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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 5d

Our online EIT Food Algal Biotechnology course is back 4-5 November 2025 📆. apply.eitfood.eu/en_GB/course...

This professional development programme provides an introduction to developments in industry.

📆 Deadline: 29 October 2025
🗺 Place: Online
💶 Course fee: € 99 (incl. VAT)
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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 6d

We're involved in crucial research programmes trying to safeguard global seaweed stocks.

There's a race against time to assess and protect stocks which are under severe pressure from factors such as ocean warming, disease & non-native species introduction.

Read more www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Mission to save seaweed stocks from the impacts of climate change

Project aito improve livelihoods for seaweed farming communities in Southeast Asia

www.sams.ac.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 6d

Some generous pledges have injected new momentum to the #Crowdfunder campaign to develop our table-top game Drones and Droids.

Straight from the SAMS 🤖 lab, the game is a fun - and educational - way to experience real #marinescience missions.

Please support us www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/drones-and...

Drones and Droids: a strategy game with robots!

A thrilling collaborative strategy game about flying, roving and diving scientific robots - can you help make Drones and Droids a reality?

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · 13d

9th October the MASTS Marine Artificial Intelligence is hosting a open Forum session with talks from Dr Zonghua Liu ( @robertgordonuni.bsky.social ) and Gary Groves PhD ( @samsocean.bsky.social, UHI ).
📍Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/903dd9...

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jul 7

Important #Arctic #research involving SAMS scientist Laura Castro de la Guardia. 🌊🧪

www.face-it-project.eu/2025/07/02/e...

Ecosystem metabolism and nitrogen budget of a glacial Fjord in the Arctic - FACE IT PROJECT

Fjords in the Arctic are changing rapidly due to multiple factors including increasing air temperatures, the influx of Atlantic Water ...

www.face-it-project.eu

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎧New podcast episode!
"A new wave of ocean exploration"

Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data.

👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪
@fmri-nerc.bsky.social

Female scientist looking out to the open ocean from the deck of a ship.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎧New podcast episode!
"A new wave of ocean exploration"

Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data.

👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪
@fmri-nerc.bsky.social

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Science Journal for Kids & Teens @sj4k.bsky.social · Jun 25

What if rocks could make oxygen? This sci-fi sounding “what if” may be true! Researchers at @samsocean.bsky.social were shocked to find oxygen production in the deep sea and traced its most probable source to metallic rocks on the sea floor. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...

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Sarah Cryer @sarahcryer.bsky.social · Jun 24

This morning we have moved away from yesterdays unofficial theme of #coccolithophores to nutrients with talks by Robyn Tuerena
@samsocean.bsky.social and the #C-streams project, Anna Belcher @ukceh.bsky.social and @biopole.bsky.social project and a keynote by @altagliabue.bsky.social on #iron

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jun 17

If you were listening this morning to BBC Radio 4's Farming Today, you would have heard a great feature on the future of #seaweed farming.

The story opens today's episode (link below) and includes interviews with Professor Michele Stanley of SAMS.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪

Farming Today - 17/06/25 Agricultural jobs, organised livestock crime, seaweed science - BBC Sounds

Anna Hill finds out how new farming technology could mean more jobs, not fewer.

www.bbc.co.uk

Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jun 13

The GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR programme, led by SAMS, has asked the UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3 in Nice to recognise the importance of #seaweed to ocean health and food security and requested it gets conservation status similar to coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses.🧪🌊

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Seaweed species loss prompts UN Ocean Conference call

UNOC3 is being held at a critical moment for the world’s ocean

www.sams.ac.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fascinating insight on ocean health from President Moetai Brotherson of French Polynesia on BBC #R4today programme today bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

(From 2:17) President Brotherson references the discovery of deep-sea oxygen production by SAMS scientist Andrew Sweetman www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Today - 11/06/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

bbc.co.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · Jun 4

Today, #SeaweedDay, SAMS is announced as a partner in a @wwf.org.uk project to explore seaweed farming in coastal communities.🌊🧪

Through this £1m project, funded by the The National Lottery Community Fund, we're analysing public perceptions around seaweed farming. 👇

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Project to explore community-led seaweed farming plan

SAMS to probe public perceptions on industry

www.sams.ac.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 19

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 16

#Ocean science outreach activities in Scotland have received a boost following a charitable donation worth £10,000 to SAMS.🌊

The donation of £8,000, plus Gift Aid, from Oban resident Robert Kincaid will buy kit including an ROV, a hydrophone, & a field microscope.

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Ocean education donation will help inspire young minds

Local donor continues legacy of generosity

www.sams.ac.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 16

SAMS has been in front of politicians and policy makers to inform the Scottish Parliament on 🌊 matters.

Prof. Andrew Sweetman gave a seminar at parliament on his Dark Oxygen discovery & Prof. Paul Tett gave evidence to parliament on offshore #aquaculture. 👇
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/rura...

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

www.scottishparliament.tv

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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · May 15

📣Next month @noc.ac.uk are running a 2-day workshop on the contribution of UK Arctic Ocean science to the International Polar Year 32/33.
🌊The deadline to register is 16th May - TOMORROW
All the info about how to join and workshop are here: noc-events.co.uk/workshop-con...

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 16

An amazing project, made all the more complex by the Covid pandemic. We were proud to play a very small part in the project; our SIMBA devices were used to measure sea ice thickness.

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 16

Thank you, Winnie! Is it too presumptuous to ask whether the plastic pollution episode is on your list to listen to..?

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Dr Kirsten J Harper @kirstenjharper.bsky.social · May 13

Tom Wilding from @samsocean.bsky.social talking on estimating the Infaunal Quality Index (IQI) inside aquaculture areas using traditional methods (costly) and novel #eDNA metabarcoding. Developed the eDNA2IQI r-package to do this by using sequence data generated from 16S to predict IQI. #UKDNAWG25

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 13

Our marine robotics team have been out beyond the #Hebridean islands to deploy a glider in the north-east Atlantic over the coming months.

Gliders are able to gather data in hard-to-reach parts of the ocean, filling gaps in our understanding of large-scale currents.🌊

The dolphins were a bonus!🐬

A common dolphin leaping out of the water

A robotic scientific instrument floating in the water

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Eos @eos.org · May 9

Scientists have discovered abundant algae in Antarctica. It could lead to faster melting of Antarctic ice.
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...

Newly Discovered Algae May Speed Melting of Antarctic Ice - Eos

Purple pigmentation in a diverse array of algae absorbs heat and creates a feedback loop responsible for 2% of total daily melting.

eos.org

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 7

📣New report launched
State of the World's #Seaweed

This report from our GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR programme highlights how human-induced threats could dramatically change the fortunes of the ocean and ultimately impact human health. 🌊🧪

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

@globalseaweed.bsky.social

Loss of seaweeds will affect ocean health

State of the World's Seaweed report highlights global challenges

www.sams.ac.uk

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Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · May 1

A new report published this week in the European Journal of Phycology highlights the need for a co-ordinated European effort to preserve seaweed genetic diversity against a backdrop of rapid species loss.🧪

Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

@thinkuhi.bsky.social

Biobanking call to protect seaweeds from climate change

Warning issued by European experts

www.sams.ac.uk

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · Apr 29

A #NewStudy reveals that mixed #microplastic blends may be substantially more toxic to key marine food-web species than single polymers: pml.ac.uk/news/impacts...

Impacts of mixed microplastics on marine life

Innovative study indicates that a mixed microplastic blend may be substantially more toxic than a single polymer on a key marine food-web species.

pml.ac.uk

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