Blake Spady

Marine scientist @CoralReefWatch @NOAA / PhD @JCU & @CoralCoE / BSc @GeorgeMasonU / Born & raised: Virginia, USA / Home: Queensland, AUS (views are my own)

[Eduardo Sampaio @OctoEduardo]

🚨New Paper Alert!🚨

In our latest work, we found that consort bigfin reef squid males (1) can be very flamboyant, and (2) probe locations before females lay their eggs. But why? And what does that mean biologically? Read on! @pilesofsquid @ESAEcology

https://t.co/xJNQfBfJ0U

[Jodi Thomas @jodithea2]

Our new paper pharmacologically demonstrates that GABA-A-like receptors and other ligand-gated chloride channels may underlie elevated CO2-induced behavioural alterations in squid.
@blakesp26 @watsonsueann @CoralCoE @jcu @Co_Biologists @J_Exp_Biol
https://t.co/3AuSfvUdqT

[Liam Lachs @LiamLachs]

New insights into coral bleaching and heat stress metrics coming soon.

Delighted to hear our manuscript was finally accepted!

@Coralassist_Lab
@CoralReefWatch

[Blake Spady @blakesp26]

https://t.co/C1YabCrypl

[Blake Spady @blakesp26]

Thrilled to have been involved with a brilliant analysis by @LiamLachs et al. to better understand the optimal heat stress metrics needed for reliably predicting mass coral bleaching events.

[Liam Lachs @LiamLachs]

Can we improve predictions of mass coral bleaching by fine-tuning heat stress metrics?

Check out our preprint and recent findings relating to optimisation of DHW-type metrics here: https://t.co/91zd8WcA2s

@Coralassist_Lab @CoralReefWatch

[NPS Chesapeake Gateways @ChesapeakeNPS]

Is it getting hotter in the #ChesapeakeBay or is it just us? It's actually climate change...

https://t.co/9lk0QvrbeZ

[Blake Spady @blakesp26]

@ljchlebeck @thedailyjaws It definitely wouldn't hurt...but I think Attenborough covers shark revenge in one of the Blue Planet episodes if you want to get straight to the facts.

[Blake Spady @blakesp26]

@ljchlebeck @thedailyjaws Buddy, you have to check out Jaws 4...it's brilliant. It is about a white shark that follows a family (who travelled via aircraft) from New England to the Bahamas...because it just really freakin hates that particular family of humans. Masterful story and film. 10/10

[Queensland Museum Tropics @QMtropics]

What is ocean acidification? How does it affect marine animals and their environments? Senior Curator Marine Invertebrates Dr Sue-Ann Watson (@watsonsueann) chats about her important work and research at the museum.

#QMNetwork #museumoftropicalqld @CoralCoE @qldmuseum

[Larry Chlebeck @ljchlebeck]

Saddened but not surprised. Tiger sharks have declined by 74% on Australia's east coast over the last 5 decades. This should not be allowed.
https://t.co/G6CGCLp4Fq

[Reef Function Hub @ReefFunctionHub]

This is what the northern tip of #LizardIsland looked like 10 days ago. Corals had a chance to grow over the last few years.

BUT, those pretty fluorescent colours indicate heat-stress. Unless water temps drop, these corals could bleach and disappear again

@CoralCoE @jcu @lirrf

[Nature Astronomy @NatureAstronomy]

A full mapping -- down to 1 cm in size -- of the areas that can retain water ice on the Moon shows that "micro cold traps" are the most numerous. In total, ~40,000 km2 of the lunar surface can hold water. Hayne et al.: https://t.co/2BmZQdylZo

[Sue-Ann Watson @watsonsueann]

What is ocean acidification? https://t.co/9dqoMz1SUp

[Blake Spady @blakesp26]

@BobbyScott4VA3 Luckily, voting by mail....I was able to do a google search to determine what the heck this question meant before casting my vote. Hope more people can read this before they enter the booth. Thanks, Bobby! 👍

[Sue-Ann Watson @watsonsueann]

Squid demonstrate capacity for conditional discrimination #SmartSquid @blakesp26 @CoralCoE @MTQ_Townsville @qldmuseum https://t.co/mSWIzfcLS1

[PeerJ Publishing @thePeerJ]

New research from Spady and Watson @jcu - Bigfin reef squid demonstrate capacity for conditional discrimination and projected future carbon dioxide levels have no effect on learning capabilities. Read the full @thePeerJ article https://t.co/Vfk63Xmz82 #Bigfin #reef #squid

[Blake Spady @blakesp26]

@MarineMinded @SarahMackAttack You can check that! Not sure for Texas, but for VA it’s at https://t.co/KwRyCfmv67

[Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield]

Imagine setting up your camera and small telescope and taking this photo! The International Space Station passing in front of Mars, by Tom Glenn, on 14 Sep.
https://t.co/cB4TknnT3Q

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Today we announced that we’re suing the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to enforce the Clean Water Act. Here’s what you need to know https://t.co/91vLymJci6