Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship: Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management. The studentship will...

PhD opportunity! "Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management". Do cutting edge research on the deep sea under supervision from Prof Kerry Howell @pml.ac.uk, Dr Angela Stevenson @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & me @thembauk.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

Key findings from the benthic dataset show just how little of the seafloor below 30 m we’ve sampled:

🔍Mapping the Gaps: New global study reveals huge biases in benthic & pelagic biodiversity data – but what does this mean for science & conservation, & how can we address it? Read “Prioritisation of Ocean Biodiversity Data Collection to Deliver a Sustainable Ocean” to find out! shorturl.at/dypTc – 🧵:

Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters

Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year

- Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters

#UNOC
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Project to revolutionise deep sea understanding using AI awarded pioneering grant from Bezos Earth Fund The grant supports innovative AI-driven solutions to tackle urgent environmental challenges

Honored to be among the 24 global recipients of the #BezosEarthFund’s #AI Grand Challenge for Climate & Nature. PML's Prof Kerry Howell has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support using #artificialintelligence to radically improve our understanding of #deepsea ecosystems: pml.ac.uk/news/project...

‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime

‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon and Cornwall in the UK, and Ireland

Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime

#climatecrisis
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Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago This study aims to map and predict the distribution of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, using high- and low-resolution bathymetry data. The models, develope...

Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

ROV dives are fully underway around #SouthSandwichIslands with @oceancensus.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social . In the first dive at around 400m, ROV landed on a fab coral garden (pic 3)!

@plymouthmarine.bsky.social

British Antarctic Survey

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Cleaning up what were some very muddy Pheronema carpenteri specimens. The first deep-sea beastie to capture my heart. #SpongeThursday

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...

Help us make a textbook

I am excited to announce that my third book will be an ocean conservation science and policy textbook!

If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!

See next post

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Coral Reef in the Ras Mohanned Marine Park, Egypt. Credit: Alex Mustard / Ocean Image Bank

NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?

2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team

Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍

RECRUITING PhD student to study kelp dispersal and transport from the coastal zone to the deep sea. See our website for particulars. annametaxas.com

Our new article out in Science Advances today! 🌊 In Europe we have protected 1% of our deep-sea biodiversity from bottom-contact fishing, but our analysis revealed that 3,500 hours of fishing still occurred within these protected areas. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Ever wondered where we’ve sampled and where we haven’t? Well if you came to my talk, then now you know! Huge thanks to #17DSBS for having me present our recent work in the strategic prioritisation of biodiversity data collection 🗺️ 🌎. As always, it was a wonderful space to share this science in!

⭐ DOSI Day 2025 ⭐

Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for a brilliant DOSI Day at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology!

📢Calling all ecologists, biologists, oceanographers, social sciences, economists etc. with knowledge relevant to the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic #ABNJ
Join ICES Workshop on the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic Ecosystem Overview #WKONEA
📅10-14 February 2025
ℹMore info & register www.ices.dk/community/gr...

JNCC is building #interdisciplinary capability to deliver thriving #nature for a #sustainable future 🙌🏾

If you have a background in #economics, inspired by #nature, want to work in an organisation of #inclusion, #collaboration & #innovation, do apply 👇🏽

#TogetherForNature 💚

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RRS James Cook

Are you a student or ECR seeking ship-based field work experience? Berth applications are now open for the next AtlantiS PAP site expedition (JC278).

📅 Application deadline for JC278: 5th January 2025

Applications form 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish itself It is easy to get mired in a sense of…

‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories

UK Coastal Research Conference 2025

Abstracts submissions are now open for the UK Coastal Research Conference 2025, taking place in Liverpool on 1st-3rd July 2025. 🌊

Submit your abstract and find out more here ✅ noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025

#UKCRC25

🌊 PML’s Professor Kerry Howell is currently in #AscensionIsland, a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, to gather biodiversity and physical environment data that will support effective #MarineConservation: Find out more: pml.ac.uk/news/investi...

Satellite Measurements Make Major Seafloor Map Improvements - Eos Though ship-based sounding has mapped some areas of the ocean floor in higher resolution, researchers have used SWOT data to create a detailed new map of the seafloor, including thousands of previousl...

Satellite data have helped scientists map out large swaths in the ocean floor, but not in great detail. A new @science.org study from @scrippsocean.bsky.social details a dramatic increase in the quality of seafloor mapping based on satellites.

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Senior Policy Officer, United States North America Regional Office. North America Regional Office, Washington D.C., United States of America

For the right person, this is a dream job.

hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/7110 🧪🌎

We are hiring a Laboratory Technician Apprentice! Closing date: 9th December 2024.

We are seeking a Level 3 Apprentice Laboratory Technician! 🌊 Gain hands-on experience & training across a range of cutting-edge laboratory environments, including our research aquarium.

If you're passionate about the ocean - this is the role for you! 🐠

Apply here: https://buff.ly/3V9GFib