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What a great SponBIODIV kickoff meeting we had at
@ciimar.bsky.social in June 2023. 🙌 to this awesome All-Atlantic & Mediterranean consortium with 10 partners +7 associate partners, and over 60 researchers! Since then the #sponge science (and fun) has never stopped 😊 .
@biodiversa.eu
@ciimar.bsky.social in June 2023. 🙌 to this awesome All-Atlantic & Mediterranean consortium with 10 partners +7 associate partners, and over 60 researchers! Since then the #sponge science (and fun) has never stopped 😊 .
@biodiversa.eu
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What a great SponBIODIV kickoff meeting we had at
@ciimar.bsky.social in June 2023. 🙌 to this awesome All-Atlantic & Mediterranean consortium with 10 partners +7 associate partners, and over 60 researchers! Since then the #sponge science (and fun) has never stopped 😊 .
@biodiversa.eu
@ciimar.bsky.social in June 2023. 🙌 to this awesome All-Atlantic & Mediterranean consortium with 10 partners +7 associate partners, and over 60 researchers! Since then the #sponge science (and fun) has never stopped 😊 .
@biodiversa.eu
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Can #sponges help protect the threatened coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor (SE of Spain)? 🧽 #eDNA 🧬 to monitor biological communities in shallow coastal ecosystems. 76 taxa, 9 phyla identified by Corral-Lou et al! @mncn-csic.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Can #sponges help protect the threatened coastal lagoon of the Mar Menor (SE of Spain)? 🧽 #eDNA 🧬 to monitor biological communities in shallow coastal ecosystems. 76 taxa, 9 phyla identified by Corral-Lou et al! @mncn-csic.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
Register here
wcmb2026.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
Start your countdown; #WCMB2026 is happening exactly one year from now!
Register here: wcmb2026.org/registration
@unoceandecade.bsky.social @vliz.be #marinebiodiversity
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Their findings, published in @natureportfolio.nature.com, reaffirm earlier work by researchers including Steven Haddock of @mbarinews.bsky.social, who have urged the global community to move cautiously in the face of all the uncertainties. mbayaq.co/44cVKEa
Scientists urge caution, further assessment of ecological impacts above deep-sea mining • MBARI
A new study argues that deep-sea mining poses significant risks not only to seafloor ecosystems, but also to animals in the vast midwater realm.
mbayaq.co
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Their findings, published in @natureportfolio.nature.com, reaffirm earlier work by researchers including Steven Haddock of @mbarinews.bsky.social, who have urged the global community to move cautiously in the face of all the uncertainties. mbayaq.co/44cVKEa
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Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
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Del 4 al 16 de noviembre se celebra la semana de la ciencia (si, son dos semanas aunque por el nombre parezca una)
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
El MNCN presenta su propuesta de actividades para la Semana de la Ciencia | Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Habrá un homenaje a Jane Goodall en el que Rebeca Atencia, considerada su sucesora, hablará de su experiencia con la primatóloga
mncn.csic.es
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Del 4 al 16 de noviembre se celebra la semana de la ciencia (si, son dos semanas aunque por el nombre parezca una)
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
Tienes toda la información en el enlace pero yo te recomiendo especialmente el homenaje a Jane Goodall que tendremos el jueves 12
mncn.csic.es/es/Comunicac...
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I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm recruiting PhD students for the Barker Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study plant evolutionary genomics - polyploidy, hybridization & machine learning for genome evolution. Work with Selaginella, Xanthisma, Brassica & more. Funding available via CAMBIUM Fellowships. Reach out if interested! 🧬🌵🤖
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TWELVE open PhD positions - what a fantastic opportunity for aspiring ocean scientists! UAF is a fantastic university with really amazing faculty, and Fairbanks is a beautiful place for outdoorsy people.
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
TWELVE open PhD positions - what a fantastic opportunity for aspiring ocean scientists! UAF is a fantastic university with really amazing faculty, and Fairbanks is a beautiful place for outdoorsy people.
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These iconic #corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?
