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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · Mar 7

Dear US colleagues,
In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France.
There are several M$ in the budget.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

www.univ-amu.fr

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CEREGE @cerege.bsky.social · Mar 7

📢 Today, CEREGE and other research laboratories from the Technopole de l’Arbois mobilized for research and academic freedom as part of the #StandUpForScience movement. Together, let’s defend free and independent science!

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Stand Up For Science France @standupforscifr.bsky.social · Mar 6

#StandUpForScience. Message from France in solidarity with scientists and academics working in the United States, Argentina, and all countries where academic freedom is under threat. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social @standupforscibe.bsky.social

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Claire Sécail @clairesecail.bsky.social · Mar 7

Alors là chapeau, Libé !
#StandUpForScience ! Cela concerne tous les citoyens.

Anne Sophie Novel @soann.bsky.social · Mar 6

Cette Une !

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CEREGE @cerege.bsky.social · Mar 6

📢 Tomorrow, let’s join the @standupforscifr.bsky.social movement to defend research and academic freedoms, in support of scientists in the United States.

Meet us at 12pm on the Place de l’Horloge (Arbois site)!

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Prof Helen Bostock @oceanhelen.bsky.social · Mar 7

“My lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Over the last hundred years, scientists and explorers have revealed remarkable new species, epic migrations and dazzling, complex ecosystems beyond anything I could have imagined.” David Attenborough 🌊

Bryce Stewart @bd-stew.bsky.social · Mar 7

Bring. It. On! Ocean by David #Attenborough, coming to a cinema near you, May 8th. The film the whole world needs to see: silverbackfilms.tv/ocean-with-d... #mustwatch 🌊 🎥 🪸 🐟 🦞 🦈

Ocean with David Attenborough releasing in cinemas worldwide on 8 May - Silverback Films

David Attenborough delivers his greatest message of hope in our spectacular new film, Ocean with David Attenborough. The powerful film has been co-produced by Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios ...

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Thibault de Garidel @tdegaridel.bsky.social · Jan 8

We're hiring @cerege.bsky.social an engineer for a short term contract, to work with us on the development of a new prototype of an automated sorting system, including XRF. Part of @agencerecherche.bsky.social #IMAGINE2 equipex+ project.

Thanks for sharing widely !

docs.google.com/document/d/e...

IMAGINE2-CDD_MISORX_vf

docs.google.com

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · Feb 18

I'm reposting this, because so far we had no applicant! We currently have 2 years of funded salary for a postdoc to work with us on Eocene climate simulations on an exciting topic: understanding how primates dispersed over 1000's of km and across two oceans!

Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · Jan 8

🚨Postdoc job offer!🚨
We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal.
Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...

PostDoc_ERC_modelisation.pdf

Nuage - le Nuage de l'OSU Pytheas

nuage.osupytheas.fr

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Climate group @CEREGE, France @climatecerege.bsky.social · Sep 17

Interested in following individual scientists from our Climate research group? Use this brand new starter pack!
go.bsky.app/UF1jiBZ

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Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Feb 26

**deadline approaching, please share! We have some fantastic instructors lined up so far!**

Are you a PhD or Masters student in terrestrial or marine Paleoclimate looking to learn and network with your community? Applications to USSP 2025 are now open until 6th March. 🦖⚛️🪨🌊🔬🧑🏽‍💻 🤩

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Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Feb 26

**deadline approaching, please share! We have some fantastic instructors lined up so far!**

Are you a PhD or Masters student in terrestrial or marine Paleoclimate looking to learn and network with your community? Applications to USSP 2025 are now open until 6th March. 🦖⚛️🪨🌊🔬🧑🏽‍💻 🤩

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Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Jan 6

Are you a PhD or Masters student in Paleoclimate looking to learn and network with your community? Excited to announce that applications to USSP 2025 are now open until 6th March. 🦖⚛️🪨🌊🔬🧑🏽‍💻
Please share! 🤩

Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology

Visit the post for more.

urbinossp.wordpress.com

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Dr. Nina Davtian (she/her/hers) @ninadavtian.bsky.social · Jan 7

New paper authored by some of my @cerege.bsky.social @climatecerege.bsky.social colleagues—in addition to @antacl.bsky.social—and led by a former @univ-amu.fr PhD student at @cerege.bsky.social @climatecerege.bsky.social! 👇🏻

Q. Pillot et al. (2025) PALO:
doi.org/10.1029/2023...

🧪 ⚒️ 🌊
#PaleoSky

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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · Jan 7

And so we move into the next phase of reality’s Squid Game: the end of fact-checking. From now on, what happened, what you think happened, and what you wanted to have happened, are all of equal value. Other than people getting killed, what could possibly go wrong? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

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Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Jan 6

Also from the EMBRACER project of the Dutch Research Council NWO from 2025 ☺️

Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Jan 6

Grateful for support from @ecord.bsky.social
@anzic.bsky.social

ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (@ecord.bsky.social)

Official account of ECORD, a management structure of 15 members (14 European countries and Canada) for scientific ocean drilling as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). https://...

ecord.bsky.social

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Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Jan 6

Are you a PhD or Masters student in Paleoclimate looking to learn and network with your community? Excited to announce that applications to USSP 2025 are now open until 6th March. 🦖⚛️🪨🌊🔬🧑🏽‍💻
Please share! 🤩

Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology

Visit the post for more.

urbinossp.wordpress.com

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Clara Bolton @clarab.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year !
Also happy to share our new review paper with you in AREPS on the usefulness of Coccoliths in Paleoceanography! 🐚⛴️🌊
@cnrs.bsky.social
@climatecerege.bsky.social

Coccoliths as Recorders of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimate over the Past 66 Million Years | Annual Reviews

Coccolithophores are a major group of oceanic calcifying phytoplankton, and their calcite skeletal remains, termed calcareous nannofossils, are a major component of deep-sea sediments accumulating sin...

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Stefano Gaburro @stefanogaburro.bsky.social · Dec 17

271 MDPI and Frontiers Journals Downgraded to Level 0 in Finland

It means all the papers published in such journals will not be counted for grants or other applications

julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...