New PhD project available here at @lancasteruni.bsky.social!

Come and research coral reefs, MPAs, and climate impacts 🪸

www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

In our last thread, we left the jelly-enjoyers of Bluesky with a cliff hanger ending, in what one eager onlooker described as soap opera science 😜 ... wait no more, we are back! Grab your popcorn shrimp and come with us on a journey spanning more than...

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We're #hiring a new #PhD student - come join @lec-reefs.bsky.social to investigate coral reefs, MPAs, and climate impacts. 🌊 🧪🦑

Details + apply here - www.exageo.org/phd-student-...

Deadline Jan 9th! International applicants encouraged 👍

Come join @lec-reefs.bsky.social !

2 new post-doc positions with the amazing @timlamont.bsky.social at Lancaster Environment Centre. An exciting time to join + form his new Future Leaders research on transforming ecosystem restoration.

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Schematic diagram of the influence of seabirds on temperate and tropical near-shore marine systems. Temperatre systems: - Nutrient enrichment and predation on herbivorous invertebrates can lead to increased algal production - Phytoplankton communities change, featuring more large-celled species - Intertidal organisms incorporate seabird-enriched material by grazing on detritus and biofilm in tidepools - Macroalgae biodiversity and primary production are boosted Tropical systems: - Mangrove leaf nutritional quality increases - Corals recover faster after bleaching events - Fish biomass increases across different trophic groups - Pelagic and benthic consumers' foraging behaviour shifts - Parrotfish grazing and bioerosion rates increase - Fish grow larger

New in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com: our review of the influence of #seabirds, via their nutrient transfer, on islands & adjacent marine ecosystems 🐦🏝️🪸

We highlight knowledge gaps & future directions ✨

"The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people": doi.org/10.1038/s443...

close-up of a by-the-wind sailor on a white background

Kailua Beach, Hawai’i: The first time I laid eyes on a By-the-wind sailor, I stopped dead in my tracks, dusted the sand off my hands, grabbed my iphone and...

A new study reveals that although they are often overlooked, dried fish are critical to helping feed millions of people across Africa.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4nItEIj

@lancasteruni.bsky.social

New paper!

‘Climate change impacts to upwelling and shallow reef nutrient sources across an oceanic archipelago’

Out now in Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org

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For the first time since records began, Panama’s deep and cold ocean waters failed to emerge, possibly affecting fisheries and coral health The natural phenomenon of upwelling, which occurs annually in the Gulf of Panama, failed for the first time on record in 2025. A study led by scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institut...

#Panama's January to April #ocean #upwelling which brings normally cool, nutrient-filled waters from the deep. 2025 was different; "this vital oceanographic process did not occur for the first time" 😮

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These Majestic Seabirds Never Stop Pooping

You know this story is going to be a good time because my editor told me the first draft had too many instances of the word "poop" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/s... 🧪 (featuring Leo Uesaka, @ruthedunn.bsky.social‬ and @movementecology.bsky.social)

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

@sosbangor.bsky.social

Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social

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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate - Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage and Knowledge Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) is pleased to announce a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position as part of a Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Counterma...

3-year postdoc @lancasteruni.bsky.social w/ Dr's John Childs & Nicola Firth

Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage & Knowledge

Offering an alternative t0 mainstream approaches to understanding the political geography of the deep seabed

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How did farmed salmon take over? We explored how big industry and retail shape consumer perceptions, putting UK salmon top of the Big 5

So what? Market-making helps #salmon to expand, raising environmental impacts and squeezing out other #seafood from UK diets 🦑

doi.org/10.1088/1748...

🚨 Our latest paper on how #climatechange will affect the distribution of shared fish stocks like #tuna and #billfishes across international borders is out now! 🐟🌍

Read the #OpenAccess article & IOF story below 👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Global declines in net primary production in the ocean color era - Nature Communications This study shows primary production has significantly decreased in nearly half of the ocean. The authors demonstrate that decadal shifts in ocean color are driven by increasing nutrient limitation of ...

🧪 Ocean productivity is shrinking

A new study finds a 7% global decline in ocean net primary production (NPP) over 25 years, driven by warming, nutrient-poor surface waters.

This threatens carbon cycling and global fisheries.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Oceans

Are you a community/macro ecologist? Looking for more data? Sick of compiling/cleaning data?? 🧪🌍🦤🦑🌐

The nutritional value of invertebrate aquatic foods Aquatic invertebrates are a diverse, nutrient-dense, and socio-ecologically important food whose contribution to human nutrition is frequently overlooked. We quantify their contribution to global nutr...

Are you interested in invertebrate aquatic foods and their role in global nutrition-security? We quantified the nutrient supply of aquatic invertebrates for 29 essential nutrients, and in the process we developed predictive models of their nutrient content! Preprint alert: @chrisgolden.bsky.social

Platform Updates We regularly update our platform to include improved features and new data sets to understand human activity in our ocean.

New Open Data Release! Version 3 of our normalized global fishing effort dataset is available for download. Now spanning 12 years 2012-2024! The release adds 4 more years, nearly 370 million hours of fishing activity, and 141,000 new vessels.

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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...

In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
@forestplots.bsky.social

Humans in Africa’s wet tropical forests 150 thousand years ago - Nature The identification of tools dated to the time of Homo sapiens associated with microfloral evidence of wet tropical forests indicates that West African forests were occupied by humans much earlier...

In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Deadline FRIDAY! New postdoc position on pelagic reef subsidies. @lancasteruni.bsky.social & @lec-reefs.bsky.social

Tell your friends 😎 🦑🧪🌊🌍

Is ocean circulation the ultimate driver of biological carbon storage in the ocean? at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Is ocean circulation the ultimate driver of biological carbon storage in the ocean? at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

Fully funded PhD project through @ukri.org future leaders fellowship to Jamie Wilson @livuniresearch.bsky.social on whether ocean circulation the ultimate driver of biological carbon storage in the ocean 🌊🧪⚒️

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

**2 weeks** left to apply - come join me and @lec-reefs.bsky.social at Lancaster University.

We're hiring a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University to join the SharkScape project, a three–year, multi-institute project involving field-based research and data analysis.

Apply now: 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLV215/r...

#MarineScience #SharkConservation #ResearchJobs

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗

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Our civil servants at USAID want us to share that Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads
calling #USAID wasteful.

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Tell Congress #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

Here’s how USAID would’ve spent that $$ ⬇️

Two weeks left to apply for a postdoctoral researcher position in my lab, working on cuties like this Trimma capostriatum. If you're into pop gen, fish, and fieldwork, please consider applying. We're a fun group to science with! 🥹👉👈

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Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social

Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
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