#marineecology
#research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#marineecology
#research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
These iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?
Florida’s primary reef-building corals have been declared ‘functionally extinct’ — prompting a shift in conservation strategies.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
These iconic #corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?
#marineecology
#research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#marineecology
#research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“New Zealand is bearing the brunt of these warming seas because of its position…Meanwhile, the Subtropical Front — the boundary between cold subantarctic water and warmer subtropical water…has moved 120km west…the first time a shift in large-scale ocean circulation around NZ had been observed”🧪
New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“New Zealand is bearing the brunt of these warming seas because of its position…Meanwhile, the Subtropical Front — the boundary between cold subantarctic water and warmer subtropical water…has moved 120km west…the first time a shift in large-scale ocean circulation around NZ had been observed”🧪
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WOW. Posting also to the 🧪 feed
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
WOW. Posting also to the 🧪 feed
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Preparing for the new week like a 5th Place 2025 Small World in Motion Competition (newborn sea urchin walking along the seabed)
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Preparing for the new week like a 5th Place 2025 Small World in Motion Competition (newborn sea urchin walking along the seabed)
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Check our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social about the unique sex determination system in Nautilus ➡️ XX/XY chromosomes unlike other cephalopods (ZZ/Z0).
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...
August 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Check our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social about the unique sex determination system in Nautilus ➡️ XX/XY chromosomes unlike other cephalopods (ZZ/Z0).
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...
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Como era de esperar, el alga asiática que está invadiendo las costas de la península ya ha llegado a nuestras costas.
www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/astu...
www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/astu...
La «velutina del mar» ya invade la costa asturiana: en estas playas se ha detectado de forma «abundante»
El biólogo José Manuel Rico Ordás advierte que el alga asiática es una especie exótica «oportunista» que crece muy rápido desplazando a las comunidades nativas. Explica que se ha solicitado una ayuda ...
www.lavozdeasturias.es
August 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Como era de esperar, el alga asiática que está invadiendo las costas de la península ya ha llegado a nuestras costas.
www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/astu...
www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/astu...
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The White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug is a rare sea slug found only in the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Its #genome opens up exciting research opportunities for this colorful species.
🔗 Learn more: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/a-color...
🔗 Learn more: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/a-color...
A colorful genome: meet the rare Mediterranean White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug
The White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug’s reference genome opens new doors to a better understanding of this unique Mediterranean species, its history, adaptations and factors threatening its survival.The ...
www.erga-biodiversity.eu
August 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The White-spotted Yellow Wart Slug is a rare sea slug found only in the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Its #genome opens up exciting research opportunities for this colorful species.
🔗 Learn more: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/a-color...
🔗 Learn more: www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/a-color...
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Imagine if your car were powered by…seaweed 🌿
#Kelp farming is a rapidly growing industry, promising not only the uptake of CO2 but also potential food and #biofuel.
📲Learn how #WHOI scientists are helping to scale kelp production in the US & beyond:
go.whoi.edu/seaweedfuel
#Kelp farming is a rapidly growing industry, promising not only the uptake of CO2 but also potential food and #biofuel.
📲Learn how #WHOI scientists are helping to scale kelp production in the US & beyond:
go.whoi.edu/seaweedfuel
August 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Imagine if your car were powered by…seaweed 🌿
#Kelp farming is a rapidly growing industry, promising not only the uptake of CO2 but also potential food and #biofuel.
📲Learn how #WHOI scientists are helping to scale kelp production in the US & beyond:
go.whoi.edu/seaweedfuel
#Kelp farming is a rapidly growing industry, promising not only the uptake of CO2 but also potential food and #biofuel.
