Mar Benavides
@marbenavides.bsky.social
Microbial Oceanographer
@noc.ac.uk
@ird-fr.bsky.social
www.ocean-bridges.net
@noc.ac.uk
@ird-fr.bsky.social
www.ocean-bridges.net
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🤝 Philippe Baptiste, ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Espace, et Claire Giry, PDG de l’ANR, ont signé le COP 2026-2030 État/ANR. Il fixe le cadre des actions et les orientations stratégiques de l’ANR pour les 5 prochaines années
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December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🤝 Philippe Baptiste, ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l’Espace, et Claire Giry, PDG de l’ANR, ont signé le COP 2026-2030 État/ANR. Il fixe le cadre des actions et les orientations stratégiques de l’ANR pour les 5 prochaines années
➡ anr.fr/fr/actus/det...
➡ anr.fr/fr/actus/det...
"By 2030, our goal is for microbial metrics to stand alongside those of charismatic megafauna in every major habitat monitoring and restoration plan, signalling a profound shift in how biodiversity is measured, valued and protected"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@noc.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@noc.ac.uk
Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity - Nature Microbiology
Nature Microbiology - Launching the IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"By 2030, our goal is for microbial metrics to stand alongside those of charismatic megafauna in every major habitat monitoring and restoration plan, signalling a profound shift in how biodiversity is measured, valued and protected"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@noc.ac.uk
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@noc.ac.uk
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@argofrance.bsky.social has proudly supported the #argopy software library development for the last couple of years, in particular for adding biogeochemical #argofloats data support.
Stay tuned for the next release that will ship an awesome new feature for BGC folks...
@bgc-argo.bsky.social
Stay tuned for the next release that will ship an awesome new feature for BGC folks...
@bgc-argo.bsky.social
New #Argopy training today in Brest, as part of a series of international sessions in 2025.
🔍 Argopy is a python library for accessing, manipulating & visualising Argo data for standard users & experts.
👉 argopy.readthedocs.io/en/
#EuropeanProject #EAOne #Oceanscience #Argofloats @gmaze.bsky.social
🔍 Argopy is a python library for accessing, manipulating & visualising Argo data for standard users & experts.
👉 argopy.readthedocs.io/en/
#EuropeanProject #EAOne #Oceanscience #Argofloats @gmaze.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
@argofrance.bsky.social has proudly supported the #argopy software library development for the last couple of years, in particular for adding biogeochemical #argofloats data support.
Stay tuned for the next release that will ship an awesome new feature for BGC folks...
@bgc-argo.bsky.social
Stay tuned for the next release that will ship an awesome new feature for BGC folks...
@bgc-argo.bsky.social
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Ummm guys, we've just found ribose (sugar in RNA) and glucose on an asteroid www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid Bennu - Nature Geoscience
Samples returned from asteroid Bennu contain bio-essential sugars such as ribose and glucose that may have formed in the parent asteroid from brines containing formaldehyde, according to a geochemical...
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Ummm guys, we've just found ribose (sugar in RNA) and glucose on an asteroid www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌞 Day vs Night matters for #GHG #emissions☀️
Our study shows daytime (diff) GHG emissions from #reservoirs far exceed nighttime levels
🔬Solar cycle (PhotoChem) + wind explain #N₂O & #CO₂ diel cycles; water management also matters for diff & ebull #CH₄ 🌊
📄 rdcu.be/eUd0W
@isabel-reche.bsky.social
Our study shows daytime (diff) GHG emissions from #reservoirs far exceed nighttime levels
🔬Solar cycle (PhotoChem) + wind explain #N₂O & #CO₂ diel cycles; water management also matters for diff & ebull #CH₄ 🌊
📄 rdcu.be/eUd0W
@isabel-reche.bsky.social
Higher emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane during the daytime in two reservoirs
rdcu.be
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🌞 Day vs Night matters for #GHG #emissions☀️
Our study shows daytime (diff) GHG emissions from #reservoirs far exceed nighttime levels
🔬Solar cycle (PhotoChem) + wind explain #N₂O & #CO₂ diel cycles; water management also matters for diff & ebull #CH₄ 🌊
📄 rdcu.be/eUd0W
@isabel-reche.bsky.social
Our study shows daytime (diff) GHG emissions from #reservoirs far exceed nighttime levels
🔬Solar cycle (PhotoChem) + wind explain #N₂O & #CO₂ diel cycles; water management also matters for diff & ebull #CH₄ 🌊
📄 rdcu.be/eUd0W
@isabel-reche.bsky.social
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🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
July 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🌊❄️🧪 🇦🇶 Please share:
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
We have learned that the National Science Foundation is moving ahead with plans to decommission the U.S. Research Vessel/Ice Breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer this October.
