Lars Gamfeldt

I used to be a textbook neoliberal. But while doing my accidental PhD, I encountered too much evidence to maintain my former beliefs.

Great #Inequality makes societies worse in practically every measure so far devised to measure societal success.

Only fair societies can survive AND prosper.

“Fulfilling Koch’s postulates, V. pectenicida strain FHCF-3, cultured from the coelomic fluid of a diseased sunflower sea star, caused disease and mortality in exposed sunflower sea stars, demonstrating that it is a causative agent of SSWD” (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) 🦑🌊🧪 #MarineLife

Stands of Fucus serratus (jagged edge) and Fucus vesiculosus (paired bladders) on the white sands of the Brittany coast #Seaweeds

This looks like an important read!
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#PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🌊🦑

Don't be misled by the proportions of ink spent on the book vs on Altman himself in my blog post, as the important entity to evaluate here is of couse Altman! The book is unimportant.

Burial är bra!

Ouch.

“If we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero.”

YouTube video by Kristineberg Center Kristineberg Center live stream från undervattenskamera på 5 meters djup

Can’t get to the water this summer? Enjoy the view with our live-streamed underwater camera! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejes...

Humans will always have oxygen to breathe, but we can’t say the same for ocean life We are not at risk of running out of oxygen due to climate change, but ocean creatures are – and that will harm the whole planet.

This false assertion about the ocean producing 50% of the oxygen we breathe is so widespread that @jpgattuso.bsky.social @bopplaurent.bsky.social and others have written about it here.

@ohaggstrom.bsky.social is a professor in mathematical statistics, and is an expert in AI development. He reviews the Sam Altman biography and is not impressed, not with the book, and not with Altman himself.

Field work on the islands close to Arjeplog, northern Sweden, can sometimes be quite magical 😍

This week: Breakthrough for high quality marine protected areas in Norway! The government introduces three big zero-fishing zones. First time they use this tool. Placed in the Oslo fjord, where the cod stocks and ecosystem are near collapse due to overfishing and pollution. 🎣🙅‍♂️🐟🧵

Dr Aaron Eger from @unsw.edu.au is a finalist in the Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science.

Learn more: youtu.be/M06od5P7s1s

#EurekaPrizes

Just out! 10-yr labour of love exploring how Plymouth’s coastline transformed over centuries by land reclamation & how changes are often forgotten.
Shout out to incredible crack team: historians, geologists, remote sensors, archaeologists, artists, ecologists🧠🌍🎨 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Cover crop mixtures enhance multiple ecosystem functions: A global meta-analysis In this blog post, Yunhui Liu and team share insights from their recent global meta-analysis on how cover crop mixtures can enhance agricultural sustainability by promoting multiple ecosystem funct…

In this blog post, Yunhui Liu and team share insights from their recent global meta-analysis on how cover crop mixtures can enhance agricultural sustainability by promoting multiple ecosystem functions 🌱💭

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Absolutely wild phytoplankton blooms happening in the Baltic Sea right now. This scene was captured with the Sentinel-2 satellite on July 21, 2025.

Zoom in.

Vill sitta slutdansad på en klippa i soluppgång och höra the Orb

The cover of Hartl's "A Primer of Population Genetics", 3rd edition is covered in many dozens of Pisaster seastars of all colors; mind you, we still have no idea if color is heritable in them.

Cover photo of Dan Hartl’s Principles of Population Genetics does not exist anymore (Pisaster, or Asterias, or others, in that density). May as well be AI.

That is striking (and depressing)!
Do you have a reference to share?

#PhycologyFriday #MarineLife 🦑🌊

Kelp Rescue is excited to announce the publication of our 1st ever kelp restoration peer-reviewed paper! 🎉Since our start in 2021, we've been testing scientific approaches to kelp restoration, and this paper is the culmination of a huge team effort.
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WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

59 year-old Aboriginal trans/non-binary person in a selfie wearing a nonbinosaurus shirt.

Happy Non-binary People’s Daaaaaay!
Stuff:
- there are older people who are non-binary.
- there are Indigenous people who are non-binary (but we’re not your ‘proof of concept’).
- the binary is a key element of the colonial project of gender.
-we’re an integral part of our community.

The role of microbiota in kelp gametophyte development and resilience to thermal stress Ocean warming is driving profound changes in the ecology of marine habitat formers such as kelps, with negative implications for the biodiversity and ecosystem services they support. Thermal stress c...

Hello bluesky! Happy to transition here and kick it off with a new publication and alltogether great collaboration with @a-h-mcgrath.bsky.social: microbes may increase kelp gametophyte thermal resilience and help them have sex 🦠🌊🌿!

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A rocky shoreline near Le Conquet, Brittany, showing limpets (*Patella* sp.) among the knotted wrack algae (*Ascophyllum*) & demonstrating to Louise and Pip that limpets and algae can, in fact, coexist.

Headed home from an amazing #ITRS2025 meeting, tired but intellectually energized by all of the creative research going on in temperate reef systems. It was great to spend time with old friends, meet new ones, & share our science. Merci to @aec13.bsky.social & the other organizers!

Our first night at quatre ventes

Crustis shows off his crusty ideas.

An amazing banquet at the oceanopolis!

Recovery crepes after a fantastic night of post-banquet dancing.

Thanks to the organizers for an absolutely amazing #ITRS2025! It was a highlight to bring my students and watch them connect to the larger temperate reef science world! My heart is full, and I cannot wait for NZ!

I use this image when I teach about the consequences of biodiversity loss: