Chris Cornwall
Kelp forests, coral reefs, climate change, coralline algae, ecologist, physiologist, geochemist. Senior Lecturer of Marine Biology. Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. Group leader of coastal eco physiology group (CEG)
- Check out our new paper exploring how giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) sporophytes from populations across Aotearoa New Zealand respond to marine heatwaves in simulated experiments. We find general similar sensitivities that tend towards similar thermal tolerances across large geographic areas.
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall'BMC's newly launched journal Ocean Ecosystems has published its first introductory editorial article! Read more now! 🌍
- Reposted by Chris CornwallOcean Ecosystems seeks manuscripts that cover the following topics: 1) Marine ecology 2)Biological oceanography 3)Global change biology 4)Ecological physiology 5)Evolutionary processes 6)Ecosystem... @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @springernature.com @juliemeilland.bsky.social
- Reposted by Chris CornwallThe COBS working group is offering an experimental design workshop before Ocean Sciences in Glasgow in Feb 2026! 🌊 Join us for a day of learning about designing and analysing multiple stressor experiments without getting multiply stressed out. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
- Reposted by Chris CornwallOur data analysis guides for multiple stressor/driver research 🌊 @christinamcgraw.bsky.social @sineadcollins.bsky.social @mridulkthomas.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social + Peter Dillingham, Steeve Comeau, Sam Dupont aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- New paper out by that describes data analysis tools creating by the Changing Ocean Biological systems Group last year at a workshop in Sweden. check them out for a good resource on coding and analysis: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- New paper out by my group and collaborators: Impacts of climate change on seaweeds, an editorial: www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
- Reposted by Chris CornwallStill plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social
- Reposted by Chris CornwallOver 70% of coral reefs in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean are projected to be in a state of erosion by 2040, increasing to nearly all reefs in 2100 if warming exceeds 2 °C above preindustrial levels, a study in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/48m9Y8F 🌊 🧪
- Our paper out today in @nature.com describes a grim fate for coral reef growth under climate change in the Western Atlantic. We also estimate that reef restoration could offer pockets of local hope, but overall cannot keep up with the effects of climate change www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- ps, paper led by Professor Chris Perry. Congrats Chris.
- Reposted by Chris CornwallSo excited to be apart of The Ocean in a High CO2 World international symposium🪸 October 12-16, 2026! See you there!
- Excited to announce that we will be hosting the 6th International Symposium on Oceans in a High CO2 World October 12 to 16th in Wellington at the Tākina event center! This conference will bring together marine climate change scientists from multiple disciplines. Save the date!
- Our new paper in Journal of Phycology has come out today. Low light and low water motion can exacerbate the effects of marine heatwaves on giant kelp: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- If anyone is looking for regular updates on my group’s research or news, we are more frequently posting things on instagram. It’s not a perfect platform, but hey. Chrisecornwall is my handle, with my lab group updates and student work posted on coastal_eco_physio_group
- Reposted by Chris CornwallSee you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social
- Looking forward to it, see you all soon in Tauranga Aotearoa New Zealand 2028!!
- See you all at the next #ITRS in #Tauranga, New Zealand 🇳🇿. Hosted by Chris Battersall, Chris Cornwall & Dave Schiel. Can’t wait to see you all there! @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @benthicecol.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @katynicastro.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @marclim-uk.bsky.social
- Same here, loved catching up with friends! Now on to ITRS 2028 in Tauranga!
- Ditto! Love this community. Our temperate reef #family ☺️❤️🌊🐟🦀🐚 @chrisecornwall.bsky.social @cariocamayer.bsky.social @anaellelemasson.bsky.social @nessocon.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social
- Reposted by Chris CornwallThanks for arranging this #ITRS2025 workshop 🤩 It was a very useful exercise, and I loved going through all the steps of planning our perfect will-never-ever-get-funded project 😂 and to make our priorities when reality (i.e. huge funding cuts) were thrown at us 😂
- Check out some snaps from our recent MEDDLE workshop at #ITRS Brest, France on experimental design. Great participants! @scor-cobs.bsky.social
- Check out some snaps from our recent MEDDLE workshop at #ITRS Brest, France on experimental design. Great participants! @scor-cobs.bsky.social
- Check out our first Collection of articles we hope to publish in Ocean Ecosystems!
