Dr Eva Plaganyi

Explore peer-reviewed research from the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water Collection from PNAS and PNAS Nexus.

What does the science say about protecting our oceans? 🌊 Discover high-impact research on marine ecosystems, fisheries, biodiversity & conservation from PNAS and PNAS Nexus. Explore SDG 14: https://ow.ly/4nSJ50Y6h0f

#MarineConservation #OceanScience

Lots of amazing folks out there but brilliant to have a female astronaut awarded #AustralianOfTheYear to help boost the profile of science and #STEM in #Australia and serve as a role model for women interested in science careers.. a true superstar 🌠#SuperstarsOfSTEM

Heard a juvenile laughing kookaburra trying to laugh? My year has started with daily amusement listening to recently fledged young trying to find their voices - a long way to go until they master the sophisticated adult laugh of a laughing #kookaburra 😂 #qld #BackyardBirds #wildoz

Book cover titled "Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes: Assembling the Most Diverse Continental Vertebrate Fauna" with editors James S. Albert and Roberto E. Reis. Images of various Neotropical fishes are on the cover.

Upcoming book on ecology and evolution of Amazonian fishes, edited by @gymnotus.bsky.social and Roberto Reis. link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Using multiple lines of evidence, we show that feral cats and red foxes are strongly implicated in most Australian mammal extinctions and in the ongoing imperilment of numerous extant species. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

A large collaborative effort to rebut Wallach and Lundgren (2025).

View of Killiecrankie beach with sperm whale carcass on the sand showing large vertebrae and head of sperm whale . Not shown in pic - Pacific gulls feeding on carcass.

Sad to see a decomposing #SpermWhale on remote and stunning Killiecrankie Beach, #FlindersIsland. 5 sperm whales stranded on Flinders a yr ago and as with other areas of Tasmania, seems to be a stranding hotspot - local topography may exacerbate risk of #strandings.

Rest is essential during the holidays, but it may mean getting active, not crashing on the couch Unwinding can be hard during the holidays for many reasons. Building in time to recharge through active leisure can help.

Walking in nature reduces activity in the brain region linked to sadness and rumination.

A psychologist on why active rest periods—not couch time—are what actually restore us during the holidays. buff.ly/RxJjMbO

Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.

Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

This Antarctic penguin sleeps 11 hours a day—a few seconds at a time.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4qctudt #ScienceMagArchives

'Heels, a mini skirt and tank top': Warning for 'summer' hikers in Tasmania It has been a busy year for search and rescue operations in the Tasmanian high country. Authorities say a concerning number of visitors to the state's famous national parks are ill-prepared for the fi...

Some important reading before we head south for part of the upcoming holidays! When one lives in the tropics it’s always hard to Imagine how quickly the weather can turn down south..

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Building climate-smart fisheries in Australia: insights from climate and ecosystem status reports - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Ongoing concerns about the impact of climate change on Australia’s oceans has driven a request from fisheries managers for improved science communication to the seafood sector. Despite these concerns,...

Our new paper led by Steph Brodie @csiro.bsky.social reviews development of #climate reports for fostering climate resilience and facilitating the #adaptation of the Australian #seafood sector to rapidly changing ocean ecosystems.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

What we know about water use of the over 250 data centres in Australia Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers.

AI consumption of valuable water resources is one of the modern problems that worries me most - we absolutely need to insist data centres use recycled and closed loop systems, not water needed for drinking and to support ecosystems.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Southern Ocean net primary production influenced by seismically modulated hydrothermal iron - Nature Geoscience Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation, according to ...

⚒️ Article: Earthquakes influence the amount of hydrothermal iron entering the ocean over the Australian Antarctic Ridge, which can support phytoplankton blooms by relieving surface iron limitation

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is such sad news.. he was a brilliant ecologist and a huge inspiration to many students at UCT, including myself way back as an hons student. He leaves an impressive science legacy. Condolences to his family.

Baby blue whale numbers peak at just the right time off WA coast Researchers are relieved as baby blue whale numbers increase after a slow start to the migration season.

