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Each spring in the Southern Ocean, sometimes seen from space by @NASA satellites, swirling blooms of solar-powered phytoplankton turn CO2 into food for everything else. While we know the blooms are critical to the biological carbon pump, what triggers them is up for debate.
Thrilled to join friends and colleagues from around the world as a @biogeoscapes fellow! Excited to start building connections and advance our understanding of ocean biogeochemical processes.
Find out more👉https://t.co/GNDwpuu5ua
Just released in AGU Journal! Our study assesses the net carbon balance between human and natural sources and sinks in Australasia. A huge thanks to @pepcanadell and 18 co-authors for their dedication and contribution to the RECCAP2 project! Read here: https://t.co/b4wf6wUOOI
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Each spring in the Southern Ocean, sometimes seen from space by @NASA satellites, swirling blooms of solar-powered phytoplankton turn CO2 into food for everything else. While we know the blooms are critical to the biological carbon pump, what triggers them is up for debate.
Research by @Chlaraphyll suggests in low light conditions, phytoplankton synthesise extra chlorophyll before increasing organic carbon production at the start of a bloom. https://t.co/6UBUm0zEfq
Below is an Argo float being deployed in the Southern Ocean to collect this data!
La producción primaria del Mediterráneo español ha disminuido un 20% en las últimas dos décadas 📉🦠
Un equipo del @IEO_Malaga ha analizado la concentración superficial de la clorofila en los últimos 20 años a través de imágenes de satélite 🛰️🌊
➡️ https://t.co/Vq7GcRcICH
Some interesting figures which may or may not be relevant:
ANU vice chancellor's salary: $484,000/year
ANU PhD stipend: 6.5% above the poverty line
UTAS vice chancellor's salary: $980,000/year 🤔
UTAS PhD stipend: 6% BELOW the poverty line 🤔
Following on from @UdyDanielle's incredibly articulate interview on @abc_hobart this morning, and the @UTAS_ response, I have some more facts to fuel the fire 🔥
Firstly, the commonwealth scholarship guidelines specify exactly what @UTAS_ can spend their RTP grant money on... 1/n
Our researchers Josue Martinez Moreno @ProfMattEngland @dr_akmorrison Andrew Kiss & @hogg_andy have found changing ocean currents have created richer and more energetic eddy fields that have potentially far reaching affects on climate. https://t.co/I80R9mnnjT
It's an all kriller, no filler voyage! 🦐
@AusAntarctic scientists on our #RVInvestigator have a new grasp of krill biomass in #Antarctica to ensure krill fishing doesn't have long term impacts on its ecosystem.
#KrillingIt@Ant_Partnership@IMASUTAS
https://t.co/A4472EZRp2