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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Jun 3

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Joe Agate for his PhD 'From ground to space: Scaling salt marsh restoration monitoring from field surveys to drone & satellite imagery using machine learning'. Thanks to his viva panel Ian Hendy & James Ebdon. He's been an outstanding student and colleague.

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Pavel Kratina @kratina.bsky.social · Jun 2

Job alert - We are looking for an Environmental Facility Technician @qmulsbbs.bsky.social to help support file work, experiments, isotope ratio mass spectrometry, gas chromatography etc. Please apply here:

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Environmental Analytical Facility Technician - QMUL Jobs

ID: 6011. Title: Environmental Analytical Facility Technician. Application Deadline:

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Andy Russell @andyrussell.bsky.social · May 27

PDRA job: latest Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities postdoc job looking at evidence and policy impact. We’re open to a range of approaches. 2 years, start ASAP, lots of collaboration opportunities. #academicjobs #researchjobs #postdoc #policyjobs

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Critical Environmental Policy Studies - QMUL Jobs

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 22

We spent some time actively pursuing that goal, but the MMO had other ideas.

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 21

The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project helped push support for the Sussex IFCA Nearshore no-trawling byelaw. 4 years on divers have reported increases in Mussel beds, Black Bream, Catsharks and Stingrays. The team spent yesterdays meeting in the water to see first hand the amazing life being protected.

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Pavel Kratina @kratina.bsky.social · Apr 30

Check out our latest study, in @natureecoevo.bsky.social, where we applied size spectra to show community-level responses to human land-use & invasive fishes. Led by brilliant D. Moi, w/ @vssaito.bsky.social @drdanperkins.bsky.social @gqromero.bsky.social, et al.

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

Human land use and non-native fish species erode ecosystem services by changing community size structure - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Human-induced pressure may alter the size structure of animal communities. Here, the authors investigate the impact of land use, non-native species and climatic variables on the body size structure of...

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Pavel Kratina @kratina.bsky.social · May 12

Big congrats to @emmadeeks.bsky.social, who has successfully passed her viva, becoming the 13th PhD from our PavLab. Thanks to the examiners and collaborators over the years, incl. Terry Dawson, @drraymarine.bsky.social, Iran Normande, @treesdla.bsky.social, @qmulsbbs.bsky.social, … #manatees

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 9

BBC News - £1m first step to restore Sussex's coast
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Work begins on £1m Sussex Bay improvement scheme

The scheme will see the marine environment being improved from Chichester to Camber Sands.

www.bbc.com

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 1

If you're interested in marine ecosystems, the Seascape Symposium at ZSL is the place to be on the 4-5th June. I'll be in London talking about the Sussex Kelp Restoration Project www.zsl.org/seascape-sym...

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 1

Here's our most recent article: Assessing Blue Carbon sink through soil decomposition processes in tropical monsoon (Amazon) and Semiarid mangroves www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Assessing Blue Carbon sink through the soil decomposition processes in tropical monsoon (Amazon) and Semiarid mangroves

Blue carbon (C) storage in mangroves soils is linked to the anaerobic organic matter (OM) decomposition under saline conditions. Therefore, studies co…

www.sciencedirect.com

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 1

Here's the 50 day free link of our recent paper on Land use impacts on mangrove bird diversity and abundance kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · May 1

Check out our new publication through the International Society of Mangrove Ecosystems, based on a series of talks we gave through the International Institute of Environmental Sciences. mangrove.or.jp/english/subp...

ISME's Publications

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Andy Russell @andyrussell.bsky.social · Apr 30

The Climate Change Committee has published its 2025 Progress Report on adaptation!

This is the first full assessment of the 3rd National Adaptation Programme (NAP)

www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

I used to work at the CCC and write big chunks of these reports.

It’s not good news…

www.theccc.org.uk

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Mar 6

Super successful week with our amazing students in Gran Canaria! #QMULGeograpjy

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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · Mar 4

When marine datasets are useful, people are interested on them: since yesterday >1000 views of our @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS AI-driven dataset on #marine #biodiversity

#MarineEcology
#ArtificialIntelligence

doi.org/10.71728/r1r...

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Pavel Kratina @kratina.bsky.social · Dec 16

Big congrats to our student Ana Martínez, who passed her #PhD viva today!!! Huge thanks to Danni Green and @drraymarine.bsky.social for examining Ana!🥳🍻 @qmul.ac.uk

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Dec 15

@NERC_TREES_DLA PhD on tropical coastal ecosystems with me and Dr Ian Hendy
Blue carbon of Brazilian mangroves across latitude gradients: shorturl.at/2wz8W

With some great partners in Brazil!

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Trees DLA @treesdla.bsky.social · Nov 14

🌱Announcing TREES! 🌍The Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences Doctoral Award led by UCL will train future environmental scientists with a focus on sustainability, EDI, and interdisciplinary research. Learn more at www.trees-dla.ac.uk

#TREES #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability #EDI

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Trees DLA @treesdla.bsky.social · Dec 6

🚨 TREES Projects Are Live! 🚨
🌍 Over 120 PhD projects now available on the TREES website! Explore Route 1 projects or develop your own Route 2 proposal.
🗓️ Applications are open—deadline: 20th Jan 2025.
🔗 www.trees-dla.ac.uk
#PhD #EnvironmentalScience #TREESDLA

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Dec 5

Recent article from our team: doi.org/10.1017/cft....

Challenges to mangroves of the Semiarid Equatorial Coast of Brazil in the Anthropocene | Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures | Cambridge Core

Challenges to mangroves of the Semiarid Equatorial Coast of Brazil in the Anthropocene

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James Clark @drjimclark.bsky.social · Dec 3

If you have expertise in #ML and an interest in the marine environment, please look at this opportunity with the awesome Nicolas Pugeault: jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS129/r...

You will be working on the NERC Science
funded DEAL project (pml.ac.uk/projects/dea...).

Research Associate at University of Glasgow

Apply now for the Research Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

jobs.ac.uk

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Doerthe Tetzlaff @tetzlaffecohyd.bsky.social · Dec 4

Tenure track group leader/scientist position in ecohydrological modelling of connected terrestrial-aquatic ecosystems at Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries Berlin Germany. Female scholars are PARTICULAR @leibnizigb.bsky.social Ask me if questions www.igb-berlin.de/en/jobs

Jobs

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Dec 4

One of our recent OA papers: Mangrove Biodiversity and Conservation: Setting Key Functional Groups and Risks of Climate-Induced Functional Disruption mdpi.com/2877000 #mdpidiversity via @DiversityMdpi

Mangrove Biodiversity and Conservation: Setting Key Functional Groups and Risks of Climate-Induced Functional Disruption

Climate change (CC) represents an increasing threat to mangroves worldwide and can amplify impacts caused by local anthropogenic activities. The direct effects of CC on mangrove forests have been exte...

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Dec 4

Here's the DOI to our our recent review of the Blue carbon potential of Sri Lanka's ecosystems and their current state: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

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DrRayMarine @drraymarine.bsky.social · Dec 4

We've recently completed our report for the IUCN Red List Ecosystem Assessment of Mangroves of Tropical SW Atlantic ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

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