'Ocean with David Attenborough' Screening and Panel Discussion Join us to view the spectacular 'Ocean with David Attenborough' followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion.

📣Coming up!
🎟️Ocean with David Attenborough (screening + panel session)
📅17th April, 1:30 pm, The New Theatre in Dublin🇮🇪

www.eventbrite.ie/e/ocean-with...

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Evidencing the role of seagrass meadows on nutrients and POM interception from shrimp ponds in a Mudflat-Seagrass-Coral Reef continuum through stable isotopes Coastal aquaculture supports livelihoods in tropical developing countries and contributes substantially to regional food security, often in areas wher…

"Seagrass meadows buffer inputs from coastal aquaculture, reducing anthropogenic pressure on more vulnerable systems such as coral reefs”.

🧪 Wang et al., 2026: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Seagrass #EcosystemServices #CoralReefs

Plain language summary – Combining scientific research and local knowledge to better understand and manage ecosystem services: lessons from northern Portugal By Jacinto Cunha, Edna Cabecinha, Sebastian Villasante, Stefano Balbi, Michael Elliott, and Sandra Ramos Douro estuary. Photo by the lead author, Jacinto Cunha. Read the full paper here Our study s…

Summary in plain language: shorturl.at/p6c2h

Better understanding of marine and coastal #EcosystemServices requires integration of scientific assessments and stakeholder perceptions - check out this case study from northern Portugal 🇵🇹, published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social

✅ Cunha et al., 2026: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

In a recent publication in Ocean & Coastal Management, Polette et al. explore how: 🌆urbanisation and industrialisation,
🎣increased use of natural resources &🌡️low resistance and resilience to climate change play out in the coastal area of Balneário Camboriú 🇧🇷

➡️ shorturl.at/tgK8X

#EcosystemServices

The importance of long-time series of benthic data for science and management Abstract. Benthic organisms are important ecological receptors, playing fundamental roles across seafloor ecosystems, delivering some of the most important

”Comprehensive understanding of benthic ecology, essential for robust marine management, reliable numerical analysis, and taxonomic consistency, cannot be achieved without the continuity provided by long-term data”.

🌐 Read more: Birchenough et al., 2026, doi.org/10.1093/ices...

What? Oh, just the biggest gathering of ocean scientists in the world… #OSM26

Also, four sessions on Food webs in changing oceans and seas. Four!!

@helsinki.fi @marbefes.bsky.social #MarineResearch #OceanSciences #InterEarth

Cultural #EcosystemServices of offshore environments: see this short commentary piece to the article published last year by MARBEFES researchers in @ucdearth.bsky.social blog Earth Comment.

🌊 shorturl.at/Wj0gQ

Out now:

🌐A new method combining ecological valuation and EUNIS habitat classification system can help assess marine ecosystem extent and condition.

🗺️Tested on 3 European Atlantic case studies.

➡️Egidazu-de la Parte et al. (2026), doi.org/10.1016/j.in...

#ecosystemservices #SEEA-EA

2️⃣weeks until registrations and abstract submissions open for May’s #BioMonWeek2026, the European conference for Biodiversity Monitoring!
Choose to apply among the sessions tied to the conference's 9️⃣ themes.
ℹ️ www.biodiversa.eu/wp-content/u...
🌐 www.biomonweek.eu
#BiodiversityMonitoring

Today is #WorldWetlandsDay under the theme "Wetlands & traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage."

For migratory birds, wetlands are critical stopover sites and breeding & wintering habitats. Protecting wetlands means protecting the journeys that connect countries, cultures & wildlife.

⿻Marine conservation designations often overlap and duplicate efforts due to similar criteria.

✅A new study highlights the need to streamline and better integrate these designations for more effective marine management.

➡️ shorturl.at/FYQCR

#MarinePlan #GES4SEAS @marinesabres.bsky.social

Liderzy w Horyzoncie | prof. Marcin Węsławski YouTube video by NCBR

🔑Communication is key!

Jan Marcin Węsławski from #IOPAN has been recently interviewed on NCBR channel, where he talked about his experience as MARBEFES General Project Coordinator - watch below [🇵🇱interview in Polish]: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXV1...

Art and the Healing Powers of Morecambe Bay The first quarter of the twenty-first century saw a flourishing of ecologically- and socially-engaged art around Morecambe Bay. Explore selected works and artists through this storymap.

