Dan Smale
@dansmale1.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, climate change impacts, seaweed farming, kelp forests, extreme climatic events, marine biodiversity and conservation. Based at Marine Biological Association, UK
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Dr Dan Smale, @dansmale1.bsky.social, receives the Marsh Award for Climate Change Research.
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dr Dan Smale, @dansmale1.bsky.social, receives the Marsh Award for Climate Change Research.
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Impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services: our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity is out!
doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services: our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity is out!
doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social
NEW PAPER: We discovered some v old but v detailed kelp data in MBA archive (Mary Parke's surveys from the 1940s!! 🤯🤯) and resurveyed some 80 years later. Found that Laminaria hyperborea popns in SW England in decline, likely to due warming.... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
NEW PAPER: We discovered some v old but v detailed kelp data in MBA archive (Mary Parke's surveys from the 1940s!! 🤯🤯) and resurveyed some 80 years later. Found that Laminaria hyperborea popns in SW England in decline, likely to due warming.... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Yet again we are seeing "unprecedented" marine heatwaves in 2025.
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What will we see in 2025 & beyond? @dansmale1.bsky.social comments, “If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event."
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What will we see in 2025 & beyond? @dansmale1.bsky.social comments, “If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event."
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May 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Yet again we are seeing "unprecedented" marine heatwaves in 2025.
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What will we see in 2025 & beyond? @dansmale1.bsky.social comments, “If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event."
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What will we see in 2025 & beyond? @dansmale1.bsky.social comments, “If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event."
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🥁 🥁 🥁 The #ITRS2025 scientific program is online 🙌 itrs-home.org/scientific-p... please share! 42 days until 🚀
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🥁 🥁 🥁 The #ITRS2025 scientific program is online 🙌 itrs-home.org/scientific-p... please share! 42 days until 🚀
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
#marineecology @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @aurelien-boye.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @ifremer.bsky.social
So much life springing up in Plymouth Sound area at this time of year.... bloom is picking up, kelp is luscious, animals getting going: 5-6 m viz, 11 deg C, fair conditions. Great start to the summer diving season 🫡
April 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So much life springing up in Plymouth Sound area at this time of year.... bloom is picking up, kelp is luscious, animals getting going: 5-6 m viz, 11 deg C, fair conditions. Great start to the summer diving season 🫡
So good to get the 2025 MBA Dive Season up and running! Despite recent torrential rain, viz was pretty decent and conditions were fair in Plymouth Sound. Training day and first surveys in the bag, great team effort 🌊🌱😎🤿🐟 @thembauk.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So good to get the 2025 MBA Dive Season up and running! Despite recent torrential rain, viz was pretty decent and conditions were fair in Plymouth Sound. Training day and first surveys in the bag, great team effort 🌊🌱😎🤿🐟 @thembauk.bsky.social
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Check out our ✨new✨ OA paper in Reviews in Aquaculture on whether the European seaweed farming industry can mitigate climate change through carbon capture ➡️➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
explore our key findings in the graphical abstract ⬇️
#bluecarbon #seaweedaquaculture
explore our key findings in the graphical abstract ⬇️
#bluecarbon #seaweedaquaculture
March 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Check out our ✨new✨ OA paper in Reviews in Aquaculture on whether the European seaweed farming industry can mitigate climate change through carbon capture ➡️➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
explore our key findings in the graphical abstract ⬇️
#bluecarbon #seaweedaquaculture
explore our key findings in the graphical abstract ⬇️
#bluecarbon #seaweedaquaculture
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The decomposition dynamics of 3 important #kelp species in the Northeast Atlantic with focus on the loss of dissolved carbon. We found that DOC is released in large amounts initially, providing valuable data around the complex processes involved in #carbon cycling of kelps.
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The decomposition dynamics of 3 important #kelp species in the Northeast Atlantic with focus on the loss of dissolved carbon. We found that DOC is released in large amounts initially, providing valuable data around the complex processes involved in #carbon cycling of kelps.
bit.ly/meps_755_63
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The decomposition dynamics of 3 important #kelp species in the Northeast Atlantic with focus on the loss of dissolved carbon. We found that DOC is released in large amounts initially, providing valuable data around the complex processes involved in #carbon cycling of kelps.
bit.ly/meps_755_63
The decomposition dynamics of 3 important #kelp species in the Northeast Atlantic with focus on the loss of dissolved carbon. We found that DOC is released in large amounts initially, providing valuable data around the complex processes involved in #carbon cycling of kelps.
