SEACHANGE ERC
@seachange-erc.bsky.social
Funded by ERC Synergy Grant, this project will combine interdisciplinary research approaches to quantify the impact of major cultural transitions on marine ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.
Fantastic coverage of SEACHANGE PhD student Zoe Heard's research on historical fisheries exploitation in this article:
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-centu...
Zoe was also interviewed as part of BBC Radio 4's Today program. Listen again here (starting at 1:50:58):
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-centu...
Zoe was also interviewed as part of BBC Radio 4's Today program. Listen again here (starting at 1:50:58):
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A century of overfishing drives UK to imported seafood dependency - Oceanographic
As overfishing depletes domestic fish stocks, UK is importing six times as much seafood from overseas fisheries as it did a century ago
oceanographicmagazine.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Fantastic coverage of SEACHANGE PhD student Zoe Heard's research on historical fisheries exploitation in this article:
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-centu...
Zoe was also interviewed as part of BBC Radio 4's Today program. Listen again here (starting at 1:50:58):
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/a-centu...
Zoe was also interviewed as part of BBC Radio 4's Today program. Listen again here (starting at 1:50:58):
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Over the last year, the SEACHANGE team, led by Dr Luke Holman have been working on the publication of a themed issue in the journal Philosophical Transactions entitled “Shifting Seas: Understanding Deep-Time Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems".
doi.org/10.1098/rstb....
doi.org/10.1098/rstb....
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1930
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July 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Over the last year, the SEACHANGE team, led by Dr Luke Holman have been working on the publication of a themed issue in the journal Philosophical Transactions entitled “Shifting Seas: Understanding Deep-Time Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems".
doi.org/10.1098/rstb....
doi.org/10.1098/rstb....
Another very successful SEACHANGE annual meeting last month, hosted by JGU Mainz.
Read all about it here:
seachange-erc.eu/news/21/37/J...
Read all about it here:
seachange-erc.eu/news/21/37/J...
July 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Another very successful SEACHANGE annual meeting last month, hosted by JGU Mainz.
Read all about it here:
seachange-erc.eu/news/21/37/J...
Read all about it here:
seachange-erc.eu/news/21/37/J...
Some great news for the conservation of this species which is so integral to the research on the SEACHANGE projecthttps://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/move-to-save-500-year-old-ocean-quahogs-with-seabed-trawling-ban
July 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Some great news for the conservation of this species which is so integral to the research on the SEACHANGE projecthttps://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/move-to-save-500-year-old-ocean-quahogs-with-seabed-trawling-ban
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Fantastic Seachange meeting in Mainz - exciting eDNA, super shells, interesting isotopes, inspiring ideas, creative colleagues! @seachange-erc.bsky.social @york-bioarch.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Fantastic Seachange meeting in Mainz - exciting eDNA, super shells, interesting isotopes, inspiring ideas, creative colleagues! @seachange-erc.bsky.social @york-bioarch.bsky.social
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A couple of years ago we were beginning to see exciting interdisciplinary datasets coming out of @erc.europa.eu 🌍 @seachange-erc.bsky.social 🌊. It was amazing to begin to understand the complex dance of climate 🌡️, humans 🧍♂️🧍♀️, and marine biodiversity 🐟🪸 across centuries! ⏳✨
July 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A couple of years ago we were beginning to see exciting interdisciplinary datasets coming out of @erc.europa.eu 🌍 @seachange-erc.bsky.social 🌊. It was amazing to begin to understand the complex dance of climate 🌡️, humans 🧍♂️🧍♀️, and marine biodiversity 🐟🪸 across centuries! ⏳✨
We are very pleased to release this short video which highlights the exciting work being undertaken by the SEACHANGE project in Brazil. Huge thanks to our partners in Brazil and Andre Colonese for making this happen.
SEACHANGE - Investigating the historical ecology of Babitonga Bay, Brazil.
YouTube video by SEA CHANGE
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June 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We are very pleased to release this short video which highlights the exciting work being undertaken by the SEACHANGE project in Brazil. Huge thanks to our partners in Brazil and Andre Colonese for making this happen.
Hot off the press. Another fantastic publication by the team at the University of York in QSR:
Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark
The transition to farming in the coastal environments of southern Scandinavia remains a key conundrum in European prehistory. This region was heavily …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hot off the press. Another fantastic publication by the team at the University of York in QSR:
Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Marine exploitation and the arrival of farming: resolving the paradox of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Denmark
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read all about our recent fieldwork campaign in Brazil here:
seachange-erc.eu/news/20/37/S...
seachange-erc.eu/news/20/37/S...
May 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Read all about our recent fieldwork campaign in Brazil here:
seachange-erc.eu/news/20/37/S...
seachange-erc.eu/news/20/37/S...
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A successful day of coring in the lagoon of Parque Estadual Arcaraí @seachange-erc.bsky.social @neaarlab.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A successful day of coring in the lagoon of Parque Estadual Arcaraí @seachange-erc.bsky.social @neaarlab.bsky.social
First day of fieldwork in Brazil and what a lovely start to the morning it is. The day will be spent examining prospective coring locations around the Acaraí State Park.
April 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
First day of fieldwork in Brazil and what a lovely start to the morning it is. The day will be spent examining prospective coring locations around the Acaraí State Park.
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Next up, the fantastic Kristine Bohmann! 🧬✨ A metabarcoding & eDNA wizard who is simultaneously:
🌊🔍 PI of @seachange-erc.bsky.social (@erc.europa.eu)
🌬️🦠 Leading the airDNA project (DFF)
🧪🌍 Heading the eDNA group at GLOBE
Follow her for top-notch eDNA research! 🚀💡
🔗 @kbohmann.bsky.social
🌊🔍 PI of @seachange-erc.bsky.social (@erc.europa.eu)
🌬️🦠 Leading the airDNA project (DFF)
🧪🌍 Heading the eDNA group at GLOBE
Follow her for top-notch eDNA research! 🚀💡
🔗 @kbohmann.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Next up, the fantastic Kristine Bohmann! 🧬✨ A metabarcoding & eDNA wizard who is simultaneously:
🌊🔍 PI of @seachange-erc.bsky.social (@erc.europa.eu)
🌬️🦠 Leading the airDNA project (DFF)
🧪🌍 Heading the eDNA group at GLOBE
Follow her for top-notch eDNA research! 🚀💡
🔗 @kbohmann.bsky.social
🌊🔍 PI of @seachange-erc.bsky.social (@erc.europa.eu)
🌬️🦠 Leading the airDNA project (DFF)
🧪🌍 Heading the eDNA group at GLOBE
Follow her for top-notch eDNA research! 🚀💡
🔗 @kbohmann.bsky.social
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🙌 Thanks to amazing co-authors @kbohmann.bsky.social sky.social, @mikkelwp.bsky.social @seachange-erc.bsky.social, many others not on 💙☁️, & our funders @erc.europa.eu.
Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Lots more detail in the supplements!
Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Lots more detail in the supplements!
Navigating Past Oceans: Comparing Metabarcoding and Metagenomics of Marine Ancient Sediment Environmental DNA
The condition of ancient marine ecosystems provides context for contemporary biodiversity changes in human-impacted oceans. Sequencing sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) is an emerging method for gene...
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🙌 Thanks to amazing co-authors @kbohmann.bsky.social sky.social, @mikkelwp.bsky.social @seachange-erc.bsky.social, many others not on 💙☁️, & our funders @erc.europa.eu.
Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Lots more detail in the supplements!
Dive into the full study here: doi.org/10.1111/1755...
Lots more detail in the supplements!
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Working with us on @seachange-erc.bsky.social, we’re lucky to have Giulia Zampirolo! 🧬✨ She brings deep expertise in ancient metagenomics to help us decode past oceans. 🌊
📢 Her latest paper: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
👀 More about Giulia (not on bluesky) 🔗 seachange-erc.eu/people/giuli...
📢 Her latest paper: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
👀 More about Giulia (not on bluesky) 🔗 seachange-erc.eu/people/giuli...
People - Seachange
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February 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Working with us on @seachange-erc.bsky.social, we’re lucky to have Giulia Zampirolo! 🧬✨ She brings deep expertise in ancient metagenomics to help us decode past oceans. 🌊
📢 Her latest paper: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
👀 More about Giulia (not on bluesky) 🔗 seachange-erc.eu/people/giuli...
📢 Her latest paper: 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
👀 More about Giulia (not on bluesky) 🔗 seachange-erc.eu/people/giuli...
The Exeter team have been busy attending events talking about the role of sclerochronology within the SEACHANGE project. Find out more here: seachange-erc.eu/news/18/37/S...
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December 5, 2024 at 2:40 PM
The Exeter team have been busy attending events talking about the role of sclerochronology within the SEACHANGE project. Find out more here: seachange-erc.eu/news/18/37/S...
We'd like to announce that our Work Package 3 will now be focusing on the analysis of transitions during the last 7,000 years in the Babitonga Bay area of Southern Brazil. For more information visit the SEACHANGE website: seachange-erc.eu/research/wp3...
November 19, 2024 at 9:58 AM
We'd like to announce that our Work Package 3 will now be focusing on the analysis of transitions during the last 7,000 years in the Babitonga Bay area of Southern Brazil. For more information visit the SEACHANGE website: seachange-erc.eu/research/wp3...
Thanks to the Natural History Museum for the write up of our recent collaborative work sampling some of their archived whale and seal bones.
www.nhm.ac.uk
October 28, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Thanks to the Natural History Museum for the write up of our recent collaborative work sampling some of their archived whale and seal bones.
The recent SEACHANGE annual meeting in Cornwall was a great success. The past year's work and achievements were reviewed and a plan made for the next year of work. It was great for everyone to catch up in person in the stunning location on the the North Cornish coast.
August 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
The recent SEACHANGE annual meeting in Cornwall was a great success. The past year's work and achievements were reviewed and a plan made for the next year of work. It was great for everyone to catch up in person in the stunning location on the the North Cornish coast.