To explore the map and read about fascinating examples of art focused on Morecambe Bay, visit: shorturl.at/hcb5W

#cultural #ecosystemservices #heritage #MorecambeBay @morecambebay.bsky.social

Story Map: Art and the Healing Powers of Morecambe Bay How does art support wellbeing, sense of place, and care for coastal environments? The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing ...

🎨How does art support wellbeing, sense of place, and care for coastal environments?

🌅The MARBEFES story map, Art and the Healing Powers of #MorecambeBay, highlights artworks that strengthen place connection across the Bay: shorturl.at/FJZeA

💻Developed by Ashley Cahillane (UEA, UCD).

The accompanying event is an exhibition titled "In the Depth. Living Seas, Living Bodies” at the State Art Gallery in Sopot.
You can still visit it until April 2026!

🎨 pgs.pl/wp-content/u...

Throwback to November 2025, when MARBEFES was present at the interdisciplinary conference ‘Humans and the European Marine Environment – Adaptation to Climate and Biodiversity Change’ in Sopot🇵🇱

📝Read more about the conference here: shorturl.at/LGKbN

Today we celebrate #WorldFisheriesDay and recognize the importance of sustainable fisheries in maintaining the livelihoods of communities and in ensuring healthy ocean ecosystems. 🐟

Find out more with this IPBES infographic.

Today we are attending the @marbefes.bsky.social conference on climate change, biodiversity, and the relationship between humans and the marine environment, where our presentation is focused on the Mediterranean Sea.
Here's a few snapshots 👇 👇 👇

🛳️ In 2023, our colleague Ashley Cahillane asked researchers and crew of the RV #CelticExplorer: how do you interact with the sea? Do you think the sea benefits the society? Should the sea be valued?

🌐 Results of her research on offshore cultural #EcosystemServices are out now: shorturl.at/hzcbE

Frontiers | Environmental change between 1980 and 2020 followed by societal change in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Southern Baltic, a review The Gulf of Gdańsk belongs to the best-known marine areas in the Baltic, with regular environmental observations since mid-20th century. It covers the widest...

🌐What can you learn from 40 years of environmental data?

📈Turns out quite a lot, including how pressures have changed over time.

🐟Example: Gulf of Gdańsk has shifted from industrial/fishery to largescale tourism, meaning that key pressures also changed.

shorturl.at/7kFu3 (Węsławski et al., 2025)

MARBEFES team at the General Assembly in Seville 🇪🇸 Ready for the final year of the project!

@lifewatcheric.bsky.social @wormbotherer.bsky.social

🇪🇸 That's a wrap for our 2025 General Assembly!

🔎 We've heard lots of ideas and contributions from all the consortium - and the discussions will continue in the final year of the project.

Thank you @lifewatcheric.bsky.social for hosting us this year, Seville was wonderful 💃

🇪🇸Day 2 of MARBEFES General Assembly is behind us!

🔎Looking into going beyond the project case studies and tools - through outscaling, upscaling, stakeholder engagement, and publications.

🔑Also, a lot of discussions around lessons learned from the project so far.

@lifewatcheric.bsky.social

🍂 Enjoy a few pictures from @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School "Protecting marine biodiversity for nature & humans", co-located with the project's General Assembly in Seville.
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG
@cefasgovuk.bsky.social @lifewatchvliz.bsky.social @vliz.be @aboakademi.bsky.social @klaipeda.bsky.social

We are all set! 🙌 The @marbefes.bsky.social Autumn School 2025 starts today and our selected students are ready to learn about biodiversity and ecosystem assessment and measurement, and tools for ecological, social and economic evaluation!
👉 bit.ly/3WtJlaG

🇪🇸Day 1 of MARBEFES General Assembly in Seville comes to an end.

🔎Topics covered (among many others): data gaps, toolbox applications and challenges stemming from the interdisciplinarity of the project.

@lifewatcheric.bsky.social

These days at @marbefes.bsky.social annual meeting, as advisory board member, and building bridges with other projects, such as #GES4SEAS
Looking for the legacy of our projects

#research
#MarineEcology

We’ve recently supported #SopotScienceDay, an open event for science-enthusiasts and science-curious.

Over 800 visitors 🙋🏼‍♀️ and representatives from 30 institutions👩‍🔬 gathered at #IOPAN to talk all things marine biodiversity, and sustainability.

👓 Read more here: oceanofchanges.com/en/sopot-sci...

Past year we had @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS summer school with 6 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects, today, we have a paper published on the topic of science-policy #communication.
#Research
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Read it for free:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....