- For #WorldOceanDay, Ocean Ecosystems calls for submissions to its first Collection on Ocean Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Goals. It invites original research that will help us understand how to protect ocean health and ensure well-being of future generations. bit.ly/3FqZ5Xn
- Reposted by Chris CornwallCan tropical corals find refuge at higher latitudes under future warming? In our new paper in Science Advances, we argue that coral range expansion will be *far too slow* for most coral species to outpace climate change. 🪸🌊 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A short 🧵 (1/16)
- Our paper out today by @nvogtvincent.co.uk Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Ocean Ecosystems is calling for submissions to our collection on Ocean Ecosystem Services and Sustainable Development Goals, aiming to enhance our understanding of how to protect ocean health while ensuring the well-being of future generations www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...
- Check out @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social and her experiment at @seasim-aims.bsky.social along with other PhD student @hollykoch20.bsky.social ! Such an exciting collaboration and experiment! It explores how light and temperature related bleaching differs from the effects of ocean acidification
- PhD candidates @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social & @hollykoch20.bsky.social are researching how ocean acidification and high light contribute to bleaching, which includes: 🧪36 tanks, 4 species, 12 treatments, 400+ samples 🧬2 corals & 2 crustose coralline algae 🔬 Drivers: light, temp, & 4 levels of PCO2
- We just returned from a successful trip to Vancouver Island, exploring dissolved inorganic carbon use of seaweeds there. We collected more than 200 samples from over 40 species! Big help from the three students on the team (Denisa Berbece, Alessandra Walsh and Eloise Bennett)
- Reposted by Chris CornwallReminiscing on the fantastic conference put on by @aslo.org at the Aquatic Sciences Meeting in March 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina I presented some of my results from two natural analogue sites; Semi-enclosed lagoon and a CO2 vent How do coralline algae survive in extreme environments?
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall🚨🚨🚨 TWO FULLY FUNDED POSITIONS 🚨🚨🚨 Both working out how shells are made, building quantitative models of the #biology, #mineralogy and #geochemistry of #biomineralisation. Come join our cross-disciplinary team funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk ! #phd #postdoc 🌊 biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/research/gra...
- Māia Holman-Wharehoka gives her talk at the International Seaweed Symposium 2025 in Victoria British Columbia. Use of traditional weaving methods combined with restoration of giant kelp in Te Whanganui -Ā-Tara, Wellington Aotearoa
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall3. Blocking in time, by Steeve Comeau and @chrisecornwall.bsky.social Learn how to estimate the effects of two drivers on a response when your experiment is ‘blocked’ i.e. experimental units grouped in time, often because it’s not feasible to do all at once. nzoac.nz/s/Blocking_i...
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall2. Analysing scenarios, by Steeve Comeau and @chrisecornwall.bsky.social Learn how to estimate the effects of two drivers on a response when your experimental treatments are designed to reflect future climate scenarios. nzoac.nz/s/Scenario_a...
- We are hosting the 39th ASPAB meeting at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. 24th to 25th November. Please come if you are interested in seaweed!
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall🌊 @noaa.gov was a leader on ocean acidification (OA) and marine carbon dioxide removal (#mCDR). This research is decimated by the firings of many outstanding staff, including the leaders of the OA and mCDR groups, my close colleagues Sarah Cooley and Gabby Kitch. #StandUpForScience
- Reposted by Chris CornwallNew on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate. latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...
- Reposted by Chris CornwallWe have a few slots free in our experimental design workshop at the International Temperate Reefs Symposium on June 30th in Brest, France 🌊 If you're attending the conference and are interested in honing your skills in climate change research/design, please sign up! itrs-home.org/designing-mu...
- www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/disrespec... Documents reveal how Government pushed through controversial changes to Marsden Fund
- We still have a few slots free in our experimental design workshop at ITRS on the 30th of June in Brest, France. If you are attending the conference and interested in honing your skills in climate change research/design, please sign up! itrs-home.org/designing-mu...
