Anyway, this was just to say that this looks like a great project and that I am sure there'd be value to the scientific community in sharing the behind-the-scenes too (in whatever form you find appropriate)! Just a thought

We have for examples a theme set in ICES JMS on this topic - here are a couple of "stories from the front lines" where researchers share their experiences:

(1) academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

(2) academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

local context and dynamics, but some key principles will be transferable from one project to the other, and it is always good to have examples from different countries and project types!

Yes exactly, with lessons learned. Could be anything - a thread, blog, video, white paper or peer-reviewed paper. There is a big push and willingness to co-design science but it is easier said than done and ppl often don't even know where to start. Each case is of course different and depends on the

Great video and project, Mike! If you have written down any lessons learned from the co-designing aspect (e.g. building trust with local fishers, including relationship-building into the overall timeline of a funded project, etc) it'd be great to read about them - many are struggling with this!

While this thread focusses on climate and environmental changes, A. islandica is also a species of interest for researchers in medicine (anti-aging, anyone?) and anthropology, among other fields.
Vote here: moty.senckenberg.science/en/
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🌡️ Because of the points above, A. islandica is an excellent archive of past climate and environmental changes. Having reliable records of past climate is crucial to understanding the changes happening today and in the future.
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#climatechange #climate

🔬 Because these growth patterns reflect environmental conditions, we can check for similar patterns in different specimens and thus both (1) replicate environmental data (important!) and (2) study spatial connections or time lags between populations and environments.
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🌳 Much like tree rings, Arctica islandica forms annual bands in its shell. The growth patterns of these annual bands provide invaluable information about the animal's life history, and also the environment it lived in.
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#dendrochronology #sclerochronology

🥇 It is the longest-lived non-colonial and absolutely dated animal known to science, with a recorded lifespan of 507 years! (Better luck next time, Greenland shark!)
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#science