📲Learn how #WHOI scientists are helping to scale kelp production in the US & beyond:
go.whoi.edu/seaweedfuel
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¡Recordad!☀️'Museo de Verano', el campamento urbano para niñas/os de 5 a 12 años, se celebrará hasta el 5 de septiembre. Este año estamos aprendiendo sobre ríos🏞️, dinosaurios🦖, especies invasoras o evolución 🧬. ¡Todavía quedan plazas! tinyurl.com/ykpn9kjj @csicdivulga.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
¡Recordad!☀️'Museo de Verano', el campamento urbano para niñas/os de 5 a 12 años, se celebrará hasta el 5 de septiembre. Este año estamos aprendiendo sobre ríos🏞️, dinosaurios🦖, especies invasoras o evolución 🧬. ¡Todavía quedan plazas! tinyurl.com/ykpn9kjj @csicdivulga.bsky.social
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🔍 What do fishers, scientists, and managers prioritize to secure the future of fishing in Mallorca?
We explored this in the Llevant de Mallorca – Cala Ratjada Marine Reserve in this new study!⭐
Here's what we found 👇
#SustainableFisheries #MPA
@ICMCSIC
#JuanjoMartin
@miquelortega.bsky.social
We explored this in the Llevant de Mallorca – Cala Ratjada Marine Reserve in this new study!⭐
Here's what we found 👇
#SustainableFisheries #MPA
@ICMCSIC
#JuanjoMartin
@miquelortega.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🔍 What do fishers, scientists, and managers prioritize to secure the future of fishing in Mallorca?
We explored this in the Llevant de Mallorca – Cala Ratjada Marine Reserve in this new study!⭐
Here's what we found 👇
#SustainableFisheries #MPA
@ICMCSIC
#JuanjoMartin
@miquelortega.bsky.social
We explored this in the Llevant de Mallorca – Cala Ratjada Marine Reserve in this new study!⭐
Here's what we found 👇
#SustainableFisheries #MPA
@ICMCSIC
#JuanjoMartin
@miquelortega.bsky.social
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I signed on to this letter of support to reconsider....its essential to research and science in #Antarctica. 🧪🇦🇶
Scientists have asked the NSF to reconsider plans to terminate the lease for its only Antarctic research icebreaker, the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer. eos.org/research-and...
Scientists Ask NSF to Keep Only Antarctic Icebreaker Afloat - Eos
On 28 July, more than 170 researchers sent a letter to National Science Foundation leaders and Congress, urging them to reconsider the decision to terminate the lease of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the U...
eos.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I signed on to this letter of support to reconsider....its essential to research and science in #Antarctica. 🧪🇦🇶
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🌍 Antarctica’s krill crisis is exploding.
🦐 518,000+ tons harvested — risking whales, penguins & the fragile Southern Ocean ecosystem.
🔥 Climate change + unregulated fishing = ecological tipping point.
🛑 #ProtectAntarctica | 📉 Collapse is unfolding. Not fiction—fact.
🔗 apnews.com/article/anta...
🦐 518,000+ tons harvested — risking whales, penguins & the fragile Southern Ocean ecosystem.
🔥 Climate change + unregulated fishing = ecological tipping point.
🛑 #ProtectAntarctica | 📉 Collapse is unfolding. Not fiction—fact.
🔗 apnews.com/article/anta...
July 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌍 Antarctica’s krill crisis is exploding.
🦐 518,000+ tons harvested — risking whales, penguins & the fragile Southern Ocean ecosystem.
🔥 Climate change + unregulated fishing = ecological tipping point.
🛑 #ProtectAntarctica | 📉 Collapse is unfolding. Not fiction—fact.
🔗 apnews.com/article/anta...
🦐 518,000+ tons harvested — risking whales, penguins & the fragile Southern Ocean ecosystem.
🔥 Climate change + unregulated fishing = ecological tipping point.
🛑 #ProtectAntarctica | 📉 Collapse is unfolding. Not fiction—fact.
🔗 apnews.com/article/anta...
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We couldn’t do it without all of you!
A huge thank you to our incredible partners and sponsors.
We’re proud to have you with us on this journey!
@ciimar.bsky.social @cmiaviladoconde.bsky.social @ieo.es @euromarine.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social
A huge thank you to our incredible partners and sponsors.