Some good news 🐳 #BlueWhale
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Woohoo! Cover photo AND article

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Ecosystem Modeling Abstract. Developing ecosystem models has traditionally been limited to a small global community of experts because of the complex skills and resources req

New paper alert 🤖🐳💻🐟 led by Scott Spillias with a team of us considering oppportunities and cautions around future use of AI in ecosystem modelling.. #CSIRO can see it here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Conservationist sobs upon finding rare flower after 13-year search | ABC NEWS YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

Amazing - I would cry too!
www.youtube.com/shorts/LKt-S...

Photo of a black bird with red wing facing right while perched amongst small twigs with beak open and with whisps of golden breath leaving trails in the cold morning air

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

Even the the damn twitter card for this Nature Scientific Reports is clearly AI Slop.

We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life

Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life

CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.

Still doing great science that is vital to support industries and people as we face future challenges but a sad day for all of us at csiro given impending job cuts due to ongoing declining support for science
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

A big dark shape in the ocean causing a bit of panic at first but fortunately was only a beautiful gentle manta ray, world’s largest rays, at #NorthStradbrokeIsland #qld a hotspot for these filter feeders.

Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/

We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might surprise you Tropical cyclones can be even more deadly – and for a wider range of reasons – than we ever thought.

Important insights into impacts of tropical cyclone: “The results were striking. Risks of dying from various causes consistently increased after a tropical cyclone. Generally, the risk peaked within the first two weeks of the cyclone, followed by a rapid decline”

theconversation.com/we-studied-2...

Orcas seen hunting great white sharks to eat their livers in drone footage recorded in Mexico | CNN Scientists working in Mexico have recorded multiple incidents in which a group of orcas hunt young great white sharks and eat their energy-rich livers.

More on the incredible complex behaviour of orcas and how top predator inter-species interactions can complicate conservation efforts #orca #shark

www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

Ecology Matters Australia is known for its spectacular and diverse natural environment, from sweeping landscapes to unique flora and fauna. It is a place that invokes wonder and demands protection in equal measure. Its ecology matters, as do the people who have dedicated their careers to understanding it – ecologists. But what do ecologists do? How do they end up studying strange and obscure species? What is it like to work in remote and unusual environments? What happens when disaster strikes? And what are their hopes and concerns for the future? In Ecology Matters, Australia’s preeminent ecologists explain why nature truly matters across 30 enlightening essays. Learn about crayfish and climate change, seed banks and seagrass restoration, floods and fire ecology, ants and Antarctic mosses, whales, waterways and wallabies, and frogs, feral cats and fungi. Featuring interviews with students, Indigenous rangers, restoration ecologists and leaders in the field, this collection of conversations spans the breadth and diversity of Australian ecology. Accompanied by spectacular images from around Australia, many captured by ecologists in the course of their work, Ecology Matters showcases a unique perspective of Australian nature.

Out now! 📢

Ecology Matters: Conversations with Australian Ecologists

Australia’s ecologists share why nature matters across 30 essays with stunning photos – from ants & Antarctic mosses, to wallabies & waterways, to frogs & fungi. www.publishing.csiro.au/book/8205

@ecolsocaus.bsky.social

Off Target: Peak Warming ‘Likely’ to Hit 2.8°C Under Current Policies
(Most Optimistic Pledges Still Fall Short at 1.9°C)

bit.ly/EGR-2025

UNEP. (2025). Emissions Gap Report 2025. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Tall green reeds in most of image but in the centre is the dark brown head with dark eye and yellow-olive bill with vermillion patch on top. Body just visible of a secretive pale-vented bush-hen with pale yellowish legs barely visible among the reeds. Bird has a loud piping call but is not often seen in the open.

Can you spot the lifer (new bird seen in one’s life) I saw in my neighbourhood this morning tiptoeing through the reeds? It’s a pale-vented bush-hen enjoying the post-storm puddles everywhere .. fortunately my partner recognised its loud call #BirdWatching #wildoz #qld

Polar bears provide millions of kilograms of food for other Arctic species A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

Important research highlighting the additional ecological role of polar bears in providing leftovers for scavengers in the Arctic - as #PolarBears are threatened by #ClimateChange this points once again to flow-on impacts on food webs

www.sciencenews.org/article/pola...