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Kristina Beck

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University Teacher in Marine Science at The University of Edinburgh | Cold-water coral physiology and skeletal analyses | Climate change effect on corals πŸͺΈ | Multiple driver experiments | Scientific diver | Ocean lover 🌊 πŸ‹πŸ¬πŸ¦­πŸ πŸŸπŸ‘πŸ™πŸ¦‘πŸͺΌπŸ¦ͺπŸ¦žπŸ¦€

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‼️ Please disseminate widely: the manifesto of the One Ocean Science Congress #OOSC is open for digital signature:
forms.ifremer.fr/pdg/oosc-man...

#ScienceForTheOcean 🌊

07.06.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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29.04.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you looking for a career in Marine Biology? Do you have some free time between now and the end of May? If so, why not come and volunteer with us! Primary duties will be animal husbandry and general aquarium maintenance and assisting with research projects. Sorry, applicants must be over 18 yo.

16.04.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
MSc: Biological Oceanography

Apply to our Biological Oceanography MSc program, study in small groups on the shores of the Baltic Sea with leading researchers! Courses are research-driven, deadline April 15: www.geomar.de/en/studying/... #geomar #kieluniversity

12.04.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Session 3.3 Coral Reefs Under a Changing Climate: Impacts, Resilience and Solutions hosted by Nagore Quintano, Tabea Platz and Malte Ostendarp
Submit your abstract now to join #ICYMARE2025
www.icymare.com/about-the-co...
#callforabstracts #coralreefs #climatechange #oceanconservation #marinescience

11.04.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | OFFICIAL TRAILER | GLOBAL CINEMA EVENT FROM MAY 8 | Altitude Films
YouTube video by Altitude Films OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH | OFFICIAL TRAILER | GLOBAL CINEMA EVENT FROM MAY 8 | Altitude Films

"The most important place on the planet is not on land, but at sea." Super stoked & excited to see the trailer drop for 'Ocean' the new film of hope by David Attenborough youtu.be/cIZAdCtKT_g?... Globally released in cinemas May 8th #oceanwithattenborough #davidattenborough #oceanoptimism πŸ“½ 🌊 🐟 πŸͺΈ πŸ™

05.04.2025 06:56 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Always nice to spend a day in St Abbs especially when it's so sunny β˜€οΈ Many thanks to @marinestation.bsky.social for giving a tour of the marine station! πŸ¦žπŸ¦€

04.04.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're interested in learning more about the effect of climate change on cold-water corals, please join the MASTS webinar on Wednesday next week where I'll be presenting the results of several aquarium experiments with multiple environmental drivers πŸͺΈ

31.03.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MASTS Open Forum Session "Climate Change Drivers in UK regional seas and Scottish deep seas" - MASTS The MASTS Marine Climate Change Forum is excited to host a free Open Forum Session with 2 interesting talks! Register Here! Talk 1: Investigating climate driven changes on marine invertebrates […]

Please join us for the upcoming Open Forum Session by the #Marine Climate Change Forum!

The session titled #Climatechange drivers in UK regional seas and Scottish #deepsea with Dr Heather Sugden and Dr Johanne Vad will be taking place online on Tues 8 Apr at 1 pm UTC.

13.03.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Effects of climate change on Scottish deep seas The deep sea encompasses all marine habitats that exist below the "sunlight zone".Β  The sunlight zone is the surface layer of the ocean to a depth of about 200 metres (m) at which point abou...

πŸ“°Exciting news!πŸ“°

MASTS Working Group publishes "The Effects of Climate Change on Scottish Deep Seas - A Story Map"

The Story Map is an interactive virtual tool explaining #climatechange drivers and highlighting case studies emphasizing the importance of #deepsea environments around #Scotland πŸ¦‘πŸ¦€

31.03.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Effects of climate change on Scottish deep seas The deep sea encompasses all marine habitats that exist below the "sunlight zone".Β  The sunlight zone is the surface layer of the ocean to a depth of about 200 metres (m) at which point abou...

Interested in learning more about the effects of climate change on Scottish deep seas? πŸ€”

Then check out the @mastscot.bsky.social Story Map and Policy Brief! 🌊πŸͺΈπŸŸ

Great to see this published today - many thanks to an amazing team!

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/11db...

masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

28.03.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MASTS Open Forum Session "Seabed Mining and Resilience to Experimental Impact" - MASTS MASTS Research Forums host regular Open Forum Sessions to provide the community an insight into their work.

Join us next week for @mastscot.bsky.social Deep-Sea Open Forum- DaniΓ«lle de Jonge (JNCC) on SMARTEX, a UKRI funded project investigating the impact of seabed mining on the abyssal Pacific and exploring topics of resilience and recovery. Feb 12 1-2pm GMT. Register free: masts.ac.uk/event/masts-...

