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🌍🌱 Happy World Soil Day! 🌱🌍
Today we’re celebrating the thin, irreplaceable layer that sustains life on Earth - soil. Our students and researchers at the University of Plymouth have shared why soil matters more than most of us realise #CRISPSUoP @plymuni.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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PhD opportunity! "Benefits & impacts of use of light in UK #fisheries & their wider effect on the marine environment" (aka #scallopdiscos!) Supervision by me @thembauk.bsky.social Tom Davies @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk @fishtekmarine.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...
Benefits and impacts of use of light in UK fisheries and their wider effect on the marine environment
Applications are invited for three 3.5 year PhD studentships: Benefits and impacts of use of light in UK fisheries and their wider effect on the marine...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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PhD opportunity! "Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management". Do cutting edge research on the deep sea under supervision from Prof Kerry Howell @pml.ac.uk, Dr Angela Stevenson @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social & me @thembauk.bsky.social www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...
Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management
Applications are invited for a 3.5 years PhD studentship: Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems: Ecology, Function and Management. The studentship will...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Celebrating Soil with Professor Chris Collins 🌱Ahead of World Soil Day, we’re kicking off a series highlighting soil research at the University of Plymouth - from fieldwork to lab science to global collaborations. Stay tuned! @plymuni.bsky.social
#WorldSoilDay #SoilScience #CRISPSUoP
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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@aries-dtp.bsky.social #PhDOpportunity!
The biology & ecology of disease in seagrass: Understanding the pseudo-fungus Phytophthora gemini and its impact on common eelgrass development

🗓️Closing date: 7 Jan 2026
🗓️Start date: 1 Oct 2026

#PhD #PhDSky #PhDFunded #Seagrass #Disease #Fungus🧪🦑
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Find out how AI technology, Open Earth Observation data and citizen science can help soil conservation and land restoration projects, in this free webinar.
opengeohub.bsky.social OpenGeoHub Foundation @opengeohub.bsky.social · 10d
🌱 World Soil Day webinar!
Join us on 5 Dec, 15:00–16:00 CET to reply to the question:

How can AI technology, Open EO data and citizen science help soil conservation and land restoration projects?

🌐 Discover the event www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-ho...

🔗 Register now us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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@aries-dtp.bsky.social PhD Opportunity!
Swamped: Is Crassula helmsii a significant threat to #wetland #biodiversity?
Director of Studies: Professor David Bilton
2nd Supervisor: Dr Robert Puschendorf
3rd Supervisor: Dr Pete Cotton
🗓️Closing date: 7 Jan 2026
🗓️Start date: 1 Oct 2026
#PhDSky #FundedPhD🧪
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Meet Matilda Powell, First Class BSc (Hons) Marine Biology graduate from the University of Plymouth and this year’s MBA Prize for Outstanding Performance on a Marine Biology Programme.

Read more - www.mba.ac.uk/university-o...
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The University of Plymouth is #recruiting a Technical Specialist (Skipper) to support teaching & research at our Marine Station Operate the 14m Falcon Spirit and small-craft fleet, ensuring safe, high-quality marine operations.
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#MaritimeJobs #MarineScience
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November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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🌊 Big news: @plymuni.bsky.social & @pml.ac.uk win £2 M to use AI to greatly accelerate mapping of vulnerable marine ecosystems (VME) such as cold-water coral reefs and sponge fields in the deep Atlantic.

#MarineScience #AI #Conservation #DeepSea #Plymouth 🌍🦑🧪

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University co-leads $2m project using AI to study vulnerable deep-sea habitats
University of Plymouth news: The University of Plymouth has been awarded funding through the Bezos Earth Fund’s AI for Climate and Nature Grand...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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We’re recruiting a Professor of Marine Technology & Autonomy at the @plymuni.bsky.social, to help drive and expand our new cross-disciplinary research centre, #CMAST, the Centre for Marine Autonomy, Maritime Cyber-Security and Technology.
#AcademicJob
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November 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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New study by Dr Nathaniel Clark shows plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables, including roots and leaves. 🍽️

#Environment #FoodSafety #Microplastics #Agriculture #PlasticSky

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First evidence that plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables
University of Plymouth news: Our researchers have led a first-of-its-kind study which shows how tiny plastic particles can enter vegetables through...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🐟 New global review by Dr Benjamin Ciotti @plymuni.bsky.social reveals major gaps in how we monitor juvenile-fish habitats and outlines a blueprint for better conservation.

