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Iliana Baums @ibaums.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just out 🎉 @marineconservation paper We explore genetic diversity and connectivity of endangered elkhorn coral populations. 🌍🔍 ✅ ~3900 samples from ~1,400 A. palmata genets publicly available in STAG DB reveal population structure across Caribbean

Composite figure showing population genetic structure (a) and effective migration surfaces (b) of endangered elkhorn corals and surface current velocities (c) in the Caribbean/North west Atlantic.

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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've seen the future and it's bleak. Coming to an inbox near you soon too I imagine. I don't use LLMs for anything I do and never will but it's depressing that I wrote something that no one ever read before it was rejected. 🧪 #academicsky

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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My god, the sheer number of wasted human work hours that these statistics expose. Think of all the great stuff they could have been doing rather than writing doomed proposals. Almost anything would have been better!

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 17/09/2026

Most plastic pollution washing up in Seychelles comes from nearby fisheries and shipping lanes. Much probably comes from foreign ships operating within Seychellois waters (such as European fishing fleets). Exciting new study led by Alex Albinski (my first research student!): doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

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Chikae Tatsumi @chikaetatsumi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Our unit (oist.jp/research/res...) is seeking motivated PhD students and research interns for fully funded positions!!🍄🦠🌳 See how to apply to each program: PhD: oist.jp/admissions/p... (Deadline: November 15) Internship: oist.jp/admissions/r... (Deadline: October 15)

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Andrew Yool @dryool.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It reminded me to get hold of the similar, if more parochial, table of ocean 🌊 profiles of the elements ... agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... (Although I can't find a more global ocean version of this - does one exist?)

A bitmap version of the central Period Table published in ... https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/97EO00148

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 14/09/2026

This is so cool! Thank you for sharing!!

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 12/09/2026

Because high school students don't know we exist!

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Great to see graduates are very happy with their Earth and marine science degrees! Makes me wonder though why we are not swamped with applicants? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Revealed: the university courses students regret – and those they don’t

We looked at graduates’ satisfaction levels after leaving university – and while most were happy, up to a third wish they’d picked a different subject

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📕🚨Prof Peter Mitchell (@sthughscollege.bsky.social)'s latest book tells the story of the very special place dogs have held in our lives through time 🐾🐕‍🦺 #bestfriends 'First Dogs - Hunter-Gatherers & Their Canine Companions' #dogsofBluesky #domestication #rockart #prehistory #dogs #genetics #ecology

The book cover has a rock art painting of a hunter accompanied by three dogs

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 04/09/2026

It should be unacceptable for funding agencies to refuse to give feedback on unsuccessful proposals. It's just so disrespectful to the hours upon hours that people have invested in them.

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 31/08/2026

But I don't think that's enough to explain how nationalistic/defensive people get about fishing/farming industries. We saw this during Brexit, people were losing their heads over fishing rights and farming regulations even though they don't contribute that much to the economy.

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 31/08/2026

I don't get it either! Same with farmers.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ecololgists!! This fall, the LEGO league's theme for their annual competition is ecosystems/biodiversity themed. We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists to help meet the demand. If you are willing to have a conversation with k-8 students about ecology, pls sign up here forms.gle/NbxitaXamK7B...

A teacher who is a fish has his fin on his hip and another pointing to the chalkbaord that says "Calling all ecologists skype a scientist needs you!" and a shrimp says "lego league jis coming" and a snail thinks "HELP!" and a seahorse says "This year's theme is ecosystems" and hot fish teacher says "Volunteer to speak with classrooms"

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 13/08/2026

We need more train services named after ocean currents.

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 10/08/2026

Yes, it's very cool! I also went to an outdoor museum nearish by dedicated to the fossa magna basin with a major exposed fault. They've done a great job at geotourism here!

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 10/08/2026

How do we know that they're "posing" as climate doomers?

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 10/08/2026

The thin sections? Yes they are (and a few were missing from display because they're on loan to several universities).

