Kyran Graves
@kyrangraves.bsky.social
Deep-Sea Ecology 🪸 | Deep-Blue Carbon 🔵 | Habitat Mapping 🗺️ | Policy 🧐 | Computer Vision 🤖
PhD Researcher, University of Plymouth & PML
📍London / Plymouth
PhD Researcher, University of Plymouth & PML
📍London / Plymouth
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PhD opportunity! "Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management". Do cutting edge research on the deep sea under supervision from Prof Kerry Howell @pml.ac.uk, Dr Angela Stevenson @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & me @thembauk.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...
Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management
Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship: Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management. The studentship will...
www.plymouth.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
PhD opportunity! "Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management". Do cutting edge research on the deep sea under supervision from Prof Kerry Howell @pml.ac.uk, Dr Angela Stevenson @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & me @thembauk.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...
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Key findings from the benthic dataset show just how little of the seafloor below 30 m we’ve sampled:
June 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Key findings from the benthic dataset show just how little of the seafloor below 30 m we’ve sampled:
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🔍Mapping the Gaps: New global study reveals huge biases in benthic & pelagic biodiversity data – but what does this mean for science & conservation, & how can we address it? Read “Prioritisation of Ocean Biodiversity Data Collection to Deliver a Sustainable Ocean” to find out! shorturl.at/dypTc – 🧵:
June 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🔍Mapping the Gaps: New global study reveals huge biases in benthic & pelagic biodiversity data – but what does this mean for science & conservation, & how can we address it? Read “Prioritisation of Ocean Biodiversity Data Collection to Deliver a Sustainable Ocean” to find out! shorturl.at/dypTc – 🧵:
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Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year
- Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters
#UNOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters
#UNOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year
Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year
- Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters
#UNOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Move comes after efforts at UN ocean summit to establish marine protected areas in international waters
#UNOC
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Honored to be among the 24 global recipients of the #BezosEarthFund’s #AI Grand Challenge for Climate & Nature. PML's Prof Kerry Howell has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support using #artificialintelligence to radically improve our understanding of #deepsea ecosystems: pml.ac.uk/news/project...
Project to revolutionise deep sea understanding using AI awarded pioneering grant from Bezos Earth Fund
The grant supports innovative AI-driven solutions to tackle urgent environmental challenges
pml.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Honored to be among the 24 global recipients of the #BezosEarthFund’s #AI Grand Challenge for Climate & Nature. PML's Prof Kerry Howell has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support using #artificialintelligence to radically improve our understanding of #deepsea ecosystems: pml.ac.uk/news/project...
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‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon and Cornwall in the UK, and Ireland
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon and Cornwall in the UK, and Ireland
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
#climatecrisis
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago
This study aims to map and predict the distribution of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, using high- and low-resolution bathymetry data. The models, develope...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
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ROV dives are fully underway around #SouthSandwichIslands with @oceancensus.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social . In the first dive at around 400m, ROV landed on a fab coral garden (pic 3)!
@plymouthmarine.bsky.social
@plymouthmarine.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
ROV dives are fully underway around #SouthSandwichIslands with @oceancensus.bsky.social @schmidtocean.bsky.social . In the first dive at around 400m, ROV landed on a fab coral garden (pic 3)!
@plymouthmarine.bsky.social
@plymouthmarine.bsky.social
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British Antarctic Survey
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
February 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
British Antarctic Survey
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
Cleaning up what were some very muddy Pheronema carpenteri specimens. The first deep-sea beastie to capture my heart. #SpongeThursday
February 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cleaning up what were some very muddy Pheronema carpenteri specimens. The first deep-sea beastie to capture my heart. #SpongeThursday
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❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...
January 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...
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I am excited to announce that my third book will be an ocean conservation science and policy textbook!
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
February 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am excited to announce that my third book will be an ocean conservation science and policy textbook!
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible!
See next post
🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟
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NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
January 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
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RECRUITING PhD student to study kelp dispersal and transport from the coastal zone to the deep sea. See our website for particulars. annametaxas.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:05 PM
RECRUITING PhD student to study kelp dispersal and transport from the coastal zone to the deep sea. See our website for particulars. annametaxas.com
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Our new article out in Science Advances today! 🌊 In Europe we have protected 1% of our deep-sea biodiversity from bottom-contact fishing, but our analysis revealed that 3,500 hours of fishing still occurred within these protected areas. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Our new article out in Science Advances today! 🌊 In Europe we have protected 1% of our deep-sea biodiversity from bottom-contact fishing, but our analysis revealed that 3,500 hours of fishing still occurred within these protected areas. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Ever wondered where we’ve sampled and where we haven’t? Well if you came to my talk, then now you know! Huge thanks to #17DSBS for having me present our recent work in the strategic prioritisation of biodiversity data collection 🗺️ 🌎. As always, it was a wonderful space to share this science in!
