Today we published the last Dispatch of 2023 — and it's a special one, filled with the Datawrapper team's hand-picked visualizations from the past year. ✨ Did you encounter a chart that's stuck with you this year?

👉 Read the full post here: blog.datawrapper.de/data-vis-dispa…

New #OA paper: #COVID__19 effects on global shipping activity much more complicated than previously reported - great new paper by Alexandra Loveridge & Intl Bio-Logging Soc Covid-19 Initiative UN Ocean Decade National Geographic Moore Foundation

A new study by the COVID-19 Bio-Logging Initiative reveals a surprising degree of complexity in maritime vessel activity patterns during the first year of the #COVID -19 pandemic🦠

🌍Read more about this impactful research #OpenAccess in GEC: doi.org/10.1016/j.gloe…

What was the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on maritime traffic? 🚢

Using global datasets, our David Sims researchers have revealed a surprising complexity of maritime activity during 2020.

Find out more: buff.ly/47UBNlk

#Shipping #Covid19 #MaritimeTraffic

And of course there's Freya Womersley David Sims's excellent paper on whale shark collision-risk hotspots:
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I'm in an IML Southampton Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute sustainable shipping event, so I chose 3 x shipping #paperoftheweek for #fridayfryup :
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doi.org/10.1016/j.gloe…
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nature.com/articles/d4158…
by Alexandra Loveridge David Sims

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
by Dr Charlotte Findlay

New PhD opportunity funded through the INSPIRE DTP led by University of Southampton and hosted in my group at MBA - Marine Biological Association - looking for excellent student to work on patterns, impacts and risks of marine heatwaves (with Cathy Lucas and Katie Smith )....

New DTP PhD Opportunity to research effects of Climate Change on Pelagic #Shark movements, habitats & distribns - come join the team MBA - Marine Biological Association OceanEarthUniSoton inspire-dtp.ac.uk w/ Ryan Reisinger Freya Womersley Nuno Queiroz
Apply here: noc.ac.uk/gsnocs/project…

New in nature – Shipping is on the rise: four steps to curb #OceanRoadkill of marine giants – increasing evidence ships strikes are major cause of human-induced mortality for whales & #sharks , but some simple actions can turn things around MBA - Marine Biological Association
nature.com/articles/d4158…

New OA paper - Ever wanted to know how fast shortfin mako #sharks actually swim? We're beginning to find out w/ new bio-logging tags and it's surprising - great work by Matt Waller MBA - Marine Biological Association MOVE Okeanos - UAc OceanEarthUniSoton Nuno Queiroz
doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15…

Extremely pleased to announce that our paper looking at mammalian responses to the COVID-19 lockdowns is now out in Science Magazine

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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🎉PaperAlert! Back in 2021 Kylie Pitt invited me on board CSIRO RV Investigator. Best experience as a marine biologist 'Assemblages of pelagic thaliaceans in oceanographic features at tropical-temperate transition zone of a western boundary current' academic.oup.com/plankt/advance…

New 3-year postdoc position available in #shark movement ecology & climate change, incl novel bio-logging in deoxygenating environments MBA - Marine Biological Association MOVE OceanEarthUniSoton European Research Council (ERC)
mymba.mba.ac.uk/job/postdoctor…

Sharks & Climate Change: PhD Studentship available on pelagic #shark ecophysiology in deoxygenating environments - using new bio-logging tags & respirometers w/Dr. Martina Stiasny Nuno Queiroz MBA - Marine Biological Association OceanEarthUniSoton MOVE
mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing/ph…

Funded #PhD Studentship announcement! 📢🦈

There is an exciting opportunity to work with David Sims on a high-profile international project on ocean #deoxygenation effects on pelagic #shark physiological ecology.

Find out more and apply online: mymba.mba.ac.uk/job-listing/ph…

Our lab's #shark & #ClimateChange research featured today in Science Magazine 'Breathless oceans: Warming waters could suffocate marine life and disrupt fisheries' MBA - Marine Biological Association OceanEarthUniSoton MOVE - funded by European Research Council (ERC) science.org/content/articl…

Thanks to ACT Network for the opportunity to talk about the COVID-19 Bio-Logging Initiative at the Network meeting today. Looking forward to hearing about all the great projects going on in the world of acoustic telemetry!

NEW Review paper: 'Global tracking of shark movements, behaviour & ecology...' - three times the no. of satellite studies conducted during the 2010-2020 decade than ever before, tracking double the number of species previously tagged - led by Sam Renshaw
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Great video!

It's #WorldJellyfishDay today so of course we had to share some beautiful illustrations of our gelatinous friends. These are just a couple of the many drawings by Ernst Haeckel we have in the library MBA - Marine Biological Association