It's official: @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I have launched the HOLOtag for ocean observation on a micro-AUV! An ultra-compact plankton imaging sensor, the #HOLOtag is a real breakthrough in sensor innovation and now backed by the @royalsociety.org 🌊🦑🧪

Find out more at: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Seasonally migrating zooplankton strongly enhance Southern Ocean carbon sequestration

High-latitude zooplankton can sequester millions of tons of carbon due to their seasonal migration from the surface ocean to depth, and their respiration and mortality during overwintering. This seas...

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FMRI Coastal Autonomy Workshop in Plymouth tomorrow hosted by the NCCA - National Centre for Coastal Autonomy. A strong showing from the marine autonomy & innovation community 🌊🧪 Great to see Plymouth now recognised as the UK’s National Centre for Marine Autonomy. noc-events.co.uk/fmri-keynote...

🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy APPLY NOW 👇

Lilian Lieber@lilianlieber.bsky.social · last yr.

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy APPLY NOW 👇

Lilian Lieber@lilianlieber.bsky.social · last yr.

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

Wind turbines affect local wind regime, esp. downwind from them. How that affects marine ecosystems, through wind-related features like upwelling, is something we are still learning. But aspects like surface primary productivity seem to be affected. 🧪🌊 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧪🦑From #plankton to predators 🌊 Out for sea trials testing our new #autonomy technology when this beauty surfaced right in front of us! #sunfish A timely reminder of how #ocean change is reshaping #biodiversity on our doorstep. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

Scotland's seabirds land conservation fund from windfarm donors ->Oceanographic | #LandConservation | More info from EcoSearch

Scotland's seabirds land conservation fund from windfarm donors

Seabirds across Scotland are set to benefit from a major new funding initiative aimed at reversing decades of population decline by protecting and restoring vital seabird habitats across its coastlines and islands. The Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund has released...

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Devon life! Mid-week paddle and having inspiring conversations with our local #seafarers! #ocean 🦑🧪🌊

🌊🦑 Remember this one? I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thank you. As my first time going through this as lead supervisor, it was exciting to see so much interest & strong candidates— truth be told, it was also encouraging to see that the kinds of ideas I’m envisioning are resonating.

Through sustained collaborations with the maritime industries, we are building new directions and applications in science & technology - bringing these advanced directly into the classroom with @plymuni.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 An amazing week @ Ocean Business in Southampton with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social

🌊 Missed the Marine Biodiversity Networking Friday: Advancing Ocean Observations of Marine Life webinar? Catch the recording featuring insights from Lina Mtwana Nordlund and Elizabeth Lawrence. Learn about the Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science. 📺 Watch now: www.youtube.com/live/DF1qqK0...

Marine Biodiversity Networking Friday on Advancing ocean observations of marine Life

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Van-tastic weekend in Cornwall. So much fun in the waves, great food and sunshine 🙏 Escapes are real.

🧪🌊🦑 When Marine Science Gets Eel-y Interesting ;) After 4 months, our Sonardyne ADCP frame was due for recovery—but it had an unexpected resident! We @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social retrieved the frame only to find a large conger eel inside. Watch its dramatic escape! 👇

Had the pleasure this week to go out on the University of Plymouth' Falcon Spirit. Heading out with such engaged and experienced skippers & technicians with a can-do attitude, the University can really take pride as research & teaching always is a #team effort. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🧪🌊🌍🦑

Next paper of my Phd project published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🎉Read more to find out what makes #Arctic #diatoms arctic and why temperate diatoms could encounter significant barriers in their warming-driven poleward range-shifts. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

What Does It Mean to Be(Come) Arctic? Functional and Genetic Traits of Arctic‐ and Temperate‐Adapted Diatoms

Climate change is expected to drive phytoplankton poleward, but successful establishment in new environments requires adaptation to multiple factors beyond temperature. This study compares two common...

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🌊🪸🐚Applications for a training course in how to assess the impact of bottom trawling on seabed habitats now open. 6-10 October in Copenhagen🦐🦞🐙 www.ices.dk/events/Train...

The deadline for submitting abstracts to #FSBI2025 is 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆! 'Turning Science into Strategy: Advancing Fish Conservation and Management'. Excitingly, it will be our first joint symposium with the Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM). 7 - 11 July 2025, Belfast. More info, here:

Symposium 2025 - Fisheries Society of the British Isles

FSBI annual Symposium 2025 hosted by Queens University Belfast will focus on

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New paper on the new phytoplankton growth model for the Greenland Sea published News 07.01.2025 bioecoocean.org/focal-living...

🐋 “Fishermen, hunters and researchers gathered at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage in January to discuss how several fish species and marine animals are changing their migration patterns in the warming climate.”

Scientists witnessed a ‘Humpback Palooza’ in the Arctic. Local hunters worry about what that could mean for subsistence.

In recent years, researchers have documented salmon surviving in North Slope rivers, bowhead whales expanding their foraging grounds and humpbacks moving into the Arctic.

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🧪🌊🦑 Beth is here, give her a follow @bescott-abdn.bsky.social! Beth works on the interface of ecology & oceanography and has pioneered on informing the sustainable development of marine #renewables for over two decades. My mentor when I most needed one. #ocean energy

Beth Scott@bescott-abdn.bsky.social · last yr.

Hi all- I’ve just moved over to blue sky - hoping to re-connect with colleagues here.

This still makes me chuckle and that is exactly what makes bluesky great. Keep it going, friends. 😂👍

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.

We have contacted the school's dean to dismiss the person responsible for the postings, along with the faculty members they were discussing, so that none of us has to hear about them again. 🙃 But seriously, I've been told that this shouldn't happen again.

🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front. Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

🌊 Hands-on marine monitoring with MSc students! A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵

🌊🦑🧪 #postdoc alert 🌍working with NERC's #BoatyMcBoatface (ALR 1500) equipped with cutting-edge #plankton imaging technology developed at @plymuni.bsky.social with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social and me & #satellite remote #sensing with @peterimiller.bsky.social at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social #FRONTLINE

🌊 Save the date! The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is coming to Glasgow, Scotland, 22-27 Feb 2026—the first OSM outside the U.S.! 🌍 Join scientists, students, journalists and more to grow our global ocean community, foster partnerships and build a sustainable future.​

🚨 First PhD paper in @pnas.org 🥳 🌊 @edualastrue.bsky.social and I looked at how much less CO2 will be taken up by the ocean if the #AMOC weakens - and how this reduced ocean carbon uptake affects the social cost of CO2 emissions. 📝 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 🧵 A thread [1/11]

🌊🦑🧪🌍 Can't wait for #OSM26 to be held in Scotland - first time outside the US - and what a cracking choice! Having lived in #Scotland for nearly 10 years, I take every opportunity to go back 💙 wonderful country & people with amazing mountains, coastline & wildlife. @agu.org #ocean #science meeting

AGU (American Geophysical Union)@agu.org · last yr.

🌊 Why Travel to Glasgow for #OSM26?🌍 ✅ Easy to get to✈️🚆 ✅ Rich oceanic culture – home to top marine science organizations🌊 ✅ Sustainable Meeting – Net Zero Carbon Events sustainable food & 95% waste diversion♻️ Join us in Glasgow for #OSM26!