Maria Beger
@mariabeger.bsky.social
conservation, coral reefs, biodiversity, fish ecology, spatial planning, climate
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Arrived at Kota Ambon to start work with the members of the #ClimateREEFS project for the next two weeks. But first I was greeted by a cat mama with her two nuggets, and a tropical thunderstorm! Perfect!!! #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @priestleycentre.bsky.social @mariabeger.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Arrived at Kota Ambon to start work with the members of the #ClimateREEFS project for the next two weeks. But first I was greeted by a cat mama with her two nuggets, and a tropical thunderstorm! Perfect!!! #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @priestleycentre.bsky.social @mariabeger.bsky.social
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How should we best design marine protected areas for megafauna with large range sizes? New work from Betty Boyse et al suggests we should include taxon-specific coverage since multispecies MPAs can't address all taxon-specific ecological needs 🧪🌍🦑🦭🐳🐟
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
@mariabeger.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
@mariabeger.bsky.social
Spatial conservation priorities for marine megafaunal predators: Multi‐taxon versus taxon‐specific approaches
Conservation for marine megafaunal predators needs to improve as they are key for ecosystem functioning. We show that different marine predator taxonomic groups have heterogeneous distributions resul...
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How should we best design marine protected areas for megafauna with large range sizes? New work from Betty Boyse et al suggests we should include taxon-specific coverage since multispecies MPAs can't address all taxon-specific ecological needs 🧪🌍🦑🦭🐳🐟
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
@mariabeger.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
@mariabeger.bsky.social
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Finally, Maria Beger @mariabeger.bsky.social wrote a great round up and call to action to save our seas and the life within them following the final episode of Blue Planet II communities.springernature.com/posts/at-the...
At the ocean crossroads: together we have the power to change threats into opportunities
Threats to our ocean ecosystems and the local and international conservation champions dedicated to save them, including YOU!
communities.springernature.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Finally, Maria Beger @mariabeger.bsky.social wrote a great round up and call to action to save our seas and the life within them following the final episode of Blue Planet II communities.springernature.com/posts/at-the...
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What are our major political parties promising to halt extinctions? www.abc.net.au/news/science...
As election day nears, one topic has been largely ignored: the environment
With Australia in the grip of what many consider a biodiversity crisis, here's what the major parties have promised when it comes to nature laws and the environment.
www.abc.net.au
April 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
What are our major political parties promising to halt extinctions? www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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#JobOpportunity in the #NT! The Northern Territory Government is hiring…
🎣 Senior Research Scientist
🗓️ Fixed (Temporary) - Full Time
💰$130,087 - $145,485
👀 jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDeta...
🚨Deadline: Monday 28 April 2025
🎣 Senior Research Scientist
🗓️ Fixed (Temporary) - Full Time
💰$130,087 - $145,485
👀 jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDeta...
🚨Deadline: Monday 28 April 2025
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#JobOpportunity in the #NT! The Northern Territory Government is hiring…
🎣 Senior Research Scientist
🗓️ Fixed (Temporary) - Full Time
💰$130,087 - $145,485
👀 jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDeta...
🚨Deadline: Monday 28 April 2025
🎣 Senior Research Scientist
🗓️ Fixed (Temporary) - Full Time
💰$130,087 - $145,485
👀 jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDeta...
🚨Deadline: Monday 28 April 2025
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We are onboard the French RV ANTEA for the next 3.5wks to explore the beautiful #reefs of Nouvelle Caledonie on the NSF-NERC funded DisKer project: Resolving dispersal kernels 🐠🚢🌏🌊. Day 1 of dives today! Watch this space. @mariabeger.bsky.social @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We are onboard the French RV ANTEA for the next 3.5wks to explore the beautiful #reefs of Nouvelle Caledonie on the NSF-NERC funded DisKer project: Resolving dispersal kernels 🐠🚢🌏🌊. Day 1 of dives today! Watch this space. @mariabeger.bsky.social @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus and Happy Parkrun day everyone.
Did you see more people on a #Parkrun or #Parkwalk today? That depends what country you are in:
open.substack.com/pub/parkruns...
Did you see more people on a #Parkrun or #Parkwalk today? That depends what country you are in:
open.substack.com/pub/parkruns...
Distribution of Parkrun times and the differences observed between different countries
Introduction
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus and Happy Parkrun day everyone.
