Carmen Wong
@carmtree.bsky.social
Ecologist for an amazing national park in Yukon, Canada ~ Ph.D. forest ecology ~ working to shed western science biases
5 years ago we wrote 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists to highlight the need for reconciliation in science in Canada. We never anticipated the uptake they have received. Now we add two more Calls. @g-mjj.bsky.social @giiwedin1.bsky.social
NEW! With more than 74,000 downloads, “10 Calls to Action to Natural Scientists” is our most accessed article. This follow-up piece reflects on progress and strengthening reconciliation ▶️ https://ow.ly/vS0w50Xx7gS
@laurierresearch.bsky.social University of Victoria
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@laurierresearch.bsky.social University of Victoria
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December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
5 years ago we wrote 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists to highlight the need for reconciliation in science in Canada. We never anticipated the uptake they have received. Now we add two more Calls. @g-mjj.bsky.social @giiwedin1.bsky.social
The Fraser's Impressive Sockeye Returns Prompt Fishery Openings via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
The Fraser’s Impressive Sockeye Returns Prompt Fishery Openings | The Tyee
Advocates say it’s a fish farm closure victory. Fishers are calling to strike while the iron is hot.
thetyee.ca
August 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The Fraser's Impressive Sockeye Returns Prompt Fishery Openings via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Reposted by Carmen Wong
As usual, Michael de Adder nails it. When you plan your travel, it's important to decide what type of ice you want. #BoycottTheUSA
June 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
As usual, Michael de Adder nails it. When you plan your travel, it's important to decide what type of ice you want. #BoycottTheUSA
Why we have to care about what's going on with our neighbour.
A juvenile in Anchorage has tested positive for measles, a highly contagious but preventable virus, the Anchorage Health Department said in an alert.
Anchorage resident tests positive for measles as health officials warn of broader exposure
Health officials on Thursday said that people may have been exposed at a trampoline park, a Target and a YMCA.
www.adn.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Why we have to care about what's going on with our neighbour.
Reposted by Carmen Wong
Last month was statistically tied for the lowest April snow cover on record across the Northern Hemisphere. Springtime snow decline has consistently been an indicator of a warming cryosphere and results in changes to surface albedo properties.
Graphic/data by climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/
Graphic/data by climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/
May 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Last month was statistically tied for the lowest April snow cover on record across the Northern Hemisphere. Springtime snow decline has consistently been an indicator of a warming cryosphere and results in changes to surface albedo properties.
Graphic/data by climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/
Graphic/data by climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/
There are frog eggs in there already.
May 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
There are frog eggs in there already.
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Climate stripes for Lingít Aaní (Tlingit county) across Southeast Alaska into NW Canada, 1900 to 2024. Data from Berkeley Earth and processing made possible with code by @climatologist49.bsky.social. #akwx #ClimateStripes #Climate @spiraledu.bsky.social @seakgal.bsky.social @seachanger.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Climate stripes for Lingít Aaní (Tlingit county) across Southeast Alaska into NW Canada, 1900 to 2024. Data from Berkeley Earth and processing made possible with code by @climatologist49.bsky.social. #akwx #ClimateStripes #Climate @spiraledu.bsky.social @seakgal.bsky.social @seachanger.bsky.social
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Trump forgets instructions to not mention Canada again until future governor Poilievre has won election
Trump forgets instructions to not mention Canada again until future governor Poilievre has won election
“He’s a great man, a genius, a king among ants, but he is unable to either retain or follow simple instructions.”
www.thebeaverton.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Trump forgets instructions to not mention Canada again until future governor Poilievre has won election
Yukoners benefit from outputs from Rick and the ACCAP too.
We are pulling out the stops to save our program. If possible, please join us May 1 at 2pm for listening session. Tell us why ACCAP matters to you so we can pass it up. Register at the link: if that time doesn’t work for you, fill out our short survey. Basi’. #climate
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Special ACCAP Listening Session | ACCAP
Why are we having this listening session? ACCAP may be losing funding and would no longer be able to provide trustworthy information about environmental change to Alaskans. Your stories will help u…
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April 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Yukoners benefit from outputs from Rick and the ACCAP too.
Ha! Makes you zoom in to see if they really did.......
Due to the price of eggs, this year we painted moose nuggets. Happy Easter!
April 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Ha! Makes you zoom in to see if they really did.......
In our travels in China, there has been little on the US 51st state threat to Canada.
April 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
In our travels in China, there has been little on the US 51st state threat to Canada.
We have been in China during the trade escalation and it is interesting to see how the US is portrayed in the news.
April 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We have been in China during the trade escalation and it is interesting to see how the US is portrayed in the news.
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With current border policies, it is unethical to continue holding so many important science conferences in the US. In addition to moving conferences to safer international locations, US organizers must reorganize meetings around remote participation.
April 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
With current border policies, it is unethical to continue holding so many important science conferences in the US. In addition to moving conferences to safer international locations, US organizers must reorganize meetings around remote participation.
This is creation of a fear state.
He was able to stop them from searching his phone because he’s a lawyer who might have privilege information on the phone but what about the rest of us?
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is creation of a fear state.
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Small part of the more than 600 people on Cushman Street in downtown Fairbanks Saturday noontime. Lots of supportive honking too. #AlaskaSky #HandsOff #Alaska
April 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Small part of the more than 600 people on Cushman Street in downtown Fairbanks Saturday noontime. Lots of supportive honking too. #AlaskaSky #HandsOff #Alaska
There is a similar gathering in Whitehorse, Yukon on Thursday, March 27th at 530pm. #Never51 #Elbowsup
Toronto! Saturday 2pm. Celebrate our glorious & free country. #ElbowsUp🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Let's hope this crazy 1970s idea of diverting water from the Yukon and Liard watersheds remains dead.
Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science-fiction or reality? Tricia Stadnyk asks in a commentary for @theconversationca.bsky.social, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/14/z...
Zombie water apocalypse: Is Trump’s rhetoric over Canada’s water science-fiction or reality? • Alaska Beacon
An abandoned water project known as the North American Water and Power Alliance was tabled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1950s.
alaskabeacon.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Let's hope this crazy 1970s idea of diverting water from the Yukon and Liard watersheds remains dead.
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Expedition finds H5N1 in 13 bird and seal species on the Antarctic Peninsula 😬
Deadly avian flu strain is spreading rapidly in Antarctica
Expedition finds H5N1 in 13 bird and seal species on the Antarctic Peninsula
www.science.org
March 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Expedition finds H5N1 in 13 bird and seal species on the Antarctic Peninsula 😬
Going on a trip and making sure we are not mistaken as Americans.
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Going on a trip and making sure we are not mistaken as Americans.
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Stand with Ukraine. View from east coast, 2022.
March 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Stand with Ukraine. View from east coast, 2022.
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I was asked by @nataliebrender.bsky.social where my usual instinct for optimism stood in this historical moment (I do believe a degree of whiggish optimism is an important component of secular morality). My initial answer was “in the basement.”
On reflection, I offered this perverse case for hope:
On reflection, I offered this perverse case for hope:
March 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I was asked by @nataliebrender.bsky.social where my usual instinct for optimism stood in this historical moment (I do believe a degree of whiggish optimism is an important component of secular morality). My initial answer was “in the basement.”
On reflection, I offered this perverse case for hope:
On reflection, I offered this perverse case for hope:
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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March 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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