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nocmarinephys.bsky.social
🔊New paper alert 🔊

🌊Spatial and Temporal Variation in Wave Overtopping Across a
Coastal Structure Based on One Year of Field Observations 🌊

by J. Brown @noc.ac.uk with @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Network Rail and SW Coastal monitoring

🔗https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13112194

#wirewall @ukri.org
Waves crashing and overtopping in Dawlish during Storm Barra. Image recorded by the University of Plymouth's Camera
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🦀🌱 BioBlitz Day: 10 Dec 2025!
Join researchers from the @plymuni.bsky.social and the Ocean Conservation Trust at the University of Plymouth Marine Station to explore the incredible invertebrates living in Plymouth Sound’s seagrass restoration sites. FREE event. Registration essential.
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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ahallmarine.bsky.social
So happy to have this FISH INTEL paper published! Thank you to everyone who contributed- great to see it out there published for everyone to read and use! 🐟🎉

Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/2688...

@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social

#AcousticTelemetry #LEK #FishIntel
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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aabiologists.bsky.social
Another great session before lunch!

🪲 Sereene Ghariani @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🍅 Cliven Njekete @inrae-france.bsky.social
🐌 Tom Ashfield, UK Agri-tech centre @rothamsted.bsky.social
🌾 Ilma Qoonah @uonresearch.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
Two fascinating talks from the @bas.ac.uk this Friday at @plymuni.bsky.social. Open to all staff & students! Discover how baleen whales are recovering in South Georgia and how blue carbon ecosystems are helping the Southern Ocean fight climate change🌊31 Oct🕐1-2 pm📍Devonport LT
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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sc0llins.bsky.social
Staff from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social ready for Thursday’s graduation of Zoology and Conservation Biology students. Quite a mixed set of gowns, special mention to Anne Plessis French military university outfit, complete with sword. You can work out which one she is!
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🌊 Delighted to share that our first-ever #GirlsintoOceanScience event is now fully booked!

We have 93 girls registered to join us at the @marine-station.bsky.social on Friday, 31st October.

www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/gir...

#GiOS #MarineScience #WomenInSTEM #UoP🧪🌍🦑
Girls into Ocean Science
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Girls into Ocean Science. Join us for a day of discovery and inspiration, and take the first step toward a...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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katie-rapson.bsky.social
As one of the organising committee for the UK & Ireland student chapter of @marinemammalogy.bsky.social, I'm especially pleased to share that the next event will take place at my own stomping ground @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social. Keen to welcome everyone here, spread the word!
ukirsc.bsky.social UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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beth-harvey.bsky.social
Big news from the Indian Ocean! First sighting of the incredibly rare Omura’s whale, confirming previous acoustic recordings in the Chagos Archipelago. Project to determine cetacean 🐋 diversity by @iomarinescience.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Photos by me 🧪 🌍 🧵1/5
Omura’s whale - brownish grey on top, paler underside - surfaces in calm blue water Omura’s whale continues to roll with more of its back visible and pale chevron marking on the side Whale turned on its side so pale underside seen underwater, and half of its flukes emerge looking almost like the dorsal fin of an orca
October 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🚤 Big news! Our #USV Cetus at @plymuni.bsky.social has just been granted a General Exemption under MCA MGN705 - it is now free to operate within wider UK waters.

This unlocks exciting new opportunities for teaching, research, and collaboration in #MarineAutonomy here in #Plymouth 🌊
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
Our Marine Science degrees kicked off their induction with a trip to Newquay, where they could choose between a coastal walk, coasteering, or surfing! ✨
The trip included students from:
🌊 Ocean Science
🗺️ Ocean Exploration & Surveying
🐬 Ocean Science & Marine Conservation
Group photo of Marine Science students before coasteering Coasteering student walking over the rocks before they jump into the ocean! Students enjoying the coastal view on their walk Students at Firstral Beach after a fun day Surfing
September 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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bd-stew.bsky.social
LAST CHANCE to fill out our #octopus surveys! Fishermen & divers of the UK, have your say if you haven't already, surveys close at midnight tonight, Sunday 21st September! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk @plymuni.bsky.social Please share 🐙
bd-stew.bsky.social Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · Sep 14
Fishermen & divers of the UK we need YOU! Our #octopus bloom surveys have been extended to Sept 21st. If you haven't already done so, please fill out the fishermen's survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... or divers survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... Thank you! Please share widely! 🐙
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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pml.ac.uk
👀 Spotted an #octopus off the #SouthWest coast? #Fishermen & #divers, we want to hear from you! 🐙

Take part in this survey (closing Sun 21 Sept) & help us study this year’s unusual #CommonOctopus bloom:

🎣 Fishers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/...

