Reposted by Chris NeufeldSam Broughton, Ph.D. @smbrghtn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.scientificamerican.com/article/gray...scientificamerican.comGray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarmingUp and down the Pacific coast, dead gray whales are mysteriously washing ashore—and scientists think they know why 99460
Reposted by Chris NeufeldMatt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Amazing work showcasing the value of long-term monitoring data: Gerraty et al. document declines in the sea-palm #kelp #Postelsia associated w/ the 2014-16 northeast Pacific heatwave & failure to recover due to expansion of mussel beds during the seastar-wasting epidemic. 🤯🌊🦑 doi.org/10.1002/eap.... 1285
Reposted by Chris NeufeldMatt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 19/03/2026“We … created annual 3 m resolution maps from 2017 to 2024 across California.… [K]elp persistence … following a marine heatwave was … associated w/ persistence before the heatwave, cooler sea surface temperatures, shallow habitats, & reduced fragmentation.” #kelp 🌊🦑 www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comHigh-resolution Planet Dove data identify local drivers of kelp canopy persistence - Communications Earth & EnvironmentHigh-resolution kelp canopy maps from a convolutional neural network showed that kelp persistence after a marine heatwave was linked to pre-heatwave persistence, cooler sea surface temperatures, shall... 0123
Reposted by Chris Neufeldfranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request 221668566
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Some other gems from our kids school... Music teacher: Ms. Key🎹🎼 French teacher: Mrs. Baguette 🥖 What else have we got people? 000
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I wish this existed when I was teaching students about peer review. Kudos to you and your colleagues. 110
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Well done @biolumijeffence.bsky.social and colleague. This is an approachable and thorough resource that is worth a read by anyone engaged with reviewing academic work. 👏 110
Reposted by Chris NeufeldHelen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 24/09/2025It's never occurred to me that it IS an assumption. This is the most astonishing start to a paper I've read in years: "Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring. Here, we report a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species."nature.comOne mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - NatureIn a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same mother having distinct genomes and morphologies. 19451102
Reposted by Chris NeufeldUBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 22/09/2025"We’re now closer to that goal. Putting an end to billions in fishing subsidies would restore fish stocks, support coastal communities & improve ocean health for all. The job is not yet done." @drrashidsumaila.bsky.social & @drdanielskerritt.bsky.social theconversation.com/what-the-wto...theconversation.comWhat the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieveFor decades, government subsidies have helped industrial fishing fleets to expand, often with little regard for sustainability. 0367
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Oh no! My phone now compulsively corrects my name to "Christmas" in all my emails. 010
Reposted by Chris NeufeldAmerican Birding Association @aba.org · 24/06/2025Have you ever seen a gull eat something weird? A new citizen science project, Gulls Eating Stuff, is tracking what gulls gobble, and anyone can participate! Submit your photos, explore the observations of other gullers, and help document the changing diets of gulls for science.aba.orgA New Citizen Science Project Tracks Gull Diets - American Birding AssociationA new citizen science project called Gulls Eating Stuff invites public submissions of gulls eating anything to help researchers study urbanization’s effects on gull diets and behavior. 56740
Reposted by Chris NeufeldCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/06/2025A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .nature.comAI, peer review and the human activity of scienceWhen researchers cede their scientific judgement to machines, we lose something important. 15589233
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I'm sure you made their day. We did exactly that 4 years ago, and it's the best. Kids weigh 55 & 70 lbs now, and it still works great to get around. 040
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025My coffee is telling me that I need to go camping 🔥⛺️. 030
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I'm 3 for 6 on this stack! I keep a few around to prop up my monitor, so those don't count. 020
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Beautiful 😍. I've spent a few unforgettable nights at Deer Park over the years, but never with lights like that! 120
Reposted by Chris NeufeldUniversity of Victoria @uvic.ca · 09/06/2025Can kelp forests help tackle climate change? 🌿 A study led by University of Victoria researchers suggests that Canadian kelp forests may export up to 400,000 metric tons of carbon to the deep ocean each year. theconversation.com/can-kelp-for... @uvicscience.bsky.social @ca.theconversation.comtheconversation.comCan kelp forests help tackle climate change?Highly productive kelp forests are being touted as a natural climate solution, but do we know enough to count them as such? 1146
Reposted by Chris NeufeldUniversity of Victoria @uvic.ca · 04/06/2025🌿 You’ve probably heard forests help fight climate change by storing carbon—but what about underwater forests? Learn how the underwater kelp forests that line Canada’s coastlines may offer an untapped option for natural climate solutions: news.uvic.ca/media-releas... @uvicscience.bsky.socialnews.uvic.caNew national blueprint for kelp forests as blue carbon - UVic NewsKelp 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... 0217
Reposted by Chris NeufeldJennifer McHenry, PhD @jennmchenry.bsky.social · 04/06/20251/ 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... 1126
Reposted by Chris NeufeldSiobhan Schenk @siobhanschenk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025My ✨new paper✨ looking at how low salinity and high temperatures alter the bacterial community of sugar #kelp was just published! Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PhycologyFriday 🦑 1259
Reposted by Chris NeufeldJuliano Sarmento Cabral @jsarmentocabral.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1nyshorturl.atPostdoc in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling with temporary civil servant status (“Akademische*r Rätin*Rat)100%, A 13, Reference number: 2025/49 03436
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Rather than signing with the conventional, "Chris", AI-enabled MS Outlook has recently decided that my emails will be betters signed as "Christmas". Super helpful when writing work emails. 030
Reposted by Chris NeufeldJarrett Byrnes @jebyrnes.bsky.social · 15/05/2025More shots fired in the #causalInference #ecology literature! 🌍 0139
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 13/05/2025For me: Hansel and Gretel, not cool. For our kids: anything with a Tomten. 000
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 05/05/2025For anyone who grew up in 🇨🇦 in the '80s, this will make sense... #beachcombers, #relic 000
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 05/05/2025What a week working with Huu-ay-aht First Nations staff, citizens and youth to establish an intertidal monitoring program for culturally-important species like ḥay̓ištup (black chiton)! So long for now, Bamfield friends. 050
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 02/05/2025For #PhycologyFriday, here's a smattering of gorgeous 🤩 NE Pacific kelps, including Laminaria setchellii, Costaria costata, Egregia menziesii, Alaria marginata, and a few other seaweeds for good measure. Hope all who celebrate are enjoying this week's minus tides! #marinelife #intertidal 🐙 0182
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 02/05/2025To everyone fighting for a fact-based and democratic society, I offer you some rays of hope from this 🇨🇦 sea star. 050
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 02/05/2025My fave in this genre is "sloooooow talkin' Wal-ter, the fire engine guy", by Deep Purple. 000
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Sea Urchins love to wear things, like rocks and little shells, as hats. How many urchin hats can you count? 010
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 30/04/2025They've always been a fave. My PhD advisor Rich Palmer used to use them in a crab phylogeny lab. I was surveying chitons today, but I swear every hole or old giant barnacle test had one in there! 110
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Day 3 of minus tide surveys on Vancouver Island. Plenty of cool finds... 1. Granular claw crab. Most were sealed up in old barnacle shells, with their claw as a door, but this one was feeling adventurous. 2. Lined chiton 😍 3. Baby ochre star 🤩 4. Bonus tidepool pic 🦑 #InverteFest #MarineLife 2212
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 29/04/2025🦑 #marinelife #Invertefest finds from today's fieldwork on Vancouver Island: 1 Tar spot seacucumbers! 2. All 3 species of Nucella in the same quadrat (L-R: lamellosa, canaliculata, ostrina) 3. A 2-armed ochre star 4. Amorous leopard nudibranchs blending in with a sponge they eat 251
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Answer: never, but it looks like I should! I'm wondering if this could be useful in a BACI framework when evaluating potential impacts of development in an applied science context? 120
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 29/04/2025When I do fieldwork in this one little coastal town, I get to walk past this fence window every day. Today it was looking particularly nice 😍. 010
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Posting this mating pair of kelp isopods (Pentidotea wosnesenskii) for #InverteFest. They actively participated in our intertidal survey this morning by hopping righ onto the transect tape to get measured, at a whopping 4 cm no less, close to the max. size recorded for this species. 1255
Chris Neufeld @cneufeld.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Very cool. Reminds me of "robomussels". www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...sciencedaily.com'Robomussels' used to monitor climate changeTiny robots have been helping researchers study how climate change affects biodiversity. These “robomussels” have the shape, size, and color of actual mussels, with miniature built-??in senso... 010