Alice Twomey
@TwomeyAlice
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Research Fellow, @UQScience @UQ_CBCS The University of Queensland | #BlueCarbon | #Modeller of #Wetlands & #Waves | #EcologicalEngineer | #NatureBasedSolutions
Yuggera (Brisbane Region), AUS
Joined May 2017
🌊🌳Nature-based solutions (NbS) for #coastal protection are being implemented successfully! Our paper synthesises examples of 240 successes identified through interviews with #NbS practitioners!🎉 How did they do it? Read below: https://t.co/1Y29LwhH8O
https://t.co/C7ROMbThkO
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🌊If you're interested in Hydrological Restoration, add this to your reading list!🌳 The latest paper by @vicki_bennion shows developing mangrove communities were prone to the highest elevation changes - an important predictor for restoration success🌿 https://t.co/L54oaHW2Sz
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🚨The system needs to change! Academia fails to recognise success metrics for #transdisciplinary ECRs in #conservation 🐯🌳We've published solutions to the 8 most prominent challenges! @jayden_hyman1 @kindraswari_ @KotzMaximilian @c_l_morgans
https://t.co/UGtyxBchIr
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🌳 Our latest paper on mangroves has just been published! Here, we compiled a dataset of >17,000 published mangrove geometry observations outlining their root, trunk and canopy geometries.🌱Hopefully this leads to more accurate models! @CathLovelock
https://t.co/k6udABSFhz
link.springer.com
Estuaries and Coasts - Coastal engineering models frequently represent vegetation as rigid cylinders to simulate the geometry of mangrove trees, including their roots, trunks, and canopies....
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Really excited to read this!
🌊 Excited to share our latest paper "Efficacy of Nature-based Solutions for coastal protection under a changing climate: A modelling approach" just published in Coastal Engineering! @RESTCOAST_H2020 @rosariaester LINK: https://t.co/H3xtlNv4iD
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🌳🌊A new @TropWATER led study from an international team of researchers has found more than half of land use carbon emissions in SE Asia can be mitigated through conservation and restoration of peatlands and mangroves. @sdsasmito Paper📄👉 https://t.co/xQj1kYRcT8
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🌱New Paper Alert!🌊 We compiled a dataset of >17,000 published #mangrove observations outlining their root, trunk and canopy #geometries so they can be modelled more accurately with @CathLovelock @estuariescoasts Open-acccess here: https://t.co/Rgs0xlQDdd
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So I’m a little behind the times but have finally migrated to Bluesky 🦋 Hopefully, this is the last social media platform I need to create. Please add me: @AliceTwomey
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Congratulations to #UQ coastal researcher @TwomeyAlice named one of the 2025-26 #SuperstarsOfSTEM ! This group of scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians will be promoting STEM pathways and knowledge. @UQScience @ScienceAU
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Storing mangroves lost by aquaculture offers large blue carbon gains! New paper led by Yufeng Jiang and @ZhenZHANG1120 165,000 ha of mangroves were lost to aquaculture since 1996, but restoring them could remove 84 Mt CO2 Download it here: https://t.co/5qLWyDvGUZ
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I feel incredibly honoured to be selected as one of the #SuperstarsOfSTEM for 2025-2026. I'm excited to work with an amazing group of STEM experts and promote STEM pathways over the next 2 years! @ScienceAU @UQ_News @UQscience @GroupOfEight
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Our new study introduces a method to guide #bluecarbon #restoration planning with biodiversity, water quality, fisheries and flood mitigation benefits https://t.co/b76d8laren
@phoebestewsin @CathLovelock @fern_adame @WalthamNathan @DrWillGlamore @NESPmarinecoast
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🌳New paper! 🚨 #Bluecarbon credits offer financial incentives to restore tidal #wetlands, but predicting carbon accumulation has associated data collection and #modelling costs. So how do we know if it's worth it? 💰 @WalthamNathan @CathLovelock
https://t.co/QYvGFEIJkA
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🚨Need a recent review of how #ecology can guide the use of #mangroves as #NbS? Check out our new paper! 🌳 @CathLovelock @AlexPearse7 @valerie_hagger @valerie_kw1 @vicki_bennion @Maya_deOliveira
https://t.co/3b5bSxVrdf
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
The success of mangroves as nature-based solutions can be improved with increased incorporation of knowledge of the ecology of mangrove plants, animals and microbes and by sharing and co-producing...
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Mayara de Oliveira reviews the state of governance of coastal wetlands - there is plenty of work to do! https://t.co/HVOTNErBYd
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Testing of mud by #UQ researchers has revealed up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics could be polluting Brisbane’s Moreton Bay. @ElvisOkoffo says the main plastics he found were polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Read more: https://t.co/plzNCvEFb4
@UQHealth
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🐠Check out our latest paper! 🌊 Great to be involved in this #coastal and #marine #restoration research on a truly interdisciplinary team! #ecologicalengineering @UQ_CBCS
So happy to see this Coastal Restoration Roadmap paper published, open access here https://t.co/Q1HO0FP19B
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Congrats to Jaona Ravelonjatovo on assessment of carbon emissions from mangrove deforestation in Madagascar. https://t.co/fTAkzpQAqk.
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