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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · 6d

Katie Brenninger, a @santarosajc.bsky.social student, spent a summer interning in the CHANGE Lab at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, gaining hands-on experience with seagrass mesocosms, new lab technologies, and the challenges of keeping research tanks clean: marinescience.ucdavis.edu/blog/seagras...

A Seagrass Summer

I am a second-year Environmental Science major at Santa Rosa Junior College and will be transferring to UC Santa Cruz this fall to complete my undergraduate degree. I spent my summer at the Bodega Mar...

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NPR @npr.org · 6d

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries.

Why scientists are using corals from other countries to help save Florida's reefs

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries.

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Keishu Asada @cephwarden.bsky.social · 7d

Okinawa had its hottest September at 1.6C above the average. I filmed this mass coral bleaching last year, but didn't have the heart to share. Total annihilation of the first few meters of depth. This stuff happens before our eyes, and yet people who think it isn't real keep gaining power.

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Peter Mumby @petemumby.bsky.social · Sep 5

Another post-doc opportunity at the University of Queensland to work on coral reefs. This time modelling reef ecosystems in the Red Sea in collaboration with Dave Suggett at Kaust. 2.5 years and work rights in Australia. Happy to discuss.

uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · Aug 22

GREAT OPPORTUNITY: Coral Program Internship (NOAA, AOML) – Miami, Florida

Send CV and cover letter to both [email protected] and [email protected]

Learn more here: www.thecoralreefresearchhub.com/082120250700...

#coralreefs #intern #internship #coralintern #coral #careers

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Aug 26

🌊Heading to Glasgow for #OSM26? Apply for grants and scholarships to help cover your costs! 💵

💰Funding is available for students and early-career researchers to participate in the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026.

💻Explore all opportunities on our website and apply by 27 August➡️ buff.ly/ePloEt0

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Dr. Nyssa Silbiger @nsilbiger.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our article made the cover of @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological Monographs! 🤩

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Adi Khen @adlysia.bsky.social · Aug 15

Plocamium pacificum (sea comb) ft. the California sea hare #PhycologyFriday

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Dr. Lauren E. Fuess @laurenfuess.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨🚨We’re hiring a postdoc!🚨🚨

Min two year contract; start in 2026 (flexible) & contribute to this project focused on understanding the link between bleaching recovery and disease in cnidarians!! Opportunities to work on side projects too!

Deadline Nov 1!

Info here: tinyurl.com/y2abjsem

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CNN @cnn.com · Aug 6

Parts of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef, famed for its stunning colors and biodiversity, suffered the biggest decline of coral on record last year after a marine heatwave bleached vast swathes of hard coral, a new report has found. cnn.it/3HcO6S8

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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · Jul 27

🌡️ A new Science paper reports 2023 saw record‐breaking #ΜarineΗeatwaves — 96% of the oceans were affected, heatwaves lasted 4× longer than average, and some regions stayed hot for over 500 days. It may mark a climate #TippingPoint.

#MarineEcology #Conservation 🌍🌐🧪🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Jul 29

✨Dream job alert!✨ Come join our Oceans Department at Stanford University! We are hiring an Assistant Professor. This faculty search focuses on 3 major areas: Oceans & global change, Ocean technologies & solutions, or Human dimensions of oceans 🌊
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor in Oceans

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · May 15

Its that time again - the list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2026 is live!
PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/2XTHBP6CZGEn...
Prospective students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share! 🧪

Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2026

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2026 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · Jul 25

🪸🤔Could heat-tolerant #corals save Belize's #blueeconomy?
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Following a devastating bleaching event in 2023, #WHOI, Stanford + @nature.org scientists are studying reefs that can take the heat.

📲Learn more: go.whoi.edu/OceanusCorals
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#TogetherforScience⁠ #ScienceMatters #Belize

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Iliana Baums @ibaums.bsky.social · Jul 25

Proactive assisted gene flow for Caribbean corals in an era of rapid coral reef decline | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Proactive assisted gene flow for Caribbean corals in an era of rapid coral reef decline

Regulatory action could facilitate cross-border efforts to retain ecosystem function

www.science.org

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Ocean Hoptimism @oceanhoptimism.org · Jul 16

Next up in the #OceanHoptimism spotlight: Dr. DeVant’e Dawson: a coral scientist, educator, and champion for equity in conservation. His work brings the heat, literally, with climate-savvy coral research and a deep commitment to justice. 🌊🔥
July 24, 7-8pm
#OceanHoptimism #BlackInMarineScience

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · Jul 15

CORAL REEF RESEARCH NEWS: Marine heatwaves select for thermal tolerance in a reef-building coral

Not open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#coralreefs #coralbleaching #climatechange #seasurfacetemperature #coralhealth #thermaltolerance #marineheatwaves #marinebiology

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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · Jul 11

Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion #corals www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · Jul 11

A host organelle integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis #symbiosis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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UC Davis Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social · Jul 14

Join us on August 5th for "Engineering Ecosystems for Coral Recruitment and Survival", with speaker Dr. Linda Wegley Kelly, an Associate Research Scientist at @scrippsocean.bsky.social, and our 2025 lecturer in the Dr. Donald L. Mykles Distinguished Lecture Series: airtable.com/appEOgQ4D9g6...

A graphic showing a blue duotoned image of Bodega Marine Laboratory with a text overlay saying August 5th, 4-5pm, "Engineering Ecosystems for Coral Recruitment and Survival", Featured Lecturer: Linda Wegley Kelly, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Dr. Donald L. Mykles Distinguished Lecture Series

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Raúl González-Pech (he/him) @raulgoch.bsky.social · Jun 11

Stoke to announce that I will be joining the Department of Biology @txst.edu this coming Fall semester as an Assistant Professor!

Looking for grad students with interests in #Symbiodiniaceae, #corals 🪸, microbial #symbiosis 🦠, comparative #genomics 🧬 and #phylogenomics soon. Feel free to reach out!

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · Jun 8

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

www.richmondscientific.com

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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · Jun 9

Congratulations to Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, made a Companion of the Order of Australia for "For eminent service to marine science, particularly the research, conservation and management of coral reef ecosystems, and to tertiary education."

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Jun 2

Get the word out far and wide. New opportunity from the Simons Foundation in the Eco-Evo space.

2026 Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution Awards, due July 31, 2025, only for incoming PhD students who plan to start their PhDs in Fall 2026.

www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

www.simonsfoundation.org

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