There are currently indications of a submarine volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea. The activity could be linked to an underwater volcano that has only been included in a geological map of the region since 2024. The map was produced under the lead of GEOMAR. 🔗 www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...

Possible Eruption of an Underwater Volcano in the Bismarck Sea

22 May 2026 / Kiel. There are currently indications of a submarine volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea off Papua New Guinea. According to initial assessments, the activity could be linked to an unde...

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I'm not worried that one of the big AI firms is recruiting for this job. Nope, not worried at all: Policy Manager, Chemical Weapons and High Yield Explosives job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jo... [HT: @internationalintrigue.io ]

Policy Manager, Chemical Weapons and High Yield Explosives

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

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Agree 👇🏼. Would 💙 to fund a call on #MPAs, voluntary guidelines for small scale fisheries and food security to push for stronger cooperation, joint databases etc. #OceanOptimism

Daniel Cressey@dpcressey.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I guess this shouldn't be surprising, but given how many new MPAs trumpet fisheries benefits it's interesting that "fisheries and biodiversity conservation measures typically remain disconnected in practice". From Boris Worm and lots of other big names I can't find on Bluesky...

I guess this shouldn't be surprising, but given how many new MPAs trumpet fisheries benefits it's interesting that "fisheries and biodiversity conservation measures typically remain disconnected in practice". From Boris Worm and lots of other big names I can't find on Bluesky...

Integrating global targets for protected areas and sustainable fisheries

The global ocean harbors millions of unique species, many of which help to provide food and nutrients for nearly half of the world’s human population.…

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Fabulous story, incredible pictures, and a conservation success: humpback whale supergroups forming off South Africa as their numbers come roaring back after serious depletion from 20th century whaling! www.bbc.com/future/artic...

'It's so chaotic': Humpback whales are forming super-groups

On a misty morning in December, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day.

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Exciting to be here with @dialogueearth.bsky.social colleagues. Full house...

Double-take detail in this interview with Edith Heard, head of the Crick Her French husband decided against getting a spouse visa because of the UK's "intrusive" immigration rules If that's happening with one of the UK's most senior scientists, how many others are being put off completely?

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Head of @crick.ac.uk worries about ‘shift from funding basic research’ Edith Heard tells @francesjones.bsky.social scientists have “duty to speak up” as discovery research comes under pressure www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

Tomorrow’s opening session ends with a short ceremony to mark ratifications of the 2022 Fisheries Subsidies Agreement. @noiweala.bsky.social had wanted all members to ratify by this meeting. There's little chance of that now. So the agreement still doesn’t apply to a quarter of world fishing 2/2

The slow pace of ratifications of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

The celebrated “consensus” agreement finally entered into force—partially—on September 15, 2025, over three years after it was originally agreed. Speaks volumes for governments’ commitment to susta…

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"With the treaty now in force, financial obligations are no longer hypothetical." Incredibly pleased to have this important piece from the President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr, about the high seas treaty on @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/ocean/fin...

Finance cannot be an afterthought for the high seas treaty

The treaty could be a huge win for ocean conservation, but the world needs to turn words on paper into action on the water, writes the president of Palau

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Pure #OceanOptimism: 🇨🇱 granted full protection to 360,000km² of 🌊 around Juan Fernández & Nazca-Desventuradas marine parks, creating one of the world’s largest fully MPA & surpassing 50% ocean protection. #30x30 oceanographicmagazine.com/news/one-mil...

One million square kilometres of ocean gains full protection in Chile - Oceanographic

Chile expands full protection across 946,571km² of ocean around the Juan Fernández and Nazca-Desventuradas marine parks.

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New research published in Nature, analysing 33,000 fish populations across the Northern Hemisphere, found that fish biomass declines by around 7.2% for every 0.1°C increase in seabed temperature per decade. In some cases, losses reached nearly 20% in a single year.

Found the abstract of this paper by @uflandrin.bsky.social et al quite depressing: "even if we drastically increase our protection efforts across the ocean...we cannot expect short-term socio-ecological benefits to counterbalance a long history of human footprint" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Marine protected areas marginally offset anthropogenic declines in tropical reef fish contributions to nature and people - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The effectiveness of marine protected areas remains uncertain. Studying 2,800 tropical reefs, the authors of this study show that marine protected areas have compensated for only a small portion of hu...

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Six years ago I noticed Lego were putting toy marine debris into ocean sets. It took me a while to get round to writing about it. Thanks to my colleagues @dialogueearth.bsky.social for believing in this slightly left field piece. dialogue.earth/en/ocean/wha...

What a Lego ship says about the state of the ocean in 2026

A toy container vessel speaks to seemingly intractable problems facing the marine environment, writes Daniel Cressey

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This seems fine. Can't see any reason we'd need more atmospheric measurements at the moment. If the mission "no longer offers value for money" then fine - but maybe the money should be earmarked for something similar but better?

