Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
Métis Nation (Treaty 7) ♾ #IndigenousScientist with #TangaroaBlue. Co-team lead at [email protected] 🐦🏝, research on #PlasticPollution, #seabirds, #bushfires, and #islands. Passionate about #WomenInSTEM, #LGBTSTEM, #SciComm #ecogrief & #dachshunds
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Our new renewable energy sensitivity maps for Australia show where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.🌏
Produced in collaboration with @birdlifeoz.bsky.social. Many thanks to Australian bird experts who gave data & feedback!
www.seabirdtracking.org/avian-sensit...
Produced in collaboration with @birdlifeoz.bsky.social. Many thanks to Australian bird experts who gave data & feedback!
www.seabirdtracking.org/avian-sensit...
Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) launches in Australia - Seabird Tracking Database
Today, AVISTEP was launched in Australia, providing government planners and the renewable energy sector with detailed interactive maps showing where birds are
www.seabirdtracking.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Our new renewable energy sensitivity maps for Australia show where birds are most sensitive to energy infrastructure on land and at sea.🌏
Produced in collaboration with @birdlifeoz.bsky.social. Many thanks to Australian bird experts who gave data & feedback!
www.seabirdtracking.org/avian-sensit...
Produced in collaboration with @birdlifeoz.bsky.social. Many thanks to Australian bird experts who gave data & feedback!
www.seabirdtracking.org/avian-sensit...
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STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
Warning to environmental scientists! 🧪🦑🌎🐟
The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere.
mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere.
mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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This might be my favorite PowerPoint slide I've seen recently.
JR: The science misconduct-reporting ecosystem today: The shonks keep on shonking! No one ever notices. Some sleuths catch it, universities investigates but keeps quiet, and the shonks keep on shonking!
Where should science journalism fit in?
#IRICSydney
Where should science journalism fit in?
#IRICSydney
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This might be my favorite PowerPoint slide I've seen recently.
Are you an #ECR working with #birds and looking to put your critical writing skills to use? Consider joining our team at ‘Avian Conservation & Ecology’ as a Subject Editor ace-eco.org/our-editors/
Avian Conservation and Ecology: Our Editors
ace-eco.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Are you an #ECR working with #birds and looking to put your critical writing skills to use? Consider joining our team at ‘Avian Conservation & Ecology’ as a Subject Editor ace-eco.org/our-editors/
As an Editor-in-Chief trying to support inundated staff (many of whom are US based), this is NOT an acceptable email to send to authors requesting an update after 7 months of silence. Especially when the reason “that guy” didn’t turn his review in is bc the Editor forgot to email him 😮💨
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As an Editor-in-Chief trying to support inundated staff (many of whom are US based), this is NOT an acceptable email to send to authors requesting an update after 7 months of silence. Especially when the reason “that guy” didn’t turn his review in is bc the Editor forgot to email him 😮💨
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Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Are you looking for a #postdoc? with #seabirds or #raptors? at the @mncn-csic.bsky.social & @csic.es? Please send me an email and consider applying for a #JldC fellowship
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
#ornithology
Requirements: completed PhD within the last 2 years & competitive CV.
www.infosubvenciones.es/bdnstrans/GE...
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PhD vacancy ‘Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands’ with @drneiljames.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #birds #PhD #Caithness
Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands at University of the Highlands and Islands on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands at University of the Highlands and Islands, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
PhD vacancy ‘Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands’ with @drneiljames.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #birds #PhD #Caithness
Are you collecting blood from #OzBirds for research? If so, we’d love to hear from you ⬇️
Do we know anyone planning to sample blood (>200 uL) from #birds in #Australia in the next 1-3 months? If so, please send us a DM - we’d love to collaborate and have some awesome ideas/kit to contribute! 🐦🩸
@thelabandfield.bsky.social
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
@thelabandfield.bsky.social
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Are you collecting blood from #OzBirds for research? If so, we’d love to hear from you ⬇️
New paper: not only does wind *not* kill seabirds, it helps them diversify and thrive
You mean “the wind” isn’t a “natural” source of mass mortality for seabirds?! Someone should tell the Australian government (and a heap of NGOs who *really* should know better) 😮💨🤦♀️
You mean “the wind” isn’t a “natural” source of mass mortality for seabirds?! Someone should tell the Australian government (and a heap of NGOs who *really* should know better) 😮💨🤦♀️
Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere?
Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New paper: not only does wind *not* kill seabirds, it helps them diversify and thrive
You mean “the wind” isn’t a “natural” source of mass mortality for seabirds?! Someone should tell the Australian government (and a heap of NGOs who *really* should know better) 😮💨🤦♀️
You mean “the wind” isn’t a “natural” source of mass mortality for seabirds?! Someone should tell the Australian government (and a heap of NGOs who *really* should know better) 😮💨🤦♀️
Another SPECTACULAR #AdriftLab #WritingRetreat, this time with the brilliant and hilarious @amycsteel.bsky.social. In 4 days we finished TWO new papers on #bushfires and #cyclones. So much love for this collaborative and efficient approach to writing!!
@adriftlab.bsky.social
@adriftlab.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Another SPECTACULAR #AdriftLab #WritingRetreat, this time with the brilliant and hilarious @amycsteel.bsky.social. In 4 days we finished TWO new papers on #bushfires and #cyclones. So much love for this collaborative and efficient approach to writing!!
@adriftlab.bsky.social
@adriftlab.bsky.social
Fantastic thread 🧵 on our newest paper, just in time for #SeabirdSaturday
Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fantastic thread 🧵 on our newest paper, just in time for #SeabirdSaturday
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Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species?
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Who gets the spotlight? Disparities in seabird research attention at scientific conferences
Seabirds are among the most threatened bird groups globally, yet research effort is unevenly distributed among species, with some taxa receiving exten…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Have you ever wondered about the disparities in #seabirds species at conferences? Are we talking about all the species?
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wonder no more. We (@thelabandfield.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @ingridpollet.bsky.social) have the answer!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reviewer 2: can you include a #GraphicalAbstract
Our response: GA’s are optional with this journal
Reviewer 2 (again): can you include a GA
No 🤬
Our response: GA’s are optional with this journal
Reviewer 2 (again): can you include a GA
No 🤬
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reviewer 2: can you include a #GraphicalAbstract
Our response: GA’s are optional with this journal
Reviewer 2 (again): can you include a GA
No 🤬
Our response: GA’s are optional with this journal
Reviewer 2 (again): can you include a GA
No 🤬
October 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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One of our PhD students @alixdejersey.bsky.social submitted her #PhDThesis yesterday 🎉 Thankfully we’ve got heaps of papers to selfishly keep DOCTOR de Jersey around, and immersed in the world of #shearwaters & #plastics #phddone
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One of our PhD students @alixdejersey.bsky.social submitted her #PhDThesis yesterday 🎉 Thankfully we’ve got heaps of papers to selfishly keep DOCTOR de Jersey around, and immersed in the world of #shearwaters & #plastics #phddone
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My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My lab is hiring a 2-yr hummingbird evolution and genomics postdoc and a 1-yr salaried research and lab tech. Both with full U. Wyoming benefits. Please spread the word! Info below. Best consideration date Nov 1, start dates early Spring 2026.
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The insurance industry has stepped up efforts to limit future payouts over for petrochemical disasters, following a record judgment by Sri Lanka’s supreme court over the world’s biggest recorded plastic spill. on.ft.com/4n49rvU
October 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The insurance industry has stepped up efforts to limit future payouts over for petrochemical disasters, following a record judgment by Sri Lanka’s supreme court over the world’s biggest recorded plastic spill. on.ft.com/4n49rvU
In April, we bought 280 acres of bush in #Tasmania. While a large section is locked up as #conservation (TEC), we’ve cleared a small site to build an #offgrid home using recycled materials. Check out our progress (in only a few months!) m.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYq...
Boom!! The Boulders On Our House Site Get BLASTED! Also Shed Business, Road Trip & Much More!
YouTube video by Going Off Grid
m.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In April, we bought 280 acres of bush in #Tasmania. While a large section is locked up as #conservation (TEC), we’ve cleared a small site to build an #offgrid home using recycled materials. Check out our progress (in only a few months!) m.youtube.com/watch?v=-nYq...
October 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology
Explore a bird database with 11,500 species
Twenty-six years ago, a PhD student's unanswered question sparked a bird data revolution.
www.popsci.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BIRDBASE, a new publicly available dataset, brings together "ecological and life history traits for 11,589 bird species across 254 families." #ornithology
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
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Global efforts to stem #biodiversity loss have failed repeatedly. Drawing on the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report, @annelarigauderie.bsky.social et al. explain why past efforts failed, outline 5 key strategies to address this issue, & highlight roles for everyone doi.org/10.1371/jour...
October 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Global efforts to stem #biodiversity loss have failed repeatedly. Drawing on the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report, @annelarigauderie.bsky.social et al. explain why past efforts failed, outline 5 key strategies to address this issue, & highlight roles for everyone doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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'If we don’t act on climate change within the next few years, the world as we know it disappears.'
"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...
"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...
Young Canadians’ happiness has nosedived. They’re coping by redefining a meaningful life
Economic hardship and the climate crisis have forced young adults to reshape their ideas of a successful life
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
'If we don’t act on climate change within the next few years, the world as we know it disappears.'
"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...
"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...