SEAS Fellowship Programme UiB

During the workshop Social Science and Humanities Perspectives on Fish Feed next week, which is organized by SVT researcher Thomas Völker in collaboration with UiB Ocean and SEAS Fellowship Programme UiB, there will be three keynotes that are public and open for all on Mon 9 and Tue 10: Controversies over fish feed and resource use in the history of Norwegian salmon farming, Fish trade as if food security mattered: the role of marine ingredients & Feeding collaborations – a conversation. See links for time + place in the comments below👇

Come one, come all!💥

SEAS annual gathering kicks off this Monday🌊

Talks include "Dance, my greens!" & "Identifying the difficult to identify"🔍

BONUS: Open lunches each day where you can meet the fellows & chat with them about their work (and grab a bite too!).

https://www.uib.no/en/seas/173698/seas-annual-gathering-kicks-variety-keynotes-seas-fellows

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'Nations and states have drawn maritime boundaries on #maps, but the map is not the territory: the #ocean resists being divided; things move freely in it; there's no "their" ocean and "our" ocean; there is only one ocean.' Read reflections from SEAS João on the recent #OceanFutures2030 event in #Bergen: https://www.uib.no/en/seas/173177/reaching-2030-goal-sustainable-ocean-through-shared-governance-must-belong-everyone #Horizon2020 #MSCActions #MarineScience #Norway #Agenda2030

Busy times in the SEAS Programme!

SEAS fellows exploring interdisciplinary approaches How do you get a group of social scientists, biologists, oceanographers, mathematics and informatics scientists to find common ground? How do they overcome their differences in background, methodology and language to unite to address questions and issues that span their different disciplines? Maybe....

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SEASing all the way to the top of the mountains!😍 Some SEAS fellows are also... mountain fellows🥾 Take a look at these above the clouds adventures from the last weeks from Ed, Gillian and Aiste⛅

You know hares, but do you know sea hares?😮

Yes, there are sea hares underwater in Bergen!🐰 And they are more mollusks than hares.😊

While the land hares are famous for their speed, the sea hares are famous for... their sense of smell! 👃

Plot twist? The sea hare's ears that make it look like a hare are actually rhinophores! As you may have guessed, these are not ears, but the organs that allow to be good at smelling things!😊



Land hare picture credit: Theotherkev (Pixabay).

The sea hare picture was taken by SEAS Aiste.

Who wore it better?💃

Continuing the virtual fashion battles, this time we look at VS 🔥

What are sea anemones? Besides being serious show-stoppers, they are predatory carnivores. We have plenty of beautiful anemones underwater in . In the picture, you see one from Herdla Nature Reserve.

Who wore it better?🧐

In the ongoing social media battle of vs the , who wore it better: Jennifer Lopez (left) or Aeolidiella glauca (right)?👗

Who is Aeolidiella glauca, you say? Well, it is just one of the many famous sea slugs in Norway. As you see, they are a serious competition when it comes to glamour and style!💥



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The University of Bergen is heavily involved in various activities during the annual One Ocean Week, which takes place from 13 to 19 April 2024.

Find the UiB events during One Ocean Week 2024 here: https://www.uib.no/.../uib-events-during-one-ocean-week...
Find the full One Ocean Week 2024 programme here: https://www.oneoceanweek.com/.../program-13th-19th-of...

The exhibition "The Ocean as a Climate Regulator", is running from April 15th to May 24th at the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Library, University of Bergen Library.

Scientifically coordinated by Janique Etienne and Catherine Gabrié, with visual artistry by Céline Bricard,
the exhibition aims to highlight the importance of marine and coastal ecosystems in climate regulation.

Through the lens of French researchers and artists, it emphasizes the critical role these ecosystems play in mitigating climate change impacts, regulating climate dynamics, and preserving biodiversity.
Visitors are invited to explore the intricate interactions within these ecosystems, their regulatory capacity,
and the challenges they face amidst ongoing environmental changes such as greenhouse gas emissions and rising temperatures.

The exhibition is a joint initiative of the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the Tara Expeditions Foundation,
dedicated to promoting environmental preservation and research, and organized by the French Institute in Norway (IFN).

Have you heard about or ? These ideas are about human expansion in the Ocean. But... Is prosperity and wealth about expanding or about ?

For this in , join us on Sunday (tomorrow!) evening for a doco screening and a chat about the economy. The event is free and open to all!🌊

Have you enjoyed the conference? We did!

Here is SEAS Aistė, talking during the Day Zero opening plenary. About what? !

Here are 3 riddles she presented to the audience:

1. Who needs deep-sea mining? The consumer is on the spot -- we are told we, the , need it because of the growing demand for . Do we need it? The growing demand is partially a myth, which is based on another myth of free choice. Why do I say so? Demand growth is growth nudged through and government policies. If the demands were based on natural human needs -- we would mainly spend money on shelter and food. So, what are our future needs? What are the alternatives for minerals, technology, and consumption?

2. Problem shifting – what seems like a solution today, might become a new problem tomorrow. The current, irreversible pressures in the Arctic, where deep-sea mining might happen, include (PFAS) in the Arctic ice, atlantification (warming waters push fisheries north), Ocean , (rising pH levels), and coastal browning, among many others. We do not know how these pressures interact and what new industrial activities like extracting non-renewable materials from the deep sea might bring to the list of pressures.

3. We are promised that deep-sea mining decisions are based on . But what are science-based decisions? The conference theme this year is “The role of universities in transformative change”. So, here is a word to think about: academicwashing. It operates in similar ways to – it is the use of university collaborations to imply that things are safe or supported by scientists. But it is not so. For example, the opening for deep-sea mining in was seen as irresponsible and shocking among many scientists. It is not scientists, it is politicians who make the final decision, based on… who knows?

Do you agree or disagree? What are other important things to discuss?