Valentina Belén
@valentinabmk.bsky.social
~Nature, books, writing, cat love and yoga (24 hours) ॐ
Marine Conservation
UN Ocean Decade🐚
Marine Conservation
UN Ocean Decade🐚
There is no force that can break the sound of unity.
We are one source, so let’s get together, Love.
There is no force that can break the sound of unity.
Together we’re a barrier, a being full of love,
Love inside our hearts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=buov...
We are one source, so let’s get together, Love.
There is no force that can break the sound of unity.
Together we’re a barrier, a being full of love,
Love inside our hearts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=buov...
Beautiful Chorus - Being of Love (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by Beautiful Chorus
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There is no force that can break the sound of unity.
We are one source, so let’s get together, Love.
There is no force that can break the sound of unity.
Together we’re a barrier, a being full of love,
Love inside our hearts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=buov...
We are one source, so let’s get together, Love.
There is no force that can break the sound of unity.
Together we’re a barrier, a being full of love,
Love inside our hearts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=buov...
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Time to celebrate our photosynthetic pals as today is #WorldAlgaeDay! You can find out more about the work @thembauk.bsky.social is doing to understand and protect our algal allies at buff.ly/grsdnhj
October 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Time to celebrate our photosynthetic pals as today is #WorldAlgaeDay! You can find out more about the work @thembauk.bsky.social is doing to understand and protect our algal allies at buff.ly/grsdnhj
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Comparto mi columna de ayer en La Segunda
October 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Comparto mi columna de ayer en La Segunda
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Since everyone is talking about these all the time, here's my article about the history and importance of sea shanties. It features interviews with expert maritime historians.
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
Soon may the explainer come: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about sea shanties but were afraid to ask
The hot new thing on the internet is the latest revival of a centuries-old musical tradition. The humble sea shanty has taken the internet by storm, with remixes of remixes getting millions of view…
www.southernfriedscience.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Since everyone is talking about these all the time, here's my article about the history and importance of sea shanties. It features interviews with expert maritime historians.
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
www.southernfriedscience.com/soon-may-the... 🧪🦑🌍 #SciComm
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If the Tories agree to be the junior partners supporting a Reform government, they are sending an unmistakable signal that the Conservatives are finished as one of the two main parties of government, argues PQ co-ed Ben Jackson.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/nigel-f...
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage is no Ramsay MacDonald: Comparing the Rise of Reform with the Rise of Labour
It is hard not to suspect that arresting the rise of Reform could be beyond the powers of both current party leaders.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If the Tories agree to be the junior partners supporting a Reform government, they are sending an unmistakable signal that the Conservatives are finished as one of the two main parties of government, argues PQ co-ed Ben Jackson.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/nigel-f...
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/nigel-f...
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RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.
BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.
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Many people feel overwhelmed with the number of potential climate solutions, and are not quite sure what to focus on.
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social has always been at helping people navigate the minefield.
Their new explorer is really cool, and helps to make things clearer: drawdown.org/explorer
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social has always been at helping people navigate the minefield.
Their new explorer is really cool, and helps to make things clearer: drawdown.org/explorer
Drawdown® Explorer
We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.
drawdown.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Many people feel overwhelmed with the number of potential climate solutions, and are not quite sure what to focus on.
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social has always been at helping people navigate the minefield.
Their new explorer is really cool, and helps to make things clearer: drawdown.org/explorer
@projectdrawdown.bsky.social has always been at helping people navigate the minefield.
Their new explorer is really cool, and helps to make things clearer: drawdown.org/explorer
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✍️A milestone for ocean governance: #BBNJ is set to enter into force soon.
As the UN agency leading on fisheries, @fao.org will support its implementation, ensuring biodiversity & fisheries go hand in hand through guidance & capacity building.
openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
As the UN agency leading on fisheries, @fao.org will support its implementation, ensuring biodiversity & fisheries go hand in hand through guidance & capacity building.
openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
✍️A milestone for ocean governance: #BBNJ is set to enter into force soon.
As the UN agency leading on fisheries, @fao.org will support its implementation, ensuring biodiversity & fisheries go hand in hand through guidance & capacity building.
openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
As the UN agency leading on fisheries, @fao.org will support its implementation, ensuring biodiversity & fisheries go hand in hand through guidance & capacity building.
openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
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🌊 How are ocean accounts a valuable tool in marine restoration? 💡
Our blog explain the benefits of ocean accounts, which brings diverse data sources together into one system, simplifying tracking and monitoring of changes in marine ecosystems over time.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/yvc5wma5
Our blog explain the benefits of ocean accounts, which brings diverse data sources together into one system, simplifying tracking and monitoring of changes in marine ecosystems over time.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/yvc5wma5
September 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🌊 How are ocean accounts a valuable tool in marine restoration? 💡
Our blog explain the benefits of ocean accounts, which brings diverse data sources together into one system, simplifying tracking and monitoring of changes in marine ecosystems over time.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/yvc5wma5
Our blog explain the benefits of ocean accounts, which brings diverse data sources together into one system, simplifying tracking and monitoring of changes in marine ecosystems over time.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/yvc5wma5
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Our Editorial concludes a Research Topic with 26 insightful articles on how #ecosystems respond to human pressures & #ClimateChange: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Explore the full collection: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#MarineScience #Conservation #Biodiversity #MarineEcology
🧪🌍🌐🌊
Explore the full collection: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#MarineScience #Conservation #Biodiversity #MarineEcology
🧪🌍🌐🌊
Frontiers | Understanding the Response of Ecosystems to Increasing Human Pressures and Climate Change – Management Options
The human footprint on the world's oceans has grown significantly in recent years, exerting immense pressure on marine ecosystems and leading to a decline in...