January 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Ever wondered where we’ve sampled and where we haven’t? Well if you came to my talk, then now you know! Huge thanks to #17DSBS for having me present our recent work in the strategic prioritisation of biodiversity data collection 🗺️ 🌎. As always, it was a wonderful space to share this science in!
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⭐ DOSI Day 2025 ⭐
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for a brilliant DOSI Day at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology!
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for a brilliant DOSI Day at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology!
January 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
⭐ DOSI Day 2025 ⭐
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for a brilliant DOSI Day at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology!
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for a brilliant DOSI Day at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology!
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📢Calling all ecologists, biologists, oceanographers, social sciences, economists etc. with knowledge relevant to the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic #ABNJ
Join ICES Workshop on the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic Ecosystem Overview #WKONEA
📅10-14 February 2025
ℹMore info & register www.ices.dk/community/gr...
Join ICES Workshop on the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic Ecosystem Overview #WKONEA
📅10-14 February 2025
ℹMore info & register www.ices.dk/community/gr...
January 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📢Calling all ecologists, biologists, oceanographers, social sciences, economists etc. with knowledge relevant to the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic #ABNJ
Join ICES Workshop on the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic Ecosystem Overview #WKONEA
📅10-14 February 2025
ℹMore info & register www.ices.dk/community/gr...
Join ICES Workshop on the Oceanic Northeast Atlantic Ecosystem Overview #WKONEA
📅10-14 February 2025
ℹMore info & register www.ices.dk/community/gr...
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JNCC is building #interdisciplinary capability to deliver thriving #nature for a #sustainable future 🙌🏾
If you have a background in #economics, inspired by #nature, want to work in an organisation of #inclusion, #collaboration & #innovation, do apply 👇🏽
#TogetherForNature 💚
bit.ly/JNCCjob202449
If you have a background in #economics, inspired by #nature, want to work in an organisation of #inclusion, #collaboration & #innovation, do apply 👇🏽
#TogetherForNature 💚
bit.ly/JNCCjob202449
Biodiversity Economist | JNCC - Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation
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December 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM
JNCC is building #interdisciplinary capability to deliver thriving #nature for a #sustainable future 🙌🏾
If you have a background in #economics, inspired by #nature, want to work in an organisation of #inclusion, #collaboration & #innovation, do apply 👇🏽
#TogetherForNature 💚
bit.ly/JNCCjob202449
If you have a background in #economics, inspired by #nature, want to work in an organisation of #inclusion, #collaboration & #innovation, do apply 👇🏽
#TogetherForNature 💚
bit.ly/JNCCjob202449
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Are you a student or ECR seeking ship-based field work experience? Berth applications are now open for the next AtlantiS PAP site expedition (JC278).
📅 Application deadline for JC278: 5th January 2025
Applications form 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
📅 Application deadline for JC278: 5th January 2025
Applications form 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
December 17, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Are you a student or ECR seeking ship-based field work experience? Berth applications are now open for the next AtlantiS PAP site expedition (JC278).
📅 Application deadline for JC278: 5th January 2025
Applications form 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
📅 Application deadline for JC278: 5th January 2025
Applications form 👉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
From new butterfly habitats in the Cotswolds to arctic willow planting in the Scottish Highlands, there are increasing numbers of places where humans are giving nature a helping hand to re-establish itself
It is easy to get mired in a sense of…
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:08 PM
‘It absolutely took off’: five UK biodiversity success stories
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Abstracts submissions are now open for the UK Coastal Research Conference 2025, taking place in Liverpool on 1st-3rd July 2025. 🌊
Submit your abstract and find out more here ✅ noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025
#UKCRC25
Submit your abstract and find out more here ✅ noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025
#UKCRC25
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Abstracts submissions are now open for the UK Coastal Research Conference 2025, taking place in Liverpool on 1st-3rd July 2025. 🌊
Submit your abstract and find out more here ✅ noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025
#UKCRC25
Submit your abstract and find out more here ✅ noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025
#UKCRC25
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🌊 PML’s Professor Kerry Howell is currently in #AscensionIsland, a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, to gather biodiversity and physical environment data that will support effective #MarineConservation: Find out more: pml.ac.uk/news/investi...
December 12, 2024 at 5:21 PM
🌊 PML’s Professor Kerry Howell is currently in #AscensionIsland, a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, to gather biodiversity and physical environment data that will support effective #MarineConservation: Find out more: pml.ac.uk/news/investi...