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Sabena Blackbird

@sabena-blackbird.bsky.social
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Marine Biogeochemist ATLAS, iATLANTIC, COMICS , CUSTARD, BIO-CARBON, SMARTEX, BIOPOLE, CARTRIDGE, REBELS, part-time explorer & photographer, Merseyside Naturalists Association chair, old goth

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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Marine isotope Technician jobs available We have 2 new marine biogeochemistry isotope job positions available at University of Liverpool. Both are technical grade 6 - one full time permanent, the second 0.5 fte for 3 years. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSV413/r...
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Research Technician (2 posts) - Grade 6 at University of Liverpool
Apply for the Research Technician (2 posts) - Grade 6 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
+++ A Friendly Word of Warning! +++ For those of you currently in the dust bowl, that is the UK. ;-) #eclipse #solareclipse #theSun
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Jan Geert Hiddink @jangeerthiddink.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We're studying the effect of bottom trawling on organic carbon that is stored in seabed sediments on the RRS Discovery. We've completed the 3 muddy sites, and are now looking at trawl impacts on sand. #DY213 #SeaSTORE
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Inspired by Bill as a kid in the early 80's met him briefly at an RSPB members meeting at York and gave you a Durham YOC badge featuring our magpie emblem that you wore on your woolly hat for years. You were inspiring.Bill our YOC leader Noel Jackson was a legend!
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Top notch Bass tones from Eden. Glad to know BAd Wolff Simon is on the mend though...
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thanks David for your celebration of of Louisas life. She was an amazing colleague and friend who loved her current role as a go to sea nutrient analyst. Forever missed, I can imagine we will all be still consulting her in our own way whilst packing for cruises or jiggling things in the lab. Sabena
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David N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
In April the Liverpool University, UK and wider global oceanography community lost a dear colleague and friend, Louisa Norman. A tribute has just been published in the July Newsletter of @challengersoc.bsky.social Link: challenger-society.org.uk/publications...
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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It wasn't *all* Box-tree Moths, a good range of other species included this rather stunning Marjoram Knot-horn (Uncinus obductella), a new species for me 🙂 #TeamMoth
Side view of the Marjoram Knot-horn, a moth with long narrow wings that have a mix of reddish-brown and silvery-grey markings. The moth is posed on Marjoram flowers, this being the plant on which the caterpillars feed.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
When I was growing up, space exploration was BIG. Books, music, TV, the news … But nobody did it better
A still from the Smallfilms animation ‘the clangers’ showing one clanger being launched into space, holding a net, by means of another clanger jumping on a seesaw
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Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Who said moths are dull and eat clothes? Royal Mail stamps issue, release date 9th July
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New Paper Alert! great to have been involved with the BAS BIOPOLE team and collaborators in Dan Mayor's group at Exeter University. Looking forward to beginning work on Antarctic food webs shortly! #copepods #calanus #zooplankton #lipidbiomarkers #lipids #isotopes #bas #biopole
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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Technical Job opportunity available to support the LIFER stable isotope facility within the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool but also involving fantastic fieldwork in Tropical Ecology. A 3 year contract.🌳🐙🐡🐚🐜🐋 tinyurl.com/25zuumj5
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.
Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.
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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🟢 "In Green Company," 2014 by photographer Max Rive in the Lofoten islands, Norway 🇳🇴 Composition of 3 separate exposures. After two fruitless nights of waiting under the clouds, perseverance finally paid off on the third attempt at the summit of Austnesfjorden. #photography #aurora #mountains
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Erik Simon Lledó @bokamero.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Join the Deep Ocean Ecology and Biogeography lab at @icmcsic.bsky.social! We are looking for a postdoc or experienced technician to work in environmental, climate and ecological modelling of abyssal seascape ecosystems (project AbyScapes). 2 years, extendable. More info: icm.csic.es/en/calls/pos...
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Last night's Aurora Borealis over Greenland.
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Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative @deepstewardship.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Today, 17 January 2026, the BBNJ Agreement enters into force. 🎉👏 #BBNJ creates a long-awaited legal framework to protect marine biodiversity across nearly half of our planet, strengthening ocean governance, enabling marine protected areas, and safeguarding the high seas for future generations.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Word and meetings are not sufficient. By request, we are deploying a contingent of Heard Island Defense Forces to Greenland to send a simple message. Flippers up and F*%# right Off! -General Thaddeus Snowclaw
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Just love these birding pics from Borneo. I visited here early in 1995 before decent affordable cameras. And just before I turned up at a job interview at Liverpool University with a panel of 5 grilling me before one of the Profs sort pity and asked me how things had gone in Borneo :)
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
New paper alert Led by Flo Atherden, members of @bas.ac.uk and myself and George Wolff at @liverpooluni.bsky.social This study highlights the importance of understanding species-specific copepod ecology given their importance in the biological carbon pump www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
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Frontiers | Seasonal analysis of Southern Ocean copepod ecology using a moored sediment trap
The Southern Ocean is a globally significant site of carbon sequestration with the copepod community exerting a strong influence on the carbon flux. Currentl...
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Slightly late for World Octopus Day - but here's my latest crazy cephalopod design in my Redbubble shop #octopus #art #marinelife #cephalopod #digitalart #tentacles #WorldOctopusDay www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Sp...
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"Spiritual Octopus" Sticker for Sale by SabenaArtwork
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Its Autumn again so time for some abstract magical fly agaric art. #mushrooms #fungi #mycology #art #nationalmushroomday #autumnart #abstractart #flyagaric www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Gu...
