Jon Cybulski
@jonscibulski.bsky.social
Historical ecologist and educator at #HKU #URIGSO.
Humanizing #science one story at a time. Isotopes, marine biology, conservation. he/him
Humanizing #science one story at a time. Isotopes, marine biology, conservation. he/him
The @swimshku.bsky.social whale has returned!
A replica of a famous whale skeleton has been unveiled near Shek O, after the original bones were damaged in a typhoon. In full: buff.ly/ZTJ6eAe
Hong Kong whale skeleton returns to Cape D’Aguilar as replica
A replica of a famous whale skeleton has been unveiled near Shek O, after the original bones were damaged in a typhoon.
buff.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The @swimshku.bsky.social whale has returned!
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Final reminder to consider submitting an abstract to join our thematic session on "Reefs through time" at the @icrs.bsky.social meeting next July.
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Final reminder to consider submitting an abstract to join our thematic session on "Reefs through time" at the @icrs.bsky.social meeting next July.
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
The call for abstracts closes Dec 1! See below for details.
Hope to see you there!
We are so excited to welcome such a great addition to #HKU Science! Can't wait to collaborate!
Excited to share that my lab is moving to HKU @swimshku.bsky.social early next year! Really looking forward to working with great colleagues in the Baker, Schunter, Mcilroy, Gaitan and Russell labs, @bonebraking.bsky.social, @jonscibulski.bsky.social and others in the School of Biological Sciences
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We are so excited to welcome such a great addition to #HKU Science! Can't wait to collaborate!
New paper alert!
"Isotopic evidence of increased societal diversification in Pre-Columbian Panama"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
"Isotopic evidence of increased societal diversification in Pre-Columbian Panama"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Isotopic evidence of increased societal diversification in Pre-Columbian Panama
PDF | The Pre-Columbian history of Panama stands in unique contrast to the state-level societies of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south.... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New paper alert!
"Isotopic evidence of increased societal diversification in Pre-Columbian Panama"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
"Isotopic evidence of increased societal diversification in Pre-Columbian Panama"
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
New paper alert! See press release here!
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions
The involvement of around 200 researchers from over 30 different countries and more than five years’ work have resulted in 89 “Big Questions” – the most important research questions in paleontology…
www.fau.eu
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New paper alert! See press release here!
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Reposted by Jon Cybulski
Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
September 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
Our @icrs.bsky.social 2026 session is now open for abstract submission! Consider it if you work on reef systems through time!
Work on reef paleoecology? Join our session "Reefs through time: leveraging today's interdisciplinary tools to better understand the past of reef organisms and ecosystems" at the 2026 International Coral Reef Symposium
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
📆Abstract deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗https://www.icrs2026.nz/call-for-abstracts
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Our @icrs.bsky.social 2026 session is now open for abstract submission! Consider it if you work on reef systems through time!
Reposted by Jon Cybulski
📊 new paper! The natural phenomenon of upwelling, which normally occurs every year in the Gulf of Panama, failed for the first time on record in 2025...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
[most co-authors not on bluesky except @javsdiaz.bsky.social @jonscibulski.bsky.social]...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
[most co-authors not on bluesky except @javsdiaz.bsky.social @jonscibulski.bsky.social]...
September 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
📊 new paper! The natural phenomenon of upwelling, which normally occurs every year in the Gulf of Panama, failed for the first time on record in 2025...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
[most co-authors not on bluesky except @javsdiaz.bsky.social @jonscibulski.bsky.social]...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
[most co-authors not on bluesky except @javsdiaz.bsky.social @jonscibulski.bsky.social]...
Reposted by Jon Cybulski
SWIMS will be a very busy place from tomorrow because Integrative Marine Ecology & Conservation (IMEC) MSc has launched! Tomorrow, forty-four students will start their journey at SWIMS and HKU. Their first class – Ocean Biodiversity, is at 9am. Welcome to SWIMS, everyone!
@jonscibulski.bsky.social
@jonscibulski.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
SWIMS will be a very busy place from tomorrow because Integrative Marine Ecology & Conservation (IMEC) MSc has launched! Tomorrow, forty-four students will start their journey at SWIMS and HKU. Their first class – Ocean Biodiversity, is at 9am. Welcome to SWIMS, everyone!
@jonscibulski.bsky.social
@jonscibulski.bsky.social
Reposted by Jon Cybulski
Dr Jon Cybulski @jonscibulski.bsky.social talks about the story of his latest paper: Historical Ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific Coast. With @odealab.bsky.social
More: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#marinescience #centralamerica #humanspecies #sustainability
More: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#marinescience #centralamerica #humanspecies #sustainability
August 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Dr Jon Cybulski @jonscibulski.bsky.social talks about the story of his latest paper: Historical Ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific Coast. With @odealab.bsky.social
More: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#marinescience #centralamerica #humanspecies #sustainability
More: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#marinescience #centralamerica #humanspecies #sustainability
Awesome postdoc opportunity with some really great people. If you are interested in spatial paleoecology, take a look and spread the word!
Join our community! Seeking a postdoc jointly supervised by Jenny McGuire (GATech) and Michelle Lawing (TX A&M).
Details here: www.mcguire.gatech.edu/paleontology...
Details here: www.mcguire.gatech.edu/paleontology...
Join our community as a SEPL Postdoc! | Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab
www.mcguire.gatech.edu
July 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Awesome postdoc opportunity with some really great people. If you are interested in spatial paleoecology, take a look and spread the word!
I have never been more honoured. My overhead mobility looking great.
A cute drawing of one @jonscibulski.bsky.social being an amazing power(?)lifter and educator.
Also scientist.
Also scientist.
July 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I have never been more honoured. My overhead mobility looking great.
🌊Just out! We reviewed the history of human-ocean interactions, focusing on the Pacific coast of the Southern Central Asmerican Isthmus (Panamá and Costa Rica).
Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall
Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall
Historical ecology of the Southern Central American Pacific coast | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Pacific coast of the Southern Central American Isthmus is a highly productive and biodiverse region with a rich human history. Although the interaction of the oceans, climate, biodiversity and early human systems has shaped the region’s ecology, ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
July 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌊Just out! We reviewed the history of human-ocean interactions, focusing on the Pacific coast of the Southern Central Asmerican Isthmus (Panamá and Costa Rica).
Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall
Over 16K years of stories on culture, environment, and ecology!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Illustration: Madeline Dall
Very excited for our new @pnas.org manuscript investigating changes in “big and little fish” ecology over the last several thousand years in the Caribbean! See awesome thread by @odealab.bsky.social below.
Go collaborative science team!!
Go collaborative science team!!
🐠🦈 Just out: In this paper we ask "How has reef trophic structure changed since humans started removing predatory fishes from Caribbean coral reefs?".
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Illustrations @cookedillustrations.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Very excited for our new @pnas.org manuscript investigating changes in “big and little fish” ecology over the last several thousand years in the Caribbean! See awesome thread by @odealab.bsky.social below.
Go collaborative science team!!
Go collaborative science team!!