Lands end to John o’groats. 1600km, one bike. All to support women subject to domestic abuse. See my live updates and progress at: ridewithmart.co.uk If you can, please donate what you can afford. Thank you.
Prof. Martin Solan
@profbenthos.bsky.social
A marine ecologist with interests in benthic biodiversity-environment interactions and the ecosystem consequences of altered biodiversity and environmental change. Professor in Marine Ecology University of Southampton, UK Laval University, Quebec, Canada
I’m currently cycling lands end to John o’groats - see my live updates at ridewithmart.co.uk starting Day 5 today, 450km done and 1200km to go. If you can, please support, all going to charity to support women subject to domestic abuse. Please give what you can afford, every donation will help.
Mart's Land's End to John o'Groats Challenge
Follow Mart's 1,000-mile challenge live — track his progress, explore the route, and support the cause.
ridewithmart.co.uk
*Paper* - Evaluation of species translocation success should move beyond the assessment of population persistence and next-generation recruitment to consider the biotic and environmental context under which species deliver ecological functioning. doi.org/10.1002/2688.... @naturalengland.bsky.social
Differences in environmental condition and location challenge the assumption that translocated species will sustain ecological functioning
By evaluating the translocation potential of the marine worm Armandia cirrhosa, we reveal that environmental gradients between donor and receptor sites drive significant changes in sediment-reworking...
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Does species translocation offer a solution for species at risk? Only if you think about species-environment interactions. See our findings, published today: doi.org/10.1002/2688...
Differences in environmental condition and location challenge the assumption that translocated species will sustain ecological functioning
By evaluating the translocation potential of the marine worm Armandia cirrhosa, we reveal that environmental gradients between donor and receptor sites drive significant changes in sediment-reworking....
doi.org
**PAPER** Differences in environmental condition and location challenge the assumption that translocated species will sustain ecological functioning. doi.org/10.1002/2688....
My big event is coming in a matter of days… track everything via my own website. Daily updates and tracking me live. Go to: ridewithmart.co.uk
Mart's 1,000 Mile Coffee & Cake Crawl
Follow Mart's 1,000-mile Coffee & Cake Crawl live — track his progress, explore the route, and support the cause.
ridewithmart.co.uk
5 weeks until I start my challenge, cycling Lands End ton John O’Groats. My route is 1640km, and just short of 10,000m of elevation. Please give what you can for a good cause, but if you can’t give, please forward to your network: gofund.me/e76f47004
Bioturbation Starter Tutorial - I’m considering hosting 1-2-1 tutorials on how to run and analyse bioturbation experiments. Interested? Let me know.
Please sponsor me, I’m cycling 1600km from lands end to John o’Groats. Whatever you can afford, or just the equivalent of a coffee, all going to a good cause. See more here: gofund.me/2487cd134
Donate to Mart's 1,000 Mile Coffee & Cake Crawl, organized by Martin Solan
1000 miles. Two wheels. One epic UK crossing. I’m cycling Land’s End to John O’ Gro… Martin Solan needs your support for Mart's 1,000 Mile Coffee & Cake Crawl
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Help me reach my target…I’m going to cycle 1000 miles across the UK. Donate what you can, and more details here: gofund.me/f06530c42
Donate to Mart's 1,000 Mile Coffee & Cake Crawl, organized by Martin Solan
1000 miles. Two wheels. One epic UK crossing. I’m cycling Land’s End to John O’ Gro… Martin Solan needs your support for Mart's 1,000 Mile Coffee & Cake Crawl
gofund.me
*JOB* We are seeking a marine ecologist to investigate how physical disturbance - bottom trawling - influence carbon, nutrient and greenhouse gases. The advert is now live until 08/06/2026. PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY. jobs.soton.ac.uk/3416326HN
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow in Marine Ecology
We are seeking a highly motivated Marine Ecologist to join our collaborative research group at the University of Southampton. This position is funded by the NERC C-FLOOR highlight topic and offers a u...
jobs.soton.ac.uk
I am taking on the legendary "End to End"— cycling 1000 miles across the length of the UK from Land’s End to John o’ Groats. The furthest I have cycled before this year is about 10 miles. I’m self-funding the trip, so 100% of your donations go straight to a good cause. Thank you. Scan the QR code.
