation on fossil fuel expansion or reef destruction. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

So happy to be rid of that sling! Six weeks with my arm immobilised post shoulder surgery was more than enough for me. Now on to painful physiotherapy and eventually back to surfing.

A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New paper in GEB: coral reefs are changing, but the most common shift is not what you think it might be. Systems dominated by live corals and small fishes are disappearing, while those dominated by algae and large fishes are becoming more common. #ecology #science doi.org/10.1111/geb....

The last (🥺) story I'll ever edit for Hakai Magazine is live today. It's about an unfinished Haida canoe left to rot for over a century on a remote Alaskan island, and the modern-day carver who wants to learn everything he can from it. By @viajoshhunt.bsky.social hakaimagazine.com/features/the...

I'm loving all the food, climate, open data & other science starter packs showing up recently. Let's build up the fisheries, aquaculture & aquatic foods community here 🐟🍤🎣 Suggest folks to add below! go.bsky.app/EeZv5UT

I’ve gotten to see lots of great concerts in my day, but one of the best was Glass Animals on the steps of the Sydney Opera House last week. Sydney can really turn it on!!!

Taking it easy does not come naturally to me. I am one week post shoulder surgery and am starting to bounce off the walls. Any Netflix/Stan/Paramount plus recommendations?