www.frontiersin.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Our Editorial concludes a Research Topic with 26 insightful articles on how #ecosystems respond to human pressures & #ClimateChange: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Explore the full collection: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#MarineScience #Conservation #Biodiversity #MarineEcology
🧪🌍🌐🌊
Explore the full collection: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#MarineScience #Conservation #Biodiversity #MarineEcology
🧪🌍🌐🌊
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🚨 Paper Alert!🚨
Obligations + challenges + risks + opportunities for successful implementation of #OECMs
1️⃣ adapt international #standards and values to #local #contexts
2️⃣ be #evidence-based + #participative
3️⃣ be #prioritized .
📰 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Obligations + challenges + risks + opportunities for successful implementation of #OECMs
1️⃣ adapt international #standards and values to #local #contexts
2️⃣ be #evidence-based + #participative
3️⃣ be #prioritized .
📰 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨 Paper Alert!🚨
Obligations + challenges + risks + opportunities for successful implementation of #OECMs
1️⃣ adapt international #standards and values to #local #contexts
2️⃣ be #evidence-based + #participative
3️⃣ be #prioritized .
📰 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Obligations + challenges + risks + opportunities for successful implementation of #OECMs
1️⃣ adapt international #standards and values to #local #contexts
2️⃣ be #evidence-based + #participative
3️⃣ be #prioritized .
📰 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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@fao.org welcomes the @wto.org Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
“This agreement is very positive for the sustainability of fisheries resources, which we all depend on,” said @manufao.bsky.social.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
#PSMA #FightIUUFishing
“This agreement is very positive for the sustainability of fisheries resources, which we all depend on,” said @manufao.bsky.social.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
#PSMA #FightIUUFishing
September 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@fao.org welcomes the @wto.org Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.
“This agreement is very positive for the sustainability of fisheries resources, which we all depend on,” said @manufao.bsky.social.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
#PSMA #FightIUUFishing
“This agreement is very positive for the sustainability of fisheries resources, which we all depend on,” said @manufao.bsky.social.
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
#PSMA #FightIUUFishing
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Could geoengineering interventions combat climate change by reducing the sun’s warming effects? @bridgetsh.bsky.social reports on a new research paper that found 5 proposed interventions could do “severe environmental damage.” #Decarbonization is still the main way forward www.cbc.ca/news/science...
September 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Could geoengineering interventions combat climate change by reducing the sun’s warming effects? @bridgetsh.bsky.social reports on a new research paper that found 5 proposed interventions could do “severe environmental damage.” #Decarbonization is still the main way forward www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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At #COP16Colombia, Parties to the CBD adopted new mechanisms for describing and updating ecologically or biologically significant marine areas #EBSAs.
The CBD Secretariat ( @unbiodiversity.bsky.social) now accepts #EBSAs submissions on a rolling basis.
🔵Learn more:▶️ cbd.int/marine/ebsas
The CBD Secretariat ( @unbiodiversity.bsky.social) now accepts #EBSAs submissions on a rolling basis.
🔵Learn more:▶️ cbd.int/marine/ebsas
September 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
At #COP16Colombia, Parties to the CBD adopted new mechanisms for describing and updating ecologically or biologically significant marine areas #EBSAs.
The CBD Secretariat ( @unbiodiversity.bsky.social) now accepts #EBSAs submissions on a rolling basis.
🔵Learn more:▶️ cbd.int/marine/ebsas
The CBD Secretariat ( @unbiodiversity.bsky.social) now accepts #EBSAs submissions on a rolling basis.
🔵Learn more:▶️ cbd.int/marine/ebsas
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A new study in @nature.com shows that abrupt changes to Antarctica’s currents, ice and glaciers are already underway – and likely to significantly intensify in the future, with global impacts for generations to come.🧪🌏
Read more in @theconversation.com
Read more in @theconversation.com
From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
bit.ly
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A new study in @nature.com shows that abrupt changes to Antarctica’s currents, ice and glaciers are already underway – and likely to significantly intensify in the future, with global impacts for generations to come.🧪🌏
Read more in @theconversation.com
Read more in @theconversation.com
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Download our conference report, “Building Bridges: Shaping Europe’s Science-for-Policy Landscape,” to dive into session summaries, speaker insights, and practical lessons for building trust and impact in European policymaking. scadv.eu/tVFH3mJ
September 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Download our conference report, “Building Bridges: Shaping Europe’s Science-for-Policy Landscape,” to dive into session summaries, speaker insights, and practical lessons for building trust and impact in European policymaking. scadv.eu/tVFH3mJ
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New: Strong global support for the 30x30 conservation target
*Data from 5 continents (N=12k) show 82% in support of 30x30
*2 experiments find highly consistent expansion policy preferences, incl. prioritization of nature and rich countries bearing higher costs
Out now OA in @pnas.org. Viz. below.