- A good review of the effects of climate change on coral reefs, as well as considerations for whether tipping points exist. Frist paper of the year for my research group: esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
- Excited to announce that I have accepted a role as founding Chief Editor at Ocean Ecosystems, a new journal in the Nature Publishing Group! It focuses on high impact research on marine ecology, physiology, and biological oceanography. check it out here oceanecosystems.biomedcentral.com
- We are advertising for a lecturer or senior lecture in Marine Biology at VUW, come and join us! ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
- Some good news today: 4 of my PhD students were successful recently in obtaining awards. Holly Koch, Imogen bunting, and Katie Whenton got SBS funding to go to ASLO or ITRS. But, bigger news: Denisa Berbece obtained a Coastal People Southern Skies Centre of Research Excellence PhD scholarship, yay!
- This is possibly worse than Australian politicians getting involved in who gets grants. Just remove all social science funding completely… how is this allowed?
- Hmm, watch this space. Might be bye bye for many NZ scientists to Aotearoa
- Our next experiment’s army of coral frags ready to go. With 2 coral species and 2 CCA we will test physiological differences between thermal bleaching, light induced bleaching, and low pH induced bleaching using physiology, skeletal geochemistry, and gene expression at AIMS
- So grateful for the support of AIMS Townsville and the use of their Seasim, plus their tech time. Without which we would not be able to run this experiment for PhD student Ashtyn Isaak’s dissertation.
- Reposted by Chris CornwallAs another #PhycologyFriday winds to a close, here's a starter pack of algal appreciators to follow! Lmk if you'd like to be added to the list. go.bsky.app/RwMphxSat://did:plc:vcwptpgvt4nve447v7tp4cey/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb3hcbqaqq2g
- This is teaching part of some of the material put together by @scor-cobs.bsky.social members. Should be good! We will also run one at ITRS in France too
- If you have not registered for the 2025 International Seaweed Symposium, check out our workshop on experimental design: iss25.com/workshops/ If you have registered already before our workshop was online, flick me a message.
- If you have not registered for the 2025 International Seaweed Symposium, check out our workshop on experimental design: iss25.com/workshops/ If you have registered already before our workshop was online, flick me a message.
- Reposted by Chris CornwallLoss of Kelp forest in New Zealand and Australia is one of our less well known but critical climate change impacts from warming waters. Kelp forests are the coral reefs of the temperate and sub-polar oceans. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall!!!!
- Every wondered where you can get good resources for marine climate change research, including papers, workshop events, video resources for training and teaching? Here is a working group devoted to that:
- Reposted by Chris CornwallWe've written papers/guides about how to improve experimental design so that we learn more from experiments. We also teach workshops and build tools based on these principles. 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
- Reposted by Chris CornwallHello all! We're a working group studying how interacting drivers (or "multiple stressors") like temperature, acidification, etc. shape marine life. Follow us for new research and workshops, as well as tools to improve experimental design, data analysis, mathematical models, and more. 🌊
- PhD student Katie Fenton discusses her PhD on the impacts of extreme events on pāua in Aotearoa New Zealand’s North Island. Talk at our Coastal Ecology Lab at Victoria University of Wellington
- And some snaps of her in action collecting data today:
- Ha ha, actually a massive walk in with weight belts and suits! And a sewerage outfall nearby, but great on a day like today! Excellent coastline!
- I see a lot of activity recently, so thought it was an ideal time to summarize who I am and what my research group does: We seek to better understand how kelp forest and coral reef ecosystems function, as well as their responses to local and global anthropogenic change. Check out some recent pics!
- Both marine heatwave intensity and duration important in controlling physiological response of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
- I hope everyone had or is having a good Valentine’s Day. If not, hopefully this coralline recruit grown in one of our experiments will cheer you up!
- Reposted by Chris Cornwall🚨🚨🚨 Fully-Funded PhD Project 🚨🚨🚨 Interested in shells, corals or plankton? Ever wondered how they form? Come join our group @Cambridge on this @leverhulme.bsky.social project! A fun combination of culturing, geochemistry, physiology and modelling. biomin.esc.cam.ac.uk/job/biomin/l...
