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Massie: "I would remind my Republican colleagues who are decided how to vote, Donald Trump can protect you in red districts right now by giving you an endorsement, but by 2030, he's not gonna be the president and you will have voted to protect pedophiles if you don't vote to release those files."

Academic journal cover of "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" (Volume 379, Issue 1917, January 2025). The cover features an aerial photograph of a winding river cutting through dense tropical forest under a blue sky with white clouds. The river creates an S-shaped curve through the green landscape. The title discusses "Bending the curve towards nature recovery" and references Georgina Mace's legacy. The cover includes author names and The Royal Society Publishing logo in red at the bottom. The ISSN number appears at the top: 0962-8436.

How can we bend the curve of #biodiversity loss to build a just and sustainable future? 🏡

Read the Royal Society Publishing special issue of #PhilTransB: ‘Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace's legacy for a biodiverse future’.🌍

🧪 http://ow.ly/QCmj50UE5Kg

Maggie ist eine Mischlingshündin aus dem Tierschutz, die Mutter war ein Collie Labrador Mix, deutlich größer als Maggie, der Vater also vermutlich etwas kleiner, eine App hat mal finnischer Spitz ergeben….Zen hat den gleichen Blick & Körperhaltung ❤️

Ihr Hund sieht meiner Maggie zum Verwechseln ähnlich, nur dass Maggie mittlerweile stolze 14.5 Jahre alt ist …Moin!

US conservation science is at serious risk. Join a virtual rally May 22 (12–1pm ET) to defend the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area—vital for tracking wildlife, disease, ecosystems & biodiversity. Featuring Drew Lanham & Kenn Kaufman. It’s free, it’s virtual, it’s vital.
www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...

Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.

The Trump administration has made clear it wishes to gut NOAA’s research enterprise, which is at the center of climate research globally. After 67 years of battling to keep the program funded and provide the data to other scientists around the world, the program faces its most dire threat ever.

We offer a 5-year research position in the #PlanktonEcology lab in Wilhelmshaven. Are you interested in empirically testing ecological concepts? We offer a stimulating scientific environment, experimental facilities & support to establish an independent research profile
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A large shark swims through a deep blue ocean background, facing the viewer from the right side. Overlaid text summarizes key aspects of the global shark trade: “Shark fin trade is centralized around Asia. Shark meat trade is broader and more complex. Europe and Latin America act as major redistribution hubs.” The composition contrasts the shark’s form with the clean, bold typography to highlight trade imbalances and geopolitical roles.

Our latest #sharkscience paper maps the global shark product network—and the EU’s central, complex role in it.

Read in #MarinePolicy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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@sharkcolin.bsky.social @nickdulvy.bsky.social @elasmona.bsky.social @iucnshark.bsky.social
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🌊Marine Cluster Event 2025

A gathering of EU-funded projects committed to restoring marine biodiversity and reducing bycatch.
The event brought together leading researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to drive collaborative solutions for our oceans 🐠

#marine #biodiversity #sustainableoceans

Countdown to our joint Cluster Event in Brussels! With @hifmb.de @bioagora.eu @hillebr1.bsky.social @awi.de @hugepossum.bsky.social

Horticulturalists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts? President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.

Blindly firing federal scientists and experts will cause a massive brain drain that will reverberate for years, increasing costs, and compromising our nation’s safety and security. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

I have a lot of work to do today and I wish I didn’t know this existed 😂

We've been working on a new mini-series in our podcast lab. “Social Science Matters” aims to demystify social science methods and make them accessible to marine researchers, practitioners and anyone interested in the human dimensions of the ocean. 🐙

I usually reserve this account for my personal views; but today I want to represent my position as President of @asn-amnat.bsky.social to post a message that will shortly go out to the membership of the American Society of Naturalists from the ASN Executive Council

Yesterday, we celebrated the inauguration of our new building with companions and friends from science and politics. Thank you for motivating greetings and good wishes. We got a fantastic place for research, lab work, discourse and get-togethers.
More about the building:
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#jobalert 🦑
🔵 support for Science Strategy & Management Group and responsible scientists
🔵 combining organizational, administrative & strategic responsibilities
🔵 ensure effective teamwork, smooth project execution & compliance with funding requirements

jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/19...
#jobsinscience

Please find below the @hifmb.bsky.social newsletter, which I have the privilege to contribute to with a short editorial. You can also subscribe the newsletter, 4 times a year with a lot of marine biodiversity news. Texts by @ckunze.bsky.social @utejacob.bsky.social a.o.

Marine Social Science Lecture - dedicated to Satya Savitzky - HIFMB Oldenburg Are you interested in learning more about our marine governance work, and listening to a leading international scholar talk about key issues shaping the field today? Save the date and join our inaugur...

