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mayapersram.bsky.social
she/her. msc student at sfu studying the intersection of caribou conservation, habitat restoration and renewable energy. aspiring prof. 🇨🇦🇬🇾 professional sciencer, expert book lover, amateur baker. no opinions on the price of cheese in today's economy.
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Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year

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Yesterday I presented my ongoing thesis research at the IDEAS 2025 conference. The project has come a long way and I was excited to share my progress so far! @sfuscience.bsky.social @earth2ocean.bsky.social @nserc-resnet.bsky.social

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Predicting El Niño and La Niña is tough, but new research analyzing 20+ years of forecasts finds dynamical models outperform statistical ones, especially for El Niño. La Niña onset? That's been much harder. Read more in our new ENSO blog post! www.climate.gov/news-feature...

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"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

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When thousands of homes were reduced to ash by the Eaton Fire, one of the few things left behind were the chimneys — and the historic kiln-fired tiles that adorned them. A group called Save The Tiles is working to painstakingly map and preserve them. (via @laist.com)

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Timeline cleanse! Everyone say hi to my in-laws' cat, Mr. Pooty! #catsofbluesky

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In this week’s newsletter, @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has the dirt on the decades-long use of chemical herbicides by logging companies in B.C. to kill off aspen — a deciduous tree that acts as a natural fire guard. thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-g...

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Check out my research group at @sfuscience.bsky.social and follow along with the cool stuff we do! From #salmon to #sharks to #citizenscience to #conservation, there's a little bit of a whole lot!

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35 years ago today a gunman walked into an engineering classroom at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, separated the women from the men and killed 14 of them. It was the ultimate manifestation of the gender-based bias and violence we still face in STEM today. We must never forget. 👩🏻‍🔬 🧪

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Revealing update on “refuges” on the Great Barrier Reef that no longer exist.

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New #GlobalSharkTrends study published in @science.org reveals #overfishing has more than halved shark & ray populations over the past 50-years causing widespread erosion of ecological function and exceptionally high extinction risk 👉Full article bit.ly/GlobalSharkTrends 🧵1/20

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Hi folks! I am a MSc student at Simon Fraser U in British Columbia studying cumulative effects of renewable energy and impacts on restoration efforts. I did a BA: English and BSc: Marine and Freshwater Bio at UGuelph where I worked on zoonotic disease, DNA qPCR, food web ecology, gill morphology.

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Some highlights from the #PECS3 conference I attended last month in Montreal! It was great meeting the other members of #NSERC #ResNET and so many other social-ecological researchers from around the world!

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Stoked to have been part of the LEMR Lab at UofGuelph as an undergrad, and excited to announce our paper published in AJP. #conservation #lemurs #primates #onehealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Had a great time at #NACCB2024 this week! Listened to some amazing talks and met even better people. Big thanks to Bernie, Lisa, and the rest of the SCBNA team for a wonderful conference!

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Had a great first day at #NACCB2024! Happy to help at the reg desk, had a wonderful time at the opening ceremony, and got to see @ljevanso.bsky.social moderate a great opening plenary. Looking forward to the rest of the week!

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Hello world! I've finally made the jump over to this platform 😊

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