The coast is crawling with them! 🦀 Clibanaruis erythropus populations have shown large increases at MarClim time-series sites in south Cornwall since 2025 @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Small but dazzling, the limpet Patella pellucida has neon blue stripes created by a complex photonic structure with layers of calcium carbonate crystals that reflect blue light. Lovely to find on MarClim surveys @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/nco...
Trained volunteers are the lifeblood of MarClim @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
Tom's first publication from his PhD and a great review of substrate-borne vibration on embryonic and newly hatched marine invertebrates file:///Users/novamieszkowska/Downloads/978-3-031-94229-7_220-2.pdf @livuniresearch.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
Another glorious MarClim survey, this time at Trevone with @naturalengland.bsky.social staff & some gorgeous Onchidella celtica @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Lovely to catch up with my ex-student from @livuniresearch.bsky.social and a CoCoast Project team member, both now working for @naturalengland.bsky.social on today's MarClim survey at Prawle Point @thembauk.bsky.social
We are celebrating the 142nd birthday of the Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social by doing a MarClim survey at Looe with @naturalengland.bsky.social staff Esther Hughes.
Aulactinia verrucosa, Anemonia viridis, and Actiinia fragacea out at Portland Bill on today's @MarClim_UK survey @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
A glorious day to be on the shore doing @MarClim_UK surveys with @naturalengland.bsky.social staff in Dorset @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Back out on the Dee deploying refuges to study Eriocheir sinensis, thr invasive Chinese mitten crab with dissertation students from University of Liverpool & Natural Resources Wales @natreswales.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
Trained volunteers are crucial to the continuation of the @thembauk.bsky.social @MarClim_uk project. They come out whatever the weather & give invaluable assistance @naturalengland.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Downloaded & reset the Envloggers as well as doing MarClim surveys at Goury & Barfleur on the Cotenin Peninsula @thembauk.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Discussing the octopus bloom in SW England on @bbc drive.google.com/file/d/1_4YX... @thembauk.bsky.social
I am presenting the #MarClim project tomorrow (Friday) at 12:30 GMT at #COP30 in #Brazil. Watch at the #VirtualOceanPavilion on the online platform
cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com. COP30 supports global engagement at the UN Climate Conference @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
If AI & intertidal ecology tick your boxes, apply for the PhD with myself, Baihua Li & Jonathan Millet at Loughborough University and the Marine Biological Association. A transdiscipinary opportunity combining fieldwork & AI. @thembauk.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you ♥️ barnacles, time-series, fieldwork, modelling, and AI, apply for a PhD with myself, Phil Fenberg, @michaeltburrows.bsky.social, and Steve Hawkins @thembauk.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Groundbreaking work on the use of eDNA for characterizing intertidal biodiversity, comparing it to my MarClim time-series from @dinathebiologist.bsky.social, myself, Tom Webb, Helen Hipperson, and Matt Spencer @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Curious about the genome of the beautiful little Onchidella celtica? Now available to read @thembauk.bsky.social wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
Sabellaria alveolata at both Crackington Haven & Hartland Quay MarClim sites. Always a joy to see this Priority Habitat @thembauk.bsky.social
@livuninews.bsky.social Marine Biology undergraduate students
learning quadrat & transect survey methods for rocky intertidal systems @thembauk.bsky.social o
A wonderful meeting of minds & organizations on the MarClim northeast fieldtrip, with @naturalengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk & @thembauk.bsky.social
Great to see @bd-stew.bsky.social at @thembauk.bsky.social with film makers & PicSea map an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species, Eunicella verrucosa, in SW England.
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Heatwave-induced damage to kelps & fucoids on #MarClim annual surveys in north Wales for @naturalresources.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
A productive, collaborative @kelp-forests.bsky.social kelp workshop at itrs-home.org discussing kelp monitoring & research projects and linking them all together.
Grazing trails of Phorcus lineatus at Newhaven, where the population density has skyrocketed in the past five years of #MarClim surveys near the northeastern leading range edge @thembauk.bsky.social
Stunning Sabellaria alveolata reefs at Welcombe Mouth & Widemouth. Nice to see a priority habitat doing well again this year @thembauk.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
MarClim has found the Lusitanian hermit crab Clibanarious erythropus at two new sites in 2025 at the leading range edge in SW England, with existing populations increasing in abundance @thembauk.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.chrisparkes.photography image copyright MBA
Want to come & do a PhD with myself and Jack Thomson on the impacts of windfarms on benthic biodiversity @liverpoolunibsky.social ? Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Have a listen to me discussing my research, career, and marine themed leggings collection: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @thembauk.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social
If you are in or near Plymouth next week, come along to the climateconnectionsplymouth.co.uk #ClimateMingle event as I'll be speaking on climate change and marine heatwaves @ The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social on Thursday 27th March.
Get your FREE ticket here lnkd.in/eiCMPMfc