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Steve Simpson
@profstevesimpson.bsky.social
Marine biologist, fish biologist, restoration ecologist, science communicator & ocean optimist I Professor of Marine Biology & Global Change, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol I Co-Director: MSc Science Communication for a Better Planet
Thanks to @hugotagholm.bsky.social and all @oceanauk.bsky.social and @oceana.bsky.social for curating a fabulous gathering at the @royalsociety.org of ocean advocates, scientists and conservationists. Plenty of powerful and hopeful messaging, including from #BaronessJennyJones and #LizzieDaly
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thanks to #ProfPeteFalloon @metoffice.gov.uk for hosting our wonderful @bristolbiosci.bsky.social MSc Science Communication for a Better Planet students. Great to hear from the #KnowledgeIntegrationTeam, @stottpeter.bsky.social & #JenniferWeeks, and visit @alexdeakin.bsky.social in the weather room
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Well we went early with this year's research group Christmas Symposium, and what a superb collection of talks and films from a wonderfully talented collection of MScR, PhD & Postdocs! Great to mix wasps, birds, mammals with our fish & corals thanks to @andyradford.bsky.social & #PatrickKennedy
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social on tour at the #ClovellyHerringFestival. Great food, stunning choral music, mulled cider, and a cheeky dip in the sea with #HugoHarrison and #ShelbyTemple
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fabulous evening with #SophieLewis #WorldCetaceanAlliance, @tommustill.bsky.social & #LukeMcMillan @whalesorg.bsky.social exploring the past, present & HOPEFUL future for humpback whales (and their cousins!). Thanks to Rob Hutchins (@oceanographicmag.bsky.social) & #Finisterre for hosting
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Delighted to support the amazing #PratchayaPhinthong with his #PhuketBiennale2025 installation. Our collaboration took us to meet the Moken people, capture video and audio at degraded inshore and also pristine Surin Island reefs to bring to the installation, and build a restoration reef of hope!
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Keeping it cruisy gives reef residents space to hear!

Our latest paper, led by @sharkslikejazz.bsky.social, explores how motorboat noise can be minimised by adopting sensible cruising speeds around coral reefs:

doi.org/10.1121/10.0...

@sophienedelec.bsky.social
@andyradford.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Thanks to ‪@alteredstatetalks.bsky.social‬ for sharing the podcast of our recent event (www.alteredstate.org.uk/podcast), supported by #FUTURES Festival of Science, superbly hosted by #MirandaKrestovnikoff.

The next event THIS THURSDAY looks fascinating:

www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/hen...
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Some amazing heroes of science celebrated this month in the foyer of our Life Sciences Building @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social. Wangarĩ Muta Maathai a particular favourite for building the Green Belt Movement that empowered women across Africa to engage in rewilding.
October 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thanks to #BearingFruit for the invitation to speak at the #SidmouthScienceFestival. Programme also included #MyOctopusTeacher screening and #TomMustill's "How to be a Whale". Heartening discussions on the legacy of #DrJaneGoodall and the importance of sharing #OceanOptimism to inspire #ActiveHope
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Delighted to welcome our Y1 undergrads to the Uni of Bristol School of Biological Sciences. On retreat this week they forged new friendships over 22 activities, incl. pond dipping, woodland surveys, bat walks, and a mega Life’sABeach / Marine Conservation Society beachclean, removing 57kg of litter!
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM