Jennifer McHenry, PhD
@jennmchenry.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ UVic | she/her | Studies climate impacts, climate-smart management & nature-based climate solutions in coastal marine systems | Stoked about seaweeds & seagrasses | jennifermchenry.com | Guest on unceded Lekwungan & WSÁNEĆ lands | 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦
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1/ Just in time for #WorldOceanDay:
Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions.
We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions.
We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
When climate deniers argue that atmospheric CO₂ was higher in the past, it's idiotic.
Humans evolved to live in the current climate, and we built our society and infrastructure accordingly.
The atmosphere didn't have oxygen billions of years ago, and we certainly don't want to return to that.
Humans evolved to live in the current climate, and we built our society and infrastructure accordingly.
The atmosphere didn't have oxygen billions of years ago, and we certainly don't want to return to that.
Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in millions of years
New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will continue to warp the environment.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When climate deniers argue that atmospheric CO₂ was higher in the past, it's idiotic.
Humans evolved to live in the current climate, and we built our society and infrastructure accordingly.
The atmosphere didn't have oxygen billions of years ago, and we certainly don't want to return to that.
Humans evolved to live in the current climate, and we built our society and infrastructure accordingly.
The atmosphere didn't have oxygen billions of years ago, and we certainly don't want to return to that.
If you're concerned about the impending Climate.gov shutdown, I encourage you to check out this action item list put together by @altnoaaclimate.bsky.social.
If you are shocked, alarmed, or disappointed about the news that Climate.gov has been effectively shut down with the firing of its content team, here are some things you can do to help! (1/6) 🧪
June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If you're concerned about the impending Climate.gov shutdown, I encourage you to check out this action item list put together by @altnoaaclimate.bsky.social.
This is extremely troubling. Climate.gov is a critical hub for scientific data and information that helps with communicating climate change science and making climate-smart decisions. We should be investing more, not scaling it back.
A popular climate website will be hobbled, after Trump administration eliminates entire staff
Climate.gov is the main source of timely climate-related information for the public. It will stop publishing new information because the Trump administration laid off everyone who worked on it.
www.npr.org
June 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is extremely troubling. Climate.gov is a critical hub for scientific data and information that helps with communicating climate change science and making climate-smart decisions. We should be investing more, not scaling it back.
Standing in solidarity with everyone protesting this week (by and large peacefully) in LA and other places for the rights and safety of Latinx communities being cruelly and methodically targeted by the ICE raids.
June 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Standing in solidarity with everyone protesting this week (by and large peacefully) in LA and other places for the rights and safety of Latinx communities being cruelly and methodically targeted by the ICE raids.
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
Leaf blowers suck but they’re an effective tool against tear gas. Pass it on.
June 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Leaf blowers suck but they’re an effective tool against tear gas. Pass it on.
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options:
1-877-447-4487
1-877-447-4487
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
🌿 You’ve probably heard forests help fight climate change by storing carbon—but what about underwater forests?
Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
@uvicscience.bsky.social
Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
@uvicscience.bsky.social
New national blueprint for kelp forests as blue carbon - UVic News
Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new study led by University of Victoria shows. Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new...
news.uvic.ca
June 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🌿 You’ve probably heard forests help fight climate change by storing carbon—but what about underwater forests?
Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
@uvicscience.bsky.social
Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
@uvicscience.bsky.social
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
Exciting news from the UN Ocean Conference + One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France!
ONC has been named as an Implementing Partner of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Learn more 🌊 bit.ly/43RvH4J
@uvic.ca #OceanDecade #KnowTheOcean #UNOC3 #UNOceanDecade
ONC has been named as an Implementing Partner of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Learn more 🌊 bit.ly/43RvH4J
@uvic.ca #OceanDecade #KnowTheOcean #UNOC3 #UNOceanDecade
ONC receives UN Ocean Decade Implementing Partner status
ONC attending 2025 UN Ocean Conference as implementing partner
bit.ly
June 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Exciting news from the UN Ocean Conference + One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France!
ONC has been named as an Implementing Partner of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Learn more 🌊 bit.ly/43RvH4J
@uvic.ca #OceanDecade #KnowTheOcean #UNOC3 #UNOceanDecade
ONC has been named as an Implementing Partner of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Learn more 🌊 bit.ly/43RvH4J
@uvic.ca #OceanDecade #KnowTheOcean #UNOC3 #UNOceanDecade
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
Could underwater kelp forests offer a natural climate solution?
