For #PhycologyFriday, here’s a funky Bull Kelp bulb sent to me by a friend in Ucluelet. Anyone know what causes this to happen? Never seen one like this before #kelp

For #PhycologyFriday, a topside view of a beautiful little bull kelp forest here in Huu-ay-aht territory, western Vancouver Island 🌊 #kelp #kelpforest

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Ebikes are not just bikes with a motor and battery. They are a new form of transportation “Our results reject nesting electric with conventional bicycles, underscoring their distinct characteristics and minimal shared unobserved attributes”

Worth calling attention to here is thefinding that plying the world with fossil fuels carries significant legal and financial risk. It opens the door to Canada being take to court to pay climate reparations. For the people who say Canada is 2% of emissions, nbd... let's dive into the numbers

Quote: "Invasive mussels at the bottom of the lakes have filtered away microorganisms, leaving behind crystal-clear waters that are a veritable desert for whitefish." Quagga mussels have siphoned off energy from the food web, leaving planktivorous fish to go hungry. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

Hard as it is to feel hopeful abt international law as we watch states breaking it down to uphold Israel’s genocide in Palestine, it seems that even the cynical read is that this ruling could have substantive impacts. Nice to see petrostate govs like Canada’s take an L!

The BC government considered "fast-tracking" the northern BC mine where three miners are currently trapped underground. Premier David Eby listed the mine’s underground expansion under Bill 15, the province's controversial new law to override regulations because of Trump's tariff war.

My #scicomm skills are clearly a bit rusty after a yearslong twitter hiatus, I forgot to include the link to this paper! Find it here if you'd like to read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #kelp

Forgot to hit “post” on this yday, this work was led by Dr. Lauren Dykman & coauthored by myself, Dr. Jordan Bemmels, @gregowens.bsky.social, Grace Melchers, @scuba-timmer.bsky.social, @cneufeld.bsky.social, & @baumlab.bsky.social! Was grateful to work alongside this stellar team of scientists

Thrilled to share this new paper from our 2023 #kelp restoration study! We used Giant Kelp #GreenGravel for a reciprocal transplant experiment, & found limited evidence for local adaptation along a small-scale thermal gradient. It was our 1st outplanting, many lessons learned! #PhycologyFriday

Impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and ecosystem services: our new paper in Nature Reviews Biodiversity is out! doi.org/10.1038/s443.... @natrevbiodiv.nature.com @uwaoceans.bsky.social @filbeek.bsky.social @dansmale1.bsky.social

Canada says it's a refuge. It has dangled only false hopes to Palestinians seeking to study here after Israel bombed their universities, or who have applied to be reunited with family. I co-wrote this piece with Deborah Cowen, Kyo Maclear and Madeleine Thien www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7a8fbe1...

Did you know there are glaciers in Uganda? They may not be around for much longer. buff.ly/lSsbFxM Read more in our July issue, out now: bit.ly/Eos-Jul2025

We really hate to see Canada’s new gov doubling down on this trajectory too 🤡

Great article on the rippling effects of ongoing insect declines. "People may not be motivated to save the insects for their own sake, but a world without insects is a world without birds. It’s a world where nature offers no song to the rising sun." 🪲🪳🐦 🌎 www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

For this #PhycologyFriday I'm happy to share my ✨new paper✨ about #kelp disease -> rdcu.be/ets28 Pink-spot disease occurs in kelp nurseries across North America and Europe according to our survey and we identified a bacteria (Algicola sp.) as the likely causative agent. 🦑 #aquaculture

For #PhycologyFriday, some pics (right) from a fun freedive this week on the Giant Kelp #GreenGravel I cultured this winter (left), outplanted for #kelpforest #restoration in Huu-ay-aht territory! Visibility was terrible, but was excited to see some reaching 3+ meters long 🥲 #kelp

"Nation building" doesn't have to come at the expense of the environment. Our calls to #FixBillC5 have led to improvements but there’s still work ahead to get it right. Add your voice and send a letter today ➡ wcel.org/blog/stop-ca... #cdnpoli

I am not a lawyer but I cannot think of a single definition of "free market" that would accurately describe the production and distribution of fossil fuels in the United States

As Iranians flee their homes and mourn their dead, Canada gives political cover for Israeli strikes. On The Breach Show, Donya Ziaee talks to @desmondcole.bsky.social about what people in Iran face, why bombs won’t bring liberation—and why Canada’s complicity must end.

Some modelling to show we may be on track to pass the 1.5C warming milestone in next 5 years 😬

any story on Israel saying Iran can never get the bomb should mention that Israel is itself a rogue nuclear state.

At #UNOC3, nearly 50 countries ratified the High Seas Treaty — historic progress for our sustainable ocean future. @ceo.globalfishingwatch.org spoke to the BBC about how tech + transparency are game-changers for ocean protection. Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Here in Washington state, 3,866,398 acres are on the line. This includes some of the most carbon-dense forest in the world, with immeasurable value for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and human health and well-being.

"'Elbows up' turned into stares of disbelief at the measures posited by Carney’s Liberal government. It’s one of the most profound political reverses on the Canadian public, proving that while Carney charms us in the front, he is stripping our rights behind our backs."

For #PhycologyFriday, I’ll be listening to one of my fave phycologists @drseaweed.bsky.social on one of my fave podcasts, @ologies.bsky.social! I’ve learned so much from Patrick & his lab over the years, stoked to see him featured on Ologies 🌊

It’s time for Canada to act. Send an urgent message demanding that Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand follow through with sanctions and impose an arms embargo on Israel now! www.cjpme.org/tell_carney_...

Saw a new parasitic plant species for me today: Pinesap, Monotropa hypopitys 👻

🚨 A rare oarfish the "Doomsday Fish"—has surfaced off the coast of Tamil Nadu, India 🌊 This deep-sea creature can grow over 36 feet and is tied to ancient legends of surfacing before earthquakes & tsunamis. Coincidence or omen #Oarfish #OceanMysteries #India

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

looks like canada’s in for another summer of intense fires as our government talks about increasing oil production and building more pipelines

My ✨new paper✨ looking at how low salinity and high temperatures alter the bacterial community of sugar #kelp was just published! Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PhycologyFriday 🦑

For #PhycologyFriday, I was sent these pics from my dive buddy Dr. Lauren Dykman at Kelp Rescue, the Bull #Kelp we grew & outplanted in K’omoks territory this Feb has grown! Exciting to see them getting tall this early in summer. Several experiments going on here, & it’s also become fish habitat 🥲

Exciting (?) news! #cosewic has finally assessed the state of #pycnopida as #endangered. It’s an important step to getting this species federal status and therefore protection. Pycnos are so important to BC’s marine ecosystems and kelp forests. #conservation #iucnredlist #canada #sara

For #PhycologyFriday, a new seaweed for me from a dive last month here in Huu-ay-aht territory, western Vancouver Island: something in the genus Phycodrus (most likely). Anyone know what species it might be? iNat obs: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

“A 2024 analysis of the energy output of using ChatGPT by the Washington Post and researchers at UC Riverside found that just one 100-word email drafted by ChatGPT-4 uses about a water bottle’s worth of H2O, and enough electricity to power 14 LED lightbulbs for an hour.”

Had fun co-presenting some of the findings from our 2023 kelp restoration experiments with my friend, dive buddy, & scientific collaborator Dr. Lauren Dykman today at #ISS25! They’re close to publication, stay tuned this summer to read more #kelp #restoration #greengravel

Been having a blast at #ISS25, meeting many fellow phycologists & seaweed ecologists new & old! Big thanks to Karen Filbee-Dexter for plugging our paper from the #GreenGravel Action Group in her great plenary yday, George Wood for leading it, & its many co-authors I’m meeting for the first time!

For #PhycologyFriday, since I’m back on Tsleil-waututh, Musqueam, & Squamish territory this week, here’s some of our restored Bull Kelp off New Brighton park, Vancouver last Sept 🥲 it felt meaningful seeing our work with TWN since 2022 return #kelp to this shore for the first time in many years!

Separatist movement on stolen land? Numerous First Nations and Indigenous bands are telling Premiere Danielle Smith if she breaks Alberta's treaties she's going to have a reckoning. They could shut down supplies within weeks by blocking shipping routes.

Happy International Workers Day from this sleepy & slightly sick convention delegate. Science is labor. Research is labor. Education is labor. Grateful to be in solidarity with my coworkers & hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers across these Indigenous territories we call BC & Canada

For #PhycologyFriday, here's some juvenile bull #kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) I saw on a dive this week here in Huu-ay-aht territory, western Vancouver Island. This site has had persistent canopy kelp despite widespread declines along this coast, though overgrazing from urchins remains a threat

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whales seen in Bahamas for first time ever - CBS Boston

On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

For #PhycologyFriday, an old pic of some subtropical drift Sargassum (possibly S. fluitans) sheltering a juvenile Schoolmaster snapper in a mangrove nursery. Taken in Eleuthera, The Bahamas during my M.Sc research 🇧🇸

How are we this close to an election and still no platforms — let alone costed ones — from the major parties? They think nobody is paying attention, @davidmoscrop.com writes. Are they right?

📰 #InTheNews: What’s eating the urchins causing ‘barrens’ on the Great Southern Reef? Not who we thought, it turns out…❌🐟 👀 @oceanographicmag.bsky.social: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/whats-e...

An Israeli attack has left al-Ahli Arab Hospital, the last functioning hospital in north Gaza, nonoperational, forcing critically ill patients onto the streets. Here’s a list of major Israeli attacks on Gaza's healthcare system since October 2023 aje.io/10seah

New paper! Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should. This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠 academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...