⛴ 🌏 Marine Science 🐠 🐟

Dive into the mysteries Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems hold! Join Clara Diaz as she talks about MCEs including the tools being used to study them in the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. When: 5 Aug 1pm-2pm BST Sign up for free here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mesophotic-c… @PlymouthMarine

Meet some of our senior researchers in the programme! Our researchers work across different areas of the marine world and these researchers look at a mixture of turtle ecology, shark genomics, oceanography and social science @HosegoodPhil @Its_Shaili #MarineScience #Scientists

Our Indian Ocean marine science programme supports established researchers and has a major focus on training the next generation of ocean scientists. A big congratulations to all our recent PhD Graduates for 2024! @explorer_mel @hollystokes94 @JoannaLHarris #PhDGraduates

In 2024 scientists from the Marine Science Programme published 39 papers, bringing the total number of published papers to 213 since 2017.Of the 39, five were published in journals with an “excellent” impact factor (>10) & a further 24 in journals with a “good” impact factor (>3)

Marine scientists underpin all our research and conservation efforts. Our Marine Science Programme focuses on the Indian Ocean Region with project partners across the region and beyond. We work with 96 scientists from 23 institutions in 9 countries.

Our Programme seeks to maximise the visibility, accessibility & useability of all data collected by our project teams. We have partnered with the Harvard Data Repository to create a data collection to store & manage large quantities of data of all kinds. dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/bert…

Happy World Ocean Day! The theme this year is 'Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean and Climate' These are some of our Marine Science Programme 2024 highlights and we’re excited to see how we can improve on these in 2025 and use science to inform conservation action. #WorldOceanDay

🔬 New Research Alert – #WorldEnvironmentDay UN-backed global research movement shows benefits of tracking ocean giants for marine conservation 📖 Read: bit.ly/3SGcWMl 📢 Press release: buff.ly/6nhFm47 MegaMove_Org

Marking us reaching the halfway mark in the UN Decade, @HeatherKoldewey will be joining the 'powering progress' panel on 11 June #UNOC3 to share our approaches to making data accessible and used - hope to see you there!

WIOMSA’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Arthur Tuda, chaired a session today on Capacity building and knowledge sharing at the One Ocean Congress.

Great feature about our project focusing on reducing the impact of #PlasticPollution on sea turtles in the Indian Ocean with @OfficialZSL @MarCEL_Swansea supported by @UKBCFs and @Bertarelli_fdn

The Marine Science Programme 2024 Annual Report is now published online! Find out more about our 2024 activities, project updates and programme impact -marine.science/2025/05/16/202…

This #WorldTurtleDay we’re hearing from PhD Student @nupurkale_ about her research on green and hawksbill turtles in the Western Indian Ocean @MarCEL_Swansea @MarineSwansea

Our scientists study a wide range of species, some of which are classed as ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’ by the IUCN Redlist Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay and we want to share just some of the incredible endangered species our programme has the privilege of studying

Our networking tools for ECOPs continue to grow! We are very excited to share that ECOP Asia has a brand new resource on its page, a georeferenced map designed to highlight key ocean stakeholders, projects, and initiatives across Asia. Have a look here: ecopdecade.org/asia

Our marine conservation expert Professor Heather Koldewey attended the premiere of Sir David Attenborough's latest film Ocean 🌊 We're supporting his call for governments to deliver their commitments for protection of 30% of the ocean by 2030. @ZSLMarine

Mobulid Rays in the Chagos Archipelago: Fisheries & Conservation Management Join Dr @JoannaL_Harris on 29 Apr to explore cutting-edge research & conservation in the Chagos Archipelago Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/1224910132179 @BritishEcolSoc @Marine_Science @MantaTrust @PlymUni

Our #MarineScience Programme aims to better understand what we can & should do to help protect our Ocean. We share our work & data openly with the hopes that others will find this a useful tool in their mission #EarthDay

Today we celebrate Earth Day and take a moment to reflect on the importance of working together to safeguard our planet. We’re inspired by the actions of individuals and organisations working to protect and safeguard the world we live in. 📷 Clara Diaz

New paper led by Clara Diaz looks at ‘Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago’ This study provides the first prediction of MCE distribution and their benthic communities in the Archipelago. Read paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…