Rob Harcourt
@RobHarcourt
I lead the Marine Predator Research Group @Macquarie_Uni & the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility
Thanks @UNOceanDecade for sharing this work! :) 🐳🦭🦈🐬🐡🐢🐧
📢 New study by #OceanDecade Action @MegaMove_Org found that: 🦈 Marine megafauna spends 90% of their time in areas identified as "Important Marine Megafauna Areas" 🚨But only 5% of these areas currently fall within marine protected areas Read more: ow.ly/VOqM50Wuupt
Seals working hard on our behalf for a brighter future and a more complete understanding of our oceans @ani_bos, @IMOS_AUS & @GOOSocean
Southern elephant seals tagged by a specialist team on Macquarie Island in late May are already transmitting CTD profiles from the Southern Ocean, as far as the sea-ice edge. @IMOSAnimalTrack | @UTAS_ | @clive_mcmahon antarctic.org.au/new-round-of-s…
… and also the dedicated folks @SIMS_Australia
Seals working hard on our behalf for a brighter future and a more complete understanding of our oceans @ani_bos, @IMOS_AUS & @GOOSocean
📍 About 66% of marine megafauna movements are linked to important behaviours like migrating, foraging, and breeding. The areas most used for these behaviours might be key to their survival! @UWAresearch @aims_gov_au
We're hiring! Remote work on red wolf behavior 🐺 jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id=1…
🌊 Close to a third of marine megafauna species - including some of the most charismatic species in the ocean, such as sharks and turtles - are at risk of extinction. Effective conservation efforts are urgent. @WWF @UNOceanDecade
THIS DUMBFUCK JUST VIOLATED HIS OWN LAW On May 19, 2025, Krasnov @realDonaldTrump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146) into law, which makes it a FEDERAL CRIME with penalties of up to three years in prison for knowingly publishing non-consensual intimate imagery, including…
The #MarineMammalProtectionAct is under grave threat – and we need your help to save it. Please, call your U.S. Representative and tell them not to weaken the #MMPA. Find contact information and a short script you can share or adapt at MarineMammalCenter.org/SaveTheMMPA.
Next: marine turtles equipped with miniaturized CTDs to improve tropical storm/cyclone forecasts - important given the destruction these storms have on coastal infrastructure and communities, where the vast majority of people live. ucpress.edu/blog-posts/new…
J.D Vance made a secret trip to meet with Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch? He wasn’t going there to shut down the Epstein stories. He was going to negotiate the Presidental succession coverage. Any MAGA who thinks Vance would never screw Trump doesn’t know J.D. Vance.
🌱 Marine megafauna are sentinel species – they can be indicators of climate shifts and ecosystem health. Protecting them means we’re protecting the ocean and other biodiversity that depends on it. @scienceANU @SchmidtOcean
We have no food We have no food We have no food We have no food Thank you to everyone who will retweet this and amplify our voices.
The curse of AUKUS thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/editor… via @SatPaper
Jenna always writes wonderfully well.
Jenna Price wrote a good piece re the report debacle!
🧭 The MegaMove Project tracked over 15,000 individuals across 121 species in the global ocean. That’s 30+ years of marine movement data collected by ~400 researchers worldwide - the biggest dataset of its kind. @scienceANU @ourANU
An enduring, 20-year, multidisciplinary seal-borne ocean sensor research collaboration in the Southern Ocean @clive_mcmahon @fabienroquet @RobHarcourt @ani_bos ucpress.edu/blog-posts/new…
RETWEET if you stand with Stephen Colbert after Paramount/CBS fired him.