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Ocean Editor at
@dialogueearth.bsky.social
, previously of
@resprofnews.bsky.social
and Nature.
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Ian Hall
5 days ago
The implications of overshooting 1.5 °C on Earth system tipping elements - a review "Global warming must peak below 2°C, return to below 1.5°C as quickly as possible (i.e. within this century), and to around 1°C thereafter to limit tipping point risks".
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Frances Jones
5 days ago
Latest on the consequences of the UK's decision to scrap two international physics projects. The "UK would not anymore be considered a reliable partner in the field of fundamental physicsâand that is a big change," an Italian physicist tells me.
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Love this paper title: A roadmap towards monitoring walruses from space
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
From
@bas.ac.uk
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@ptfretwell.bsky.social
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A roadmap towards monitoring walruses from space
Abstract. Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are experiencing rapid habitat change, concomitant with dramatic sea ice declines in the Arctic. Reduction in sea ic
https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/83/2/fsag017/8483788
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Killer whales eating other killer whales? Is there any animal with a more appropriate name? "we present direct evidence of conspecific predation on resident killer whales"
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Predation by MammalâEating Bigg's Killer Whales (Orcinus orca rectipinnus) May Shape the Unique Social Structure of âResidentâ FishâEating Killer Whales (O. o. ater) in the North Pacific
Click on the article title to read more.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mms.70142
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Good to see the Nature vs Science rivalry is still going strong. On a serious note - I'm hoping to visit the Azores later this year. Hoping to get to the bottom of how good the protection there really is. Who should I talk too?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Belated post - new (last week) on
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dialogue.earth/en/climate/t...
We will be following up, so if you think any of the agencies being abandoned deserve more attention than they are currently getting, please drop me a line.
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Trump abandons international climate, biodiversity and energy bodies
Dismay as US president orders withdrawal from 66 bodies working on climate, global governance and other issues
https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/trump-abandons-international-climate-biodiversity-and-energy-bodies/
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~daniel_barker~
about 2 months ago
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
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Upside-down jellyfish "slept at night and napped at midday in both the laboratory and the natural habitat". I need to be more cnidarian in 2026.
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Does anyone know where the claim that plastic fishing gear / monofilament could potentially survive 600 years in the ocean originated? Have been trying to find an original source and only come up with grey literature statement and unreferenced comments in papers.
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Dialogue Earth
about 2 months ago
In 2026, TĂŒrkiye will be host and president of COP31, while Australia takes on the role of âpresident of negotiationsâ. If executed well, next yearâs co-presidency could provide the creative diplomacy and bridge-building climate negotiations need. đ:Â
https://loom.ly/lHMqW6Y
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How TĂŒrkiye and Australia could lead climate diplomacy at COP31
From WW1 to COP31, next yearâs co-presidency could provide the creative diplomacy and bridge-building climate negotiations need
https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/how-turkiye-and-australia-could-lead-climate-diplomacy-at-cop31/
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Peter Ungphakorn
3 months ago
The committee overseeing the 2022 WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement held its inaugural meeting today. Ana Laura Lizano, Costa Rica, is its first chair It comprises all 166 WTO members but the disciplines and notifying obligations only apply to 116 ratifying members
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Chair elected at first meeting of the Committee on Fisheries Subsidies
The Committee on Fisheries Subsidies held its first meeting on 9 December at the WTO, confirming the election of its first Chair, Ana Laura Lizano of Costa Rica. The role of the Committee will be to e...
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/fish_09dec25_238_e.htm
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Robin Bisson
3 months ago
There were warnings about this 2.5 years ago. (See
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
) This is 60+ staff at one MRC unit in Cambridge Cambridge has 6 MRC units
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Anyone know if you can eat seven-arm octopi? Asking for a friend.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mystery as remains of seven-arm deep-sea octopus wash up on beach
Arms from the rarely-seen species were discovered at an Aberdeenshire national nature reserve.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yjgv3l63ko
3 months ago
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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.
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3 months ago
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Bryce Stewart
3 months ago
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...
