Luke Barrett

If you want out of academia, ECF is looking for a scientist to write policy/comms briefings on the latest climate research. Can be remote. linkedin.com/jobs/view/3517…

Some great work by our PhD student Kathy Overton outlining how aquaculture can deliver ecological benefits (and what to be wary of): doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

@adamlmorton @IMASUTAS 1-month on & I re-took a photograph of the same out-planted giant kelp which featured as the cover image on The Guardian article (by @adamlmorton) - it has reached the surface after more than doubling in height! 🌱💪🏽 Definitely worth a crack! @IMASUTAS #giantkelp #restoration

A nice writeup on a study I led with @nature_org and @noaacoastalsci. We estimated the potential economic benefits of growing aquaculture in a way that promotes ecosystem services. TLDR; nutrient removal and fish habitat at farms can have value!

Monitoring #seagrass is difficult & costly and many regions are data-poor. Using relationships b/w known trends and key global pressures, we identify unmonitored locations at risk of decline, highlighting areas of #conservation concern. pnas.org/content/118/45… led by @turschwell

Tim Winton joins @OBryanMoira in inviting you to our #BigSciencePitch on Thursday to hear from 6 of our brilliant researchers. They each get 3 minutes to convince the judges and YOU that their work deserves a share of the $100K prize pool. Register here: eventbrite.com.au/e/the-big-scie…

Welcome to the kelp cathedral

THREAD Are U stressed? Animation by @BedrinanaLuis shows 1 difficult week in the life of 1 #whale. BLUE DOT is 1 whale trying to feed while dodging heavy vessels traffic @ #Ancud Gulf 3/22/19 to 3/29/19 #shipstrikes #whales Paper @Nature cutt.ly/PkuIspF @alex_zerbini

What just happened to my #BRUVS...? Logistical difficulties deploying BRUVS at the Neptune Islands @sasha_whitmarsh @Meyer_Sci @daveharasti @FlindersMarine

Great opportunity to work with a rising star!

6 million people have access to jobkeeper but the education sector is excluded?! It's our 3rd largest export industry! and unlike iron ore and coal, the sector pay their taxes. #supportPHD internationaleducation.gov.au/research/Resea…

Fully funded reef ecology PhD projects available @IMASUTAS / @UTAS_ -Effects of ocean warming on reef herbivores bit.ly/2LLTRpi @SBennett_131 -Drivers of global reef change bit.ly/2zPllIj @RickStuartSmith #reef #climatechange #ecology

Some beautiful footage of a disappearing ecosystem

Light & salt ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀/.

60 million 'cleaner fishes' are stocked in salmon farms each year to eat sea lice off salmon. Major welfare concerns as most die or escape before the end of the production cycle. So do they work? Our new paper finds only a small and short-lived effect: tiny.cc/uez6jz

New PhD working on kelp services with myself, @ScottDLing @CayneLayton @CatrionaHurd @kj_nickols secure.utas.edu.au/research/degre…

In 2014 the IPCC report literally predicted what we have today. #ClimateEmergency #sydneyischoking

NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean makes the link between climate change and fires, smoke and drought. Let the character assassination begin. dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/envir…

Check out our new paper on impacts of land management practices on blue carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in coastal ecosystems in GCB! @globalwetlands @MangroveProject @Mangroves doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14…