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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 22/09/2026

When nature suffers, so does humanity. One million species are at risk of extinction, and ecosystem degradation is affecting 40% of the global population. Explore how nations can tap into the power of nature to build a more sustainable future: www.unep.org/facts-about-nature-cri…

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Come to this year's @mastscot.bsky.social ASM and hear about some great research! And don't miss out on the 🦭 marine mammal session 🫍, featuring yours truly and some exceptionally talented people 🐳

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ZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SOLD OUT! In person tickets for our 6th October event are all gone, but you can still attend live online, or join the waitlist for a ticket to attend at our Huxley Lecture Theatre. Find out more 👇

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Conservation by Design: Technology & the Future of Wildlife Protection | The Zoological Society of London

Join us to hear about how advances in technology impact wildlife conservation outcomes.

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Ready for a day of fun science chats at @setac-glb.bsky.social! Looking forward to chairing my first session, come find us!! #SETAC #CoastalPollution

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Let's get those sciences chats started!! Day of of the @setac-glb.bsky.social EU conference 👩🏼‍🔬 #Maastricht #SETACEU

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Excited to deliver today's marine mammal contaminants workshop at #ECS2026, together with some incredible women 🫍 There are still spaces left, come join us! 🌊

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory @pml.ac.uk · 11/03/2026

NEW TOOL FOR #MARINEPLANNING: Marine industries, planners & investors can now make more future-proof choices thanks to the new #ASPACE #DecisionSupportTool. 🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/new-spa... Prof Ana Queirós currently representing PML and ASPACE at the #BBNJsymposium.

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Whale Tales @whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It's #DolphinAwarenessMonth! DYK there are between 36 & 40 species of dolphin swimming on Earth, depending on how you categorize certain subspecies? Maui’s dolphins are the smallest, coming in at an average of 50kg & 1.7m & Orcas are the largest at 6 tons and 9.5m 🖌️: Green Humour #WhaleTales

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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Abstract submissions for the MBA Postgraduate Conference close on Monday 16th March. Field ecology, lab science, modelling, policy or interdisciplinary marine research, we would love to see your work represented. www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/news/events/event…

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Together, @oceanauk.bsky.social + @zslofficial.bsky.social examined research on harm to wildlife from 1000s of oil spills in UK waters, finding evidence of: - lung lesions in bottlenose dolphins - harm to the livers of minke whales - orcas + dolphins less able to successfully reproduce

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Emily Hague 🐳 @emily-hague.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! 🐳🎉 Our new review paper, now published in Mammal Review, maps the the literature focusing on threats to 19 marine mammal species, to summarise volume of research, and highlight knowledge gaps (for species, locations, threats). Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/mam....

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Marine Mammals in the Anthropocene: Developing a Systematic Evidence Base of Threats to Nineteen Species

Marine mammals are vulnerable to a variety of anthropogenic threats, yet a global systematic map of the literature for 19 species found both spatial and temporal disparity in research effort between ....

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Excited to present some of the incredible work @zslofficial.bsky.social #CSIP and @strandings.bsky.social are doing and what we can learn from strandings! Come join us at the #DonostiaSustainablilityForum next week!!

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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Liverpool Research Fellowships are back, this time with a focus on AI. If you're a postdoc with ideas about "harnessing the power of AI within research", then take a look. Application deadline 1st December 2025. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/10/24/u...

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University of Liverpool Research Fellowships open for applications for 2025-2026 - University of Liverpool News

University of Liverpool Research Fellowships open for applications for 2025-2026

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🌊Want to share your work on contaminants in coastal environments? Now's your chance! Super excited to co-chair my first @setac.bsky.social Europe session in 2026, together with @bgonzalezgaya.bsky.social, #MilodeBaat, and #PeterSchupp! 🚨 Abstract submission now open 🚨 See you in Maastricht 🌊

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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

New out in Molecular Ecology! In which we show that small males try harder when it comes to seminal fluid proteins. w/ @ju-morimoto.bsky.social @iremsepil.bsky.social @becks-seascience.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Always a pleasure to be part of the #MER2030 MSc Vivas at @pie-upvehu.bsky.social 🤓 exciting to see all the great work done by the students 🎉 well done 2023-2025 cohort, you've done awesome work! Always lovely to be back in my #happyplace ⛱️

Cubes of the university and collaborative efforts such as hosting the EMBRC facilities and the Basque strandings network SAREUS.

Plentzia beach, with mountains in the background and the research station in the image.

View of the estuary leading into the North Atlantic.

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Had a splashing time at #TallShipsAberdeen this weekend with @davinaderous.bsky.social and @rebekkaallgayer.bsky.social, and the team! Showcasing some awesome marine mammal work from our groups, the University's Cromarty Lighthouse Station, and @strandings.bsky.social!

