Follow our expedition with the RV Pelagia from Cape Town to Cape Verde ⛴️

Read up on the blogs of my colleagues on board, including my own days here! 🙌🏽🐚

Pane Kamchev from @Naturalis_Sci won the Darwin award for Best Biology MSc thesis 2022 at the National Congress Biology students- congratulations Pane Kamchev 🥳🎉

What a defeat for the BBC and independent British media. I guess this is what happens when you act out of fear, instead of hitting people with the sobering truth. The biodiversity crisis is real and is here to stay. Until we decide to change, radically. theguardian.com/media/2023/mar…

My time in Antarctica has come to an end. An important message, please read ❄️👇🏻 🧵1/n

Proud to share that another chapter of my #PhD on the genomic variability in shelled #pteropods 🐚 is published in Molecular Ecology: doi.org/10.1111/mec.16… with Katja Peijnenburg Giada Spagliardi Milan Malinsky Erica Goetze #MarvinChoquet #GaliceHoarau! @Naturalis_Sci IBED 🧵(1/6)

We were at the #ECS2023 !! Our master students Yakamoz Kizildas and Mario Gabualdi presented their project outputs. It was all about North Atlantic humpbacks 🐋 1/3

Three new records were reached simultaneously on Tuesday. Record high Sea Surface Temperature. Record high global air temperature. Record low global sea-ice extent

Team effort💪 to sort and identify ALL planktonic calcifiers from the Beyond cruise @Naturalis_sci @NIOZnieuws Ben Cala Robin van Dijk Anne Kruijt Giada Spagliardi

A new study from Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, IMAS and CSIRO compares the marine carbon cycle in 11 IPCC 🌏system models. It finds the largest source of uncertainty is how fast zooplankton consume their phytoplankton prey. Read more in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand ⤵️ theconversation.com/oceans-absorb-…

It's a wrap! Hundreds of pteropods and foraminifera from samples collected during the BEYΩND cruise were counted and identified this week! @Naturalis_sci @NIOZnieuws Utrecht University Earth Sciences - Utrecht University Ben Cala Robin van Dijk Giada Spagliardi Katja Peijnenburg and Danielle van der Burg

Feeling extremely lucky to be in Hobart, Tasmania at the time of the Zooplankton Production Symposium. Can't wait! 🐚🦐 #ZPS7

Excited to share that part of my master's and PhD at the University of Groningen, led by Marine Evolution & Conservation Group & CoastalStudies is out in Science Magazine! We used pedigrees to estimate mutation rates in baleen whales with surprising results! See more in science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #ScienceResearch

Happy to be back on board for another cruise, exploring the North Sea this time!

During a Spotlight at @Naturalis_Sci I shared insights about research at sea 🌊 I delved into life aboard RV Pelagia, sorting pteropods at 3 in the morning, and sampling in challenging conditions on the stormy North Sea. I hope to have inspired some young ocean enthusiasts!🐚

🤩 Marine #zooplankton are eco-superstars. Without their carbon transport, no suitable climate for us. Without their nutrient recycling, food webs fall apart. Without their foundation, fisheries would collapse. Statement from Zooplankton Symposium #ZPS7 ⤵️ aappartnership.org.au/conference-sta…