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Claire Lacey

@c-lacey.bsky.social

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Post doc researcher at Marine Mammal Research Program, HI. Dolphin nerd, fan of a good data visualization, sci-comm, occasional writer, Convenor of CIEEM Marine and Coastal Special Interest Group.. pets / books / coffee...

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Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Aug 13

New paper alert... abundance estimates for O'ahu spinner dolphins now published. Full text available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Apr 7

MMRP is running a fundraising campaign via UH giving day (tuesday 9th)... any donations to support research efforts would be much appreciated! givingday.uhfoundation.org/giving-day/9...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Feb 24

Last week, the Trump administration recinded crucial measures to protect the endangered Rice’s whale from oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

More info: bit.ly/4i7qgnF
📷: NOAA

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Feb 21

Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.

secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

Science at Risk: Protect NOAA

Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

secure.ucsusa.org

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Dr. Rebecca Calisi-Rodríguez @rebeccacalisi.bsky.social · Feb 22

I emailed university faculty/staff/administrators a roadmap to support DEI through legal challenges, collective resistance, and institutional protections for faculty. The question isn’t whether institutions will comply—it’s who will fight back, and how! greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/how-universi...

This Is Not a Drill: How Universities Can Save DEI

By now, many of us have read the headlines: the U.S. Department of Education has ruled that race-based scholarships, cultural centers, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs violate...

greencarelab.ucdavis.edu

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Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Jan 22

UK folks - if you're interested marine renewable energy research, check out this free online event, organized by the CIEEM Scotland and Marine & Coastal groups: events.cieem.net/Events/Event...

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Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Jan 17

If you're a marine mammal photo ID fan, (and lets be honest, who isnt...) you're gonna want to check out @ptpatton.bsky.social new paper! Go get it! 🐬🐬

Philip Patton @ptpatton.bsky.social · Jan 14

I’m thrilled to see my dissertation’s second chapter published in Conservation Biology. In the paper, we found that researchers can use high-performance identification algorithms to reduce the cost of population assessments without biasing abundance estimates. tinyurl.com/ne8tbpw3

Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Dec 11

Folks! I'm super excited to share a new humpback whale paper by my colleague Martin van Aswegan (not on Bsky)... 🐋🐋
He does some incredible work-
go read his awesome paper! doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

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Society for Marine Mammalogy @marinemammalogy.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hello marine mammal community on @bsky.app! The Society for Marine Mammalogy is now LIVE. Please add us to any marine mammal groups on this platform.

Marine mammal scientists- Tag and follow us where ever you are around the world!

marinemammalscience.org

#whale #dolphin #seal #polarbear #otter

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Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Nov 30

Beautiful sunrise sky as my first Bluesky post... some spinner dolphin content may follow!

Claire Lacey @c-lacey.bsky.social · Nov 22

Please could you add me too! Thanks for compiling this