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Finally, next door is the Fukui Jomon Museum (Jomon was the first human culture in the Japanese archipelago). The two museums do a great job of playing on their synergy, e.g. the Jomon museum shows how C14 dates for its artefacts were refined by the Suigetsu-derived radiocarbon calibration.

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Sverduck was also pleased to see some ODV graphics showing how Suigetsu is a meromictic lake. Our undergrads will be analysing similar data next month in Bermuda...

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 09/08/2026

Sverduck came with as well. This has got to be the most scientifically in-depth museum I've visited. They went into real detail into C14 calibrations, millennial-scale climate variability, palaeoenvironment proxies, etc. Despite being so niche, it was pretty busy!

Display discussing millennial scale climate variability from the Greenland ice core (not sure whether this is showing hydrogen or oxygen isotopes).

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 09/08/2026

I went to the Fukui Varve Museum at Suigetsu-ko! The centrepiece is a full set of thin sections spanning the 45 m long Suigetsu varve record, which has played a key role in radiocarbon calibration (and therefore recent palaoclimate, archaeology, etc).

Entrance to the Lake Suigetsu Varve Museum.

Close up of the varve thin sections on display, showing annual banding.

View of the museum showing a long hall with thin sections.

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Maybe not... I thought it did but I'm sleep deprived and ill so might be going mad lol.

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Google Scholar automatically merges preprints with the final version so there must be some way of doing this (I don't know if it's in the article metadata?) but I've not seen a tool that notifies users about this. Will let you know if I find something!

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Does anyone know of a general tool that alerts you when (if) a preprint is published in peer-reviewed form?

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 21/07/2026

NOAA C&GC is an incredible postdoctoral opportunity. I had the best time of my life as a fellow and I'd unreservedly recommend it, despite everything that's going on in the US. If you're in the last year of your PhD or graduated in the last 3 years, please consider applying!

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Can video games encourage people to care about biodiversity? 🎮 Researchers reviewed 380 papers covering 450 video games across 5 languages to find out how gaming links to nature engagement. Read the paper led by WildCRU’s Katie Blake 👉 doi.org/10.1145/3811... 1/6

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Sverduck has made it to Auckland and is ready for his (and my) first #ICRS26!

Sverduck (Oxford ocean-climate duck) sitting on a volcano with the Auckland skyline in the background.

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Balaji @bala-ji.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🌍 Job Alert: Environmental Pollution Co-Team Leader 💼 JNCC is hiring a permanent G7 Co-Team Leader (£53,386) based in Peterborough or Aberdeen with hybrid flexibility 🏡✨ Experienced scientist? Co-shape UK pollution policy! 🧪📜 🍃 Apply by 26 July 2026 ⏳ Search Ref: 2026027 💻

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 03/07/2026

Do you know when workshops will be published/finalised? I'd like to make travel arrangements!

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 02/07/2026

🌎🎓 2026 AGU Travel Grants are now open! Discover opportunities, primarily for students, to support travel to AGU meetings and conduct research in specific Earth and space science fields. Applications are due 12 August: spklr.io/63320EOWde #StudentGrants #ScienceFunding

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Applications are open for the 2027 Smith Conservation Research Fellowship! This postdoc supports early-career scientists advancing innovative, applied conservation research across the U.S. & territories. conbio.org/publications/scb-news-blog/smith-fellows-2027-call-for-proposals-announced

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Sarah W. Davies Ph.D. @daviesswphd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Very excited to have this fun paper out led by @drseabove.bsky.social, collaborating with @annabel-hughes.bsky.social, Karl Castillo and Justin Ries. Strong Symbiodiniaceae Influence on Coral Gene Expression Under Ocean Acidification and Warming academic.oup.com/icb/article/...

