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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

New paper alert! The 2021 western North American #heatwave had widespread but variable impacts across species & ecosystems, with cascading effects on #productivity, #streamflow, & #wildfire. @baumlab.bsky.social @katiegwin.bsky.social @coleburton.bsky.social @srivastavalab.bsky.social bit.ly/3NnoEfA

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In June 2021, B.C. experienced one of the most intense heat waves on record. In a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers, led by UVic ecologist Julia Baum (@baumlab.bsky.social), investigated the heat wave’s ecological effects. 🔗 news.uvic.ca/2026/extreme...

A composite of nine different images depicting impacts of the heat wave, including burnt leaves and forests, sick looking mountain goats, and baked mussels and sea stars.

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Please share or apply. We’ve got a great thing going up here! 🇨🇦 From our new Accelerating Community Energy Transformation program www.uvic.ca/acet/ to the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) climatesolutions.ca Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, ONC, Climate Leaders program & more!

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Home - Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) - University of Victoria

Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) is a multi-partner initiative accelerating the global push for resilient and equitable clean energy solutions through local, community-based collabo...

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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...

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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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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn... You: world class scholar, looking to make a move Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy Pls share widely!

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Canada Excellence Research Chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria

Find information about applying to be Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Victoria

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

For the right person, this is a once-in-a-lifetime unicorn dream job.

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Proud, as always, of our amazing Kelp Rescue (@kelprescue.bsky.social ) team. 4 years in the making, our 1st kelp restoration publication is out! 🎉🎉🎉 Onwards! @uvic.ca BMSC. Thanks to all our funders, especially Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) 🇨🇦

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A tremendous and tragic loss for her family and friends, the conservation community, and the wild bees. 🐝 Rest in peace Sheila.

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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Could underwater kelp forests offer a natural climate solution? New research from @baumlab.bsky.social & @jennmchenry.bsky.social offers a tentative yes, finding that Canadian kelp forests may export 40,000 - 400,000 metric tons of carbon to the deep ocean each year. news.uvic.ca/media-releas...

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New national blueprint for kelp forests as blue carbon - UVic News

Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new study led by University of Victoria shows. Kelp forests may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions, a new...

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Jennifer McHenry, PhD @jennmchenry.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

1/ Just in time for #WorldOceanDay: Check out our new study in #npjOceanSustainability taking critical first look at whether Canada's kelp forests can be a source of natural climate solutions. We offers a blueprint for other countries looking to do the same. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Kristina Barclay, Ph.D. @barnaclebarclay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

New paper alert! We combined modern ecology, archaeology, and a palaeontology technique of examining crab 🦀 claw marks on their clam prey to examine how these shellfish populations have changed over 3000 years. Find it open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #ConservationPaleobiology #CPB

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

CSEE Friends - If you are a current member, please vote now! Having an active engaged Council is vital to our society. Please consider all aspects of diversity - and the make-up of our current Council (csee-scee.ca/contacts/) - when voting. #CSEE

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Current Council | CSEE: Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Deeply disheartened to learn. We had just hosted @meadekrosby.bsky.social @uvic.ca last month & learned more about the impactful solutions-oriented work they did. This is devestating news and underscores the Trump administration's lack of understanding about climate change and communities' needs.

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

If you need motivation to vote, this should do it! We will never be the 51st state! Vote #TeamCarney everywhere. We need to stand up to our southern bully! #CanadaStrong 💪❤️🇨🇦 #elxn2025

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

VOTE, as though all of your rights and freedoms are on the line. Because they are. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #TrueNorthStrongandFree

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

One week to get your applications in for our Blue Carbon Canada positions! Come join a collegial productive team with @taragmartin.bsky.social Sara Knox, Mary O’Connor, Graham Clark, me and our stellar set of PDFs and grad students! 🇨🇦 🌊 #dreamteam

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

En ce Jour De la Terre, la SCEE souligne le travail remarquable des écologistes et biologistes évolutifs du Canada, qui œuvrent à comprendre la vie sur Terre et à conserver, préserver et restaurer les écosystèmes d’un océan à l’autre, ici comme ailleurs. Merci de poursuivre ce travail essentiel !🌎

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

On this #EarthDay, CSEE recognize the amazing work Canada’s ecologists and evolutionary biologists are doing to understand life on Earth, including how to conserve, preserve and restore our environment from coast to coast to coast in Canada and beyond. Keep up the great work!🌎 #EarthDay2025

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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Hard to believe it is coming to this. A US travel warning to all university researchers in Canada... the vast majority of whom have ongoing collaborations with people in the US, have field work in the US, and/or attend meetings in the US to share their work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States | CBC News

The Canadian Association of University Teachers says it released updated travel advice today due to the "political landscape" created by the Trump administration and reports of some Canadians encounte...

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

VOTE, as though all of your rights and freedoms are on the line. Because they are. 🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #TrueNorthStrongandFree

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary. Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

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CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Useful free webinar for ecology trainees tomorrow:

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost

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We're Recruiting! — Blue Carbon Canada

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Glad to see the Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution (@csee-scee.bsky.social) speak up in support of science! csee-scee.ca/current-bull... This letter focuses on attacks on scientific integrity & science in the U.S.A. Similar things happened and still happen elsewhere. Speak up. Stand up.

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CSEE Current Bulletin

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A shout out to the millions who marched in the United States for democracy and against fascism. Taking back the country is going to be a long and hard struggle but it has begun. From Canada we say: #elbowsup

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

To all the Americans in the streets today. This Canadian sees you and thanks you 🙏 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🤝

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social stands in solidarity with scientists in the U.S. Science is not a partisan issue. We all rely upon and benefit from it. Read our statement here:

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/03/2025

THIS ⬇️

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 25/03/2025

If you're wondering how your priorities stack up with the parties' plans, CBC has a quick tool that will help you figure that out! And ICYMI, yes 🇨🇦 citizens can vote even if we don't live in Canada. Here's how: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...

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Vote Compass - 2025 Canadian Federal Election

Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.

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Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Please join me in helping send a student or postdoc in financial need to CSEE-SCEE 2025. Dozens of students/postdocs won't be able to attend this important scientific meeting without our help

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Great sci-comm advice in this thread!

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Julie MacArthur 🍁 @jlmacarthur.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Canadian federal election will be Apr 28. @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social on Trump when announcing it "He wants to break us so Americans can own us."

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/03/2025

The election has just been called for April 28. If you are a Canadian living outside the country, get your mail-in ballot here ASAP: travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...

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Canada election live: Canadian PM Mark Carney calls snap election

Carney has asked the governor general to dissolve Parliament, launching an election campaign amid a trade war with the US.

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The Agronaut @andrew-m-davidson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

🍁 A reminder to my fellow Canadians: Science advances our progress, innovation, and security, strengthening our future. And in uncertain times, investing in *Canadian* science is increasingly critical for building self-reliance, reducing dependencies on others, and securing national interests. 🧪

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Jessica Stanley 🇨🇦 @jessicastanley.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

This and that the US media has no legal obligation to the truth have resulted in the "news" becoming propaganda machines. This makes Canada's objective news sources, including the CBC, all the more important. Journalism is a pillar of democracy.

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Abstracts are due today for #CSEE2025! Submit them here: event.fourwaves.com/scee2025/pages. Early bird registration is open until April 15. See you in Sherbrooke! @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

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a black cat is using an apple laptop with the words deadline is coming written below it

Alt: CSEE abstracts are due today. Funny black cat desperately writing their abstract

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Hey Canada, we should all listen to this interview. @petermacleod.bsky.social describes what a 🇨🇦 Civil Defense Corps could look like (starts @ 10m in). It includes preventing mis/disinfo, disaster response, & each of us contributing skills. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...

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Let's build a Civil Defence Corps!

Podcast Episode · Elbows Up · 2025-03-11 · 42m

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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Les inscriptions et soumissions pour #SCEE2025 sont OUVERTES! Ne manquez pas votre chance: soumettez votre résumé avant le 15 mars! Fin de la période "lève-tôt" : 15 avril 2025. Inscription: event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/... Hébergement: event.fourwaves.com/fr/scee2025/...

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Dr. Julia K. Baum @baumlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Abstracts for @csee-scee.bsky.social meeting this summer in Quebec are due tomorrow!

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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Looking for a postdoc in 🇨🇦? Liber Ero Fellowship liberero.ca * Applied conservation science * Leadership training * Open to int’l applicants * Due Nov 1 🌎🧪🦤

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Liber Ero Fellowship Program

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 13/03/2025

Turns out we have 18 icebreakers and two other ice-capable craft in our Coast Guard. 🧊 🚢 🇨🇦 And I probably shouldn't say this considering the 🟧 guy's view on science, but one of them – CCGS Amundsen – is dedicated to Arctic research. 🧪 www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/icebreaking-...

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Icebreaking fleet of the Canadian Coast Guard

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