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CoastClim @coastclim.bsky.social · Aug 15

🚨 New publication!! 🚨
Read the review paper by Lydia White & @alfnorkko.bsky.social, on how to experimentally assess carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

A path towards appropriate degradation experiments for assessing carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae

We systematically reviewed literature on macroalgal degradation. To date, most degradation experiments are carried out in aquaria or shallow environments, span short timescales or rarely incorporate ...

doi.org

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check out our new review paper, championed by Lydia White, "A path towards appropriate degradation experiments for assessing carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae". Read it here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @coastclim.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social #mCDR

A path towards appropriate degradation experiments for assessing carbon sequestration potential of macroalgae

We systematically reviewed literature on macroalgal degradation. To date, most degradation experiments are carried out in aquaria or shallow environments, span short timescales or rarely incorporate ....

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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CoastClim @coastclim.bsky.social · Feb 17

New publication! Gammal et al. sampled benthic macrofauna, solute fluxes and environmental variables at 3 shallow habitats throughout one year.
Results show that the strength of biodiversity-function relationships really depends on which species are present in which habitat and during which season.

Seasonal Variation in the Role of Benthic Macrofauna Communities for Ecosystem Functioning in Shallow Coastal Soft-Sediment Habitats - Estuaries and Coasts

Coastal zones include a variety of habitats and numerous biodiversity components, which provide essential ecosystem functions and services. In the wake of the escalating climate and biodiversity crise...

doi.org

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Jussi T. Eronen @jussiteronen.bsky.social · Jul 5

Southern Ocean circulation reversal may have already happened. This is a surprise and scary stuff.

theconversation.com/completely-u...

‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity

Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.

theconversation.com

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Jun 16

New paper championed by Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher et al for kids (with kids as reviewers) on the importance of connecting across ecosystems and human values
@tvarminne.bsky.social
@helsinki.fi
@aucklanduni.bsky.social
@coastclim.bsky.social

kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Water Flows Downhill: How Looking “Upstream” Can Help Maintain A Healthy Sea

Our planet is in trouble. We are losing plants, animals, and habitats, and the processes that link them are changing. Nature is becoming sick. People have been trying to fix this problem, but the situ...

kids.frontiersin.org

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Stockholms universitets Östersjöcentrum @ostersjocentrum.bsky.social · Jun 10

Ekologisk hållbarhet är en förutsättning för både ekonomiska och sociala värden – och måste sättas främst också i det kortsiktiga beslutsfattandet. Läs uppmaningen från @alfnorkko.bsky.social & Christoph Humborg @coastclim.bsky.social i @hbl.fi, med anledning av den pågående havskonferensen.

DEBATT: Finland och Sverige måste sätta ett friskt hav främst

Ekologisk hållbarhet är en förutsättning för ekonomiska och sociala värden i haven, skriver Alf Norkko och Christoph…

www.hbl.fi

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Jun 7

Det är dags för Finland och Sverige att ta FNs havskonferens på allvar! @tvarminne.bsky.social @ostersjocentrum.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social @balticseacentre.bsky.social @helsinki.fi
www.hbl.fi/2025-06-07/f...

DEBATT: Finland och Sverige måste sätta ett friskt hav främst

Ekologisk hållbarhet är en förutsättning för ekonomiska och sociala värden i haven, skriver Alf Norkko och Christoph…

www.hbl.fi

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · May 18

New paper: Marine biodiversity is declining across Finnish coastal waters, with loss driven by eutrophication, climate change & seabed disturbance. Urgent action, better monitoring & bridging knowledge gaps are key to ecosystem recovery. #Biodiversity #BalticSea

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Marine biodiversity loss in Finnish coastal waters: Evidence and implications for management - Ambio

Marine biodiversity loss poses significant ecological and socio-economic challenges. This paper examines how coastal biodiversity loss is expressed and outlines implications for management. Synthesizi...

link.springer.com

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Camilla Gustafsson @cmgustafsson.bsky.social · Apr 28

🚨 NEW paper alert!
#Seagrass #functional #traits act as predictors of #biomass, albeit moderately. Study conducted across 1500 km coastline.
Main #biodiversity mechanism driving seagrass #biomass stock is through dominance.

@tvarminne.bsky.social @uwaoceans.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Functional traits are moderate predictors of above‐ and below‐ground biomass in multispecies seagrass habitats

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

doi.org

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · Apr 28

My postdoc advisor, Wally Broecker, said: "Climate is an angry beast, and we are poking it with sticks." Well, we are getting to the FOFO stage. 🧪 www.esa.int/Applications...

Sea surface warming faster than expected

Satellite observations show that sea-surface temperatures over the past four decades have been getting warmer at an accelerated pace.

www.esa.int

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Apr 18

Yes! It is marvellous 😀

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Mar 28

Check out our new paper on experimental manipulations in situ of #marine #heatwaves championed by @aquanorman.bsky.social ‬& Laura Kauppi @joannanorkko.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social @tvarminne.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Mar 28

🌊Published🌊

Hot water, busy seafloor: How #marine #heatwaves amplify nutrient cycling

@alfnorkko.bsky.social 🌎🧪

Hot Water, Busy Seafloor: How Marine Heatwaves Amplify Nutrient Cycling

Norman Göbeler, Laura Kauppi, Alf Norkko, Joanna Norkko. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. Marine heatwaves—periods of abnormally high water …

fesummaries.wordpress.com

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Norman @aquanorman.bsky.social · Mar 28

Also check out our summary blog: “Hot Water, Busy Seafloor: How Marine Heatwaves Amplify Nutrient Cycling”
fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/h...

