#Octopus are cool, and I am loving working on them. But I'd feel better if they took their tentacles off my #scallops! Share your observations of the 2025 UK #octopusbloom through our newly launched public surveys. Links in the story below
www.mba.ac.uk/public-surve... @thembauk.bsky.social 🐙

🌡️ #Heatwave forecast to bring #UK seas up to 5°C above average - as #OctopusBloom highlights changing oceans.

PML's Prof Matt Frost speaks to #BBCBreakfast about how our seas are changing in response to #ClimateChange 👇

Shifting marine species bring cause severe future impacts on #fisheries, with huge impacts actually being felt already, as seen with the #SouthWestUK #OctopusBloom.

Impacts are accelerating faster than we’re adapting. 🧵👇

📢 It’s back! The #PlyMSEF Annual Spring Lecture returns on 11 May at the National Marine Aquarium #Plymouth (doors 6pm).

Hear PML’s Dr Molly James & Dr Bryce Stewart on the #OctopusBloom in the #SouthWest #UK 🐙

Free & open to all - register: nationalaquarium.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket...

#OctopusBloom: watch this recent video from under-10m potter Barney Rosewall in #StMawes, #Cornwall - #octopus are highly intelligent and can feed on lobsters without even entering the pot.

⚠️Reports from fishers suggest the octopus bloom is already going strong in 2026.

Our "hackers" brought together #EarthObservation, #DataModelling, #ResearchSoftwareEngineering and #DigitalInfrastructure, joining forces across disciplines to tackle the ongoing #OctopusBloom in the #Southwest #UK 🤝

#AprilFools: An unlikely group of heroes unite in response to the #Octopus invasion*… meet the PML "Hackers" 🐙

Watch the full "Hackers" movie - visit our LinkedIn page: ow.ly/PVeF50YBBfM

The #Southwest #OctopusBloom was in focus on ITV Friday night, with PML's Dr Molly James explaining how a warming climate and ocean, plus sustained easterly winds may have caused the dramatic octopus bloom last year, which is continuing to this day.

🐙 #Octopus larvae movement between the #ChannelIslands & the #UK - could this help explain the recent #OctopusBloom in #Southwest UK?

Ocean current modelling suggests that sustained easterly winds may have transported young octopus larvae to the region. Thread 👇🧵 (1/3)

Hear directly from the scientists uncovering the mystery behind the #OctopusBloom: Dr Bryce Stewart, Prof Tim Smyth & Prof Emma Sheehan explain why #octopus numbers exploded off the #UK’s #SouthWest coast in 2025 - in their new article for @uk.theconversation.com🔗 theconversation.com/octopus-numb...

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#Octopus #OctopusSwarm #OctopusBloom #ClimateChange #MarineHeatwaves

🔗 Read the full report — mba.ac.uk/octopus-bloom-off-southwest-uk-new-report-reveals-scale-causes-and-consequences/

#OctopusBloom #SouthWestFisheries #ClimateChange #MarineScience #FishingCommunities #UKFisheries

Big news on the Octopus Bloom… more tomorrow.

Video by Dr Keith Hiscock, MBE

#OctopusBloom

In 2025, an explosion of common octopus appeared across the southwest coast of England — baffling fishermen and fascinating scientists. What started as an unusual observation by local divers and fishermen quickly became a major ecological event.

#OctopusBloom #MarineBiology #UKOceans