bit.ly/meps_755_63
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Want to learn how #MarineHeatwaves are impacting our future? 🌊🔥 Check out this new article from
@theguardian.com ➡️ buff.ly/43ilX4G
Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Research Assistant at the MBA, reveals the impact of marine heatwaves on our #ocean. Discover the research here 🔗 buff.ly/3Qy8dLJ
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Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Research Assistant at the MBA, reveals the impact of marine heatwaves on our #ocean. Discover the research here 🔗 buff.ly/3Qy8dLJ
Surge in marine heatwaves costs lives and billions in storm damage – study
Floods, whale strandings and coral bleaching all more likely, say researchers, as 10% of ocean hits record high temperatures in 2023-24
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March 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Want to learn how #MarineHeatwaves are impacting our future? 🌊🔥 Check out this new article from
@theguardian.com ➡️ buff.ly/43ilX4G
Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Research Assistant at the MBA, reveals the impact of marine heatwaves on our #ocean. Discover the research here 🔗 buff.ly/3Qy8dLJ
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Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Research Assistant at the MBA, reveals the impact of marine heatwaves on our #ocean. Discover the research here 🔗 buff.ly/3Qy8dLJ
Summertime marine heatwaves (MHWs) in 2023/2024 were unprecedented and had wide-ranging biological, physical and societal impacts. Need to develop better response plans and adaptation/intervention approaches as MHWs intensify under climate change. New ms in Nat CC: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society - Nature Climate Change
In 2023–2024, widespread marine heatwaves associated with record ocean temperatures impacted ocean processes, marine species, ecosystems and coastal communities, with economic consequences. Despite wa...
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February 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Summertime marine heatwaves (MHWs) in 2023/2024 were unprecedented and had wide-ranging biological, physical and societal impacts. Need to develop better response plans and adaptation/intervention approaches as MHWs intensify under climate change. New ms in Nat CC: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The rising intensity of #MarineHeatwaves is putting our ocean at risk 🌊🔥
A groundbreaking new study led by Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Researcher at the MBA, reveals the summers of 2023-24 saw 3.5 times more marine heatwave days than ever recorded before.
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📷 The Ocean Agency
A groundbreaking new study led by Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Researcher at the MBA, reveals the summers of 2023-24 saw 3.5 times more marine heatwave days than ever recorded before.
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📷 The Ocean Agency
February 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The rising intensity of #MarineHeatwaves is putting our ocean at risk 🌊🔥
A groundbreaking new study led by Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Researcher at the MBA, reveals the summers of 2023-24 saw 3.5 times more marine heatwave days than ever recorded before.
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📷 The Ocean Agency
A groundbreaking new study led by Dr Katie Smith, Postdoc Researcher at the MBA, reveals the summers of 2023-24 saw 3.5 times more marine heatwave days than ever recorded before.
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📷 The Ocean Agency
Absolutely blown away and stunned by this news! Amazing to receive recognition from such a prestigious and historic organisation. Obvs this is not possible with out all the amazing students, ECRs and long term collaborators ive been fortunate to work with (eg www.marineheatwaves.org and kelp nerds)
February 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Absolutely blown away and stunned by this news! Amazing to receive recognition from such a prestigious and historic organisation. Obvs this is not possible with out all the amazing students, ECRs and long term collaborators ive been fortunate to work with (eg www.marineheatwaves.org and kelp nerds)
New paper hot of the press for #phycologyfriday !!!! 🌱🌊🌞We conducted a warming experiment in the field to test stress responses of the intertidal habitat forming seaweed Fucus serratus: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New paper hot of the press for #phycologyfriday !!!! 🌱🌊🌞We conducted a warming experiment in the field to test stress responses of the intertidal habitat forming seaweed Fucus serratus: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
💯- send your amazing work to society journals like the ESA, BES, ASLO ones, new phytologist, JMBA, etc , much better for all concerned 😄
Try to only publish in society journals!
There is some chaos again in academic publishing, so a quick reminder that some societies manage their own journals in house & offer OA options, discounts, read & publish deals etc. Any "profits" go back into the Society to support charitable activities incl. education & funding #AcademicSky
February 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
💯- send your amazing work to society journals like the ESA, BES, ASLO ones, new phytologist, JMBA, etc , much better for all concerned 😄
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You asked, we listened.
UK-based early/mid level marine roles, hand-picked for our community.
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UK-based early/mid level marine roles, hand-picked for our community.
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February 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
You asked, we listened.
UK-based early/mid level marine roles, hand-picked for our community.
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UK-based early/mid level marine roles, hand-picked for our community.