Did you see more people on a #Parkrun or #Parkwalk today? That depends what country you are in:
open.substack.com/pub/parkruns...
Did you see more people on a #Parkrun or #Parkwalk today? That depends what country you are in:
open.substack.com/pub/parkruns...
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Check out this PLOS Mini Collection featuring four articles that looks at the climate-security nexus through a land, water and food systems lens 👇
latitude.plos.org/2024/11/addr...
latitude.plos.org/2024/11/addr...
Addressing the climate security nexus using a land, water and food systems lens: a PLOS Climate Mini Collection - Latitude
PLOS Climate Section Editor for Agriculture & Food Systems Ana Maria Loboguerrero introduces a new Mini Collection Why are so many current…
latitude.plos.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check out this PLOS Mini Collection featuring four articles that looks at the climate-security nexus through a land, water and food systems lens 👇
latitude.plos.org/2024/11/addr...
latitude.plos.org/2024/11/addr...
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New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The demographic drivers of cultural evolution in bird song
Social learning can give rise to shared behavioral patterns that persist as culture within animal communities,1,2 such as bird and whale songs and cet…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate.
latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...
latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...
Coral reef research in PLOS Climate - Latitude
Coral reefs are among our planet’s most complex and biodiverse ecosystems and play vital roles in social-ecological systems, but they are also…
latitude.plos.org
March 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate.
latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...
latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...
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Congratulations to Prof. @mariabeger.bsky.social who has won a Water Woman Award from water@leeds.
Not only has Maria secured competitive grants and driven research impact, she also consistently fosters an inclusive research culture 👏
biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...
Not only has Maria secured competitive grants and driven research impact, she also consistently fosters an inclusive research culture 👏
biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...
March 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Congratulations to Prof. @mariabeger.bsky.social who has won a Water Woman Award from water@leeds.
Not only has Maria secured competitive grants and driven research impact, she also consistently fosters an inclusive research culture 👏
biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...
Not only has Maria secured competitive grants and driven research impact, she also consistently fosters an inclusive research culture 👏
biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-s...
Huge congratulations- amazing work!
Pinch me!!! Massive thanks to awesome (and long-suffering) supervisors Domino and @mariabeger.bsky.social !!! Also to the chair Africa Gomez and examiners Gal Eyal, Mati Patel for reading my thesis and asking interesting questions. @eeiathull.bsky.social
Congratulations Fiona on passing your viva (with no corrections! 🙀 ) #coral #academicchatter #reef #scuba #greatbarrierreef #okinawa #nerc
February 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Huge congratulations- amazing work!
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Pinch me!!! Massive thanks to awesome (and long-suffering) supervisors Domino and @mariabeger.bsky.social !!! Also to the chair Africa Gomez and examiners Gal Eyal, Mati Patel for reading my thesis and asking interesting questions. @eeiathull.bsky.social
Congratulations Fiona on passing your viva (with no corrections! 🙀 ) #coral #academicchatter #reef #scuba #greatbarrierreef #okinawa #nerc
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Pinch me!!! Massive thanks to awesome (and long-suffering) supervisors Domino and @mariabeger.bsky.social !!! Also to the chair Africa Gomez and examiners Gal Eyal, Mati Patel for reading my thesis and asking interesting questions. @eeiathull.bsky.social
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First priority of fascists: destroy science and independent thought.
They are not wasting time.
They are not wasting time.
Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.eenews.net
February 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
First priority of fascists: destroy science and independent thought.
They are not wasting time.
They are not wasting time.
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MISE is on blue sky!! Okinawan blue skies!
February 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
MISE is on blue sky!! Okinawan blue skies!
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Researchers in Europe are using new tech & citizen science to improve the monitoring of habitats and species.
Read more: phys.org/news/2025-01...
Coming soon: @ipbes.net #MonitoringAssessment
Read more: phys.org/news/2025-01...
Coming soon: @ipbes.net #MonitoringAssessment
Researchers combine citizens' help and cutting-edge tech to track biodiversity
Researchers are using new technologies, including AI, as well as contributions from citizen scientists, to improve how we monitor and protect increasingly threatened habitats and species across Europe...
phys.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Researchers in Europe are using new tech & citizen science to improve the monitoring of habitats and species.
Read more: phys.org/news/2025-01...
Coming soon: @ipbes.net #MonitoringAssessment
Read more: phys.org/news/2025-01...
