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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 19h

Rumah Foundation launches programme to support publishing costs (💵1.5 to 5k) for researchers & small organisations based in Southeast Asia to help bringing their 🌊🐟🪸🧪 knowledge into the scientific community. ogy.de/d6x9

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Brett Collins @brettcollins.bsky.social · 1d

Open Group Leader Positions at the IMB, UQ. Interested in joining us in sunny Queensland?

Group Leader - Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB)

Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Australia’s #1 research institute Based at St Lucia Campus About UQ What started as Queensland's first university in 1...

uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d

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1EarthMedia @1earthmedia.bsky.social · 20h

The Knitting Nannas have gone global ... led by Aunt Tifa.

#AuntTifa #KnittingNannas #GrandmasUnite #UmbrellaSquad #IamAuntTifa

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Seagrasses are great but this is false. Most carbon in the ocean is dissolved inorganic carbon and seagrass carbon is a tiny fraction of that. The mixing of stock and flux is also unhelpful. The only way to stop climate change is not burning fossil fuels.

reasonstobecheerful.world/seagrass-res...

Despite covering just Q.2 percent of the sea floor, seagrasses account for an estimated 10 percent of all the carbon stored by the world's oceans. They are also able to capture carbon from the atmosphere up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests such as the Amazon.

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 21h

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated.”

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

New seeps of methane are being discovered at an "astonishing rate," scientists have found.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 1d

Diversity in research. How can we take into account the extra burden of publishing in English for those who are not native speakers? With AI can we now translate and look at publications from any language? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social

Who gets to do science? A demand for English is hurting marginalised researchers

Everyone, no matter their background, should have an equal chance to work in science – but there are huge systemic barriers.

theconversation.com

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Annual Reviews @annualreviews.bsky.social · 2d

📣 2025 volume of the Annual Review of Environment and Science is online! Most read article is "Overshoot: A Conceptual Review of Exceeding and Returning to Global Warming of 1.5°C" arevie.ws/3IF0OKf @andyreisinger.bsky.social @janfuglestvedt.bsky.social @chrisd-jones.bsky.social

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 2d

Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point'.
New research from @exeter.ac.uk using centuries-old clam shells has found signs that key Atlantic Ocean currents may be losing stability.

Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦑🐟🧪🌐🌍🌊 #AcademicSky @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

a closeup of bivalve shells. text overlaid in a bold white font: Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point’. New Uni of Exeter study finds evidence of "stability loss"

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 1d

University of Queensland in brisbane is hosting the Plastics 2026 #plastics2026 conference.abstracts open now.

Plastics2026 - A global symposium on plastics and human health | 1-4 March 2026

qaehs.centre.uq.edu.au

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 2d

Would be funny if it wasn’t true. A
@thejuicemedia.com latest advert about New Zealand 🇳🇿 national government dragging what used to be a progressive country on women’s and indigenous rights and environmental issues backwards. Causing a massive brain drain to Australia. Authorised by Tourism Aus 🇦🇺

the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 2d

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

www.youtube.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

OH MY GOD

the national party - putting the n back in cuts

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 2d

Not just any woman - a female captain. Curious why she isn’t being linked to her occupation?

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 2d

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 2d

Kidnapped in international waters, extraordinary rendition to a genocidal state, and then imprisoned indefinitely.

You'd think this would trigger the immediate expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador for these inexcusable actions against an Australian citizen.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 2d

An Australian woman who has not agreed to sign a waiver acknowledging she sought to 'illegally break Israel’s naval blockade' on Gaza will be “indefinitely detained” in Israel’s Ketziot prison unless she agrees to sign the waiver.

Australian woman on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 2d

My old office mate from my PhD says talking about her career changes in geology. A bit of a common theme as I talked at our schools industry and career night last night. My career definitely wasn’t straight - MSc, Consulting in industry, PhD, Government research agencies, 5 years ago academia. 🌊🔬👩🏼‍🔬

Geologists from Planet Earth

Earth Sciences Podcast · Ever wondered what kind of people dedicate their lives to rocks? ‘Geologists from Planet Earth’ might challenge your ideas. In this podcast, geologists tell their stories, a g...

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 4d

Oooh nice looking layers. Hope you reveal some interesting temporal changes.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 5d

Greta Thunberg issues a statement about Donald Trump’s temper tantrums:

gretathunberg

I heard Donald Trump once again has expressed his very flattering opinions on my character, and I appreciate his concerns for my mental health.
To Trump: I would kindly receive any recommendations you might have to deal with these so called "anger
management problems" since
- judging by your impressive track record - you seem to be suffering from them too.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 5d

Read more in the new article by @hannahritchie.bsky.social, @antea04.bsky.social, and Edouard Mathieu: ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

Does the news reflect what we die from?

What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?

ourworldindata.org

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 5d

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. He has rejected science, misled the public and compromised the health of Americans."

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 13d

Registration for experts interested in serving as Expert Reviewers and providing scientific comments on the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is now open!

Read more 🔗
www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...

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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!

Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report?

Apply by 18 Oct 2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...

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Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 5d

Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine

Marine heatwaves are clogging the ocean’s carbon pump, threatening its power to fight climate change.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine

Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton shif...

www.sciencedaily.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 6d

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.

Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

A map of the world showing how levels of worry in most countries are greater than 70%. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, International Public Opinion on Climate Change, 2023.

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Stephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 5d

Very honest and very good World View from Severine Toussaert
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Six journal rejections and a major rethink: why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too

Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more efficient and paint a more honest picture of life as a researcher.

www.nature.com

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 5d

Most New Zealand adults consume more protein than the recommended amount. They could reduce meat without risking inadequate protein intake.

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