Prof Martin Attrill
@martinattrill.bsky.social
Prof Marine Ecology Plymouth Uni; Chief Scientific Advisor Ocean Conservation Trust; Trustee Manta Trust; Loves Seagrass; Originator National Marine Park concept; Founder MSc Marine Conservation @PlymUni. Green-tinged humanist.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
This is some very welcome good conservation news! Huge congratulations to the @mantatrust.bsky.social team, reward for all your hard work and passion.
Having all international trade banned will give real hope that manta and Devil ray populations may have a chance 👏👏
Having all international trade banned will give real hope that manta and Devil ray populations may have a chance 👏👏
📣 We did it!
All ten species of manta and devil rays are now protected under CITES Appendix I, the highest level of international protection. This historic vote bans all international commercial trade, including gill plates and meat, giving these marine giants a fighting chance.
All ten species of manta and devil rays are now protected under CITES Appendix I, the highest level of international protection. This historic vote bans all international commercial trade, including gill plates and meat, giving these marine giants a fighting chance.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is some very welcome good conservation news! Huge congratulations to the @mantatrust.bsky.social team, reward for all your hard work and passion.
Having all international trade banned will give real hope that manta and Devil ray populations may have a chance 👏👏
Having all international trade banned will give real hope that manta and Devil ray populations may have a chance 👏👏
I really can’t fathom why COP30 didn’t deliver what was needed 🤔 (from @privateeyenews.bsky.social)
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I really can’t fathom why COP30 didn’t deliver what was needed 🤔 (from @privateeyenews.bsky.social)
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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.
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
🦀🌱 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.
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.
Blackpool… 😬😬 #strictly www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Blackpool is 'most deprived seaside town' - BBC News
Many of England's larger seaside towns are suffering above average levels of deprivation, with Blackpool the poorest, a study finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Blackpool… 😬😬 #strictly www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Fantastic new bit of beach art at Bovisand Beach (Devon UK)
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fantastic new bit of beach art at Bovisand Beach (Devon UK)
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Dr Keiron Fraser, Associate Professor in Marine Conservation at @plymuni and Member of the Marine Biological Association, explains how decades of protection, reduced bycatch, and collaboration with coastal communities have helped green turtles move from endangered to a species of least concern.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dr Keiron Fraser, Associate Professor in Marine Conservation at @plymuni and Member of the Marine Biological Association, explains how decades of protection, reduced bycatch, and collaboration with coastal communities have helped green turtles move from endangered to a species of least concern.
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🌱 How does biodiversity fuel wellbeing?
A Finnish kindergarten experiment shows that kids playing in mud, moss & wild plants see striking results: stronger immune systems, happier moods, and a real-life lesson in nature’s power. 🌿
More info ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A Finnish kindergarten experiment shows that kids playing in mud, moss & wild plants see striking results: stronger immune systems, happier moods, and a real-life lesson in nature’s power. 🌿
More info ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🌱 How does biodiversity fuel wellbeing?
A Finnish kindergarten experiment shows that kids playing in mud, moss & wild plants see striking results: stronger immune systems, happier moods, and a real-life lesson in nature’s power. 🌿
More info ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A Finnish kindergarten experiment shows that kids playing in mud, moss & wild plants see striking results: stronger immune systems, happier moods, and a real-life lesson in nature’s power. 🌿
More info ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
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A new study finds rooftop solar could generate nearly two-thirds of the world's electricity!
🌞 Imagine the impact if we tapped into this potential.
Read more: pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/...
#ClimateAction
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A new study finds rooftop solar could generate nearly two-thirds of the world's electricity!
🌞 Imagine the impact if we tapped into this potential.
Read more: pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/...
#ClimateAction
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Rooftop solar could supply two-thirds of global power, study finds
Researchers at the University of Sussex have found that widespread deployment of rooftop solar could cover the vast majority of the world's electricity consumption, while lowering global temperatures by up to 0.13 C.
pv-magazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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A new study finds rooftop solar could generate nearly two-thirds of the world's electricity!
🌞 Imagine the impact if we tapped into this potential.
Read more: pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/...
#ClimateAction
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A new study finds rooftop solar could generate nearly two-thirds of the world's electricity!
🌞 Imagine the impact if we tapped into this potential.
Read more: pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/...
#ClimateAction
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At last a positive article on immigration in the newspapers 🙄.
They said they instantly fell in love with their new home
'We left dreary UK for 30C country where a meal out is £8'
They said they instantly fell in love with their new home
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
At last a positive article on immigration in the newspapers 🙄.
Ah ha that’s one the best costumes 👏👏
Bird nerds and Halloween fans, this one's for you!
🪶Scripps alum and current postdoctoral scholar Tammy Russell shares more about why our beautiful campus is a prime spot for birdwatching year-round.
#HappyHalloween!
🪶Scripps alum and current postdoctoral scholar Tammy Russell shares more about why our beautiful campus is a prime spot for birdwatching year-round.
#HappyHalloween!
