@SamStarko

Forrest Fellow at UWA | Researching how environmental drivers influence the evolution and ecology of marine habitats | Climate change research | 🇨🇦 in 🇦🇺

 Perth, Western Australia
samstarko.wordpress.com
Joined August 2011
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🌊🌡️🌊 Validating #Landsat Analysis Ready Data for #Nearshore #SeaSurface #Temperature Monitoring in the Northeast #Pacific ✍️ Alena Wachmann et al. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wQplW
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Excited to share the Phaeoexplorer paper out today in Cell: Evolutionary genomics of the emergence of brown algae as key components of coastal ecosystems! 🌊 Including the genome of Dictyota dichotoma and many more! doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.… #Seaweed
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Our OI team have arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan for COP29. These conferences are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change that brings together almost every country on Earth. We’re excited to be attending alongside key partners & friends of the Institute
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🌱Seaweed forests of the south coast of Australia contain ~15% of the world's seaweed species 😲 These forests contribute uniquely to temperate reef ecosystem functions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…, but little is known about how they are responding to climate change...

On the ecology of Cystophora spp. forests

Cystophora is the second largest genus of fucoids worldwide and, like many other forest-forming macroalgae, is increasingly threatened by a range of anthropogenic impacts including ocean warming....

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🌊1/Seaweed forests worldwide are changing rapidly due to climate change. Western Australia’s forests are dramatic examples of this, but what about the biodiversity hotspot on the south coast? Our latest historical ecology research finds out... 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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REVIEW Impacts of marine heatwaves in coastal ecosystems depend on local environmental conditions 📃 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Teresa Nobre@Teresa_Nobre19 Aug 2024
Happy to share my first paper! Featuring the first spatial quantification of #metalpollution in a tropical seagrass meadow and showing how metal concentrations differ between two #seagrass species 🌱 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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📢#macroecological sensitivity in the #tropics despite stable short term #temperature ranges. Insightful new work led by @MemorialU Darren Li Shing Hiung & @AmandaEBates tinyurl.com/m6yc76yy @PNASNexus
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🌿🌿🐠How do we restore marine forests at ecologically-meaningful scales? In our new article we discuss current challenges and emerging solutions from 25 projects around the world frontiersin.org/articles/10.… #greengravel #kelp #restoration #30by30

Frontiers | Upscaling marine forest restoration: challenges, solutions and recommendations from the...

To counteract the rapid loss of marine forests globally and meet international commitments of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the Convention on Bi...

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UWA Research@UWAresearch16 Apr 2024
Professor Thomas Wernberg @BiolSci_UWA and colleagues from around Australia take a look at what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records. READ: tinyurl.com/rbu3rr2n
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Excited to share our new paper @EcographyJourna, where we use population genomics to investigate the impact of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake on Durvillaea #kelp/rimurapa! First genomic snapshots of recolonising lineages following a devastating earthquake: doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07117
Image of the paper abstract and title, which is: First genomic snapshots of recolonising lineages following a devastating earthquake

ALT Image of the paper abstract and title, which is: First genomic snapshots of recolonising lineages following a devastating earthquake

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How effective are #MPAs for conserving #kelp #forests? Our perspective shows they can help with some drivers of loss like grazing, but often fail to protect against ocean warming and coastal darkening - 2 main reasons we are losing kelp forests globally! doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13446
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Annals of Botany@annbot13 Mar 2024
🌊🌿 #MacroalgaeWeek Multi-scale stability of an intertidal kelp (Postelsia palmaeformis) near its 3 northern range edge through a period of prolonged heatwaves by Matthew Csordas and co-authors in @annbot #openaccess article 👉 botany.fyi/3M7x2j
The intertidal kelp species Postelsia palmaeformis appears to have maintained population stability in its northern range despite recent heatwaves in the northeast Pacific Ocean. This may be attributed to thermal buffering and wave exposure along the coastlines it inhabits, which have likely mitigated the impacts of climate change. The study emphasizes the significance of considering multiple spatial scales, dispersal capability, and local conditions when assessing species' responses to climate change.

ALT The intertidal kelp species Postelsia palmaeformis appears to have maintained population stability in its northern range despite recent heatwaves in the northeast Pacific Ocean. This may be attributed to thermal buffering and wave exposure along the coastlines it inhabits, which have likely mitigated the impacts of climate change. The study emphasizes the significance of considering multiple spatial scales, dispersal capability, and local conditions when assessing species' responses to climate change.

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>20% of the surface of the global ocean currently in a MHW state, with anomalous temps persisting in the mid/East Atlantic, tropical E Pacific and parts of W Indian Oceans.....
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Zeke Hausfather
@hausfath3 Oct 2023
The first global temperature data is in for the full month of September. This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist – absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. JRA-55 beat the prior monthly record by over 0.5C, and was around 1.8C warmer than preindutrial levels.
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Elle Cordova@ellerhymes22 Sep 2023
Alexa, Siri and the other bots hanging out in the server break room again
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Clay Steell@claysteell15 Sep 2023
While it’s been a year full of challenges & loss, a real bright spot was recently diving on some #greengravel Giant Kelp I grew that’s survived to adulthood! This one off the Deer Group islands here in tradtl Huu-ay-aht territory was 7 meters tall in Aug & growing strong 🥲 #kelp
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🐠🤓🌿PhD student wanted: Future-proofing kelps on the #greatsouthernreef 🌿Email me cv and letter of motivation ASAP🪸🐠
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🌟 Spotlight on @uwaoceans Robson & Robertson Awards recognising emerging talents. 🔍 Océane Attlan: Exploring transformations in kelp forests due to #climatechange. 🌱 Jane Edgeloe: Assessing kelp's genetic diversity. 💧 Grace Edwards: Exploring seaweeds' role as biofilters.
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Kristina Tietjen@Tietjenk13 Sep 2023
1 week of data collection on #kiritimati following a 4yr hiatus due to Covid. Stoked to see the amount of recovery on the reefs!
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