Submit your stories for our exciting #DeepSea special issue! The editorial team welcomes science-based submissions in the form of written articles, webinars, videos and podcasts! Find out more here: j.mp/2E4STo2

What has 8 arms, 3 hearts and blue blood? 8 October is World Octopus Day and @niwa_nz's Sadie Mills is here to tell you all about a super cool little octopus found in Antarctic waters🐙 #WorldOctopusDay #octopus

Early career researchers: you have a choice! Work with people who build you up, who ask how they can help, who make time for you. Life is too short to work with people who drag you down. Collaboration should be fun, inspiring, and fruitful.

Hi everyone I'm looking for a new role early 2021! I'm interested in #BlueEconomy #DeepSeaMining #MarineScience #MarinePolicy. I'm #OpenToWork including #RemoteWork and #ContractWork. For info about my work: boschen-rose.com. Please contact me if you'd like to collaborate!

Great to see this The Commonwealth case study on SeyCCAT finalised! Very pleased to have contributed to its development #BlueEconony #BlueFinance

Big congratulations 👏 👏👏 to our winners at tonight’s #science4NZ @science_nz awards: Erica Williams (leadership), Erik Behrens (early career) & the NIWA Invertebrate Collection team (team), below with Megan Woods, Ayesha Verrall and @niwa_nz CE John Morgan.

“I am grateful for the confidence expressed in me by member States and I look forward to continuing to guide the Authority through its important work over the next four years.” - ISA Sec-Gen @mwlodge on his reelection as ISA Sec-Gen for another 4-yr term. bit.ly/37Ev2GD

Our latest Bulletin is now online! This edition features a desk-based feasibility study to better understand the possible impacts of #offshorewindfarms on #kittiwakes, deep-sea research, celebrating biodiversity in Wales, and more... bit.ly/JNCCBulletinNo… #conservationnews

🚨 Paper Alert 🚨 Benefits and gaps in area-based management tools (#ABMTs) for the ocean #SDG. Hint? #MPAs, including #FullyProtected and #PartiallyProtected areas, and #LMMAs make stronger contributions to SDG 14. Julie Reimer, PhD's 1st #Phd Chapter! nature.com/articles/s4189…

A report funded by the Government of #Canada finds that #women & those who identify as non-binary are under-represented across the world in #OceanScience, & face challenges such as unconscious bias that limit their work opportunities Read more 👇 #BlueCharter🌊 | CanadianUK

I'll relax once I submit this paper. I'll relax once I submit my thesis. I'll relax once I defend my thesis. I'll relax after I get a post-doc. Damn! I guess I'll have to relax after I get a permanent position. No. The future always gets busier. Schedule proper breaks NOW. 💛

I'm looking forward to giving tomorrow's InterRidge #webinar ! Join me to hear about #NewZealand #deepsea #environmentalmanagement for #deepseamining and #fisheriesmanagement. The recording will also be available after the event. Registration: ridgeseminarseries.wordpress.com/agenda/

For those that missed it, the recording of my InterRidge #webinar on #NewZealand #deepsea #environmentalmanagement for #deepseamining is available to view: ridgeseminarseries.wordpress.com/past-seminars/ Enjoy!

Very excited to share our #openaccess article on #functionaltraits #deepseamining #NewZealand #deepsea #environmentalmanagement published by Ocean and Coastal Management doi.org/10.1016/j.ocec…! Special thanks to co-authors M.Clark, A.Rowden & J.Gardner.

Excited to share a co-authored #openaccess paper led by Sheryl Murdock with S. Kim Juniper Verena Tunnicliffe on #deepsea #microbes #ecology #hydrothermalvents #ecosystemfunction : doi.org/10.1038/s43705….

Through a letter dated 25 Jun 2021, Nauru's President, H.E. Mr. Lionel Aingimea, has requested that the Council of International Seabed Authority complete the adoption of the rules, regulations & procedures necessary to facilitate the approval of plans of work for exploitation: bit.ly/3x8gLgN

CHALLENGER 150 WEBSITE: We are delighted to share that the new Challenger 150 website is NOW LIVE! Please check it out and feel to get in touch with any feedback: challenger150.world

This week: ridges brimming with life, plastic-loving corals & Nauru starts the mining countdown (+ a round up of responses to 2-yr rule trigger). Plus a new DOSI policy brief on traditional knowledge in DSM management. Strawberry squid by @squirrelfrida: dosi-project.org/deep-sea-round…

Very excited to share our #openaccess #researchpaper reviewing #atlanticocean #hydrothermalvents #oceanridges #deepseamining #biodiversity #biogeography #ecology co-authored with Ana Colaco published today by Frontiers - Marine Science! doi.org/10.3389/fmars.…

Very excited to start my permanent #NewJob as a Benthic Ecologist @marinescotland today! Looking forward to conducting #MarineScience to support #MarinePolicy. Starting work remotely before moving to Aberdeen!