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I always enjoy attending the annual #SIME conference. Keeping up to date with all the offshore work, and catching up with great scientists! Yet another lovely event at the @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social! #SIME2025 #INSITE #MarineStructures

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🏆 I won a thing! Thanks @imascientist.org.uk for a great #STEM initiative, and thanks to all the students who thought I was their favourite scientist this season🥰It's an awesome #outreach intiative everyone should get involved with 💙

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🎉 HUGE NEWS: The EU Court has confirmed marine protected areas must be PROPERLY protected from bottom trawling! Countries must act to fulfil their legal duty to safeguard these areas from destruction. This is an absolute WIN for our ocean. 🙌 1/2 www.clientearth.org/latest/press...

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Pint of Science UK @pintofscience.uk · 07/05/2025

🎉 #pint25 is in less than 2 weeks! 🗓️ 19-21 May 2025 Put it in your calendars! 📍45+ locations in the UK 🗣️400 events 🎟️ Programme and tickets ⬇️ pintofscience.co.uk

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Brilliant session this morning on skills in different careers in the NE Scotland with @sulsa.bsky.social ! Thanks to our speakers Dr Kate Gormley, the KTP Centre, Dr Graeme Rogers, and Prof Alistair Kean for a really engaging session and some great chats during the Q&A 👏

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Looking forward to today's @sulsa.bsky.social event on Life Sciences in the North East of Scotland at the ONE BioHub 🔬

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Thank you @sulsa.bsky.social for making this possible! I can't go on enough about the immense positive impact this has had for me! ❤️

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🔬 As part of @imascientist.org.uk, I get to chat to student about my job 🧪 Here's a snippet of my convo with one of the students, a keen bean with some great questions 🦭 #STEM #outreach #womeninscience #engagement

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🔬Want to get a life science career in the Scottish NE off the ground? Well I've got the event for you! @sulsa.bsky.social invited many great speakers from the region, highlighting skills and career paths that helped them establish in this beautiful part of the country! 👇 Why not join us? 👇

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Wapping up #MarineForum2025 with an engaging panel discussion and a great closing keynote! Thanks @strandings.bsky.social, @whalesorg.bsky.social and @youth4seas.bsky.social for a lovely day of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new people! See you next year 🌊

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

What're you up on this fine Saturday? I'm having a #SMASSing time at the #NationalMuseumsScotland for the @strandings.bsky.social and @whalesorg.bsky.social #MarineForum2025 🐋 this morning was all about impactful story telling, the limits of understanding entanglement, and how to create change 🌊

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Had a great time last week learning more about how to analyse organic contaminants in divers matrices! 🐳 Looking forward to taking our project idea forward! 💪 This would not have been possible without funding from @sulsa.bsky.social ❤️ #SULSA #Marinemammals #Ecotoxicology #researchvisit

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Happy #worldwhaleday. 🐳 We are celebrating the recovery of whales species in the waters around the island of South Georgia. Photos collected under GSGSSI permit 2024_39. #MarineConservation 🐙🧪 #marinemammals #nature @bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Jessica Montabaranom @jessmontabaranom.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🦭 Have you spotted a grey seal killing or eating harbour seals or grey seal pups in the UK? Please send your footage and reports to SMRUsealreports@st-andrews.ac.uk ! 🦭

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National Oceanography Centre @noc.ac.uk · 10/02/2025

#SocioOceanography Session 3️⃣ 🐋 Marine species on the move: how climate change driven redistribution of marine species is going to change how we perceive, value, manage and research the UK marine environment. View the abstract here 👉 projects.noc.ac.uk/socio-oceano...

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

⚠️⚠️⚠️ New permanent job opportunity in Microbial Oceanography @noc.ac.uk careers.noc.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... Looking for people bridging microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, focus in the #ERC project EXPAND noc.ac.uk/projects/exp... @usocb.bsky.social @aslo.org @ismeoffice.bsky.social

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Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme @strandings.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🚨 Marine Forum Programme is LIVE! 🚨 A jam-packed schedule of expert talks, panels & networking awaits! 🌊🐬 Only a few tickets left so don’t miss out! 🎟: eventbrite.co.uk/e/wdc-smass-... #MarineForum2025 #OceanConservation #LastTickets @whalesorg.bsky.social @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social

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Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme @strandings.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

🐾Turn your beach walk into a conservation tool with Beachtrack! Record your walk, report stranded animals & log marine litter to help identify patterns and quantity effort! 🦭🌊 📲 Download now, and lets protect our seas together! www.beachtrack.org

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Dr Rebecca von Hellfeld @becks-seascience.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Starting 2025 off strong: Representing #MarineMammals at the #RiMER symposium! It's always nice to be back, talking to a new generation of researchers. And this week's lunch time view sure isn't bad either! #MER #ErasmusMundus #BasqueCountry #HappyPlace

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Landscape image of the view from the symposium in Donostia.

Showing the cover slide of the presentation 'Tails of the Ocean: How marine mammals are eco superheroes' and me at the podium.

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The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Calling all #science writers, we are seeking content for the July issue of #TheMarineBiologistMagazine. 🔬 Marine biology research 📝 Policy 💼 Careers 🎥 Reviews of relevant books, movies, & podcasts. Deadline: 15th April 2025 Email: editor@mba.ac.uk Find out more: buff.ly/3Da62sc

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