It's definitely depressing how often "that is shockingly unshocking" is the response to ocean news.

Without fuel subsidies UK fishing fleet is basically unprofitable?!?
"The UK fleet generated approximately £1020 million in income in 2022, therefore without [Fuel Tax Concessions],the fleets’ collective profits would have been around £ 1 million, effectively breaking even,all else remaining equal."

What a great job title.

Does anyone on Bluesky know of another Lecturer/Professor/etc of Scientific Diving position anywhere? A quick search isn't showing any for me.

When you are able to publish bullshit in a #predatory journal: look at the title, author and affiliation, which the editor was unable (?) to identify....
The test was done by Thomas Schlacher
#Research
#Integrity

A little bit of coverage of our paper in @nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Really interesting piece on a water sharing dispute in Goa, and the ethics of who bears the burden when the ‘common good’ is invoked.

A lovely excerpt below on how our approach to funding this research made a critical approach possible
theprint.in/opinion/shou...

What's going on with the high seas treaty, you say?

We've updated this explainer to answer all your questions (hopefully).

dialogue.earth/en/ocean/wha...

Thanks! Some of these I even remember writing...

"possible serious failures to comply with environmental law"

👀

Experimental climate interventions in the world’s oceans are moving ahead in a regulatory vacuum, raising concerns among scientists about potential risks, Mongabay staff writer Edward Carver reported.

More than 80% of people support the 30x30 target to protect 30% of sea & land by 2030, new research shows

But progress has stalled. The UK Govt needs to ramp up its protection of our seas, starting with ensuring marine protected areas are TRULY safe from bottom trawling.

https://bit.ly/4gkfydH

By 2050 human-induced pressures on 🌊 ecosystems are likely to more than double. I have feel we know what we need to do about it, but evidently easier said than done. Thanks @tomolamola.bsky.social for pointing to this study.
#EndOverfishing #30by30
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New on @dialogueearth.bsky.social:
“We must speak of the ocean, without forgetting the coasts, and the communities that live there.”
dialogue.earth/en/ocean/com...

Also in Spanish:
“Debemos hablar del océano, sin olvidar las costas y las comunidades que viven allí”.
dialogue.earth/es/oceanos/c...

Important step for the high seas treaty today.

The UK government has introduced a bill to parliament that it hopes will be passed early next year.

Lays the legal framework so the UK can ratify the treaty, which needs 60 countries to come into force. 56 have ratified so far.

This applies too often for editors in journalism and freelancer pitches in journalism too.

[Not any of the freelancers I know on Bluesky of course. This is not a subtweet.]

"[I]f America’s response to Sputnik reflected a nation united in its commitment to science and determined to invest in the country’s intellectual potential, we see in our response to China today a bitterly divided, disoriented America."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...

Oops. Should have checked for this first - paper author ‪@jens-d-mueller.bsky.social‬ is on Bluesky and explains what's actually going on here:
bsky.app/profile/jens...

Well that's not great.

"Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

DYK? Ship passages through shallow coastal waters can trigger methane emissions from the seabed, adding significantly to greenhouse gas #GHG output?

These overlooked emissions could rival fuel combustion impacts. Hence, they need to be included in climate and pollution assessments.

The U.K.'s trade deal with Donald Trump was touted as a post-Brexit win.

The reality is the U.K. is facing higher tariffs than the EU on a number of products, including cheese. I spoke to cheddar and stilton makers about the challenges they're facing.

www.politico.eu/article/what...

Always nice to learn a new ocean word.

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a...

Crazy statistics about Ireland's ability to enforce law in its waters in this BBC drug trafficking story.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...