Laura Kauppi, @alfnorkko.bsky.social, @joannanorkko.bsky.social, Nottbeck Foundation, Roth Finland Oy, @coastclim.bsky.social, @tvarminne.bsky.social

Hot Water, Busy Seafloor: How Marine Heatwaves Amplify Nutrient Cycling

Norman Göbeler, Laura Kauppi, Alf Norkko, Joanna Norkko. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. Marine heatwaves—periods of abnormally high water …

fesummaries.wordpress.com

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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · Mar 28

🌊Published🌊

Hot water, busy seafloor: How #marine #heatwaves amplify nutrient cycling

@alfnorkko.bsky.social 🌎🧪

Hot Water, Busy Seafloor: How Marine Heatwaves Amplify Nutrient Cycling

Norman Göbeler, Laura Kauppi, Alf Norkko, Joanna Norkko. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. Marine heatwaves—periods of abnormally high water …

fesummaries.wordpress.com

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CoastClim @coastclim.bsky.social · Mar 25

Are the Oceans Reaching Their Limit? Join the Discussion at #ACCCImpactWeek on April 22. Top researchers from CoastClim participate @alfnorkko.bsky.social and Anna Villnäs. Register by April 9, the event is free of charge.

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Mar 13

Check out this BBC story, covering our first Polar scientific diving course run by Edd Stockdale at the Finnish Scientific Diving Academy in 2024, building capacity for collecting data to understand rapid changes in polar regions. @tvarminne.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

'You look up and see light coming through': The divers venturing under the ice in the name of science

It is a world cut off from our own by thick blankets of floating ice, but some scientists are taking the plunge to learn how these frozen depths are changing.

www.bbc.com

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CoastClim @coastclim.bsky.social · Mar 4

Read a news article written by our New Zealand collaborator Prof. Simon Thrush. He writes about the importance of the findings from the joint CoastClim- @aucklanduni.bsky.social field campaign that was conducted earlier this year.

NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions

Seagrass meadows, mangroves and kelp forests are carbon sinks. Restoring or protecting them addresses both biodiversity loss and the climate crisis.

theconversation.com

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Feb 17

How often do we explore temporal context dependece in ecological pattern and process? Not nearly enough!
Coastal ecosystem functions depend on biodiversity—but temporal context shapes how benthic species influence solute fluxes, with effects varying by season, species & site. Timing is key!

CoastClim @coastclim.bsky.social · Feb 17

New publication! Gammal et al. sampled benthic macrofauna, solute fluxes and environmental variables at 3 shallow habitats throughout one year.
Results show that the strength of biodiversity-function relationships really depends on which species are present in which habitat and during which season.

Seasonal Variation in the Role of Benthic Macrofauna Communities for Ecosystem Functioning in Shallow Coastal Soft-Sediment Habitats - Estuaries and Coasts

Coastal zones include a variety of habitats and numerous biodiversity components, which provide essential ecosystem functions and services. In the wake of the escalating climate and biodiversity crise...

doi.org

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Feb 13

Congratulations!! :-)

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Norman @aquanorman.bsky.social · Feb 13

Finally in my hands! Graduated with distinction!🎓🌊🎉 Huge thanks to @dansmale1.bsky.social for an engaging defense discussion, my supervisors J. Norkko and @alfnorkko.bsky.social, and colleagues and supporters NottbeckFdn @coastclim.bsky.social RothFinland.
Link to thesis: hdl.handle.net/10138/587464

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Dec 21

Looking for a PhD student to join us - focusing on quantifying GHG across coastal seascapes. Please help spread the word!

CoastClim @coastclim.bsky.social · Dec 4

👉Open PhD position!
in pelagic biogeochemistry @tvarminne.bsky.social @helsinkiuni.bsky.social

Interested in investigating temporal and spatial variability in coastal sea-air GHG fluxes, impacts of heatwaves and links to biodiversity? Check this out!

Apply before 31 January
👉coastclim.org/news

Open PhD position in pelagic biogeochemistry at Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki

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Susanne Kortsch @skortsch.bsky.social · Dec 19

📢 3-year Postdoc Opportunity ❗❗ #FoodWebs

I am seeking a postdoc to reconstruct energy fluxes in food webs using gut DNA and eDNA in mesocosms under heatwave scenarios
@tvarminne.bsky.social @coastclim.bsky.social

📅 31. of Jan. 2025

➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Hanko-3-...

Please share post ❗❗

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Dec 14

You want to know about this site that lets you explore data collected by the HMS Challenger from 1872–1876, an expedition that laid the foundation of oceanography. 🌊

challenger-expeditio...

A map displaying various ocean regions related to the Challenger Expedition, with marked locations for stations across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Each region is labeled, noting the number of stations available for exploration. An inset map highlights a specific area in the North Atlantic.

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Alf Norkko @alfnorkko.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thanks for visiting. Awesome job with public defense!

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Dan Smale @dansmale1.bsky.social · Dec 4

Amazing to visit @tvarminne.bsky.social to act as opponent for a PhD defence by student of @alfnorkko.bsky.social and @joannanorkko.bsky.social - what a wonderful, historical marine station with some incredible science happening. Its proper Baltic ‘ere 🥶🌊❄️

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