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This UNEP visual features an underwater close-up of golden-brown kelp, emphasizing their importance with the message: “Kelp forests are vital to marine biodiversity and carbon sequestration.”

Like rainforests, kelp forests act as the ocean's "lungs", absorbing CO₂ and releasing oxygen. Yet, they're under threat from overfishing, pollution, and changing ocean temperatures.

This UNEP report examines their status and provides guidance on restoration: www.unep.org/resources/re...

Beca en homenatge al destacat biòleg marí Enric ‘Kike’ Ballesteros | CEAB En memòria del distingit biòleg i divulgador científic, el Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) i el grup de recerca MedRecover, amb el finançament del programa Pristine Seas de National Geographic, han creat la beca predoctoral Kike Ballesteros. El Dr. Enric ‘Kike’ Ballesteros (1958-2024) va ser un destacat biòleg i ecòleg, reconegut a nivell internacional… Beca en homenatge al destacat biòleg marí Enric ‘Kike’ Ballesteros

📢 Queda poc!

#CEAB @csic.es i @medrecover.bsky.social convoquem la Beca Predoctoral Kike Ballesteros 💙 Amb Pristine Seas i en memòria d’un gran del Mediterrani 🌊

💥 Vols fer tesi sobre biodiversitat marina? 

Scientists Call for Urgent Protection of Deep-Sea Ecosystems Join scientists in calling for immediate action for full implementation of existing commitments to protect deep-sea biodiversity.

Bottom trawling continues to destroy vulnerable marine ecosystems.

95+ scientists have signed a letter calling on States & @UN to fully implement existing commitments to protect seamounts from destructive fishing practices.

Are you a scientist? Add your name ⬇️
@oceanipso.bsky.social

The Vanishing Kelp Forest Unchecked populations of purple sea urchins are devouring California's iconic kelp forests, but pioneering scientists are working to put the ecosystem back in balance.

Among other places, you can learn more about what's happening with CA kelp forests and urchin barrens here.

Conclusions from Al’s presentation: • Iron limitation will not make a significant contribution to ocean carbon dioxide removal, even if tech challenges to scalability are dealt with • ~4 years of emissions assuming the most optimal (impossible to achieve) scenario • The similarity of the 'fingerprint' of OlF on ocean biogeochemistry to climate change will make MRV very difficult • Negative impacts on fisheries will compound climate effects and may emerge after 15-20 years after initiation of OlF • Hampering our ability to reverse course or cease 🌊

@altagliabue.bsky.social making a presentation at @ucl.ac.uk telling us that ocean iron fertilization won’t do jack for climate and will further harm fisheries.

Yet, it’s the marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) method that has sold the most credits so far. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Global seagrass carbon stock variability and emissions from seagrass loss - Nature Communications Johannes Krause et al. synthesized seagrass carbon stock data from 2700+ soil cores to find that they vary by plant functional group and coastal setting, indicating where conservation efforts would mo...

A new global analysis reveals that if we allow seagrass decline to continue unchecked, as much as 1,154 Tg of Carbon Dioxide could be released back into the atmosphere from meadows at risk, accelerating the climate crisis we are trying to prevent.

Explore the research here: ow.ly/WpQM50VPQpG

📝 Call for Evaluators – Join #EuroMarine’s 2025 Review Panel! 🌊

EuroMarine is currently looking for experienced marine scientists to join our pool of independent evaluators to help assess proposals submitted to our 2025 calls.

euromarinenetwork.eu/opportunitie...

I would love to be added! Thank you ;)

OFERTA DE FEINA: Investigador/a per a l'Informe Mar Balear - Marilles Foundation L 'Informe Mar Balear (www.informemarbalear.org) és un projecte col·laboratiu, impulsat per la Fundació Marilles, que té com a...

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👀 Cercam una persona amb una sòlida base científica, sensibilitzada amb la necessitat de millorar la mar Balear, experiència en gestió i coordinació de projectes i habilitats comunicatives.

☝ Podries ser tu?
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Global seagrass carbon stock variability and emissions from seagrass loss - Nature Communications Johannes Krause et al. synthesized seagrass carbon stock data from 2700+ soil cores to find that they vary by plant functional group and coastal setting, indicating where conservation efforts would mo...

New paper led by Johannes Krause out in @natcomms.nature.com. Here we assessed global seagrass carbon stocks and with new global median values being 27% lower than previous global estimates. We also estimated CO2 emissions following sesgrass loss. Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Human connections to seagrass meadows date back 180,000 years, study reveals The prevalence of seagrass throughout human civilisation has fostered spiritual and cultural relations with these underwater gardens.

