Aulactinia verrucosa, Anemonia viridis, and Actiinia fragacea out at Portland Bill on today's @MarClim_UK survey @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
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Marine biologist and PI of the MarClim project. Anthropogenic impacts on marine biodiversity; research,knowledge exchange, conservation https://www.mba.ac.uk/staff/dr-nova-mieszkowska/ https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/nova-mieszkowska/research
Aulactinia verrucosa, Anemonia viridis, and Actiinia fragacea out at Portland Bill on today's @MarClim_UK survey @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
A glorious day to be on the shore doing @MarClim_UK surveys with @naturalengland.bsky.social staff in Dorset @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Back out on the Dee deploying refuges to study Eriocheir sinensis, thr invasive Chinese mitten crab with dissertation students from University of Liverpool & Natural Resources Wales @natreswales.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
Trained volunteers are crucial to the continuation of the @thembauk.bsky.social @MarClim_uk project. They come out whatever the weather & give invaluable assistance @naturalengland.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Downloaded & reset the Envloggers as well as doing MarClim surveys at Goury & Barfleur on the Cotenin Peninsula @thembauk.bsky.social @fplima.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
Discussing the octopus bloom in SW England on @bbc drive.google.com/file/d/1_4YX... @thembauk.bsky.social
I am presenting the #MarClim project tomorrow (Friday) at 12:30 GMT at #COP30 in #Brazil. Watch at the #VirtualOceanPavilion on the online platform
cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com. COP30 supports global engagement at the UN Climate Conference @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social
If AI & intertidal ecology tick your boxes, apply for the PhD with myself, Baihua Li & Jonathan Millet at Loughborough University and the Marine Biological Association. A transdiscipinary opportunity combining fieldwork & AI. @thembauk.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
If you β₯οΈ barnacles, time-series, fieldwork, modelling, and AI, apply for a PhD with myself, Phil Fenberg, @michaeltburrows.bsky.social, and Steve Hawkins @thembauk.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Groundbreaking work on the use of eDNA for characterizing intertidal biodiversity, comparing it to my MarClim time-series from @dinathebiologist.bsky.social, myself, Tom Webb, Helen Hipperson, and Matt Spencer @thembauk.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Curious about the genome of the beautiful little Onchidella celtica? Now available to read @thembauk.bsky.social wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...
Sabellaria alveolata at both Crackington Haven & Hartland Quay MarClim sites. Always a joy to see this Priority Habitat @thembauk.bsky.social
@livuninews.bsky.social Marine Biology undergraduate students
learning quadrat & transect survey methods for rocky intertidal systems @thembauk.bsky.social o
A wonderful meeting of minds & organizations on the MarClim northeast fieldtrip, with @naturalengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk & @thembauk.bsky.social
Great to see @bd-stew.bsky.social at @thembauk.bsky.social with film makers & PicSea map an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species, Eunicella verrucosa, in SW England.
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Heatwave-induced damage to kelps & fucoids on #MarClim annual surveys in north Wales for @naturalresources.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social
A productive, collaborative @kelp-forests.bsky.social kelp workshop at itrs-home.org discussing kelp monitoring & research projects and linking them all together.
Grazing trails of Phorcus lineatus at Newhaven, where the population density has skyrocketed in the past five years of #MarClim surveys near the northeastern leading range edge @thembauk.bsky.social
Stunning Sabellaria alveolata reefs at Welcombe Mouth & Widemouth. Nice to see a priority habitat doing well again this year @thembauk.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
MarClim has found the Lusitanian hermit crab Clibanarious erythropus at two new sites in 2025 at the leading range edge in SW England, with existing populations increasing in abundance @thembauk.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social www.chrisparkes.photography image copyright MBA
Want to come & do a PhD with myself and Jack Thomson on the impacts of windfarms on benthic biodiversity @liverpoolunibsky.social ? Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Have a listen to me discussing my research, career, and marine themed leggings collection: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @thembauk.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social
If you are in or near Plymouth next week, come along to the climateconnectionsplymouth.co.uk #ClimateMingle event as I'll be speaking on climate change and marine heatwaves @ The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social on Thursday 27th March.
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The tiny but beautiful Onchidella celtica were out and about on the stunning Sabellaria alveolata reefs during our MarClim survey at Bude @naturalengland.bsky.social @thembauk.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social
Fantastic to be invited to present the role of the MarClim project in evidence prorvision to the UK Government and SNCBs at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology's UK Earth Observagtion Framework conference today ukeof.org.uk/conference/c... @thembauk.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social
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