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"Gustav Klimt Inspired Magical Fly Agaric Mushrooms" Sticker for Sale by SabenaArtwork
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris): The Head & Body length of this rodent is 23cm (9in) with its tail adding 20cm (8in)! Amazing photo taken by Mike Phelps in the UK.
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Iolo Williams @iolowilliams.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Looks of cool fungi around at the moment. Cauliflower fungus and sulphur tuft from Llanwddyn yesterday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 08/10/2025
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large amounts of carbon.
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UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas
The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🎉 A historic win for our ocean! The #HighSeasTreaty just passed the 60 ratifications needed to enter into force! This landmark pact brings powerful new tools to protect the deep ocean and sets binding obligations for nations to uphold strong environmental standards: bit.ly/46LpKsy
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JGR: Oceans @jgroceans.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The biological carbon pump transports organic carbon to depth. But what controls how fast this carbon 💩 sinks? Le Moigne et al., suggest that particle accumulations may be associated with phytoplankton's life cycle changing sinking velocities 🌊 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Sampling station locations and satellite-derived surface primary production (mg C m−2 d−1, see Section 2) for the study area
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
New Paper Alert Johanne Vad, the ATLAS team and collaborators at DFO Canada. Using novel cumulative abundance profiles (CAPs) the study identifies ecological drivers of sponge and coral community composition and size structure on the northern Labrador shelf onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Drivers of Coral and Sponge Community Composition and Size Structure Revealed With Cumulative Abundance Profiles
Deep-sea corals and sponges form ecologically significant habitats that support biodiversity hotspots and contribute to important ecosystem functions such as carbon and nutrient cycling as well as be...
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Deep-Sea Biology Society @dsbsoc.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
-- and here's additional footage from the #IndianOcean. "These show life around #HydrothermalVents — also known as black smokers — which are underwater hot springs thousands of meters deep, where organisms convert chemicals into organic carbon, fueling unique ecosystems without needing sunlight."
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Smardale again Also had great views of a couple of Common Lizards- one typically brown tones the other more greenish #Smardale #reptilesUK #BiodiversityUK #CumbriaWildlife #Lizards #LizardsUK
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Smardale
Scotch Argus male underwing Scotch Argus upperwingLarva Pupa of an Ichneumon Wasp
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Please add your name to our open letter urging Ministers to act now lnkd.in/ejJ2nrva 3/3
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 28/07/2025
My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October. So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
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NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
A couple of cute lepidoptera in the backgarden on the Wirral. Super hairy Vapourer / Rusty Tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua) caterpillar. Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) enjoying a bit of sun on the Tutsan berries #butterflies #moths #teammoth #ukwildlife #nature #lepidoptera
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Leading a walk for the Merseyside Naturalists Association at Ainsdale on the Sefton Coast came across a few Striped Millipedes Ommatoiulus sabulosus in the dunes. Not as many than a few years ago when a huge downpour washed this group onto the beach. #invertebrates #ukwildlife #nature
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Deep-sea mining could harm remote ocean ecosystems
Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows. The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Eastern Pacific is a vast area o...
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is at a critical crossroad for the deep ocean and the future of ocean governance. With some States rushing to conclude a Mining Code and TMC's unilateral attempts to bypass the ISA, we must unite to #DefendTheDeep. The time to act is now! buff.ly/JCC8kS4
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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 07/07/2025
Did you spot this fab article highlighting ground-breaking research on zooplankton by the BBC? ✍️ These fascinating organisms are often easy to overlook, but zooplankton's impact on the environment is striking. 💡Learn more here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tiny creature gorges, gets fat, and locks up planet-warming carbon
Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon.
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The Fragile at Manchester drew me back to my later youth. Thanks for the healing vibes again.
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
A bit of drama today at Agami Island as this male got into a fight with another male displaying nearby. There was some snapping and bill clacking and this guy then goes into full-on dance mode with his crest expanded. At Agami Island #costarica #birds #herons #nature #testosterone
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Top work from @naturehawk.bsky.social‬ for today's #foxoftheday !
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
New paper in Scientific Reports Laurence De Clippele bsky.app/profile/ldec... and collaborators at DFO Canada and the iAtlantic team present the importance of deep sea sponge grounds for numerous commercially important fish species at various stages in their life cycle
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Fish use of deep-sea sponge habitats evidenced by long-term high-resolution monitoring - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Fish use of deep-sea sponge habitats evidenced by long-term high-resolution monitoring
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
💫 #SEPacificSeamounts Galaxy siphonophore! As human animals, the solid ground under our 2 feet is our connection to Spaceship Earth. For creatures in the edgeless realm of Earth's inner space, the midwater, communal organisms divvy labor for survival. Read more: www.instagram.com/reel/DKAGibb...
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
George Day Dr George Day - Ecologist, Ornithologist, Ringer - works @ British Antarctic Survey "Grey-headed #albatross chicks from a couple of months ago."
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Deep Sea Conservation Coalition @deepseaconserve.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🌍 DYK that the deep sea is the largest and least explored habitat on Earth, and home to extraordinary biodiversity? This World #BiodiversityDay, let's celebrate the largest habitat on Earth. It's time we prioritize discovery, protection, and inclusion of the deep sea in global conservation efforts.
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Sabena Blackbird @sabena-blackbird.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I once got very lucky indeed photographing a female in the process of egg laying c7.alamy.com/comp/2CH0KBJ...
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