New research from @baumlab.bsky.social & @jennmchenry.bsky.social offers a tentative yes, finding that Canadian kelp forests may export 40,000 - 400,000 metric tons of carbon to the deep ocean each year.
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
New research from @baumlab.bsky.social & @jennmchenry.bsky.social offers a tentative yes, finding that Canadian kelp forests may export 40,000 - 400,000 metric tons of carbon to the deep ocean each year.
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
New national blueprint for kelp forests as blue carbon - UVic News
Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new study led by University of Victoria shows. Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new...
news.uvic.ca
June 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Could underwater kelp forests offer a natural climate solution?
New research from @baumlab.bsky.social & @jennmchenry.bsky.social offers a tentative yes, finding that Canadian kelp forests may export 40,000 - 400,000 metric tons of carbon to the deep ocean each year.
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
New research from @baumlab.bsky.social & @jennmchenry.bsky.social offers a tentative yes, finding that Canadian kelp forests may export 40,000 - 400,000 metric tons of carbon to the deep ocean each year.
news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
Thank you to the UVic media team for pushing the coverage of this work through a news release @uvic.bsky.social
🌿 You’ve probably heard forests help fight climate change by storing carbon—but what about underwater forests?
Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
@uvicscience.bsky.social
Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
@uvicscience.bsky.social
New national blueprint for kelp forests as blue carbon - UVic News
Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new study led by University of Victoria shows. Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new...
news.uvic.ca
June 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thank you to the UVic media team for pushing the coverage of this work through a news release @uvic.bsky.social
Interested to learn more?
@baumlab.bsky.social and I also wrote a more accessible summary of this work for @ConversationCA, to help explain why this research matters — and what needs to happen next:
📰 theconversation.com/can-kelp-for...
Huge thanks to Conversation Canada Editor, Ibrahim Daair.
@baumlab.bsky.social and I also wrote a more accessible summary of this work for @ConversationCA, to help explain why this research matters — and what needs to happen next:
📰 theconversation.com/can-kelp-for...
Huge thanks to Conversation Canada Editor, Ibrahim Daair.
June 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Interested to learn more?
@baumlab.bsky.social and I also wrote a more accessible summary of this work for @ConversationCA, to help explain why this research matters — and what needs to happen next:
📰 theconversation.com/can-kelp-for...
Huge thanks to Conversation Canada Editor, Ibrahim Daair.
@baumlab.bsky.social and I also wrote a more accessible summary of this work for @ConversationCA, to help explain why this research matters — and what needs to happen next:
📰 theconversation.com/can-kelp-for...
Huge thanks to Conversation Canada Editor, Ibrahim Daair.
1/ Just in time for #WorldOceanDay:
Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions.
We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions.
We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
1/ Just in time for #WorldOceanDay:
Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions.
We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions.
We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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The Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social stands in solidarity with scientists in the U.S. Science is not a partisan issue. We all rely upon and benefit from it. Read our statement here:
Science benefits humanity in countless ways. CSEE condemns the current U.S. administration’s efforts to dismantle science. Read our full statement in support of U.S. scientists and science here: csee-scee.ca/current-bull...
April 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
Glad to see the Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution (@csee-scee.bsky.social) speak up in support of science!
csee-scee.ca/current-bull...
This letter focuses on attacks on scientific integrity & science in the U.S.A. Similar things happened and still happen elsewhere.
Speak up. Stand up.
csee-scee.ca/current-bull...
This letter focuses on attacks on scientific integrity & science in the U.S.A. Similar things happened and still happen elsewhere.
Speak up. Stand up.
CSEE Current Bulletin
csee-scee.ca
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Glad to see the Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution (@csee-scee.bsky.social) speak up in support of science!
csee-scee.ca/current-bull...
This letter focuses on attacks on scientific integrity & science in the U.S.A. Similar things happened and still happen elsewhere.
Speak up. Stand up.
csee-scee.ca/current-bull...
This letter focuses on attacks on scientific integrity & science in the U.S.A. Similar things happened and still happen elsewhere.
Speak up. Stand up.
Interested in doing exicting research on Canada's blue carbon ecosystems and their potential role in nature-based climate solutions? Come work with us!
We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost
We're Recruiting! — Blue Carbon Canada
www.bluecarboncanada.ca
April 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Interested in doing exicting research on Canada's blue carbon ecosystems and their potential role in nature-based climate solutions? Come work with us!
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
TODAY: It’s time to take to the streets nationwide to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission. Nearly 600,000 people are signed up to attend 1,400 events in every state and seven countries. Find out what’s happening near you and join us: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
April 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
TODAY: It’s time to take to the streets nationwide to let Trump and Musk know they can’t intimidate us into submission. Nearly 600,000 people are signed up to attend 1,400 events in every state and seven countries. Find out what’s happening near you and join us: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
The people who produce this Mauna Loa atmospheric CO₂ record have a lab in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, about 50 miles (80 km) from the observatory. By closing the lab, it'll be really difficult to maintain the CO₂ observations.
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The people who produce this Mauna Loa atmospheric CO₂ record have a lab in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, about 50 miles (80 km) from the observatory. By closing the lab, it'll be really difficult to maintain the CO₂ observations.
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
@ipcc.bsky.social calls for the nomination of authors for the Seventh Assessment Report
IPCC calls for the nomination of authors for the Seventh Assessment Report — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch
March 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@ipcc.bsky.social calls for the nomination of authors for the Seventh Assessment Report
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
MON at 9AM:
@weatherwest.bsky.social and terminated NOAA scientists Heather Welch and Kayla Ann Besong join to talk about the layoffs at NOAA and how the cuts are impacting essential work the organization does in CA and nationwide.
🌧️ Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs?
buff.ly/qc7eyoN
@weatherwest.bsky.social and terminated NOAA scientists Heather Welch and Kayla Ann Besong join to talk about the layoffs at NOAA and how the cuts are impacting essential work the organization does in CA and nationwide.
🌧️ Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs?
buff.ly/qc7eyoN
Trump’s Mass Layoffs at NOAA Cut Into the Bay Area Weather Service | KQED
Hundreds of workers at the climate research agency are being fired, including at least three Bay Area weather service employees, raising concerns about NOAA’s ability to serve the public.
buff.ly
March 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
MON at 9AM:
@weatherwest.bsky.social and terminated NOAA scientists Heather Welch and Kayla Ann Besong join to talk about the layoffs at NOAA and how the cuts are impacting essential work the organization does in CA and nationwide.
🌧️ Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs?
buff.ly/qc7eyoN
@weatherwest.bsky.social and terminated NOAA scientists Heather Welch and Kayla Ann Besong join to talk about the layoffs at NOAA and how the cuts are impacting essential work the organization does in CA and nationwide.
🌧️ Are you affected by the @noaa.gov layoffs?
buff.ly/qc7eyoN
I find the news of the recent mass layoffs at @noaa.gov to be deeply alarming. NOAA serves a critical role in advancing our understanding of oceans and climate, in managing our diverse marine resources, and in providing us with actionable science to help combat the climate crisis.
March 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I find the news of the recent mass layoffs at @noaa.gov to be deeply alarming. NOAA serves a critical role in advancing our understanding of oceans and climate, in managing our diverse marine resources, and in providing us with actionable science to help combat the climate crisis.
Reposted by Jennifer McHenry, PhD
In 2012, we in Canada fought back against the silencing of scientists and the erosion of evidence-informed decision-making.
Now, our American colleagues are facing similar challenges, and we must stand with them.
Now, our American colleagues are facing similar challenges, and we must stand with them.
OPEN LETTER: Canadians in Solidarity with Stand Up for Science
This letter is OPEN for signatures from individuals and organizations who would like to sign on. Please fill out the form here and your name will be added to the list below. To our American Colleagu...
docs.google.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In 2012, we in Canada fought back against the silencing of scientists and the erosion of evidence-informed decision-making.
Now, our American colleagues are facing similar challenges, and we must stand with them.
Now, our American colleagues are facing similar challenges, and we must stand with them.
Check out this great CBC TV news coverage of @grahamepstein.bsky.social's work on seabed sediment carbon in Canada!
@baumlab.bsky.social
@baumlab.bsky.social
Our new paper on seabed carbon protection has been picked up by CBC TV News here in BC and they have made this great little feature - Work from a research partnership between UVic, OceansNorth & DFO - www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Vs... @baumlab.bsky.social @uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social
Why scientists want to protect empty, muddy seabeds
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Check out this great CBC TV news coverage of @grahamepstein.bsky.social's work on seabed sediment carbon in Canada!
@baumlab.bsky.social
@baumlab.bsky.social