Coming soon: @ipbes.net #MonitoringAssessment
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UK faces broccoli and cauliflower shortage this spring
- Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK faces broccoli and cauliflower shortage this spring
Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
UK faces broccoli and cauliflower shortage this spring
- Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Growers blame weather challenges in UK and Europe, which Met Office says will become more frequent with #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One of the more important news stories today "pine martens from [Land Scotland] forests boost populations in Wales, Gloucestershire and Devon - with more than 100 animals successfully translocated" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Decade-long pine martens conservation project reaches milestone
The project marks bringing100 animals from Scotland to Gloucestershire, Devon and Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
One of the more important news stories today "pine martens from [Land Scotland] forests boost populations in Wales, Gloucestershire and Devon - with more than 100 animals successfully translocated" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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✨ Job Alert: Senior Data Analyst & Manager✨
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍 Remote (within 🍁) or In-person
💼 $74K–$107K + benefits
🕜 Full or Part Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#37020)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍 Remote (within 🍁) or In-person
💼 $74K–$107K + benefits
🕜 Full or Part Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#37020)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
January 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
✨ Job Alert: Senior Data Analyst & Manager✨
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍 Remote (within 🍁) or In-person
💼 $74K–$107K + benefits
🕜 Full or Part Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#37020)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
Support our research on milk, microbiomes and maternal & infant health!
📍 Remote (within 🍁) or In-person
💼 $74K–$107K + benefits
🕜 Full or Part Time
🎓 MSc & 4+ yrs experience req'd
Apply at: umanitoba.ca/careers/ (#37020)
Pls share! 🙏🏻🧪
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🥃 Retirees show more signs of depression than those who are still working – and heavy drinking may make their symptoms worse, according to international researchers
Retirement could lead to a deterioration in mental health, and alcohol can worsen this issue
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🥃 Retirees show more signs of depression than those who are still working – and heavy drinking may make their symptoms worse, according to international researchers
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Just learned about Pathy Foundation Fellowship -- wow! pathyfellowship.com
* 12-mth pgm for recent master's or undergrad students in Canada to undertake social change initiatives anywhere in the world
* Comes with $50k funding, training, etc.
Applications due in Dec each year. Mark your calendar!
* 12-mth pgm for recent master's or undergrad students in Canada to undertake social change initiatives anywhere in the world
* Comes with $50k funding, training, etc.
Applications due in Dec each year. Mark your calendar!
January 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Just learned about Pathy Foundation Fellowship -- wow! pathyfellowship.com
* 12-mth pgm for recent master's or undergrad students in Canada to undertake social change initiatives anywhere in the world
* Comes with $50k funding, training, etc.
Applications due in Dec each year. Mark your calendar!
* 12-mth pgm for recent master's or undergrad students in Canada to undertake social change initiatives anywhere in the world
* Comes with $50k funding, training, etc.
Applications due in Dec each year. Mark your calendar!
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Un nuevo artículo liderado por @yasminarodriguez.bsky.social sobre como las pardelas cenicientas adultas vacían sus estómagos de plásticos durante la época reproductiva
#plasticpollution
#marinedebris
#seabirds
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
#plasticpollution
#marinedebris
#seabirds
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
December 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Un nuevo artículo liderado por @yasminarodriguez.bsky.social sobre como las pardelas cenicientas adultas vacían sus estómagos de plásticos durante la época reproductiva
#plasticpollution
#marinedebris
#seabirds
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
#plasticpollution
#marinedebris
#seabirds
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs."
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
🌍 Just published: "Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs."
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explore how KBs build capacity for evidence-informed decision-making & shine a light on the often 'invisible' work they do.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New Perspective:
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
January 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Perspective:
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril
Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.
The deadline for this PhD is approaching fast! 3.5 years fully funded research on reef tropicalisation!
Interested in reef tropicalisation for your PhD? Corals, fishes, molluscs, urchins, algae!
We looking for applicants for a PhD project
Deadline 8th Jan! UK and international ok.
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/ada...
We looking for applicants for a PhD project
Deadline 8th Jan! UK and international ok.
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/ada...
Adapting to climate change on subtropical reefs - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Subtropical reef ecosystems with coral communities differ from their tropical coral reef neighbours, as they are shaped by a biogeographical overlap of taxa at their range margins, endemic species and...
yes-dtn.ac.uk
January 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The deadline for this PhD is approaching fast! 3.5 years fully funded research on reef tropicalisation!