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Moriaki Yasuhara

@moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social
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Professor@HKU - Marine paleoecology, macroecology and biodiversity, deep-sea biology, conservation paleobiology, paleontology of Ostracoda, etc.

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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We are hiring!! Tenure-track positions. Incl Cimate Science and Nature Based Solution (Paleo approaches inclusive I think!). Pls join us!
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
New from our lab!! Toxic metals and perfluorobutane sulfonate acid (PFBS) suppress aerobic metabolic capacity and alter hypoxia sensitivity in the marine ostracod Stigmatocythere costa www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Microfossil on Science cover!! www.science.org/toc/science/... Congrats @erinmdillon.bsky.social @jonscibulski.bsky.social @odealab.bsky.social et al!!
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Seth Finnegan @sethf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My home department (Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley) is searching for an assistant professor in ecology—please distribute widely! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489
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Assistant Professor –Ecology- Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Jesse Farmer @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Excited to share a new publication led by @maayanyehudai.bsky.social, "Reduced N2 fixation in the tropical Atlantic Ocean during the warm late Pliocene," out in Nature Communications today! Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (1/~8)
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Reduced N2 fixation in the tropical Atlantic Ocean during the warm late Pliocene - Nature Communications
Tropical Atlantic nitrogen isotope records show that N₂ fixation was reduced during the warm late Pliocene due to decreased global water column denitrification. It increased as Earth cooled into the P...
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New from the lab! Led by Yichi Zhang: Late Ordovician ostracods from the “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region, Ohio, USA www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @paleosoc.bsky.social
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Late Ordovician ostracods from the “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region, Ohio, USA | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
Late Ordovician ostracods from the “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region, Ohio, USA
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It makes sense. Elegant study. Identifying biotic and abiotic roles in marine clade extinction www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Identifying biotic and abiotic roles in marine clade extinction - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The relative importance of biotic and abiotic factors in clade extinction is unclear. Here the authors identify 2 extinction phases in 12 extinct marine clades, an initial, gradual decline reflecting ...
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Patrick Marques @pmarques35.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
[1/3] Moriaki Yasuhara (Univ of Hong Kong) et son étude sur 500.000 ans révèle que le climat influence profondément les écosystèmes des abysses. La stabilité thermique du fond marin rend ces habitats très sensibles aux moindres variations de température. #geography
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500,000 years of fossil records reveal climate change impacts on deep-sea ecosystems
Climate change impacts not only life on land but also the largely unexplored deep-sea ecosystem, home to unique and largely unexplored fauna. Deep-sea animals, which have adapted to stable and extreme...
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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New #MARUM Publication: A research team investigated the hemispheric origin of the Indonesian Throughflow and found that it has been strongly influenced by the Southern Hemisphere over the past 800,000 years. Read more ➡️ www.marum.de/en/New-publi...
The star on the map indicates the origin of the sample material. Based on their analyses, the researchers were able to demonstrate that there is a connection between the Southern Ocean and the Banda Sea (Indonesia). Graphic: Martina Hollstein
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Ariel Chipman @chipman-lab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Remember the rock pool from yesterday? Here is what we found under the microscope: Ostracods and ostracod eggs! They seem to be doing some sort of parental care and waving their antennae over the eggs. @jopabinia.bsky.social
Large (female?) ostracod and smaller individual on some pond0scum. A few eggs can be seen to the left.About 20 ostracod eggs on a small stem.Two ostracods seem to be actively aerating their eggs using their antennae.
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
On the cover of our current issue: the 'cool' snow fly❄️❄️❄️ whose genome reveals several fascinating cold adaptations. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
As lovers of 🍣 know, fish and rice pair well. A new study in CB shows that fish living in rice paddies can have positive effects on rice plants by suppressing herbivores. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Trophic cascades drive sustainability in the agricultural heritage rice-fish coculture system
Wan et al. reveal that rice-fish coculture enhances invertebrate natural enemies (i.e., predators and parasitoids), suppresses pests (i.e., invertebrate herbivores, diseases, and weeds), and boosts ri...