🤿 Divers: survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/...
We've joined forces with The Marine Biological Association, the University of Plymouth and partners in a new project to investigate the unusual surge in #CommonOctopus (#OctopusVulgaris) numbers reported in the waters off the south coast of #Devon and #Cornwall this year. We want to understand the history and potential environmental causes of such blooms, the effects they are having on the #FishingIndustry, and the potential for such blooms to happen again in the future. It's the last chance to take part in the survey and share your experiences - closing this Sunday 21 September 2025. Thank you to all those who take part! This work is funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Plymouth City Council and Devon Council.
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🦀 Hairy claws make hermits braver!
BBC has featured a paper by PhD researcher Ari Drummond (et al.) in Proceedings B, revealing how shell traits can boost confidence in hermit crabs.

#PhDLife #HermitCrabs #AnimalBehaviour #SoBMS #UniversityOfPlymouth #BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hairy claws make hermit crabs braver, Plymouth study finds
Crabs with more sensory hairs are found to act more boldly, research suggests.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🌎🧬 Last week, two of our postgraduate researchers from @plymuni.bsky.social attended @nerc-eof.bsky.social Metabarcoding & eDNA wetlab and bioinformatics workshop at @sheffielduni.bsky.social!

#eDNA #TrainingCourse #NEOF #NERCFunded #PhDLife #Metabarcoding #Bioinformatics @victoriamann.bsky.social
Group photo of attendees of the workshop at NEOF facility Image of PhD candidates Victoria Mann & Jake Hebb
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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bd-stew.bsky.social
Fishermen & divers of the UK we need YOU! Our #octopus bloom surveys have been extended to Sept 21st. If you haven't already done so, please fill out the fishermen's survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... or divers survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... Thank you! Please share widely! 🐙
September 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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louisefirth.bsky.social
Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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bd-stew.bsky.social
A pleasure as always to drop in to @3rrrfm.bsky.social Radio Marinara in Melbourne this morning to share the latest marine news from the UK. This time, it was all about the #octopus bloom 🐙 The whole show is great. You can hear my interview at about 13 minutes in: www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...
Programs: Radio Marinara — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio
The team continues the great Marinara tradition of bringing you a quirky but informative look at all that is marine.
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September 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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pml.ac.uk
“If there’s a risk that these chemicals can harm #coral and other #MarineLife, if there’s less harmful compounds out there that we can use instead, then we need to establish what they are,” says Anneliese Hodge. news.mongabay.com/2025/08/suns...
Sunscreens protect us but also pose real planetary health concerns
Today’s beach outing is not the same as your grandparents’ beach outing: With intense summer heat waves now the norm due to climate change, and with the ozone layer still not fully healed, people need...
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September 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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thembauk.bsky.social
Our next round of student bursaries is now open! ⭐🌎 MBA student bursaries have helped turn ambition into action—removing financial barriers & unlocking access to global events, groundbreaking research, & career-shaping connections.

🗓️ Deadline: 31st October 2025 at 12pm

Apply here ➡️ buff.ly/3TuxcPm
September 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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thembauk.bsky.social
#Fishermen of Devon & Cornwall - have higher numbers of #octopus affected your catch? The MBA and partners are gathering your experiences on the impact - positive and negative. Take part in our survey, which will guide future support. bit.ly/3V2lVbR Image c. South Devon and Channel Fishermen Ltd.
2 octopus trapped in a crab pot with empty lobster and crab shells scattered around.
September 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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theincomingtide.bsky.social
Our latest Podcast is out. Don & Howard chat to an old friend and @arrancoast.bsky.social research collaborator @bd-stew.bsky.social @reviveourocean.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
1st Bryce has to plant a tree.
youtu.be/NgpmERb10D0
The Incoming Tide, podcast from the Isle of Arran with Dr Bryce Stewart
YouTube video by The Incoming Tide
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August 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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bd-stew.bsky.social
Delighted to share this interview on the @incomingtide.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Don MacNeish for saving a tree for me & @howardlwood.bsky.social for chatting with me about my involvement with @arrancoast.bsky.social over the past 20 years youtu.be/NgpmERb10D0?... #mpaswork #bemorescallop 🪸 🐟🐙🌱🦀🦞
The Incoming Tide, podcast from the Isle of Arran with Dr Bryce Stewart
YouTube video by The Incoming Tide
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August 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🌿 Join us in celebrating Plymouth’s fantastic achievement in the Botanical University Challenge, taking 2nd place in a very close national final yesterday! 🥈

You can watch the intense finals here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_s...

@bucbotany.bsky.social #BUC2025 #BotanicalUniversityChallenge #Botany
Group photo of the student who represented Plymouth University in the Botanical University Challenge, coming in second place.
August 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
Through funding from #ResearchEngland and @plymuni.bsky.social, #CRISPS has opened the new Marie Lebour Marine Research Facility and our eDNA & Metabarcoding facility!

#foodproduction #aquaculture #eDNA #metabarcoding #eDNAsequencing 🧪

www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/new-fac...
New facilities enable scientists and students to answer key questions around sustainable food production
University of Plymouth news: The Marie Lebour Marine Biology Research Facility will enable the University to both continue, and expand on, its...
www.plymouth.ac.uk
August 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM