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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸

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Geoscientist, environmental physicist, data editor, scientific diver. Circulating nomadic blood. Trying to understand how Nature works. #Radioecology #Ocean

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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Der Verrat, der Folgen haben wird. Die erste russische Diesel-Lieferung erreicht die US-Ostküste kaum 24 Stunden nach der Ankündigung. Der Tanker „Minerva Zen“ war bereits am 22. September aus St. Petersburg ausgelaufen. 22. September 2026 - ein Tag der Schande. Ohne Worte
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 18h
Thanking the invader & villainizing the nation being bombed. You couldn’t write a russian state tv script any more shameless than this.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good to see Donald buy Russian diesel instead of Canadian. I know its right on USA border but they sell imperialist, woke diesel that makes your truck gay.
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Laura Marín-Samper @lmslaura93.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Can construction waste help protect the climate, and the ocean? 🌊 Stay tuned for updates from our open-air laboratory in Gran Canaria! 🔬🌊 Read the full GEOMAR press release here: www.geomar.de/en/news/arti... 📸 Underwater photography by Niko Linke
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Found this mushroom today in a north German forest on a walk, very pretty, but no idea what that is. #fungifriends? Surprised to have found masses of chanterelles, a bit late in the year. Also some birch boletes.
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And I believed the worst crime Excel developers comitted to data managers was cells merging 😰
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart #September
Photo of twelve different and colourful toadstools and mushrooms created from crochet against a black background
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Great Southern Reef Foundation @greatsouthernreef.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Professor Thomas Wernberg @twernberg is one of three finalists for Scientist of the Year in Western Australia’s 2026 Premier’s Science Awards. We encourage the Great Southern Reef community to support Thomas in the People’s Choice Award. www.wa.gov.au/organisation...
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Kai Altenfelder 😷🌻 @altenfelder.net · 31/08/2026
Im #BlueDOT Projekt werden mithilfe der Tauchcomputer von Hobbytaucher:innen Temperaturdaten aus den oberen (0-40m) Gewässerschichten gesammelt, eine wichtige Datenquelle für die Klimaforschung. HEUTE gibt es einen Einführungsworkshop dazu: ltv-bremen.de/termine/blue... @danaransby.bsky.social
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Hitzewellen im Meer erforschen: Taucher:innen sammeln Temperaturdaten
Mit der Unterstützung von Taucher:innen sammelt das Projekt BlueDOT Temperaturdaten aus dem Meer. Damit sollen die Veränderungen der Meerestemperatur verfolgt
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Scarface checks in. The injury from a fight with a fisherman continues to heal from last year when the corners of his jaw was completely shredded. Sadly his jaw may never heal. He’s a bit skinnier than we’d like to see but he must be eating well enough to keep on swimming ✅🍋🦈 #coralcitycamera
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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"Raise your hopeful voice. You have a choice." RIP Glen Hansard www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mt...
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Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)
YouTube video by GlenHansardVEVO
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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#Benin #mesophotic #coralreef Want some good news? An ROV (Qysea Fifish V-EVO) examining reefs in the 52- 56 m depth range off the coast of Benin, found them in better shape than was expected www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Frontiers | First evidence of live mesophotic coral reefs on the Benin continental shelf
Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCE) remain poorly documented along the West African coastline, particularly on the continental shelf of the Gulf of Guinea. Cor...
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Brilliant
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voegizug @voegizug.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
60 Jahre lang galt es als tot: Korallenriff vor Benin lebt www.watson.ch/wissen/forsc... Ein Korallenriff vor der Küste Benins, das bereits seit den 1960er-Jahren als abgestorben galt, ist doch ein lebendes Ökosystem, wie Sonar und Unterwasserkameras zeigen.
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60 Jahre lang galt es als tot – Korallenriff vor Benin lebt
Ein Korallenriff vor der Küste Benins, das bereits seit den 1960er-Jahren als abgestorben galt, ist doch ein lebendes Ökosystem.
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Sarah E Myhre PhD @sarahmyhre.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
They knew for decades that they were permanently damaging the planet. Our planet. Unconscionable.
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Kai Altenfelder 😷🌻 @altenfelder.net · 08/07/2026
Ich kann nicht so viel essen, wie ich gerade hochwürgen möchte. Den Ministern Carsten Schneider (Umwelt) und Patrick Schnieder (Verkehr) werde ich das gleich mitteilen. Vielleicht wollt ihr denen auch schreiben: carsten.schneider@bundestag.de patrick.schnieder@bundestag.de #ocean #climate #seagrass
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Seegraswiesen in der Ostsee: Hohe Gebühren stoppen Renaturierung
Seegraswiesen sind wichtig für die Biodiversität und gesunde Meere. Deshalb wollen Ökologen sie nicht nur schützen, sondern auch verschwundene Flächen wiederherstellen. An der Ostsee hat es bereits An...
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Kai Altenfelder 😷🌻 @altenfelder.net · 08/07/2026
Das Abgeordnetenbüro von Patrick Schnieder hat mir in weniger als einer Stunde geantwortet und mich darauf hingewiesen, dass für ministerielle Angelegenheiten die Adresse des Ministeriums zu verwenden sei: buergerinfo@bmv.bund.de Von Carsten Schneider kam noch keine Antwort.
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A cautionary tale of German Bureaucracy obstructing #seegrass #restoration in the Baltic Sea. Apparently, restoring nature now requires renting the seabed. #citizenscience #scubadiving www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...