If you care about Antarctic research, please read on (1/n)
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Delighted that one of my Antarctic winter photos has won the 2025 Royal Society Photography Competition, Earth Science & Climatology category.
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
December 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Delighted that one of my Antarctic winter photos has won the 2025 Royal Society Photography Competition, Earth Science & Climatology category.
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
Captured during polar-night surveys of ocean conditions near Antarctic Peninsula glaciers.
royalsociety.org/journals/pub...
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New GEOTRACES Science Highlight! 🌊
Long-range transport of iron via the #Agulhas Current and counter-current: a boon for the phytoplankton
www.geotraces.org/long-range-t...
Paper first authors: Eva Bucciarelli & Pierrick Penven, LEMAR
#oceanscience #traceelements
@scor-int.bsky.social
Long-range transport of iron via the #Agulhas Current and counter-current: a boon for the phytoplankton
www.geotraces.org/long-range-t...
Paper first authors: Eva Bucciarelli & Pierrick Penven, LEMAR
#oceanscience #traceelements
@scor-int.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
New GEOTRACES Science Highlight! 🌊
Long-range transport of iron via the #Agulhas Current and counter-current: a boon for the phytoplankton
www.geotraces.org/long-range-t...
Paper first authors: Eva Bucciarelli & Pierrick Penven, LEMAR
#oceanscience #traceelements
@scor-int.bsky.social
Long-range transport of iron via the #Agulhas Current and counter-current: a boon for the phytoplankton
www.geotraces.org/long-range-t...
Paper first authors: Eva Bucciarelli & Pierrick Penven, LEMAR
#oceanscience #traceelements
@scor-int.bsky.social
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Arctic sea-ice extent just passed the border into the "record-low" domain.
Same for Barents, Baffin, Hudson, and Svalbard regions.
Second-lowest globally.
🌊❄️🥼🧪📉
Same for Barents, Baffin, Hudson, and Svalbard regions.
Second-lowest globally.
🌊❄️🥼🧪📉
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Arctic sea-ice extent just passed the border into the "record-low" domain.
Same for Barents, Baffin, Hudson, and Svalbard regions.
Second-lowest globally.
🌊❄️🥼🧪📉
Same for Barents, Baffin, Hudson, and Svalbard regions.
Second-lowest globally.
🌊❄️🥼🧪📉
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Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilisation effect in Earth system models
...meaning models may overestimate future plant carbon uptake as CO2 rises
Better nitrogen modelling = better climate predictions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
...meaning models may overestimate future plant carbon uptake as CO2 rises
Better nitrogen modelling = better climate predictions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth system models | PNAS
CO2 fertilization of the terrestrial biosphere is limited by nitrogen. Biological
nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the dominant natural nitrogen source t...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilisation effect in Earth system models
...meaning models may overestimate future plant carbon uptake as CO2 rises
Better nitrogen modelling = better climate predictions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
...meaning models may overestimate future plant carbon uptake as CO2 rises
Better nitrogen modelling = better climate predictions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Well worth a read...
theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
Well worth a read...
theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Well worth a read...
theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
Well worth a read...
theconversation.com/sea-level-do...
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The eruption after thousand of years of #HayliGubbi #volcano in #Ethiopia.
According to analyses, part of the eruptive column from the eruption may have reached an altitude between 18 and 20 km.
The #Copernicus #Sentinel5p image on Nov. 23 shows the big plume moving eastward.
According to analyses, part of the eruptive column from the eruption may have reached an altitude between 18 and 20 km.
The #Copernicus #Sentinel5p image on Nov. 23 shows the big plume moving eastward.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The eruption after thousand of years of #HayliGubbi #volcano in #Ethiopia.
According to analyses, part of the eruptive column from the eruption may have reached an altitude between 18 and 20 km.
The #Copernicus #Sentinel5p image on Nov. 23 shows the big plume moving eastward.
According to analyses, part of the eruptive column from the eruption may have reached an altitude between 18 and 20 km.
The #Copernicus #Sentinel5p image on Nov. 23 shows the big plume moving eastward.
