📊🌱 Hoy #8M lanzamos encuesta sobre #cuidados y carrera científica en #ecología.
¿Quién cuida en la comunidad científica?
¿Cuánto tiempo implican esos cuidados?
¿Influyen en las trayectorias investigadoras?
Si trabajas en ecología, cuéntanos 👇
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La ciencia cada vez encuentra más microorganismos capaces de producir oxígeno sin necesidad de luz solar.
Good news: Scientists were wrong about how bad sea level rise is.
Bad news: It’s even worse than we thought.
Call for abstracts is open for the 6th International Symposium of the Ocean in a High CO2 World! We are looking for work that examined the impacts of ocean acidification, deoxygenation, mCDR, and multiple drivers of change: highco2-vi.org/call-for-abs...
📚New article: Microplastics ⬇️ eelgrass tolerance to heat stress with implications for restoration & blue carbon. By Egea, L.G.; Jiménez-Ramos, R.; Rodríguez-Arias, L.; Infantes, E. 👇🏾
A two-column status table titled "Stage" and "Start Date" tracks the timeline of a manuscript submission from its preliminary data submission on October 8, 2025, to its eventual withdrawal on March 2, 2026. The log reveals a lengthy and repetitive administrative process, particularly between October 26, 2025, and February 19, 2026, where the status cycled more than ten times between "Contacting Potential Reviewers" and "Waiting for Reviewer Assignment," suggesting significant difficulty in securing peer reviewers. Following these numerous failed attempts to move into the active review phase, the final entry shows the manuscript was officially withdrawn on March 2, 2026, at 09:08:18.
My first paper had to be mailed to Stockholm, Sweden, and then mailed to reviewers around the world. Everything by mail! It was submitted, reviewed, revised, typeset, and published in 3 months. I feel bad for early-career scientists who can't find a single reviewer after 5 months. It's gotta change.
An illustration of a man in the sky above a town with email addresses around him, with text: When I lost my university email, my identity as a scientist took an unexpected hit
"Losing my institutional email address felt like losing a small but vital piece of the scientist I had become." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3OGpS67
I do! They are full spectrum led lights and cost-quality affordable. You can regulate intensity, and in this setup they give 450 micromoles per square meter per second at the seagrass canopy level (measured with a LICOR submerged)
Las praderas marinas sostienen la vida bajo el agua 🌊
💨 Absorben CO2
🌬️ Liberan oxígeno
🐠 Refugian y alimentan la biodiversidad marina
El #DíaDeLasPraderasMarinas pone el foco en su conservación y recuperación. Protegerlas es cuidar el océano 💙
#WorldSeagrassDay
Seagrass meadows are among the most widespread and valuable marine ecosystems on Earth.
Yet every 30 minutes, a football field’s worth of seagrass disappears.
This #WorldSeagrassDay, discover why these often overlooked meadows matter more than you imagine.
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From our experiment in the lab and one of our Mediterranean field sites ... Happy #WorldSeagrassDay to everyone!
Developed as a people-centred funding mechanism, grounded in science, the Fund aims to build capacity, close knowledge gaps, and mobilise funding and resources for local partners.
Find out more about the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund and donate today: ow.ly/CV7s50YgzhM
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#WorldSeagrassDay 2026!
Seagrasses are vital for marine life:
🐠 Provide habitats that support biodiversity
🎣Boost fisheries as nurseries & feeding grounds
This year's theme “SeagrassesEnrichOceanBiodiversity&Fisheries” highlights their role in ocean health.Join us to #ProtectSeagrass!
📷 N. Foster
Six global challenges. One powerful solution: Introducing the Global Seagrass Challenge Fund.
Donate this World Seagrass Day to secure a future for seagrass: ow.ly/CV7s50YgzhM
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Amazing week at #OSM26, the biggest meeting for marine scientists. Great science shared and many useful discussions for a better future. With collaborators at @bigelowlab.bsky.social we presented on-going work on seaweed farming and carbon related ecosystem functions. More to come soon!
