Why we should protect the high seas from all extraction, forever: #SolvingFCB's Rashid Sumaila & fellow scientists urge a permanent ban on extraction in the high seas, emphasizing protection for biodiversity and climate stability: solvingfcb.org/publications/w… nature.com/articles/d4158…

📢A MegaMove milestone has just been published in Science Magazine! With ~380 collaborators from 50 countries, we mapped the movements of 12k+ marine megafauna to identify key habitats 🌊🐋🦈 Pew Environment MegaMove Ecology&EvolutionANU UWA Oceans Institute sequeiralab.com/news/megamove-…

NEW PAPER: We discovered some v old but v detailed kelp data in MBA archive (Mary Parke's surveys from the 1940s!! 🤯🤯) and resurveyed some 80 years later. Found that Laminaria hyperborea popns in SW England in decline, likely to due warming.... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dd…

Bottom trawling tears up fragile seabed habitats & harms the life that depends on them. Today’s UK Government decision to ban it in 40+ Marine Protected Areas offers hope: a chance to let our seas recover & life return. 🌊 Let's see Marine Protected Areas live up to their name.

🌊 “Ocean” isn’t just a documentary — it’s a wake-up call. Sir #DavidAttenborough reminds us how the sea is Earth’s life support system — and how #bottomtrawling is tearing it apart. Now streaming on NatGeo, Disney+, and Hulu. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Transparency is the cornerstone of NIH research. Recently, NIH has implemented new transparency measures for Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBCs). IBCs are tasked with reviewing and approving certain biological research at NIH-funded institutions. It is essential that they

I'm giving a talk Wednesday at the University of Oslo Come say Hi! CEES Extra seminar: Causes and Consequences of the Politicization of Expertise in the United States By Roger Pielke Jr. from the American Enterprise Institute and University of Colorado Boulder. Time and place:

🚨NEW IN PNASNews🚨 We evaluated the distribution and drivers of aesthetic value in reef fish assemblages worldwide! MPAs enhance aesthetic value and tropical developing countries have the greatest potential conservation benefits! doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… Reef Life Survey

Time for a renewal of the social contract for science: This week, I had the pleasure of listening to The Honest Broker lecturing about the politicization of science in the US when he visited the University of Oslo. Among the many thought provoking things he said, what stood out in

Hva vi alle kan gjøre for fjorden i sommer? Bli med på lurv-jakt! Etter de siste dagenes varme ser jeg at lurven popper frem til det ekstreme på en del badeplasser og utforbi bryggekanter der jeg bor. Hvordan er det hos deg? Lag #lurveleven! Mer info 🏖🚣‍♂️ naturvernforbundet.no/skal-lurv-fa-t…

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)

“As the social scientist Benjamin Hurlbut (of ASU)… puts it: the problem isn’t an anti-science public, but rather a scientific community that labels a sceptical public grappling with legitimate trust issues as anti-science or conspiracy theorists.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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

Online now: Ecologically representative Marine Protected Area planning can think globally and act locally dlvr.it/TLhFQX

At EuroMarine's MPA/MSP2025 conference in Norway this week? Don't miss Rashid Sumaila's Keynote: "Leveraging MPAs to balance trade-offs in living and non-living ocean blue economy sectors" on Wednesday July at 1450. euromarinenetwork.eu/news/marine-pr…

Read this year’s #ChagosNews on our website ⬇️ chagos-trust.org/images/uploads… Edited by #CCT Director Sarah Puntan-Galea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇲🇹, it features articles about #Chagos scientific #research work about coconut crabs🦀 by Dr Laidre, cetaceans🐬 by Dr Embling, turtles, plants, invertebrates... so have a read ☕

Learn more about our new MSc Expedition and Marine Medicine programme developed for medics and healthcare professionals. This programme offers a variety of pathways with an expedition or diving medicine focus. Register your place 👇plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/exped…

Anyone attending MPAinMSP in Bodø this week?? Come to my Keynote: "Considering pelagos and benthos in MPA spatial planning" on Friday at 16:00! Fish & shark enthusiasts particularly welcome 🐟 🐠 🦈 🌊 MPA Europe Project University of Plymouth lnkd.in/d7cRbMsT

Today: Breakthrough for high quality marine protection in Norway! The government introduce three big zero-fishing zones. First time the use this tool. Placed in the Oslo fjord, where the cod stocks and ecosystem are near collapse due to overfishing and pollution. #oceanoptimism

Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join Clara Diaz as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST Sign up for free here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic-c… Plymouth Marine Lab