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Becca Beutel

@bbeutel.bsky.social
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she/her | PhD Candidate in Physical Oceanography @eoas.ubc.ca, but described as a marine biologist by my friends & family sites.google.com/view/beutel

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big ups to @katearonoff.bsky.social for covering this seemingly boring but actually really important story about the GHG Protocol. Standards are technical & opaque AND they’re where the politics happen. This is a classic case of “managing tons.” 🧵
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Did the Forestry Industry Just Get to Write Its Own Emissions Rules?
Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New in PNAS today: we projected how climate change will reshape the body size of marine life across the entire ocean. 23,329 mollusc species, every ocean basin. The headline everyone expects is "life shrinks." The real answer is far stranger. 🧪 #marinelife www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Nonuniform resizing of marine life under climate change | PNAS
Global warming is often predicted to drive universal declines in animal body size, but empirical evidence remains equivocal. This is particularly t...
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
That’s a wrap on my 3rd year co-teaching @eoas.ubc.ca's Vancouver Summer Program! From 15 students in year 1 to 42 this year, from all over the world and varied programs, + developing a new Sustainability course — it’s been a great way to develop my teaching 🧑‍🏫🌎 Exhausting, but very rewarding.
Group of students holding their course certificates proudly.Teacher showing students a bull kelp during a tour of the intertidal zone.Students during a tour of an indigenous plant garden, green foliage all around them.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 17/06/2026
It's not just soccer fans visiting Vancouver — more whales are showing up in local waters. 🐋 UBC researchers explain what’s behind the surge and how to spot them safely. ⤵️ news.ubc.ca/2026/06/how-...
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Why so many whales are in Vancouver waters—and how to (legally) spot them - UBC News
UBC researchers explain what species you’re seeing—and how to watch them safely.
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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · 22/04/2026
🧑‍🔬 The Scientist | The Science 🔬 Becca Beutel, Physical Oceanography In this series we are showcasing some of the incredible graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the EOAS department, along with a taste of what they're working on right now.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/04/2026
We’re in danger. Climate deniers are no longer on the fringe. They are shaping U.S. policy, protecting polluters, and pushing us deeper into crisis. Stand Up for Science with us: zurl.co/NUlsN zurl.co/t85ux #Climate #ClimateChange #SaveScience
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Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’
Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
particularly pretty rainbow csv moment today @vscode.dev
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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This 1990 speech by Carl Sagan is timely times two: #war #climate
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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
This seafloor community, 1,073 meters (3,520 feet) beneath the Ocean surface, was filmed during the #ArgentinianDeepSeeps expedition. Scientists were searching for cold seeps. While exploring, they observed beautiful scenes like this and stunning biodiversity along the country’s continental shelf.
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I learned to much and has so much fun at #OSM2026 - thank you to everyone who came to chat at my poster and to Cara for being my conference buddy The new (I think) session on connecting large scale ocean circulation to marine ecosystems was particularly cool imo
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
come say hi!
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
missing the @tjarnikova.bsky.social #trashplot series - my attempt this morning has so many points that its beginning to look like a shag carpet (scatter was not the right choice after all)
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The world feels rough right now So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery. 🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/01/2026
Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds Of Secret Arctic Lairs theonion.com/melting-ice-caps-expos…
Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds Of Secret Arctic Lairs
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Great photo summary by MEOPAR on some of what I learned this fall participating in a BATS cruise with @biosstation.bsky.social Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience! Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 10/12/2025
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
My paper with Susan Allen, @jilian0717.bsky.social, @jaytcullen.bsky.social, & @tiaanderlini.bsky.social is out! We show how Pacific source waters shape property flux into the Salish Sea, and separate dynamical vs property-driven change—useful for understanding coastal conditions in a changing ocean
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Water property variability into a semi-enclosed sea dominated by dynamics, modulated by properties
Abstract. The biogeochemistry of the Salish Sea is strongly connected to its Pacific Ocean inflow through Juan de Fuca Strait (JdF), which varies seasonally and interannually in both volume and proper...
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Nature @nature.com · 18/11/2025
Bill Gates astounded climate advocates by publishing a manifesto arguing that the climate crisis is less urgent than other major problems that humanity faces go.nature.com/4qXJDEO
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Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
People do not have to dismiss or exaggerate the climate threat to justify concerted action.
