Rodney Forster
@rodneyforster.bsky.social
Professor, Marine Science at the University of Hull.
Side-by-side comparison of North Sea surface temperatures for the end of July last year, a record warm year as a whole, with yesterday. Hashed area is above 18C. Southern North Sea slightly up on last year, northern parts markedly cooler.
Scientist's lifelong obsession with mystery of elusive 'pink zebra' seaweed. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How scientists finally confirmed rare pink seaweed as new species
An ancient algae first spotted four decades ago will now join the collection of the Natural History Museum.
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Roasting! Heathrow recently reporting 35C (95F) just after 3pm this is 7th day this year in UK we have seen these temperatures. From 1977 to 1989 nowhere in UK saw 35C, if you omit 1976 you could go back to 1958. Over 30 consecutive years. Now it’s every other year….
Video from the field course we ran in December for our #MSc #Wildlife #Conservation students at @uniofhull.bsky.social
Conservation in action - MSc Wildlife Conservation | University of Hull
YouTube video by University of Hull
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watching the very fun Glasgow opening ceremony and Charles just dropped a few lines about no-take zones and marine HPMAs into his little speech.
Nurdles have been washing up on the shore at Littlehaven Beach since a collision between two vessels in the River Tyne
Dog owners issued warning as pellets wash up on popular beach after ship crash
Dog owners issued warning as pellets wash up on popular beach after ship crash
chroniclelive.co.uk
Auf wiedersehen, King Kev. A great loss to my generation of Newcastle supporters.
had to wait to stage 9 to hear the phrase 'chasse-patat'. Another favourite, 'poisson-pilote' came out early in stage 2.
Tonight we head out to measure sea temperatures off the Yorkshire coast. We'll start off Whitby in the early hours, where the water looks to be 16-17C at the surface, then work our way south through the cooler patch off the Holderness, to finish Friday evening in the warm water off the Humber.
Scarborough always delivers on the views. Moonrise last night after a long day at Rememare conference. Tomorrow, we are at sea to take measurements of temperature and plankton along the Yorks coast.
Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years - @theguardian.com recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost
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another aspect of coastal darkening - more chance of bumping into a shark.
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · last mo.Understanding Sharks In Murky Coastal Zones
Oh no. The heat is reaching north. All eyes will be on RAF Coningsby again this afternoon. Tin hats at the ready. Although Waddington might actually be higher.
What is the future of summers in England? Our choices matter. A high-emissions future will commit our children and grandchildren to live in a world where the summers of 1976 & 2025 are cold. A global net-zero emissions future means that we can stabilise the climate & those summers will be normal.
some of this morning's temperature rises in northern France / Brittany are just incredible. Sarzeau has water on both sides but jumps from 25 to 35C in three hours.
@huubeggen.bsky.social the yellow surface streaks are evident in the North Sea again. A friend spotted some on a flight near Helgoland. They are spread over a wide area of the German Bight. Lots to see in today's S2 image.
This may well be the end of the line for the diminishing patch of intertidal fucoids that I have been tracking since 15 years. Low tides in the afternoon with full sun and punishing air temperatures for five days.
At the UK premiere last night of 'All Rivers Spill Their Stores To The Sea' by @jeaniefinlay.com. Powerful - eviscerating Brexit, and Johnson and Hoochens's levelling up - emotional, but also funny and most of all beautifully shot with every scene a masterpiece. businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-fact-...
CPH:DOX F:ACT: All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea by Jeanie Finlay - Business Doc Europe
The film will be released by Glimmerama, the recently announced distribution arm of Glimmer Films, the production company owned by Finlay,
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Enjoyed working with the incomparable Jeanie Finlay on her latest film "All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea" Don't miss the UK premiere at @sheffdocfest. businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-fact-... @jeaniefinlay.com
CPH:DOX F:ACT: All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea by Jeanie Finlay - Business Doc Europe
The film will be released by Glimmerama, the recently announced distribution arm of Glimmer Films, the production company owned by Finlay,
businessdoceurope.com
Trump administration dismantles critical ocean-floor observation network “By dismantling such a system, we push the United States back yet again into a rear seat in global scientific leadership” oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trump-a...
Trump dismantles critical ocean-floor observation network
In line with Project 2025, over 900 deep-sea sensors are being removed from the ocean floor, cutting off data used to track climate change
oceanographicmagazine.com
Lovely 70km Dales loop with some heavy rain but mostly good and we raised our bird count for the weekend to 69.
Big Dales day. Part of the reason I moved to Yorkshire, watching TdF 2014. We did Buttertubs, Fleet Moss and Cote de Park Rash. Bird life incredible with curlew, lapwing, oiks, SEO, ring ouzel, dipper.
Kelp forests: understanding one of the UK's most important coastal habitats | Dr Dan Smale www.youtube.com/watch?v=JINu...
Kelp forests: understanding one of the UK's most important coastal habitats | Dr Dan Smale
YouTube video by The Marine Biological Association
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Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️ This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈
Tracking Alister and Ben who have dodged the bank holiday traffic chaos and are out at sea collecting samples on the Scarborough line. Will they break last year's Secchi disc record at Station 1? I'll go into the lab later to work up the productivity samples when they arrive.
End of another middling #FPL season with 2,216 points for 736,501 place. Social media influence comes in around 2015 with algorithms and @bencrellin.bsky.social planners making it easier to stay in the top 10% and ending my up and down swings. Same tools make it very hard to break into the top 1%.
this paper is getting some traction. It's a kind of BACI design without the B and arguable without the C. And the photo in the media article below was not taken at the study site in Arran.
Pádraic Fogarty@whittledaway.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Scientists surveying the area found three times more seabed organisms and twice as many species compared to nearby unprotected waters" news.mongabay.com/short-articl...