Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese.... Scholarship Ad: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coral Reef Fisheries Sustainability

A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for a PhD student within Faculty of Science to conduct social sciences-based fieldwork.

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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Increased resilience and a regime shift reversal through repeat mass coral bleaching

Assessing coral reefs across the inner Seychelles islands, using a 28-year dataset, we document faster coral recovery from the 2016 than the 1998 marine heatwave events. Further, a reef that had regi....

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Exciting to finally present the coral reef stepping stones work that I've been doing with @emilysdarling.bsky.social @thewcs.bsky.social and colleagues at #BES2024! Thank you @matthew-j-m-03.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social for the 📸.

Exciting news! MERMAID is a free web platform to collect, manage, and analyze data on coral reef ecosystems. Crucial to direct conservation action before it's too late. It's estimated 90% of coral reefs could be lost by 2050. 🌏 🪸

@emilysdarling.bsky.social · 2y ago

I am delighted that WCS @thewcs.bsky.social and MERMAID have been awarded a 2024-2025 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant! With less than 15% of the world’s coral reefs monitored, it’s time to close the data gap with responsible AI and machine learning. Read more ⬇️ newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

Great example of #coralreef outreach by Google: help train AI models for coral reef sounds by identifying fish croaks and growls and snapping shrimp crackles, ft. Prof Steve Simpson and Nat Geo Explorer Mary Shodipo g.co/arts/QJ59K8W...

Calling in Our Corals - Google Arts & Culture

In just three minutes help marine biologists attempt to bring life back into coral reefs.

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New preprint out w @colebrookson.bsky.social where we use a model to explore when coral restoration is a practical method of coral reef mgmt! Spoiler alert - paying attention to human pressure levels is 🔑, if they're too high, restoration attempts are unlikely to promote long-lasting healthy reefs!

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Coral restoration is only practical when local human pressure levels are low https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.622858v1

Happy this is finally pre-printed! A fun piece to work on with @arielgreiner.bsky.social where we show that coral restoration needs to be complimented by other, more fundamental sustainability measures to be useful ! 🪸

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Coral restoration is only practical when local human pressure levels are low https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.622858v1

I am delighted that WCS @thewcs.bsky.social and MERMAID have been awarded a 2024-2025 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant! With less than 15% of the world’s coral reefs monitored, it’s time to close the data gap with responsible AI and machine learning. Read more ⬇️ newsroom.wcs.org/News-Release...

MERMAID Named Winner of 2024-2025 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE Grant for Nonprofits

New York, NY, December 3, 2024 — Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today announced it has been selected as a winner of the 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) IMAGINE Grant, a public grant opportunity op...

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#job: UNEP @unep.bsky.social is hiring a consultant to prepare a report on Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their significant role in sustainable coral reef management, launching the report at UNEA 2025. Read more here: careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...

Many coral reef scientists are sceptical of restoration attempts. The primary reason is that coral restoration doesn’t actually work at a meaningful scale - and short-term, small-scale outcomes with a few species are inevitably reversed by the next heatwave. More here: www.cell.com/one-earth/pd...

Dennis Bours@dennisbours.bsky.social · 2y ago

The critical role of coral reef restoration in a changing world. Details matter and vary greatly with respect to scale, social context and benefits, and diverse approaches are needed to maintain functional coral reef ecosystems. www.nature.com/artic...

When is coral reef restoration effective? (Hint: when other pressures are low). Great work by Cole Brookson and Dr Ariel Greiner (soon to be on Blue Sky, I predict!) - a @uoft.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social collaboration on practical modelling insights for coral reef conservation.

bioRxiv Ecology@biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social · 2y ago

Coral restoration is only practical when local human pressure levels are low https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.26.622858v1

Global Fishing Watch is hiring a newly created Senior Scientist leadership role to help expand our impact with all the new work we are doing under our 2023 award from The Audacious Project to map all human activity at sea. #hiring #techjob #sciencejob #jobs #careers

And then, there was @bsky.app! Looking forward to following, learning, and sharing hope for coral reefs. Follow me to find out more! @thewcs.bsky.social

Wildlife Conservation Society@wcs.org · 2y ago

Visible from space. The world's largest coral discovered in the Pacific Ocean. “This shows that there are still environmental conditions where corals can survive and thrive, even potentially through the accelerating impacts of #climatechange,” WCS's Dr. Emily Darling said. 🌏 cnn.it/4i1cEuP