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
@eoas.ubc.ca and @pme.ubc.ca are hosting Volcano: A science comedy show by Ben Miller this Wednesday evening! Tickets are FREE but there are only a few left so get yours while you can - www.eventbrite.ca/e/volcano-a-... Be prepared to "erupt" with laughter 🌋🔥
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
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Kimberly Nicholas @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
A deep dive on high-impact #ClimateAction from #BBC! As I told Jocelyn Timperley, "Hopefully people going through the jointheshift.earth guide will have a bit of an aha moment, realising, 'wait a minute, I have more power than I thought, and there's more that I can do'." www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take
Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Ginalina, @swsocean.bsky.social, and I look so happy because the Future Science Leaders students ask the BEST questions. Thank you to Science World Vancouver for a great career cafe! Check out FSL: scienceworld.ca/futurescienceleaders/
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I was worried about night shift - but the inherent loopy-ness really grew on me Thank you to all the fantastic scientists and crew who took the time to teach me while aboard the Tully for the Aug/Sep La Perouse! It was a dream first research cruise 🦈🐋🦑
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This one feels deeper than normal (pun intended)
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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 04/08/2025
After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Perk of teaching students about coastal oceanography at @eoas.ubc.ca?: great field trip settings are a walk away 🦀 #TowerBeach #VancouverSummerProgram
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Thank you @hakai.org for hosting me for a talk this week! I had a great time presenting in a yurt, having rewarding chats about carbonate chemistry and habitat viability thresholds, picking huckleberries, and working with an insanely gorgeous view 😍
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
shark week is part of what got me excited about ocean science.. pretty sure "great white sex battle" would have scared 11 yo me away 👶 lol
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Casey Crownhart @caseycrownhart.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I'll note that the estimate Sam Altman quotes falls between our estimates for the smallest and largest text models that we looked at. (For more, our full story is here: www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...)
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We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/06/2025
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Impressive wave and tide cut sandstone at Mallaspina Galleries, Gabriola, BC also pictured: my best barnacle impression #RipCurl
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Really excited to join in this effort. I'll be talking about the OpenCTD and Oceanography for Everyone on Friday at 6PM.
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Rackletang @rackletang.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Amazing sharkface. No notes.
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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
People sometimes think of Antarctica as being barren and devoid of life, but the ocean surrounding the continent is incredibly rich with wildlife and biodiversity. Photos of new discoveries and insights from our wonderful Australian colleagues… 🧪🥼❄️🌊🦑 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sea pigs, icefish and trilobites: Antarctica’s mysterious marine life – in pictures
Characterised by darkness and cold temperatures, the extreme environment of Antarctica’s deep sea is largely unexplored. Now, after a special marine science voyage, a team aboard Australia’s national ...
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
is "seafloor squish" the technical term? (and if not.. can it be?)
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Project Seahorse @projectseahorse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough. Ocean with #DavidAttenborough (out May 8) spotlights the devastating impact of bottom trawling Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sir David Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's told'
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
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Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier @alexandrinebf.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
In parallel to the "Sailing the Sonic Sea Event" (Salish Sea, Victoria BC June 5-8), we are launching a CALL FOR COMPOSITIONS based on Ocean Network Canada's underwater bank of sound recordings! A selection of the compositions will appear on the album curated by EarthSonic Project!
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
New paper! Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should. This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠 academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
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Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 11/04/2025
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
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Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Cake replica of a Soliense FRR fluorometer for DOCTOR Yayla Sezinger's #PhD defence today! Led by Cara James with a little help from Claire Parrott and I 🎂- I promise it was much more delicious than the grey icing suggests #IsItCake
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
does anyone else get a dopamine rush when they write a juicy (information rich) sentence in a paper draft..? Me staring at a transition I'm proud of for far too long:
content frog
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Reef crabs help heat-stressed corals survive: A branching coral under pressure from heat and physical damage appears to gain crucial support from a particular reef-dwelling crab. #ReefCrabs #CoralRescue #MarineEcosystems #ClimateAdaptation #OceanConservation #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Reef crabs help heat-stressed corals survive
A branching coral under pressure from heat and physical damage appears to gain crucial support from a particular reef-dwelling crab.
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Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@ruth-moore.bsky.social has mastered #scicomm through cake pictured: Claire Parrott's thesis cake on glacier-ocean interaction and freshwater dynamics in the Canadian Arctic 🧊-🌊 interface with rock candy marzipan 🐻‍❄️ & ⛵ stratified ocean cake layers with a green sprinkle phytoplankton 🐛 AND DELICIOUS
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Trump pauses NOAA collaboration with 'foreign nationals'. "[Scientists] depend on collaboration," Dr. Villy Christensen said. " We stand on the shoulders of giants, they walk with us – and cooperation is absolutely a requirement." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/07/n... via @nationalobserver.com
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A 'body blow' for climate research: Trump pauses NOAA collaboration with 'foreign nationals'
Canadian climate and fisheries experts are reeling after the Trump administration ordered researchers with the U.S. government agency in charge of weather forecasting, climate research and fisheries t...
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Aram Sinnreich @aramsinn.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
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Subject Guides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
Links to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
As Florida learned, this kind of nonsense doesn't delete climate change in real life.
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Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites
Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop impacting Americans’ lives, say experts
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WWF-Canada @wwfcanada.org · 04/02/2025
Did you know by reducing ship speeds by just 10%, we can decrease energy use, significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce underwater noise pollution? 🚢 This practice known as "slow steaming" benefits the environment, enhances vessel safety and reduces operational costs.
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​​​​​Slow steaming: Decreasing speed cuts emissions, wildlife collisions *and* costs  - WWF.CA
As arctic shipping accelerates due to sea-ice melt, here's how "slow steaming" minimizes harms to wildlife and climate while cutting costs for operators.
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