Daniel Cressey
@dpcressey.bsky.social
Ocean Editor at @dialogueearth.bsky.social, previously of
@resprofnews.bsky.social and Nature.
@resprofnews.bsky.social and Nature.
How many times do journalists get told "meta analyses are the gold standard for evidence"? (Often accompanied by "you shouldn't write about science until it's peer-reviewed and published.)
Hmmmm....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hmmmm....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
How many times do journalists get told "meta analyses are the gold standard for evidence"? (Often accompanied by "you shouldn't write about science until it's peer-reviewed and published.)
Hmmmm....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hmmmm....
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gruesome knowledge: How to classify sheep carcases
October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Gruesome knowledge: How to classify sheep carcases
Really interesting paper, despite the outrageous labelling of crabs as 'non-charismatic'.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Really interesting paper, despite the outrageous labelling of crabs as 'non-charismatic'.
Crazy statistics about Ireland's ability to enforce law in its waters in this BBC drug trafficking story.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Crazy statistics about Ireland's ability to enforce law in its waters in this BBC drug trafficking story.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Looking forward to this @cghe.bsky.social webinar in an hour, but the way the email reminder appears in my inbox makes it sound rather ominous...
September 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Looking forward to this @cghe.bsky.social webinar in an hour, but the way the email reminder appears in my inbox makes it sound rather ominous...
Possible new t-shirt for WHOI shop?
July 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Possible new t-shirt for WHOI shop?
This is an interesting take on Europe and environmentalism, to be sure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
June 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is an interesting take on Europe and environmentalism, to be sure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
There was surprisingly little discussion of the final text coming out of UNOC3 in Nice. Maybe it's not surprising, as the text is largely a rehash of past promises. As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT for the final text of the next UNOC meeting. Here's hoping we make more progress than AI expects.
June 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There was surprisingly little discussion of the final text coming out of UNOC3 in Nice. Maybe it's not surprising, as the text is largely a rehash of past promises. As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT for the final text of the next UNOC meeting. Here's hoping we make more progress than AI expects.
Do YOU need testing for bluetongue?
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Do YOU need testing for bluetongue?
“In a nutshell, ‘good things’ come from the Ocean while ‘bad things’ go to the Ocean.”
U. Rashid Sumaila from @ubcoceans.bsky.social in @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
U. Rashid Sumaila from @ubcoceans.bsky.social in @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“In a nutshell, ‘good things’ come from the Ocean while ‘bad things’ go to the Ocean.”
U. Rashid Sumaila from @ubcoceans.bsky.social in @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
U. Rashid Sumaila from @ubcoceans.bsky.social in @natureportfolio.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Wild 12 hours in Chagos-related news. The Chagossian people really deserve better than this.
May 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Wild 12 hours in Chagos-related news. The Chagossian people really deserve better than this.
This has been my experience anecdotally too, although not as strong as 100%. Academic papers in fisheries seem to be skewing towards 'fishers' slightly (with the huge caveat that I may have done something wrong with this scopus search as it was a five minute job this morning before my 2nd coffee).
May 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This has been my experience anecdotally too, although not as strong as 100%. Academic papers in fisheries seem to be skewing towards 'fishers' slightly (with the huge caveat that I may have done something wrong with this scopus search as it was a five minute job this morning before my 2nd coffee).
“Beware job titles containing the words ‘innovation’, ‘business’, ‘policy adviser’ or ‘officer’. In research institutes, and society in general, it seems the more directly one’s work benefits people (in our case researchers), the less one is paid for it and the more understaffed that role will be.”
May 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“Beware job titles containing the words ‘innovation’, ‘business’, ‘policy adviser’ or ‘officer’. In research institutes, and society in general, it seems the more directly one’s work benefits people (in our case researchers), the less one is paid for it and the more understaffed that role will be.”
Going to make a thread of these...
Pork pie update rejection. "Not minor."
Pork pie update rejection. "Not minor."
March 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Going to make a thread of these...
Pork pie update rejection. "Not minor."
Pork pie update rejection. "Not minor."
Journalists criticising journalists on social media is pretty unedifying, but it's hard to let this pass. So disappointing to see UK support for aquaculture that helps local people and supplies food to the UK presented as a "crazy project".
February 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Journalists criticising journalists on social media is pretty unedifying, but it's hard to let this pass. So disappointing to see UK support for aquaculture that helps local people and supplies food to the UK presented as a "crazy project".
Excellent Sunday Reading from @resprofnews.bsky.social today. Although it does remind me I am back to work tomorrow.
January 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Excellent Sunday Reading from @resprofnews.bsky.social today. Although it does remind me I am back to work tomorrow.
They don't seem to be on Bluesky yet, but I want to thank the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation for introducing me to the 'shamefaced crab' in their last newsletter. Top species name.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
December 17, 2024 at 11:13 AM
They don't seem to be on Bluesky yet, but I want to thank the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation for introducing me to the 'shamefaced crab' in their last newsletter. Top species name.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Grim ending to a nice piece on loss and damage in Nature.
January 29, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Grim ending to a nice piece on loss and damage in Nature.