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Benefits and impacts of use of light in UK fisheries and their wider effect on the marine environment
Applications are invited for three 3.5 year PhD studentships: Benefits and impacts of use of light in UK fisheries and their wider effect on the marine...
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/postgraduate-research-studentships/benefits-and-impacts-of-use-of-light-in-uk-fisheries-and-their-wider-effect-on-the-marine-environment
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âThe [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 âcon-jobâ, we will call him out. If UK politicians start to copy such ridiculous statements, we will also hold them to account.â
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Robin Bisson
3 months ago
"There is still a job to be done in making sure that association works in the best interests of UK scienceâand 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
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đMarkus Kniggeđ
3 months ago
Decision at first
#highseastreaty
COP in NY
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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...
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Concrete ocean pledges lacking in countriesâ climate plans, say experts
Ocean-based goals in submitted Nationally Determined Contributions overlook tougher targets including fossil fuel phase-out
https://dialogue.earth/en/ocean/concrete-ocean-pledges-lacking-in-countries-climate-plans-say-experts/
3 months ago
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David Ho
3 months ago
The ocean remains the only true carbon sink. đ„Č
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Africaâs forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds
Alarming shift since 2010 means planetâs three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/28/africa-forests-transformed-carbon-sink-carbon-source-study
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Jens Daniel MĂŒller
3 months ago
Want to understand how the worldâs first carbon credits for ocean alkalinity enhancement were issued? Anna Madlener â one of the new colleagues Iâm extremely excited to work with at the Carbon to Sea Initiative â has you covered:
www.carbontosea.org/2025/11/25/a...
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The First OAE Credits: An Independent MRV Review - Carbon to Sea Initiative
Carbon to Seaâs MRV Blog Series: This is the second installment in Carbon to Seaâs monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) blog series. Iâm Anna Madlener, Senior Manager for MRV at Carbon to Sea...
https://www.carbontosea.org/2025/11/25/an-independent-mrv-review-of-the-first-oae-credits/
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I actually laughed out loud at this intro: Is Haldane dead? The short answer is âyesâ. Richard Burdon Haldane died in 1928. Great feature on an important topic.
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John Morgan
3 months ago
Liz Kendall talked about Haldane principle this week as she set out (broadly) how UKRI would spend 4-year, ÂŁ38.6bn 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...
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Is the Haldane principle under threat? - Research Professional News
Increasing political direction in the allocation of research funding is alarming some policy experts
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2025-11-is-the-haldane-principle-under-threat/
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Save Our Seas Foundation
3 months ago
Hammerheads in rivers? In Cape Yorkâs 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...
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Hammerheads as river monsters?
Throughout the first year of our journey to uncover the secret lives of hammerheads and what habitats are crucial to their survival, we have made many interesting discoveries; one of which surprised a...
https://saveourseas.com/update/hammerheads-as-river-monsters/
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Carlos Dominguez-CarriĂł
3 months ago
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.
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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...
3 months ago
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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...
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Letâs personalise productivity with the weightiest metric yet: academic BMI
Measuring researchersâ output mass against their body mass will incentivise even harder running on the academic treadmill, says Dariusz Jemielniak
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/lets-personalise-productivity-weightiest-metric-yet-academic-bmi
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John Morgan
3 months ago
When getting your money back is a bad thing: UK expecting a rebate on ÂŁ2bn 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...
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UK expects Horizon Europe rebate after limited winnings - Research Professional News
Clawback in prospect after UKâs sluggish EU research programme start, with losses capped at ÂŁ330m
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2025-11-uk-expects-horizon-europe-rebate-after-limited-winnings/
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What a headline!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Biologist bitten in head by shark hopes to meet animal again
Despite having worked with sharks for 30 years, Mexican Mauricio Hoyos never thought he would encounter one so close up.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0ep00g3ydo
3 months ago
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Enjoyed the quote marks in this paragraph.
www.ft.com/content/edc0...
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Shipwreck
3 months ago
www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Interesting - a Reverse Aaron A. Aardvark effect.
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4 months ago
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Really interesting paper, despite the outrageous labelling of crabs as 'non-charismatic'.
