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In a new Latitude blog post, we highlight the breadth of research recently published in PLOS Climate that addresses key questions at the nexus of climate change and ecology. https://lnkd.in/ezrVVpG3

Join us to discuss about the tropicalization of the Mediterranean Sea !!

Join us for the November (25th) instalment in the GSL Climate & Ecology: Off the Rails series, hosted at Aberystwyth University with Prof. Sarah Davies: Climate change, sea level and storminess in Wales – a palaeoenvironmental perspective. For over a century, the coastal landscapes of Cardigan Bay have provided inspiration for scientific investigations into sea level and environmental change. Earlier discoveries by Aberystwyth geologists and botanists provided the foundations for current research and remain relevant today, as coastal communities around Wales are faced with the impacts of climate change. Using evidence from sedimentary and historical records around the Welsh coast, this presentation will focus on sea level change, climate variability and periods of increased storminess over the last c. 7,000 years. We will consider how a longer-term perspective can contribute to conversations about how we plan for living with future change along our coastline. Register FREE here: https://lnkd.in/eaPtKGpD

Funded PhD opportunity ➕ “The impacts of wildfire and afforestation in peatland: a multi-stressor approach to the recovery of peatland’s soil biota” based at the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservations at UHI Inverness: ➕ Train with access to state-of-the art molecular facilities in close proximity to Europe’s most extensive peatland ecosystems. ➕ Contribute to groundbreaking research aimed at understanding the pressures on peatland ecosystems and their vital role in climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. ➕ Part of ECOWILD funded by NERC: Natural Environment Research Council: ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk #ThinkUHI #Research #UHIInverness 

Evolutionary origins of Bass Strait marine invertebrate biodiversity revealed. A new scientific article by Deakin University researchers on 3.6 to 4.0-million-year-old marine microfossils from rocks near Lakes Entrance in Victoria, provides evidence for the past mixing of shallow and deep marine invertebrate animals on the southeast Australian continental shelf. This was likely driven by upwelling currents funnelled through the Bass Canyon, a submerged underwater valley off the coast of Gippsland. Subsequent evolutionary adaptation of some formerly offshore invertebrate clades to shallow marine environments, contributed to the modern biodiversity seen in Bass Strait today. McDonald, A.P., Weldon, E.A. & Warne, M.T., 2024. Early Pliocene Ostracoda from the Jemmys Point Formation, Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia: nearshore and offshore origins of biodiversity. Alcheringa. https://lnkd.in/gEbfM8Zs

Continue to partner with us in keeping Q-quatics databases, FishBase.org and SeaLifeBase.org, as the premier global online sources for key biodiversity information on all aquatic species 🌐🐠. These powerful tools advance #oceanresearch 🌊🔬 and #oceanliteracy 📚, playing a crucial role in addressing global issues such as biodiversity 🐟, #environmentalrecovery, #environmentalprotection 🌏, #sustainabledevelopment ♻️, #fisheriesmanagement 🎣, and the impacts of #climatechange ♨️. [bit.ly/ScientificImpactFB]. “The usage and usefulness of FishBase expands beyond environmental and #ichthyology disciplines to medicine, social, and #economicsciences. There is a real need for publicly available resources like FishBase and it can serve as a model to other disciplines when developing databases.” [Humphries et al, 2023, "Measuring the #scientificimpact of FishBase after three decades"] #oceanjustice #fishbase #sealifebase #globalissues #globalwarming #sustainablemanagement #marineecosystems #marineecosystemsmanagement #oceanconservation #marineconservation #marineresources #ecosystembasedfisheriesmanagement #EBFM #publiresources #citationanalysis

#RESTORE4Cshots' Antonio Camacho, University of Valencia Full Professor of Ecology & WP4️⃣ leader of #RESTORE4Cs explains the role of University of Valencia in the improvement of the LUPLES method in the context of the project 💧 "We already developed, but we will work on the improvement of a toll ⚙ which is the #LUPLES method that will allow, based on land uses, to establish which is the level of pressures that a certain #wetland is suffering from the pressures in the catchments, but also from a pressure affecting daily the wetland 💦 in the neighborhood". Have a look 👀 and learn more about Antonio Camacho & University of Valencia's role in #RESTORE4Cs ▶️ https://lnkd.in/eCzkdSPN #RESTORE4Cshots #R4Cs #HorizonEU #Wetlands #CoastalWetlands #RestoreWetlands #ConserveWetlands #RestoreNature #ConserveNature #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Research Universidade de Aveiro MedWet MedWet Secretariat Universitat de Barcelona University of Valencia Wageningen University & Research Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Ecologic Institute Universidad de Málaga University of Vienna Klaipeda University Klaipeda University Marine Research Institute Tour du Valat Vertigo Lab Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Università del Salento LifeWatch ERIC University of Bucharest Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research WET HORIZONS REWET

🌍 What is eDNA? A New Frontier in Environmental Science 🌍 Think of eDNA as a “blood test” for the environment. With just a scoop of water, soil or even air, scientists can detect which species inhabit an ecosystem and in what abundance. This groundbreaking tool, supported by genomics, is transforming conservation, biodiversity monitoring and ecosystem management. Curious to learn more? Watch our video on how eDNA is pushing the boundaries of environmental science: https://lnkd.in/gWKVwZtn #eDNA #EnvironmentalScience #Biodiversity

Forest Research has made an important contribution to a new *Dendrochronology Research Framework for Scotland. 🌲👈 FR Scientist, Dr Tom Ovenden MICFor, a subject matter expert and co-author, discusses this new Framework and explores how different aspects of dendrochronology can be combined with technological innovation to answer key research questions relating to biodiversity, conservation and forest management under a changing climate. 🌍 More info: https://ow.ly/AFJo50UjV5N With thanks to @forestryandlandscotland, Dendrochronicle and Historic Environment Scotland ✨ #ScotDendro *Dendrochronology is the use of tree-ring data for scientific research.

44% of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has revealed following a global assessment announced at the ongoing COP29 UN climate conference. 🪸 Dr Michael Sweet, Professor of Molecular Ecology and Head of the Aquatic Research Facility at the University of Derby, is among a pool of experts who contributed to the global coral assessment, which has revealed the severe impacts of our rapidly changing climate. 🌎 Dr Sweet said: “It was an amazing experience to be involved in such a large research project and to be part of an international team. However, the results that show so many corals are endangered are very alarming.” Read more: https://ow.ly/KpbN50Ummwv