🌿 Data drives better decisions. At the CEM, we’re committed to advancing open data practices that help researchers, managers, and communities understand and protect ecosystems more effectively: 🔗 www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/why-ope... #OpenData #EcosystemScience #Conservation #GreatLakes

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30: 🔗 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🍁 Number of the Week: $50.8 million - how much money Ontario municipalities and conservation authorities spend each year battling invasives 🔗 www.insidehalton.com/news/ontario... 🌿 #InvasiveSpecies #Ontario #Conservation #Biodiversity #EcosystemHealth #GreatLakes

🎉 We're excited to introduce the CEM's newest addition, Dr. Carling Bieg! As a theoretical ecologist, her work looks at the dynamics of populations and food webs, global environmental change, and what makes ecosystems resilient. Her insights will be a welcome addition to our research community!

🧬 eDNA is revolutionizing how we detect aquatic invasive species—faster, easier, and more precise! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧡 September 30th marks the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

Happy National #PostdocAppreciationWeek to ALL of our hard-working postdoctoral fellows here at the Centre for Ecosystem Management! Your curiosity, dedication, and big-picture thinking drive our research forward every day—we’re grateful for all that you do to advance science and inspire our team 👏

As invasive mussels ravage the Great Lakes, Lake Superior is the last holdout: thenarwhal.ca/lake-superio...

📄 A new report out of the @elpcenter.bsky.social highlights how climate change is affecting the Great Lakes — warmer waters, less ice cover, and shifting ecosystems. See what the data show: 🔗 www.preventionweb.net/quick/95883 🌡️ #GreatLakes #ClimateChange #GreatLakesScience #ClimatePolicy

🌍 It’s #WorldWaterWeek! You, too, can join the global conversation on water & climate action, because online participation in the conference - happening now in Stockholm, Sweden - is FREE 👇 🔗 worldwaterweek.org/attending/at... #WaterForClimate #WWWeek #GreatLakes #Sustainability 💧

🌊 Exciting steps toward collaboration! The CEM and Quantitative Fisheries Center recently met to share ideas, highlight postdoc research, and build momentum for a Great Lakes grant proposal 👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/mv4jbbum #GreatLakes #Research #GreatLakesScience #SciComm @pitcherlab.bsky.social

📢 We're excited to introduce our newest post-doc, @megan-szojka.bsky.social! Her work - using theory + field data to explore how warming, species interactions, and dispersal shape ecosystems - will deepen our understanding of resilience in a changing world: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/welcomi...

🌊 Research Spotlight: Erica Plivelic analyzes years of fish tracking data from three #AlgonquinPark lakes to reveal how fish vulnerability changes by season, habitat, and species—insights that help guide development timing and safeguard #freshwater ecosystems under stress 👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/43xuwx27

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🌾 How does agriculture reshape stream ecosystems? 🚜 A new study co-authored by our own Dr. McCann at #UofG shows that land-use change can destabilize #foodwebs —shrinking #fish, simplifying energy flows, and reducing resilience. But there's hope 👇 www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/how-agr... #LakeErie

🎣 Lake #whitefish (or adikameg) are more than a meal — they’re a cultural cornerstone of the #GreatLakes. But their collapse signals deeper trouble. What’s driving the decline, and what can be done? Catch our most recent blog post for the answers: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/whitefi...

🌥️ Global change isn’t just disrupting nature—it’s reshaping the hidden networks that keep ecosystems running. A new study authored in part by our researchers finds predators are adjusting their diets as habitats shift, rewiring #foodwebs in the process: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/new-res...

💵 The Canada Water Agency announces $9.3 million in funding for #freshwater solutions under the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative: www.canada.ca/en/canada-wa...

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🔢 Open science and open data are core values at the Centre for Ecosystem Management. We've compiled key Great Lakes data portals in one place — climate, fish, water quality & more. Explore the region through shared knowledge: 🔗 ecosystemscience.ca/data 🐟 #OpenData #GreatLakes #FreshwaterResearch

💰 For our U.S.-based friends pursuing a Ph.D. in ecology & evolution:

⏳ Ecosystems don't always keep pace with #ClimateChange — and that delay could have big consequences. Learn how scientists (including our own Dr. Bernhardt) are working to understand these lags and what they mean for the future in this new study: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/bridgin...

🔢 Rethinking 'big data': Discover how one CEM-affiliated research team used limited data to untangle fish community dynamics—and what it means for the future of ecological science 👉 www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/rethink... 👈 #ecology #bigdata #conservationscience #scicomm #GreatLakes

🐟 Tune in to the GLFC's next webinar on June 26, featuring Dr. Steven Cooke, and stay up to date on cutting-edge technology emerging in the fisheries field. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📈 This is what progress looks like! This working group, hosted by the CEM & funded by CIEE, brought together several bright minds from McGill, Yale, the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, and @uofguelph.bsky.social to focus on linking organismal thermal tolerance to population processes.

🌿 May 22, 2025: Happy #BiologicalDiversityDay! This year’s theme, “Be Part of the Plan”, echoes the urgent need for transformative action to halt biodiversity loss. Our affiliate, the Biodiversity Institute of Conservation Synthesis (BICS) has more: tinyurl.com/m8xpx74

⚠️ The 2025 National First Nations Water Leadership Award is now open for nominations! Who do YOU think has demonstrated leadership and outstanding dedication to the advancement of clean and safe drinking water in First Nations communities? Deadline is May 31, 2025: sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/17000693...

🏆 Have you heard?! Dr. Joey Bernhardt, Assistant Professor and researcher with the CEM at the University of Guelph, has been named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America! 👏 Find out how her work is helping shape the future of ecosystem science: tinyurl.com/52ped67w

⚠️ Freshwater ecosystems under global change ➡️ nature.com is encouraging the submission of studies that focus on natural freshwaters, including lentic (lakes, ponds), lotic (streams, rivers) and wetland systems. To learn more and/or to submit your study: www.nature.com/collections/...

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Earth Day has come and gone but please show me some love. Reduce plastic, trash responsibly, support local conservation, and watch what goes down the drain. Small acts, big impact for our Great Lakes! #EarthDay

📢 Job seekers! Do you have knowledge and experience of fish culture management practices and enjoy working in teams? The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is hiring two Operations Coordinators @ the Normandale Fish Culture Station: www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx... Apply by May 13.

🌊 Rising tensions between the U.S. and Canada could spell trouble for the #GreatLakes. On the latest episode of Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, experts unpack how diplomatic disputes are putting vital cross-border cooperation—and the health of the lakes—at risk: www.wbez.org/reset-with-s... 🎧

⚠️ Job alert! The FishPeoplePlace lab (Dalhousie) is seeking to recruit a highly qualified PhD student interested in working on a multi-disciplinary project that will investigate barriers to entry for new/young entrants to Great Lakes commercial fisheries: www.hannahharrison.ca/current-oppo... 🎣

🚨 Exciting news! The Centre for Ecosystem Management has received funding from @FishOceansCAN to develop a Fisheries Risk Calculator—a cutting-edge tool to assess how and when human activities impact fish and their habitats in Canada’s lakes & rivers: 🐟 🏗️ 🌊 www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/cem-rec...

Holy cow! What an awesome paper. The level of detail and concise writing on the impacts & responses of fisheries to different disruptions. It really exemplifies the complexities of managing these systems, underscoring the importance of NOAA 🐟🌊🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are you an IAGLR student member that will be attending #IAGLR25 in-person? Apply today for the IAGLR Student Travel Award. Funds are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Preference is given to those presenting a paper or poster. bit.ly/40Y93WM

🌊 A Unified Future for Water Data in Canada? The Canada Water Agency is leading the charge with its National #Freshwater Data Strategy, aiming to break down silos and create a seamless approach to water #data. We break it down for you: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/the-can... #GreatLakesSci 🐟

Dr. Aaron Fisk, an ecologist at the University of Windsor and a frequent collaborator of ours, shares his perspective on the impacts of recent U.S. government policy changes on scientific research and international collaborations: www.cbc.ca/news/science... #GreatLakesSci

🎉 We have reason to celebrate! Our own Dr. @chrisbrimacombe.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Fellow here at the CEM, has received an NSERC grant to further support his research on ecological networks like food webs 🕸️ Read alllllll about it in our latest blog post: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/celebra...

🎣 Calling all ice fishing afficionados! Amid the funding chaos, a new community #data program to help inform existing ice modeling and expand upon work already being done by federal agencies in the #GreatLakes region has been unveiled: grist.org/science/ice-...

📢 The Canada Water Agency is currently funding #GreatLakes projects! The application period for their Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative is open until February 13, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. EST 💵 💵 💵 Check out the funding streams and application guides here: www.canada.ca/en/canada-wa...

🌾 Global food production has resulted in significant #biodiversity loss, new research shows. The Conversation unpacks how this drive for increased food production has fundamentally altered ecosystem biostructure and what can be done to address it: theconversation.com/global-food-... #SciComm #Food

📢 Calling all fishery managers, biologists, and anyone else with an interest in cutting-edge technology: the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has a new Technoscience Webinar Series you won't want to miss! #GreatLakes #Science #Webinar #Fishery #Technology #GLFC 🐟 🐟 🐟

📢 The CEM team at #UofG is growing! We have not one, not two, but ⭐ three ⭐ new Postdoctoral Fellows who've joined us within the last few weeks, bringing a whole slew of experience and enthusiasm along with them. We'd love for you to meet them: tinyurl.com/ycaywab9 🐟 #GreatLakes #Science

Carlson and colleagues explore the relationships between emerging infectious diseases, biodiversity loss, and global environmental change. go.nature.com/4gT0za1

ICYMI: Freshwater ecosystems are in crisis ☠️ A new study in Nature shows 24% of nearly 24,000 #freshwater species, including crabs, fish, and dragonflies, are at high risk of #extinction. Threats like pollution and habitat loss are pushing them to the brink: www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/study-d... 🦀

🐠 Oceans, rivers, lakes: they're all connected. The @ipbes.bsky.social Transformative Change Assessment Report, along with this phenomenal graphic (!), aim to highlight the shifts urgently needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss within and safeguard life on Earth: www.ipbes.net/transformati...

📢 PSA: Get your #invasive species monitoring & management projects ready! Indigenous communities, municipalities, conservation authorities, and other incorporated non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply for the Invasive Species Action Fund by January 15th: anishinabeknews.ca/2024/11/26/i...