MASTS Friday Email 02/08/24

Visit from Ocean Frontiers Institute

This week the MASTS Directorate welcomed Anya Waite and Tracey Woodhouse from the Oceans Frontiers Institute, Canada. We enjoyed hearing about their Transforming Climate Action program, and sharing details about MASTS ethos, operation, and science. We look forward to developing this relationship over the coming months.

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Contents

FYI

1. MEER funding success for MASTS members from Heriot Watt and UHI
2. Request for help from ECRs involved in interdisciplinarity coastal research
3. CCS modelling advances
4. Scotland is Now - Featured Researcher - Emily Hague

Publications

• 2 new publications - one from Zelin Chen and one from Andrew Want

Events

• Marine Biogeochemistry Open Forum Session - 22/08/24
• SEER webinar on Social Perceptions of the Environmental Effects of Offshore Wind Energy Development

Funding Opportunities

• Seed funds available from Scotland Beyond Net Zero

Vacancies

• 4 new vacancies including Scottish Association For Marine Science looking to recruit a marine social scientist. Also ECR 10-week internship in ocean acidification opportunity.

News from the Forums

Marine Biogeochemistry Open Forum Session

The Biogeochemistry Research Forum?is excited to host this free Open Forum Session with two interesting talks: Marta Santos Garcia (SAGES) on "Is the Ocean losing Nitrogen?"?and Anna Kebke?(University of Glasgow)? on "Using Biomolecular Proxies to identify physiological status and feeding history in a large Pilot Whale mass stranding event." 22nd August 10-11am on Zoom For more information and to register for this event, please visit the MASTS Website .?

Find out more about MASTS Research Forums on our research webpage.

Annual Science Meeting 2024

Spotlight on Marine Mammals in an Ocean of Change Special Session.

Abstracts are invited for 12-minute presentations or 5-minute speed talks, for a special session that will explore the theme: ‘Marine mammals in an Ocean of Change’. Contributions are welcomed from all career stages, from anyone working on this topic that would like to present (e.g. academia, consultancy, industry). We would encourage talks on topics related to marine mammals and changing oceans (for example, related to climate change, anthropogenic impacts (e.g. fishing activity, vessels, renewable developments)). Projects do not need to be complete or have results to be considered for inclusion, we would welcome early-stage PhD students or similar to consider submitting abstracts.

For further details, please visit our dedicated webpage here . Abstract submission deadline is 22/8/24. For further details, please visit our dedicated webpage here .

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FYI

MEER funding success

• Congratulations to Paul Fernandes (HW) and Katie Brigden (UHI) – both have been awarded a grant from the MASTS Engagement in European Research (MEER) fund. This funding will allow them to attend proposal writing workshops.

Are you an early career researcher involved in interdisciplinarity coastal research?

• Could you please spare 10 minutes and help us by filling in the survey? https://tinyurl.com/ECRcoastalsurvey ?.

CCS Modelling

• Colleagues at Heriot Watt have used AI to accelerate carbon capture and storage (CCS) modelling from 100 days to just 24 hours. Find out more .

Scotland is Now - Featured Researcher - Emily Hague

Emily Hague (Heriot Watt) was a recipient of MASTS-SFC Saltire Researcher Exchange Funding . Check out this short (3min) video to hear more about Emily's important work on the Scottish Vessels Project.

Stay up to date with all news items of the MASTS Website.

Publications

• Researchers from Essex have found that starfish and other seabed species plummet near oil and gas rigs off UK coast. Read the primary publication here from Chen et al., 2024
• Predicted ecological consequences of wave energy extraction and climate-related changes in wave exposure on rocky shore communities . Want et al., 2024
• Cumulative Effects Assessments to support marine plan development . JNCC report
• Want to know the different ways in which academics and other experts can share their knowledge and skills with government to help shape and frame public policy? Check out this handy list - https://lnkd.in/eQ4yQQt8

Events

• Social Perceptions of the Environmental Effects of Offshore Wind Energy Development – SEER Webinar 21 August. Register to attend .

See all up coming events from MASTS and our members on the Events webpage.

Funding Opportunities

• Scotland Beyond Net Zero – Seed fund to support net zero research collaborations and partnerships across Scotland – awards up to ￡15,000. Closing date 23/08/24.

Discover other funding opportunities on the MASTS website

Vacancies

• PDRA in Marine Social Science – SAMS-UHI – 16/08/24
• Senior Science Officer – Seagrass Habitat Mapping – Project Seagrass – 16/08/24
• Join the UK Women in Fisheries Team (2 roles) – Network Coordinator and Comms Officer – 20/08/24
• DAERA High-Level Science Advisory Group Members wanted - closes 22/08/24

• ECR 10-week internship in ocean acidification – GOA-ON – 12/08/24

Search more job opportunities in marine science on the MASTS webpage