Bahamian 🇧🇸 & Brit 🇬🇧 marine biologist. Director of @CEIbahamas. Researcher in ecology, fisheries, deep sea, lobsters, #scicomm. Fellow of @challengersoc
'The Bahamas may no longer exist in the future.'
The Bahamas is on the frontline of the climate crisis where the oceans and animals that call it home are being badly impacted.
Corals are dying at an alarming rate and sea turtles are under threat.
@Noel_Phillips reports.
Really pleased to have visited @TheIslandSchool and seen this great project in partnership with the UK's National @PadstowLobster Hatchery🇬🇧 and @UniofExeter🇬🇧
It's a great partnership leveraging UK research & Bahamian expertise to increase lobster numbers in the Caribbean🦞
Please RT‼️I'm recruiting a PhD student for a fully funded 4 year position to study how ongoing biodiversity change alters disease risk in plant communities in the Åland archipelago meadow ecosystem. DL 28 Aug
https://t.co/vinSIP1KOg
The Brazilian oceanographer Letícia Carvalho was elected Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority @isbahq,for the 2025-2028 term.The election was the result of an interministerial coordination between Itamaraty,@mmeioambiente, @gov_mcti,@Minas_Energia and @marmilbr
@ARichCulture @mzrjmorgan Ya’ll know we the onliest people that does this outside of diplomatic events. We had a Caribbean conference in Nassau last year and every body was looking at Bahamians like “what is this protocol?” Needless to say, “Protocol having been established” became the running joke.
The bad news is out: Hakai Magazine is shutting down at the end of 2024. We’re incredibly sad, but our team is proud of the great work we’ve done these past 10 years. We have 5 more months of beautiful and unique coastal stories to come. More info here: https://t.co/iwp4DXTTEt
@kejames Ok, as a non US, I have Wikipedia’d fraternities and sororities and have vague grasp of what they are but why do some Americans put them on their CVs? Is there a guide for the uninitiated?
"That's a stunning result" (comment from audience) as Prof Andrew Sweetman presents evidence of unexpected oxygen generation in abyssal sediments. How is it happening? Unsolved mystery here at @150_challenger#Challenger150
Whoever's responsible for the Microsoft outage is getting fired anyway, so the smart thing to do would be knock Teams out for the day too and leave a hero.
Important study once again shows that electric shark deterrents can reduce shark bite probability by ~50%, this time for white, tiger and bull sharks, the three species most responsible for shark bites. They're the obvious way to reduce your bite risk!
https://t.co/bZWQylOwEP
The lack of comprehensive data on whale sharks in the Bahamas poses a significant concern, especially considering their importance for global tourism and the potential role of the Bahamas in their migratory routes.
https://t.co/tcr0Idfdog