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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Aug 13

New paper-size matters! Our team showed even though highly mobile, turtles, mantas & seabirds all protected by very large #MPA around Chagos Archipelago.

Led by @alicetrevail.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social, @ruthedunn.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social

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Chagos study highlights value of vast Marine Protected Areas

Large ocean animals can be protected throughout much of their lifecycle by huge Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), new research shows. Scientists tracked sea turtles, manta rays and seabirds – all of whic...

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Laura E. Richardson PhD @richardson-le.bsky.social · Aug 11

Out today! ‘Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change’ in @natecoevo.nature.com
#EcologicalOceanography #InterdisciplinaryResearch #CoralReefs #OceanicSubsidies

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Aug 6

Congratulations to these amazing Marine Science programme scientists on their graduation! Drs @hollystokes.bsky.social Melissa Duncan-Schiele and Jess Savage! Completing research on sea turtle ecology, drones for enforcement, and mantas and plastic pollution. Very proud of you!
#womeninscience

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Aug 6

Such incredible footage and use of tech to understand foraging ecology of seabirds!

Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Aug 6

Using lightweight bird-borne cameras, scientists have captured unique footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish.

Dr Ruth Dunn (@ruthedunn.bsky.social) of @lec-reefs.bsky.social is lead author of the study.

📰: https://tinyurl.com/yezeyxu2

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Ruth Dunn @ruthedunn.bsky.social · Aug 6

"Commuting in crosswinds and foraging in fast winds: the foraging ecology of a flying fish specialist" 💨🐦🐟

New @iomarinescience.bsky.social research out now in @royalsocietypublishing.org: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

📸 @robinfreeman.bsky.social

🧪🌍🪶

Composite image of the Proceedings B journal title, the manuscript title and the author list, alongside an image of a red-footed booby flying amongst palm trees. Some text reads: "Winds shape the behavioural decisions of red-footed boobies, impacting their foraging commutes and feeding behaviour".

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Aug 4

As #plasticstreaty negotiations kick off in Geneva, our paper by Jess Savage shows shockingly high levels of microplastics in manta feeding grounds. Plastics impact wildlife. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 📷 L.Scheltema, Manta Trust
@plymuni.bsky.social @heatherkoldewey.bsky.social

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The Crustacean Society @crustaceansociety.bsky.social · Aug 3

❗️Job Alert: Deep-Sea Benthic Biologist (Assistant Professor) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA 🌊 Apply by Dec 1, 2025: apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04175

📷 Auckland Museum Collections (CC) #MarineBiology

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Christina Hicks @christinahicks.bsky.social · Aug 1

3-year postdoc @lancasteruni.bsky.social w/ Dr's John Childs & Nicola Firth

Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage & Knowledge

Offering an alternative t0 mainstream approaches to understanding the political geography of the deep seabed

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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate - Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage and Knowledge

Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) is pleased to announce a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position as part of a Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Counterma...

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jul 30

Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean.

When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST

Sign up for free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic...

#Webinar 🦑

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jul 9

Meet some of our senior researchers in the programme!

Our researchers work across different areas of the marine world and these researchers look at a mixture of turtle ecology, shark genomics, oceanography and social science
@ananuno.bsky.social‬
#MarineScience #Scientists

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our Indian Ocean marine science programme supports established researchers and has a major focus on training the next generation of ocean scientists. A big congratulations to all our recent PhD Graduates for 2024!

#PhDGraduates #Doctor #MarineScience #MarineBiology #Scientists

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 25

In 2024 scientists from the Marine Science Programme published 39 papers, bringing the total number of published papers to 213 since 2017. Of the 39, five were published in journals with an “excellent” impact factor (>10) and a further 24 in journals with a “good” impact factor (>3)

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jun 24

BREAKING

We are pleased to announce that the venue for #IPBES12 will be Manchester, as announced yesterday by Minister Mary Creagh.

Thank you to the UK Government and the city of Manchester, we look forward to launching the #BizBiodiversity Report in the UK in 2026! 🌍🧪

@ukri.org

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 20

While we live in an electronic age, there’s something so special about the annual volumes of our science papers we produce for each project team. An acknowledgement of the work that our amazing researchers put into each one! And 2024 was a two volume year 👌🏽

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our June job opportunities round-up has landed, showcasing some great job roles from our partners, friends (and us)!

Please get in touch with the job poster directly about these positions, we're just sharing like a job board.

🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊🐟
#marinejobs #conservationjobs #conservationcareers

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 17

Marine scientists underpin all our research and conservation efforts.

Our Marine Science Programme focuses on the Indian Ocean Region with project partners across the region and beyond. We work with 96 scientists from 23 institutions in 9 countries.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jun 12

🌍 Important News! The laid-out version of the @ipbes.net #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers (English) is now available!

Discover vital interlinkages between #biodiversity, water, food, & health. Explore options for a sustainable future.🧪

Access here: www.ipbes.net/nexus-assess...

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 12

Our Programme seeks to maximise visibility, accessibility & useability of all data collected by our project teams. We've partnered with the Harvard Data Repository to create a data collection that allows us to store & manage large quantities of data of all kinds
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/be...

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 8

Happy World Ocean Day! The theme this year is 'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate'

These are some of our Marine Science Programme 2024 highlights and we’re excited to see how we can improve on these in 2025 and use science to inform conservation action.

#WorldOceanDay2025

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fantastic to see so many of our programme's scientists contribute to this important paper - such a massive collaborative effort 🙌

David Jacoby @netlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Herculean collation of >12K megafauna tracks, >100 species, reveals 75% overlap of critical habitats with shipping, fishing, pollution or warming. Protection targets not enough to safeguard megafauna.

New paper in @science.org, led by @anammsequeira.bsky.social 👇

📸silvana-palacios,daniel-torobekov

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 6

The Marine Science Programme 2024 Annual Report is now published online! Find out more about our 2024 activities, project updates and programme impact - www.marine.science/2025/05/16/2...

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · Jun 3

This week we are at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice!

Rachel Jones is presenting a poster about our programme from 6-8pm Tuesday - Thursday - please come along and say hello if you're here, we'd love to see you!

#OOSC #ScienceForTheOcean @ZSLofficial.bsky.social

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · May 23

This #WorldTurtleDay we’re hearing from PhD Student Nupur Kale about her research on green and hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean 🦑🐢

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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · May 16

Our scientists study a wide range of species, some of which are classed as ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN Redlist.

Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay and we want to share just some of the incredible endangered species our programme has the privilege of studying.

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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · May 6

📢New blog is out!

Joshua Coste shares details about his research on Red-footed Booby homing behaviour in the Indian Ocean 🌊

➡️ tinyurl.com/RFB-navigation

Full paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...

@iomarinescience.bsky.social
@exetermarine.bsky.social
@zslscience.bsky.social

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