Beautiful weather and #underwater conditions lately and lots of spring #wildlife and the kelp looking amazing again #ukunderwater #marinelife #cornwallcoast #underwaterphotography

Our monthly round-up of great UK-based marine job opportunities, hand-picked for our community. 🧵👇 🌐🌍🧪🌊🦑🐟 (Get in touch with the company advertising the role directly with any questions. We are just sharing these in the same way a job board would)

Fluorescent hermit #crabs - one of the species we get locally glows under ultraviolet light, like many marine animals. Whether there’s any function to this is mostly unknown still. #marinelife #marinebiology #ukwildlife #ukunderwater #rockpools #tidepools

Yesterday I spotted my first rainbow sea slug! They’ve been known in the southwest since 2022 - but so happy to have finally spotted my own!! 🩵🦑🤿🇬🇧🌊 #nudibranch #rockpooling #UKunderwater

New sea turtle research! This new study explores how individual green turtles adjust the timing of their nesting patterns in response to warming oceans. Watch the video for more. Full paper - doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 🦑🌐🌍🦤🧪🐢 #AcademicSky @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social

NEW RESEARCH: Seamounts are a HUB for sharks! New research on seamounts off Ascension Island has found that there are 41 TIMES the amount of sharks there than in the open ocean, despite no increase in primary productivity. Read the full paper here - doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🦑🌊🦤🌍🌐🧪 #AcademicSky

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵 🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊 #WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky

SCHOLARSHIPS for international students seeking to join us in Sept 2025 for MSc in @exetergses.bsky.social . The deadline to apply is 27 February 2025. 🧪🌎🦑🐟🦤 Scholarships: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Degrees: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/gses/ @uniexecec.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social

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Martin Stevens@wildlifevision.bsky.social · 2y ago

So happy to have found this amazing rainbow #seaslug yesterday. They only started to appear in the UK in 2022 and this is the second time I’ve come across them - the colours are unreal. #underwaterphotography #ukwildlife #marinebiology

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Martin Stevens@wildlifevision.bsky.social · 2y ago

Can you believe this tiny cushion star is just 1 cm in size? They are among the smallest and most colourful of all starfish and live in the upper shore #rockpools here in #Cornwall. The red spots on the very end of the arms are eyes! #marinelife #seacreatures #underwaterphotography #britishnature

In the 20 years since the term “microplastics” was first coined, a growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic the pollutants have become. A recent #ScienceReview provides an overview and the progress made in understanding #microplastics.

Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?

Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources, including tires, textiles, cosmetics, paint, and the...

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Conger eels are something of a rarity off East Yorkshire, with only a handful of official recordings between the Wash and Middlesbrough (about 200km of coastline). Luck would have it then, when one photo-bombed a BRUV recording over an inshore wreck earlier this year. 🦑🌍 #ukunderwater

Successful December rockpool, found a lovely broad-clawed porcelain crab, and many others this #crustmas Falmouth, Cornwall 🦑 🇬🇧🤿 #UKunderwater

European winter walkers keep 👀 out. A dead Kemp's Ridley turtle was reported on 13th December at Talacre, North Wales, UK. There will be more. Reporting guidelines here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🦤 #seaturte #marineturtle @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social

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Scott Reid@scottinscilly.bsky.social · 2y ago

Still my favourite strand line discovery to date - a female Phronima sedentaria (‘monster in a barrel’) - Isles of Scilly, October 2023! An amphipod crustacean, she parasitises salps, devouring them from the inside, forming a vessel to raise her young 👽 #MarineLife 🦑 #ukwildlife

I’ve started a feed to try and pull together lots of lovely underwater images taken in the UK. Let’s champion our incredible British marine life! Just use 🇬🇧🤿 in your post to show in the feed, or #UKunderwater / #UKdiving 🦑 ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/did:...

Throwback to warmer, sunnier times with this lovely compass jellyfish met on a snorkel in Falmouth (as always) 🇬🇧🤿 🦑 #UKdiving #UKunderwater

A huge thank you to everyone that has donated or shared so far 🙏 Please KEEP SHARING and help us get the word out! We're already at £2450 on day 2 of 42. Full details of the project here: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con

To connect those working to minimize #bycatch in marine #fisheries a (preliminary) starter pack below. Please suggest others (partic early career folk) in comments, DM or email me b.j.godley@exeter.ac.uk 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 🦈🐟🐠🐡 🌊 #seaturtles #sharks #rays #seabirds #whales #dolphins go.bsky.app/VJJvGe6

On the third day of #crustmas my true love gave to me… a spidercrab wearing a snakelocks anemone! 🇬🇧🤿 🦑 📍Falmouth, Cornwall

Covering the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives, the report offers country-specific solutions to conversation action. We're proud that Exeter Marine researchers are contributors, including @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social and @phildoherty.bsky.social for the Congo chapter. 🦤🧪🌍🦑

IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group@iucnshark.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING: The IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group has released a new report on the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives. portals.iucn.org/library/node...

A hefty spidercrab from earlier in the year, because #crustmas 🦀 Falmouth, Cornwall 🇬🇧🤿 🦑

I’ve started a feed to try and pull together lots of lovely underwater images taken in the UK. Let’s champion our incredible British marine life! Just use 🇬🇧🤿 in your post to show in the feed, or #UKunderwater / #UKdiving 🦑 ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/did:...

Poor visibility but had fun exploring one of Falmouth’s amazing maerl beds today! Lovely lobster… and spot the cuttlefish 🔍 🦑 🇬🇧🤿 #UKunderwater #UKdiving

Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity

Winter strandings of juvenile hardshell #turtles in UK have started! This one still alive! on a beach near Blackpool. Less than 30cm long. Keep an eye out. Contact numbers can be found here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles

We have a new feed collating everything to do with the Exeter Marine research network! Make sure to tag us, or mention #ExeterMarine to appear on the list. 🦑🧪🌍 bsky.app/profile/did:...

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