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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Apr 11

I'd love to be added too, please! :)

Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Apr 10

#JobAlert🚨
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Senior #Technician focused on #tracking #seabirds and assessing threats, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research

Permanent position based in #Trondheim or #Tromsø, #Norway

See here:
nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/68-seni...

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research | Senior Technician Seabirds

Would you like to work with environmental research in one of Norway's leading research environments? Then the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and this position could be for you. The pos...

nina-english.attract.reachmee.com

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 27

New #research on #microplastics in #SpottedSeals from the #BeringSea and #ChukchiSea!🧪

97% of 34 #seals contained #microplastic, compared to 0% of 142 seals from #Nunavut, #Canada.

#Microplastic did not vary by age, location or year, but were ⬆️ in seals that consumed benthic and high trophic #prey

Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · Mar 27

New study shows #microplastics in 33 of 34 spotted seals 🦭 from the Bering and Chukchi Seas (total of 190 MPs). Consumption of benthic and high trophic prey increased microplastic abundance. #plastic
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Microplastics in spotted seal stomachs from the Bering and Chukchi seas in 2012 and 2020

Microplastics are found throughout marine environments, including the Pacific Arctic. Given their ubiquity, it is important to understand how micropla…

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 27

JUST OUT in #STOTEN:

We studied #mercury in #coyotes and other #mammals from #NovaScotia, #Canada.

#THg was ⬆️ in southwest Nova Scotia and in animals at higher #trophic levels, and was surprisingly high in #fishers compared to other regions.

Read more here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mercury in eastern coyotes from Nova Scotia, Canada: Effects of geography and trophic position

Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental concern due to its wide distribution and myriad of deleterious effects on biota. We studied hepatic Hg in a wid…

www.sciencedirect.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 19

Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!

www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 2, mechanics of the interview

By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness o…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 19

This group was also an excellent example of how to share #research with an #Inuit community:

✅ #Translator present
✅ Presentation slides #translated
✅ Opportunities for #local (including #youth) involvement
✅ Refreshments and snacks (+ #countryfood from the researchers community)
✅ Gifts and prizes

Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 19

A great presentation from Dr. Oliver Love from the #Integrative #Ecgology #Lab at @uwindsor.bsky.social on #SnowBunting projects in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut last night.

If you’re in town and would like to host a Snow #Bunting #NestBox, reach out to the Love Lab!

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Dr. Olive Love giving a presentation on snow buntings in Iqlauit, Nunavut.

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Imane Romangin @imanebliss.bsky.social · Nov 18

1/10 How have 20 years of tracking data shaped #marine #conservation? 🌍This article by @tammyedavies.bsky.social
& colleagues explores the #BirdLife #Seabird Tracking Database’s journey from data collection to policy impact🐧 A must-read 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

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BirdLife Marine @birdlifemarine.bsky.social · Feb 17

🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods

➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004

🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project

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Infographic map showing the six marine flyways (Atlantic Ocean Flyway, North Indian Ocean Flyway, East Indian Ocean Flyway, West Pacific Ocean Flyway, Pacific Ocean Flyway, Southern Ocean Flyway) in a spilhaus projection, and the general direction of travel by migratory seabirds

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 14

#JobAlert 🚨
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#Research #Scientist focused on #seabirds and #prey interactions, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research.

3-year term based in #Tromso, #Norway. 🇳🇴

More information here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

www.jobbnorge.no

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · Mar 13

Any senior scientist out there working on environmental topics and looking for a change of scenery? (and willing to learn French)

Canada Excellence Research Chairs - Home

The CERC Program offers eligible Canadian degree-granting universities the opportunity to establish research Chairs at their institutions in research areas that are of strategic importance to Canada.

www.cerc.gc.ca

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 12

“Large-scale
#monitoring programs that include boat-based surveys…remain important for defining #MarineBird #HabitatUse in an area where #HumanImpacts are increasing as #SeaIce cover declines”

Here at #Canadian #Wildlife Service, we aim to train community members across #Nunavut on these methods! 🦆

Marine Ornithology @marineorno.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚨 Cruising for data: Defining the seabird community from vessels of opportunity in Canada’s Eastern Arctic by Carina Gjerdrum et al.
#seabirds #AtSeaSurvey #OpenAccess

www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_1/53_...

Average seabird density assessed by research vessels.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 11

I assembled a team of experts to write this how-to guide for how scientific professional societies can improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. It's structured around my society's budgets and bylaws, but is broadly applicable.

