The research from my master’s thesis, on the characterisation of a previously undescribed Cladocora caespitosa 🪸 bank in Lesvos Island, Greece, is now published!! 🎉Huge thanks to my MSc supervisors, @skatsanevakis.bsky.social and Maria Sini, and to the MER+ consortium @pie-upvehu.bsky.social 🌊

Recortes en las protecciones marinas de España ponen la biodiversidad y las pesquerías en riesgo @efeverde.com
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El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación recorta en un 40% el presupuesto dedicado a las reservas marinas, dejándolas parcialmente sin vigilancia

Alessia Logrieco realiza una estancia en el Grupo de Cambio Global, Conservación y Genética del IATS-CSIC

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Declaring marine reserves isn’t enough. Without surveillance, ecosystems are left vulnerable to poaching, resulting in long-term losses that will cost far more than what’s saved today. #MarineReserves #ProtectOurSeas

New OA paper out! We present the most accurate coral d18O-temperature equation, reconstruct coral trophic dynamics in the Med for the first time, and show #Cladocora skeletons are key archives for reconstructing anthropogenic warming and impacts.
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Hoy os traemos una noticia sobre la estudiante de doctorado Nagore Quintano, quien evalúa la actividad fotosintética de los simbiontes del coral mediterráneo ‘Cladocora caespitosa’
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The first paper of my phD is out!🔬
🪸 May Cladocora caespitosa corals living in nutrient-rich waters be more tolerant to thermal stress?🌡️ Find out more on: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Very thankful for the guidance of my supervisors @diegokersting.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social

First paper of @nagoreqf.bsky.social PhD!👏
Long-term monitoring reveals local nutrient conditions shape #Cladocora resilience to 🌡️. First results of #GeneraciondeConocimiento project #UndResCoral

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@ageinves.bsky.social
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🌡️ A new Science paper reports 2023 saw record‐breaking #ΜarineΗeatwaves — 96% of the oceans were affected, heatwaves lasted 4× longer than average, and some regions stayed hot for over 500 days. It may mark a climate #TippingPoint.

#MarineEcology #Conservation 🌍🌐🧪🌊
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Un estudio advierte de que incluso los corales más resistentes del mar Caribe tienen su supervivencia amenazada por el aumento de la temperatura. iats.csic.es/nota-de-pren...
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Créditos de la fotografía: Ewan Trégarot.

New research finds out one of the highest microplastic densities in the Mediterranean Sea within the Marine Reserve of the Columbretes Islands (Spain) 🌊Concentrations were particularly high in coral areas🪸This reminds us that plastic pollution is a global issue that needs urgent regulatory actions ♻️

Deadline extended till 31st May!! 🥽 Don't miss this chance to share your reef-lated 🪸 findings with fellow early ocean career researchers 🌊
Further info: www.icymare.com/about-the-co...
#CallForAbstracts #coralreefs #icymare2025 #climatechange #coralresearch #MarineEcology

🌊Only 9 days left to submit your abstract for
@icymare.bsky.social 2025!
Join our session on "Coral Reefs Under a Changing Climate: Impacts, Resilience and Solutions" 🪸 and share your findings and ideas with fellow ocean scientists 🧑🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬🔬
#climatechange #coralreefs #oceanconservation #marineecology

Gave a seminar at IATS-CSIC to introduce my PhD on the climate change resilience of the coral Cladocora caespitosa (UndResCoral project), supervised by @diegokersting.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social. Grateful for the chance to share ongoing work and discuss ideas with colleagues!

🌊🪸 Got reef-lated findings? Don’t let your brilliance sink—submit your abstract and help us dive deep 🤿 into Coral Reefs Under a Changing Climate! 🐠

#CallForAbstracts #coralreefs #icymare2025 #climatechange #coralresearch #MarineEcology

Agenda [09-05-2025]📄: Seminario del IATS-CSIC: Del estrés a la supervivencia: Los motores bióticos y abióticos de la resiliencia climática del coral mediterráneo 'Cladocora caespitosa', por Nagore Quintano. @dicv.csic.es

Very profitable week at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social and @unileipzig.bsky.social for analysing Cladocora caespitosa skeletons! 🪸 This will allow us to determine their densities and growth and calcification rates, and to identify stress bands caused by thermal stress🌡

Winter sampling for UndResCoral, assessing coral resilience to climate change, is done! We worked in the cold waters of Columbretes, Medes, Cap de Creus, Menorca, Sardinia, and Sicily. Thanks to all involved! @nagoreqf.bsky.social @juliagarciacolome.bsky.social @comunicacion.iats.csic.es

'Walking' corals are real!! 🚶‍♂️🪸 ~ The disc coral (Cycloseris cyclolites) can roll 🤸‍♂️, slide 🛝 and pulse 🦘as it searches for light! ✨
www.sciencealert.com/this-walking...
Full paper: Walking coral: Complex phototactic mobility in the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites (Lewis et al. 2025)