New pub alert!
Clayton, S., Neeley, A., Poulton, N., et al., (2026) Operational Phytoplankton Observations Best Practices: a guide for using imaging technologies for routine monitoring of phytoplankton communities. doi.org/10.25607/OBP...
More on OCB's working group: www.us-ocb.org/opo-working-...
BlueTech26: Session 1
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🌊 Blue Tech Europe 26: Marine Observing Technologies
📅 21–22 Apr
📍 Paris
🔗 https://swll.to/BT26
2 days of sessions on:
👉 Science & industry collaboration
👉 #MarineTech including sensors
👉 Industry driving #OceanObservation
@marco-bolo.bsky.social @tricuso.bsky.social #AcademinSky 🧪
Great OBON oral session this morning at #OSM26 - thanks to everyone who joined us!
Find out about even more #eDNA observing projects at the Poster session this afternoon: OT44F
Date: Thursday, 26 February 2026
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Location: Hall 4 (Poster Hall) (Scottish Event Campus)
Agreed! It was such a lovey walk this morning.
Due March 31, 2026. Microgrant for 10 people from historically underfunded geographies/institutions to attend the Global eDNA Conference, Seattle, WA Oct 28-30. Covers 4 nights hotel and conference registration; does NOT cover travel and other expenses. #eDNA #grant forms.gle/99jEZj6K8cD7...
What a day for it! Blue skies & calm seas for our team, who have brought in our Autonomous Scientific Buoys for maintenance and upgrades. PML's John McDonald said: "Great to see some of the younger PML team getting hands-on with the more challenging tasks - all good experience, & they smashed it 👊"
🐦 Why are five booby species showing up in the California Current Ecosystem? Using data from CalCOFI, eBird and more, Scripps Oceanography alumna and postdoc Tammy Russell uncovered the major shift.
🌊 Read the study published by Frontiers In Marine Science: bit.ly/4mOBroh
A line graph titled "On their bikes" shows transport volume trends in the City of London from 1999 to 2024, measured in thousands. The graph compares two transport modes: motor vehicles (light red line) and bicycles (dark red line). The motor vehicle line starts at approximately 190,000 in 1999 and shows a steady decline over the years, reaching around 50,000 by 2024. In contrast, the bicycle line begins just above 0 in 1999 and gradually increases over time, crossing the motor vehicle line around 2023, and also reaching approximately 50,000 in 2024. This indicates that bicycle traffic has equaled and possibly surpassed motor vehicle traffic in the City of London. Data was collected at 12 locations during autumn between 07:00 and 19:00. The source is the City of London Corporation.
A map of Greater London, England, showing the boundaries of all the London boroughs. The borough of the City of London is highlighted in red at the center of the map, just north of the River Thames. All other boroughs are shown in a light beige color with black borders. The River Thames and other bodies of water are depicted in light blue. The map provides a clear visual distinction of the City of London's central location relative to the other boroughs in Greater London. The map is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London
This chart shows that in the City of London (the tiny historical part of London in red), bicycles have overtaken cars to become the most common vehicle. Let's make this throughout Greater London!
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
I have thoughts
The image shows a presentation at the 56th International Liège Colloquium. A speaker, standing behind a wooden podium, discusses climate change, highlighting trends in global surface temperature, ocean warming, land temperatures, and sea levels.
@bopplaurent.bsky.social kicking off #LiegeOcean25 with a talk about the state of the climate and potential need for CO₂ removal (CDR).
The surface ocean has warmed by more than 1°C, which is astounding if you think about how much energy it takes to do that. 🌊
Windy day bike tricks
This is a super unique senior role on our technology team, during an exciting time for technology investment in the UK 👇
Honored to be among the 24 global recipients of the #BezosEarthFund’s #AI Grand Challenge for Climate & Nature. PML's Prof Kerry Howell has been awarded a $50,000 grant to support using #artificialintelligence to radically improve our understanding of #deepsea ecosystems: pml.ac.uk/news/project...
A person stands alone on a beach, facing the ocean under a cloudy sky. The scene is framed within a dark theater setting, with silhouettes of viewers in the foreground.
Go see the #OceanFilm with David Attenborough (happy 99th birthday!).
I’d like to have a word with the scientific advisors. Among other things, phytoplankton doesn’t remove 1/3 of our CO₂ emissions (the ocean removes 1/4, but it’s abiotic) and the ocean doesn’t produce half the O₂ we breathe.
Wonderful to see AGU standing up for what is right. As an AGU member and Fellow I could not be more proud! Thank you @agu.org
vwt2oc.co.uk/2015/02/
Don’t destroy your seed corn, says a VC director.
“The only thing more damaging than the recent attacks on our research universities is the silence from my colleagues in the venture capital world, especially from those who have the ear of the president.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
For comparison….slightly less than the total value of all goods and services produced in the United States last year
apnews.com/article/clim...
🙌 “…transitioning to clean energy mitigates both emissions and pollution-related illness; shifting urban infrastructure away from car-centric design towards active transportation… fosters physical activity while reducing fossil fuel use; and …plant-based diets enhances nutrition and sustainability.“
Universities like mine are limiting hiring, travel, and other spending using federal funds because of the fear of things like this. It's basically impossible to do science, whether NSF takes back funding or not.
The image features a yellow underwater vehicle labeled "AUTOSUB BOATY McBOATFACE" positioned next to a white bicycle with a green bag attached. The background includes a brick wall, green bushes, and a door.
Bikey McBikeface.
Colossal squid filmed in its natural habitat for the first time | Science | AAAS
#marineecology
www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientific report on deep-sea research sees 2025 as a decisive year for ocean health 🌊
Led by Prof. Dr Sylvia Sander of GEOMAR, a group of internationally renowned marine scientists has published a Future Science Brief on deep-sea research.
🔗 www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...
📸 HROV Ariane, Ifremer
"The results highlight the need for policy interventions to limit the future flow of plastics into natural environments and minimise impacts on ocean ecosystems." 🌊
Find out more here 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/scienti...
📢PAPER ALERT! New Capability in Autonomous Ocean Carbon Observations Using the Autosub Long-Range AUV Equipped with Novel pH and Total Alkalinity Sensors
🌊 @biogeosensing.bsky.social sensors integrated in NOC ALR during OCEANIDS cruise
For more info👉https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c10139
🔬 Science makes our world better, safer, healthier and stronger. Scripps Oceanography scientists joined fellow members of @nationalacademies.org to call attention to the importance of funding science that supports not just the U.S., but our planet. @nytimes.com has more.
Awesome @archaeon-alex.bsky.social !
