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Coverage in New Scientist about SAMS scientist Dr Dr Alison Cook's latest #Arctic discovery. Her findings challenge the belief that less Arctic sea ice will open up shipping lanes between the Pacific and Atlantic through the Northwest Passage. ๐ข newscientist.com/article/243933โฆ
Our new paper in Animal Biotelemetry shows acoustic telemetry's role in monitoring basking sharks, revealing cross-border connectivity, annual site fidelity, hotspots, and potential grouped movements SEUPB SeaMonitor Queen's University Belfast ๐ Edinburgh Napier University shorturl.at/EvBCs
The first northern right whale record for Ireland in 114 years, recorded by Irish Whale and Dolphin Group!! Until yesterday, the last known occurence of this species in Ireland was a 46 ft male killed by the whaling ship "Erling" and landed at Rusheen Island on 3 June 1910. iwdg.ie/1st-irish-recoโฆ
WATCH: In a new Nature Geoscience paper published today, deep-sea scientists led by Prof Andrew Sweetman of SAMS have found a new mechanism for oxygen production. 'Dark oxygen' occurs at thousands of metres below the sea surface! Read the paper: nature.com/articles/s4156โฆ #DarkOxygen
Potato-sized lumps of metal make oxygen in the dark on the seabed. Fascinating marine strangeness from โฆScottish Association for Marine Scienceโฉ bbc.com/news/articles/โฆ
View of the Scottish Association for Marine Science team deploying the Gavia AUV from Erebus, dwarfed by the ice in Ryberg Fjord ๐ฌ๐ฑ #KangGlac
SAMS scientists, including Prof John Howe, have joined others from around the UK on board the RRS Sir David Attenborough to investigate south-east Greenland's rapidly decaying ice sheet. Prof Howe featured on Good Morning Britain today in this report on the project, led by British Antarctic Survey ๐ง.
โVirtual taxonomistโ in training to protect fish farms from toxic algal blooms. ๐ฅ๏ธRead the article by Scottish Association for Marine Science on our website: buff.ly/3SXnZkA #aquabuzz #aquacultureuk #fishfarming
Oban next Wednesday 4th is the Scottish Association for Marine Science Rocking the boat event: a screening of three short films and then a Q&A session with some of the people featured in the films It'll Never Work The Creel Deal Fighting For The Underdog each about innovations in sustainable fisheries
Just arrived at Scottish Association for Marine Science ahead of the Challenger Society conference! Delivering our โIntroduction To Communicatingโ training to 10 lucky ECRs! Itโs great to be up in Scotland again! Incredible Oceans ๐ณ
Ice-breaker over - time for some sleep before a busy few days of marine science deep dive with National Oceanography Centre at the Challenger Society #Challengerconf2024 in #Oban hosted by Scottish Association for Marine Science #oceanscience
#Challenger2024 is underway! Scottish Association for Marine Science director Nick Owens has opened our amazing conference with words from the Challenger Expedition, 150 years ago. Looking forward to an excellent week in Oban!
Welcome to Oban, Ocean Census! #Challenger2024
Welcome to Oban National Oceanography Centre!! #Challenger2024
So pleased to welcome Gillen D'Arcy Wood as a keynote speaker. Recognising the state of oceans and those that researched them in the past is essential for looking forward into the state of oceans in the future. Scottish Association for Marine Science
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก Congratulations to SAMS Director Prof. Nicholas (Nick) Owens, who has been appointed Vice-Principal for Research and Innovation at UHI. sams.ac.uk/news/sams-newsโฆ
