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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 10/09/2026

#Seaweed forests are widely viewed as natural climate solutions, but warming oceans are driving their rapid decline. Karen Filbee-Dexter, @twernberg.bsky.social &co reveal that losses are outpacing restoration efforts by orders of magnitude, raising urgent concerns @plosbiology.org 🧪 buff.ly/C8mfltu

Left: Productive Laminaria hyperborea kelp forests in Norway (credit: Jonas Thomar). Right: Interventions to reduce degradation of seaweed forests, listed in rough order of area affected by stressor. These actions (1) should be the first steps in seaweed forest conservation and can lead to prevention of future loss in intact areas or passive restoration in degraded areas (2). In cases where the outcome following step 1 is no recovery, additional active restoration interventions such as seeding, grazer control, or transplanting may be necessary (3).

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce the inaugural International Marine Heatwaves Symposium will be held at The University of Western Australia in September 2027 - visit www.mhw2027.org for information. @dansmale1.bsky.social @uwaoceans.bsky.social

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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 16/07/2025

July issue: Review led by @twernberg.bsky.social on impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services, and the opportunities to address knowledge gaps and mitigate marine heatwave effects. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/3TJCoBc Readcube: rdcu.be/ewqnP

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services: our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity is out! doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Habitat Dependency Index: our recent paper outlines a new method to quantify and contrast how much individual species in a community depend on their habitat. Extensive examples with #kelp forest species. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @uwaoceans.bsky.social

Habitat dependency of kelp forest species. Spider plots represent the set of indicator values for each species, where the HDI is the weighted average (± standard deviation of the estimated values). Shaded green areas within the plot corresponds with the Habitat Dependency Index.

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

More but smaller: our new paper show how historical #overfishing and contemporary #marineheatwaves combine to exacerbate the truncation of fish sizes in kelp forests doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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UWA Oceans Institute @uwaoceans.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

An increase in marine heatwaves over the past 2 years caused billions of dollars of damage around the world according to an international team of researchers including the OI's 𝗗𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗲-𝗗𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿 and 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴. Read more at www.uwa.edu.au/news/article...

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Marine heatwaves causing global damage

An increase in marine heatwaves over the past two years caused billions of dollars of damage around the world and despite warnings interventions were limited

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

📣POSTDOC wanted: We are looking for a marine ecologist to join our #kelp forest team at IMR in Norway 🌊🌿. The position is focused on impacts of harvesting on kelp and kelp forest #biodiversity. Enthusiasm, strong cv and interest in #fieldwork is required. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Great Southern Reef Foundation @greatsouthernreef.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

With #kelpforests in many places declining 1-2%/year, the current rate of #restoration is far from matching the rate of degradation. “It would be much cheaper and by far more efficient to avoid loss to start with” explained @twernberg.bsky.social greatsouthernreef.com/thomas-wernb...

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Great Southern Reef Foundation @greatsouthernreef.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

“Our shared scientific fascination with the #GreatSouthernReef has grown over decades, yet we've often operated in isolation," @twernberg.bsky.social reflects. "Now, through the GSR Research Partnership, we can unite our collaborative efforts and that is the exciting momentum we need.”

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Great Southern Reef Foundation @greatsouthernreef.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

“Spending time underwater observing the kelp forests in real time is critical to our ability to ask the right questions”. Discover how @twernberg.bsky.social's fieldwork, mentorship & collaborative vision are shaping the future of #kelpforest conservation. greatsouthernreef.com/thomas-wernb...

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Golden #kelp Ecklonia radiata and some associated fauna, Jurien Bay, Western Australia, for #phycologyfriday. Our golden kelp is warm tolerant but has suffered extensive decline due an extreme #marineheatwave @uwaoceans.bsky.social @greatsouthernreef.bsky.social

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Amelia Curd @aec13.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🙌 thrilled to announce that registration for #ITRS2025 is now open! 👉https://itrs-home.org/register.html 🦀🪸🐚🦦🪨🌱🍯🪱🦪🌊 Please signup to our newsletter and share this post 🙏🏼 @nessocon.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @rubygeorge.bsky.social @amcquatters-gollop.bsky.social @trinebekkby.bsky.social

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Impressed by the many delegates, pavilions, events and ways that people engage - but not impressed by how little we have moved forward towards limiting climate change.

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Thomas Wernberg @twernberg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Amazing field work diving at long-term #kelp sites in Jurien Bay with 3 ‘generations’ of my PhD students. Feel so privileged to work with such outstanding humans and in such a unique environment! #uwa

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