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New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyor At the Living Planet Symposium, attendees have been hearing how ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first opportunity to directly track a vital ocean circulation system that warms ...

Fascinating and important for our future: the European Space Agency ESA plans to monitor changes in the Atlantic Ocean Circulation #AMOC from satellite with a new gravity mission.
That is important since the AMOC may be approaching a dangerous #tippingpoint. 🌊

www.esa.int/Applications...

Call for Session Proposals

1/6 Call for session proposals

16th International Coral Reef Symposium, 19–24th July 2026, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Session proposal deadline: Sunday 15th June 2025.
Details and submission link at www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-ses...

84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history.

The worst bleaching event ever is underway and it's unclear when, or perhaps if, it will end. 84% of the world's coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record apnews.com/article/cora...

Two polar stereographic maps side-by-side showing Antarctic sea ice concentration and its anomalies relative to 1981-2010 for February 2025. Red shading is shown for less ice, and blue shading is shown for more ice. More areas are below average than above. Antarctica is masked out in grey shading.

We are at the end of the melt season in the #Antarctic (austral summer), which leaves most of the remaining sea ice across the Weddell Sea region. Here's a look at last month...

+ February ice comparison on my LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
+ Data available at nsidc.org/data/g02202/...

Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year award Velvet worms have rows of pudgy legs, skin speckled like a galaxy and dissolve their prey with sticky goo An ancient gummy-looking worm-like creature with a vicious hunting method that involves projecting sticky goo from its head has been crowned New…

Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year award

Don’t get it twisted like CamDam, Coral City is run by the Mob… of Parrotfish! #rainbowparrot #queenparrotfish #blueparrotfish #midnightparrotfish #parrotfish #damselfish #camdam #mob #mobbin #mobrules #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Valentin's sharpnose pufferfish
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #trawangan #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #fish #padi #ocean #indonésia #valentin

🦑🧪 Three days left to apply for the postdoctoral position in my lab. We're looking for a population geneticist/ecologist/evolutionary biologist who is interested in studying tiny fishes in the Indo-Pacific! Come join us! 🤗

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Museum cabinet showing three fossil fishes.

A niche #FossilFriday: the world's greatest display of Devonian actinopterygian fossils! At CMNH, it features three different genera all from the latest Devonian of NE Ohio. Might not seem like much, but that's ~15% of Devonian generic diversity in a single museum case.

We visited the stromatolites! Not once, not twice, but thrice!
Here is a video and some drone photos of the large stromatolite area at low tide. The walkway was destroyed by a cyclone a few years ago and hasn't been rebuilt. Hamlin Pools, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

😋 #Cyanobacteria!

I’ve been diving Victoria for 25+ yrs & never seen a blue groper west of Wilson Prom. I had heard they’re making a comeback in the Port Phillip heads and on the weekend I saw one and managed this snap one off Pt Lonsdale! I believe this is a Achoerodus gouldii

#greatsouthernreef

Nice photo

A small army of neon gobies gives this redtail parrotfish a thorough cleaning #redtailparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #neongoby #fishspa #manicure #theworks #braincoral #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

For the recent coral reef science arrivals, here are two starter packs so you can find your people! If you want to be added, please let me know. I have been adding people as they come through my feed. go.bsky.app/Qo5Gh2H go.bsky.app/QSafBeL 🌎🌊🧪🌐🐟🪸🐙🌿

💡#PhD OPPORTUNITY: Taxonomy, systematics, and evolution of labrid fishes

🏢 University of Sydney & Australian Museum Research Institute
📍Sydney, NSW, Australia
🗓️ July 2025 or February 2026
👥 Prof Simon Ho & Dr Yi-Kai Tea

#wrasse #australia #fish #biology #ichthyology

An intense marine heatwave is unfolding off Western Australia.

theconversation.com/a-marine-hea...

We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology.

www.morphosource.org/projects/000...

PHD OPPORTUNITY: Integrating living species and the fossil record to unravel cnidarian evolution (Oxford University)

www.earth.ox.ac.uk/integrating-...

#coralreefs #phd #phdopportunity #fossils #evolution #marinescience #careers #careerdevelopment #cnidarian #marinebiology

PhD project in systematic ichthyology - Molecular Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics Laboratory Institution: University of Sydney & Australian Museum Research InstituteLocation: Sydney, NSW AustraliaStart date: July 2025 or February 2026Supervisors:

See the link below for information on start dates, project scope, and details on how to apply:

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Witness the miracle of a parrotfish giving birth to beach sand! 😆🪸🦜🐟💩🏝️ #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #wheresandcomesfrom #parrotfishpoopsand #frenchangelfish #scarusguacamaia #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

We found a parrotfish that eats CCA. Paper here: Nicholson, G.M., Clements, K.D. Scarus spinus, crustose coralline algae and cyanobacteria: an example of dietary specialization in the parrotfishes. Coral Reefs 41, 1465–1479 (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s003...

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Scarus spinus, crustose coralline algae and cyanobacteria: an example of dietary specialization in the parrotfishes - Coral Reefs Niche differentiation is a key stabilizing mechanism in the maintenance of biodiversity and species coexistence. Recent work shows that trophic niche partitioning between parrotfishes (Labridae: Scari...

We found a parrotfish that eats CCA. Paper here: Nicholson, G.M., Clements, K.D. Scarus spinus, crustose coralline algae and cyanobacteria: an example of dietary specialization in the parrotfishes. Coral Reefs 41, 1465–1479 (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s003...

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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📑 #NewStudy by @csiro.bsky.social scientists and partners outlines a genetic #dataset which can be used for accurate #DNA barcoding to identify species of Australian #marine #fish.

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A school of blue rockfish swim in the Kelp Forest exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium. Their gray and white patterned scales stand out in stark contrast against the darker golden brown blades of the kelp.

Is California’s network of science-based marine protected areas (MPAs) effective at conserving marine fish populations? The answer is a resounding yes, according to a new study from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A cold front has dropped the temps, but it’s brought out the blues! Blue water, blue parrotfish, and blue sky!!! 💙💙💙 #blueparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #coldfront #bluewater #bluesky #graze #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis!

Meet Plectranthias raki, a beautiful new perchlet from #mesophotic reefs in the Maldives. The name raki roughly means "shy" in the Dhivehi language, and we chose it because these fish hide quickly when they see us! #ichthyology doi.org/10.3897/zook... @zookeys.pensoft.net @calacademy.bsky.social

Let the fish do the cropping: identifying fish grazers to improve coral aquaculture - Coral Reefs Controlling the growth of fouling organisms in coral aquaculture is a recognised approach to enhance survival during grow-out of recruits. Herbivorous fish can reduce algae growth, though…

Let the fish do the cropping: identifying fish grazers to improve coral aquaculture - Coral Reefs https://buff.ly/4jc7EnK 🦑🌎🧪🐠