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Closure of UK flying lab ‘a big blow to international mission’. Researchers on joint Europe-Japan mission decry impact of funding cut, with UK’s reputation already damaged. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

For those interested in ocean alkalinity enhancement / mCDR / geoengineering: "relatively modest levels of olivine dissolution, within the ranges feasible for OAE, can impair embryonic development of oysters, likely due to the release of trace metals such as nickel" academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

Alkaline mineral dissolution can impair embryonic development in the Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas), raising caution for ocean alkalinity enhancement

Abstract. Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is a promising marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approach aimed at mitigating climate change by increasing

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“Measured coastal sea level is higher than assumed in most hazard assessments…the measured values suggest that with 1 m of relative sea-level rise… 48–68% more people (increasing estimates to 77–132 million) would fall below sea level.” www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“The picture is very concerning. Thus far our monitoring has identified that a wide range of environmentally problematic sites have been targeted by conflict parties, in particular fossil fuel and military facilities.” dialogue.earth/en/nature/as...

As the Gulf conflict widens, so does its environmental footprint

Environmental strain is growing in a region already vulnerable, leaving some countries with little capacity to cope

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Is it too optimistic to see some hope in the fact that the EU is keeping climate and biodiversity research ties with China open, even while shutting down other bits of Horizon cooperation? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why Europe barred China from flagship Horizon research programmes

Fresh restrictions could result in China being less open with foreign collaborators, say some researchers.

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Hey you! Did you know that #fishing is one of the deadliest professions in the world? But labor laws are extremely shitty when it comes to stuff happening far away and under unclear jurisdiction. Something good just happened, though. 👇 #Fisheries #CapeTownAgreement

@fishcoalition.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Cape Town Agreement is officially fully ratified! 🌊⚓🛟 This global treaty will bring the first mandatory safety standards for large fishing vessels — protecting fishers’ lives and strengthening the fight against IUU fishing. More at: fisheriestransparency.net/full-ratific...

Nottingham move to cut academics' protected research time to 25%, as staff-student ratios rise, brings strong warning from the UCU branch - this "threatens Nottingham's status as a research-intensive institution".

Fish fraud! Do you know all nine types? dialogue.earth/en/food/seaf...

Seafood fraud: There might be something fishy about your flounder

Seafood is so vulnerable to fraud that one in five products may not be what is claimed, warns the UNFAO

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Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years. Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Job losses at research-intensive universities double in two years - Research Professional News

Exclusive: Scale of redundancies revealed branded a “disaster” for UK research capacity

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🚨 NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨 We are hiring a Mexico and Central America Regional Editor to join our editorial team. 👉 Find out more: https://loom.ly/YGa4PxY

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Mexico and Central America Regional Editor at Dialogue Earth

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The implications of overshooting 1.5 °C on Earth system tipping elements - a review "Global warming must peak below 2°C, return to below 1.5°C as quickly as possible (i.e. within this century), and to around 1°C thereafter to limit tipping point risks". iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Latest on the consequences of the UK's decision to scrap two international physics projects. The "UK would not anymore be considered a reliable partner in the field of fundamental physics—and that is a big change," an Italian physicist tells me.

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Funding U-turn will cost UK trust and leadership, partners say. Senior European physicists say country’s status as “reliable partner” damaged by withdrawal of pledged investment. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Love this paper title: A roadmap towards monitoring walruses from space academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... From @bas.ac.uk / @ptfretwell.bsky.social / and others

A roadmap towards monitoring walruses from space

Abstract. Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are experiencing rapid habitat change, concomitant with dramatic sea ice declines in the Arctic. Reduction in sea ic

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Killer whales eating other killer whales? Is there any animal with a more appropriate name? "we present direct evidence of conspecific predation on resident killer whales" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Predation by Mammal‐Eating Bigg's Killer Whales (Orcinus orca rectipinnus) May Shape the Unique Social Structure of “Resident” Fish‐Eating Killer Whales (O. o. ater) in the North Pacific

Click on the article title to read more.

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Good to see the Nature vs Science rivalry is still going strong. On a serious note - I'm hoping to visit the Azores later this year. Hoping to get to the bottom of how good the protection there really is. Who should I talk too? www.nature.com/articles/d41... www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Belated post - new (last week) on @dialogueearth.bsky.social dialogue.earth/en/climate/t... We will be following up, so if you think any of the agencies being abandoned deserve more attention than they are currently getting, please drop me a line.

Trump abandons international climate, biodiversity and energy bodies

Dismay as US president orders withdrawal from 66 bodies working on climate, global governance and other issues

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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.