#MarineScience #Fisheries #JuvenileFish #ICES #Conservation 🦑🧪 @icesmarine.bsky.social

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Global review identifies opportunities to improve monitoring of juvenile fish habitats
University of Plymouth news: Scientists from the University, working as part of an International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) working...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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🔊New paper alert 🔊

🌊Spatial and Temporal Variation in Wave Overtopping Across a
Coastal Structure Based on One Year of Field Observations 🌊

by J. Brown @noc.ac.uk with @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Network Rail and SW Coastal monitoring

🔗https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13112194

#wirewall @ukri.org
Waves crashing and overtopping in Dawlish during Storm Barra. Image recorded by the University of Plymouth's Camera
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🦀🌱 BioBlitz Day: 10 Dec 2025!
Join researchers from the @plymuni.bsky.social and the Ocean Conservation Trust at the University of Plymouth Marine Station to explore the incredible invertebrates living in Plymouth Sound’s seagrass restoration sites. FREE event. Registration essential.
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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So happy to have this FISH INTEL paper published! Thank you to everyone who contributed- great to see it out there published for everyone to read and use! 🐟🎉

Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/2688...

@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social

#AcousticTelemetry #LEK #FishIntel
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Another great session before lunch!

🪲 Sereene Ghariani @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
🍅 Cliven Njekete @inrae-france.bsky.social
🐌 Tom Ashfield, UK Agri-tech centre @rothamsted.bsky.social
🌾 Ilma Qoonah @uonresearch.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Two fascinating talks from the @bas.ac.uk this Friday at @plymuni.bsky.social. Open to all staff & students! Discover how baleen whales are recovering in South Georgia and how blue carbon ecosystems are helping the Southern Ocean fight climate change🌊31 Oct🕐1-2 pm📍Devonport LT
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Staff from @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social ready for Thursday’s graduation of Zoology and Conservation Biology students. Quite a mixed set of gowns, special mention to Anne Plessis French military university outfit, complete with sword. You can work out which one she is!
October 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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🌊 Delighted to share that our first-ever #GirlsintoOceanScience event is now fully booked!

We have 93 girls registered to join us at the @marine-station.bsky.social on Friday, 31st October.

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#GiOS #MarineScience #WomenInSTEM #UoP🧪🌍🦑
Girls into Ocean Science
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Girls into Ocean Science. Join us for a day of discovery and inspiration, and take the first step toward a...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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katie-rapson.bsky.social
As one of the organising committee for the UK & Ireland student chapter of @marinemammalogy.bsky.social, I'm especially pleased to share that the next event will take place at my own stomping ground @plymuni.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social. Keen to welcome everyone here, spread the word!
ukirsc.bsky.social UKIRSC Marine Mammals @ukirsc.bsky.social · Oct 7
🐬 Registration is now OPEN for the UKIRSC 2026 Marine Mammal Conference hosted @plymuni.bsky.social 🎓A FREE event bringing together students from across the UK & Ireland to share research, connect, and learn from leading marine mammal scientists. 👇Link below

#UKIRSC2026 #MarineMammals
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Big news from the Indian Ocean! First sighting of the incredibly rare Omura’s whale, confirming previous acoustic recordings in the Chagos Archipelago. Project to determine cetacean 🐋 diversity by @iomarinescience.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Photos by me 🧪 🌍 🧵1/5
Omura’s whale - brownish grey on top, paler underside - surfaces in calm blue water Omura’s whale continues to roll with more of its back visible and pale chevron marking on the side Whale turned on its side so pale underside seen underwater, and half of its flukes emerge looking almost like the dorsal fin of an orca
October 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🚤 Big news! Our #USV Cetus at @plymuni.bsky.social has just been granted a General Exemption under MCA MGN705 - it is now free to operate within wider UK waters.

This unlocks exciting new opportunities for teaching, research, and collaboration in #MarineAutonomy here in #Plymouth 🌊
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Our Marine Science degrees kicked off their induction with a trip to Newquay, where they could choose between a coastal walk, coasteering, or surfing! ✨
The trip included students from:
🌊 Ocean Science
🗺️ Ocean Exploration & Surveying
🐬 Ocean Science & Marine Conservation
Group photo of Marine Science students before coasteering Coasteering student walking over the rocks before they jump into the ocean! Students enjoying the coastal view on their walk Students at Firstral Beach after a fun day Surfing
September 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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LAST CHANCE to fill out our #octopus surveys! Fishermen & divers of the UK, have your say if you haven't already, surveys close at midnight tonight, Sunday 21st September! @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @pml.ac.uk @plymuni.bsky.social Please share 🐙
bd-stew.bsky.social Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · Sep 14
Fishermen & divers of the UK we need YOU! Our #octopus bloom surveys have been extended to Sept 21st. If you haven't already done so, please fill out the fishermen's survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90884550/... or divers survey survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90886025/... Thank you! Please share widely! 🐙
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM