Rob Harcourt
@robharcourt.bsky.social
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Emeritus Prof- founded the Marine Predator Research Group @Macquarie_Uni & lead the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility- always repost research positions in marine & conservation science 🏄🏻‍♂️🤿📸🦭🐬🐠🐟🐢🐧🦈🐋🐳🦑🐙
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🐳 Collecting small skin samples from southern right whales to examine questions on genetics, diet, sex and age. With @robharcourt.bsky.social and @emma-carroll.bsky.social. 🔗 tohoravoyages.ac.nz/welcome-to-m... 🇦🇺 #southernrightwhale
Kate Sprogis, Emma Carroll and Rob Harcourt presenting at UWA Albany campus Southern right whale off Western Australia
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Giving a talk on Mirnong Southern Right #Whales @UWA Albany with @robharcourt.bsky.social and Kate Sprogis

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Amazing news!

This is why you don’t cut cancer research funding…

On the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. Paves the way for move onto the human trial stage.

newatlas.com/cancer/pancr...
Pancreatic cancer vaccine eradicates trace of disease in early trials
We could be on the verge of a major cancer treatment breakthrough, with a new vaccine shown to completely obliterate pancreatic cancer cells in preclinical trials. This paves the way for it to move on...
newatlas.com
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🧵New paper + open database drop!
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
MOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body Sizes
Motivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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No Aurora tonight but the moon is beautiful 🌔🌙🌏
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Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy – and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act?
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Hello freedom fans! Ian the climate denialist potato is back – the REAL enemy is renewables!
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How America Can Avoid Becoming Russia - The Atlantic
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Can’t believe I blagged an exclusive interview with Katy Perry!
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Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation
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We have the answers:

“The technology to deliver a rapid transition exists. Wind propulsion technology – yes, sails – can be fitted to existing ships, and much of the sector could soon switch to zero-emission fuels if they were seen as a good investment.”

theconversation.com/at-a-pivotal...
At a pivotal meeting, the world is set to decide how to cut shipping emissions
But some countries are more on board than others.
theconversation.com
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Aussies!
Nailed it David Pope!