Liam Lachs
@liamlachs.bsky.social
Climate change ecology and evolution, advocate for healthy planetary and social systems
Delighted to see our paper out in Science Magazine today.
And congrats for the amazing picture James Guest!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
And congrats for the amazing picture James Guest!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In Science Journals
Highlights from the Science family of journals
www.science.org
December 13, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Delighted to see our paper out in Science Magazine today.
And congrats for the amazing picture James Guest!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
And congrats for the amazing picture James Guest!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Can we selectively breed Acropora corals for heat tolerance?
Two upcoming Coralassist Lab talks on adaptation & breeding @coralconsortium.bsky.social #ReefFutures
Feasibility & lessons learned from Pacific context building on our 2 new papers:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
rdcu.be/d2RhM
Two upcoming Coralassist Lab talks on adaptation & breeding @coralconsortium.bsky.social #ReefFutures
Feasibility & lessons learned from Pacific context building on our 2 new papers:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
rdcu.be/d2RhM
https://doi.org/10.1126/scienc…
December 8, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Can we selectively breed Acropora corals for heat tolerance?
Two upcoming Coralassist Lab talks on adaptation & breeding @coralconsortium.bsky.social #ReefFutures
Feasibility & lessons learned from Pacific context building on our 2 new papers:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
rdcu.be/d2RhM
Two upcoming Coralassist Lab talks on adaptation & breeding @coralconsortium.bsky.social #ReefFutures
Feasibility & lessons learned from Pacific context building on our 2 new papers:
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
rdcu.be/d2RhM
📢New Paper Alert📢
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
November 29, 2024 at 10:11 PM
📢New Paper Alert📢
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
on corals and climate change in Science
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
(1/12)
Just finished a deep dive into detecting historic shifts in coral thermal tolerance with @annacresswell.bsky.social! Felt like we had a mountain to climb, but lots of great new ideas coming now. Thanks to support from @eseb.bsky.social AIMS James Gilmour, James Guest & many more!
November 27, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Just finished a deep dive into detecting historic shifts in coral thermal tolerance with @annacresswell.bsky.social! Felt like we had a mountain to climb, but lots of great new ideas coming now. Thanks to support from @eseb.bsky.social AIMS James Gilmour, James Guest & many more!
Thanks to Amanda Bates for her thoughts on how the recent paper from my PhD at the Coralassist Lab (on the variability of coral heat tolerance among reefs) contributes to thermal biology and conservation more broadly.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
November 18, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Thanks to Amanda Bates for her thoughts on how the recent paper from my PhD at the Coralassist Lab (on the variability of coral heat tolerance among reefs) contributes to thermal biology and conservation more broadly.
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
📢New Paper Alert📢
Selective breeding enhances tolerance of corals to marine heatwaves
Take-home messages:
- Breeding corals for heat tolerance is feasible
- R&D is now needed to optimise outcomes
- Not a silver bullet solution
- We still need rapid climate action
bit.ly/4h0Tc0P
(1/9)
Selective breeding enhances tolerance of corals to marine heatwaves
Take-home messages:
- Breeding corals for heat tolerance is feasible
- R&D is now needed to optimise outcomes
- Not a silver bullet solution
- We still need rapid climate action
bit.ly/4h0Tc0P
(1/9)
October 14, 2024 at 10:23 AM
📢New Paper Alert📢
Selective breeding enhances tolerance of corals to marine heatwaves
Take-home messages:
- Breeding corals for heat tolerance is feasible
- R&D is now needed to optimise outcomes
- Not a silver bullet solution
- We still need rapid climate action
bit.ly/4h0Tc0P
(1/9)
Selective breeding enhances tolerance of corals to marine heatwaves
Take-home messages:
- Breeding corals for heat tolerance is feasible
- R&D is now needed to optimise outcomes
- Not a silver bullet solution
- We still need rapid climate action
bit.ly/4h0Tc0P
(1/9)
Nice press release on our recent paper on demographic recovery of corals after catastrophic disturbance over a decade ago in Palau. Result of a fruitful collaboration between PICRC and the Coralassist Lab!
picrc.org/new-picrc-st...
picrc.org/new-picrc-st...
February 26, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Nice press release on our recent paper on demographic recovery of corals after catastrophic disturbance over a decade ago in Palau. Result of a fruitful collaboration between PICRC and the Coralassist Lab!
picrc.org/new-picrc-st...
picrc.org/new-picrc-st...