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Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We got a new paper out! The Late Miocene Mediterranean had some stark gradients from east to west. But did they have any effect on the biology? The ecology? Reefs? We show it did! 🧪⚒️ Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic…

Environmental gradients in modern and Late Miocene Mediterranean. A) Modern temperature gradient in the Mediterranean Sea based on annual average Sea Surface Temperature is based upon MODIS-Aqua data for the year 2024, downloaded from GIOVANNI, Nasa, (Acker and Leptoukh, 2007). B) Modern primary productivity gradient in the Mediterranean Sea based upon annual average chlorophyll α concentrations from MODIS-Aqua data for the year 2024, downloaded from GIOVANNI, Nasa, (Acker and Leptoukh, 2007). C) Environmental gradient in the Mediterranean during the Late Miocene based on quantitative analysis of carbonate producers. The late Tortonian to early Messinian palaeogeography is here presented alongside a conceptual synthesis of the reef carbonates. This synthesis, derives from DCA focused on coral-rich facies (Fig. 6B), one of the analysis where the pattern highlighted in the discussion can be clearly seen. It is placed in the centre of the basin for the purpose of visualization (the position of the plot is schematic and not geographically accurate, although it effectively illustrates the main gradients across the Mediterranean area). It features axes for some key components (SERP, BRY, EBF, and LBF) oriented to reflect their spatial distribution across the basin as discussed in the text.. The palaeogeographic map integrates the late Tortonian reconstructions of Dercourt et al. (2000) and the Tortonian palaeogeographies of Perrin and Bosellini (2008). The connection with the Atlantic Ocean is based on the detailed reconstruction by Roveri et al. (2025) for the late Tortonian–early Messinian interval. This period is considered the most representative for the entire dataset, which incorporates sites from across the Western, Central, and Eastern Mediterranean.

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OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) @oistedu.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Faculty Positions Open! OIST is now inviting applications for tenure-track assistant professor positions in two broad areas: - Chemistry & Materials Science - Life Sciences & Neuroscience Learn more and apply by October 1st: www.oist.jp/careers/facu... #FacultySearch

Open Faculty Positions at OIST
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Text describes we are looking for faculty in the fields of chemistry & materials science and life sciences & neuroscience.

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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027

Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 01/07/2026

Moving house. It's important to prioritise. (rock = cross-bedded torridonian sandstone)

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cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

That heatwave felt like we've been inside a volcano, and we've got the perfect new book for your child to learn all about them. 🌋 @nosycrow.bsky.social and @cam.ac.uk have created another gorgeous illustrated science book, 'The Power of Volcanoes'. 📖

Books are displayed on a shelf. The central focus is "The Power of Volcanoes" with a red cover featuring an illustration of an erupting volcano. Several other books are partially visible on all sides around it.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 29/06/2026

Publish your science in journals that publish science reported by humans, evaluated by humans, to be read by humans — which apparently do not include Springer Nature journals

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 29/06/2026

I did this a few years ago - would definitely recommend it for graduate students and postdocs who haven't had formal training on this before. Peer review is the kind of really important skill that is too often left to hoping people pick up good practice as they go along.

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The Coral Reef Research Hub @coralreefresearch.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

PAID INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Reef Grazers, Florida Keys with Sustainable Ocean and Reefs Inc (Spring 2027 Applications Now Accepted) Learn more here: sevenseasmedia.org/job/sustaina... #coralreefs #internships #seaurchins #diadema #reefgrazers #intern #coralreefecology #restoration #marinescience

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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please sign and share the petition below to stand with Exeter staff against these unjustified redundancies. Thank you 🙏 www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New Job! Please RP! 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in #Biogeochemistry in Oxford @oxfordgeography.bsky.social using novel methods to explore organic matter stability and new proxies of rock #weathering &wider team in Southampton. Any Qs let me know 🧪🥼⚒️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Come join the team, including Emily (post doc at Southampton the the project) and Bob

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The reflecting pool is being sabotaged by paid protistas

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 17/06/2026

Applications for the Rhodes Scholarship (2027 start) are open to those from eligible countries: www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholarships/. Happy to discuss ideas with anyone interested in doing a PhD or research master's in marine dispersal or coral reef oceanography themes...

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Two pieces from me this week you may have missed: (1) why no-one cares about Britain's university crisis. The only answer you get is 'yeah but apprenticeships' - not realising just how critical unis are to their provision. But what can one even say any more. 🤷‍♂️ www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

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The quiet collapse of British universities

One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away

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