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Amazing that my news to me good news for April 8 is a lake in Ukraine. #EarthOptimism rewildingeurope.com/news/the-ris...
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The rise of Lake Kartal: a wetland rewilding showcase | Rewilding Europe
In the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta, rewilding efforts have reconnected the life-giving waters of the River Danube with Lake Kartal. The lake’s rapid comeback — and the growing benefits this is ...
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Exciting phd opportunity to work with Elvis Genbo Xu on hadal microplastic pollution! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New study finds the "canary in the coal mine" for the #AMOC: a consistent decline of the western overturning circulation, down from 20 to 15 Sv during 2004-2023 at 26° N. 🌊 AMOC "could be at or near a critical tipping point, potentially leading to its collapse". www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Meridionally consistent decline in the observed western boundary contribution to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Western boundary observations in the Atlantic suggest a meridionally consistent decline in the ocean overturning circulation.
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Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The Department of Earth Sciences is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Macroecology/Palaeobiology, with a focus on machine learning model development! Further details and apply: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Conservation Paleo Network Newsletter featured ostracods!! conservationpaleorcn.org/wp-content/u...
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Onset of millennial climate variability with the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Onset of millennial climate variability with the intensification of Northern Hemisphere glaciation
The Quaternary Period (the last 2.58 Ma) was characterized by the waxing and waning of large ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. Using sediment sequences from the Iberian Margin, we demonstrate tha...
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Erin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.
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Job Details
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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The other participating researchers: @danijeladim.bsky.social @sethf.bsky.social @eesaupe.bsky.social @plannapus.bsky.social @kiessl.bsky.social @djbirddanerd.bsky.social Katie Collins Katheryn Cryer Kenneth De Baets Stewart Edie Kari Lintulaakso Lee Hsiang Liow Holly Little Lin Na .. nature.com 4/4
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Promises kept
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The deep sea is going to be not pristine soon? Our study in @royalsociety.org Trans B shows how human activities threaten this final frontier. Highlights risks from deep-sea mining & mCDR, but also hope. 🔗 bit.ly/4uDFeZA #Ocean #Conservation #Science#Anthropocene #SKLMEH @royalsocietypublishing.org
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Volume 381 Issue 1942 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society
Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
SIO faculty position - Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography/Sediment Geochemistry apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04481
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Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography/Sediment Geochemistry - Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
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Nancy Knowlton @nancyknowlton.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thanking Kristofer Helgen and Tim Flannery (can't find you on Bluesky 🙁) for my lost then found news to me good news for Mar 10 #EarthOptimism www.bishopmuseum.org/newsroom/bis...
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Bishop Museum and Australian Museum Scientists Describe Two Species Previously Thought to Be Extinct - Bishop Museum
The discovery of the live animals in New Guinea, originally known only from fossils, is a story of hope for biodiversity and the importance of conservation across the Pacific.
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The sea pangolin! Now you tell us...😳
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The extreme unevenness in the completeness of the stratigraphic, and by implication fossil, record is formed by many processes. Apparently the most profound gap— the Great Unconformity, is driven by tectonics. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio
Summary of inverse thermal histories of cratonic interiors in the context of Earth systems evolution
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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Osteichthyans--the bony fishes--are by far the most diverse group of living jawed vertebrates. Two papers out today in @nature.com feature remarkable new Chinese fossils that paint a picture of substantial morphological diversity among stem osteichthyans.
Cover of the journal Nature, featuring the head of a large fish with its mouth open.  A smaller fish is swimming into its mouth. The cover reads "Caught in Time: Early fossils shed light on the origins of bony fish."
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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It was a pleasure to be able to part of the IRAL workshop funded through @paleosynth.bsky.social. Thanks to @thefairestfowl.bsky.social, @emmadnn.bsky.social and Ádám Kocsis for leading IRAL group and bringing together everyone and all other colleagues participating in this project. rdcu.be/e6W1s
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The billion-dollar case for sustaining palaeontology’s digital databases
Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors survey community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations...
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Henry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Megamastax, a mighty chew from the Silurian - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Largest Silurian fish illuminates the origin of osteichthyan characters - Nature
New findings from articulated head and trunk material of Megamastax amblyodus yield previously unseen morphological details of a Silurian stem osteichthyan.
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
New! Led by Anna Jöst, Ostracod shell chemistry as proxy for coastal marine conditions of a highly urbanized megacity (Hong Kong SAR) and an agro-centric oceanic province (Jeju Island, Republic of Korea) – a preliminary comparative analysis www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ostracod shell chemistry as proxy for coastal marine conditions of a highly urbanized megacity (Hong Kong SAR) and an agro-centric oceanic province (Jeju Island, Republic of Korea) – a preliminary com...
This preliminary study investigates the trace-element composition of ostracod shells (Ostracoda: Crustacea) as biogenic calcium carbonates in their ro…
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Helmut Hillebrand @hillebr1.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Full professorship in Coastal Paleoecology available as joint appointment by the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research & @icbm-uol.bsky.social uol.de/en/job/coast... Many chances to collaborate with the interdisciplinary marine research community in NW Germany 🧪
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Senior scientific director of the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (A16) in conjunction with the Professorship for Coastal Palaeoecology (W3) // University of Oldenburg
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Obituary for a great paleobiologist Richard Karl Bambach (18 May 1934–20 June 2025) who infused the large-scale functional approaches to paleobiology and paleoecology. doi.org/10.1017/pab.... 🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio
Richard Bambach on his first day in his office at the National Museum of Natural History in 2005.
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Sandra Passchier @passchier.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Record-breaking Antarctic drill reveals 23 million years of climate history swais2c.aq/media/record...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/02/2026
The food chains on modern Caribbean coral reefs may have shortened by up to 70% compared with those on their prehistoric counterparts, according to research in Nature. The findings suggest that modern reefs could be increasingly vulnerable to external stressors and ecosystem collapse. 🌍 🧪
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Fossil isotope evidence for trophic simplification on modern Caribbean reefs - Nature
Using nitrogen isotopes from ancient and modern fish otoliths and corals, the study shows Caribbean reef food webs are now 60–70% shorter and functionally less diverse, indicating human-driven trophic simplification and increased risk of collapse.
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Tim Bonebrake @bonebraking.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Happy holidays everyone and all the best in the new year. Here’s 2025 in review from the lab tropicalconslab.com/team/2025
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2025 — Global Change and Tropical Conservation
(in review)
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Tim Bonebrake @bonebraking.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
really enjoyed pulling these ideas together - “Extinction threats from anthropogenic climate change and overexploitation interactions” in a special issue on the biosphere in the Anthropocene in Phil Trans B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Extinction threats from anthropogenic climate change and overexploitation interactions
Abstract. Over the past century and into the present, rates of overexploitation of species globally have increased significantly (for large species and sma
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Tim Bonebrake @bonebraking.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New work led by Portia Wong now out in Heredity - Seizure samples reveal complex evolutionary dynamics among Southeast Asian pangolins www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Seizure samples reveal complex evolutionary dynamics among Southeast Asian pangolins - Heredity
Heredity - Seizure samples reveal complex evolutionary dynamics among Southeast Asian pangolins
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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Australian Academy of Science awards are now open with most closing 1st May (a few 1st June). Awards for early career to late career, and a range of different science disciplines. Nominate outstanding colleagues - especially early career as it may help them develop their careers.
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Awards and opportunities | Australian Academy of Science
Central to the purpose of the Academy is the recognition and support of outstanding contributions to the advancement of science. The honorific awards recognise outstanding contributions to the advance...
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Antarctica isn’t one big tipping point. New research maps 18 separate ice basins, each with its own threshold. Some in West Antarctica may tip at just ~1–2C warming (i.e close to today’s levels). Cross the line, and you commit to m’s of sea-level rise over centuries www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change
Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It looks CUHK is hiring new PIs in Earth/Paleo Sciences broadly: cuhk.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 15/02/2026
An analysis in Nature Ecology & Evolution surveys community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databases. go.nature.com/3ZwTeGl #Paleosky 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows palaeontological information in an Earth system context.