We’re proud to have you with us on this journey!
@ciimar.bsky.social @cmiaviladoconde.bsky.social @ieo.es @euromarine.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We couldn’t do it without all of you!
A huge thank you to our incredible partners and sponsors.
We’re proud to have you with us on this journey!
@ciimar.bsky.social @cmiaviladoconde.bsky.social @ieo.es @euromarine.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social
A huge thank you to our incredible partners and sponsors.
We’re proud to have you with us on this journey!
@ciimar.bsky.social @cmiaviladoconde.bsky.social @ieo.es @euromarine.bsky.social @oceancensus.bsky.social
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This is truly depressing... Look at how they abused these amazing photos by @nickybay.bsky.social ... Everyone needs to be super extra careful when sharing or liking cool/pretty/funny stuff anywhere.
AI Abuse to Skirt Copyright Law - Macro Photography by Nicky Bay
In the past week, a number of prominent nature photographers showed how their photographs were being stolen and mangled into "AI-nonsense", deceiving countless others into believing the made-up storie...
www.nickybay.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is truly depressing... Look at how they abused these amazing photos by @nickybay.bsky.social ... Everyone needs to be super extra careful when sharing or liking cool/pretty/funny stuff anywhere.
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New data on 2023's marine heatwaves is alarming. Oceans hit unprecedented temps & durations, with some events so extreme they're considered once-in-centuries occurrences. It's a clear signal that warming climate impacts are accelerating.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#unprecedented #oceanwarming
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#unprecedented #oceanwarming
Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves
The year 2023 witnessed an extraordinary surge in marine heatwaves (MHWs) across Earth’s oceans, setting new records in duration, extent, and intensity, with MHW activity totaling 53.6 billion °C days...
www.science.org
July 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
New data on 2023's marine heatwaves is alarming. Oceans hit unprecedented temps & durations, with some events so extreme they're considered once-in-centuries occurrences. It's a clear signal that warming climate impacts are accelerating.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#unprecedented #oceanwarming
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#unprecedented #oceanwarming
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Interesting research, suggesting poorly designed or excessive private lighting is contributing as much to ALAN pollution as street lights.
🌏🧪
This seems to be one of the few areas where our own actions can make a significant positive contribution!
Turn it off!
💡
theconversation.com/street-lamps...
🌏🧪
This seems to be one of the few areas where our own actions can make a significant positive contribution!
Turn it off!
💡
theconversation.com/street-lamps...
Street lamps aren’t the only form of artificial light pollution – here’s how to create darker nights
Light Pollution is a significant environmental issue and is spreading rapidly. The good news is that it is easy to fix - find out how here…
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Interesting research, suggesting poorly designed or excessive private lighting is contributing as much to ALAN pollution as street lights.
🌏🧪
This seems to be one of the few areas where our own actions can make a significant positive contribution!
Turn it off!
💡
theconversation.com/street-lamps...
🌏🧪
This seems to be one of the few areas where our own actions can make a significant positive contribution!
Turn it off!
💡
theconversation.com/street-lamps...
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Say hello to your new favorite sharks. 😍🦈♥️
Deep-sea catsharks prowl the waters just above the deep seafloor, searching for prey. Scientists have described more than 100 species of deep-sea catshark from waters around the world, making them the largest family of sharks alive today. #SharkWeek
Deep-sea catsharks prowl the waters just above the deep seafloor, searching for prey. Scientists have described more than 100 species of deep-sea catshark from waters around the world, making them the largest family of sharks alive today. #SharkWeek
July 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Say hello to your new favorite sharks. 😍🦈♥️
Deep-sea catsharks prowl the waters just above the deep seafloor, searching for prey. Scientists have described more than 100 species of deep-sea catshark from waters around the world, making them the largest family of sharks alive today. #SharkWeek
Deep-sea catsharks prowl the waters just above the deep seafloor, searching for prey. Scientists have described more than 100 species of deep-sea catshark from waters around the world, making them the largest family of sharks alive today. #SharkWeek