Mark Hamilton
@markh22.bsky.social
coral reefs, fisheries, habitat degradation, conservation.
From Lockerbie, Scotland
From Lockerbie, Scotland
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Research from #Fiji is showing high integrity and intact coral reefs had high resilience to category 5 cyclone, bouncing back in 4 years. These are reefs protected by communities in partnership with local tourism operators. #oceanoptimism
November 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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🐾 Want to help explore community perspectives on lynx reintroduction to Scotland?
Our #LynxtoScotland project partner @treesforlife.bsky.social is looking for two Engagement Officers to consult communities on the potential reintroduction of lynx.
Apply here: https://bit.pulse.ly/hs9hbj24rc
Our #LynxtoScotland project partner @treesforlife.bsky.social is looking for two Engagement Officers to consult communities on the potential reintroduction of lynx.
Apply here: https://bit.pulse.ly/hs9hbj24rc
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🐾 Want to help explore community perspectives on lynx reintroduction to Scotland?
Our #LynxtoScotland project partner @treesforlife.bsky.social is looking for two Engagement Officers to consult communities on the potential reintroduction of lynx.
Apply here: https://bit.pulse.ly/hs9hbj24rc
Our #LynxtoScotland project partner @treesforlife.bsky.social is looking for two Engagement Officers to consult communities on the potential reintroduction of lynx.
Apply here: https://bit.pulse.ly/hs9hbj24rc
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We often forget how far we have come:
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We often forget how far we have come:
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
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Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
Find out more: news.sky.com/story/renewabl...
#ClimateAction
Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
Find out more: news.sky.com/story/renewabl...
#ClimateAction
Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say
Solar and wind are now growing fast enough to not only meet the world's growing appetite for electricity, but to outstrip it.
news.sky.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
Find out more: news.sky.com/story/renewabl...
#ClimateAction
Renewable energy produces more electricity than coal for the first time, experts say | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News
Find out more: news.sky.com/story/renewabl...
#ClimateAction
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We want to hear from UK #PrimarySchoolTeachers about how the #Ocean is taught in the #classroom 🐠 Your voice can shape how future generations engage with #MarineScience. Survey takes just 10 mins 👉 plymouthlab.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#PrimaryEducation #STEMeducation #Teachers #Teaching
#PrimaryEducation #STEMeducation #Teachers #Teaching
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We want to hear from UK #PrimarySchoolTeachers about how the #Ocean is taught in the #classroom 🐠 Your voice can shape how future generations engage with #MarineScience. Survey takes just 10 mins 👉 plymouthlab.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#PrimaryEducation #STEMeducation #Teachers #Teaching
#PrimaryEducation #STEMeducation #Teachers #Teaching
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For a long time renewable energy uptake in Africa was lacklustre at best.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For a long time renewable energy uptake in Africa was lacklustre at best.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
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"Threatening a glut of cheap power..."
A quality problem to have: “Europe’s solar energy season is getting longer and more intense, threatening … a glut of cheap power.”
Europe’s Solar Season Is Getting More Intense and Disruptive
Europe’s solar energy season is getting longer and more intense, threatening to disrupt markets and overwhelm grids with a glut of cheap power.
www.bloomberg.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Threatening a glut of cheap power..."
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A simple way to cut your carbon footprint: Use this tip to get AI out of your search results. therevelator.org/how-to-get-a...
How to Get AI Out of Your Google Search Results • The Revelator
Three simple keystrokes will deliver search results that consume less energy and water — and probably contain better information.
therevelator.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A simple way to cut your carbon footprint: Use this tip to get AI out of your search results. therevelator.org/how-to-get-a...
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When it comes to climate change, the number of amplifying feedback cycles far outweigh the dampening ones. But here's one in the latter category!
Eating more meat -> higher GHG emissions -> more climate change -> more meat allergies -> lower GHG emissions
More by @olliemilman.bsky.social here:
Eating more meat -> higher GHG emissions -> more climate change -> more meat allergies -> lower GHG emissions
More by @olliemilman.bsky.social here:
‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When it comes to climate change, the number of amplifying feedback cycles far outweigh the dampening ones. But here's one in the latter category!
Eating more meat -> higher GHG emissions -> more climate change -> more meat allergies -> lower GHG emissions
More by @olliemilman.bsky.social here:
Eating more meat -> higher GHG emissions -> more climate change -> more meat allergies -> lower GHG emissions
More by @olliemilman.bsky.social here:
The way the seafood industry operates is an excellent illustration of how a complex global supply chain impacts environmental, social and economic sustainability. As this article - which quotes Pentland Centre member @christinahicks.bsky.social - demonstrates.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass
Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Consumers buying #fish in the UK are playing a role in #foodinsecurity and #unemployment in #Senegal
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass
Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Consumers buying #fish in the UK are playing a role in #foodinsecurity and #unemployment in #Senegal
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🪸 Announcing RCUK 2025! 🪸
📅 Saturday December 6th 2025
(With workshops Friday 5th @ 1 pm)
📍 Bangor University’s main campus
Main Arts Lecture Theatre & Prichard-Jones Hall
Call for abstracts opens in July – further details over the coming months.
More info: www.reefconservationuk.org
#RCUK2025
📅 Saturday December 6th 2025
(With workshops Friday 5th @ 1 pm)
📍 Bangor University’s main campus
Main Arts Lecture Theatre & Prichard-Jones Hall
Call for abstracts opens in July – further details over the coming months.
More info: www.reefconservationuk.org
#RCUK2025
May 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🪸 Announcing RCUK 2025! 🪸
📅 Saturday December 6th 2025
(With workshops Friday 5th @ 1 pm)
📍 Bangor University’s main campus
Main Arts Lecture Theatre & Prichard-Jones Hall
Call for abstracts opens in July – further details over the coming months.
More info: www.reefconservationuk.org
#RCUK2025
📅 Saturday December 6th 2025
(With workshops Friday 5th @ 1 pm)
📍 Bangor University’s main campus
Main Arts Lecture Theatre & Prichard-Jones Hall
Call for abstracts opens in July – further details over the coming months.
More info: www.reefconservationuk.org
#RCUK2025
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Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
May 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Out now in Coral Reefs: 'Active and passive pathways of nutrient transfer in coral reef ecosystems'
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
doi.org/10.1007/s003... 🐚
Thank you to my co-authors and field friends from @lec-reefs.bsky.social and beyond for all their help bringing this piece of work together 🌊
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Want to know what it was like behind the scenes of 'Ocean with David Attenborough'? I was interviewed by @bbc5live.bsky.social about that and more yesterday. You can listen here at 1:50:00 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #OceanFilm #davidattenborough @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🐙
May 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Want to know what it was like behind the scenes of 'Ocean with David Attenborough'? I was interviewed by @bbc5live.bsky.social about that and more yesterday. You can listen here at 1:50:00 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #OceanFilm #davidattenborough @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🐙
🐟 My PhD's 2nd chapter is now published! Here I show how industrial overfishing in Ghanaian waters exacerbates inequalities in the post-harvest sector, impacting fish processing and trading livelihoods, as well as Ghanaian aquatic food systems more broadly. 🐟
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Marine Degradation and Market Dependency in Ghana: Food Sovereignty as a Critique of Capital in Aquatic Food Systems
Small-scale fisheries constitute a vital source of food for millions of people, despite facing increasing marginalisation. Food sovereignty is a global social movement that calls attention to the mar...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Does anyone know if there is anywhere you can download #Birdlife International #GlobalFlyways #GIS layers (shapefiles?) from please? For an MSc project. @sheardcat.bsky.social @mothyblackburn.bsky.social @jonathanpdrury.bsky.social or any other bird fans....? Thanks
March 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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FULLY FUNDED PHD on using #AI to explore the effects of global change on ecological functions of biological colour. Only 6 days left to apply! www.exageo.org/apply/ With me, Chris Cooney (Sheff Uni) @chris-nemeth.bsky.social & David Roy (UKCEH) based at @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social
Apply – ExaGEO DLA
www.exageo.org
February 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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**2 weeks** left to apply - come join me and @lec-reefs.bsky.social at Lancaster University.
