Amazing to see both Staghorn and Elkhorn acropora #corals starting to come back in Bonaire reefs after they were all but wiped out!

I think this picture illustrates how well our data collection is going so far!

.Charles Clover congratulates the President of the Republic of Colombia Iván Duque 🇨🇴 for announcing that 32.42% of Colombia’s waters will be designated as marine protected areas - the first nation in the Western Hemisphere to achieve #30x30. #UNOC2022 #UNOceanConference2022

Other top moments included a field of swaying sea fans, an enormous 🦞 & a big sea turtle pushing a little one out of a prime resting spot… Incredible sights all around w Bonaire East Coast + ExeterMarine team including Callum Roberts, Valentina von Halem, Charlotte Stadden & Tara Williams

Our last dive complete! Such a nice way to end the trip at the iconic “1000 steps” dive site! With Sofia Castelló y Tickell Valentina von Halem Callum Roberts Julie and Tara

What an amazing reminder of how beautiful Cornish wildlife can be! These were taken yesterday whilst snorkelling in Falmouth! 🤿

Happy #PADIWomensDiveDay to my fellow diving ladies!

I had a super enjoyable but intense month in September doing my PADI #DiveMaster Training in Cornwall straight after finishing my Marine Environmental Management MSc (U of Exeter) masters degree! I can’t wait to get my final dive done in a couple of weeks to get signed off!

So happy to have received my final grade for my MSc in Marine Environmental management at ExeterMarine Marine Environmental Management MSc (U of Exeter) And to be graduating with a distinction 🎉 A big thank you to my supervisors Callum Roberts and Julie Hawkins! Now it’s time for me to put my hard work to use!🪸

Blue Planet III is coming! Can you help? 🔎 BBC are looking for exciting wildlife stories & are calling out to scientists, divers & ocean advocates to contact them if they have seen novel or interesting animal behaviours! 🐠 🐙 👉 Email [email protected] Pls share & RT 🔁

I’m currently on my first trip to the Red Sea with the Red Sea Project and so far it has not disappointed! Two more weeks of turtle monitoring, coral surveying and more to come!

3 highly protected marine areas established in England today. The 1038km2 of protection is 60x more than we have, but 70x less than we need, which is 30% of the sea highly protected. At the present rate, it will take us 260 years to reach this level. Welcome news but way too slow

Just because it seems normal, doesn't mean it is. 'Shifting baseline syndrome' describes the gradual acceptance of degraded environmental conditions as the new normal. 📸: Cameron Shepherd

We all think we're rational human beings. So let's put that to a test in a little thread, with sources. This is for those who are in a terrible tizz right now, and think Gary Lineker is actual Satan. 🧵

🌟 New blog post 🌟 for Wildlife and Welfare on the successes and disappointments of the COP27 climate conference wildlifeandwelfare.org/news-blog/cop-…

I’m super excited to share that I will be starting a new position as a Coastal Planner at Marine Management Organisation Marine Management Organisation this week! I can’t wait to get started! 🐟🪼🌊