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Filip Husnik @filiphusnik.bsky.social · 1d

OIST is seeking up to four tenure-track or tenured faculty in Ecology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, and Oceanography. Application deadline: Oct 15. Please share. Thx!
www.oist.jp/careers/facu...

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 9d

Super excited to be at UC Santa Barbara today to present the Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology seminar! 🌊

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 13d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 12d

NSF GRFP is out 2.5 months late w/key changes

1. 2nd year graduate students not eligible.

2. "alignment with Administration priorities"

3. Unlike prior years, they DO NOT specify the expected number of awards... that is a BIG problem.

a brief 🧵 w/receipts

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 14d

Please take a moment away from doomscrolling for this cute post-bath baby 🐕

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Anne Hilborn @annewhilborn.bsky.social · 14d

CA Biology job alert
My unit at the CA Dep of Fish and Wildlife is hiring a permanent position to write 5 year reviews for species listed under the CA Endangered Species Act.
Based in West Sacramento, currently 2x week in office.
I am happy to answer questions
calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 25d

If that is the UDistrict Safeway, I once waited like 10 mins for someone to unlock the ice cream before I gave up on my aspirations of eating ice cream that evening 😂

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 26d

Fascinating dive in a kelp forest to urchin barren transition zone yesterday in Monterey! 🌊🤿

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28d

CH₄ has a lifetime of about a decade in the atmosphere, whereby it oxidizes to CO₂ and remains in the atmosphere for tens of thousands of years. More than 99% of the cumulative climate impact (i.e., the radiative forcing) is from its life as CO₂. In the end, it's still CO₂ that gets you. 🥲

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 28d

My provocation: By 2035, methane - not carbon dioxide - will be the main driver of climate change. Absent significant policy intervention, fossil fuel infrastructure will continue to emit methane at high rates even if fossil fuel combustion, and associated carbon dioxide emissions, drop sharply.

Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 28d

Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post.

Start:

1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Sep 7

Gorgeous hike in Pinnacles National Park yesterday! A hidden gem of a park in central CA ☀️

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Lotus Lofgren @lotuslofgren.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oh, Monterey. Love seeing and hearing (but not smelling!) these sea lions on my bike ride to work 🚲

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌊 Looking to advance your research career at one of the world’s leading centers for ocean, earth and atmospheric science? Scripps Oceanography is now accepting applications for institution-wide postdoctoral scholar positions!

Learn more and apply here: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04348

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Adi Khen @adlysia.bsky.social · Aug 29

Chain bladder kelp* (Stephanocystis osmundacea) is our seaweed of the week!
*Despite its common name, it’s not a kelp but a fucoid… #PhycologyFriday

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Aug 27

So proud of my students, Zulie & Camille, for presenting their #kelp marine heatwave research at the undergraduate research symposium @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social last week! 🌊 Such a fun first summer!

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Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University @stanfordhopkins.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Hopkins Internships - Summer Undergraduate Research Funds Poster Fair at Hopkins showcased undergrads’ summer research on kelp, fisheries, neural activity & more. Funded internships give students a launchpad into real science alongside Stanford faculty, postdocs & grad mentors.

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Aug 26

My 6 yr old niece drew me scuba diving in the kelp forest! 🤿 Then she said “Should I draw trash, too? I learned that there’s trash in the ocean.” 😭

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Meaghan Clark @meaghansaurus.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thrilled to have a new paper out where we use 12+ years of monitoring data to document the impacts of inbreeding on fitness in eastern massasauga rattlesnakes! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Inbreeding reduces fitness in spatially structured populations of a threatened rattlesnake | PNAS

Small and fragmented populations are at high risk of local extinction, in part because of elevated inbreeding and subsequent inbreeding depression....

www.pnas.org

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Aug 19

Fun seaweed cyanotype day with the lab! 🌊 ☀️

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Aug 16

Another @stanforddoerr.bsky.social Stanford search for a Tenured Professor in Climate Science! Applications due Oct. 30 🌊 🌎 🌡️
facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Aug 15

I kind of love this one:

a ground squirrel standing on its hind legs with the name brooke on the bottom

ALT: a ground squirrel standing on its hind legs with the name brooke on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · Aug 15

1) Sea lion party, 2) my little sea lion

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Steven J. Davis @stevenjdavis.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability is searching for a tenure-rank faculty in climate science. Candidates must have an exceptional record of scholarly work, be interested in interdisciplinary approaches and demonstrate a dedication to teaching. facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Tenured Professor in Climate Science

facultypositions.stanford.edu

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Nicole Franz @ssfnicole.bsky.social · Aug 7

Stanford is hiring Assistant Professors! It would be great to get people familiar with fisheries 🐟 . Please share - or apply if you are a good fit 😊
- Sustainable Food Systems: bit.ly/4m5DPpX
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge bit.ly/4fpML7f
@oceansolutions.stanford.edu @stanforddoerr.bsky.social

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