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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jul 11

couldn't find a match for that fluke so if you upload it I think it would be new to the Happywhale.com catalogue

Happywhale

Send us your whale photos, we’ll identify the individuals for fun and for science. We'll share with you what we find!

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · Jun 26

Newly arrived Black-tailed Godwits at Caldy (thanks Richard Smith).
Check out the sites these birds might also visit ⤵️
Blog about connectivity contains link to Shiny App, where you can make a Black-tailed Godwit map for your site:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/h...
#ornithology

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Jun 18

Meteorologists say that in the next decade, summer daytime temperatures above 28°C could persist for more than a month in the UK, with spikes as high as 46.6°C possible under today’s climate conditions.

UK should expect summers above 40°C in next decade, warns Met Office

Meteorologists say that in the next decade, summer daytime temperatures above 28°C could persist for more than a month, with spikes as high as 46.6°C possible under today’s climate conditions

www.newscientist.com

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 17

Bubble-trail encounters from #krill #fishing vessels show that #Antarctic Voluntary Restriction Zones for the #krillfishing industry has displaced fishing into areas where the penguin encounter rate is higher/the same #CCAMLR

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

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 17

Harbour seal population on the west coast of Scotland was thought to have been stable, but fell by 20% between 2018 and 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Significant decline among seals on Scotland's west coast

The population fell by 20% over five years, in a region considered a stronghold for the marine mammal.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · Jun 15

From the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Apart from the overwhelmingly largest cause of population declines - habitat loss and destruction - what are the other big killers of birds? A reason to consider keeping cats inside.🪶🌎

A chart showing that cats kill around 2.6 billion birds annually in North America, compared to 624 million killed hitting windows, 214m by cars and 64m by collisions with industrial installations (e.g. wind turbines, factories, lighthouses, communication towers, etc). Graphic from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 15

Some critters found while gardening today: European common frog, palmate newt, wood mouse

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Random Memes @randommemesx.bsky.social · Jun 12

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Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · Jun 8

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

www.richmondscientific.com

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 9

Willow gloves fungus news #fungi
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Endangered willow gloves fungus not yet growing in new Cumbria site

Scientists hope to save the critically endangered willow gloves fungus which is extinct in the UK.

www.bbc.com

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 8

Based on interviews and archive work (Bergen/Oslo, April 2024), Peter Wilson, @sbenjamins.bsky.social and I reviewed minke #whaling around Ireland in @injournal.bsky.social Vol 41.

Funded by Percey Sladen Memorial Fund & Society for Nautical Research

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jun 8

BREAKING: At least 21 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza this morning, sources at local hospitals tell our team.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/m4ewkf

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Jun 8

If your dog will jump in the nearest river, pond or lake given half a chance, don't use spot-on treatments for fleas and ticks, say researchers.

Dogs pollute water with pesticides even weeks after flea treatment

When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment

www.newscientist.com

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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · Jun 7

Can tropical corals find refuge at higher latitudes under future warming? In our new paper in Science Advances, we argue that coral range expansion will be *far too slow* for most coral species to outpace climate change. 🪸🌊
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A short 🧵 (1/16)

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 7

In the latest Irish Naturalists Journal issue, @andyfoote.bsky.social and I reported that "#DopeyDick" the killer whale that swam into #Derry City (Nov 1977) was a West Coast Community whale; probably "Comet". Minimum age 53y, but last documented 10y ago.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Jun 7

Wonderful example of non-invasive research from land, showing that harbour porpoises have a strong preference for coastal waters (<500m from the shore) in parts of Northern Ireland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Spatial Dynamics of Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena Relative to Local Hydrodynamics and Environmental Conditions

This study uses a multidisciplinary approach to model the habitat use and site occurrence of harbour porpoises, identifying areas where they were seen spending most time in the Skerries and Causeway ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jun 7

BREAKING: At least 34 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since the early hours of this morning, medical sources tell our team on the ground.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/pe4duy

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · May 25

This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · May 23

Quick visit unfortunately, just enough time to visit the doctors to sort my broken hearing aid!

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Margaret Cahill @margaretcahillbsky.bsky.social · May 22

MEP Lynn Boylan has been speaking out about Gaza from the start, including about the lack of Irish government and EU actions and what was needed of both.
She gave this powerful speech today in the European Parliament. 💔

Lynn Boylan MEP @lnbdublin.bsky.social · May 22

To the people of Palestine, Im sorry you have been utterly failed by the EU.
Never Again means Never Again for anyone.
#FreePalestine #StopIsraeliGenocide

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · May 23

Departing Aberdeen Harbour is always fun for the bottlenose dolphin action. This afternoon we saw them eating salmon. A grey seal also had a fine lunch of salmon!

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · May 13

It has been such an honour to sail around Ireland with U.N. Elder, Mary Robinson. Quoting Archbishop Desmund Tutu, she said she is "Not an optimist, but a prisoner of hope" #ClimateEmergency #BiodiversityCrisis

Mary Robinson presenting to National Geographic Lindblad Expeditions guests off thr Blasket Islands.

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Apr 27

Here are some macaroni penguins (and a lone gentoo) with a humpback whale bearing down on them off Cooper Island, South Georgia... for #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Apr 24

www.echo.net.au/2025/04/hump...

Humpback whale killed in krill supertrawler net

A criminal complaint has been filed regarding a humpback whale being killed by a krill supertrawler, the Chilean-flagged Antarctic Endeavour, in the pristine waters of the Antarctic.

www.echo.net.au

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Conor Ryan @whalenerd.bsky.social · Apr 24

This is a shocking decline!

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