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Aaron O'Dea @odealab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Our latest piece, just out
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Aaron O'Dea @odealab.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
In 2025 the normally predictable upwelling in the Gulf of Panama failed to appear - the first time since our records began 40 years ago (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512056122I). We are studying the gulf carefully to see what will happen in 2026. Will it also fail or was 2025 a one-off?
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Contrasting diversification and invasion histories of bivalves to the deep sea: "...evolutionary pathways to deep-sea endemicity are more often shaped by multiple, independent events than by in situ diversification" royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... 🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio #EvoBio #Macroecology
Phylogenetic distributions of minimum bathymetries for Mytilidae (A) and Lucinidae (B).
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11/02/2026
The food chains on modern Caribbean coral reefs may have shortened by up to 70% compared with those on their prehistoric counterparts, according to research in Nature. The findings suggest that modern reefs could be increasingly vulnerable to external stressors and ecosystem collapse. 🌍 🧪
go.nature.com
Fossil isotope evidence for trophic simplification on modern Caribbean reefs - Nature
Using nitrogen isotopes from ancient and modern fish otoliths and corals, the study shows Caribbean reef food webs are now 60–70% shorter and functionally less diverse, indicating human-driven trophic simplification and increased risk of collapse.
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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
[New Paper] @currentbiology.bsky.social presents our population genomics study of the iconic Scaly-foot Snail: 125 genomes from 8 Indian Ocean hot vents! Deep currents drive South→North gene flow, while transform faults act as dispersal barriers. READ FOR FREE: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mbW73QW8S...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.01.033
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Deep-Sea Biology Society @dsbsoc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Hey members - we’re hiring! #DSBSoc is seeking a part-time consultant (4 days/month) to support admin & funding activities on the trustee board. Contract runs March 2026 until Jan 2028 (rolling). Apply by 28 Feb 2026, additional info here: dsbsoc.org/deep-sea-bio... 📸 WoRDSS, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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AltText: Text overlay over an image of a Phestilla melanobrachia nudibranch on Tubastrea coccinea coral. “We are
hiring! The Deep-Sea Biology Society is looking for a part-time administrative researcher support consultant. Duties: Lead DSBSoc outreach & communications; Manage REDRESS partnership & financial claims; Support DSBSoc administration, trustee support, funding development. Skills: Experienced in financial claims & budget management; Strong administrative & organisational skills; Familiar with grant submissions & academic activities; Member of the marine science community
Condition: Due to grant constraints the consultant must have a UK bank account. This is a ‘work from home’ consultancy position and not PAYE. Remuneration: Fixed rate of £589 (4 days p/m); Time-sheets of activities; Rolling 6-month contract. From 03/2026 - 01/2028. Due: Feb 28 2026. Please submit a one-page cover-letter & 2-page cv to president@dsbsoc.org.”
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Lee Hsiang Liow (廖珕庠) @lhliow.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Apply for PhD Fellowships at the Centre for Planetary Habitability in Oslo! There are projects for geologists, paleontologists, paleobiologists, astrobiologists, stats-y folks, geoscientists and planetary folks! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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PhD Research Fellows in geosciences, planetary or exoplanetary sciences – up to three positions (294610) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellows in geosciences, planetary or exoplanetary sciences – up to three positions (294610), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 1, 2026
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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
[New Paper] Reveals multiple emergence of symbiosis in alvinocaridid shrimps from deep-sea hot vents and cold seeps! Many of the 22 species studied show intermediate reliance on symbionts, illuminating steps towards full reliance. Out now in @RSocPublishing Proceedings B: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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The Palaeontographical Society @palaeontosoc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We're seeking new Council members! We’re seeking nominations for: • Vice-President • Treasurer • Editor • Ordinary Member Help us to shape the future of palaeontological research and publishing. Interested? Get in touch to learn more or nominate a candidate. #Palaeontology #AcademicService
The Palaeontographical Society are seeking new council members for 2026. We are seeking nominations for: Vice-president, Editor, Treasurer and Ordinary Member. Nominations should include a paragraph outlining why you are interested in the role. Further details can be found here: https://www.palaeosoc.org/latest-news/seeking-treasurer-and-members-of-council/ or by contacting secretary@palaesoc.org / existing council members.
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