Join us for the inaugural Marine Social Science Lecture! 🌊 Dive into a conversation with Prof. Elizabeth M. De Santo on marine geopolitics, environmental justice, and science. Don't miss out – register now! 🔗 www.hifmb.de/mssl #MarineGovernance #MPAs #OceanConservation #MarineProtectedAreas

If you have not had the chance to contribute your insights on pressing challenges for marine biodiversity, there is still a chance!

Jobs - HIFMB Oldenburg Vacancies External Job Offers Vacancies PostDoc for Tipping behaviour in ecological metacommunities – theory (HIPP25 Pos #1) (m/f/d) PostDoc for Tipping points induced by planktonic dispersal...

4️⃣5️⃣ days left to submit your application and become part of our fantastic international and interdisciplinary team. We have:
🔹5 #postdoc positions
🔹salary level E13 TVÖD (100%), 3 yrs fixed term
🔹start: 1 January 2025
hifmb.de/news/jobs/
#jobsinscience #jobalert

Pressing Challenges at the Science Policy Interface (SPI) for Marine Biodiversity In your opinion, what are the most pressing challenges at the science-policy interface for marine biodiversity? This brief survey, developed through the collaborative efforts of two EU-funded projects...

Do you have knowledge of marine biodiversity and its challenges at the science-policy interface (SPI)?
Please take our 15 min survey to help identify + rank the most pressing SPI challenges. Your insights are crucial for our research.
👉 forms.gle/rE7r7XoPbhPK...

@ipbes.bsky.social is honored to have been selected as one of the two recipients of the 2024 Blue Planet Prize, recognizing our role in informing and shaping environmental policies and action.

Congrats to fellow recipient Prof. Robert Costanza. 🧪🌎👏
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Read more: www.ipbes.net/node/71254

#Eklipse is inviting applications to join an Expert Working Group on the cumulative impacts of offshore wind farm expansions: consequences & solutions for achieving GES across European marine waters
More details here: eklipse.eu/calls/

Pic credit Nicholas Doherty/Unspla

Last of two days full of fruitful discussions and status presentations of the #CREATE consortium.
More about the project: www.sustainmare.de/104230/index...
@allianz-meer.bsky.social

Mud and the Matter of Seabed Access – Reflections on Sampling in Shallow Seas - HIFMB Oldenburg For many of us, unless it is part of our everyday work, the seabed is probably a space we think little about. But the seabed, as the recent decision by Norway to undertake mining within its national w...

Four women, tight shoes, garbage bags, tools and the attempt to approach the common heritage of (hu)mankind. Highly recommended reading on accessibility and usage rights of the seabed: hifmb.de/mud-and-the-... 🦑

HIFMB Integrative Postdoc Pool HIPP - HIFMB Oldenburg HIPP’s mission is to stimulate integrative and innovative research on functional marine biodiversity and marine conservation. HIPP offers postdoctoral scientists the opportunity to develop own researc...

Not long now until the 2025 call for our HIFMB Integrative #Postdoc Pool opens. Topic: "Making Sense of Tipping Points for Biodiversity: Ecosystem and Societal Perspectives". Register here and be notified as soon as the call is open: hifmb.de/institute/hi...
#jobopportunity #jobsinscience

HIFMB colleague @utejacob.bsky.social will give a webinar tomorrow for the International Ocean Institute: "Where Skies and Seas Meet: Climate and Ocean Interdependence in Policymaking"
📅 Thursday, Feb 29th 2024, 3-4.30 pm CET
➡ www.ioinst.org/ioi-alumni/a... (registration necessary)

Quantitative description of six fish species’ gut contents and prey abundances in the Baltic Sea (1968–1978) - Scientific Data Scientific Data - Quantitative description of six fish species’ gut contents and prey abundances in the Baltic Sea (1968–1978)

Now online (and open access!) in Scientific Data, our data paper featuring a

'Quantitative description of six fish species’ gut contents and prey abundances in the Baltic Sea (1968–1978)' 🧪🐟

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are a young institute and still experiencing "firsts". Therefore: Congratulations to our very very first PhD, Jana Massing, who had her disputation on “Dynamics of complex ecological communities” earlier this week. We are proud of you!

You, Me & HIFMB - Stories of Science and the Sea Every two weeks, a new guest takes a seat across from Jan-Claas Dajka and talks to him about current research projects, curious anecdotes as well as paths, detours and companions in the (not only) sci...

Driving home for Christmas? Time to listen to our latest podcast episode with Kristin Tietje, science coordinator of the Marine Governance Group at HIFMB. hifmb.de/news/podcast/