Call for bids to host the APECS International Directorate from January 2027

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Carnivorous “Death-Ball” Sponge Among 30 New Deep-Sea Species from the Southern Ocean Thirty previously unknown deep-sea species, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet by The Nippon Foundation–Nekton Ocean Censu...

Announcement: 30 new species discovered from expeditions to the Southern Ocean. Read more 👇

oceancensus.org/press-releas...

@schmidtocean.bsky.social #NewSpecies

Benthopelagic Deep-Sea Food Webs Along a Latitudinal Gradient in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean) - Ecosystems Understanding food-web structure is crucial to determine the functioning of ecosystems and sustainably manage resources. The Scotia Sea is an important area for Antarctic krill and toothfish fisheries...

🧪🦑 In our new paper at #Ecosystems we studied the #benthopelagic #deepsea #foodwebs at the #ScotiaSea finding they have 5 #trophiclevels with #toppredators changing between study areas 🐟🦑🇬🇸🇦🇶

doi.org/10.1007/s100...

@ucoimbra.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk @umrlienss.bsky.social @uaveiro.bsky.social

An Antimora rostrata (blue antimora; a fish species studied here) next to a ruler.

🧪🦑 Check out our new study where we analysed #Mercury and #StableIsotopes in 2 #deepsea #fish species from #SouthGeorgia in the #SouthernOcean 🐟🧑‍🔬🇬🇸🇦🇶

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

@ucoimbra.bsky.social @uaveiro.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
@umrlienss.bsky.social @arnetla.bsky.social

We have vacancies available on our committee! 🕊️👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👦

We are recruiting for 5 roles:

Secretary 👩‍🏫
Assistant Journal Editor 📉
Social Media Lead 🤳
Assistant Newsletter/ Social Media Support 🤝
Website Officer 🧑‍💻

Feel free to DM for details & email secretary@seabirdgroup.org.uk to apply (deadline 31 Oct) 📥

Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Decreasing mercury concentrations in beaks of the giant warty squid Moroteuthopsis longimana in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean) since the 1970s The giant warty squid Moroteuthopsis longimana is an important prey of top predators in the Southern Ocean. It is therefore a major link in the pathwa…

Check out our #newpaper on #mercury concentrations from the #giantwartysquid from the #SouthernOcean #Antarctica along a 5 decade period (from 1970s to 2010s) 🧪🦑🇦🇶

This work includes a team from @ucoimbra.bsky.social, @uaveiro.bsky.social and @bas.ac.uk 🇵🇹🇬🇧

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists Abstract. There is an increasing recognition of the importance of involving early career researchers (ECRs) in scientific positions of trust within nationa

Guidelines for ensuring meaningful engagement of early career researchers in scientific collaborations: recommendations from and for marine and polar scientists url: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

📣 The last episode of the #CIIMAROdysseys featuring our #GorringeExpedition is out! In this episode, our researchers @cventuracosta.bsky.social, @josepmqueiros.bsky.social and Eva Lopes answer the questions raised by you 👩‍🔬 👨‍🔬

#MarineScience #DeepSea #DOSI #ScienceAtSea #HorizonEurope #OceanDecade

Here’s the 2nd episode of this new season of #CIIMAROdysseys!

This time, we follow the intense sampling during the @twindeeps.bsky.social expedition to the #GorringeBank, with narration by researcher Eva Lopes (CIIMAR & FCUP).

▶️ www.instagram.com/p/DL7s9FNouc8/

#CIIMARexpeditions

And the new series of @ciimar.bsky.social #Odysseys just started and is going to talk a bit about our recent #TwindEEPS project expedition to #gorringebank aboard the #RVPelagia. Check out the first episode 🛳🪸😁

@niozsearesearch.bsky.social @awi.de Havforsknings Instituttet EMEPC #NorthAtlantic

Cientistas exploram o fundo do Gorringe, onde há corais, esponjas e um chão rochoso à Mordor Nova expedição científica às profundezas do Gorringe, cadeia montanhosa submersa no Atlântico, permitiu detalhar a biodiversidade local. Este oásis marinho vai ser classificado como área protegida.

Cientistas exploram o fundo do Gorringe, onde há corais e um chão rochoso à Mordor www.publico.pt/2025/06/20/a...

🌊 The RV Pelagia has arrived in Matosinhos!

After 13 intense days at sea, the team from the @twindeeps.bsky.social project has returned from their expedition to the Gorringe Seamount

🔗 Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/ciimar...

Expedição ao desconhecido: CIIMAR lidera campanha científica ao enigmático Monte Submarino Gorringe Cientistas do Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) lideram expedição ao mar profundo na área do monte submarino Gorringe, a maior montanha submarina portuguesa e europe...