Reposted by Liam Lachs
Trait-based analyses say that fish communities in high-latitude coral communities have more generalists than their tropical counterparts that are more specialized onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 23, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Trait-based analyses say that fish communities in high-latitude coral communities have more generalists than their tropical counterparts that are more specialized onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🎉PhDone🥳
🕺Just passed my Valentines Day PhD viva!🎊
📖 with a thesis that ...
🔥explores the heat tolerance of tropical reef corals
- across spatial scales & levels of biological organisation...
🧬models natural selection & future adaptive trajectories
#phdlife
🕺Just passed my Valentines Day PhD viva!🎊
📖 with a thesis that ...
🔥explores the heat tolerance of tropical reef corals
- across spatial scales & levels of biological organisation...
🧬models natural selection & future adaptive trajectories
#phdlife
February 15, 2024 at 6:32 PM
🎉PhDone🥳
🕺Just passed my Valentines Day PhD viva!🎊
📖 with a thesis that ...
🔥explores the heat tolerance of tropical reef corals
- across spatial scales & levels of biological organisation...
🧬models natural selection & future adaptive trajectories
#phdlife
🕺Just passed my Valentines Day PhD viva!🎊
📖 with a thesis that ...
🔥explores the heat tolerance of tropical reef corals
- across spatial scales & levels of biological organisation...
🧬models natural selection & future adaptive trajectories
#phdlife
📣 New paper 📣 in Springer's Coral Reefs 📣 with amazing co-lead Piera Biondi of PICRC Palau.
🌊🌀 Demographic recovery of some coral taxa after catastrophic typhoons
💡 Recruitment limitation
💡 Rapid colonisation by Pocillopora
💡 Demographic monitoring offers early indicators of recovery
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🌊🌀 Demographic recovery of some coral taxa after catastrophic typhoons
💡 Recruitment limitation
💡 Rapid colonisation by Pocillopora
💡 Demographic monitoring offers early indicators of recovery
(1/8)
February 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM
📣 New paper 📣 in Springer's Coral Reefs 📣 with amazing co-lead Piera Biondi of PICRC Palau.
🌊🌀 Demographic recovery of some coral taxa after catastrophic typhoons
💡 Recruitment limitation
💡 Rapid colonisation by Pocillopora
💡 Demographic monitoring offers early indicators of recovery
(1/8)
🌊🌀 Demographic recovery of some coral taxa after catastrophic typhoons
💡 Recruitment limitation
💡 Rapid colonisation by Pocillopora
💡 Demographic monitoring offers early indicators of recovery
(1/8)
Small Sciencebreaker piece just out on my paper from last year: showing an emergent increase in the thermal tolerance of the coral community in Palau.
What are the specific drivers of these trends, and how widespread they are will be the next puzzles.
www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth...
What are the specific drivers of these trends, and how widespread they are will be the next puzzles.
www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth...
Likely increase in coral thermal tolerance at a Pacific archipelago
Over the coming decades, reef-building corals will face ever hotter ocean temperatures, yet it remains unknown if their thermal tolerance can keep up with the pace of warming. A new study reveals that...
www.thesciencebreaker.org
January 23, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Small Sciencebreaker piece just out on my paper from last year: showing an emergent increase in the thermal tolerance of the coral community in Palau.
What are the specific drivers of these trends, and how widespread they are will be the next puzzles.
www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth...
What are the specific drivers of these trends, and how widespread they are will be the next puzzles.
www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth...
Thanks to the Reef Resilience Network for picking up some recent research from the Coralassist Lab showing no apparent trade-offs between heat tolerance & growth/fecundity for a common reef-building coral.
Results summary & management imnplications here:
reefresilience.org/article-summ...
Results summary & management imnplications here:
reefresilience.org/article-summ...
January 11, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Thanks to the Reef Resilience Network for picking up some recent research from the Coralassist Lab showing no apparent trade-offs between heat tolerance & growth/fecundity for a common reef-building coral.
Results summary & management imnplications here:
reefresilience.org/article-summ...
Results summary & management imnplications here:
reefresilience.org/article-summ...
Aaaaaand, the PhD has been submitted!
Thanks so much to the amazing team I've been lucky enough to have around me the last years!
Time for a holiday I think...
Thanks so much to the amazing team I've been lucky enough to have around me the last years!
Time for a holiday I think...
