Aly Lough

Great week at #OSM26 meeting up with everyone doing ocean science and presenting my work on deep sea mining and Antarctic iron fluxes. Big thanks to the @challengersoc.bsky.social and @biogeoscapes.bsky.social fellowships for funding my attendance! Goodbye Glasgow!

Also free notebooks!

Check out some of the maps from Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition at the UK hydrographic office stall in the exhibit hall at #OSM26, still collecting data under extreme circumstances!

Getting use to the #OSM26 silent disco format. Things move on when you haven’t been to an international conference for 6 years!

UK hydrographic office looking for an oceanographer specialising in ocean and ice physics

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

Great to get out in the field (literally at a farm) to teach @earthandenvleeds.bsky.social students how to measure and assess water quality 🧪💧🚜

Optimization of the World Ocean Model of Biogeochemistry and Trophic dynamics (WOMBAT) using surrogate machine learning methods Abstract. The introduction of new processes in biogeochemical models brings new model parameters that must be set. Optimization of the model parameters is crucial to ensure that model performance is…

🗞️ New article in Biogeosciences #EGU by Pearse J. Buchanan et al ⬇️

Lecturer in Biosphere-Geosphere Interactions at University of Leeds An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Biosphere-Geosphere Interactions is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Lecturer position advertised at Leeds, UK, working at the interface between ecology, microbiology and biogeochemistry closes 2nd October www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR986/l...

Postdocs get more equipment time when applications are anonymized Early-career researchers’ access to neutron-beam instruments jumped from 61% to 78% at one Australian facility.

More postdoctoral researchers secured access to sophisticated scientific instruments when an Australian facility made their application process anonymous

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#ECR input needed! Help SCOR serve early-career scientists better by contributing to the survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SCOR-ECOP

🌊 Pre-registration is open for GEOTRACES Summer School 2025!

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Apply by 30 June 2025 👉 geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org

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The GEOTRACES Early Career Scientists Committee (ECS) is now accepting applications for new members!

🗓️ Application deadline: 15 June 2025

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US federal cuts threaten international ocean science and diplomacy - Nature Ecology & Evolution Nature Ecology & Evolution - US federal cuts threaten international ocean science and diplomacy

Our new paper authored by the Scientific Committee of the
#OOSC on "US federal cuts threaten international ocean science and diplomacy" has been published. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great discussions on all things marine microbes and biogeochemical cycles last week at our first in person meeting of the @biogeoscapes.bsky.social fellows second cohort in Santa Monica, CA. FYI no issues getting into and out of the states for any of us.

PhD students in STEM: Nature wants to hear from you Buried in lab work or drowning in data? Take a break and help shape the future of PhD education.

📢 Calling PhD students 📢 we want to hear from you!

Help shape the future of PhD education. Take our survey to tell us all about your experiences

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Trump’s Push For Deep-Sea Metals Clashes With UN Ocean Treaty In addition to Canada and Greenland, the US president is targeting the international seabed as a source for minerals needed for green technology. Here’s what to know.

TMC wants US permission to mine an area it licensed from the ISA under the sponsorship of Nauru. TMC declined to comment on whether those obligations to Nauru remain if it is issued a US mining license.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump expected to sign deep-sea mining executive order on Thursday - sources U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday to boost the deep-sea mining industry, the latest attempt to tap international deposits of nickel, copper and other critical minerals used widely across the economy.

Executive order signed to expedite deep sea mining applications

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Colossal squid filmed by scientists for first time in ocean Stunned scientists say the extremely rare squid can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lb).

Colossal squid captured on camera!!

Amazing work by @drmtaylor.bsky.social and team.

🧪🌊🦑

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust Nature - Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.

Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.

But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway

https://go.nature.com/4jNRukb

Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!

2025 POGO-SCOR Fellowship is now open for applications! 🚀

Provides funding for early-career scientists, technicians, postgrads from developing countries to spend 1–3 months at a leading oceanographic institute abroad 🌏

APPLY by 27 April 2025

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Trump-Era Pivot on Seabed Mining Draws Global Rebuke (Gift Article) Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

The Metals Company's proposal to start seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean by 2027 has faced opposition from countries that are rarely aligned on these issues, such as China, Russia, India, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia, France, Argentina, Uganda, Mauritius, and Fiji.

Canada to join Horizon Europe on equal terms with Europeans! #eudebates #horizon #shorts YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv

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These meetings are great! Much better for getting to know people outside your network than the big international conferences

New paper out from #NHMDeepSea @nhm-london.bsky.social team. #DeepSeaMining #DeepSeaBiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to meet up and discuss Southern Ocean biogeochemistry with team PICCOLO this week at Plymouth marine lab!

The announcement you have all been waiting for... Save the date for BOGS 2025! The 35th meeting of the British Organic Geochemical Society will be held in Bristol on the 1st and 2nd of July 2025. www.bogs2025.com #BOGS2025

WE ARE HIRING. Interested in ocean mixing? Come work with us in the ARIA-funded POLEMIX project to create and deploy a float-based mixing observing system in the subpolar North Atlantic. Applications here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@sotonoceanearth.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk

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