Huw Griffiths
@huwiceandstuff.bsky.social
Polar marine biologist (Antarctic & Arctic) with @bas.ac.uk . Walks a lot and takes lots of photos! 🇦🇶🏳️🌈🦀🐚🐟 Same handle on Instagram He/Him/His
‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms… @antarcticheritage.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We (@rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social; @jdwitts.bsky.social; @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social ; @egmitchell.bsky.social and Andrea Manica) used ecosystem complexity (measured as non-random pairwise co-occurrences of taxa and metacommunity structure) as proxies to assess ecosystem health in latest Cretaceous.
Whooper swans are supposed to winter in the uk but this adorable honker has been in Cambridge 2 weeks already! Sound on 🔊 for whooping!
My whale photo got shortlisted in the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk Photographer of the Year competition. It is of a whale's chin! Do me a favour and give it a vote here and check out the other amazing photos: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC @bas.ac.uk
We need your help! This year, entrants to our photography competition were asked to explore the theme 'Restoring Biodiversity and Habitat'. A panel of judges has shortlisted the entries & now it's your turn to help decide the winners. Cast your vote via our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC
My whale photo got shortlisted in the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk Photographer of the Year competition. It is of a whale's chin! Do me a favour and give it a vote here and check out the other amazing photos: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC @bas.ac.uk
New paper alert! 🚨 rdcu.be/entY4 In the second paper of my PhD, published today in Scientific Reports, we investigated the spatial ecology of two solitary scleractinian coral morphotoypes, which are likely Caryophyllia or Flabellum, from the Powell Basin slopes of Antarctica 🇦🇶 .
PhDone!!! Passed my viva with minor corrections! Thanks to @egmitchell.bsky.social @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social and Andrea Manica for supervising, and Prof Rob Fletcher and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social for examining!
Dr. Brendan Anderson@fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to Dr. @ming-tfk27.bsky.social who had her PhD Viva today (and generously gave a public talk on zoom). So proud of her and her work on fossil and recent life in Antarctica, some of which even brought her back to PRI. #fossilfriday ⚒️
Hello A23a! The world’s biggest iceberg! Stretching as far as we can see! #biopole2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
What happens when giant #icebergs start to fall apart! #biopole2 #antarctica #southgeorgia #ice #A23a @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
The world’s biggest iceberg, A23a, emerges from the fog! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
Breaching #humpbacks and diving #southernrightwhales! Even on a misty day #biopole2 doesn’t disappoint! #whales #antarctica @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
Humpback whale in the crystal clear Antarctic water! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
The perfect day for Antarctic science. #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
Another berg faces the storm! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
#iceberg drifting by as the #storm builds! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
A #seapig: a type of #seacucumber or #holothurian. This one comes from 600 m down near the South Orkney Islands off #Antarctica. #BIOPOLE2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
This whale really wanted us to know it was there! #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social
