Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Joe Agate for his PhD 'From ground to space: Scaling salt marsh restoration monitoring from field surveys to drone & satellite imagery using machine learning'. Thanks to his viva panel Ian Hendy & James Ebdon. He's been an outstanding student and colleague.

The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project helped push support for the Sussex IFCA Nearshore no-trawling byelaw. 4 years on divers have reported increases in Mussel beds, Black Bream, Catsharks and Stingrays. The team spent yesterdays meeting in the water to see first hand the amazing life being protected.

If you're interested in marine ecosystems, the Seascape Symposium at ZSL is the place to be on the 4-5th June. I'll be in London talking about the Sussex Kelp Restoration Project www.zsl.org/seascape-sym...

Super successful week with our amazing students in Gran Canaria! #QMULGeograpjy

@NERC_TREES_DLA PhD on tropical coastal ecosystems with me and Dr Ian Hendy
Blue carbon of Brazilian mangroves across latitude gradients: shorturl.at/2wz8W

With some great partners in Brazil!

We've recently completed our report for the IUCN Red List Ecosystem Assessment of Mangroves of Tropical SW Atlantic ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...