Please share. 🧪

www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...

Frontiers | What Can Professional Scientific Societies Do to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Case Study of the American Elasmobranch Society

Scientific professional societies are reviewing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies in response to recent calls for much-needed cha...

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 12

The days are getting longer and brighter here in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut!

#Spring is coming! ☀️❄️💛

Golden hour sunset over a residential part of Iqaluit, Nunavut, with the frozen bay and mountains in the background.

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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · Mar 11

So you know how the climate crisis is messing up crop yields?

And how microplastics are now everywhere?

NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 12

Here’s a list of climate/environment science and management jobs in local government. 🧪🌎

www.linkedin.com/posts/usdn_s...

Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) on LinkedIn: #sustainabilityjobs #climatecareers #usdn

🌎🌿🔗 USDN’s Sustainability Job Board ⬇️ Links to job descriptions and applications below. Please share with your network! #SustainabilityJobs…

www.linkedin.com

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 10

I’d love to be added! Thank you!

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 7

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#ECRs: Take photos (and videos) of your #research: your study species, your #fieldwork or #lab setup, you doing your research...

These will be so valuable for #SciComm (presentations, publications, media, etc.)

Take it from a recent PhD grad - I take a lot of photos and I wish I had more!

Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · Mar 7

Big tip for ECR and #PhD students in #ecology: take lots of photos of everything you do in the field/lab. Get others to take photos of you. Lots. Create an image library. You'll be thankful for the rest of your career for their value in communicating your #science, like in this brilliant thread 👇

Ben Sheldon @sheldonbirds.bsky.social · Mar 7

Closing by acknowledging a herculean effort by @nilomr.bsky.social to collect & analyse these data, fabulous help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social at all stages, from Loanne & Antoine in the field and Sara Keen for inspiration

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Mar 4

Heading to #Inuvik, #NorthwestTerritories today for the #Inuvialuit Game Council meeting to share some preliminary results of our #aerial #SeaDuck surveys in the #CapeBathurst #Polynya!

Looking forward to sharing results and chatting about plans opportunities for 2025!

Zoomed in aerial photo of a beluga whale next to the ice edge, taken in the northern Northwest Territories during sea duck surveys in 2024.

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Mar 4

This #PancakeDay here's our recipe for pancake ice:

🧊 Get some ice forming on the top of your water
🌊 Bump bits of ice together with small waves
♻️ This rounds their edges as they freeze!
🥞 Grow the disc edges with trapped frozen foam

These pancakes will be up to 3m wide + 10m thick.
Bon Appétit 👩‍🍳

The surface of the ocean is frozen, but in a layer of round patches that all tesselate together.

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BioSS @bioss.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨

Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.

Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025

#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals

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Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪 @juliaellenbaak.bsky.social · Feb 26

JUST OUT in #Conservation #Physiology: Examining #AvianInfluenza #virus exposure in #seabirds of the northwest #Atlantic🦆🧪

We looked at #avian #influenza #antibodies in eggs of 11 #seabird species in eastern #Canada and western #Iceland to better understand exposure + risk!

doi.org/10.1093/conp...

Examining avian influenza virus exposure in seabirds of the northwest Atlantic in 2022 and 2023 via antibodies in eggs

Abstract. Seabirds are frequently infected by avian influenza virus (AIV), which prior to 2021 primarily consisted of low-pathogenic AIV with limited repor

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · Feb 19

Looking for a new work bestie? We have options 🐧

We're looking for boating officers, divers, chefs, technicians, plant operators and more to work with us at British Antarctic Survey research stations.

These are jobs unlike any other, in one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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An advert for 'seriously remote work' in Antarctica shows a group of king penguins labelled 'today's colleagues'. Photo by Alistair Wilson

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · Feb 19

🚨🚨 "UK seas suffered nearly 700 oil & chemical spills in the last 12 months." THAT'S +2 A DAY 😡

From lung disease in dolphins to cancer in seabirds, Big Oil is wrecking our seas. But now the truth's out.

📊 View our map: stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map/
✍️ Read more: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Chemical pollution hotspot map shows heartbreaking extent of damage to wildlife

Dolphins, otters, seals and a wide range of British seabirds suffer from cancer, lung disease and other illnesses as a result of toxic spills that have taken place around the UK coastline.

www.mirror.co.uk

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