Visual Knowledge

IT'S OFFICIAL! I am now a full time scientific graphic designer! With much excitement, I would like to introduce Visual Knowledge - a graphic design business helping researchers visualise their knowledge in unique & creative ways Follow for some exciting graphical #scicomm

A few years ago, I jumped at the chance to work with my wonderful colleague Katie Moon on a qual project about @FrogIDAus (essentially she said 'frog' and I said 'how high?') - and we now have a paper out in @PaN_BES with @Maureen_E_Blob and @callaghanct! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

Want to hear how iron soup for phytoplankton might help save our planet? Check out this new paper by van der Merwe & Lannuzel in Frontiers for Young Minds! Reviewed by Jewel (age 10) & Tiberius (11) kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…!

In conjunction with NZMSS, AMSA is pleased to announce that the 58th Annual AMSA Conference is soon to go live! The theme for the upcoming conference is “Navigating uncertainty for a future sustainable ocean.” The call for Symposium submissions will soon be open, so stay tuned!

Making tough decisions about reefs facing #climatechange requires open convos abt the future—but how do we start? We started w/ bleaching & the #GreatBarrierReef. Decision-makers have dif views on reef futures & this teaches us what ?’s to ask elsewhere. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Summary for Policymakers is out now The assessment provides a timely update of scientific finding on the changes in the ecosystems of the Southern Ocean. #MEASO Download it here: zenodo.org/records/8359585

So amazing to see some of our graphics brought to life! Animation completed by the talented Rob at Etherington Multimedia #scicomm

@socialseas @DivaAmon Thank you Diva! I'm based in Australia but always happy to help if you have the option to contract abroad at any point Edd 🙂

@DivaAmon @VisualKnow Thanks for the suggestion. Will see if I have options to contract further afield :)

Are there any UK-based infographic designers out there? Could you recommend anybody you have used? For a scientific publication, so ideally experience in this area. Thx!

Check out this newly published book of stories, advice and information to inspire communities to get involved in ending plastic waste! You can order your own copy here: publish.csiro.au/book/7923/ #plasticwaste

Engaging people on #ClimateChange is challenging, but you can use climate-driven #SpeciesOnTheMove to connect with people, framed in ways that matter to them (economics, human health, environment etc). Our new paper out today in People & Nature: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pa…

Information on what hydrothermal vent ecosystems do for you: dosi-project.org/wp-content/upl…

Information on what seamount ecosystems do for you: dosi-project.org/wp-content/upl…

Information on what polymetallic nodule-rich abyssal plains (and the water above) do for you: dosi-project.org/wp-content/upl…

An interesting paper led by Ben Scoulding (& coauthors) testing a combined acoustics & optics survey method for snapper abundance in a closed area. The method provides vital data for assessing fish species in ecosystems which are difficult to survey. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Can #seaweeds contribute to meaningful climate change mitigation? We explore this question in our latest paper - access here: lnkd.in/dC4B8QB2 - led by Finn Ross (@BlueCarbonLab, @Deakin) and a team of world-leading seaweed and climate change scientists. #BlueCarbon

@VKomyakova13 @CityByrne Thank you Valeriya! 😊

@CityByrne Thank you Jason! Congratulations on the paper 😊

@ErinGloag My pleasure! 😊

@katebevitt Thank you Kate!

@VisualKnow The report and graphics look awesome! Well done!

What a journey - so amazing to see this out! Congratulations to all of the contributors to this incredible study🎉 #IlluminatingHiddenHarvests #SmallScaleFisheries