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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Anyone have a marine biology textbook they adore? I’m thinking “Ocean Ecology” by Emmett Duffy but would need to supplement it with something like “Biology of the Invertebrates” by Pechenik

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

One of my Environmental Science students was so inspired by the documentary I assigned, @pbs.org’s H20: The Molecule that Made Us, that they wrote a letter to their senator!

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Moved out of my University of Massachusetts Boston grad student desk space today. Feeling very nostalgic and a little emotional. Did a lot of great work here, processed a decent amount of trauma, made some lifelong friends and countless memories. Anyway, now it’s official. #PhDone

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It’s probably just a music school thing but sometimes I get applause after a lecture and it feels really nice

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I’m trying to find a seminal paper explaining how species ranges are shifting up attitudinally. I think it might be C. Parmesan’s 1996 Nature Paper “Climate and species’ ranges” but I don’t have access to it via my institution. Any help or advice would be super appreciated! DOI 10.1038/382765a0

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

First dive of the year is in the books! Canoe Beach, Nahant, MA. 56 minutes at 16ft (hah!), a chilly 47 degrees F. Always nice to find out that your wetsuit still fits! 😅

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

I haven’t even finished reading it yet, but I have to tell you all to go check out Lotze et al., 2022 “Long-term (~4000 years!) ocean and resource dynamics in a hot-spot of climate change”, especially if you’re interested in the Gulf of Maine! DOI: 10.1139/facets-2021-0197

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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden

A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Another excellent final project for oceanography:

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Strongly recommend having your students write haiku about your lecture topics! Here are my favorites: Divergent boundary Convergent boundaries and Transform boundaries Continental shelf Separates the land and sea Slope to the abyss Baby volcano I live above the mantle Feed me some magma

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

For the last question on my Environmental Science final, I have my students fill out @ayanaeliza.bsky.social’s joy in climate action Venn diagram. The responses are so heartwarming! ❤️ my @berklee.bsky.social students

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Probably the hardest question on my exam, but who remembers how Coriolis Effect modifies prevailing wind directions? #popquiz #oceanography #finalsweek ignore that the down arrow is there twice (hint: it’s a red herring)

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

One of my oceanography students made Medusa and Polyp (Cnidarian) treats for our final exam today!

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Just ate fries made out of spam while waiting for my flight out of SeaTac. After 3 hours of delays, they were a weird choice but not the worst part of my travel day!

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Breck "Breckie" McCollum (she/hers) @breckmccollum.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hi All, happy to be here with you! Loved and missed our Twitter community over the last few years. Looking forward to reconnecting and catching up on all the amazing marine ecology research out there!

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