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Frédéric Cyr

@fcyr.bsky.social
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Research Scientist at @marineinstitute.bsky.social | NW Atlantic Ocean climate & Fisheries Environment: cyrf0006.github.io. Academic Editor at @plosclimate.org. Co-Chair of @icesmarine.bsky.social WG on Oceanic Hydrography (WGOH). Like cycling.

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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 14h
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/c...
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See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Canada ratifies landmark High Seas Treaty, commits $82-million to ocean protection
Funding will support Arctic Ocean monitoring, underwater research and expanded efforts to track effects of climate change
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OceanEye pledging event at the #UNGA is live now! webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i... 🌊
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OceanEye International Alliance: Stronger Together for Ocean Observation
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, in partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and ...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This week during the 81st UNGA the International Alliance #OceanEye co-chaired by EU President von der Leyen and Canada Prime Minister Carney, will pledge to strengthen ocean observing capacities worldwide. @mark-carney.bsky.social don't forget home! 🌊 communities.springernature.com/posts/canada...
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Canada Is Cutting the Ocean Science It Is Promising the World
A "super" El Niño is brewing in the Pacific and a weakening AMOC is threatening global infrastructures and food systems. Meanwhile, ocean observations needed to adapt to these menaces are facing deep ...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Norva's latest promo video was shot in my hometown aux Îles de la Madeleine! #FousdesIles youtu.be/pbRkDDP-6Uc?...
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Vanlife - Made to Be Shared | NORVA
YouTube video by NORVA - Adventure van / Van d'aventure
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Navier-stokes problem solved by AI? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/s...
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OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’
The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.
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Alexandre Boulerice @alexboulerice.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
L’absurde mathématique des générations www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chro... Selon l’étrange lexique du chef du PQ - qui parle d’« immigrants de 2e génération », ma conjointe, pourtant née ici, ne serait pas une Québécoise.
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L’absurde mathématique des générations
Et moi qui croyais que nous étions tous Québécois.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Identifying the Drivers of Newfoundland Capelin Recruitment After a Breakdown in the Environment–Recruitment Relationship - Murphy - Fisheries Oceanography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Identifying the Drivers of Newfoundland Capelin Recruitment After a Breakdown in the Environment–Recruitment Relationship
Environment-recruitment relationships often break down over time. This can occur because of spurious results from testing numerous environmental variables in the original analyses or from relative ch....
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
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Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation
From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, climate change will likely become even more pronounced, assessment finds
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sectator.bsky.social @sectator.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Couple this with climateinstitute.ca/news/canada-...
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Canada must prepare for a 5°C hotter future and act now to avoid worst impacts: new federal report
Latest scientific assessment shows rapidly cutting global emissions could contain the damage and avoid devastating weather...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026, an update from the 2019 report was quietly released at the end of the day today, just before a long weekend... 🤔 This is sad! This work from the best Canadian climate scientists should be praised, not hidden ! www.canada.ca/en/environme...
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Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026 - Canada.ca
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How Blackwing Pencils Are Made kottke.org/26/09/how-bl...
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How Blackwing Pencils Are Made
The thing about me is if I see a making-of video for pencils, I’m gonna stop and watch it and then post it to my website, especially if said pencils are Bla
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/227...
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Un chercheur de T.-N.-L. va passer 8 mois dans l’Arctique
Une expédition scientifique internationale, qui inclut un chercheur de T.-N.-L., va se faire prisonnière des glaces pour étudier l’Arctique.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
On the role of the Labrador Current in shaping zooplankton communities. #FisheriesEnvironment 🌊 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The 2025 Ocean Climate highlights of the North Atlantic are here! Curated by the ICES Working Group in Oceanic Hydrography (WGOH).
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ICES - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea @icesmarine.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
North Atlantic Ocean oceanographic highlights 2025 Each year, our Working Group on Oceanic Hydrography analyses & reviews oceanographic conditions in the North Atlantic. They've just released the 2025 highlights ​https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/news-archive/news/Pages/202605-IROC25.aspx
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are happy to host @rocklandscientific.bsky.social for a glider and microstructure measurements training at @memorialu.bsky.social with @oceanaccess.bsky.social & @marineinstitute.bsky.social.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
universityaffairs.ca/news/eight-t...
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Eight tips to sail through your science or engineering PhD - University Affairs
One-third of people who start a PhD don’t finish within 10 years. Don’t be one of them.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊
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Orange County bicyclist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana
It happened at around 6:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana Police Department officers said in a news release shared on social media.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/06/2026
Breaking News: The Trump administration is backing off a plan to end an ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change.
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Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring System
The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I will take the win. Why can’t Congress protect other aspects of American science?
