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Postdoctoral Researcher investigating #macrofaunal #biodiversity close to man made structures in the North Sea. @univofstandrews @insite. Views are my own.

St Andrews
Joined August 2021
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Scientists are exploring the impact of British wind farms on the seabed as green energy expands. The study, led by @DrNatalieHicks of @EssexLifeSci with @CefasGovUK and the @univofstandrews explored one of the UK's oldest offshore sites @OrstedUK. brnw.ch/21wMgCQ
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Interested in finding out how climate change works and what you can do to make a difference? Join James Rae in person or online. scottishgeologytrust.org/eve…
Excited to be speaking @RoyalSocEd this Wednesday eve on the 3 S’s of climate change: Simple, Serious, and Solvable. We’ll explore the climates of the distant past to understand the climate of the future. Free to attend and open to all! rse.org.uk/event/climate-cha…
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Lots of great events to choose from for the Scottish Geology Festival. #ScotGeolFest24
🎉 The 2024 Scottish Geology Festival event listings are now live - scottishgeologytrust.org/fes… 🎉 SGT & partners are delighted to offer a packed programme of events & activities across Scotland & online, showcasing & celebrating our unique geology!
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Replying to @insitenorthsea
@insitenorthsea Natalie Hicks on effects of MMS (wind and O&G) on benthic systems! Diversity and community structure affected @mastscot @essexuniversity
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📢SIME 2024 is confirmed for the 22nd and 23rd of May! 📍at the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh We hope you can join us. Registration is OPEN⤵️ masts.ac.uk/event/structures…
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❗️#FullyfundedPhD available❗️ Rocky shore #biodiversity: Separating the effects of anthropogenic impacts from natural variation and #climatechange impacts Uni: @univofstandrews PI: Andrew Blight @Drhyperborea Deadline: Thurs 5 Mar ➡️superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ho…
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📢 Calling all researchers! The #ECOFlow programme is seeking project proposals to explore the ecological impacts of floating offshore wind infrastructure. Interested? Learn more: buff.ly/3ume2nJ #ResearchOpportunity #RenewableEnergy
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Do you need financial support to attend #EGU24? Submit your abstract for Roland Schlich Travel Support by 13.00CET 1 December 2023 for the chance to be awarded a registration fee waiver & APC refund! Find out more and submit your abstract: egu.eu/6U5YEJ/
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Catch up on 'INSITEs Into' webinars before the 6th and final installment Marine Monitoring with @DrNatalieHicks @EssexLifeSci @DanielOBJones @NOCnews and Tom Wilding @SAMSoceannews on the 🗓️30th November.👇 tinyurl.com/3y5v82fd
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Funded PhD position available through @SCENARIO_DTP on the use of sedimentation fields for saltmarsh restoration. Project is in collaboration with @NatResWales and will be co-supervised by Dr Steve Robinson (UoR) and @AvideshSeenath (University of Oxford) research.reading.ac.uk/scena…
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
A new species of eyelash worm for the UK, Myxicola polychroma (bottom photos)! This collaboration between ourselves, @_Seasearch & British divers also resulted in the re-description of Myxicola infundibulum (top photos) doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.900… #WormWednesday #Annelida #Sabellidae
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
October’s cruise to @OrstedUK wind farm in Irish Sea. Luckily got fine weather for macrofauna grabbing and seafloor imaging with @DrNatalieHicks @Mel_Chocholek @David_Hughes3 @SymbioticUandMe @WoodwardRowe @HaleighJorgeson @EssexLifeSci @Uni_of_Essex @EssexPostgrads
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
🗓️INSITEs Into Webinars - 05 Commercial Fishing is next week 31st October with @HeriotWattUni's @PaulFer13180972 @DrNatalieHicks @CefasGovUK's Dr Serena Wright and @DefraGovUK's Dr Rob Cook. Registration ⤵️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/690676761…
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
It's pretty wild out there.
East Coast of Scotland getting absolutely slammed right now by #StormBabet. Video of Anstruther harbour this evening - you can feel the impact of the waves through the ground. Lighthouse is 5m (16 ft).
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Melanie Chocholek retweeted
Just finished talking at AMBIO X about my @insitenorthsea work, looking at the effect of decommissioned O&G platforms on blue carbon. Looking forward to the rest of the conference! @EssexLifeSci @CefasGovUK @challengersoc @ChallengerAMBIO
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