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​Melissa Cristina Márquez (she/her/ella)
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Multi-hyphenate #LatinainSTEM TV presenter Author Wildlife educator & marine scientist 🦈
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🚨New publication alert!🚨 🌊 Adrian Martin (NOC, UK) et al. on when to add a new process to a marine biogeochemistry model – and, perhaps more importantly, when *not* Fab to be part of the team that took part in this work, and really pleased to see Adrian turning it into something so coherent.

A flow chart for helping researchers decide when to add a new process to a model – and, perhaps more importantly, when not
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#Marineprotectedarea#Scotland#paperMPA sites; protected on paper but not in reality "Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) were created around the country’s coastline in 2014 but fishing has still not been restricted in more than half the sites."

Scotland's seabed being damaged in protection zones - campaigners
Scotland's seabed being damaged in protection zones - campaigners

Marine protected areas were created in 2014, but fishing is not restricted in more than half of sites.

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ICYMI, there is a long (and ridiculous) timeline concerning former President Donald Trump and sharks

Donald Trump and Sharks: An Annotated Timeline – Southern Fried Science
Donald Trump and Sharks: An Annotated Timeline – Southern Fried Science

Southern Fried Science

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Also unsure what you mean by "serious, scientific approach." Everything we did we had animal ethics for and the data collected is being published. It's TV - a blend of storytelling and rigorous scientific analysis is needed to capture the audience's attention. Serious doesn't have to mean boring!

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Sorry to hear you were disappointed! re: the hololab It’s important to remember that many innovative concepts start as ideas. What you saw is exactly what we saw (with the help of those glasses) & I hope that as this tech develops we’ll see more scientific application of it.

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Newly Discovered Hammerhead Shark Named After Philanthropist www.forbes.com/sites/meliss... The species was long overlooked due to its resemblance to the bonnethead shark.

Newly Discovered Hammerhead Shark Named After Philanthropist
Newly Discovered Hammerhead Shark Named After Philanthropist

The species was long overlooked due to its resemblance to the bonnethead shark.

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🦑 #Marineresearch#shark DNA from shark fins in Singapore markets identified: "fins from 24 species across 16 genera, with 19 species listed on CITES Appendices II, and 16 listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List (critically endangered = 2, endangered = 4, vulnerable = 10)."

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A multinational community of marine researchers and practitioners co-produced a baseline conceptualisation of marine identity, drawing on photovoice and deliberative methodology.

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​Melissa Cristina Márquez (she/her/ella)
@melissacmarquez.bsky.social
Multi-hyphenate #LatinainSTEM TV presenter Author Wildlife educator & marine scientist 🦈
706 followers437 following337 posts