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Dr. Matt Ware @mattwarephd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Fresh from the digital presses, if you've been curious about microplastic contamination of beaches, check out this absolutely massive effort. Congrats @zarabotterell.bsky.social for seeing this across the finish line! tinyurl.com/3c2eusdj 🦑🐢🐍🌊🏖🌎 🧪

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

New collaborative study finds 45% of sampled marine turtle nesting beaches worldwide are contaminated by microplastics. Full paper - www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🐢🦑🌍🌐🧪🌊 #AcademicSky #SeaTurtles @brendangodley.bsky.social @zarabotterell.bsky.social

'five types of plastics were identified: pellets, foam, fragments, sheet and threads' a close-up image of microplastics on a cloth is in a circle in the centre of the page. 'The highest proportion of contamination was found in the mediterranean (80%).'

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Alice Trevail @alicetrevail.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

New open access paper! Led by Joshua Coste Results show tropical seabirds meet diurnal constraints by navigating efficiently back to low-lying reef atoll colonies doi.org/10.1016/j.an... Great work from Joshua's masters internship with @uniexecec.bsky.social and @iomarinescience.bsky.social

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 25/03/2024

New paper alert! 🚨Plastic pollution transcends marine protected area boundaries in the eastern tropical and south-eastern Pacific 🌊 Great team effort from the Pacific Plastics: Science to Solutions Research Programme! 🧪🌍 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... @uniofexeter.bsky.social @zarabotterell.bsky.social

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

Great to be involved in this fantastic collaborative paper investigating the use of loggerhead turtles to monitor #plasticpollution in the Eastern Mediterranean 🐢 🌊 Read #openaccess here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... Great to see involvement of many past & present @exetergses.bsky.social MSc students!

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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

Protecting sea turtles... at whose cost? Conservation has wide-ranging social impacts - both positive and negative... and we must assess them and share lessons. New paper from Sara Vieira's PhD! link.springer.com/article/10.1... Beautiful summary by Victor Jiménez! @exetermarine.bsky.social

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

New #publication led by @caspergeer.bsky.social: sharing insights from >20 years of community-based #SeaTurtle conservation in Kenya by Local Ocean Conservation. 50% increase in clutches per nesting season but human threats remain high & #conservation efforts must continue. doi.org/10.1017/S003...

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Lead author and tipping points expert prof Tim Lenton has also stressed the role of "positive tipping points", including actions that any one of us can - and should! - take: www.positive.news/environment/...

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Owen Exeter @owenexeter.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

First post on here is something different to my usual stormy UK work. Finishing an incredible trip researching the new Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 MPA with @kristianmetcalfe.bsky.social and local NGO CEM. Featuring some stunning coral reefs on our cameras 🐟🐠🐡 @exetermarine.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social

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Graduate School of Environment and Sustainability @exetergses.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Conserving and sustainably using our #oceans, seas and marine resources, is essential for ensuring a healthier future for all life on earth. We offer three programmes allowing you to specialise in a specific area of #marine conservation. ➡️ www.exeter.ac.uk/study/gses/o... #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

✨ New Research! ✨ Efficacy of artificial nest shading as a #climatechange adaptation measure for marine #turtles at Ascension Island from postgraduate researcher Jack Wiggins & team 🐢 Read #openaccess here: wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏 🧪 🦑

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ProDelphinus Peru @prodelphinus.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

As part of the project "Assessment of bycatch impact of sea turtle hatchlings in nesting sites in Peru", we have placed signs on nesting beaches in Lobitos - Piura, in order to raising people's awareness, prevent the circulation of motorized vehicles and unsupervised pets.

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Delighted that our Graduate School of Environment and Sustainability is online www.exeter.ac.uk/study/gses/ and on @exetergses.bsky.social Themes from Critical Minerals to Marine Environment to Sustainable Development and Business 🌏🧪🦑 #ExeterGSES #ExeterESI #ExeterCEC @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

announcing the joining of Hannah @marinehgreen.bsky.social and @exetermarine.bsky.social Marine forests, Arctic Ocean acidification, multi stressors to marine life. #ExeterMarine

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

V striking image depicting country breakdown of marine plastic pollution. It does not, however, encompass info on poverty driving single use plastic, country products are produced or where corporations, or shareholders profiting from cheap packaging are based!! 🌏🦑🧪 From the "plastic pollution" feed.

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Announcing the joining of Dr @alicetrevail.bsky.social Excellent seabird ecologist, particularly movement ecology, working at #ExeterESI and part of @exetermarine.bsky.social 🌏🦑🧪🐧

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Lucy Woodall @lucymarine.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Published today, a letter from our plastic and biodiversity working group "Plastics Treaty text must center ecosystems" #inc3 #PlasticsTreaty #biodiversity #ExeterCEC @carmenmc.bsky.social @bcarneyalmroth.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

New research from @uniofexeter.bsky.social, SPOT and Çukurova University ⬇️ Using #bycatch data to assess diversity & distribution of #elasmobranch species caught by commercial #fishing in Cyprus shows importance of coastal waters for 🦈 species ⚠️ 📰 tinyurl.com/2sdzca4x #ExeterCEC #ExeterMarine 🌏🦑

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Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

FB tells me this was 8 years ago. Our 1st marine turtle plastic pollution paper. @sarahenelms.bsky.social is now a lecturer mentoring 2 of her own PhD students & Emily Duncan is working with NGOs across the world on plastics. Good people do great things! Open Access: academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...

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ProDelphinus Peru @prodelphinus.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

We want to share one of our latest scientific articles about cephalopods. In this article, we identified and characterized the beaks of 18 species of cephalopods found in the stomach contents of three shark species. Read here: doi.org/10.21142/SS-... #ExeterCEC #MarineLife, 🦑

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

New Publication! Led by #PhD researcher Josie Palmer @uniofexeter.bsky.social Multidisciplinary approach to assess fishery operating behaviours and landings inc. 25 species of marine turtles and elasmobranchs 🧪🌎🦈🐢Read here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

New paper on megafauna-purse seine fisheries interactions from the amazing team at @prodelphinus.bsky.social inc. Dr Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto & Dr Jeffrey Mangel, @uniofexeter.bsky.social alumni and visiting researchers! 🦈🐟🦑🧪🌎 ➡️ Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.fi...

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