A new study reveals human connections to seagrass meadows date back 180,000 years: theconversation.com/human-connec...

Cristina Romera (oceanógrafa): «No somos conscientes de los problemas que está sufriendo el océano. En cambio, cuando hay un incendio en un bosque todo el mundo lo ve».
https://mujeresconciencia.com/2025/04/22/la-era-del-plasticeno/

Book cover of Climateinjustice - why we need to fight global inequality to combat climate change by Friederike Otto. The cover is black with large pink & orange writing.

One more day & my book can be found in bookstores in the UK. If you can't wait, you can read a big part of the first chapter here: www.theguardian.com/environment/... you miss out though why I chose to talk about the colonial-fossil narrative, instead of say the neo-liberal-patriarchial.

An illustration of a woman with a trail of papers behind her. The hedline is: How I finally found my confidence as a scientist

"Many scientists know from the start that they want to be academic researchers. But for others the path unfolds gradually, with spurts of doubt and uncertainty along the way. In a way, that’s fitting." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/43Ph9Ei

This is extremely bad so please pick up the phone and call your elected officials again. And again.

📢 El #CSIC convoca 200 becas #JAE_Intro de introducción a la investigación

👩‍🔬 Destinadas a estudiantes de grado y máster, ofrecen la oportunidad de adquirir experiencia en los centros del Consejo

🗓️ Plazo abierto hasta el 2 de mayo

👉http://tiny.cc/3uwf001

@maru-bernal.bsky.social from the zorrogroup presenting her work at #ESRW2025 🌱🇸🇪 #generationrestoration

Today we start a week full of discussions on #SeagrassRestoration.

Tag along with us at the European Seagrass Restoration Workshop !

#ESRW2025

Record-breaking seaweed in Atlantic could mean stinky beaches in South Florida Levels of floating seaweed mats, known as sargassum, have skyrocketed in the Atlantic Ocean in the past month, with the total amount breaking the record for March.

Some people want to grow seaweed for CO₂ removal, but who's responsible if it gets out of control and makes a stinky mess on beaches?

🚀 We're hiring! Check out our two job openings:

📌 Technician - Knowledge Transfer, Collaboration & Social Impact Unit
📌 Technician - Talent & Training Unit

Ready to make an impact? Apply now! ⬇️
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Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species Microbiome composition on the canopy kelp Nereocystis luetkeana in the northeast Pacific Ocean is affected by warming temperatures and nitrogen limitation. Following experimental manipulation of temp...

✨ New paper alert! ✨ We found that the #kelp #microbiome is disrupted in a warming ocean! 🌊🌡️ #Temperature had a larger effect than #nitrogen. Thanks to lead author Nichos Molnar, Robin Fales @intertidaleco.bsky.social & Cathy Pfister! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Vulnerability of Labile Organic Matter to Eutrophication and Warming in Temperate Mangrove Ecosystems

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Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming - Nature A 4 °C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits.

Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming | Nature 🌎🧪

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...

Our paper is out, and it is distressing.

Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Although many invertebrates and other less-charismatic groups are key for ecosystem service provision, they and their functions are rarely included in conservation strategies. Benoit Guénard, @achughes.bsky.social et al show how funding largely goes to charismatic rather than threatened species 🌐🧪🪲

Apparently it is World Seagrass Day
A good excuse to remind about this paper from 2024 about how their global distribution and diversity may shift due to climate change

Open access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#WorldSeagrassDay2025 #WorldSeagassDay #SeagrassDay

Conserving seagrass ecosystems to meet global biodiversity and climate goals - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Seagrass ecosystems are increasingly recognized for their importance to biodiversity and marine ecosystem function, but they face many threats. This Review summarizes the contributions of seagrass eco...

New Review: Conserving seagrass ecosystems to meet global biodiversity and climate goals 🌎🧪

From @carlosduartephd.bsky.social and colleagues.

Web: go.nature.com/4khmf1N PDF:
rdcu.be/ebI5F

Happy World Seagrass Day 2025! 🌱

This World Seagrass Day we’ll be shining a spotlight on Water Quality.

There's still time to sign up to for our webinar on Thursday 6th March where we’ll be discussing how water quality is impacting seagrass and what we can do about it: ow.ly/j64i50V48jU

Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events - Nature Communications The future of marine ecosystem function under global change may be predicted by examining past trends. Here, the authors examine mass marine mortality data from 389 benthic Mediterranean species (1986...

🌊 ‼️ Check out our new paper led by Jeremy Carlot "Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events".

#MediterraneanSea #warming #MHW #mortality

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