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Clara Diaz

@dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral research fellow of the University of Plymouth, working on #mesophotic #coral #ecosystems French born in Reunion Island & working in the UK. Views are my own.

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School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Using ROVs, acoustics, moorings & multibeam mapping, the team delivered key surveys alongside school outreach across #TCI. Local partners will continue the work long after we’ve left - exactly what RIPCORD is about. More updates (and photos) soon 👀 @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social
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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Congratulations to these amazing Marine Science programme scientists on their graduation! Drs @hollystokes.bsky.social Melissa Duncan-Schiele and Jess Savage! Completing research on sea turtle ecology, drones for enforcement, and mantas and plastic pollution. Very proud of you! #womeninscience
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Only a few hours before the talk! ⏰ Come and see the wonders of #mesophotic #corals 🪸 It's open and free for the public, you just have to register here 👇🏼
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Still time to register for free! 💃🏼
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 11/07/2025
What links these corals? They’re all part of mesophotic coral ecosystems—deep, dim, and little-understood habitats teeming with life. Join Dr Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social for a free marineLIVE webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1348496111... #Marine #Coral 🌍 🧪 @britishecologicalsociety.org
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
(trying) to look fancy when meeting the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources from the Turks and Caicos government! Cool project coming ahead 👀 @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social with the Garfield Weston Foundation
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
If you want to brighten your summer by listening about #mesophotic #reefs, come and join me for an hour, it's online and free 😜🪸💃🏼 @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 02/05/2025
🪸 Dive into the deep! Join @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social on 5 Aug for a free webinar exploring mesophotic coral ecosystems — mysterious, vibrant reefs hidden in the twilight zone of the Indian Ocean. @britishecologicalsociety.org @plymuni.bsky.social 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1348496111...
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Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: Reefs From the Twilight Zone
Join Dr Clara Diaz on a journey into the mysterious world of mesophotic coral ecosystems and work to study them in the Indian Ocean.
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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New paper led by @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social looks at ‘Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago’ This study provides the first prediction of MCE distribution and their benthic communities in the Archipelago. 🦑 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Eeek! Here my new paper where we predicted the distribution of #mesophotic #coral ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, using #Maxent onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/.... I can now say that MY ENTIRE PHD IS PUBLISHED! @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
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Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago
This study aims to map and predict the distribution of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, using high- and low-resolution bathymetry data. The models, develope...
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Travelling light for fieldwork... Only 8 luggage, easy 😂👌🏼👌🏼 @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
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Christian R Voolstra @reefgenomics.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
OUT NOW 'coral reef microbiome' by Springer Nature link.springer.com/book/10.1007... .. some 2.5 years in the making, jam packed: check out Ch.16 on Assisted Restoration as the sum of approaches required to deliver effective ecological restoration! Many thanks to all contributors @uni-konstanz.de
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Coral Reef Microbiome
This book focuses on Structure, Function and Ecology of the coral microbiome and associated active interventions to conserve and restore coral reefs.
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Ocean Census @oceancensus.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
📣 We are thrilled to announce that the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition with Schmidt Ocean Institute and GoSouth is underway! Find out more on our expedition webpage and follow along for updates. oceancensus.org/expeditions/...
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Such a great way to start the week: #benthic sampling for the 2nd year MBO students of University of Plymouth with a Van Veen grab and a Box corer, with the ☀️ as a bonus ! @plymuni.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Super happy to be part of this great group of scientists 🙌🏼🙌🏼 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden
A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
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ctrebaul.bsky.social @ctrebaul.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten? www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect
Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?
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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 05/02/2025
Seamounts have been likened to ‘oases’ of life in the deserts of the open ocean. This integrated study of tropical #seamounts suggests that high faunal biomass is sustained by exogenous energy inputs and that they act as aggregating 'hubs' for marine top #predators 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4hqrJoY
Top left: Movements of a single silky shark (C. falciformis) tagged with a fin-mounted Argos-GPS SPOT transmitter on the Grattan Seamount in June 2017. Top right: Movements of 9 yellowfin tuna (T. albacares)  fitted with PSATs at the Southern Seamounts between May 2017 and February 2018. Bottom: Aggregation of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) recorded over the Grattan Seamount during a baited remote underwater video survey (credit: Ascension Island Government Conservation and Fisheries Directorate).
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Nick Graham @nickajgraham.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Superb post-doc opportunity 👇Read the thread and get your applications in!
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Tina Skinner @tinaskinner.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🚨Exciting new #coralreef postdoc!🚨 Apply to explore reef-pelagic connectivity with the @lec-reefs.bsky.social team! I’m thrilled to be partnering on this – we'll be tackling some fascinating research questions. Full details & how to apply on original thread. Deadline: 28th Feb 🐟 Don’t miss out!
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Pelagic Subsidies to Coral Reefs
An exciting opportunity for a marine scientist to contribute to a Royal Society funded project: Oceanic Subsidies: human and climate drivers of tropical marine food webs.We are seeking a highly motiva...