Calling coral reef scientists, oceanographers, isotope ecologists: new post-doc at Lancaster Environment Centre with me @lec-reefs.bsky.social @renatoamorais.bsky.social @remotereefs.bsky.social @drmanateena.bsky.social
Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Deadline 28 Feb | Apply👇 | 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
February 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
**2 weeks** left to apply - come join me and @lec-reefs.bsky.social at Lancaster University.
🧪🦑🌍🪸 #EcoECRcareer #fisheries
Prospective PhD students: I am recruiting another 3 PhD students to join my Thriving Oceans Research Hub
and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese....
Scholarship Ad:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
and work on the "Bright Spots 2.0" (aka exceptional responders) project as part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship www.arc.gov.au/funding-rese....
Scholarship Ad:
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coral Reef Fisheries Sustainability
A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for a PhD student within Faculty of Science to conduct social sciences-based fieldwork.
www.sydney.edu.au
January 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🧪🦑🌍🪸 #EcoECRcareer #fisheries
🧪🌍🦑 #fisheries
📣 Postdoc Alert
Any interest in:
🖥️ deep learning,
🌍 societal challenges,
🐟 natural resource management?
Please apply or contact me!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/310424
Any interest in:
🖥️ deep learning,
🌍 societal challenges,
🐟 natural resource management?
Please apply or contact me!
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/310424
Post-doctorant in deep learning for poverty and malnutrition prediction
Project title : Uncovering the role of fisheries management in reducing poverty and malnutrition
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
January 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🧪🌍🦑 #fisheries
🌍🪸🦑🧪 #EcoECRcareer
NEW JOB: How does pelagic-reef connectivity vary across atolls and oceans?
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
2 year post-doc position based at research-intensive @lancasteruni.bsky.social, and part of the fantastic @lec-reefs.bsky.social team
Apply: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#AcademicSky 🦑 🧪 🌊 🌍
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🌍🪸🦑🧪 #EcoECRcareer
Just a few weeks left to apply for this PhD opportunity!
If you are interested, I encourage you to get in touch with me ([email protected])
If you are interested, I encourage you to get in touch with me ([email protected])
🌟 PhD Opportunity: Age-Friendly & Just Indoor Spaces 🌟
Come and do a PhD with me @universityofleeds.bsky.social creating healthier & more sustainable spaces for older people
✅ Fully funded
✅ Open to all nationalities
✅ Deadline 31 Jan 2025
More info: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2107...
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Come and do a PhD with me @universityofleeds.bsky.social creating healthier & more sustainable spaces for older people
✅ Fully funded
✅ Open to all nationalities
✅ Deadline 31 Jan 2025
More info: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2107...
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January 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠
We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition
Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition
Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent patterns of reef fish diversity correlate with coral assemblage shifts along the Great Barrier Reef - Nature Communications
Coral reefs have been severely affected by anthropogenic stress. Using long term data from the Great Barrier Reef, this study found temporal changes in the latitudinal diversity gradient, and stronger...
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great Barrier Reef fish reveal that large-scale macroecological patterns have changed significantly 🐟🐠
We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition
Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We found that changes in latitudinal diversity gradient & rising species turnover were strongly correlated with shifts in coral composition
Out now in Nature Comms www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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#PhD opportunity on "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" with me, @chris-nemeth.bsky.social Chris Cooney (U Sheff) & David Roy (UKCEH) thru new @exageo-dla.bsky.social based at Lancaster Uni www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
December 20, 2024 at 12:30 PM
#PhD opportunity on "Decoding biological colour: leveraging AI to analyse big data on animal images in a changing world" with me, @chris-nemeth.bsky.social Chris Cooney (U Sheff) & David Roy (UKCEH) thru new @exageo-dla.bsky.social based at Lancaster Uni www.exageo.org/phd-student-...
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Bosses of major polluters could face jail time under Scotland's new Ecocide Prevention Bill. Making Scotland the first part of the UK able to properly sanction executives responsible for major environmental harm, like oil spills. #BigOil polluters, we're coming for you 🛢️🫵
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bill to jail bosses of major polluters set to be introduced in Scotland
The Ecocide Prevention Bill would impose harsh penalties on executives responsible for major environmental damage.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Bosses of major polluters could face jail time under Scotland's new Ecocide Prevention Bill. Making Scotland the first part of the UK able to properly sanction executives responsible for major environmental harm, like oil spills. #BigOil polluters, we're coming for you 🛢️🫵
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...