#CoastSnap - what an impressive #CitizenScience initiative! Fascinating talk by Mitchell Harley and Javier Benavente about how it works and it’s incredible reach, with nearly 500 stations in 32 countries, monitoring changing shorelines all around the world #OceanDecade24

Great satellite session to kick start the #OceanDecade24 week about Observadores del Mar #CitizenScience projects to monitor #ClimateChange by @jgarrabou & Paula Lopez including a hands on session on how to monitor gorgonian corals

🌊 A group of marine scientists are embarking on a mission to restore the waters of the iconic Sydney Harbour.

If successful, it may become a template for revitalising other urban marine sites worldwide.

news.unsw.edu.au/en/inside-the-…

Para tod@s l@s interesados en la fotografia submarina: considerar enviar vuestras fotos de bosques submarinos preferidas a la convocatoria de la Kelp Forest Alliance! Fecha limite es el 14 de febrero #kelp #underwaterphotography #kelp forestPhotoAwards

ALAN featured on ABC Radio National! We are working to publish the results (hopefully soon) from two experiments I mention here, looking at the combined effects of Artificial Light at Night and warming on sea urchins, and on Ecklonia and Sargassum 💡🌱✹

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Full PhD scholarship available in beautiful Coffs Harbour to study kelp and coral responses to marine heatwaves. Great team and location. Contact me for more information and to apply 😀

FIVE post-doc positions available in beautiful Sydney, to join a new interdisciplinary marine research group, led by the excellent Joshua Cinner Get your applications in!

We have been sharing Scott Bennett's reflections from the Perth-Adelaide expedition with Graham Edgar. They conducted 80+ @reeflifesurvey dives, contributing to the world's largest marine biodiversity database. 📸Scott Bennett. Watch the video 🎥▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=8InosM…

Can #microbe s mediate herbivory in #marine ecosystems? #Kelp #microbe changes in response to #warming correlate with higher #grazing of kelp by sea urchins.
Molecular Ecology | Molecular Genetics Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/me…

Exciting PhD Opportunity in Seagrass Ecology and Restoration with @Sydney_uni, UNSW Science and SIMS!

The opportunity suits a passionate marine enthusiast with SCUBA & fieldwork skills.

More information, application details & contacts are available here: sims.org.au/wp-content/upl…

Dr Adriana Vergés Ziggy Marzinelli and I are looking for postgrads interested in pursuing a PhD on a key research topic involving #seagrass habitat and #seascape #ecology . Is this for you? Join us! 💪🏼 🌱

NEW STUDY: Capture Response and Long-Term Fate of White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) after Release from SMART Drumlines

Butcher et al. tagged 36 white sharks with SLRTs and acoustic tags caught in NSW using non-lethal SMART drumlines before release.

doi.org/10.3390/biolog…

Huge congratulations to Erin McCosker for her External Engagement Award leading a team of 16 divers to relocate and #restore endangered #seagrass meadows in Kamay, working closely with the Gamay Rangers for Transport for NSW

JOB ADVERT! Looking for a project coordinator for #marine #restoration projects, based at UNSW in Sydney. Must have full working rights in Australia & extensive experience diving and boating. Please share! For more information and how to apply: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5213…

Haven’t heard about #kelp ? No surprise… despite covering 1/3 of the world coastlines, they remain practically absent in international governance. Check our Policy Brief in Frontiers with Karen Filbee-Dexter Thomas Wernberg & E. Techera
doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

But what can we do? Here’s a list! 5 things we need to see in Australia's new nature laws theconversation.com/5-things-we-ne… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand ping Climate Council too!

“The time has come to lift our ambitions and truly protect our nation’s precious environment and biodiversity.”

An essential checklist of five things we need in Australia’s new nature laws theconversation.com/5-things-we-ne… - Jack Pascoe Dr Kirsty Howey Terry Hughes yungenchee.bsky.social & me.

PAPER ALERT!💡

New paper in Nature and People by @GrettaPecl, Dr Adriana Vergés, Dr Chloe Lucas @chloetas.bsky.social and Associate Professor at CMEC and Veterinary Clinical Microbiology AnnaSofie Stensgaard et al. shows that #SpeciesOnTheMove presents an opportunity to engage people with climate change.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Are you based in Sydney? Come to hear 3 super exciting talks about marine research happening right now in our Harbour, including Jessica Nguyen’s detective work about key urchin predators UNSW Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Senate Inquiry urges national investment in #Centro urchin control to protect marine ecosystems & boost employment.

Tasmania’s commercial urchin fishery has already made significant strides, removing ~500t/yr thats 6M #urchins over the last 5 yrs, creating 100+ jobs.