Hi Terry Hughes, agree many restoration projects fall short of goals (not first reducing local stressors, often by design/scale/logistics, and usually by increasing climate impacts). Tackling climate change is ESSENTIAL, but reducing biodiversity loss short-term could help

Hi Clement, my perspective is that almost stopping the process from accelerating is the start of fixing the problem. Huge lag in the system means the next few decades will be volatile and probably brutal, which is why trying to preserve biodiversity is key. But all is not lost.

Prof. Steve Simpson Melissa Cristina Márquez We haven’t started “fixing the climate” yet.
It’s still getting worse every year. The best we’ve managed so far is ‘almost’ stopping the process from accelerating, and limiting CO2 concentration increase to about 2.5 ppm per year.

Scientists’ experiment is ‘beacon of hope’ for coral reefs on brink of global collapse
Thanks @Guardian for covering this, and for understanding our aims to boost reef recovery in the short term while we fix climate change in the long term. #OceanOptimism

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Glad to be one of the scientists in this episode. Coral reef restoration is controversial, both on scale and value. Without tackling climate change, corals are cooked, but while we fix the climate, we are testing ways to accelerate recovery between heatwaves to keep reefs alive

World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts - honoured to contribute to this important article exploring how soundscapes are telling the story of biodiversity loss. Is now on us to build back nature's amazing orchestra.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Eavesdropping on fish could help us keep better tabs on underwater worlds sciencenews.org/article/fish-o… The Juanes Lab Kieran Cox, Ph.D Xavier Mouy Audrey Looby

we are recruiting a #postdoc to join us in the European Research Council (ERC) project coralINT. Please RT
euraxess.pt/jobs/211671

I am looking for a PhD student in Coral Demography, contrasting tropical and subtropical reefs!!! Applications for the scholarship by 7 April 2024 - it is soon!!! with Josh Firth Rob Salguero-Gómez
findaphd.com/phds/project/a…

🚨🚨🌊PhD alert! Fully funded PhD position with me, Safi Darden and Ashlee Lillis with fieldwork investigating the bioacoustics and behavioural ecology of snapping shrimp on the Great Barrier Reef and their role in reef resilience! exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/… Pls RT

Looks awesome Ben Williams !!!

Great work @Nadege_Aoki and coauthors!!! Pleased to say the story got picked up in the UK: theguardian.com/environment/20…

What a supervisory team and important subject!!! (Gutted I've already done my PhD.) This is an unmissable opportunity to work with three complete legends on critically valuable research. Excited to follow this project as it develops...

“Coral reefs are the first marine ecosystems we could lose to climate change, which means they are also the first we can save. If we can save reefs, we can save anything.” Great to celebrate the fabulous work of Nadège Aoki et al (doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…): theguardian.com/environment/20…