Ruth Thurstan

'Europe’s native oyster reefs have been so damaged by human impacts that they are collapsed, according to @IUCNRedList ecosystem criteria' BBC @WildlifeMag reports findings of the recent study in @ConLetters with photos from our relict Irish oyster reefs. discoverwildlife.com/environment/eu…

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A new study finds at least 1.7 million hectares of sea floor around Europe—the area the size of Northern Ireland—used to host abundant oysters. bit.ly/3BFPOIn

'Read all about it!' NEW paper from an international, interdisciplinary team in @naturesustainab reveals the vast extent of past European native oyster reef ecosystems nature.com/articles/s4189… @NORA_Europe @ConvexSeascape @ERC_Research @ExeterMarine #openaccess #historicalecology

Fantastic talks by @MadisonBP, @RachelMWinter_ , Zoe Heard, Ismet Saygu and many others at the @maf_world @Q_MAREwg training school last week, on learning from the past for better understanding of #marine ecosystems today #shiftingbaselines @ExeterMarine @UniExeCEC @ProfCallum

Last week I had the pleasure of learning about different approaches to understanding past #marine ecosystems. thanks to the organisers @kagiadi @PastOceans, Tatiana Theodoropoulou, funders @maf_world @Q_MAREwg & contributors! @ExeterMarine @UniExeCEC

Happy to see our food for thought in ices journal, we explore how #palaeontology #history #archaeology can help understand #marinefunctionalconnectivity #wghist @ICES_ASC @OUPAcademic @ruththurstan @kagiadi @Q_MAREwg @SeaUnicorn2020 @odealab @ADarnaude tinyurl.com/ympesmr5

Day 2 of Q-Mare workshop with @ruththurstan @maf_world @PAGES_IPO talking about historical sources to identify human impacts on marine ecosystems

It feels amazing to be in Crete for an interdisciplinary training school and workshop funded by EU Cost Action @maf_world and @PAGES_IPO. Exciting sessions and collaborations ahead! @kagiadi @PastOceans @odealab @MadisonBP

Our final workshop starting today in beautiful Plakias on Crete, co-organized with @maf_world @PAGES_IPO

Another fantastic SEACHANGE annual meeting in Cornwall. An intense few days of reviewing results and planning future research.

A fantastic Oceans Past Conference X in Exeter June 2024! Historical perspectives on human-ocean interactions: deep understandings for informing ocean futures @4oceanserc @oceans_past @ruththurstan thank you for hosting us! @PoulHolm @fraslaw @Crisbri

Global review of historical ecology targets conservation outcomes & diverse voices doi.org/10.3354/esr013… #environment #history #community #coproduction #diversity #policy #openaccess @LMcClenachan @ajtrant @kt_cramer @gilromera @ICTA_UAB @mollykgrace @odealab @MarSustentable