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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 20h

Nooooooo. Surely they’ll consider another date!

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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · 2d

Global efforts to stem #biodiversity loss have failed repeatedly. Drawing on the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report, @annelarigauderie.bsky.social et al. explain why past efforts failed, outline 5 key strategies to address this issue, & highlight roles for everyone doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Title, authors’ names, and first page of a perspective paper about biodiversity loss and the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 1d

How you find me is amongst the eucalypts and cockatoos

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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 2d

'If we don’t act on climate change within the next few years, the world as we know it disappears.'

"Climate anxiety is...weighing on younger Canadians’ emotions... More mental health awareness will not cure climate anxiety if the forests keep burning..."

www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...

Young Canadians’ happiness has nosedived. They’re coping by redefining a meaningful life

Economic hardship and the climate crisis have forced young adults to reshape their ideas of a successful life

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to share this, and grateful to everyone who made it possible.

The key message is important: acknowledge those who make what you do possible, regardless of their training or background!
#InclusiveScience #authorship #CitizenScience

Jack Nunn @jacknunn.bsky.social · 2d

"Improving citizen science: Co-creating recommendations with researchers and the public"

A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science

doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#citizenscience #public #science

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 2d

Michael X Cohen on why he left academia/neuroscience.
mikexcohen.substack.com/p/why-i-left...

Why I left academia and neuroscience

Don't worry, this isn't yet another story of rage-quitting.

mikexcohen.substack.com

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Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social · 4d

This, and especially the meat-eating, should not be up for debate *especially among visible climate/enviro folks in the global north*. The inefficacy objection to individual action falls apart when you consider the visibility of communicators' actions.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 4d

Until people in the climate movement very publicly stop eating meat and flying, we're not going to seem trustworthy.

I will die on this hill.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.

The climate movement’s biggest weakness

What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.

www.vox.com

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Justin Maxwell @l-tulipifera.bsky.social · 4d

We are looking for a new postdoc to join a collaborative team at Indiana University. We are working to reduce bias in estimates of forest carbon uptake at local to global scales. Deadline for best consideration is November 15, 2025. More details below!

indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636

Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Carbon

We are seeking a highly-motivated postdoctoral fellow to conduct research focused on reducing bias and uncertainty in the measurement and monitoring of forest carbon uptake from local to global scales...

indiana.peopleadmin.com

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Shark Safety WA @sharksafetywa.bsky.social · 4d

Thousands and thousands of fish washed up at The Spit on the Gold Coast this morning. Fisheries are aware and monitoring the situation.

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 6d

Oh noooo

Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 7d

I cope by getting increasingly angry in the Concluding paragraph(s) of each of the scientific papers I write. Gone are the days of simply ‘reviewing the findings’ - we don’t have time for such nonsense! We’re in the midst of a climate, pollution & biodiversity emergency!

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 8d

Do you sometimes see/report/handle dead wildlife as a scientist (including volunteer community scientists)?

If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?

I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!

context:

a woman is holding up a help wanted sign in a window

Alt: Gif of a woman taping a "help wanted" sign to a window.

media.tenor.com

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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 7d

With the loss of not just individuals but entire ecosystems, everyone who truly cares needs their own ways to cope. Caring for yourself isn’t selfish — it’s what makes it possible to keep caring for the living world.

Peg Keiner @pegkeiner.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like I write a small obituary for each bird I find. I research them and find out how far they migrate, what they eat, where they live, and share that with the public. It’s my way of honoring them and coping through the emotional loss.

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 8d

Do you sometimes see/report/handle dead wildlife as a scientist (including volunteer community scientists)?

If so, do you have any strategies for dealing with the stress and grief that these encounters can cause?

I'm building a toolkit for myself and for some other stressed out folks!

context:

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 7d

Help raise funds for seabird and whale conservation! ⬇️🐦🐋

Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 7d

🎉BIG NEWS 🎉 the “Art for Oceans” Surfboard Auction will go live this Friday, 3rd October

Funds raised will support whale conservation & Adrift Lab’s #plastics research on #LordHoweIsland

Explore the collection 👉 www.artforoceans.org.au

Art for Oceans – Surfboard Auction — Living Ocean

Join us at Club Palm Beach - The Bistro Barren for Living Ocean’s inaugural surfboard auction and cocktail evening, featuring 20 unique boards by Australia’s top artists. Can’t attend? Our online sil...

www.artforoceans.org.au

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Angela Marques Filipe @angelaofthenorth.bsky.social · 8d

Part-time RA role in my Leverhulme project "Reframing Ecoanxiety". Ideal for PGRs in the social sciences and environmental-medical humanities looking for flexible, remote work. Oppts for career advacement detailed. Right to work in the UK required. Apply by October 17th for a start November 1st.

CASUAL ACADEMIC - Research Assistant

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

durham.taleo.net

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 9d

Does anyone have good references for paper(s) that discuss the value of citing older literature (as opposed to focusing on recent, for example). What knowledge do we lose? Do we risk replication? Etc.

Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 9d

Working on #microplastics? This new methods-focused paper will help ensure your data are robust and comparable ⬇️

Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to share #AdriftLab’s newest publication, endorsed by the Ocean Best Practices System, which provides harmonised guidelines for #microplastic research in coastal environments

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

#PlasticPollution #MonitoringMethods #MarineScience

Frontiers | A field and laboratory manual for sampling, processing and reporting microplastics in coastal and marine environments

Global interest in microplastics is increasing, with numerous organisations collecting data on microplastics in the environment. However, disparate sampling,...

www.frontiersin.org

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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

docs.google.com

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 9d

This is a must-read for anyone in academia. While it focuses on administrative positions in certain parts, it's such an excellent resource with stats and critiques of all the indigenization/reconciliation rhetoric that it's got something for everyone. Highly recommend.

The cover of Tricky Grounds: Indigenous Women's Experiences in Canadian University Administration by Candace Brunette-Debiassige. A woman in a ribbon skirt faces away from us, on a piece of land, her braid connects to forests seen in the distance and she has her right arm raised holding a feather.

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Dr Jenn Lavers ᓲᐊᐧᐦᑫᔨᐤ @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social · 10d

#ornithology friends in south-eastern #Australia: please be on the look-out for #seabirds on beaches. Sadly, they will probably start washing up in ~2 weeks… #CitizenScience #BeachedBirds #AdriftLab #OzBirds

Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · 10d

Multiple species of #shearwater have begun arriving in Australian waters after completing their southward migration. We need your help recording if/when #seabirds start washing up on your local beaches #citizenscience

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Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social · 20d

Fully funded PhD working on insectivorous bird declines with a broad range of stakeholders. Starting ASAP #ornithology #zoology #biodiversity #science #ecology
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 13d

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds

Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Beatrice Demarchi @beademarch.bsky.social · 11d

We're recruiting an avian ecologist working with @danc-eco.bsky.social and our AviArch team! More info: archaeobiomics.com/aviarch-avif...

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