Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir
@fishiceland.bsky.social
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Director & Research Scientist at University of Iceland, Westfjords Research Centre 🇮🇸 | Fish & Fishers | Biodiversity Movement & Behavior | #OceanOptimism #TeamFish 🐟👩🏼‍🔬🦑🌎🌊
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Love how curious these baby (young-of-year) Atlantic cod are😍

#teamfish #ecology #iceland
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Amazing day deploying #acoustic receivers in the foggy fjord 🌊🐟🌁
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IRIS goes to Iceland 🧊

At the beggining of July, Theresa ( @theresahenke.bsky.social )set off for colder climates returning to the University of Iceland Research Centre of the Westfjords (& @fishiceland.bsky.social)‬ for a 6 weeks stay.

Stay tuned for updates on old & new projects :)
fishiceland.bsky.social
Takk fyrir! Sá greinina ykkar - og stefni á að lesa vel! Gaman að sjá meira um þessi grunnu fiskasamfélög! Við stefnum á að klára 1-3 greinar í viðbót um landnótar seiðin 🙂 - læt þig vita þegar það kemur út.
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shaunkillen.bsky.social
After so many years of toil, we've finally done it. Definitive proof that guppies can quantum phase shift between dimensions. Congrats to @helenanorman.bsky.social for this game-changing discovery. 🥳 #fishsci
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📢 Just funded by #Icelands Infrastructure fund!

Marine Open Observation Network (MOON)

🎯 MOON’s Key Goals:

✅ 1. Automated monitoring stations to collect long-term data on temp., seabed restoration, fish and marine mammal movements 🐟🐋🪸🌊

🧵⬇️

🌎 #MOON #OceanScience #MarineMonitoring #TheOceanWeWant
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✅ 4. Support international scientific collaboration and help Iceland meet its commitments to marine research, including the #30x30 initiative and the UN Decade of Ocean Science.

🌎 #MOON #OceanScience #MarineMonitoring #TheOceanWeWant
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✅ 3. Strengthen student engagement and participation in ocean research with modern and cost-effective solutions 🌊👩‍🎓👨‍🔬🦑

🧵⬇️

🌎 #MOON #OceanScience #MarineMonitoring #TheOceanWeWant
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✅ 2. Expand the use of autonomous underwater and surface vehicles to gather data at minimal cost 🚀🌊

🧵⬇️

🌎 #MOON #OceanScience #MarineMonitoring #TheOceanWeWant
fishiceland.bsky.social
📢 Just funded by #Icelands Infrastructure fund!

Marine Open Observation Network (MOON)

🎯 MOON’s Key Goals:

✅ 1. Automated monitoring stations to collect long-term data on temp., seabed restoration, fish and marine mammal movements 🐟🐋🪸🌊

🧵⬇️

🌎 #MOON #OceanScience #MarineMonitoring #TheOceanWeWant
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icefishresearch.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered where the alien flounder found in Iceland has come from?

Find out more about the flounder’s origin, implications & hybrids in today's blogpost 🐟

www.icefishresearch.com/2025/03/14/t...

@fishiceland.bsky.social @mfri.bsky.social
#IceFishResearch #FishIceland
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science.org
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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icefishresearch.bsky.social
The CODSPA project funded by NordForsk is underway! Led by Marco Vindas, researchers from Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands are joining to study how stress affects cod reproduction during spawning. The aim to ensure sustainable fishing practices and protect populations across the Nordic region.
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🚨High latitude #trackers‼️

Check out session on Animal #Biotelemetry and #Biologging in the Changing #Polar Environments

ESSAS Open Science Meeting, June 24-26, 2025, Tokyo 🎌

‼️Deadline March 16th

#ECR travel support available🛫

essas.arc.hokudai.ac.jp/what_s_new/2...

🌊🐟🦈🐧🦭🐋

#trackingnotslacking
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fishiceland.bsky.social
Just registered! Really looking forward to learning cool new stuff 🌊🎣

#biodiversity
#citizenscience
#AI
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harmitmalik.bsky.social
Heartbreaking chats this week with students thinking of giving up on their dreams of getting a PhD. They worry about getting in PhD programs and careers post PhD. My suggestions: don’t be hasty, think broadly incl EU & Canada, & careers beyond traditional academia. What’re you telling your students?
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sanders.senate.gov
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.