Ben Wilson
@sound-tourist.bsky.social
Marine mammal ecology & underwater sound tourist. Associate Director (Research) Scottish Association for Marine Science. (Marine Ecology Prof) University of the Highlands & Islands. 🏴🇪🇺
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Victoria Paterson and I are abseiling off a building here at the University of Glasgow to raise money for student expeds. This is to help disadvanaged students take up these amazing, life changing opportunities @uofglasgow.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/paterso...
We'd appreciate you support
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We'd appreciate you support
September 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Victoria Paterson and I are abseiling off a building here at the University of Glasgow to raise money for student expeds. This is to help disadvanaged students take up these amazing, life changing opportunities @uofglasgow.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/paterso...
We'd appreciate you support
www.justgiving.com/page/paterso...
We'd appreciate you support
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🐬🐳 Check out our new paper lead by our @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social which looks at trends in cetacean strandings over the past 30 years. 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!
August 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🐬🐳 Check out our new paper lead by our @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk PhD student @rachlenn.bsky.social which looks at trends in cetacean strandings over the past 30 years. 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All thanks to decades of reports from volunteers and the public!
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Scientists have discovered abundant algae in Antarctica. It could lead to faster melting of Antarctic ice.
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...
Newly Discovered Algae May Speed Melting of Antarctic Ice - Eos
Purple pigmentation in a diverse array of algae absorbs heat and creates a feedback loop responsible for 2% of total daily melting.
eos.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Scientists have discovered abundant algae in Antarctica. It could lead to faster melting of Antarctic ice.
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...
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🐬 New Research🐬
Grateful to be part of this collaborative study on bottlenose ecotypes in the Mediterranean! Using 15 years of data from 43 research groups, investigate coastal vs pelagic ecotypes.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MarineBiology #DolphinResearch
Grateful to be part of this collaborative study on bottlenose ecotypes in the Mediterranean! Using 15 years of data from 43 research groups, investigate coastal vs pelagic ecotypes.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MarineBiology #DolphinResearch
February 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🐬 New Research🐬
Grateful to be part of this collaborative study on bottlenose ecotypes in the Mediterranean! Using 15 years of data from 43 research groups, investigate coastal vs pelagic ecotypes.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MarineBiology #DolphinResearch
Grateful to be part of this collaborative study on bottlenose ecotypes in the Mediterranean! Using 15 years of data from 43 research groups, investigate coastal vs pelagic ecotypes.
🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MarineBiology #DolphinResearch
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The visionary Mossy Earth is providing grants of up to £15k, but usually £2-6k, to enable rigorous testing of conservation actions. (Tips: pick an action not whole programme, have comparison or control, replicate). Exciting!
www.mossy.earth/science/inno...
www.mossy.earth/science/inno...
Mossy Earth Innovation Grant Programme
A programme that provides small grants and support for tests of different nature restoration methods.
www.mossy.earth
February 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The visionary Mossy Earth is providing grants of up to £15k, but usually £2-6k, to enable rigorous testing of conservation actions. (Tips: pick an action not whole programme, have comparison or control, replicate). Exciting!
www.mossy.earth/science/inno...
www.mossy.earth/science/inno...
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Canada is renaming the Hudson Bay and it has a nice ring to it.
February 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Canada is renaming the Hudson Bay and it has a nice ring to it.
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Press release: some whales sing low to avoid detection by killer whales (my new paper)
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Some species of baleen whales avoid attracting killer whales by singing too low to be heard
New research from the University of Washington finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they’re completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear sounds below...
www.eurekalert.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Press release: some whales sing low to avoid detection by killer whales (my new paper)
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Do you work in #food systems or #aquaculture?
Join us at the Algal #Biotechnology course at @fraunhoferigb.bsky.social in Stuttgart!
📑 2 days of hands-on training on cultivation, biotechnology and large-scale productions.
📅 2 & 3 April
Applications open!
👉: learning.eitfood.eu/courses/alga...
Join us at the Algal #Biotechnology course at @fraunhoferigb.bsky.social in Stuttgart!
📑 2 days of hands-on training on cultivation, biotechnology and large-scale productions.
📅 2 & 3 April
Applications open!
👉: learning.eitfood.eu/courses/alga...