Check out what are we doing at #Gorringe Bank in a moment that it was annouced that it will become an #MPA in the near future 🪸🐟🦞🐋

greensavers.sapo.pt/expedicao-ao...

🌊 We celebrated #WorldOceanDay with a group of curious 8th graders! We talked about why the ocean and the deep sea are so important, and what it’s like to live and work on a research vessel!

Inspiring future ocean stewards is the best way to celebrate!🌊

#ScienceOutreach #HorizonEurope #OceanDecade

⚓ Today’s the day! ⚓
The #TwinDEEPS research expedition to the Gorringe Bank is about to start onboard RV Pelagia!

Stay tuned for updates, as we dive into the unknown! 🌊
#GorringeExpedition #MarineScience #OceanResearch #DeepSea #Capacitation #HorizonEurope #OceanDecade

First TwinDEEPS training activity ✅
Still buzzing after the Cruise Leadership workshop hosted by NIOZ in cooperation with all TwinDEEPS partners.
Participants got hands-on training on how to design and plan oceanographic campaigns. 🌊

#DeepSea #OceanExploration #MarineScience #HorizonEurope

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗬𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗬𝗧+ 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! 🧬 Join research teams at CIIMAR with a monthly scholarship 🔬 Access state-of-the-art facilities and technologies 💼 Build new skills 👉 Learn more: http://byt.ciimar.up.pt/ and apply by May 20th!

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗬𝗧 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!
🧬 Join research teams at CIIMAR with a monthly scholarship
🔬 Access innovative facilities and technologies
💼 Build new skills
👉 Learn more byt.ciimar.up.pt and apply by May 20!
#CIIMARtraining #CIIMARblueyoungtalent #BYT#CIIMARbyt #Scholarship #marineresearch

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

Depiction of the status of early career scientists. Instagram.

My friend from graduate school found out that funding for her NF1 project got pulled. From $25 mil to 0 with a stroke of a pen. NF1=Neurofibromatosis Type 1, an inherited genetic disorder. Both of us are early career scientists. 🧪🔬🧬 #Science #AcademicSky

www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

Groundfish survey reveals key insights into South Georgia's marine life - British Antarctic Survey A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explored the diverse marine life and groundfish thriving 300 metres below the surface.

Would you like to know what a team of scientists did aboard a fishing vessel around South Georgia and Shag Rocks (Southern Ocean) for three weeks? 🐟🐙🦀🦑🧪⛴️❄️🇬🇸

If yes, then take a look here: www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/g...

@bas.ac.uk

And on a last minute call it is time to fly to #ColoradoBoulder 🇺🇸 for #PECWS (Polar Early Career World Summit) 🐧🐻‍❄️❄️

Let’s discuss the importance of #ECRs in #PolarScience and what are the challenges and directions towards the 5 #InternationalPolarYear ☃️

@polarsecco.bsky.social #APECS

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics (277333) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics (277333), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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Come work at the U. of Oslo. We are advertising a 3-year postdoc in Evolutionary and Comparative Genomics. If working with plant evolution in the Galápagos, pangenome and structural variants sounds exciting for you - this may be your chance!

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PRESS RELEASE: The Ocean Census Discovers Over 800 New Marine Species - Ocean Census The Ocean Census, the largest global mission to discover ocean life reveals over 800 newly discovered marine species

Have you heard the news? 📣 866 brand new marine species discovered by scientists in the Ocean Census Science Network. 👇

oceancensus.org/press-releas...

Black-and-white ink drawing of a colossal squid holding a birthday cake

Happy bday colossal squid! The species was described in 1925 so @deepseapod.com & I did a centenary episode on the @deepseapodcast.bsky.social - www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/056-... 🦑🎉
Gorgeous artwork thanks to Gareth, a guest on our recent #Antarctic voyage with #IntrepidTravel for #ProjectESCA

BAS is on 9,958 followers.

Oooh.... we're close to having 10k followers! 👀

Can you help us get there? Do you know anyone who'd enjoy following us?

Fieldwork opportunity: We're looking to hire a field assistant for the www.phenoweb.org project starting 1 April. Please repost. #phenology #fieldwork #birdringing

🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨

Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.

Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025

#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals

[New Paper] is on the COVER of @science.org !!
FIRST genome-phylogeny of MOLLUSCS (snails, clams, octopus, etc.) complete with ALL classes —incl. the mythical "living fossil" Monoplacophora— reveals how they evolved the most diverse body forms of all animals!

OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1126/scie...