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Andrew Wright

@marinebrit

Marine mammal scientist (aka psycho with a permit). #MarMamSci; conservation social scientist & communicator #ConsMark | #ConSocSci | #ConPsych | #SciComm | #Behaviorchange. Sci-fi nerd. Thoughts are my own. Reposts are not endorsements.

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Not everyone can march and protest the craziness in the USA, Ukraine, Alberta, or elsewhere. However, most of us can buy a song for digital download. Let's send "The Land of Confusion" to No. 1 to highlight being fed up with impotent and dangerous leaders.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0046OP2C...

15.07.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This.

18.06.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Europe -- Donald Trump opened 84% of one marine protected area to longlines and purse seines -- but you allow bottom trawling in almost all of your protected areas

05.06.2025 18:20 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Now the #ECSconference2025 is over and all those marine mammal folks with binoculars have gone home, I'll reveal that I could see the venue from my shower...

27.05.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#ECSconference2025 plugs the International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise. Join us!

16.05.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An excellent plenary by Joe Roman on the myriad values of whales to human society and global ocean and climate health! #ECSconference2025

16.05.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nicole Todd presenting on yet another decline in harbour #porpoise. Every poster and talk on them at #ECSconference2025 has been detailing declines in abundance and distribution, or dropping body condition. Houston, we have a problem. #RedAlert

16.05.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joe Roman discussing the inherent value of marine stewardship at the #ECSconference2025

16.05.2025 09:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enough said by Joe Roman #ECSconference2025 #WorstJobInScience

16.05.2025 09:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ana CaΓ±adas in front of a slide detailing the strengths of her multiple data source modelling approach

Ana CaΓ±adas in front of a slide detailing the strengths of her multiple data source modelling approach

Super complex but important work by @anacanadas.bsky.social who modelled Mediterranean cetacean abundance using multiple data sources - estimates of total sperm whale abundance had no upper ci above 5.5k supporting recent 'Endangered' IUCN listing doi.org/10.2305/IUCN... #ECSconference2025 πŸ§ͺπŸ‹πŸ¦‘

15.05.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Last day of #ECSconference2025 begins with Keynote Joe Roman discussing Lifting Baselines: Marine Mammal Recovery, Ecological Function, and the Consequences of Conservation Success

16.05.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

. @wild-devs.bsky.social - excellent talk at the #ECSconferrnce2025! Important work linking reproductive potential to declining ecosystem quality.

15.05.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#ECSconference2025

15.05.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#ECSconference2025

15.05.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#ECSconference2025

15.05.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

At the #ECSconference2025 they lured us out of the poster session with a live portuguese "murinheira", like the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Brilliant!

15.05.2025 07:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bruno Diaz-Lopez in front of a title slide highlighting the talk title  'From quantity to quality'

Bruno Diaz-Lopez in front of a title slide highlighting the talk title 'From quantity to quality'

Bruno Diaz-Lopez presents evidence that male bottlenose dolphins show social aging, becoming less central in their social networks as they age... #ECSconference2025 πŸ¦‘πŸ‹

15.05.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anna Selbmann brilliantly presents her work on behavioural responses of killer whales to pilot whale sounds in the style of an Asterix comic! Who says science can't be fun? #ECS2025 (p.s. oh yeah, you might want to know that killer whales avoid pilot whale sounds!)

15.05.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Some young upstart called Hal Whitehead is discussing society (the concept of 'we-ness') in sperm whales at the #ECS2025

15.05.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Hui presentem el pΓ²ster:
β€œSite fidelity of Risso’s dolphins along an underwater canyon system”, amb resultats molt prometedors.

Seguim treballant per conèixer i protegir els cetacis del nostre mar.

#KeepOnGramping #ECS2025 #CapDOllaGris #Cetacis #AssociaciΓ³CetΓ cea #RecercaMarina #ConservaciΓ³

14.05.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For those at #ECS2025, don't miss @wild-devs.bsky.social talk on reproductive hormones in fin whales and Alexandra's talk on proteomics in pilot whales this morning.

15.05.2025 08:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cristina Brito discusses conservation and social aspects whaling and other human use and associations with marine mammals through the context of Blue Humanities at the #ECS2025.

15.05.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

A lot of prey does the vertical migration thing, so they go deeper at the full moon. And various ocean cycles are driven by solar behaviour. So the connection is indirect, but it's there!

14.05.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a whale conference. Although lunar cycles have featured as a contributing factor to variability in whale distribution and behaviour. Solar cycles have also been hinted at as contributing to inter-decadal variability as well. You'd feel right at home!

14.05.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The indomitable Mark Simmonds holds court for the Human Interaction and Climate Change session at the #ECS2025

14.05.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the great talk at #ECS2025 @lrendell.bsky.social!

14.05.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah. The wonders of quickly selecting tags on the small phone screen. Thanks for letting me know!

14.05.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Smaller odontogenic contribute to carbon fixing too - sometimes more than the larger whales in certain areas. #ECS2025

14.05.2025 12:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pelagis whales fix approx. 20kt carbon per year. Clearly a sizable contribution to fending off #ClimateChange. #ECS2025

14.05.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Arianna Azzellino presenting BLUESCAPE, a project to estimate cetacean-driven carbon dynamics in the Pelagos Sanctuary, among other things. #ECS2025

14.05.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0