Maria Pinto

📝 | Let’s protect our farms, food and future. 👉 This #WAAW2025, discover 5⃣ ways aquaculture farmers can prevent #AntimicrobialResistance and keep animals, people, and the planet healthy.

From now on, RESTORESEAS will mainly post on Bluesky. Follow us there: bsky.app/profile/restor… 🌱 #marinerestoration

It's not like I've ever been interactive here much, but now I will only use this platform to repost stuff very very occasionally. I will start being more active over on BlueSky. Find me there: bsky.app/profile/mariat…

A hopeful seagrass restoration story in a changing ocean #seagrass #marinerestoration restoreseas.net/blog/2024/11/a…

🪸 Right now, the world is going through the largest coral bleaching event on record. The impacts of climate change on our oceans – and our entire planet – cannot be ignored. See how you can act to help tackle the climate crisis at oceana.ly/3Tz19QK

Did you know Earth’s climate has always changed? Studying these past natural climate cycles helps us understand human impacts and predict future environmental changes, guiding restoration efforts. Paleoceanographer Dr. Lélia Matos @leliamatos @UAlg explains more. #climatechange

How do we bring #marineforests restoration to schools in a landlocked country? 🌱 Check out this #scicomm project on wheels, our partners @NHM_Wien developed to bring the topic of #ocean #conservation to school classes.🚲

Every day is a celebration of octopuses when you work in the deep Ocean. Nonetheless, we’re always happy to join the festivities on #WorldOctopusDay! ROV SuBastian pilots filmed this gorgeous creature at 382.99 meters depth during the 2023 Galápagos #CliffReefs expedition.

Have you ever heard about this beautiful cold-water #coral? 🪸 By understanding what the optimal conditions for the corals' reproduction are, we can invest in creating more efficient and successful coral #restoration methods. Research at @goteborgsuni #deepsea

Scientists formally described six new species of carnivorous sponges using specimens collected by ROV SuBastian for research along the western continental margin of Australia. Read the full @Nature paper here: nature.com/articles/s4159… #TaxonomyTuesday #TechTuesday

Probiotics for seagrasses? 🧫😯 Listen to how Professor Gerard Muyzers' #microbiome research @muyzer, @UvA_Amsterdam can help restore #seagrass meadows🌱

This ctenophore was observed 1.4 miles below the Ocean’s surface during a test dive at the beginning of our recent #NazcaHighSeas expedition off the coast of Chile. AKA Comb jellies - these boneless creatures have been around for well over 500 million years.

Did you know that the coral #microbiome might help coral restoration? 🪸 Manuela Quiroga Pérez @m_quiroga98, is comparing the microbiome of transplanted #corals with that of wild communities. #marineforests #corals

My, what big eyes you have! Especially considering you live in the deep w/no light, apart from bioluminescence some animals display. Curious Oreo fish, named not for the much-munched American cookies but for your family name Oreosomatidae ("mountain body" in Greek) #NazcaHighSeas

Facts alone fall short in correcting science misinformation news.wsu.edu/press-release/… #scicomm

MPAs are extremely important, but just designating an area an MPA, without establishing proper surveillance is not effective. Conflicts between economic interests and conservation goals, which often prevent stronger protections, need to be addressed.

Many MPAs are the equivalent of putting a small "Keep out of the Grass" sign at the entrance of a park and hope people will read and follow it... many won't. #MPA #conservation

We recently reached dive nº 1000 of the Azor drift-cam In 6 yrs we visited all underwater structures of the Azores shallower than 1000m depth, exploring 600+ km of deep seabed A major achievement, not only for our team but for the scientific knowledge of this remote environment

Are coral reefs really disappearing? youtu.be/3hVsV_eCeto?si… via @YouTube