December 19, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Aaaaaand, the PhD has been submitted!
Thanks so much to the amazing team I've been lucky enough to have around me the last years!
Time for a holiday I think...
Thanks so much to the amazing team I've been lucky enough to have around me the last years!
Time for a holiday I think...
Reposted by Liam Lachs
Just out, a 66 million year history of atmospheric CO2. Key take away: CO2 hasn't been at today's levels for at least 3 million years. These high CO2 worlds in the geological past had less ice and *much* higher sea levels 📈🌊 ⚒️🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 7, 2023 at 10:04 PM
Just out, a 66 million year history of atmospheric CO2. Key take away: CO2 hasn't been at today's levels for at least 3 million years. These high CO2 worlds in the geological past had less ice and *much* higher sea levels 📈🌊 ⚒️🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Delighted to be invited to share the work of my PhD and the work of the wonderful coral assist lab in Bremen today!
Our first keynote speaker was @liamlachs.bsky.social talking about heat tolerance in corals. He is going into historic shifts, unexpected patterns in corals and assisted evolution of reefs.
November 28, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Delighted to be invited to share the work of my PhD and the work of the wonderful coral assist lab in Bremen today!
Coming out very soon!
A deep dive podcast on the research of the Coral Assist lab.
James Guest and I explore the challenges that reefs face in the coming decades due to increasingly damaging marine heatwaves, and think about what we can do, what we know, and what we don't.
A deep dive podcast on the research of the Coral Assist lab.
James Guest and I explore the challenges that reefs face in the coming decades due to increasingly damaging marine heatwaves, and think about what we can do, what we know, and what we don't.
From Newcastle - A Podcast From Newcastle University
From Newcastle, is a fortnightly podcast featuring the latest developments in health, science and culture and the creative arts from Newcastle University.
podcasts.ncl.ac.uk
November 20, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Coming out very soon!
A deep dive podcast on the research of the Coral Assist lab.
James Guest and I explore the challenges that reefs face in the coming decades due to increasingly damaging marine heatwaves, and think about what we can do, what we know, and what we don't.
A deep dive podcast on the research of the Coral Assist lab.
James Guest and I explore the challenges that reefs face in the coming decades due to increasingly damaging marine heatwaves, and think about what we can do, what we know, and what we don't.
A time of reflection on the extreme marine heatwaves that we have had in the northern hemisphere this summer.
The time to tackle this challenge is now.
The time to tackle this challenge is now.
Marine heatwaves: climate change and El Niño driving increased frequency, intensity and duration
impact.economist.com
November 7, 2023 at 2:57 PM
A time of reflection on the extreme marine heatwaves that we have had in the northern hemisphere this summer.
The time to tackle this challenge is now.
The time to tackle this challenge is now.
🌡️How fast can coral reefs adjust to ocean warming?
PhD research over the last 2 years with @simondonner.bsky.social & many others has helped uncover a likely increase in the thermal tolerance of coral communities in Palau since the late 1980s.
Read it here:
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PhD research over the last 2 years with @simondonner.bsky.social & many others has helped uncover a likely increase in the thermal tolerance of coral communities in Palau since the late 1980s.
Read it here:
(1/3)
Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change - Nature Co...
Marine heatwaves and mass bleaching mortality events threaten the persistence of coral communities on tropical reefs. This study demonstrates that the thermal tolerance of coral communities in Palau h...
www.nature.com
October 19, 2023 at 7:14 AM
🌡️How fast can coral reefs adjust to ocean warming?
PhD research over the last 2 years with @simondonner.bsky.social & many others has helped uncover a likely increase in the thermal tolerance of coral communities in Palau since the late 1980s.
Read it here:
(1/3)
PhD research over the last 2 years with @simondonner.bsky.social & many others has helped uncover a likely increase in the thermal tolerance of coral communities in Palau since the late 1980s.
Read it here:
(1/3)
Fantastic new paper out from Daisy Buzzoni on algal symbionts and their dynamics following coral bleaching!
Loving her infographics!
tinyurl.com/3b3h6kpd
Loving her infographics!
tinyurl.com/3b3h6kpd
October 18, 2023 at 8:55 AM
Fantastic new paper out from Daisy Buzzoni on algal symbionts and their dynamics following coral bleaching!
Loving her infographics!
tinyurl.com/3b3h6kpd
Loving her infographics!
tinyurl.com/3b3h6kpd