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Do you work in #food systems or #aquaculture?
Join us at the Algal #Biotechnology course at @fraunhoferigb.bsky.social in Stuttgart!
📑 2 days of hands-on training on cultivation, biotechnology and large-scale productions.
📅 2 & 3 April
Applications open!
👉: learning.eitfood.eu/courses/alga...
Join us at the Algal #Biotechnology course at @fraunhoferigb.bsky.social in Stuttgart!
📑 2 days of hands-on training on cultivation, biotechnology and large-scale productions.
📅 2 & 3 April
Applications open!
👉: learning.eitfood.eu/courses/alga...
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New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine 🦭
Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪
🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪
🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine
Authors of a recently published study discuss how their research discovered that seals exhibit avoidance of turbines during operation. This finding is important for industry developers and regulato…
appliedecologistsblog.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New blog post: Seals avoid an operating tidal turbine 🦭
Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪
🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
Important implications for developers & regulators, as lower numbers of seals close to the turbine at higher flow speeds during operation decreases the potential for fatal collisions & injuries 📉🌎🧪
🔗 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/02/06/s...
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Planning to post a video every Monday morning plus some bonus videos. Forthcoming ones include: Why estuaries are important; Biogeorgraphy and Wallace's line; Ghost extinctions; Evolutionary distinctiveness. Please subscribe so you don't miss them.
www.youtube.com/@Bill_Suther...
www.youtube.com/@Bill_Suther...
Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
I am a conservation scientist determined to improve the planet. Each short video will explain an ecological concept and describe why it is important for conservation. My hope is to increase the unders...
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Planning to post a video every Monday morning plus some bonus videos. Forthcoming ones include: Why estuaries are important; Biogeorgraphy and Wallace's line; Ghost extinctions; Evolutionary distinctiveness. Please subscribe so you don't miss them.
www.youtube.com/@Bill_Suther...
www.youtube.com/@Bill_Suther...
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Love @andyread.bsky.social’s Read et al. 2003 tinyurl.com/3tpd3wk3
and @sound-tourist.bsky.social’s Wilson et al. 1999 tinyurl.com/3c69tuhy
Classic papers estimating demographic parameters of bottlenose dolphins using mark-recapture methods from photo-ID data. So helpful 🐬
and @sound-tourist.bsky.social’s Wilson et al. 1999 tinyurl.com/3c69tuhy
Classic papers estimating demographic parameters of bottlenose dolphins using mark-recapture methods from photo-ID data. So helpful 🐬
February 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Love @andyread.bsky.social’s Read et al. 2003 tinyurl.com/3tpd3wk3
and @sound-tourist.bsky.social’s Wilson et al. 1999 tinyurl.com/3c69tuhy
Classic papers estimating demographic parameters of bottlenose dolphins using mark-recapture methods from photo-ID data. So helpful 🐬
and @sound-tourist.bsky.social’s Wilson et al. 1999 tinyurl.com/3c69tuhy
Classic papers estimating demographic parameters of bottlenose dolphins using mark-recapture methods from photo-ID data. So helpful 🐬
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WANTED: Suggestions of field ecology/animal behavior papers that have just super great "Methods" sections. Everything is clearly explained and anyone could replicate it just from reading that section.
Self-nominations are fine.
(Using this for my "marine biology field research methods" course) 🧪🌎🦑
Self-nominations are fine.
(Using this for my "marine biology field research methods" course) 🧪🌎🦑
February 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
WANTED: Suggestions of field ecology/animal behavior papers that have just super great "Methods" sections. Everything is clearly explained and anyone could replicate it just from reading that section.
Self-nominations are fine.
(Using this for my "marine biology field research methods" course) 🧪🌎🦑
Self-nominations are fine.
(Using this for my "marine biology field research methods" course) 🧪🌎🦑
Marvelling at the wonders of modern surgery….
February 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Marvelling at the wonders of modern surgery….
Major thanks to 999, HM Coastguard and RNLI Oban Lifeboat for lifting my broken bones off this frozen beach 5/1/25 & NHS GG&C for putting me back together #heroes
January 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Major thanks to 999, HM Coastguard and RNLI Oban Lifeboat for lifting my broken bones off this frozen beach 5/1/25 & NHS GG&C for putting me back together #heroes