*Data from 5 continents (N=12k) show 82% in support of 30x30
*2 experiments find highly consistent expansion policy preferences, incl. prioritization of nature and rich countries bearing higher costs
Out now OA in @pnas.org. Viz. below.
Mass support for conserving 30% of the Earth by 2030: Experimental evidence from five continents | PNAS
Rapid global expansion of protected areas is critical for safeguarding biodiversity
but depends on political action for successful implementation. ...
www.pnas.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New: Strong global support for the 30x30 conservation target
*Data from 5 continents (N=12k) show 82% in support of 30x30
*2 experiments find highly consistent expansion policy preferences, incl. prioritization of nature and rich countries bearing higher costs
Out now OA in @pnas.org. Viz. below.
*Data from 5 continents (N=12k) show 82% in support of 30x30
*2 experiments find highly consistent expansion policy preferences, incl. prioritization of nature and rich countries bearing higher costs
Out now OA in @pnas.org. Viz. below.
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The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, an ocean current, keeps Northern Europe warm
Without it, winters in London could see cold extremes of -20C
New study says collapse of the current due to climate change is 25% chance even in low emission futures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Without it, winters in London could see cold extremes of -20C
New study says collapse of the current due to climate change is 25% chance even in low emission futures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, an ocean current, keeps Northern Europe warm
Without it, winters in London could see cold extremes of -20C
New study says collapse of the current due to climate change is 25% chance even in low emission futures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Without it, winters in London could see cold extremes of -20C
New study says collapse of the current due to climate change is 25% chance even in low emission futures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Understanding how policymakers define & select evidence in environmental decisions is crucially important. Based on interviews with 84 Canadian professionals working at science-policy interfaces, Nyboer et al. set out a new definition of “good evidence” @sjcfishy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
August 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Understanding how policymakers define & select evidence in environmental decisions is crucially important. Based on interviews with 84 Canadian professionals working at science-policy interfaces, Nyboer et al. set out a new definition of “good evidence” @sjcfishy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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In the context of the #oceans as key to solutions to the #climate crisis, Fusco & Singh studied whether strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) provide #information needed to support #renewable energy #decisions. While the potential exists, how #SEAs are conducted matters doi.org/10.1007/s002...
August 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In the context of the #oceans as key to solutions to the #climate crisis, Fusco & Singh studied whether strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) provide #information needed to support #renewable energy #decisions. While the potential exists, how #SEAs are conducted matters doi.org/10.1007/s002...
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Winners and losers in a hotter ocean
Fish will follow the plankton.
theconversation.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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🌱Kelp forests in marine protected areas are more resilient to marine heatwaves, new research show! Meaning it is all the more vital we ensure our ocean havens are truly protected from destructive threats like bottom trawling
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Kelp forests in Marine Protected Areas are more resilient to marine heatwaves
New research finds that Marine Protected Areas can boost the recovery of globally important kelp forests following marine heatwaves. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’...
www.eurekalert.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🌱Kelp forests in marine protected areas are more resilient to marine heatwaves, new research show! Meaning it is all the more vital we ensure our ocean havens are truly protected from destructive threats like bottom trawling
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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For almost 40 years the #IPCC has been producing major reports about the #climate crisis. C. Granado describes how Bert Bolin, a highly regarded climate scientist & first IPCC chair, was an effective mediator & advocate & filled a major role in legitimizing the IPCC globally doi.org/10.1017/S000...
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
For almost 40 years the #IPCC has been producing major reports about the #climate crisis. C. Granado describes how Bert Bolin, a highly regarded climate scientist & first IPCC chair, was an effective mediator & advocate & filled a major role in legitimizing the IPCC globally doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Despite knowledge co-production becoming a “central ambition at the environmental science-policy interface,” experiential knowledge remains marginalized. Johner et al. offer 7 recommendations, particularly a key role for stories, as a way forward @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
August 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Despite knowledge co-production becoming a “central ambition at the environmental science-policy interface,” experiential knowledge remains marginalized. Johner et al. offer 7 recommendations, particularly a key role for stories, as a way forward @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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This is a prime case study of how moving your issue agenda as a center right party (Cons) to the right extremes will eventually cost yourself everything.
The Cons are projected at 24!!! seats right now.
Reform at 395!
The Cons are projected at 24!!! seats right now.
Reform at 395!
➡️ Reform lead by 15%, their largest ever lead in an opinion poll.
Would give them a majority of ~140 seats.
Would give them a majority of ~140 seats.
August 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is a prime case study of how moving your issue agenda as a center right party (Cons) to the right extremes will eventually cost yourself everything.
The Cons are projected at 24!!! seats right now.
Reform at 395!
The Cons are projected at 24!!! seats right now.
Reform at 395!