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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · 5d

New paper out by my group and collaborators: Impacts of climate change on seaweeds, an editorial: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

Frontiers | Editorial: Impacts of climate change on seaweeds

Climate change is drastically altering the composition and abundance of seaweed-dominated ecosystems throughout our oceans. Ocean warming and associated inte...

www.frontiersin.org

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 8d

Still plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 20d

Over 70% of coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean are projected to be in a state of erosion by 2040, increasing to nearly all reefs in 2100 if warming exceeds 2 °C above preindustrial levels, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/48m9Y8F 🌊 🧪

This is figure 2, which shows reef accretion potential across western Atlantic reefs.

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · 21d

ps, paper led by Professor Chris Perry. Congrats Chris.

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · 21d

Our paper out today in @nature.com describes a grim fate for coral reef growth under climate change in the Western Atlantic. We also estimate that reef restoration could offer pockets of local hope, but overall cannot keep up with the effects of climate change www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reduced Atlantic reef growth past 2 °C warming amplifies sea-level impacts - Nature

An analysis of coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic suggests that nearly all will be eroding by 2100 if global warming exceeds 2 °C, which will worsen the effects of sea-level rise.

www.nature.com

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · 27d

Yes, definitely. We have an ECR committee who will help us ensure this is an ECR/student friendly conference

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Holly Koch @hollykoch20.bsky.social · Aug 22

So excited to be apart of The Ocean in a High CO2 World international symposium🪸

October 12-16, 2026! See you there!

Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excited to announce that we will be hosting the 6th International Symposium on Oceans in a High CO2 World October 12 to 16th in Wellington at the Tākina event center! This conference will bring together marine climate change scientists from multiple disciplines. Save the date!

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excited to announce that we will be hosting the 6th International Symposium on Oceans in a High CO2 World October 12 to 16th in Wellington at the Tākina event center! This conference will bring together marine climate change scientists from multiple disciplines. Save the date!

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 19

Our new paper in Journal of Phycology has come out today. Low light and low water motion can exacerbate the effects of marine heatwaves on giant kelp:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Light limitation and water velocity modify the impacts of simulated marine heatwaves on juvenile giant kelp

Coastal regions are complex habitats, where multiple natural and anthropogenic drivers can interact to affect the survival and growth of marine organisms. The giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera is sensi...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 6

If anyone is looking for regular updates on my group’s research or news, we are more frequently posting things on instagram. It’s not a perfect platform, but hey. Chrisecornwall is my handle, with my lab group updates and student work posted on coastal_eco_physio_group

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 6

See you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 6

Looking forward to it, see you all soon in Tauranga Aotearoa New Zealand 2028!!

Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 6

See you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 6

Same here, loved catching up with friends! Now on to ITRS 2028 in Tauranga!

Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · Jul 6

Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family ☺️❤️🌊🐟🦀🐚 @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social

Gerardo Zardi @gerardozardi.bsky.social · Jul 5

Cheers to a great #ITRS2025 🍻
Wonderful to reconnect with old friends meet new ones & dive into exciting science
Until next time, so long!
@marclim-uk.bsky.social @svenjatidau.bsky.social @louisefirth.bsky.social @szndohrn.bsky.social @unipisa.bsky.social #ITRS @univlille.bsky.social

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks Trine, good to hear you liked the workshop!

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Trine Bekkby @trinebekkby.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thanks for arranging this #ITRS2025 workshop 🤩 It was a very useful exercise, and I loved going through all the steps of planning our perfect will-never-ever-get-funded project 😂 and to make our priorities when reality (i.e. huge funding cuts) were thrown at us 😂

Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out some snaps from our recent MEDDLE workshop at #ITRS Brest, France on experimental design. Great participants! @scor-cobs.bsky.social

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out some snaps from our recent MEDDLE workshop at #ITRS Brest, France on experimental design. Great participants! @scor-cobs.bsky.social

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jun 25

Check out our first Collection of articles we hope to publish in Ocean Ecosystems!

BMC @bmc.springernature.com · Jun 7

For #WorldOceanDay, Ocean Ecosystems calls for submissions to its first Collection on Ocean Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Goals. It invites original research that will help us understand how to protect ocean health and ensure well-being of future generations.
bit.ly/3FqZ5Xn

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · Jun 7

Can tropical corals find refuge at higher latitudes under future warming? In our new paper in Science Advances, we argue that coral range expansion will be *far too slow* for most coral species to outpace climate change. 🪸🌊
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A short 🧵 (1/16)

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · Jun 7

Our paper out today by @nvogtvincent.co.uk Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion

Coral reef range expansion takes centuries, and higher-latitude seas are therefore ineffective refugia for most tropical corals.

www.science.org

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · May 30

Ocean Ecosystems is calling for submissions to our collection on Ocean Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Goals, aiming to enhance our understanding of how to protect ocean health while ensuring the well-being of future generations www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

Ocean Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Goals

www.biomedcentral.com

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · May 28

Check out @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social and her experiment at @seasim-aims.bsky.social along with other PhD student @hollykoch20.bsky.social ! Such an exciting collaboration and experiment! It explores how light and temperature related bleaching differs from the effects of ocean acidification

The National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) @seasim-aims.bsky.social · May 28

PhD candidates @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social & @hollykoch20.bsky.social are researching how ocean acidification and high light contribute to bleaching, which includes:

🧪36 tanks, 4 species, 12 treatments, 400+ samples
🧬2 corals & 2 crustose coralline algae
🔬 Drivers: light, temp, & 4 levels of PCO2

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · May 25

We just returned from a successful trip to Vancouver Island, exploring dissolved inorganic carbon use of seaweeds there. We collected more than 200 samples from over 40 species! Big help from the three students on the team (Denisa Berbece, Alessandra Walsh and Eloise Bennett)

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Holly Koch @hollykoch20.bsky.social · May 21

Reminiscing on the fantastic conference put on by @aslo.org at the Aquatic Sciences Meeting in March 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina

I presented some of my results from two natural analogue sites; Semi-enclosed lagoon and a CO2 vent

How do coralline algae survive in extreme environments?

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Oscar Branson @oscarbranson.bsky.social · May 6

🚨🚨🚨 TWO FULLY FUNDED POSITIONS 🚨🚨🚨

Both working out how shells are made, building quantitative models of the #biology, #mineralogy and #geochemistry of #biomineralisation.

Come join our cross-disciplinary team funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk !

#phd #postdoc 🌊

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/gra...

Building Shells

Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Biomineralisation

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk

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Chris Cornwall @chrisecornwall.bsky.social · May 6

Māia Holman-Wharehoka gives her talk at the International Seaweed Symposium 2025 in Victoria British Columbia. Use of traditional weaving methods combined with restoration of giant kelp in Te Whanganui -Ā-Tara, Wellington Aotearoa

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