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Jade Roberts

@jadeunderwater.bsky.social
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(she/her) | Project Coordinator @exetermarine.bsky.social | MSc Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation graduate | Showcasing British marine life on TikTok/Insta: @jadeunderwater Enjoys UK diving and snorkelling.

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Martin Stevens @wildlifevision.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Beautiful weather and #underwater conditions lately and lots of spring #wildlife and the kelp looking amazing again #ukunderwater #marinelife #cornwallcoast #underwaterphotography
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Our monthly round-up of great UK-based marine job opportunities, hand-picked for our community. 🧵👇 🌐🌍🧪🌊🦑🐟 (Get in touch with the company advertising the role directly with any questions. We are just sharing these in the same way a job board would)
background image of a mauve stinger jellyfish in water. text overlay reads 'UK-based marine job opportunities. Our monthly round-up, chosen for our community. March edition.' The Exeter Marine/University of Exeter Logo is in the corner.
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Martin Stevens @wildlifevision.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Fluorescent hermit #crabs - one of the species we get locally glows under ultraviolet light, like many marine animals. Whether there’s any function to this is mostly unknown still. #marinelife #marinebiology #ukwildlife #ukunderwater #rockpools #tidepools
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Yesterday I spotted my first rainbow sea slug! They’ve been known in the southwest since 2022 - but so happy to have finally spotted my own!! 🩵🦑🤿🇬🇧🌊 #nudibranch #rockpooling #UKunderwater
A rainbow sea slug on a rock
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New sea turtle research! This new study explores how individual green turtles adjust the timing of their nesting patterns in response to warming oceans. Watch the video for more. Full paper - doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 🦑🌐🌍🦤🧪🐢 #AcademicSky @brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NEW RESEARCH: Seamounts are a HUB for sharks! New research on seamounts off Ascension Island has found that there are 41 TIMES the amount of sharks there than in the open ocean, despite no increase in primary productivity. Read the full paper here - doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🦑🌊🦤🌍🌐🧪 #AcademicSky
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are so proud to have many incredible women working across disciplines as part of Exeter Marine. 🩵 🦑🦤🌎🌐🧪🤿🌊 #WomeninSTEM #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
SCHOLARSHIPS for international students seeking to join us in Sept 2025 for MSc in @exetergses.bsky.social . The deadline to apply is 27 February 2025. 🧪🌎🦑🐟🦤 Scholarships: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Degrees: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/gses/ @uniexecec.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#UKunderwater !!!!
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#UKunderwater
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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/12/2024
In the 20 years since the term “microplastics” was first coined, a growing body of research has consistently shown how pervasive and problematic the pollutants have become. A recent #ScienceReview provides an overview and the progress made in understanding #microplastics.
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Twenty years of microplastic pollution research—what have we learned?
Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from multiple sources, including tires, textiles, cosmetics, paint, and the...
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Adrian Pinchbeck @adrianpinchbeck.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Conger eels are something of a rarity off East Yorkshire, with only a handful of official recordings between the Wash and Middlesbrough (about 200km of coastline). Luck would have it then, when one photo-bombed a BRUV recording over an inshore wreck earlier this year. 🦑🌍 #ukunderwater
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Successful December rockpool, found a lovely broad-clawed porcelain crab, and many others this #crustmas Falmouth, Cornwall 🦑 🇬🇧🤿 #UKunderwater
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
European winter walkers keep 👀 out. A dead Kemp's Ridley turtle was reported on 13th December at Talacre, North Wales, UK. There will be more. Reporting guidelines here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🦤 #seaturte #marineturtle @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
#UKunderwater 🦑 🇬🇧🤿
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I’ve started a feed to try and pull together lots of lovely underwater images taken in the UK. Let’s champion our incredible British marine life! Just use 🇬🇧🤿 in your post to show in the feed, or #UKunderwater / #UKdiving 🦑 ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Throwback to warmer, sunnier times with this lovely compass jellyfish met on a snorkel in Falmouth (as always) 🇬🇧🤿 🦑 #UKdiving #UKunderwater
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Kernow Conservation CIC @kernowconservation.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
A huge thank you to everyone that has donated or shared so far 🙏 Please KEEP SHARING and help us get the word out! We're already at £2450 on day 2 of 42. Full details of the project here: www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/kernow-con
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
To connect those working to minimize #bycatch in marine #fisheries a (preliminary) starter pack below. Please suggest others (partic early career folk) in comments, DM or email me b.j.godley@exeter.ac.uk 🐢🌍🧪🦑 🌐🦤 🦈🐟🐠🐡 🌊 #seaturtles #sharks #rays #seabirds #whales #dolphins go.bsky.app/VJJvGe6
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
On the third day of #crustmas my true love gave to me… a spidercrab wearing a snakelocks anemone! 🇬🇧🤿 🦑 📍Falmouth, Cornwall
Underwater image of a spidercrab with a snakelocks anemone attached to the back of its carapace. Taken whilst snorkelling in Falmouth, Cornwall.
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Covering the global conservation status of sharks and their relatives, the report offers country-specific solutions to conversation action. We're proud that Exeter Marine researchers are contributors, including @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social and @phildoherty.bsky.social for the Congo chapter. 🦤🧪🌍🦑
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
A hefty spidercrab from earlier in the year, because #crustmas 🦀 Falmouth, Cornwall 🇬🇧🤿 🦑
Large spidercrab facing the camera with legs and claws stretched out. Taken in Falmouth, Cornwall whilst snorkelling
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
I’ve started a feed to try and pull together lots of lovely underwater images taken in the UK. Let’s champion our incredible British marine life! Just use 🇬🇧🤿 in your post to show in the feed, or #UKunderwater / #UKdiving 🦑 ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Poor visibility but had fun exploring one of Falmouth’s amazing maerl beds today! Lovely lobster… and spot the cuttlefish 🔍 🦑 🇬🇧🤿 #UKunderwater #UKdiving
Underwater photo of a European lobster coming out of a creviceUnderwater photo of a Cuttlefish camouflaged amongst a maerl bed
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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Exciting PhD opportunity to investigate tropical seabird migration strategies with Malcolm Nicoll at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #seabird #PhDopportunity
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Winter strandings of juvenile hardshell #turtles in UK have started! This one still alive! on a beach near Blackpool. Less than 30cm long. Keep an eye out. Contact numbers can be found here: www.ukturtles.online/Graphics%20a... 🐢🌍🧪🦑 #seaturtles #marineturtles
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
We have a new feed collating everything to do with the Exeter Marine research network! Make sure to tag us, or mention #ExeterMarine to appear on the list. 🦑🧪🌍 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
#addOcean
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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Welcoming Jade Roberts @jadeunderwater.bsky.social to BlueSky! Jade is the force behind the material you will be seeing on @exetermarine.bsky.social Follow both!! 🐢🌍🧪🦑🦤🐟🐠🐡
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