06.02.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are happy to announce the date for next year's conference in Bremerhaven!
Save the date for the 8-12th September to join us for a week packed with marine science sessions, networking events and workshops! πŸ™πŸ³
#marinelife #marinescience #earlycareerscientists #conference #ICYMARE

29.11.2024 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please add me to the list, thanks! 😊

22.11.2024 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Understanding the role of coastal habitats to fisheries using bioacoustics and machine learning

πŸŽ“πŸŸ PhD Opportunity! πŸŸπŸŽ“
Explore how coastal habitats support fisheries using #bioacoustics & #MachineLearning!
🌊 Study marine ecosystems 🌐 Develop AI tools πŸ’‘ Drive sustainability

πŸ“ University of Glasgow
πŸ“† Apply by 3 January
πŸ”— shorturl.at/4qt5K

20.11.2024 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Bluesky science community πŸ‘‹ I'm new here after migrating from the app that shall not be named. I'm a PhD researcher in deep-sea ecotoxicologyβ€”interested in all the weird and wonderful things in the deep sea. Excited to connect, share insights, and learn from this community. #DeepSeaScience

14.11.2024 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌎 The #DeepOcean, the biggest COβ‚‚ absorber & heat bufferβ€”but how much do we really know about it? DOSI is spotlighting critical knowledge gaps in IPCC reports & calling for deeper research into ocean deoxygenation, fisheries, carbon cycles & more.
Our policy brief: https://buff.ly/3CpixSc #COP29

15.11.2024 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‹ Hello bluer skies 🟦
I'm looking to find :
the R (dataviz) community,
the ocean acidification and invert πŸ™ communities,
and more broadly people who care about climate change !

22.10.2024 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! πŸ˜€πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰

06.10.2024 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very exciting and successful session at beamline i13 at Diamond Light Source to study the effect of ocean acidification and multiple environmental drivers on the dissolution of cold-water coral skeletons from our long-term aquarium experiment πŸͺΈ

06.08.2024 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's time to make sure ICRS 2026 is on your calendar. The 16th International Coral Reef Symposium will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from Sunday 19th to Friday 24th July 2026 www.icrs2026.nz

05.08.2024 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICRS-SECC Writing Workshops Application The International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) Student and Early Career Chapter (SECC) will be hosting two writing workshops conducted by a professional consultant for active ICRS members. As students an...

Final week to apply for the two writing workshops offered through the ICRS - Student and Early Career Chapter

2-day workshops equip participants with the skills needed to craft winning grant proposals and impactful research papers

Apply by August 8th at 11:59pm UTC docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

05.08.2024 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists discover β€˜dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface | CNN New research is challenging a long-held assumption about the role of oxygen in the deep sea, with scientists finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis in a region known as the Clarion-Clipperton ...

New research challenges a long-held assumption about oxygen in the deep sea, with scientists finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

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Dark oxygen made by deep sea 'batteries' The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.

Another reason to not mine the seabed: Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean t.co/DgptLhxRDJ πŸ§ͺπŸ¦‘

22.07.2024 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
Technical assistant (m/f/d) -Inorganic elemental and isotopic geochemical analyses, clean lab techniques, marine carbonates preparation for analyses, chemical purification methods, data management and...

🚨1 post doc & 1 lab tech position advertised at GEOMAR🚨
on ERC CoG project "HighBorG". Cool B isotopes, forams & fossil πŸͺΈ, climate reconstructions of key past warm periods! Flexible starting date & position duration
Due Sep 1: www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
Due Aug 15: www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...

08.07.2024 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoc Opportunity: Climate Extremes and Coastal Ecosystems Β· Simon Donner My research group at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada is searching for a postdoctoral researcher to participate in interdisciplinary research on ocean extreme events and their e...

Postdoc opening! πŸͺΈ 🌊 🌑️ We're looking for someone with a marine ecology or climate science PhD to work with us at UBC on the causes and effects of marine heatwaves and other climate extremes. It is an interdisciplinary job and setting: simondonner.com/post-doctora...

24.06.2024 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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PostDoc Wanted! Geochemistry of Marine Calcification Mechanisms

🚨🚨🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨🚨🚨

3-year #postdoc position to study the #geochemistry of marine #calcification!

biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/leverhul...

Come join my @leverhulme.bsky.social project to work out how shells are made!

@eurogeosciences.bsky.social @eageo.bsky.social @geochemgroup.bsky.social

21.06.2024 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Show Your Stripes Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

Ready for #ShowYourStripes on Friday?

1) Download your own stripes: ShowYourStripes.info
2) Share the graphics widely on 21st June
3) Start conversations about climate risks & actions to take

20.06.2024 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
Beautiful Sandy beaches surround the scenic pier and town of St Andrews, where the lovely folks in the School Earth and Environmental Sciences are looking for a new colleague!

Beautiful Sandy beaches surround the scenic pier and town of St Andrews, where the lovely folks in the School Earth and Environmental Sciences are looking for a new colleague!

🚨St Andrews Earth & Environmental Sciences is hiring!🚨

Lecturer (Assist. Prof) in
Earth Surface Processes. Areas could include sedimentary environments, processes, geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, CCS, natural haz, or many more!

Closes 17 July
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

13.06.2024 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Save the date: The next International Coral Reef Symposium will be held 19-24 July 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand.

02.05.2024 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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