Timothy Whitton

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Timothy Whitton

Timothy Whitton

@TimothyWhitton

Views are my own. Interests: Fisheries acoustics, benthic and pelagic ecology, MRE, Ships

North Wales Katılım Mart 2013
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Timothy Whitton@TimothyWhitton·
This seems likes a very broad policy suggestion. MPAs exist for many reasons. Around Wales there are large MPAs for harbour porpoise, they are not designed based on seabed habitats. Banning bottom fishing from vast MPAs like this may have complex unintended outcomes.
Oceana UK@OceanaUK

BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸 This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥 theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Timothy Whitton@TimothyWhitton·
@MuseumsAssoc This seems a very broad negative position to take. The position seems to be removing anything living thing from the sea is exploitation, and therefore negative. Many museums and public aquaria have fantastic living displays with no measurable negative impact in their context
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Museums Association@MuseumsAssoc·
Blog | Under the sea: marine life in museums 🐠 Museums for Climate Justice Steering Group member Annika E Mazzarella ponders the ethics and intentions of our displays of oceanic life 🌊 Read: ow.ly/Zx8W50UgAx3
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Cardiff Curator
Cardiff Curator@CardiffCurator·
Today's #Museum30 theme is NAME. So here's just a few of the new species that have been discovered, described & named by @AmgueddfaCymru scientists & their colleagues. This work is the vital foundation stone in understanding & conserving species in a changing world
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Bangor University
Bangor University@BangorUni·
Researchers @sos_bangor_uni believe they’ve found HMS Stephen Furness, a WWI ship lost in 1917 with over 100 crew. Located via sonar & digital archives through the #UnpathdWaters project, this find reveals history hidden beneath the Irish Sea. More: bit.ly/4elQocf
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Timothy Whitton@TimothyWhitton·
I see people often quote that seagrass captures more carbon than rainforests when promoting seagrass restoration in Wales, UK. The relevant comparison is between Welsh seagrass habs vs. adjacent sediment that lacks seagrass, not land ecosystems which don't exist here. #bluecarbon
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Timothy Whitton@TimothyWhitton·
The work of @CardiffCurator in marine taxonomy is important. I have especially benefitted from the expertise of their bivalve expert/curator Anna Holmes during my research. I hope their work will be well supported by @WelshGovernment into the future #TaxonomistAppreciationDay
Cardiff Curator@CardiffCurator

Celebrating World #TaxonomistAppreciationDay with a few of the new species that have been discovered, described & named by @AmgueddfaCymru scientists & their colleagues. This work is the vital foundation stone in understanding & conserving species in a changing world #TaxonomyDay

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The Seabird Group
The Seabird Group@TheSeabirdGroup·
We're working to make @TheSeabirdGroup more inclusive! We're proud of our recent progress (see 🧵⬇️) but we know there is still a long way to go... Please check out our 2023 EDI Action Plan highlighting our key actions for the next 2 years: seabirdgroup.org.uk/files/EDI-acti…… 🔗
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Timothy Whitton@TimothyWhitton·
@LewisPugh Two of most important metrics of our time? I disagree. Human life expectancy and child mortality.
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Lewis Pugh@LewisPugh·
Below are the two most important metrics of our time. Top: the decline of biodiversity between 1970-2018. Below: global temperatures between 1850-2022.
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Dr Richard Kirby
Dr Richard Kirby@PlanktonPundit·
@TimothyWhitton @zeiss_micro 1) They are a good questions. I have seen 'tangles' in simple 'collected seawater', but it is impossible to exclude their generation in the cod end of the net during sample collection. I don't wash samples.
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Dr Richard Kirby@PlanktonPundit·
Invisible to the naked eye, under the microscope you can clearly see the plastic microfiber death-traps in my latest plankton sample. Our synthetic materials are a serious pollution threat to the ocean. @zeiss_micro
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Timothy Whitton@TimothyWhitton·
Interesting report. Clear about uncertainty, knowledge gaps, inconsistency in models, observations, remotely sensed data 'Observed trends in storms and waves cannot be directly attributed to climate change because of the high variability and limited understanding of mechanisms.'
National Oceanography Centre@NOCnews

Our report for the @MccipOrgUK shows how UK seas could see significantly higher waves and stronger storms as a result of #climatechange 🌊 Read how our evidence is helping to inform future policy, protecting people across the UK noc.ac.uk/news/new-repor…

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Lorna McKellar
Lorna McKellar@Lorna_McKellar·
Our journey home to menai bridge was made a bit more exciting by a north-easterly wind yesterday. Huge thank you to everyone on board for making my first research cruise a memorable one! #bluecarbon #researchcruise
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john Clark
john Clark@jrclarkbf800·
This Ship just passed me in Atlantic,no AIS no Name/Number and no Flag not even answering VHF16,strange looking ship
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UK Blue Carbon Forum
UK Blue Carbon Forum@UKBlueCarbon·
New PhD opportunity at @BangorUniversity investigating the relationship between bottom-trawl #fishing and #BlueCarbon stored in seabed sediments! This project consists of ecosystem modelling, lab analyses of organic carbon, and offshore sampling. Details👉buff.ly/3SL5mPB
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