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Emeritus Prof- founded the Marine Predator Research Group @Macquarie_Uni & lead the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility- always repost research positions in marine & conservation science 🏄🏻‍♂️🤿📸🦭🐬🐠🐟🐢🐧🦈🐋🐳🦑🐙
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‘Trump claims his actions will improve economic prosperity. The reality is they will instead retard the green manufacturing boom…will in fact reduce economic prosperity & increase unemployment,’ writes Corey Bradshaw #ClimateCrisis theconversation.com/trumps-war-o...

**Antarctic POST-DOC announcement incoming!** Sarah Flanagan, Jong-U Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim & I are teaming up to study population genomics of emperor penguins in the Ross Sea. 20-month position available, will inform the Ross Sea MPA review. Join us in NZ! 🧪🌍🦑🦉 flanagan-lab.github.io/people/open-...

Hot damn.

www.climate200.com.au/campaign/duttons-carbon-bomb-meta?utm_source=copylink&utm_medium=social&utm_content=sharelink All Australians concerned about our future!

This is happening. Make it big. Stand up for Science marches in Washington and nationwide on March 7th. Some local information here: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

Meanwhile, in the world of #whales - Steps taken to reduce the likelihood of shipping killing individual Gulf of Mexico whales (Balaenoptera ricei) have been rescinded ~50 or so is the best estimate of the abundance of this species 🐳🌍🦑

Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪👩‍🔬🍎🥽🧬⚛️

A powerful force is stopping the Indian Ocean from cooling itself – spelling more danger for Ningaloo theconversation.com/a-powerful-f...

Polar Bear postdoc!!! 🦑

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

WA must not dictate nature policy www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/topic/enviro... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

We The People will not be silenced!

📌NYT Headline: “Trump flips the script on Russia, blames Zelenskyy” Sorry, but what the fuck are we supposed to do with crap like this? 📌”Trump betrays Zelenskyy, surrenders to Russia” There, fixed it.

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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social: The biggest hustle is the fact that Republicans are planning to hurt everyday Americans by doing things like destroying Medicaid... they want to pass massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations and stick working class Americans with the bill.

European Parliament member 👇🏽

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

🌊 Dive into Marine Conservation! 🌊 Don't miss your chance to join us as we celebrate 30 years of community-led marine conservation. This season we have a BRAND NEW Marine Research Internship, alongside our highly-competitive Marine Engagement Internship. Apply now: arrancoast.com/vacancies

#Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea @csic.es phys.org/news/2025-02...

‘The National Oceanography Centre and the British Antarctic Survey – will receive their own shares of a five-year, £81 million research initiative.’ @oceanographicmag.bsky.social oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ocean-c...

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

Wow, this is outrageous! DOGE claims they found fraud where 150 year olds were receiving Social Security! What a joke these incompetent, inexperienced folks running this department are! #BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋 #BluePetPatrol💙🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga

How To Cross Thin Ice 101, From A Polar Bear

Because of DOGE, countless Americans are going to die.

Spot on.

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Liz Truss called solar farms a “blight on the landscape”, but researchers have found they are actually better for birds than farmland Solar farms in East Anglia had greater bird diversity & bird abundance than nearby arable land, a study finds Paper here later www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

Bizarre that in a time of cost of living crisis, Dutton & Co, choose to ask about how to pay for giving more free lunches for bosses. #qt #auspol #AusVotes25

#whalesharks navigate using landmarks—even man-made structures like oil rigs? ⚓️ A recent study suggests these structures may guide their migrations, raising questions about how removing old platforms might impact their routes. Learn more:

Tiger recovery amid people and poverty | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Labor’s soft landing is working www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

New paper by Contreras et al suggests overfishing in Chile may be responsible for sealion predation of sea turtles 🐢🧪🌎🦑🐟🦐🌊 🦤 www.analesdelinstitutodelapatagonia.cl/index.php/an... #seaturtle #marineturtle #sealion #marinemammal #overfishing

🚨Exciting new #coralreef postdoc!🚨 Apply to explore reef-pelagic connectivity with the @lec-reefs.bsky.social team! I’m thrilled to be partnering on this – we'll be tackling some fascinating research questions. Full details & how to apply on original thread. Deadline: 28th Feb 🐟 Don’t miss out!

PhD opportunity: I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...

Exciting news! The world is on track to have more than 1.5 degrees of warming and five trillionaires

Former DC Metro Police officer Michael Fanone has a message to the Oath Keepers founder who was just pardoned. We share his sentiment.

Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers

Yes, Trump is back. Yet I remain hopeful about America

LA fires are our Black Summer: a call to climate action www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Farmers fear wolves more than leopards. Why? Due to deep-seated cultural and historical narratives. Fear is shaped by personal experiences, species perceptions, and humanity's broader struggle with coexistence. #HumanWildlifeConflict Cool paper! 👇 www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14...

Feeling overwhelmed by negativity? Are you fed up with doomscrolling? Here are 9 major ocean conservation achievements from 2024 to add some optimism to your day. rare.org/stories-arti...

Restore Marion Island's ecosystem - join a year-long monitoring mission. Collect crucial data to support a mouse-eradication operation. Apply now! #Bird #Conservation #Biodiversity #Birdlife #Seabirds #MarionIslandMission #BirdLifeSouthAfrica #MouseFreeMarion 🌏🐦 mousefreemarion.org/wp-content/u...