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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 11d

As Welcome Week, in great weather (the sun always shines in north Wales!), is drawing to a close we thank the SOS peer guides for their efforts. They are the friendly faces behind Welcome Week and put a lot of work in to make the freshers (aka The Peerlings) feel at home.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 17d

A great day for the annual SOS beach trip with the new undergraduate students @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. Sandcastles were built, beach pictionary played, and much fun had by students new and old, and staff.

A picture of sandy beach flanked by rocky outcrops on both sides. The sun is shining, the sky is blue with a few clouds, and the sea is calm.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

More top findings:
Gravel Champs: Working with Red on Sports to reduce single-use pollution output during events. Gathering support for the 'Don't be a gel end petition'.

Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

Their top findings from events so far include:
EDSC: Cleaning every path up Yr Wyddfa, removing 2353 items!
BMC: Hiked up the PYG trail on Yr Wyddfa and removing litter from the upper Glaslyn bowl. 4,282 items of trash were removed.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

They are both developing fundamental employability skills including: organisation, project management, collaboration, statistical analyses, and scientific writing/communication.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

Jasmine is looking at how different levels of experience of volunteers leads to variation in litter data records, and what methodological factors influence this. This helps improve the accuracy of the TFT citizen science data, used to drive policy change such as the Deposit Return Scheme for the UK.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

Chloe is researching different methodologies of environmental organisations, and how this may lead to variation in litter data. This matters for standardisation across environmental organisations, will promote efficiency, and help persuade authoritative bodies to implement policies.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

Chloe Macleavy and Jasmine Scott-Dickins are both studying Marine Biology at SOS and are currently doing their placement year as research officers with Trashfree Trails (TFT). At the moment they are planning a litter research fieldwork day which will take place in Newborough Nature reserve.

Trashfree trails staff standing at the edge of a wooded area with a sign explaing what TFT is about: reconnect people with nature through the simple yet meaningful act of removing single use pollution from wild places.

Happy TFT staff member Jasmine in their gazebo promoting the work of the foundation.

A TFT staff member holding used energy gel packs above a sign saying "Don't be a gel end!"

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 18d

SOS 3rd year marine biology students enjoyed their fieldwork at the Virginia Institute for Marine Science earlier this month. The weather was almost as good as in North Wales at the time...

People wearing life jackets are sitting in an open boat looking at samples taken from the sea. The sea is calm and teh sky is blue behind them.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 19d

She was joined by Becca, who is starting her Masters in Marine Environmental Protection next week at Ocean sciences.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 19d

Ruth Clarke, a third year Marine Biology and Oceanography student at SOS, is currently doing a placement year with @seatrustwales.bsky.social in Pembrokeshire to gain wider skills in conservation related topics.

A woman in water proofs is looking out over the ocean using a camera with a very large telescope lens.

Two people are standing behind a table with exhibition material from Sea Trust Wales.

Ruth is standing at the top of cliff looking out over the ocean and helping release tagged sea birds.

A crab is looking angrily into the camera.

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 23d

Great talk on using historical sources to map herring spawning grounds by @georginahunt.bsky.social for @projectfishistory.bsky.social.

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 21d

And she was shorted-listed for the best presentation award! @sosbangor.bsky.social

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 22d

At the end of @tidalites.bsky.social 2025 in Liverpool, a group of attendees went on a road trip to Pembrokeshire to visit the tidalite at Wiseman's Bridge. Much fun, lots of discussions, and several project ideas came out of the trip. See you all in Korea in 4 year's time :)

A group of people standing on a rocky beach in front of a cliff face with clear sedimentary laminations.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 22d

Students from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social School of Ocean Sciences using geophysical techniques to trace out fresh groundwater flow on Ro Mawr beach near Llanddwyn during their third year Coastal sediment field study.

A group of people with geophysical equipment on a sandy beach

A group of people with geophysical equipment on a sandy beach wiht the ocean and a cloudy sky in the background.

A person standing on a sandy beach with the ocean and a cloudy sky in the background.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · 25d

SOS staff member @yuengdl.bsky.social talked to the BBC about the Menai Strait: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... . A great take on the body of water next to Ocean Sciences @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Open Country - The Menai Strait - BBC Sounds

Martha Kearney visits the stretch of water which separates Anglesey from mainland Wales.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · Sep 4

🦞 Come and join the fisheries team as a 'Research Project Support Officer in Fisheries Science' @sosbangor.bsky.social. The post is based in the Isle of Man at the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA). 🦐

jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Job Details | Bangor University Jobs

jobs.bangor.ac.uk

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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 28d

PhD opportunity @sosbangor.bsky.social on managing scallop fisheries to find the balance between conservation and fisheries yield. Get in touch if you're interested and I will email you the project description.

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Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones (Plastic pollution scientist) @winniecj.bsky.social · Aug 13

The final @unep.org #INC52 session to develop a Global #PlasticsTreaty is underway

🕣 With less than 48 hours to go, the window for action is closing. Negotiators must now show courage if the world is to get a treaty capable of protecting people and the planet.

tinyurl.com/25rkm5xs

We’re witnessing last-ditch talks to secure a global plastic pollution treaty

Negotiators in Geneva face a critical moment to agree a Global Plastics Treaty before talks end, with the planet’s future at stake.

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Laura E. Richardson PhD @richardson-le.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones (Plastic pollution scientist) @winniecj.bsky.social · Aug 6

I spoke with ABC radio Australia about the #PlasticsTreaty

📻 Catch up: drag the slider to ~3.02 in www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

@sosbangor.bsky.social @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Greek gods, Gama Festival and the battle of Cannae - ABC listen

Who were Apollo and Artemis and why Greek mythology so inspires space exploration.

www.abc.net.au

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones @winniecj.bsky.social from the School of Ocean Science @bangoruniversity.bsky.social has arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, to join the final round of negotiations linked to the Global Plastics Treaty.

Winnie Courtene-Jones stands on a lawn in from of the UN building in Geneva behind her. She is flanked by flagpoles flying the flags of the UN Nations.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · Aug 6

Off the back of the Treaty @winniecj.bsky.social also did a live 15-min interview with ABC Australia - it starts at 3hrs 02mins into to the show www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Greek gods, Gama Festival and the battle of Cannae - ABC listen

Who were Apollo and Artemis and why Greek mythology so inspires space exploration.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones (Plastic pollution scientist) @winniecj.bsky.social · Aug 5

🌎 The final UN negotiating session to develop a Global Plastics Treaty starts today!

👩‍🔬 I'm delighted to be attending this monumental event & continue contributing scientific evidence to the process to end #plasticpollution

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones @winniecj.bsky.social from the School of Ocean Science @bangoruniversity.bsky.social has arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, to join the final round of negotiations linked to the Global Plastics Treaty.

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Ocean Sciences @ Bangor University @sosbangor.bsky.social · Jul 29

New research led by Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales and involving School of Ocean Sciences @bangoruniversity.bsky.social found genetic connectivity in a deep sea species over 1000s of km, but genetic isolation over depth. Read all about it here:
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Connectivity and Adaptation Patterns of the Deep-Sea Ground-Forming Sponge Geodia hentscheli Across Its Entire Distribution

Abstract. Geodia hentscheli, a species forming sponge grounds in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, is a common deep-sea organism, that plays a fundamen

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