New paper led by Clara Diaz looks at ‘Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago’ This study provides the first prediction of MCE distribution and their benthic communities in the Archipelago. Read paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Mobulid Rays in the Chagos Archipelago: Fisheries & Conservation Management Join Dr Joanna L. Harris on 29 Apr to explore cutting-edge research & conservation in the Chagos Archipelago Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1224910132179 British Ecological Society ⛴ 🌏 Marine Science 🐠 🐟 Manta Trust University of Plymouth

Great presentation from Manta Trust about their work on manta and devil rays in the Chagos Archipelago today as part of the marineLIVE webinar series. The recording is already on YouTube for anyone who missed it. youtu.be/SZpXfgz8PXA

🌊 Dive into the deep! Join Dr Clara Diaz on 5 Aug for a free webinar exploring mesophotic coral ecosystems—mysterious, vibrant reefs hidden in the twilight zone of the Indian Ocean. 🪸 British Ecological Society University of Plymouth 🎟 eventbrite.co.uk/e/1348496111169 #OceanScience #CoralReefs #marineLIVE

Our marine conservation expert Professor Heather Koldewey attended the premiere of Sir David Attenborough's latest film Ocean 🌊 We're supporting his call for governments to deliver their commitments for protection of 30% of the ocean by 2030. ZSLMarine

Our networking tools for ECOPs continue to grow! We are very excited to share that ECOP Asia has a brand new resource on its page, a georeferenced map designed to highlight key ocean stakeholders, projects, and initiatives across Asia. Have a look here: ecopdecade.org/asia

Our scientists study a wide range of species, some of which are classed as ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN Redlist Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay and we want to share just some of the incredible endangered species our programme has the privilege of studying

This #WorldTurtleDay we’re hearing from PhD Student Nupur Kale about her research on green and hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean MarCEL Swansea Swansea Marine Biology

WIOMSA’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Arthur Tuda, chaired a session today on Capacity building and knowledge sharing at the One Ocean Congress.

🔬 New Research Alert – #WorldEnvironmentDay UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation 📖 Read: bit.ly/3SGcWMl 📢 Press release: buff.ly/6nhFm47 MegaMove_Org

The Marine Science Programme 2024 Annual Report is now published online! Find out more about our 2024 activities, project updates and programme impact -marine.science/2025/05/16/202…

Great feature about our project focusing on reducing the impact of #PlasticPollution on sea turtles in the Indian Ocean with ZSL MarCEL Swansea supported by Biodiversity Challenge Funds and Bertarelli Foundation

Marking us reaching the halfway mark in the UN Decade, Heather Koldewey will be joining the 'powering progress' panel on 11 June #UNOC3 to share our approaches to making data accessible and used - hope to see you there!

Happy World Ocean Day! The theme this year is 'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate' These are some of our Marine Science Programme 2024 highlights and we’re excited to see how we can improve on these in 2025 and use science to inform conservation action. #WorldOceanDay

Our Programme seeks to maximise the visibility, accessibility & useability of all data collected by our project teams. We have partnered with the Harvard Data Repository to create a data collection to store & manage large quantities of data of all kinds. dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/bert…

Marine scientists underpin all our research and conservation efforts. Our Marine Science Programme focuses on the Indian Ocean Region with project partners across the region and beyond. We work with 96 scientists from 23 institutions in 9 countries.

In 2024 scientists from the Marine Science Programme published 39 papers, bringing the total number of published papers to 213 since 2017.Of the 39, five were published in journals with an “excellent” impact factor (>10) & a further 24 in journals with a “good” impact factor (>3)

Our Indian Ocean marine science programme supports established researchers and has a major focus on training the next generation of ocean scientists. A big congratulations to all our recent PhD Graduates for 2024! Dr Melissa Duncan-Schiele Holly Stokes @JoannaLHarris #PhDGraduates