Anyone know if you can eat seven-arm octopi? Asking for a friend. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Continued use of 'Moonshot' as denoting risky but high ambition shows a paucity of both imagination and technological progress. Humanity should be at least on 'Marsshot' (Marshot?) by now. Ideally 'Saturnshot' or 'Plutoshot'. Going to trademark "ProximaCentauriShot", just to be on the safe side.

PhD opportunity! "Benefits & impacts of use of light in UK #fisheries & their wider effect on the marine environment" (aka #scallopdiscos!) Supervision by me @thembauk.bsky.social Tom Davies @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk @fishtekmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

“The [Royal S]ociety has a strong track record in setting out the science around climate change and when the president of the United States says the science is a ‘con-job’, we will call him out. If UK politicians start to copy such ridiculous statements, we will also hold them to account.”

"There is still a job to be done in making sure that association works in the best interests of UK science—and that the UK community fully exploits all the potential funding routes available" - Adrian Smith's valedictory RS address UK due a rebate after not winning enough Horizon funding in 2024

Decision at first #highseastreaty COP in NY

What happened for the ocean for COP30? My colleague @reginalam.bsky.social has been diving deep into NDCs, and I've been talking to people who were in Belem for @dialogueearth.bsky.social Here are some takeaways... dialogue.earth/en/ocean/con...

The ocean remains the only true carbon sink. 🥲

Want to understand how the world’s first carbon credits for ocean alkalinity enhancement were issued? Anna Madlener — one of the new colleagues I’m extremely excited to work with at the Carbon to Sea Initiative — has you covered: www.carbontosea.org/2025/11/25/a...

I actually laughed out loud at this intro: Is Haldane dead? The short answer is “yes”. Richard Burdon Haldane died in 1928. Great feature on an important topic.

Liz Kendall talked about Haldane principle this week as she set out (broadly) how UKRI would spend 4-year, £38.6bn budget. @chrisjparr.bsky.social looks at whether Haldane under threat from more interventionist govt - or whether it is misunderstood. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Hammerheads in rivers? In Cape York’s mangrove-lined waterways, great hammerheads push more than 20 km upstream, surprising Nicolas Lubitz and team, and upending assumptions about where these endangered predators live. What drives them into these rivers? saveourseas.com/update/hamme...

Our most recent publication in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social illustrates how cost-effective deep-sea imaging tools, such as the Azor drift-cam, can effectively build local capacity, promote equity in deep-sea science and generate essential data for the conservation of marine benthic habitats.

How many times do journalists get told "meta analyses are the gold standard for evidence"? (Often accompanied by "you shouldn't write about science until it's peer-reviewed and published.) Hmmmm.... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This has to be a record - proposing two new metrics in two days in two different publications. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/lets... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When getting your money back is a bad thing: UK expecting a rebate on £2bn paid to EU to join its research programme in 2024, @resprofnews.bsky.social reveals. UK fared worse than expected in winning Horizon Europe grants. By @annamckie.bsky.social www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

What a headline! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Enjoyed the quote marks in this paragraph. www.ft.com/content/edc0...

Interesting - a Reverse Aaron A. Aardvark effect.

Really interesting paper, despite the outrageous labelling of crabs as 'non-charismatic'.

🦒Biologists are often drawn to charismatic species but they do not always have the opportunity to study them. This study reveals some fierce competition in certain academic fields, and illustrates unequal social distribution of research opportunities➡️https://buff.ly/kjYUIBg

NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body @imohq.bsky.social Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end

UCU could learn some lessons from their comrades in Nigeria. Last academic strike there was 8 months! (via @internationalintrigue.io ). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch is looking into a collision between a ship transferring crew at an offshore wind farm and an "uncrewed surface vessel" called X-18. Possibly its first investigation involving a drone ship? www.gov.uk/government/p...

Without fuel subsidies UK fishing fleet is basically unprofitable?!? "The UK fleet generated approximately £1020 million in income in 2022, therefore without [Fuel Tax Concessions],the fleets’ collective profits would have been around £ 1 million, effectively breaking even,all else remaining equal."

What a great job title. Does anyone on Bluesky know of another Lecturer/Professor/etc of Scientific Diving position anywhere? A quick search isn't showing any for me.

When you are able to publish bullshit in a #predatory journal: look at the title, author and affiliation, which the editor was unable (?) to identify.... The test was done by Thomas Schlacher #Research #Integrity

A little bit of coverage of our paper in @nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really interesting piece on a water sharing dispute in Goa, and the ethics of who bears the burden when the ‘common good’ is invoked. A lovely excerpt below on how our approach to funding this research made a critical approach possible theprint.in/opinion/shou...

What's going on with the high seas treaty, you say? We've updated this explainer to answer all your questions (hopefully). dialogue.earth/en/ocean/wha...

"possible serious failures to comply with environmental law" 👀

Experimental climate interventions in the world’s oceans are moving ahead in a regulatory vacuum, raising concerns among scientists about potential risks, Mongabay staff writer Edward Carver reported.

More than 80% of people support the 30x30 target to protect 30% of sea & land by 2030, new research shows But progress has stalled. The UK Govt needs to ramp up its protection of our seas, starting with ensuring marine protected areas are TRULY safe from bottom trawling. https://bit.ly/4gkfydH

By 2050 human-induced pressures on 🌊 ecosystems are likely to more than double. I have feel we know what we need to do about it, but evidently easier said than done. Thanks @tomolamola.bsky.social for pointing to this study. #EndOverfishing #30by30 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New on @dialogueearth.bsky.social: “We must speak of the ocean, without forgetting the coasts, and the communities that live there.” dialogue.earth/en/ocean/com... Also in Spanish: “Debemos hablar del océano, sin olvidar las costas y las comunidades que viven allí”. dialogue.earth/es/oceanos/c...

Important step for the high seas treaty today. The UK government has introduced a bill to parliament that it hopes will be passed early next year. Lays the legal framework so the UK can ratify the treaty, which needs 60 countries to come into force. 56 have ratified so far.

This applies too often for editors in journalism and freelancer pitches in journalism too. [Not any of the freelancers I know on Bluesky of course. This is not a subtweet.]

"[I]f America’s response to Sputnik reflected a nation united in its commitment to science and determined to invest in the country’s intellectual potential, we see in our response to China today a bitterly divided, disoriented America." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Well that's not great. "Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

DYK? Ship passages through shallow coastal waters can trigger methane emissions from the seabed, adding significantly to greenhouse gas #GHG output? These overlooked emissions could rival fuel combustion impacts. Hence, they need to be included in climate and pollution assessments.

The U.K.'s trade deal with Donald Trump was touted as a post-Brexit win. The reality is the U.K. is facing higher tariffs than the EU on a number of products, including cheese. I spoke to cheddar and stilton makers about the challenges they're facing. www.politico.eu/article/what...

Always nice to learn a new ocean word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...

Crazy statistics about Ireland's ability to enforce law in its waters in this BBC drug trafficking story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*NEW* Revolution Wind is taking Trump to court over the controversial stop-work order. Watch this space for more.

This research needs to be combined with the recent 'avian vomitomics' paper for a holistic, nose to tail, overview of seabird-to-ocean inputs

Only 28% of UK households have access to a "substantial" area of water. ("Substantial blue space" that "can be accessed on foot which are at least 0.5 ha in area and for which the length of walkable route alongside the waterbody is 250 m or longer".) www.gov.uk/government/s...