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Pinnipeds (#seals and #sealions) put their hearts in to 'taking a nosedive'. oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/ @mmeanlab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca #RheaStorlund

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When we say "nosedive," we usually mean disaster—but not for pinnipeds. 🦭 Find out ⬇ how seals and sea lions are uniquely adapted to dive deep🫀 Today's #OceanIdiom is "Taking a nosedive" #WorldOceansDay #OceanIdioms #MarineMammals oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/

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One more for the category of “scientific oops”.

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Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥: Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation) amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...

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Meanwhile, politics in Canada.

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Fortunately, the next Comparative Nutrition Society meeting will be held in Victoria, Canada in August 2026. Check it out at cnsweb.org

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These tariffs will CRIPPLE the elephant seal oil industry!

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Folks, exactly 5 years ago today I made this offer, & I'll do it again. Many graduate students are in danger of losing their one field season for collecting data- in March 2020 because of the pandemic, now because of Musk-Trump BS. This means that many won't be able to finish graduate school. 🧪🧵

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For the full statement, please visit the Society for Marine Mammalogy's webpage: marinemammalscience.org/diversity-in... #SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement

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As President of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social I wish to convey our strong support for this letter (which we have signed on to) and our colleagues and allies in the U.S. We stand with you and are here for you. Science is not a partisan issue. It benefits all.

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Canadians in solidarity with Stand Up for Science. I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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There is a good podcast on this topic on the BBCs Infinite Monkey Cage

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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

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Polar Bear postdoc!!! 🦑

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Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well. secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

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I feel like I can’t even email my colleagues without fear of getting them in trouble for interacting with this dangerous foreign national. What a state of affairs for the science community. The ramifications will be global.

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Oh, the irony of today’s competing newspaper headlines: “US stocks tumble on fears of Chinese advances in AI” and “possible funding freeze for US scientists”.

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January 27 - This day commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp that took place in 1945 and honours the memory of the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust (the Shoah). events.ubc.ca/internationa...

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Doing my Alma mater proud.

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As a grumpy old man who studies marine mammals I am bemused/confused by the sudden influx of followers on this platform who only have glamour shots on their profiles. I hope they are not mistakenly after my fortune! For scientists here is a polar bear trying to pet a ringed seal at Toronto’s ROM

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I am recruiting two funded graduate students (1 MS, 1 PhD) to join the lab and the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences program at Oregon State University! If you are into population ecology and a combination of fieldwork and modeling - then check this out! Please share/repost widely!

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Platypuses & echidnas are unique in many ways, including their gastric anatomy. Join us on 14 Jan at 9am (UK) to hear from #OpenBiology author Jackson Bryce Dann on how the genetics of egg-laying mammals influence their unique physiology: cassyni.com/events/YD91P...

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Feed seals and look at their poop.

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Great to see coverage of the important work by Finnish colleagues on Saimaa seal conservation. Direct hands on effort by small dedicated teams can have real conservation impact. 🧪🌍🦭🦑 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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NINE fish biologist jobs at NOAA, could be your Christmas present! Applications due 23 December 2024, ZP3-ZP4 salary $72,553 - $181,216 per year www.usajobs.gov/job/823751900

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Happy Isotope Day everyone! 🥳On this day in 1913 Nature published Federick Soddy's paper "Intra-atomic Charge" www.nature.com/articles/092... in which he introduced the term "isotope" (coined after a dinner conversation in Glasgow with Margaret Todd the classics scholar). how will you celebrate?🧪⚒️🌊

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Need advice from fellow scientists. I signed up on BlueSky to connect with marine mammal and wildlife folks. Started getting “follows” from social influencers or possible bots. Just ignore them or actively block? Are they just hoping I will follow them back or something more sinister?

submitted 195 days ago • 0 comments

Was totally shocked to learn today that the small Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines has an IWC quota to harvest 4 (humpback) whales a year.

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That’s DOCTOR Storlund!

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Excited by the imminent oral defence of my PhD student Rhea Storlund: Mechanisms the facilitate and control the dive response in pinnipeds.

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Greetings from a marine mammal researcher in Vancouver Canada, focusing on conservation physiology. Director of Marine Mammal Energetics and Nutrition Lab at UBC. Looking for a non-toxic social platform to connect with fellow researchers.

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