1. Global food system collapse must rank among the top 5 existential threats we face, alongside environmental breakdown, nuclear war, AI & new pathogens. Yet, afaik, this is the 1st time it has been discussed by any legislature, anywhere in the world. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/e4… 🧵

Had a great week at ASLO_Palma2023 with lots of interesting talks, and what a great experience to present my work on heterogeneity-diversity links to such a broad and diverse audience! Thanks ASLO and Challenger Society for funding this trip and making this possible #ASLO23

Average oxygen levels in the ocean have fallen by 2% over the past 50 years, and could fall 20% by the end of this century, making some parts of the ocean less habitable to sea life. Learn more: scim.ag/2Z8

Please take action to #RestoreNature. Demand that our MEPs support a strong and ambitious Nature Restoration Law 🔗iwt.ie/what-we-do/cam…

Record warm water in the Galapagos Animals are changing their behavior 5°C more than the average 😟 wfla.com/wp-content/upl…

It's been a busy 3 months! From completing setup on disturbance recovery #experiments in #SouthWales and #Orkney, through to #surveying 9 more #shores in #scotland and #Wales, the Natural Environment Research Council #BEFScale project has been making real progress in 2023. 🤟🌊🪸🌊#science Swansea University

What a productive #summer it has been so far (And it's only June!) 💪🤟 Spending a frantic May setting up #coastal #experiments and #surveys in the #Orkney isles and June across South #Wales, I couldn't be more proud of the BEF-Scale #team! 🌊🪸🌊#teamseaweed #kelp Swansea University

The Ecological Causes of Functional Distinctiveness in Communities out in Ecology Letters bit.ly/3XeFcaq We explore the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that underpin functionally distinct species. Great collaborative work of the #FREE #CESAB group ! 🌈 FRB

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Had another good day on #survey in #looe looking at the canopy-forming #seaweed assemblages as part of BEF-Scale. Even had a surprise visit from a #slithering #snek friend! 🌊🐍🌊 Fabulous effort from all of the #team again! #coastal #biodiversity #Science #adder #Snake

Fun few days helping out on Owen Harris 🧜‍♂️🌱's project investing heatwave responses in intertidal seaweeds with MBA Ecology Group 🌡️🌱🌊🔥

If everyone who has been grateful for the NHS over the past 75 years followed and retweeted we’d reach a million by midnight Please take just two seconds to show you’re right behind NHS staff

I lay wide awake last night; my head consumed by what this means for us, my heart consumed by what this means for wildlife. I am alarmed. You should be too. #Antarctica bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

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❗️Encara pots respondre la nostra enquesta sobre els ambients del Delta de l'Ebre 🥳🥳 ⏰Però afanya't, perquè la tanquem aquest divendres (15/12/2023) a les 23:59h! 📢Si t'interessa el Delta, fes sentir la teva veu surveymonkey.com/r/EnquestaAmbi…

Great to have presented my 2nd PhD chapter on heterogeneity effects in rocky shore communities at the #BES2023 meeting! Thanks MBA - Marine Biological Association and The British Phycological Society for making it possible 🌱🐌🦐🐟🌊

Norway set to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords joining just two other countries globally that still approve new licences for marine waste disposal. mining-technology.com/news/norway-ap…

Wow! Welcome to the Anthropocene. “NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch introduced three new categories to their Bleaching Alert Levels, above the previously open-ended Level 2. Bleaching Alert Level 5, the new highest level, is categorized as a risk of “near complete mortality.” 1/

Great to get onto the shore just a few km from our campus, with Ruby George and new PhD student Abrar Shakil.

Interested in applying AI to unravel the impacts of climate change on the structure and functioning of octocoral temperate communities? Consider applying for an #MSCA fellowship with us! DM Cristina Linares or myself to discuss it. MedRecover Facultat de Biologia UB IRBioUB