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Sangeeta Mangubhai
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Coral reef ecologist from Fiji working on gender, equity, fisheries, coral reefs and more. Love my country, love Pacific island life ...

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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Jul 11
Our perspective piece in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social provides 8 strategies for "Increasing Pacific Islander research and authorship in the academic literature". @romiteshkant.bsky.social @mereoni.bsky.social @rufinovarea.bsky.social Free to download: www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC25011

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11d
Scientists retrieved 13 ARMS units from deep reefs off Guam, collecting 2,000 specimens, including 100 species new to the region and 20+ new to science.

Sensors show warming even in the twilight zone. It’s the start of a 76-ARMS effort to protect deep Pacific reefs.
Deep-sea ‘hotels’ reveal 20 new species hiding in Pacific Ocean twilight zone near Guam
A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, a sea slug wore yellow polka dots like a party dress, while an orange fish with bulging…
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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 14d
A new paper in Nature Communications describes #chemosynthetic ecosystem around #methane seep on the bottom of the #Arctic #Ocean

Deep-sea gas hydrate mounds and chemosynthetic fauna discovered at 3640 m on the Molloy Ridge, Greenland Sea | Nature Communications share.google/5lEiX7XozSEC...
Deep-sea gas hydrate mounds and chemosynthetic fauna discovered at 3640 m on the Molloy Ridge, Greenland Sea - Nature Communications
This study reveals dissociating methane hydrate mounds on the seafloor at more than 3600 m deep in the Greenland Sea. This gas hydrate cold seep supports chemosynthetic fauna similar to Arctic hydroth...
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 15d
In this year’s #PlanetaryHealthCheck (www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...), the #OceanAcidification boundary has been assessed as breached for the first time. What does this mean? Nice explanatory piece in “Dialogue Earth”, with input from PIK researcher Levke Caesar.

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Explainer: The latest science on ocean acidification
In 2025, scientists warned the ‘planetary boundary’ for ocean acidification had been crossed. This is what that means and why it matters
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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 15d
Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed."
via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 15d
How did we get here?

#Marine#Pollution #ForeverChemicals #MarineEcology #MarineMammals

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Unprecedented levels of forever chemicals found in dolphins and whales
New research has revealed that marine mammals who live far below the ocean's surface are not immune from the burden of toxic forever chemicals, with whales and dolphins showing unprecedented levels of...
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 15d
For all those that knew her, for all those that missed the chance to get to know this inspiring woman, we honour and farewell Elizabeth Erasito. Thank you @mongabay.com for sharing the legacy and inspiration Elizabeth leaves. www.butlernature.com/2025/12/27/e...
Elizabeth Erasito, custodian of Fiji’s parks and places, aged 57
The work of conservation in small island states is rarely abstract. It is shaped by land that is limited, institutions that are thinly resourced, and pressures that arrive from far beyond national bor...
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 15d
Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea creatures, new observations reveal
Bizarre Ecosystem Discovered More Than Two Miles beneath Arctic Ocean
Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea creatures, new observations reveal
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 17d
Loss of the Christmas Island shrew. The forest is quieter with its extinction. Always filled with immense sadness when another species slips away as a result of the way we treat nature and the wildlife we share this planet. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, moving through the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voi...
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 17d
A killing with precedent. www.butlernature.com/2025/11/22/a...
A killing with precedent
Early on November 16th, gunmen shot and killed Vicente Kaiowá e Guarani, a father and spokesman for the Kaiowá, a people who have spent decades trying to return to the places they call tekoha. His com...
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 17d
Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees. www.butlernature.com/2025/11/15/s...
Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees, has died, aged 114
Along a dusty road between Hulikal and Kudur in southern India, banyan trees rise like sentinels. Their thick roots grasp the earth, their canopies stretch wide, casting deep shade over the red soil. ...
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 17d
Sad loss for Indonesia and the world. She will be missed. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Gayatri Reksodihardjo-Lilley, who helped Indonesian communities restore their reefs, has died
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the shallows off northern Bali, where the reefs flicker with life...
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 17d
Loss of an ocean defender. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/kris...
Kristina Gjerde, defender of the deep ocean, has died
Half the planet lies outside any country’s border. In those waters, rules have long been thinner than the myths: freedom to fish meant freedom to take; “out of sight” became “out of mind.” The deep oc...
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Global Issues @globalissues.org · 17d
The Fight Against #Femicide: Victories and Setbacks in 2025
The Fight Against Femicide: Victories and Setbacks in 2025
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, December 27 (IPS) - Hours before world leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 2025 G20 summit in November, hundreds of South African women wearing black lay down in a city park for 15 minutes — one for each woman who loses her life every day to gender-based violence in the country. The striking visual protest was organised by a civil society organisation, Women for Change, which also gathered over a million signatures demanding the government declare gender-based violence (GBV) a national disaster. Hours later, the government acquiesced.
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 17d
Acidification occurring faster than expected ...
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Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected
In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California’s Pacific coast. The team collected untold plant and animal specimens, inc...
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Rhett Ayers Butler @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social · 21d
70 environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025

Environmental progress often depends on endurance, sustained over years, by people whose work mattered long before their names did.

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 22d
The Global Cooling Watch 2025 shows how smarter, fairer, sustainable cooling can save lives, cut pollution, and help billions stay safe from extreme heat.

More info: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

#YearInReview

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Josh Cinner @joshuacinner.bsky.social · 22d
Here is a link around the paywall for my latest commentary
in One Earth titled " A decade of bright spots in conservation and ecology: Lessons, limits, and future directions"
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · 24d
Proud of my country and so grateful for my amazing colleagues for their work and perseverance to make this happen. Now time to roll up the sleaves and do some hard work.
www.sprep.org/news/fiji-se...
Fiji secures agreement on Ocean and climate action Resolution at UNEA-7 | Pacific Environment
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Ariel Greiner (she/her) @arielgreiner.bsky.social · Dec 11
A great collaboration with @emilysdarling.bsky.social, @stacyjupiter.bsky.social, @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social, Amelia Wenger, Marie-Josée Fortin, Martin Krkosek, Yashika Nand and Marco Andrello.

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · Dec 11
Connections help stabilise reef health, reducing the risk of collapse 🪸 New research shows that improving conditions on both land and sea may be the best way of protecting these crucial ecosystems.

Led by @arielgreiner.bsky.social with @wcs.org and @utoronto.ca 👇
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Connection and protection boost health in coral reefs
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Dec 4
How religious, cultural, and traditional practices influence access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Fiji eseaor.ippf.org/resource/res...
Research: How religious, cultural, and traditional practices influence access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Fiji | IPPF East & South East Asia & Oceania
This study explores the factors that impact access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Fiji.
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Dec 4
Researchers map path forward for gender-inclusive fisheries data. Proud to be part of this work! jmc.msu.edu/news/2025/12...
Researchers map path forward for gender-inclusive fisheries data
MSU professor Mark Axelrod joins 36 researchers from six continents to develop a framework addressing gender data gaps in small-scale fisheries worldwide.
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Nov 28
Women in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat transform their livelihoods by making fish crackers
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FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Nov 28
Grateful to all my colleagues working on sharks and rays for this recent wins to protect more species. One of the few conventions with a bit of a bite.
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CoP20 Proposals — CITES Sharks and Rays
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Nov 28
Great piece on Katy Soapi from the Solomon Islands.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The scientist who helped win the fight to protect a sacred piece of the Pacific
Respected ocean expert Katy Soapi continues to advocate to protect Tetepare, one of the last untouched places in Solomon Islands
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Sangeeta Mangubhai @sangeetamangubhai.bsky.social · Nov 28
Interesting in investing better in "Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries". Closing gender data gaps requires making the policy case and working across agencies to create an enabling institutional environment. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Designing gender-inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries - Ambio
Gender equality is a ubiquitous national goal, yet sectoral gender data gaps to support this goal persist. These gaps are both structural and sexist, concealing women’s contributions and impeding acti...
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Global Issues @globalissues.org · Nov 28
Global #measles cases surge as 30 million children miss #vaccines, UN health agency warns
Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns
Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 – yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly children, still died from the virus last year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Nov 28
A well-known grey whale known as Little Patch, is back feeding in British Columbia for the second time this year, with whale watchers saying its winter appearance marks a change in its normal migration pattern. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Well-known grey whale back feeding in B.C. waters this winter instead of Mexico | CBC News
A well-known grey whale is back feeding in British Columbia for the second time this year, with whale watchers saying its winter apperance marks a change in its normal migration pattern.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Nov 28
Under agreements for sustainable use and protection, Ecuador’s environment ministry has granted concessions for 98,000 hectares of mangrove forests to artisanal fishers in the Gulf of Guayaquil.

The fishers can catch crabs to sell, but are committed to the protection of this valuable ecosystem.
How community custody empowered Ecuador’s crab catchers and revived its mangroves
Puerto Buenavista Island is home to a small village of crab catchers and fishers in the middle of the waters of the Gulf of Guayaquil in Ecuador. There are only 30 families, 140 people, and their…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Nov 28
A new analysis finds that tropical forests in 68 countries sit atop fossil fuel deposits that, if extracted, would emit 317 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases — more than the remaining 1.5°C (2.7°F) carbon budget — revealing a major blind spot in global climate policy.
Saving forests won’t be enough if fossil fuels beneath them are still extracted, experts warn
BELÉM, Brazil — A new analysis warns that the world is overlooking a major source of future emissions hidden beneath tropical forests — and that Brazil’s newly launched Tropical Forest Forever…
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