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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Nov 26
We have a new feed collating everything to do with the Exeter Marine research network! Make sure to tag us, or mention #ExeterMarine to appear on the list. 🦑🧪🌍

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In 2025, the Environment and Sustainability Institute advanced vital research on environmental change, helped conserve and regenerate nature, informed sustainability policy, and developed cleaner ways to power the future.
This is our year in review.

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December 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Huge opportunity for marine scholarships! 🌊💸🧪

💸 2x £30k scholarships available
🎓 Available to black British students
🐟 Eligible courses: MSc Marine Environmental Management or MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology & Conservation

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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de Freitas Scholarship for black British students. Marine masters degree tuition and stipend. Background image shows two students smiling as the paddle in the shoreline of a beach in the south west of England. In the bottom left corner is the University of Exeter Cornwall logo.
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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brendangodley.bsky.social
Pleased to announce that @exetermarine.bsky.social will be a founding member of Marine Science UK - an umbrella organisation that will champion the ocean and communicate robust and coherent marine science evidence to government, industry and the wider community. 🌍🧪🦑
See also: marinescience.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death, en masse, due to a 25% drop in food supply levels - a new study finds ⬇️

Some populations are estimated to have fallen by 95% across just eight years ⚠️

t.co/NaaFeZXvwB

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December 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Our final UK marine jobs round up of the year has arrived! 🎄🌟

Find the roles and links all here on our LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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December 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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A wet and wild day along the Cornish coast today, but that didn't hold back our second year undergraduates from collecting some great biodiversity data!

#marinebiologylife #exetermarine @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Exciting SWBio PhD opportunity to study cell signalling in marine diatoms during heat stress. Deadline 3rd December 2025 @swbiodtp.bsky.social @kehelliwell.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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uniexecec.bsky.social
A huge congratulations to our staff at the CEC and @exetermarine.bsky.social for their success at the 2025 Teaching Awards!
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
exetermarine.bsky.social
How can we scale up sustainable seaweed farming on land? 🌱🐟

This Exeter Marine Fund student project, by Benjamin Grecic, explores the possibilities.

Find out more in our latest blog post - sites.exeter.ac.uk/exetermarine...

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December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Studying for an MSc this year & looking for a #seabird research project?

We're looking for a student to help investigate the factors that influence #StormPetrel response rates during playback surveys. 🔊🐣

🔗Do get in touch if you have any Qs: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu... #seabirds #ornithology
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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PhD Opportunity! 🚨
Working with Dr Pauline Tedesco on "Submesoscale ocean flows and processes in the Southern Ocean."

NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026.

DEADLINE: 8th Jan 2026

Find out more - www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

🌊🌐🌍🦑🧪 #PhDsky #AcademicSky
a flyer for a phd opportunity. the background is a save, the overlay text reads: PhD opportunity, Submesoscale ocean flows and processes in the Southern Ocean. Logos are at the bottom on a white background for: NERC GW4+. University of Exeter, and National Oceanography Centre
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Fun but soggy day with our final year project students field testing some new mussel biologgers. @exetermarine.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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New research from the University of Exeter shows maerl-forming algae in Cornwall have unique genetic profiles. Read more: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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Scientists map the genetic distribution of maerl-forming algae across South West
A habitat-building coralline algae that provides a vital nursing ground for marine species and an important blue carbon ecosystem has been genetically mapped around south-west Britain in a first-of-it...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Curious about what a whale skull might look like? We recently dug one up.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ten-hour mission to excavate huge whale head in Cornwall - BBC News
The head of a fin whale that stranded in Cornwall is dug up on university grounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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What can we learn from a stranded whale? 🐋🧪

This female fin whale stranded in Cornwall and sadly didn't survive. Since then, she has been buried in a @cornwall.exeter.ac.uk research field, until now...

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Learn more: news.exeter.ac.uk/environment-...
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
exetermarine.bsky.social
Tag placement matters! 🦈📡

A new study led by @exeter.ac.uk uses water flow simulations to outline the effects of tag placement on sharks.

Full paper - www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15...

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November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Dr Jonathan Bennie has taken up the ESI Challenge of the Month for November 2025.
Tune in to listen to his (hybrid) talk "Shifting grounds: rethinking conservation in an age of rapid climate change."

www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins...

#esiChallengeOfTheMonth
November 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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uniexecec.bsky.social
For International Basking Shark day, let's take a look at another Important Shark and Ray Area designation!

Researchers at the University of Exeter have contributed to the designation of the North East Atlantic ISRA - a migratory corridor from Norway to the Iberian Peninsula 🦈
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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For the past 4 years I have worked with a wonderful team of scientists and anglers to track sharks in recreational fisheries. With close to 70 tags deployed, we found that good angling practice can result in pretty high survival for sharks! 🦈🎣🌊
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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NEW PAPER: Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries.

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Survival and recovery of three shark species in North-East Atlantic recreational fisheries
Abstract. Understanding how sharks respond to catch and release (C&R) recreational fisheries is an important requirement for effective management. Post
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November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
exetermarine.bsky.social
New @exeter.ac.uk reveals how cilia choreograph their “Mexican wave”, enabling marine creatures to swim!

Full paper in Science Advances - www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Great Masters by Research opportunity working with Prof @darrencroft.bsky.social and collaborative team on killer whales!

More info in Darren's original post. ⬇️

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darrencroft.bsky.social Darren Croft @darrencroft.bsky.social · Oct 22
MSc by Res opportunity - developing behavioural indicators to inform killer whale conservation with
@exeter.ac.uk @whaleresearch.bsky.social @seadocsociety.bsky.social

People from underrepresented groups in marine science encouraged to apply.

Deadline 19Dec

www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Join us in congratulating Dr Divya Karnad, who has been named one of @wingswod.bsky.social 2025!

Her influential work on shark conservation and sustainable seafood has earned global recognition among women shaping the future of science, exploration, and conservation.

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@uniexecec.bsky.social
Graphic announcing Dr. Divya Karnad of the University of Exeter as one of the WINGS 2025 Women of Discovery. The image includes her photo and quote: “It is a privilege to join this group of extraordinary women and I look forward to collaborating with many of them.” It also notes her title as Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter. The background features marine illustrations and logos for WINGS and the University of Exeter. Graphic highlighting Dr. Divya Karnad’s recognition at the WINGS Women of Discovery Awards. It shows her speaking on stage at the event, with slides displaying “Dr. Divya Karnad, India – Marine Biology and Sustainable Fisheries” and “WINGS 2025 Global Explorers Forum, October 11, 2025.” The text explains that the WINGS Women of Discovery list celebrates and builds a community of visionary women advancing science, exploration, and conservation. Background includes marine life illustrations and WINGS and University of Exeter logos.
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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POSITIVE NEWS 🗣️

Green turtles move from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least concern’ on the IUCN Red List, thanks to decades of hard work by conservationists globally.

Read the full assessment - iucnredlist.org/fr/species/4615/285108125

Footage from Open Planet / @brendangodley.bsky.social

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October 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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🐬 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 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM