Manon Laget
@manonlaget.bsky.social
Postdoc in Oceanography @Dalhousie
Ocean carbon cycle, Plankton, Pelagic ocean, Imaging
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Ocean carbon cycle, Plankton, Pelagic ocean, Imaging
🇨🇵 in 🇨🇦
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The memory of the mass femicide at Polytechnique is still painful.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The memory of the mass femicide at Polytechnique is still painful.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
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Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
What Scientists Found When a Deep Sea Mining Company Invited Them In
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Day 3 of #artAdventCalendar: another new portrait - geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬 #histsci A 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Day 3 of #artAdventCalendar: another new portrait - geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬 #histsci A 🧵
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🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
The Maldivian government reopened gulper shark fishing, carving a species-level exemption that weakens both protections and reputations.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
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this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
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And for the carbon cycle community, here are (most of) your figures in units of carbon instead of CO₂:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
And for the carbon cycle community, here are (most of) your figures in units of carbon instead of CO₂:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
If you work on the ocean twilight zone, this is for you ⬇️ 🌊🧪
Volunteers sought to talk about their work.
We plan to restart the monthly calls, each featuring two informal talks.
If you would like to give a talk, get in touch at [email protected]
Also see previous talks on the JETZON YouTube channel.
We plan to restart the monthly calls, each featuring two informal talks.
If you would like to give a talk, get in touch at [email protected]
Also see previous talks on the JETZON YouTube channel.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you work on the ocean twilight zone, this is for you ⬇️ 🌊🧪
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🌊✊ Solidarity with Leonid Pshenichnov — the Ukrainian biologist arrested for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing. Protecting ecosystems isn’t treason. It’s good science, and it’s our future.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌊✊ Solidarity with Leonid Pshenichnov — the Ukrainian biologist arrested for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing. Protecting ecosystems isn’t treason. It’s good science, and it’s our future.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#NCKF25
#NCKF25
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#NCKF25
#NCKF25
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😶🌫️ Depuis quelques semaines, la temperature dans le nord de l'Arctique ne baissent pas...
Record warm conditions continue in the northernmost portions of the #Arctic Ocean, near the North Pole. This anomalous warmth is forecast to continue over the next week or so too.
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
October 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
😶🌫️ Depuis quelques semaines, la temperature dans le nord de l'Arctique ne baissent pas...
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With some serious implications for #fisheries productivity, especially in low latitudes, which host large populations of vulnerable, fish-dependent coastal communities. 🧪🌊🌏
"Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate" | Our (Hong et al) new article in @aaas.org #ScienceAdvances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate
Chlorophyll a is declining in low- to mid-latitude oceans, indicating reduced ocean productivity and fewer phytoplankton blooms.
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
With some serious implications for #fisheries productivity, especially in low latitudes, which host large populations of vulnerable, fish-dependent coastal communities. 🧪🌊🌏
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A bitter day for the fight against climate change. The decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to postpone the decision on the climate protection pathway for global shipping by one year is wrong. Countries may be able to be pressured, but the planet cannot.
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A bitter day for the fight against climate change. The decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to postpone the decision on the climate protection pathway for global shipping by one year is wrong. Countries may be able to be pressured, but the planet cannot.
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The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
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Victor Hensen coined the term "Plankton" in 1887. By 1910 it was an industry (still is)! Steuer's book ran 722 pages!
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Victor Hensen coined the term "Plankton" in 1887. By 1910 it was an industry (still is)! Steuer's book ran 722 pages!
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
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@egu.eu community please consider signing this petition to try and save the nightjet to Vienna🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
agir.greenvoice.fr
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@egu.eu community please consider signing this petition to try and save the nightjet to Vienna🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
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“Among the many [proposed] deep cuts to scientific research…is the abrupt termination of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. The budget also pauses development of a new vessel that was supposed to succeed the Palmer in the 2030s.”
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Trump’s Cuts May Spell the End for America’s Only Antarctic Research Ship
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Among the many [proposed] deep cuts to scientific research…is the abrupt termination of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. The budget also pauses development of a new vessel that was supposed to succeed the Palmer in the 2030s.”
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic
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In addition to cancelling your Disney accounts, now is also a great time to delete academia.edu
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In addition to cancelling your Disney accounts, now is also a great time to delete academia.edu
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Il était une fois Elise (dite Lise) Meitner, physicienne juive autrichienne à l'origine de la série d'expériences qui aboutira à la découverte de la fission nucléaire en 1938. Il y a beaucoup à dire mais voici les éléments principaux de sa vie 🧵👇
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Il était une fois Elise (dite Lise) Meitner, physicienne juive autrichienne à l'origine de la série d'expériences qui aboutira à la découverte de la fission nucléaire en 1938. Il y a beaucoup à dire mais voici les éléments principaux de sa vie 🧵👇
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Well, here's some good news to start the weekend. Negotiating a treaty is one thing, but the work only starts once it's ratified and it looks as though the High Seas Treaty (aka BBNJ) will soon be up and running. This provides structure & standards & is a big step in protecting our ocean. 🎉🎉🌊
Historic High Seas Treaty is a "turning point for humanity" - Oceanographic
An historic treaty to protect the marine life and ecosystems of the high seas, the High Seas Treaty, will come into force in 120 days.
oceanographicmagazine.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Well, here's some good news to start the weekend. Negotiating a treaty is one thing, but the work only starts once it's ratified and it looks as though the High Seas Treaty (aka BBNJ) will soon be up and running. This provides structure & standards & is a big step in protecting our ocean. 🎉🎉🌊
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I collected this beautiful acantharian cell into an intermediate dish knowing it was getting ready to swarm... but by the time I returned to it to transfer it to an individual well it had already started to release swarmers. So, I just captured the end of the process. Enjoy! #protistsonsky 🦑
September 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I collected this beautiful acantharian cell into an intermediate dish knowing it was getting ready to swarm... but by the time I returned to it to transfer it to an individual well it had already started to release swarmers. So, I just captured the end of the process. Enjoy! #protistsonsky 🦑
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Did you know tiny algae can "skate" within Arctic sea ice? ⛸️ Our new study in @pnas.org reveals the secret life of ice diatoms: they are actively gliding to navigate the ice! This adds a new dimension to the sea ice ecosystem, revealing an active, dynamic ecological niche. @prakashlab.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Did you know tiny algae can "skate" within Arctic sea ice? ⛸️ Our new study in @pnas.org reveals the secret life of ice diatoms: they are actively gliding to navigate the ice! This adds a new dimension to the sea ice ecosystem, revealing an active, dynamic ecological niche. @prakashlab.bsky.social
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📑 New paper! The Regional WG for the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean reviews observations in one of the most critical, under-sampled regions.
🌊 A multidisciplinary and fit-for-purpose #GOOS is vital with #OneArgo at its core.
👉 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
🌊 A multidisciplinary and fit-for-purpose #GOOS is vital with #OneArgo at its core.
👉 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
September 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📑 New paper! The Regional WG for the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean reviews observations in one of the most critical, under-sampled regions.
🌊 A multidisciplinary and fit-for-purpose #GOOS is vital with #OneArgo at its core.
👉 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...
🌊 A multidisciplinary and fit-for-purpose #GOOS is vital with #OneArgo at its core.
👉 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art...