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Are you interested in working aboard a multidisciplinary research vessel? We're looking for a Seagoing Research Coordinator to help lead exciting marine research & outreach activities! 🌊
🗓️ Apply by 2nd March 2025.
📍 Plymouth, UK.
For more details and to apply ➡️ https://buff.ly/3EqRQO7
#OceanJobs
🗓️ Apply by 2nd March 2025.
📍 Plymouth, UK.
For more details and to apply ➡️ https://buff.ly/3EqRQO7
#OceanJobs
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Are you interested in working aboard a multidisciplinary research vessel? We're looking for a Seagoing Research Coordinator to help lead exciting marine research & outreach activities! 🌊
🗓️ Apply by 2nd March 2025.
📍 Plymouth, UK.
For more details and to apply ➡️ https://buff.ly/3EqRQO7
#OceanJobs
🗓️ Apply by 2nd March 2025.
📍 Plymouth, UK.
For more details and to apply ➡️ https://buff.ly/3EqRQO7
#OceanJobs
We conducted a 'classic' kelp canopy removal exp in mixed Laminaria forests in southwest UK. Results show that loss of canopy increases 5-fold the light reaching the reef which leads to 7-fold increase in understorey algae & 9-fold increase in kelp recruits; ms: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We conducted a 'classic' kelp canopy removal exp in mixed Laminaria forests in southwest UK. Results show that loss of canopy increases 5-fold the light reaching the reef which leads to 7-fold increase in understorey algae & 9-fold increase in kelp recruits; ms: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hi, everyone - it’s #PhycologyFriday! Be sure to check out the awesome folks in the “Algal Appreciation” starter pack, & lmk if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/RwMphxS
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hi, everyone - it’s #PhycologyFriday! Be sure to check out the awesome folks in the “Algal Appreciation” starter pack, & lmk if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/RwMphxS
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Wonderful to be at the celebration of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance this evening. Plymouth really is a powerhouse of Marine science - it's great to be here! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymouthmarine.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social 🌊
January 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wonderful to be at the celebration of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance this evening. Plymouth really is a powerhouse of Marine science - it's great to be here! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymouthmarine.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social 🌊
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Successful large-scale and long-term kelp forest restoration by culling sea urchins with quicklime and supported by crab predation | Marine Biology https://buff.ly/4fe1j8m 🦑🌎🧪
Successful large-scale and long-term kelp forest restoration by culling sea urchins with quicklime and supported by crab predation
In 2013, a large scale (70 hectare) kelp forest restoration experiment was conducted in a sea urchin barren that had been stable for 45 years. We used 200 tons of quicklime to eradicate the sea urchin...
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December 29, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Successful large-scale and long-term kelp forest restoration by culling sea urchins with quicklime and supported by crab predation | Marine Biology https://buff.ly/4fe1j8m 🦑🌎🧪
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Virtual Issue: Marine macrophytes in a changing world
Key papers that have shed light on the responses of #seagrasses and habitat-forming #macroalgae to environmental change.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8137.marine-macrophytes
Key papers that have shed light on the responses of #seagrasses and habitat-forming #macroalgae to environmental change.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8137.marine-macrophytes
December 28, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Virtual Issue: Marine macrophytes in a changing world
Key papers that have shed light on the responses of #seagrasses and habitat-forming #macroalgae to environmental change.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8137.marine-macrophytes
Key papers that have shed light on the responses of #seagrasses and habitat-forming #macroalgae to environmental change.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8137.marine-macrophytes
Just about to leave the office for 2.5 weeks 🎄🥳🎉. Nice evening for it. By my next visit the days will be getting longer 🥳🥳. Merry Christmas one and all 🎄 👊🥂🍻🍸
December 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Just about to leave the office for 2.5 weeks 🎄🥳🎉. Nice evening for it. By my next visit the days will be getting longer 🥳🥳. Merry Christmas one and all 🎄 👊🥂🍻🍸
There's been some healthy debate about which baseline to use when quantifying marine heatwaves (and other extreme climatic events). We summarize the pros/cons, explain why it matters and provide some recommendations in our new ms:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM
There's been some healthy debate about which baseline to use when quantifying marine heatwaves (and other extreme climatic events). We summarize the pros/cons, explain why it matters and provide some recommendations in our new ms:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We have an exciting range of new #PhD #Studentship opportunities available through our #Marine Research Partnership with the @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & @plymouthmarine.bsky.social 🌊
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December 16, 2024 at 3:11 PM
We have an exciting range of new #PhD #Studentship opportunities available through our #Marine Research Partnership with the @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & @plymouthmarine.bsky.social 🌊
Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/3OZAU3o
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