Stoked to see @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social tonight in Saint John! His music and message seems so fitting for a city and province that has been subject to the Irvings and had to struggle against an anti-union, anti-mutual aid, extractivist agenda for so long. Hope tonight is inspiring for all!

We're concerned about the SRSR motion requesting 25 years of disaggregated tri-council data. While we understand the data is intended to be anonymized, this wasn't explicitly stated in the motion – and the specific information requested could still enable re-identification when linked together.

For #marinemammal lovers, @UBCBookstore now has #seal water bottles for sale! Very cute

In New Brunswick, seclusion rooms are used instead of intensive care units because of inadequate healthcare funding—this is what happens when ‘public safety funding’ is prioritized over collective community care. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jon Batiste is a climate activist

Too many people confuse convenience with freedom.

Colleagues at Hatfield Consultants also put together a beautiful story map summarizing the novel use of #satellite #technology for #whale #conservation: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/849a...

Link to the open-access, peer-reviewed paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @finstacodes.bsky.social @marinemammalogy.bsky.social #marinemammalscience

Happy to announce our new article in @marinemammalogy.bsky.social on finding #rightwhales in satellite imagery using machine learning. Great collaboration with academia, industry, and conservation @cwf-fcf.bsky.social. #whalesfromspace #NARW Link: share.google/CNepFK2pf0iU...

Updated abundance estimate of the eastern Beaufort Sea #beluga population! I participated in the aerial survey in 2019 as part of my masters project. The last estimate was from 1992. open-science.canada.ca/items/6fadae...

I'm all for proven #rightwhale conservation measures that keep harvesters fishing but CBC probably should not talk about low breaking strength "whale-safe gear" without mentioning a right whale (EG5132) is currently entangled in Canada in low breaking strength gear www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Excited to share this ms in @ecol-evol.bsky.social looking at ringed seal populations using aerial surveys conducted from low-Arctic Hudson Bay (59N) to the Last Ice Area in the high-Arctic Lincoln Sea (83N) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper on #rightwhale conversation by Cole & Brillant www.int-res.com/articles/esr... "...annual entanglement risk to right whales from the GSL snow crab fishery is estimated to have been reduced by approximately 62 ± 3% (mean ± SE) relative to pre-closure" 🐳🌍🦑

How migrating marine megafauna tracks with conservation | Science very proud to be a core @MegaMove_Org author of this very important paper lead by @AnaMMSequeira - we need a dynamic approach to marine conservation www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🦑🌎🌍🌏

It would be cool to get a list of all the plants they have on sale at Lowe’s/Home Depot & make a @montereybayaquarium.org seafood-watch-style “best choice/good alternative/avoid” list for creating native gardens. Would need one for each region of course Don’t reply before you read the whole thread.

Was at the Saint John show on Saturday and it was truly special to watch legends @posplugwon.bsky.social and @talibkweli.bsky.social perform their classics like Stakes Is High and Get By together. Thank you for coming to Canada and the Maritimes!

This one hurts. I wouldn’t have a PhD, or have had some of the best experiences in my life, or made some of my best friends #WithoutNSF & without the PGC. I was employee #1 of an organization that grew into an indispensable part of Polar Programs. And it’s being dismantled for literally no reason 🧪🌎

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From @uswhalesorg.bsky.social : Endangered Species Act protects species AND their habitat from harm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are proposing to remove habitat from this definition. The impacts will be devastating…

Secrets of the Penguins is out today! Go watch on NatGeo TV and tomorrow on Disney+ and Hulu. I can tell you for sure, the first episode is adorable, you will love it. 🧪🌎🦑🦉

New harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) features **1720** new awards with significantly increased values compared to historic Tri-Agency awards. 🇨🇦 🧪 #PhDsky #academicSky #NSERC #CIHR #SSHRC www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Bill Nye at the Stand Up for Science rally in DC: "What are you afraid of? What is it about the process of science, modern medicine, caring for our neighbors, or Women's History Month, that you all find so scary?" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

LAST DAY TO SIGN! Science is under attack, and the impact goes beyond U.S. borders. Senator Stanley Kutcher is calling on Canadians to take a stand. Sign the #StandUpForScience letter now: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Science must be protected, funded, and free from political interference.

So sad to see this. I've enjoyed Zach's Arctic climate change and sea ice graphics since I started my MSc back in 2018. In a sea of bad news that starts to feel normal, this is one of those things that hits very close to home.

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

Fisheries and Oceans Canada just released Canada’s Oceans Now: Arctic Ecosystems ❄️ a plain language summary on the state of the Arctic marine ecosystem, translated in 4 languages and with beautiful infographics. Based on the technical report published last year. www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/publi...

Hiphop is beautiful and ugly, good and bad, positive and negative all at once. It is as dynamic as its creators are. Great art disrupts and makes you uncomfortable. Great art is conscious. In spite of the NFL representing a lot about what's wrong with America, Kendrick put that stage to great use.

“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.” Is equivalent to asking “Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.” www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...

On-Demand Fishing Systems are Available at “Gear Libraries” in the US and Canada - New England Aquarium

Grateful to be invited to share about the potential of using high resolution satellite imagery to monitor whales!

It is estimated that there are more than 700 trillion krill in the Southern Ocean www.bbc.com/news/article...

So if it’s no longer the Gulf of Mexico - the most endangered whale in the world, Balaenoptera ricei, becomes the Gulf of America whale or the American whale It’ll be the first whale *species* to go extinct thanks to humans mostly to the oil industry Old(ish) article by Joe Roman 1/🧵

Critical to be aware where we're being misled & what is real “There are no known links between large whale deaths and ongoing offshore wind activities”. Climate crisis & subsequently warming waters impact food sources to force whales to new (unprotected) areas www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2...

The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths | The New Republic

Thank you @animalecology.bsky.social editors for this incredible recognition! This paper originated from my 1st PhD chapter conceived >10 yrs ago. I hope this encourages someone to dust off that draft laying around! 🙏Jeff Hutchings for encouraging me to publish. Congrats to all shortlisted authors!

Proud to be part of this amazing collaboration assessing seal life histories with thousands of samples across the Arctic (panel A) over 30+ years thanks to the community based monitoring program! Useful information as the Arctic continues to change dramatically cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

Congrats @samandscience.bsky.social & @liam-brennan.bsky.social from the Davies Lab for delivering fantastic #MSc proposals to the UNB #Biology department today! You did swimmingly! 🐋🦈🦐🌊

Formal withdrawal of the much-needed vessel speed rule is a serious setback for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale - New England Aquarium

If someone a) has a financial incentive to oppose green energy, b) has never given a shit about whales before, and c) is a lying liar, There’s no reason to treat their claim that “we have to stop green energy to save the whales” as a serious point raised in good faith.

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

So inspired by this heartwarming initiative by friends and colleagues! In these times the answer is to cooperate not compete! nbmediacoop.org/2025/01/08/i...

Ok, I’m loving the starter packs! This one is for women (inclusively defined) in Ocean Science. You need more ocean 🌊 in your feed! Follow these folks. If you would like to be added please just let me know 👋 … if I forgot you, please don’t be offended, it was an accident! go.bsky.app/7MdiLgo

There's a few updates to this starter pack, so if you're missing your favourite oceanography department do take a look and see if they're here. A huge bluesky welcome to @ukri.org , @nocnews.bsky.social , @plymouthmarine.bsky.social , @ukceh.bsky.social and more! 🌊🧪 go.bsky.app/Je4ua11

I've started a marine mammal reseachers starter pack. It focuses on researchers and labs studying marine mammals. Feel free to ask to be added :) go.bsky.app/MWiR9uS

I made a list of folks who work in ocean science and conservation, post stuff that’s interesting to non-experts in those fields (like my students,) and post regularly. Give them a follow to get more ocean on your feed. I am always adding to this list. But please don’t ask me to add you. 🦑🧪🐠🌎

Kaitlin Kharas helped to lead a campaign to get Canadian graduate students and postdocs their biggest pay rise in 20 years. Kharas is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2024. 🧪

Breed: baleen whales could live to 150+ yrs if people didn't kill them. Important implications for understanding their life history, population dynamics. I wonder what might have been the effect of centuries of whaling on life-history evolution. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Here we go again #rightwhale

Introducing my #PhD research to @bsky.app peers. I'm studying #satellite tech to detect #rightwhales from space. The top sat image is of a right whale is from ~600km above! The bottom drone photo is from colleague @eubalaenagina.bsky.social from only ~15m away. Can you see any similarities?

In case you missed it, last Friday I finally launched The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock, a D&D 5e Adventure with lesson plans and learning standards for environmental educators. You can also just play the campaign on its own. I think it's pretty fun! www.southernfriedscience.com/hunt-the-jab...