@skatsanevakis.bsky.social
Professor of Marine Ecology @University of the Aegean. Focus: marine conservation, biological invasions, marine biodiversity, and ecological monitoring. #GuardIAS #MarinePlan #GES4SEAS #NemoTools #BioBoost+ #CamBioMed #INSPIRE #MarineEcology #BioInvasions
π'Breaking the Plastic Wave' report is out, concluding that without ambituous systemic measures #plastic pollution will double until 2040 equivalent to dumping nearly a π» garbage truck worth of plastic waste every second since, growing twice as fast as waste management.
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One last update to the daily-color stripes for 2025, with data through the end of November, 2025.
The last day of November in this graphic recorded 1.55Β°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
ππ Great moments with the Scouts this week! We introduced them to our ~50 β¬ hydrophone, handed out units, and dove into citizen-science together. Nothing better than seeing young explorers record their first marine soundscapes. π¬β¨ #OceanScience #CitizenScience π§ͺ
02.12.2025 21:12 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0ππ Just out in Sensors: a low-cost (~50 β¬) #hydrophone toolkit for robust underwater #AcousticMonitoring. Built for researchers, educators and #CitizenScientists eager to explore marine #soundscapes. Hear the ocean differently. π³π₯οΈπ¬π‘ www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25...
#MarineEcology πππ§ͺ
New #GES4SEAS paper out: Assessment tools are needed to support marine ecosystem-based #management, but how to get them used practically?
#MarineEcology
#Research
#Ecosystems
@azti.bsky.social
Read it for free
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π₯ Hereβs ZooImage in action: segmenting and measuring zooplankton from scanned samples β part of a 40+ year time series from Norwegian fjords.
@ribas-deulofeu.bsky.social visited @azti.bsky.social to help build AI tools for faster biodiversity monitoring.
#BioBoostPlus #AI4Oceans #Zooplankton
Great talk on how tiny satellites are tracking marine wildlife:
www.southernfriedscience.com/how-tiny-sat...
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
From Copernicus: This shows how the expected date for breaching 1.5C has been creeping ever closer in recent years. The orange date shows the baseline for the extrapolation; the red date shows when 1.5C is breached based on the trend...
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At a recent workshop in Monaco, Maria Zotou shared how the #GuardIAS project is tackling the lionfish invasion in Crete & Santorini through population control & commercial fishing.
Read more about the event here: guardias.eu/lionfish-in-...
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
#ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 28, 2025 ~ The enemy
"Human activity is the primary cause of the problem. Farmers are clearing more land for food production. Infrastructure projects and mining are exacerbating the loss of vegetation and global heating... "
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Lionfish (Pterois miles) π
Its stomach expands up to 30x when feeding! Itβs a major threat, known for devastating native fish & wrecking marine ecosystems.
The #GuardIAS project is running control programs in the Aegean Sea.
Read more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
So, is #EBM just a concept on paper? Not at all. π
It is already shaping how we manage European seas, through global conventions, directives, regional policies, and local implementation.
Stay tuned for next weekβs #MOOC on how EBM spans marine sectors & the related challengesπ§
But what is the environmental status of European waters? Consult the following paper for an overview:
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Same area, but now with the pressure visible: longlines, ropes and other fishing gear litter entangling gorgonians and covering the seabed. Chronic ghost fishing and structural damage that we urgently need to address.
#marinelitter #ghostfishing #MPA #conservation @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social
Clip from the Tokmakia plateau (NE Lesvos): a mesophotic coralligenous reef with dense red gorgonians and complex bioconstructions. This is the kind of βanimal forestβ habitat our work focuses on documenting and conserving.
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
πβ¨ Just out! Our new study dives into a NE Aegean biodiversity hotspot, revealing fragile coralligenous habitats, stressed gorgonians, and too much litter.
If you care about the Medβs hidden forests, this oneβs for you π
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology πππ§ͺ
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 25, 2025 ~ and he is us
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates β the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.β
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
Yoshua Bengio has become the first person ever to exceed 1 million citations on #GoogleScholar β a landmark moment for the #AI community.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
scholar.google.com/citations?us...
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π₯π Warning: the notorious βfire antβ has landed in Europe. These tiny invaders donβt just sting β they threaten our biodiversity, crops and health. Time to act now! #InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #BioInvasions π―
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Is #Ecosystem-Based Management just another buzzword scientists use? ππ©βπ¬ Or is it something society already works with?
Spoiler: #EBM is not imaginary, itβs embedded in the way we manage our seas through laws, directives, & policies across all scales. βοΈ#GES4SEAS #MOOC
π‘ Using RoboFlow to ID key species like Axinella cannabina (crucial to Mediterranean benthic ecosystems) from ROV footage in Torre Guaceto (Italy).
Tech meets conservation under the sea!
π₯ Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II
#ROV #AI4Oceans #MarineScience #BioBoostPlus #Sponges
Spotlight: Brown Algae (Rugulopteryx okamurae) πΏ A single plant can make 600 copies! Itβs a major threat, known for suffocating native species & damaging coastal tourism/fishing. The #GuardIAS project is setting up an early warning system in Greece.
Brown Algae (Rugulopteryx okamurae) πΏ
A single plant can make 600 copies! Itβs a major threat, known for suffocating native species & damaging coastal tourism/fishing. The #GuardIAS project is creating an early warning system in Greece.
See more: guardias.eu
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
π£ Be part of the consultation on an IUCN strategy for invasive alien species π£
The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first π
π forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
ποΈ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025
#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
Conserving biodiversity and water in a human-dominated landscape requires holistic and integrated options, read about our approaches in the @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE project Neusiedl Lake case study to find out more.
www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/options...
What have we learnt this weekββ
To summarise #EBM means understanding how much the ecosystem can endure, how much we can pull on different strings, where we need to be careful, and where we need to strengthen the web. πΈοΈπΈοΈ
Ecosystem knowledge is [β¦]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
If the #ocean is like a spider webπΈοΈ, then our human activities are like pulling on the different strings which puts pressure on the structure as a whole. Therefore we need to understand the bigger picture to ensure ecosystems can recover and function [β¦]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
πToday, MSPglobal is starting a series of online workshops to consult experts on the development of a data toolbox structured to address cumulative impact assessment for #MarineSpatialPlanning.
β‘οΈ Reach out to us if you are interested in joining the next workshops!
Check out our new Infographic for eDNA!
This project is carried out within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0, funded by the European Union β NextGenerationEU (Implementation body: HFRI)