A proto of a scuba diver at the sea bottom near a patch of seagrass.
The newspaper title (in German) reads: Baltic seagrass restoration halted by high government fees.
The newspaper teaser (in German) reads: Seagrass meadows are essential for biodiversity and healthy seas. That's why conservationists are working not only to protect them, but also to restore areas where they have disappeared. Restoration has already taken place in the Baltic Sea—but this year, a German federal authority has put the brakes on the effort.
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Martin Rak @martinrak.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A Midsummer Night’s Dream After several attempts, I finally managed to photograph fireflies in the Czech woods.
Fireflies in a dark green forest.
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British Sub-Aqua Club @bsacdivers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Did you see the fantastic flapper skate video we shared yesterday? We'd love for more of our members to take part in Shark Trust’s #GreatEggcaseHunt - and help these wonderful creatures! 💙 Citizen science can really help researchers and conservationists - learn more: loom.ly/GkvkiBs 🦈
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The Leaf Sheep is a 5mm sea slug that steals chloroplasts from algae and keeps them alive in its own tissue, photosynthesizing sunlight into food. Only a handful of animals on Earth can do this.
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Cinema evening #die-wilde-nordsee in #Bremerhaven was an exciting experience! Loved the #scuba diver's perspective - North sea is just as sexy as the tropical seas. The cameraman and the narrator Peter van Rodijnen, though very different from David Attenborough, was a passionate undewater guide.
Underwater picture of a blue North Sea lobster
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
When you have a bad day at work but you don't smoke. Original post
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
#CitizenScience with #scuba diving! 🌊🤿 Over two days in #Lesvos, 18 divers surveyed 3 dive sites, in 2 locations, collecting valuable data on rocky reefs, macroalgae, sea urchins, and fish as part of the Marine Forest Days Event, organised within the @cambiomed-biodiversa.com project.
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Jean-François Cudennec @limpetnerd.eurosky.social · 25/05/2026
The sea surface temperature in the Bay of Brest with see a 10°C increase in just one week. The usual summer temperature maximum is somewhere around 20 °C, and is normally reached in August. One of the most studied coastal ecosystem in the world, turned into a hot marine stew. shorturl.at/Sg8ss
Top : iroise sea/bay of Brest sst for the 20/05/2026, at 13 degrees Celsius 
Bottoms : the same map, but for the 27/05/2026, reaching 23 degrees.
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Happy time in the lake. Tadpoles out and about, grazing on water roses, growing their limbs patiently. #snorkelling #diving
Underwater photo of a water rose leaf, looking up towards the surface. The leaf has a large grazed hole. Two tiny tadpoles hanging at the leaf.
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British Sub-Aqua Club @bsacdivers.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
🤿 Snorkelling Britain guidebook authors Emma and Gordon Taylor have just launched an ambitious interactive map showcasing British snorkel sites and snorkelling providers. 👉 The map’s launch arrives as BSAC reports a surge in interest, with around a third of new enquiries relating to snorkelling.
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New interactive map for snorkellers
An ambitious interactive map showcases British snorkel sites and snorkelling providers
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Makes me want to be there. In the forest. Beautiful shots ♥️
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Omg, brilliant! ILTMBG
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Post your warning sign
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Diesel verteuerte sich heute um durchschnittlich 17 Cent pro Liter. Damit ist die ab morgen geltende Senkung der Mineralölsteuer um 17 Cent pro Liter bereits vollständig bei den Mineralölkonzernen gelandet. Bezahlt von allen Bürgern, auch Menschen ohne Auto.
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Kurz vor dem Tankrabatt - Rekordanstieg bei Sprit zur Mittagszeit
Kurz vor dem Start des sogenannten Tankrabatts haben sich Benzin und Diesel so stark verteuert wie noch nie seit Einführung der 12-Uhr-Regel. Zur Mittagszeit verteuerte sich Diesel im bundesweiten Dur...
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Two worlds 🌳🤿🥽🐟
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Alfred Wegener Institute @awi.de · 22/04/2026
Apply for a visiting research stay (> 15 working days) at the AWIs marine stations on Heligoland or Sylt and take advantage of the institutes’ close proximity to the rocky intertidal zone and mudflats. The application deadline is July 31, 2026: 👉https://accessinfra.awi.de/#/
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 20/04/2026
Cutting methane is one of the fastest ways to slow warming. UNEP’s Eye on Methane shows the data is here, but action isn’t. Leaders must turn measurement into real cuts: www.unep.org/resources/eye-methane-… #CutMethane
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고래 @horinn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
제가 좀 귀엽습니다 (블친들:?
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Save Our Seas Foundation @saveourseas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The eyes of long-spined porcupinefish are quite the sight, as with most nocturnal fish. In the shallow coral reefs where they live, the corneal iridescence significantly increases their visual range as they hunt for snails, sea urchins and hermit crabs under the cover of darkness.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026
Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
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DAPPER DON DHARSHI @dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Here are ten seconds of Flamingoes feeding underwater.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Several years ago, on a whim, I started drawing a map of an eel's life travels as seen by the eel. I figured an eel thinks about its life as a linear journey, rather than a there-and-back again adventure. So I wanted to do a map to reflect this. This morning, on another whim, I finished the map!
A long, skinny map titled: "Life and Travels of the European Eel" with a subtitle reading: "From the Eel's Perspective." A label at the bottom of the map reads: "Begin Here." The map top half of the map is an mirror copy of the bottom half.

I will put the full text of the column in the alt text in an image in the next post in the thread.

 The map goes from the bottom of the page up, starting in the Sargasso Sea. An set of arrows show the eels paths to shore, then up a river and into a marshland. The arrows continue up the page to show the eel leaving the marshland and heading back downstream, and out to sea. The land is green and verdant at the bottom of the map, because the eels migrate upstream in the spring. The land is brown and dry at the top of the map, because eels migrate downstream in the autumn.

A column of text on the side tells about the eels' journeys and changes. It is more text than I can relate in the space allowed here. Each paragraph has an arrow pointing up to the next one, and they are designed to be read from the bottom of the page going upwards.
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Jörg Spengler 🇪🇺 @joergspengler.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Gegen ein #Tempolimit spricht nichts, außer ein völlig aus der Zeit gefallenes Verständnis von Freiheit auf Kosten der Allgemeinheit. #Verkehrswende
Reden wir doch mal über's Tempolimit.
PRO:
weniger CO2-Emissionen mehr Sicherheit auf den Straßen
weniger gesundheitsschädliche Lärmbelästigung
weniger Staus durch gleichmäßigeren Verkehrsfluss weniger Stickoxide und Feinstaub
+ Energiesparen !!
Contra:
ja was eigentlich?
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 20/03/2026
"Oi, get your eyes off my eggs!" Fish know when you're staring at them - and they don't like it. Tourists, avert your gaze, please. 🧪🐠👀 Study of emperor cichlids: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Male (left) and female (right) emperor cichlid B. microlepis breeders with free-swimming fry. Image from https://royalsocietypublishing.org/view-large/figure/19969769/rsos.251919.f001.tif
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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
This is gross. And a reminder that your farmed salmon facilities pump antibiotics *directly* into water bodies. 💁‍♀️
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
How did the creature not dehydrate on the way? Did the crew discover it and supply it during the crossing? Did it get sea sick? Bored? Did it miss terrestrial smells? Did they check its social accounts on arrival? So many questions... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘Sly stowaway’ UK fox finds new home at Bronx Zoo after illicit transatlantic trip
The fox is said to be ‘settling in well’ after mischievous 3,400 mile journey from Southampton to New York
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Last year I was thinking about taking an ice #diving course. Instead, it turned out to be the Polar research diving program in Finnish Lapland. A challenging week in which ice diving under 80 cm of ice in -25°C was just the top of the iceberg. Photos by Steffen Scholz and Pata Degerman #divesky
A diver in an bright orange dry suit on a yellow tether line under ice. The bubbles rise towards the ice hole several meters above.
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Theo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
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Dana Ransby 🤿📈🪸 @danaransby.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The Ruzzian invasion of Ukraine isn’t only a human tragedy, it carries far-reaching environmental costs too. Some are obvious, others more subtle (via @theguardian.com), but no less serious. More documented by @uwecworkgroup.bsky.social #Ukraine #environment www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Nothing is sacred to them’: the race to save rare plants as Russian troops advance
With some of Ukraine’s most valuable biodiversity sites and science facilities under occupation, experts at Sofiyivka Park in Uman are struggling to preserve the country’s natural history
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