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Dan Holstein, PhD @drdanholstein.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Come work with us! We are hiring a postdoc to assist in several ongoing projects in coral reef larval and disease ecology. Successful candidates will have interests in numerical modeling. Experience in coral larval husbandry/ex-situ spawning is a plus. Please reach out with questions, and repost!
stonybrooku.taleo.net
Postdoctoral Associate / Senior Postdoctoral Associate
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Dr Angel Borja @drangelborja.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals #research www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals
Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
So good to start the year by catching up with the great science that we do at the @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social in @plymuni.bsky.social! And first time as a session chair 🫣😃
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Ana Palacio @anapalacio.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨come and work with us🚨 CIMAs is hiring a lab manager for AOML's 'Omics program, please share broadly! The position will manage several molecular biology lab spaces to support NOAA’s growing efforts in ‘Omics. For more information and to apply: Visit careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
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Research Associate II in Miami, Florida, United States of America | Research at University of Miami
Apply for Research Associate II job with University of Miami in Miami, Florida, United States of America. Research at University of Miami
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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Experimental Research Technician – Upscaling Coral Propagation (Australian Institute of Marine Science) careers.aims.gov.au/page.php?pag... #coralreefs #coraljobs #coralcareers #jobopportunity #coralreefecology #coralpropagation #researchtechnician #marinescience #marinebiology
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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Coral Reefs & Climate Change Course with University of New South Wales www.unsw.edu.au/science/our-... #coralreefs #mastersdegree #coralmasters #coralconservation #climatechange #coralbleaching #coralreefecology #marinebiology
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MSCI2060 | School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences - UNSW Sydney
The UNSW Coral Reefs and Climate Change course deepens your understanding of coral reef systems by exploring the threats and conservation efforts involved.
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Simon J. Brandl @gobyone.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
🚨New postdoc positions available: we are looking for 2 postdoctoral researchers to join a large, collaborative effort to document, describe, and investigate the biodiversity of tiny, cryptobenthic fishes in the Indo-Pacific 🤏🐠🧪. More details: fishandfunctions.com/join%F0%9F%9... Please repost 🦑🧪
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Eeeek! Super happy to be part of this #mesophotic team and show this new #study on the current trends and biases of Mesophotic #research 🔥 led by the great @drradice.bsky.social
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Wally Rich @reefwally.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I started surveying the shallow reef flats in front of KAUST for my PhD in 2020. I was impressed that corals could live in such extreme conditions - the water hits 38ºC in the summer! However, heatwaves in '23 and '24 were too much even for these corals. Today's survey had nearly 100% mortality 😞 🌊🦑
A shallow reef flat in August 2023 covered with branching corals. About half of them are live and yellow, while the rest are dead from natural mortality over the years.A few bright white coral colonies in the reef flat that are undergoing bleaching in August 2024.The same reef flat after the bleaching event. Photo taken December 2024. All colonies are grey and dead.
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm in love with the marine world, but on land can be pretty amazing too ☀️ Here a glimpse of how lucky I was in Kenya earlier this year
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Luiz Rocha @coralreeffish.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Now brace for the bad news... Water is super warm here (29C, 84F) and there is a lot of bleaching, all the way down to the deep reefs. All of the fire corals (Millepora) that I saw were bleached, as well as about 20% of the critically endangered Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata).
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
A few days ago, our paper on the effect of habitat quality on #anemonefish offspring was published, and it reminded me how cool it was to be part of this research (I mean look at them🥹) and to be with such amazing people (lead queen @daphnecortese.bsky.social) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mark Eakin @markeakin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
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School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The #UniversityofPlymouth #InternationalMarineLitterResearchUnit members joins the final round of #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations in Busan, South Korea. Learn more: www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/univers... #PlasticsTreaty #MarineConservation #GlobalImpact
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University joins delegates at final round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations
University of Plymouth news: Plymouth-based researchers are meeting with world leaders and scientists at INC-5 in South Korea.
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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
A list of #marinebiology starter packs! 🌊 go.bsky.app/4PTX62K Marine Ecology go.bsky.app/RS5zQHv Marine Biologists I go.bsky.app/8DoyTMs Marine Biologists II go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H Coral reef science go.bsky.app/E8vrnd6 LGBTQIA+ Grads go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo Ocean Women go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4 Ocean Women II
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Clara Diaz @dr-clara-diaz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thrilled to have been part of this study investigating habitat quality on #clownfish 🐠🐠 Check out the paper! #coral #reef #amphiprion #larvae
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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The #mesophotic environment is often invoked as a refuge for corals and #reefs in a warming world. But mesophotic corals are not the same as shallow water ones, and might be much more sensitive to warming at depth. 🧪🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
 Bleaching categories using examples of Leptoseris sp. a Unaffected, b light, c moderate, and d severe.
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Luiz Rocha @coralreeffish.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I'm hiring a coordinator for our #mesophotic Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) program! This exciting new project will generate unprecedented amounts of information about the biodiversity of deep reefs in the Pacific. Spread the word! us242.dayforcehcm.co...
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