1000 miles. Two wheels. One epic UK crossing. I’m cycling Land’s End to John O’ Groats. Donate what you can at: gofund.me/1ffb178eb
So far, 47 participants from 25 countries signed up to take part in our global bioturbation experiment across freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems. No prior experience needed and we’ll send you a bioturbation kit - to join in, sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/projects
We are co-ordinating global bioturbation study across freshwater, terrestrial and marine ecosystems. We’ll send you everything you need, and experiment will be very simple. Sign up to be part of it by clicking on the bioturbation project here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org/projects.
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*NEW* We’ve just released 337 harmonised layers from 35 sources capturing human pressures, heritage features, ecological assets and net-ocean conditions for UK waters. Read the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Explore our interactive portal: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...
Learn about the NERC C-Floor project (buff.ly/92vIdPa), and explore its related project, Bowie (buff.ly/NJYo5f1), which examines how fixed offshore wind farms impact marine ecosystems. 🎧 Listen now: 🔹 Podbean: buff.ly/CXH7A8f 🔹 Spotify: buff.ly/CPjQRQS 🔹 Applemusic: buff.ly/y5qIguF
🌊 How do seafloor activities like bottom trawling affect the ocean’s carbon cycle—and climate policy? 🎧 In our latest #PolicyPod, we speak with Southampton’s @profbenthos.bsky.social & Prof. Susan Gourvenec about the NERC-funded C-Floor project. 🔗 Listen: buff.ly/rldAJt3
Listen to our podcast on managing the shelf sea carbon cycle and greenhouse gas release from physical disturbance of the seafloor. open.spotify.com/episode/7zTm...
C-Floor: Managing shelf sea carbon cycle and greenhouse gas release from physical disturbance of the seafloor
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NEW PAPER - we add co-extinctions and co-compensation to our extinction models to establish plausible biodiversity-function trajectories across a climate change gradient.
Global Change Biology@globalchangebio.bsky.social · 10mo agoCo‐Extinctions and Co‐Compensatory Species Responses to Climate Change Moderate Ecosystem Futures 🔗 buff.ly/wy7LahH @tjw97.bsky.social @profbenthos.bsky.social @jagodbold.bsky.social @clem2012garcia.bsky.social @philarchambault.bksy.social @sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Was great to have opportunity to present my perspectives on how biodiversity can contribute to ecosystem futures at @ulaval.ca Thank you to all that attended.
Biodiversity-function curves change from expectation when co-extinctions and co-compensatory responses are taken into account. See our *NEW PAPER* exploring these changes across an Arctic climatic gradient here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Co‐Extinctions and Co‐Compensatory Species Responses to Climate Change Moderate Ecosystem Futures
Predictions of what happens to an ecosystem following the loss of species often assume species disappear one by one, but some drivers of extinction target multiple species at a time that share certai....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Although assessing the extent and role of biogenic sediment mixing in the fossil record has been informed by knowledge of bioturbation in modern oceans, extrapolating concepts and quantifying proxies is problematic. We offer our perspectives in our new paper: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios...
BIOGENIC SEDIMENT MIXING: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE MODERN AND THE ANCIENT | PALAIOS | GeoScienceWorld
Abstract. Biogenic sediment mixing is a key process in modern environments, which has played a major role in triggering macroevolutionary breakthroughs,
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Excited….new bit of kit leaving USA right now to help in our quest to quantify bioturbation. What could it be? Answer to follow, add your guess in reply.
Fork lifting in the first few of our intact macrofaunal sediment communities ! Thanks team, great day, and plenty of exciting data to come for our NERC funded Ecowind project (ecological effects of offshore wind).
Prof. Martin Solan@profbenthos.bsky.social · 11mo agoGreat to make observations throughout an entire offshore wind farm to investigate the ecological effects of offshore wind expansion in our shelf seas. Fieldwork led by @krysiamazik.bsky.social and looking forward to receiving intact communities for follow-up lab experiments.
One way business can adjust is to carbon costing and control through activity-based emissions accounting. Read our report here: www.aicpa-cima.com/cpd-and-lear...
Carbon costing and control through activity-based emissions accounting
Report on carbon costing via activity-based emissions accounting and its effect on enabling ESG integration, pricing, and control, using operational data from a UK container port.
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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 10mo agoBank of England urged to do more to tackle climate crisis
Great to make observations throughout an entire offshore wind farm to investigate the ecological effects of offshore wind expansion in our shelf seas. Fieldwork led by @krysiamazik.bsky.social and looking forward to receiving intact communities for follow-up lab experiments.