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Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
Blazes that smoulder in the permafrost, only to reignite, are extending fire season though winter, leaving vegetation struggling to recover
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Zombie fires: how Arctic wildfires that come back to life are ravaging forests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
this paper is really cool www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Equatorial upwelling of phosphorus drives Atlantic N2 fixation and Sargassum blooms - Nature Geoscience
High near-surface nitrogen-fixation rates that promoted the recent growth of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt were tied to greater upwelling of phosphorus from the equatorial Atlantic, according to c...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
this paper is really cool www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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That's a lot of fly tipping!
Mountain of illegally dumped trash near Oxford river causes outcry in England
A massive illegal trash dump near Oxford has sparked outrage in England. The pile that came to the public's attention last week stretches up to the tree canopy and sits dangerously close to the River ...
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
That's a lot of fly tipping!
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Il se prépare au décollage. #Sentinel6B va bientôt sonder les océans terrestres. Histoire complète à lire dans #Lachroniquespatiale @esa.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @airbus.com @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social @gifas.fr @eumetsat.int @cnes.fr
Sentinel 6B va bientôt sonder les océans terrestres
Deux semaines après Sentinel 1D lancé par Ariane 6 VA 265, c’est un autre satellite du programme Copernicus qui se…
lachroniquespatiale.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Il se prépare au décollage. #Sentinel6B va bientôt sonder les océans terrestres. Histoire complète à lire dans #Lachroniquespatiale @esa.int @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @airbus.com @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social @gifas.fr @eumetsat.int @cnes.fr
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Our Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fuelling volcanic activity in an unexpected place - the oceans 🌊
Discover more 👉 southampton.pulse.ly/xfz0mvyw2c
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
Discover more 👉 southampton.pulse.ly/xfz0mvyw2c
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fuelling volcanic activity in an unexpected place - the oceans 🌊
Discover more 👉 southampton.pulse.ly/xfz0mvyw2c
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
Discover more 👉 southampton.pulse.ly/xfz0mvyw2c
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social
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#OnThisDay, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize was born: Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#OnThisDay, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize was born: Marie Skłodowska-Curie.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
Today, the MSCActions 🇪🇺 fellowship carries her name, supporting young scientists in their research.
Together, we’re building a brighter future for generations to come.
This study by my colleagues at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that deep sea mining waste to be released near the ocean surface would disrupt marine food webs.
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
The same would be true of grinding and spreading rocks in the ocean for CO₂ removal. 🌊
Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications
Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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I just wrote the following sentence in a manuscript: “Using pulled Pasteur pipettes, micropipettes, and tools made from toothbrush bristles superglued onto colored pencils, individual cells were isolated and washed in 0.22um-filtered ambient water…”
@burnsajohn.bsky.social 😂😂😂
@burnsajohn.bsky.social 😂😂😂
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I just wrote the following sentence in a manuscript: “Using pulled Pasteur pipettes, micropipettes, and tools made from toothbrush bristles superglued onto colored pencils, individual cells were isolated and washed in 0.22um-filtered ambient water…”
@burnsajohn.bsky.social 😂😂😂
@burnsajohn.bsky.social 😂😂😂
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🌊 By 2100, Arctic phytoplankton blooms will start ~34 days earlier, last ~15 days longer, and become less dominant overall, as warming reduces the seasonality of ocean productivity
Climate change is rapidly reshaping the timing and importance of Arctic productivity
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Climate change is rapidly reshaping the timing and importance of Arctic productivity
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
End-of-century Arctic Ocean phytoplankton blooms start a month earlier due to anthropogenic climate change - Communications Earth & Environment
Anthropogenic climate change impacts Arctic Ocean phytoplankton phenology, resulting in phytoplankton blooms which start 34 days earlier and last 15 days longer in 2100 compared with 1970, according t...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🌊 By 2100, Arctic phytoplankton blooms will start ~34 days earlier, last ~15 days longer, and become less dominant overall, as warming reduces the seasonality of ocean productivity
Climate change is rapidly reshaping the timing and importance of Arctic productivity
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Climate change is rapidly reshaping the timing and importance of Arctic productivity
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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🧪🪨🌊
Equatorial upwelling of phosphorus drives Atlantic N2 fixation and Sargassum blooms - Nature Geoscience
High near-surface nitrogen-fixation rates that promoted the recent growth of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt were tied to greater upwelling of phosphorus from the equatorial Atlantic, according to c...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
🧪🪨🌊
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Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes - Nature Microbiology
Environmental micro-compartment genomics provides efficient and high-throughput single-particle DNA sequencing that captures overlooked members of microbial communities.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Single-particle genomics uncovers abundant non-canonical marine viruses from nanolitre volumes www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs