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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 1d

🌊 Reporting from @cheknews.ca on the Canadian Antarctic Research Expedition (CARE) with colleague @tiaanderlini.bsky.social @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social @katemoran.bsky.social @oceannetworks.ca 🇨🇦 cheknews.ca/victoria-sci...

Victoria scientists chart climate change from Antarctica

Not too many cruises take you to the edge of the map. But for University of Victoria scientist Dr. Tia Anderlini, this was no luxury voyage — it was a full-scale research mission to one of the most re...

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University of Victoria @uvic.ca · 13d

"The global ocean is not changing equally or at an even rate," said Matt Miller, a researcher at the UVic's School of Earth and Ocean sciences. "The polar regions, the Arctic, for instance, are experiencing the most drastic changes."

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Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News

The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 21h

We're bringing Sarika Cullis-Suzuki to campus to talk oceans, climate and healing. 🌿

📆 Sunday, October 26, 2025
⏰ 3 p.m.
📍 Farquhar Auditorium, UVic

Tickets are available for $5 at the UVic Ticket Centre: ow.ly/unJY50X8e0y

Sarika next to the ocean, dipping a hydrophone into the water.

Sarika kneeling in the forest, writing on a clipboard.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 27d

This lack of monitoring has created the worst data gap for these stocks in 70 years, and makes it difficult for scientists to assess the status of fish populations, how climate change, industrial activity and fishing are impacting fish, and whether recovery actions by local groups are working.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 27d

New research from Emma Atkinson, a visiting PhD student, found that there has been a steady drop in federal monitoring of Pacific salmon stocks.
Nearly 2/3 of stocks that were historically monitored in BC and Yukon had no reported estimates from 2014-2023.
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/d...

Decline in B.C. salmon monitoring creates worst data gap in 70 years, study finds

The research links commercial priorities to a roughly 50 per cent decline in the annual monitoring of Pacific salmon stocks since the 1980s.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 29d

At the age of 3, Lottie Campbell became obsessed with Michael Rampino, of the PBS NOVA program "Mystery of the Megavolcano."

That early love of science blossomed into a love for chemistry, and now Lottie is our newest Schulich Scholar.

🔗 Lottie's path to UVic: news.uvic.ca/2025/2025-uv...

2025 UVic Schulich Leader Scholars - UVic News

Two BC students who share an interest in entrepreneurship and community building will start their studies at the University of Victoria this fall. They

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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Intense FOMO but very happy to see @tiaanderlini.bsky.social and Sofie Ohrling of @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social off to a great start on CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian 🇨🇦 Arctic Archipelago. First trace element samples collected for 2025 for us in the North

Two scientists collecting sea water in a clean laboratory.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

Pulp mills are a familiar sight in BC—but how are they impacting the environment? Come find out at September's Café Scientifique talk!

📆 Tuesday, September 9
⏰ 7 p.m. (doors open at 5:30)
📍 The Mint (1419 Douglas St.)

Register to secure your spot! events.uvic.ca/science/even...

Graphic promoting the talk; all info provided is also in the post.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

Read the story in The Conversation Canada (@ca.theconversation.com) to learn more and hear the authors' call-to-action. theconversation.com/the-worlds-l...

The world’s longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific

The multi-year heat wave nicknamed ‘The Blob’ impacted thousands of kilometres of marine ecosystems from Alaska to Baja California.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

Finding #4: DISEASES FLOURISHED

Diseases flourished in the warmer waters. The previously abundant sunflower sea star was hit particularly hard, with losses severe enough to have it listed as a critically endangered species. Increases in seagrass disease were also found.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

Finding #3: ECOLOGICAL DISRUPTION

The heatwave transformed coastal habitats, including kelp forests and sea grass beds. In some cases, local extinctions of these habitats have persisted for years, with sustained impacts on the critters that rely on them.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

Finding #2: RIPPLE EFFECTS

Impacts on one species can have ripple effects through entire ecosystems. E.g. the shifting availability of key forage fish like anchovies and sardines contributed to mass die-offs of starving seabirds and whales. Blooms of toxic algae led to closures of crab fisheries.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

Finding #1: SPECIES ON THE MOVE

240 different marine species, from fish and invertebrates to seabirds and marine mammals, moved outside their normal range, searching for cooler waters. More than 100 species were found further north than ever before, with some moving up to 1000 km north.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

A new systemic review from @baumlab.bsky.social is offering a stark warning for how profoundly ocean life can be upended by heatwaves. The review synthesizes findings from 331 studies that documented the ecological impacts of the 2014-16 Pacific marine heatwave. theconversation.com/the-worlds-l...

The world’s longest marine heat wave upended ocean life across the Pacific

The multi-year heat wave nicknamed ‘The Blob’ impacted thousands of kilometres of marine ecosystems from Alaska to Baja California.

theconversation.com

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Theron Finley @theronfinley.bsky.social · Jul 16

Really pleased to share our new paper in GRL, documenting evidence of multiple Quaternary surface-rupturing earthquakes on the Tintina fault in the Yukon.

doi.org/10.1029/2025...

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Large Surface‐Rupturing Earthquakes and a >12 kyr, Open Interseismic Interval on the Tintina Fault, Yukon

We provide the first conclusive evidence of numerous large (>Mw 7.5) surface-rupturing earthquakes in the Quaternary on the Tintina fault Offsets to Early and Middle Pleistocene glaciofluvial ter...

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jul 16

This year, we brought science to Pride. 🌈

Led by a group of BCMB graduate students, faculty, staff and students donned their lab coats and other science-themed outfits and participated in the Pride Parade.

Everyone is welcome in Science. ❤️

BCMB students walking in the Pride Parade with colourful lab coats.

A group of BCMB graduate students in tie-dye lab coats and other colourful attire.

Six faculty members at the Pride Parade, holding up "solidarity in Pride" signs and carrying rainbow coloured bags.

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Natasha Norton @natashajnorton.bsky.social · Jul 15

Delighted to share my latest publication as a PhD candidate in @drlarey.bsky.social’s lab at @uvicscience.bsky.social!
With our international collaborators we’re excited to share our findings on the associations between #helminths and fecal bile acids! 🪱

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Associations between helminth infection status and the composition and concentration of fecal bile acids in school-age children in Uganda

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 20

Scripps professor Matthew Alford recently wrapped up his four-month term as a Fulbright Canada Research Chair at UVic.

"My time in British Columbia was very productive and I was very impressed by the collegiality and commitment to education at @seos-uvic.bsky.social". www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

Fulbright chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria

Article on Reflections from the Fulbright chair after their term at UVic

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 19

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an unprecedented glimpse of planet formation in the PDS 70 system, revealing new insights into how planets take shape.
astrobiology.com/2025/06/jwst...

JWST Captures An Unprecedented Glimpse of Planet Formation in the PDS 70 System - Astrobiology

A groundbreaking study using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed new insights into how planets take shape.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 19

The EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. The @apnews.com asked 30 scientists about the scientific reality behind the statement. SEOS prof @ajwvictoriabc.bsky.social was one of them.
www.timescolonist.com/science-news...

EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas "emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not cont...

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 18

Proud that research conducted within our Faculty has helped UVic be named a top university for contributing to the UN Sustainable Development goals. Our researchers are supporting climate action and life below water in a myriad of different ways!

University of Victoria @uvic.ca · Jun 18

Which universities are best for the world? 🌎

UVic has been named a top university for contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

1st in Canada for Climate Action
️1st in Canada for Sustainable Cities and Communities
1st in Canada for Life Below Water

🔗Learn more ow.ly/lqZx50WbaaW

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 18

We're excited to welcome Lottie Campbell, Esquimalt High's first-ever Schulich Scholar, to the Faculty of Science next fall! Lottie is currently planning to study chemistry. www.vicnews.com/local-news/e...

Esquimalt grad lands $100,000 scholarship to pursue career in science

Lottie Campbell the first Esquimalt High student to win Schulich Leader Scholarship

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University of Victoria @uvic.ca · Jun 18

Which universities are best for the world? 🌎

UVic has been named a top university for contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

1st in Canada for Climate Action
️1st in Canada for Sustainable Cities and Communities
1st in Canada for Life Below Water

🔗Learn more ow.ly/lqZx50WbaaW

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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧵🌊 Tiny ocean fossils called foraminifera or "forams" hold a deep record of Earth's climate past. By studying these beautiful microfossils in ocean sediment cores scientists like our own @fraass.bsky.social reveal how life and climate have changed over millions of years wdcnews6.com/the-history-...

The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils » Yale Climate Connections

Climate change and declining biodiversity are the two biggest environmental crises facing humankind today, but predicting how they’ll play out together is tricky. Ideally, scientists would study how l...

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · Jun 16

Two years ago, we launched our new climate science program. Last week, our first two graduates crossed the stage.
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First climate science students cross the convocation stage - UVic News

Camryn Thompson and Maya deWitt are UVic's first graduates from the new climate science program.

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