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ah ha that’s one the best costumes 👏👏
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NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
🧵⤵️
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
At this time of year the South Devon gamble is will you make it home along the coast path before the next Atlantic squall rolls in! Wild and invigorating tho…
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
At this time of year the South Devon gamble is will you make it home along the coast path before the next Atlantic squall rolls in! Wild and invigorating tho…
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Renewables are powering a better future. 🍃
Wind power has saved the UK a staggering £104 billion in energy costs since 2010.
Cheaper, cleaner and helping us reach our #NetZero targets. We need to keep this momentum going.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has saved the UK a staggering £104 billion in energy costs since 2010.
Cheaper, cleaner and helping us reach our #NetZero targets. We need to keep this momentum going.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Renewables are powering a better future. 🍃
Wind power has saved the UK a staggering £104 billion in energy costs since 2010.
Cheaper, cleaner and helping us reach our #NetZero targets. We need to keep this momentum going.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has saved the UK a staggering £104 billion in energy costs since 2010.
Cheaper, cleaner and helping us reach our #NetZero targets. We need to keep this momentum going.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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#PhD Studentship - Marine Heat Waves & shellfish fisheries - informing future #marine policy. Join our team at the University of Essex, School of Life Sciences. All the details available here: www.essex.ac.uk/Postgraduate...
START JANUARY 2026 - APPLY BY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
START JANUARY 2026 - APPLY BY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
#PhD Studentship - Marine Heat Waves & shellfish fisheries - informing future #marine policy. Join our team at the University of Essex, School of Life Sciences. All the details available here: www.essex.ac.uk/Postgraduate...
START JANUARY 2026 - APPLY BY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
START JANUARY 2026 - APPLY BY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
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When @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected leader of the Green Party, he said: "We’re not here just to be disappointed by Labour. We’re here to replace you."
Among voters under 50, its already happening! 🥳💚
Among voters under 50, its already happening! 🥳💚
October 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
When @zackpolanski.bsky.social was elected leader of the Green Party, he said: "We’re not here just to be disappointed by Labour. We’re here to replace you."
Among voters under 50, its already happening! 🥳💚
Among voters under 50, its already happening! 🥳💚
Met a birder today while walking on S Devon coast path. Watching a small copse with 2 goldcrest, a firecrest, a willow warbler and a blackcap. In late October. We had 2 blackcaps in late Jan UK bird watch - think more are staying around over winter?
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Met a birder today while walking on S Devon coast path. Watching a small copse with 2 goldcrest, a firecrest, a willow warbler and a blackcap. In late October. We had 2 blackcaps in late Jan UK bird watch - think more are staying around over winter?
Lovely autumn walk in Plymouth woods with an array of funky fungi!
October 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Lovely autumn walk in Plymouth woods with an array of funky fungi!
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Global sea surface temperatures continue to cool off as we head into La Nina. 2025 (for the 1st time in 3 years) will not set a new global temperature record.
It's the steady longer-term warming that is cause for concern. It will continue until human carbon emissions cease.
Truth is bad enough.
It's the steady longer-term warming that is cause for concern. It will continue until human carbon emissions cease.
Truth is bad enough.
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Global sea surface temperatures continue to cool off as we head into La Nina. 2025 (for the 1st time in 3 years) will not set a new global temperature record.
It's the steady longer-term warming that is cause for concern. It will continue until human carbon emissions cease.
Truth is bad enough.
It's the steady longer-term warming that is cause for concern. It will continue until human carbon emissions cease.
Truth is bad enough.
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📣 Calling UK scientists 📣
Please would you sign an open letter urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing with the science on the threats from ongoing damage to #climate & #nature - alongside positive actions.
See reply for how to sign 👇👇
Please share with colleagues 🙏
Please would you sign an open letter urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing with the science on the threats from ongoing damage to #climate & #nature - alongside positive actions.
See reply for how to sign 👇👇
Please share with colleagues 🙏
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer in Marine Biology and Scientific Diving (University of Plymouth)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS637/l...
#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity
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#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity
September 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer in Marine Biology and Scientific Diving (University of Plymouth)
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS637/l...
#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity
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#jobs #lecturer #scientificdiving #plymouth #coralreefs #university #marinescience #marinebiology #marineecology #jobopportunity
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Right now, the MMO is consulting on banning bottom trawling in offshore Marine Protected Areas.
If adopted, protection here could rise from just 3% to over 20% – a huge win for marine life!
🗓️ Have your say before 29 Sept 2025:
Take action now! action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/...
If adopted, protection here could rise from just 3% to over 20% – a huge win for marine life!
🗓️ Have your say before 29 Sept 2025:
Take action now! action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/...
Ban Bottom Trawling in Marine Protected Areas
Ban bottom trawling by emailing Minister Hardy with your thoughts.
action.wildlifetrusts.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Right now, the MMO is consulting on banning bottom trawling in offshore Marine Protected Areas.
If adopted, protection here could rise from just 3% to over 20% – a huge win for marine life!
🗓️ Have your say before 29 Sept 2025:
Take action now! action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/...
If adopted, protection here could rise from just 3% to over 20% – a huge win for marine life!
🗓️ Have your say before 29 Sept 2025:
Take action now! action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171084/...