Laura del Rio-Hortega
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Laura del Rio-Hortega
@laura-delrioh.bsky.social
Reposted by Laura del Rio-Hortega
July 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Reposted by Laura del Rio-Hortega
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lead Project Scientist - Caribbean Coral Reefs - SECORE International and The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)

www.secore.org/en/vacancy/5...

#coralreefs #coralreefscientists #secore #aims #jobs #caribbean #coral #jobopportunity #careers #coralconservation #larvae
July 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by Laura del Rio-Hortega
🧬🪸 Coral eDNA Robots: Revolutionizing Reef Monitoring!
Scientists at OIST have developed an eDNA + mini-ROV system to map reef biodiversity. It detects 83/85 coral genera using just seawater!

🔗 www.oist.jp/news-cen...

#MotivationMonday

By @spijna1
Picture: AI-generate
July 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Reposted by Laura del Rio-Hortega
Heard of "Darwin's paradox"? It refers to Charles Darwin's observation that coral reefs are wildly productive despite occurring in nutrient-poor tropical oceans. Reefs are, so the story goes, oases in marine deserts 🏝️...

Turns out that 2/3 of these assertions are very wrong...

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June 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM