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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 7

@hausfath.bsky.social @drkatemarvel.bsky.social Would love to hear from you if you’re interested in making a move!

UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

A new systemic review from @baumlab.bsky.social is offering a stark warning for how profoundly ocean life can be upended by heatwaves. The review synthesizes findings from 331 studies that documented the ecological impacts of the 2014-16 Pacific marine heatwave. theconversation.com/the-worlds-l...

The world’s longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific

The multi-year heat wave nicknamed ‘The Blob’ impacted thousands of kilometres of marine ecosystems from Alaska to Baja California.

theconversation.com

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 6

@globalecoguy.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com @katharinehayhoe.com @climateofgavin.bsky.social @kimcobb.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social

Climate Friends (and researchers I admire), please share (or consider applying, hint hint).

Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

You: world class scholar, looking to make a move

Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy

Pls share widely!

Canada Excellence Research Chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria

Find information about applying to be Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Victoria

www.uvic.ca

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

You: world class scholar, looking to make a move

Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy

Pls share widely!

Canada Excellence Research Chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria

Find information about applying to be Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Victoria

www.uvic.ca

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · Apr 15

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.

Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou

www.caut.ca

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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Biology Department at CSU Long Beach is now advertising for an Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. Refer to the attached flyer for details. @uwsafs.bsky.social @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social @misselasmo.bsky.social @whysharksmatter.bsky.social @official-bweems.bsky.social

Flyer from CSU Long Beach advertising for the position of Assistant Professor of Elasmobranch Biology. The flyer has a picture of a white shark in the banner. Application deadline is September 03, 2025. Christine Whitcraft can be contacted for details at Christine.whitcraft@csulb.edu Full job description can be found here: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/549205/assistant-professor-of-biological-sciences-elasmobranch-biologist

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Proud, as always, of our amazing Kelp Rescue (@kelprescue.bsky.social ) team. 4 years in the making, our 1st kelp restoration publication is out! 🎉🎉🎉

Onwards! @uvic.ca BMSC. Thanks to all our funders, especially Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) 🇨🇦

The Kelp Rescue Initiative @kelprescue.bsky.social · Jul 16

Kelp Rescue is excited to announce the publication of our 1st ever kelp restoration peer-reviewed paper! 🎉Since our start in 2021, we've been testing scientific approaches to kelp restoration, and this paper is the culmination of a huge team effort.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The Kelp Rescue Initiative @kelprescue.bsky.social · Jul 16

Kelp Rescue is excited to announce the publication of our 1st ever kelp restoration peer-reviewed paper! 🎉Since our start in 2021, we've been testing scientific approaches to kelp restoration, and this paper is the culmination of a huge team effort.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Jul 15

A tremendous and tragic loss for her family and friends, the conservation community, and the wild bees. 🐝
Rest in peace Sheila.

CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · Jul 15

CSEE joins the broader ecology and conservation community in mourning the passing of Prof. Sheila Colla, a highly respected Canadian conservation scientist and fierce advocate for wild bee conservation

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · Jul 15

CSEE joins the broader ecology and conservation community in mourning the passing of Prof. Sheila Colla, a highly respected Canadian conservation scientist and fierce advocate for wild bee conservation

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Wow.

Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Queen’s Special U.S. Doctoral Recruitment Initiative | School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown arrowDown...

Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 5

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 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

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Jennifer McHenry, PhD @jennmchenry.bsky.social · Jun 4

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...

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Kristina Barclay, Ph.D. @barnaclebarclay.bsky.social · May 15

New paper alert! We combined modern ecology, archaeology, and a palaeontology technique of examining crab 🦀 claw marks on their clam prey to examine how these shellfish populations have changed over 3000 years.

Find it open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

#ConservationPaleobiology #CPB

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · May 9

CSEE Friends - If you are a current member, please vote now! Having an active engaged Council is vital to our society. Please consider all aspects of diversity - and the make-up of our current Council (csee-scee.ca/contacts/) - when voting. #CSEE

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · May 9

Deeply disheartened to learn. We had just hosted @meadekrosby.bsky.social @uvic.ca last month & learned more about the impactful solutions-oriented work they did. This is devestating news and underscores the Trump administration's lack of understanding about climate change and communities' needs.

Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · May 9

Our NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership for the Northwest region was terminated this week. I'm so proud of the work we did to support the climate resilience efforts of frontline communities and Tribal Nations. And I'm deeply concerned for what the loss of this support means for NW communities.

Climate Impacts Group @cig-uw.bsky.social · May 9

We are deeply saddened to report that the funding for the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative has been terminated effective immediately. This is a devastating setback for climate resilience in rural and Tribal communities in the PNW. Read more>> cig.uw.edu/2025/05/cig-... @nwcasc.bsky.social

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · May 9

Our NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership for the Northwest region was terminated this week. I'm so proud of the work we did to support the climate resilience efforts of frontline communities and Tribal Nations. And I'm deeply concerned for what the loss of this support means for NW communities.

Climate Impacts Group @cig-uw.bsky.social · May 9

We are deeply saddened to report that the funding for the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative has been terminated effective immediately. This is a devastating setback for climate resilience in rural and Tribal communities in the PNW. Read more>> cig.uw.edu/2025/05/cig-... @nwcasc.bsky.social

CIG Update: Termination of the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative | Climate Impacts Group

Dear supporters of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group,We are deeply saddened to report that the Acting Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Grants M...

cig.uw.edu

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · Apr 28

If you need motivation to vote, this should do it! We will never be the 51st state! Vote #TeamCarney everywhere. We need to stand up to our southern bully! #CanadaStrong 💪❤️🇨🇦 #elxn2025

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 24

About time. And here’s our letter of support from one society north of the border: csee-scee.ca/current-bull...

CSEE Current Bulletin

csee-scee.ca

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 23

One week to get your applications in for our Blue Carbon Canada positions! Come join a collegial productive team with @taragmartin.bsky.social Sara Knox, Mary O’Connor, Graham Clark, me and our stellar set of PDFs and grad students! 🇨🇦 🌊 #dreamteam

Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · Apr 22

On this #EarthDay, CSEE recognize the amazing work Canada’s ecologists and evolutionary biologists are doing to understand life on Earth, including how to conserve, preserve and restore our environment from coast to coast to coast in Canada and beyond. Keep up the great work!🌎 #EarthDay2025

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · Apr 22

En ce Jour De la Terre, la SCEE souligne le travail remarquable des écologistes et biologistes évolutifs du Canada, qui œuvrent à comprendre la vie sur Terre et à conserver, préserver et restaurer les écosystèmes d’un océan à l’autre, ici comme ailleurs. Merci de poursuivre ce travail essentiel !🌎

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 16

VOTE, as though all of your rights and freedoms are on the line. Because they are. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #TrueNorthStrongandFree

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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · Apr 16

Hard to believe it is coming to this. A US travel warning to all university researchers in Canada... the vast majority of whom have ongoing collaborations with people in the US, have field work in the US, and/or attend meetings in the US to share their work.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States | CBC News

The Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration and reports of some Canadians encounte...

www.cbc.ca

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 14

Useful free webinar for ecology trainees tomorrow:

Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Apr 14

“Exploring Careers in Ecology” webinar tomorrow!

Join me, Rese Cloyd, and host Aaron Stoler, to duscuss finding jobs, navigating new careers, and defining success as a professional ecologist.

Webinar is part of a series by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social.

Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Apr 14

“Exploring Careers in Ecology” webinar tomorrow!

Join me, Rese Cloyd, and host Aaron Stoler, to duscuss finding jobs, navigating new careers, and defining success as a professional ecologist.

Webinar is part of a series by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social.

Register: esa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · Apr 10

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 Current Bulletin

csee-scee.ca

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Apr 6

A shout out to the millions who marched in the United States for democracy and against fascism. Taking back the country is going to be a long and hard struggle but it has begun.
From Canada we say: #elbowsup

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