Four upcoming postdoctoral positions at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona. Take a look in here 👇 and get ready to apply! www.icm.csic.es/en/calls/new...
Schafer et al show that warming alters seagrass–oyster interactions in mesocosms, highlighting the importance of considering the interactive effects of seagrass and oysters, and other biotic components such as macroalgae, when investigating climate impacts on coastal ecosystems.
Fig. 1.Experimental design and treatment distribution. (A) Layout of the experimental setup. (B) Distribution of independent aquaria with randomly assigned CO₂ and temperature treatments. Quadrats represent tanks under control temperature conditions, and tanks subjected to heat wave stress. (C) Close-up of a single 20 liter aquarium showing marble-filled seed pots collected during the experiment, a water circulation pump, and the gas bubbling system. Detail of the gas bubbling apparatus is also shown, through which CO₂-enriched air was introduced into the aquaria in the CO2 enriched treatments.
🌱🌊 RESEARCH 🌊🌱
Ocean acidification enhances seagrass seedling resilience to marine heatwaves by modulating antioxidant defenses, metabolism, and gene expression, potentially mitigating climate change impacts on seagrass ecosystems - Pazzaglia et al.
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#PlantScience 🧪
Most #BlueCarbon in mangrove, saltmarsh and seagrass soils comes from elsewhere (drifting seaweed, plankton and land plants), not just the local vegetation.
Authors of this study outline a roadmap to improve tracing and seascape-wide management to protect and enhance this coastal carbon storage.
Seaweed Farming offers a sustainable win for climate, oceans, and food security. It absorbs carbon, creates marine habitats, and boosts local economies—proof that conservation and innovation can thrive together. #SustainableAquaculture
ICYMI: New online! The circular seabird economy is critical for oceans, islands and people
🌊 Thrilled to kick off our new scientific strategy for a thriving ocean!
🤝Yesterday, we hosted the 1st workshop of our 4-part series — focusing on marine biodiversity.
💡A day of reflection, ideas & collaboration to build a shared roadmap for future ocean research.
🌊 Advancing our strategy to tackle Climate Change!
💡 Today we held the 2nd ICM strategic workshop, bringing together researchers to explore how ocean science can help understand and mitigate climate impacts.
👏 A heartfelt thank you to all participants for their energy, insights, and commitment!
A new paper out: Fragmentation of #seagrass meadows in the years following the 2010/2011 #marineheatwave compound the ecological impacts of mortality and prolong recovery #Amphibolis #Posidonia: zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This graphical abstract shows three marine Mediterranean habitats (sandy bottoms, rocky reefs and Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows. Each of them has a different fish community. We also mention the functional trait metrics we used to assess the functional diversity of the fish community in the 3 different habitats; these metrics are: Functional Richness, Rao's quadratic entropy, functional divergence, functional b-diversity
Our study investigated the functional diversity of coastal fish communities across habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. It demonstrates that sandy habitats contribute disproportionately to functional beta diversity in Mediterranean infralittoral ecosystems authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
It's #OceanAcidification Week and we have a lot to share! 🧵
🌊🦑🌐 Check out the list of international events with @goa-on.bsky.social #OAWeek2025 #OneOcean
www.goa-on.org/webinars/OaW...
📣 Last days to apply as a Chapter Scientist to support author teams for IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report.
The deadline for applications is 18 October 2025.
More details: lnkd.in/dGvmmWeC
A healthy temperate coast acts as an interconnected patchwork of wetlands, kelp, seagrass and reefs. Re-establishing these links boosts biodiversity, water quality and carbon storage.
These scientists call for a multi-habitat “seascape restoration” approach. ↩️
🌿 Seaweed & seagrass washed up on beaches aren’t “waste”: they play vital ecological roles. Read more in this piece by CEAB-CSIC researcher @oserranogras for @muyinteresante.com
ICYMI, here is the press release for my study with @drjuliawester.bsky.social - we surveyed over 800 scientists who use social media. They overwhelmingly agree that Twitter is no longer useful or pleasant, and that for all professional online scientist goals, Bluesky is superior.
🧪 #SciComm 🌍
