22nd May is the #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity - take a little time to look closer at nature around you. You'll be amazed at the variety of life in your surroundings 🌻🐝🐞🪹🐟🐸🐍🍓🌳

📢NEW PUBLICATION Deterioration of bio-based plastic teabags under environmental conditions & their effects on earthworms 🪱 ❗️ We highlight the need to study the fate & effects of materials promoted as #plastic alternatives/substitutes ➡️Full study rb.gy/4bdwra

We are pleased to announce that applications have now opened for a further 4 #PhD opportunities to start from October 2024. The application deadline is the 27th June so make sure to share this post with any friends or colleagues who may be interested in pursuing a SuMMeR PhD.

As long-term carbon sinks, coastal ecosystems play a big role in tackling #climate change. #bluecarbon

#WorldEnvironmentDay is the biggest international day for the environment. The focus is on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. Oceans are linked to the land and we need to protect all #ecosystems to ensure all of our planet is protected.

#PhDOpportunity CDTS331 - Maerl beds are vital habitats for marine biodiversity & sequestering carbon but are threatened by human activities & climate change. Conduct interdisciplinary research to identify how to restore maerl beds supervised by Mike Allen 👨‍🔬 & Jamie Stevens 🧵

How do we clean up plastic pellet pollution in the marine environment? Here is an opportunity to apply for a funded interdisciplinary #PhD studentship for project CDTS330. The supervisors will include Sarah Gall Dr. Winnie Courtene-Jones Lynda Rodwell Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS 🧵

‼️ You will now be able to find the CDT on FindAPhD's website ‼️ Simply search CDT SuMMeR and you will be able to find more information about the CDT and the fully funded PhD projects currently being advertised.

📢There are 2 weeks to go ⏰to apply for the funded #PhD projects that are being offered through the CDT SuMMeR that will enable you to develop #interdisciplinary & #transdisciplinary skills in #Sustainable #MarineManagement🧵👇

Great to have our PGRs, Management Group & speakers from our partners together @sos_bangor_uni Bangor University for the first day of our CDT SuMMeR #SummerSchool with Melanie Austen Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru | Natural Resources Wales ... and much more to come

Our publication highlighting the increase in #Interdisciplinary #ResearchCapacity in Southeast Asia as a result of our activities through Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Blue Communities has been published UCL Press Open Environment: doi.org/10.14324/111.4… 🙌Thank you #FionaCulhane and Melanie Austen

Great that the CDT SuMMeR has had the opportunity to be involved with #outreach activities University of Plymouth for the #FieldScienceCouncil Conservation and Marine Camps, thanks to Natural Environment Research Council . There were so many interactive activities for prospective students to get involved with...

The winners of the 2024 #OceanPhotographerOfTheYear Awards have been announced and it's a stunning line-up 😍 Which one's your favourite? We can't pick! A huge congratulations to all of the winners. You can view the full line up here: oceanographicmagazine.com/winners-galler…

Happy #WorldCleanupDay2024. Let's all do our bit, #ReduceWaste, live more #sustainably and look after our #environment. Do something positive and take action 🌍

📣 This November is the start of our Ocean Justice Series 🔔Sign-up for the first free webinar session on November 14th: eventbrite.co.uk/e/ocean-justic… 🌊The panel will include @alanjmunro and Caitlin || She/Her || 🐋🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - @Young4Seas, Yvette Curtis - @wave_wahines, Ffion Mitchell-Langford (She/Her) - Marine Conservation Society

📢 Interested in how antibiotics in the marine environment can affect marine mammals and the ecosystem? Check out our funded #PhD opportunity with Dr Ellie Jameson Bangor University. Info about the project & how to apply can be found here tinyurl.com/CDT-SuMMeR-Stu……

At University of Plymouth teachers conference, talking to teachers of the next generation of possible environmental and marine scientists, discussing how to encourage kids to follow their passion for the environment into a career. Featuring some Madison Bowden-Parry (she/her) wildlife photography as a backdrop

🌟ICYMI: The CDT SuMMeR has a funded PhD project open for applications, investigating how antibiotics in the marine environment affects marine mammals and the ecosystem. Supervised by Dr Ellie Jameson Bangor University & Mark Fitzsimons University of Plymouth Rosie Williams ZSL 🧵...

Fantastic to see another publication from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Blue Communities teams. This research output highlights the pressures human activities place on tropical marine ecosystems. Led by Fiona Culhane published in Journal of Applied Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… ...🧵

Absolutely loved watching #OceanFilm #DavidAttenborough - there is hope for our #OneOcean #OneWorld if we all make the right choices