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Dr Verena Schoepf (she/her)

@verenaschoepf.bsky.social

Coral biologist, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam. Fellow of the International Coral Reef Society, NWO Vidi Laureate, MacGillavry Fellow. #TEDx Speaker #FormerSuperstarsofSTEM www.verenaschoepf.com

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Dr. Stephanie Roe@stephanieroe.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wow, almost 1C hotter than prior El Niños 😵😣 Bracing for more heatwaves on land and sea, fires, coral reef bleaching, and flash floods to come. Resilience and adaptive capacity will be severely strained.

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 3w ago

With all the July model runs now in, it is very likely that 2026 will see the largest El Niño event since records began in the late 1800s – and potentially by a truly mind-blowing margin. The median estimate is now 3.6C, roughly 0.8C hotter than the prior record (2.75C). www.theclimatebrink....

One Earth@cp-oneearth.bsky.social · 4w ago

Online now: Leveraging thermal regimes and connectivity networks to promote evolutionary adaptation across coral reef seascapes

Leveraging thermal regimes and connectivity networks to promote evolutionary adaptation across coral reef seascapes

As marine heat waves intensify, coral reef adaptation may struggle to keep pace. This perspective presents an operational framework that integrates heat-wave exposure and larval dispersal patterns to identify reef functional roles and management needs, helping guide evolution-informed interventions that support coral reef persistence under climate change.

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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · last mo.

Norfolk Island's unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging ->The Guardian | More on "Norfolk Island coral reef threats" at BigEarthData.ai | #Coral #Health #ClimateChange #Disease #ElNiño #Island

Norfolk Island's unique corals under triple threat from disease, El Niño and now government-approved dredging

Scientists fear unique corals that fringe Australia’s remote Norfolk Island could disappear because of a triple threat of disease, El Niño and a federal government plan to dredge a neighbouring shipping channel. A failure to manage sediment and pollution washing into bays from cattle farming, cleared land along with wastewater has been blamed for widespread disease and outbreaks of algae over the corals. One expert said most of the island’s corals were likely to be species that have not been formally described by science, and would be unlikely to recover if lost. “We could rapidly lose the coral reefs and we won’t get them back,” said Prof Bill Leggat, a coral expert at the University of Newcastle who has been monitoring the island’s corals and the disease outbreak for five years. Speaking from the island 1,600km north-east of Sydney, Leggat said since March there had been a three-fold increase in diseased corals during of one of the longest-running coral disease events recorded on Australian reefs. Water quality was a key problem, he said, where pollution and sediment would wash into the coral lagoons during heavy rain, promoting disease and algae. “The main issue is the nutrients that increase coral disease...

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Phillip Cleves@pcleves.bsky.social · last mo.

Our work on the symbiont-containing organelle that supports coral reefs is published today. Also, new genetic tools to study symbiosis in both corals and Aiptasia. Great work by Shumpei Maruyama, Cat Henderson, and the rest of the fantastic team. #SymbioSky www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Co-option of lysosomal machinery shapes the evolution of the intracellular photosymbiosis supporting coral reefs

Corals harbor intracellular algal symbionts in specialized organelles that enable them to build diverse reef ecosystems. Corals and other cnidarians have repeatedly evolved this symbiosis through the ...

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michael@proseandpassion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.

1-Jul-2026 #Sponges use #photosynthesis, boosting productivity of tropical #coralReefs https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1134438 #science #ecology #marineBiology

Sponges use photosynthesis, boosting productivity of tropical coral reefs

In marine environments, sponges tend to eat other organisms to get their nutrients. But a new study, published by the University of Amsterdam's Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) researchers in Functional Ecology, demonstrates how sponges may also use photosynthesis, just like plants. This phenomenon can help with the productivity – or amount of energy and food produced – in tropical coral reefs, and perhaps in other ecosystems where sponges are common too.

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Agristok@agristok.bsky.social · last mo.

PhD Fellowship in PFAS Ecotoxicology of Coral Reef Fish in Okinawa, Japan A fully funded PhD opportunity is available in ecotoxicology to investigate the effects of PFAS pollution on coral reef fish… https://agristok.net/2026/06/25/phd-fellowship-pfas-ecotoxicology-coral-reef-fish-okinawa-japan/

PhD Fellowship in PFAS Ecotoxicology of Coral Reef Fish in Okinawa, Japan

A fully funded PhD opportunity is available in ecotoxicology to investigate the effects of PFAS pollution on coral reef fish in Okinawa, Japan. The project combines transcriptomics, field ecology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and environmental risk assessment through collaboration between CNRS, LIEC, and OIST.

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Communications Biology@commsbio.nature.com · 2mo ago

🪸We invite submissions for our joint collection on Coral Biology Under Climate Stress, with @natcomms.nature.com and @natecoevo.nature.com. Curated by our editorial board members Mark McCauley and @verenaschoepf.bsky.social, it focuses on mechanisms for climate resilience of corals go.sn.pub/q7fpal

Coral Biology Under Climate Stress

Editors invite manuscripts that advance the scientific understanding of coral stress responses and climate resilience across molecular, physiological, ...

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Dr. Carly Kenkel@drcarl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Aspiring Eco-Evo PhD students - check out the Simons Graduate Fellowships! it's a full ride!! 🧪https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-graduate-fellowships-in-ecology-and-evolution/

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

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Wildlife Conservation Society@wcs.org · 2mo ago

Coral reefs are not doomed. For years, the story has been inevitable loss. New science says some reefs have a chance to survive, with policy and investment, write WCS's @stacyjupiter.bsky.social and Melissa Wright of @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social. 🪸🌍 www.climatechangenews.com/2026/06/16/c...

Coral reefs are not doomed – but policy must catch up with the science

A new study shows some reefs still have a meaningful chance to survive and recover from climate impacts – provided they are protected

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Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What if some of the Arctic’s most extreme marine heatwaves are happening where we’re barely looking? A new review identifies major gaps in our understanding of subsurface Arctic marine heatwaves and their potential impacts on ecosystems, carbon cycling, and climate. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Polar processes set Arctic marine heatwaves apart - Communications Earth & Environment

Arctic marine heatwaves are influenced by unique, overlooked drivers including sea ice (which modulates air-sea heat fluxes, mixed layer depth, and temperature variability) and upward fluxes of Arctic...

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