✨Those who live in Nova Scotia, your feedback is needed!✨ Public consultations on the draft accessibility standards for 📝Information & Communication 🚌Public Transportation. Info & registration (with dates): accessibility-engagement.ca/consultation #halisky

Government, academic, industry and nonprofit scientists all have important roles. We need all of them for a thriving healthy Canada. Losing so many federal scientists is not good for our country. www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...

Snowed In #oldknees

Another snow day! Love the interesting tracks.

UPDATE: Due to weather conditions, we’ve made the decision to move tonight’s talk entirely online. The event will now take place on Zoom instead of the original location at St. FX. We hope you’ll still be able to join us virtually this evening!

Really looking forward to working with the @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social team in 2026. Already seeing some very interesting manuscripts coming in. If you and your team investigates contaminants / ecotoxicology with societal aspects, do consider submitting your MS's to this journal!

Can any of those two words be combined in a phrase for more specificity? 🤔

Tonight's the night! Link to register: discojourno.com/event/dja-co... This month’s gathering will include a training session on how media workers can enter into or sustain themselves in the audio production world through a disability-led lens. It will be presented by DJA’s Ariana Martinez.

Weirdos doing their thing during early Cambrian! burgess-shale.rom.on.ca

Snow day today. Colours and scenes change so much, showing beauty in unexpected places.

Perfect post for an ecologist to read on a snow day!

Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

Celebrating that Samuel Sequeira has gotten @smuscience.bsky.social honours thesis on chironomid ecotoxicology published in a peer-review journal! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion? Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?

RONA in Halifax on Almon Street accepts these fluorescent bulbs for recycling ♻️ #Halifax #NovaScotia Ban on fluorescent bulbs 💡 Link here www.productcare.org/recycling-lo...

Ok, but Global News is also still on X so… Journalists still being on X is one of the reasons government is still on X

This is a lovely infographic about goldenrod crab spiders by @amypteridae.bsky.social! I have been following them in my garden - see: bsky.app/profile/lmca...

It is fun to see the shapes and forms ice takes when freezing along moving streams!

Radon is an issue in many parts of Nova Scotia. novascotia.ca/nse/environm... Great infographic below by @compoundchem.com !

peek = 🫣 peak = 🗻 pique = 👀

Many many congratulations to Chris Dodd @auriclus.bsky.social, director of Sound Off Deaf Theatre Festival, for his Order of Canada appointment! 🥳 www.gg.ca/en/appointme... Such fantastic news to start off 2026! 🙌

Long Lake never fails when a short walk in nature is needed. Alas ice not quite thick enough for skating....

Good article about the importance of lakeshore types for healthy lakes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Today's tree textures seen at Hemlock Ravine.

White on white! 🎄🐿🤍❄️🌲 Very glad to see the local Frog Pond leucistic squirrel still active! All the best for the holiday break.

Here's really fun entry by student Matt Corbett in the SMU Science Xmas Dec comp. One of the hardest things we do in the 3rd year classical mech course is the spinning top. The final part the analysis is to plot behaviours of the spin axis (below). Matt turned the diagrams into a bauble! #scicomm

While you're looking over your 2025 field datasets, consider CES!

This past year, more than 10,000 authors trusted us to share their research. From new journals and expanded editorial boards to updated author guidelines, and much more, 2025 was all about helping science thrive. Read more on our blog ▶️ https://ow.ly/lu5V50XKwTt #BestofCSP #YearInReview

Más del 75% de los cultivos alimentarios dependen de insectos polinizadores...

Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this! We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.

Winter U-Passes are now available at the Information Desk (1st Floor Student Centre)! You are eligible for the U-Pass if you are registered in three or more classes for the Winter Semester. They are available at the Information Desk beginning December 1st.

Meet the leaders guiding Contaminants, Environment, and Society! Laurie Chan and Lisa Loseto bring world-class expertise in toxicology, contaminants, and Indigenous-informed research. The journal is accepting submissions. Submit yours today ▶️ https://ow.ly/Y2CI50Xzbsq

(1/3) It's #FundraisingFriday again! We at NEADS know that disabled and neurodivergent students are stretched thin financially. The NEADS Financial Assistance Program exists because of those barriers — so we don’t expect you to donate. What matters most is your voice and your advocacy.

ENVS-MASHR Teaching opportunity at @smuscience.bsky.social: Environmental Health. Course is remote and synchronous (can be taught anywhere w good internet!) Please contact me & Dr Steven Smith (MAHSR program) if you have questions - we're always happy to discuss our programs! Please share widely.

Stable isotope courses available! ⚛️🔬

Check this out ! Free old maps for paper projects! 🗺✂️📏 At @smuhalifax.bsky.social in Halifax. Missing ALT text - images below show close up of paper maps showing urban areas in southern USA. One is Little Rock, AR and the other shows Knoxville TN.

Oooh - Malawi cichlid ID guide! 🐟🐠🐟🐠 There's so many species and diversity that this is just Part 1! Awesome to see this type of resource.

Having a very extended Fall season in Halifax, but there's still beauty to be seen amidst the rain and cool weather.

Dispose of your grease responsibly. 🎳

Sandy Lake SPA: Your feedback will help guide planning recommendations on community design, environmental protection and infrastructure, before they are submitted to the province for consideration. Complete the survey by Dec. 3 at engagehalifax.ca/sandy-lake-special-planning-area

The wait is over - share your research with us! We are now accepting submissions on topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, plastics, or microplastics and help grow our community of environmental researchers. Get published ▶️ https://ow.ly/YzpM50Xun71

Chemosphere, now STOTEN. 👀😥

Interested in @smuscience.bsky.social and @smuhalifax.bsky.social offerings in Halifax, but would like to learn more? There's an Open House Nov 22! Info & registration: www.smu.ca/openhouse/ SMU Environmental Science profs and students will be there to answer any questions! 🌳🔬

We're now open for submissions! We welcome interdisciplinary research on contaminants, the environment and human wellbeing, covering topics like ecotoxicology, heavy metals, and plastics. Learn more about us ▶️ https://ow.ly/N3W950XtfcK #OpenCall

Annual NSIS essay contest for science & technology, open to undergraduate and graduate students in NS postsec institutions! Cash prizes and opportunity to publish essays. Check out @nsis1862.bsky.social for more updates.

Since 2022, HRM’s LakeWatchers have been monitoring 70+ lakes across Halifax Regional Municipality, an area roughly the size of PEI. Now, the LakeWatchers data is available on Atlantic DataStream thanks to the Municipality’s open data leadership: datastream.org/en-ca/articl...

I did a comparable map for the Halifax peninsula out of curiosity

on Alice's account over on twitter posted by Sandy Ho

Wetlands are rare and exceptional, even small ones. Intrinsically valuable, they also: 🌱 Offer habitat for plants, insects, amphibians and birds 🌊 Absorb stormwater, buffering against floods 🌍 Filter and reduce pollutants, improving water quality Learn more with the Convention on Wetlands 👇