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4 months ago
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People and Nature
4 months ago
đŠBiologists 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 opportunitiesâĄïžhttps://buff.ly/kjYUIBg
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Clean Shipping Coalition
4 months ago
NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body
@imohq.bsky.social
Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
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NGOs Slam UN Shipping Body Deferral of Plan to Cut Climate Pollution
As a special meeting of the International Maritime Organizationâs Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO, MEPC/ES.2) closes in London, the Clean Shipping Coalition (CSC) expressed its huge disap...
https://bit.ly/MEPC_ES2end
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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...
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ASUU strike: Nigerian university lecturers boycott classes
Lecturers at public universities in Nigeria begin a two-week strike over pay and funding.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wl78jrp74o
4 months ago
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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...
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Marine Accident Investigation Branch: current investigations
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-accident-investigation-branch-current-investigations/marine-accident-investigation-branch-current-investigations
4 months ago
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Without fuel subsidies UK fishing fleet is basically unprofitable?!? "The UK fleet generated approximately ÂŁ1020 million in income in 2022, therefore without [Fuel Tax Concessions],the fleetsâ collective profits would have been around ÂŁâŻ1 million, effectively breaking even,all else remaining equal."
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5 months ago
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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.
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Dr Angel Borja
5 months ago
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
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Trevor A. Branch
5 months ago
A little bit of coverage of our paper in
@nature.com
!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Big mother whales have more daughters than sons
Archival whaling data reveal a sex bias in the offspring of long female whales.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03053-0
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Ralph Regenvanu
5 months ago
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/23/v...
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Vanuatu pursues new UN resolution to turn ICJ climate opinion into action
In a landmark opinion, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said states have a legal responsibility to act on climate change
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/23/vanuatu-new-un-resolution-icj-climate-opinion-action-legal-justice/
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Hetan Shah
5 months ago
Really interesting piece on a water sharing dispute in Goa, and the ethics of who bears the burden when the âcommon goodâ is invoked. A lovely excerpt below on how our approach to funding this research made a critical approach possible
theprint.in/opinion/shou...
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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...
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https://dialogue.earth/en/ocean/what-next-for-the-high-seas-treaty-as-entry-into-force-nears/
5 months ago
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"possible serious failures to comply with environmental law" đ
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Mongabay
5 months ago
Experimental climate interventions in the worldâs oceans are moving ahead in a regulatory vacuum, raising concerns among scientists about potential risks, Mongabay staff writer Edward Carver reported.
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Experimental ocean climate fixes move ahead without regulation
Experimental climate interventions in the worldâs oceans are moving ahead in a regulatory vacuum, raising concerns among scientists about potential risks, Mongabay staff writer Edward CarverâŠ
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/09/experimental-ocean-climate-fixes-move-ahead-without-regulation/
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Oceana UK
5 months ago
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
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Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll finds
Survey of eight countries finds 82% of people support 30x30 biodiversity target, as progress stalls on protected areas
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/05/30x30-biodiversity-target-protecting-nature-land-seas-survey-public-support-aoe
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đMarkus Kniggeđ
6 months ago
By 2050 human-induced pressures on đ 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/...
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Cumulative impacts to global marine ecosystems projected to more than double by midcentury
Pressures from human activities are expected to increase significantly, impacting marine ecosystems globally. To plan for a sustainable future, we need to forecast distributions of cumulative impacts ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv2906
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New on
@dialogueearth.bsky.social
: âWe must speak of the ocean, without forgetting the coasts, and the communities that live there.â
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/com...
Also in Spanish: âDebemos hablar del ocĂ©ano, sin olvidar las costas y las comunidades que viven allĂâ.
dialogue.earth/es/oceanos/c...
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Communities are key to safeguarding Chileâs ocean
Solutions stem from grassroots innovation, Indigenous rights and effective protections, say participants of an ocean governance workshop organised by Dialogue Earth and FIMA
https://dialogue.earth/en/ocean/communities-are-key-to-safeguarding-chiles-ocean/
6 months ago
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