Daniel Cressey

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Ocean Editor at @dialogueearth.bsky.social, previously of @resprofnews.bsky.social and Nature.

Nature journal headline: Marine protection in the Azores: a triumph for conservation and sustainability
Text says "Overall, for each critical appraisal item, the included meta-analyses received the lowest score (represented in red) or the second-lowest score (represented in amber) in 83.4% of cases, indicating that low-quality methodologies are prevalent in meta-analyses investigating the impact of organochlorine pesticides"
Lord Patrick Vallance, the science and technology minister, said the UK and China had agreed to work together in the “uncontroversial” areas of health, climate, planetary sciences and agriculture.
Picture of a crab with text 'non-charismatic non-mammals'
And that coastline is vulnerable. The country's defence forces help combat the cartels. Ireland has the lowest defence spending in the EU, just 0.2 % of GDP. The Irish Naval Service has eight ships but can usually put just two to sea because of a shortage of sailors. "We have 132,000 square miles of water under our jurisdiction. A responsibility to the EU for 16% of European waters… two ships. It doesn't make any sense," former naval commander Eugene Ryan says. It is the same with air support. The Irish Defence Forces are supposed to provide the helicopters to help protect the coastline. But Panorama has been told that sometimes they don't have a single one available that can do the job.
"Weaponising Universities is almost here"
T shirt has picture of a nautilus and text says 'I'm not primitive, I just found my niche earlier than you'.
Our Ocean, Our Future: Valparaiso - Busan Declaration — UNOC 2028 Final Declaration
Sign on door says: "Mandatory closing. Thank you UNOC. We hope it will be worth it."
Best-case scenario for 2050 section from research paper by U. Rashid Sumaila
Graph of academic papers in fisheries using the terms fishers vs fishermen, from the Scopus database.
Attempt to update iconic pork pie rejected.
Crab of shame (image: wikimedia)