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Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Important read! There is an opportunity for Canada to step up and fill an observation void left behind by the USA, but instead DFO is also secretly cutting into ocean observation programs... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready | Penny Holliday, Femke de Jong and Sjoerd Groeskamp
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The ocean current that warms Europe may be more resilient than feared | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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The ocean current that warms Europe may be more resilient than feared
Studies of the Atlantic's circulation find signs of both weakening and unexpected stability in the face of global warming
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Huub Eggen @huubeggen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Von Kármán vortices downwind from Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean. Image taken by astronaut Jessica Meir from space station #ISS on 24 May 2026. Original eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... @daveatcogs.bsky.social @gertjanbartelds.nl
The image is an oblique view over a cloud covered ocean. From lower right to upper left vortices are visible in the cloud deck.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/c...
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Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Compatibility and the hidden costs of ‘helpful’ AI www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The hidden costs of ‘helpful’ AI
Even when artificial-intelligence tools aid individuals’ decision-making, they can quietly de-skill whole professions by narrowing how uncertainties and values are debated.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The world just lived through the 11 hottest years on record — what now? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 19/03/2026
In a new Editorial to celebrate four years since PLOS Climate's first publications, Editors-in-Chief Niklas Boers and Sirkku Juhola and Executive Editor Jamie Males share some reflections on what our community has achieved so far and where we’re heading next. 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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OceanAccess Research Lab @oceanaccess.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Funding from individual donors: lessons from the Epstein case www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Funding from individual donors: lessons from the Epstein case
Universities need to establish and empower compliance teams to ensure adherence to ethical funding policies.
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OceanAccess Research Lab @oceanaccess.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Today our lab member @ratsuhh.bsky.social is presenting her poster at the @agu.org Ocean Sciences Meeting! Have a look!
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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More than a century of oceanic hydrography observations reveals profound climate-related changes in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and its Arctic Gateways
Abstract. As part of the new Fisheries Act, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has made it a priority to disseminate its data publicly. The project proposed here is to create an open-access data produc...
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OceanAccess Research Lab @oceanaccess.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Nice presentation by one of our members at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow #OSM2026. Good job Shahadat! oceanaccesslab.github.io/files/Shahad....
https://oceanaccesslab.github.io/files/Shahadat_OSM26.mp4
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
For those living in Newfoundland and Labrador, do you remember this 2022 thick-billed murres mass die-off?
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Sea-ice perturbation and mass starvation of Thick-billed Murres in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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Sea-ice perturbation and mass starvation of Thick-billed Murres in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Mass mortality among seabirds has been associated with ocean heatwaves. Though less commonly reported, cold water events can also be devastating. During spring 2022, thousands of Thick-billed Murres (...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Demain 19h NST à @memorialu.bsky.social!
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Credit in research goes hand in hand with responsibility www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Credit in research goes hand in hand with responsibility
Trust in science needs researchers, journals and institutions to correct the scientific record quickly and transparently when errors are found.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Learning to lead gazette.mun.ca/teaching-and...
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Learning to lead
For eight early-career ocean scholars, arriving in N.L. this fall marked the beginning of an immersive adventure in oceanographic research.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Campagnolo, la chute d’un géant de l’industrie du vélo www.ledevoir.com/sports/93797... 😢
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Campagnolo, la chute d’un géant de l’industrie du vélo
L’équipementier italien met à la porte près de la moitié de son personnel au milieu d’une crise dans l’industrie.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
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Guilbeault, l’architecte climatique trahi par son patron
Steven Guilbeault, politicien pragmatique et ancien ministre de l'Environnement, est déçu par la démolition de son travail sur le climat.
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation and why is it important? The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
PhD opportunity in oceanography 🌊🌊🌊 "The role of the northwest Atlantic boundary current in the meridional overturning circulation". This is an @o-snap.org related study about the AMOC. @marineinstitute.bsky.social @oceanaccess.bsky.social More information here: www.mi.mun.ca/media/marine...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
MSc opportunity in oceanography 🌊🌊🌊 "Linking physical oceanography and fisheries acoustics at a long-term monitoring station". Good computer skills required. @marineinstitute.bsky.social @oceanaccess.bsky.social More information here: www.mi.mun.ca/media/marine...
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Alex Normandeau @sedialex.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We have a new paper in Science Advances on seasonal movements of the sub-Arctic seafloor. Using sub-annual bathymetry, porewater data, and moored sensors, we observed the seabed expanding and contracting through freeze–thaw cycles, forming seasonal frost blisters. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
"Adapting to the Arctic". News from the Arctic Future Pathfinders summer school organized by the Arctic University of Norway in partnership with University of the Arctic and Memorial U. @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social @marineinstitute.bsky.social gazette.mun.ca/research/ada...
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'Adapting to the Arctic'
Adaptation. That was the theme of the Arctic Future Pathfinders course on the One Ocean Expedition for Drs. Maxime Geoffroy and Frédéric Cyr.  “The keyword we had during the two weeks was adaptation, ...
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
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Nature @nature.com · 26/10/2025
We asked 3,785 PhD students across 107 countries about their experiences. Where do you think the happiest doctoral candidates were? go.nature.com/43usVmf
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Are these the happiest PhD students in the world?
Nature - Brazil, Australia and Italy have the highest satisfaction scores in Nature’s global 2025 PhD survey — but are these nations really the best places to do a doctorate?
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Nature @nature.com · 15/10/2025
The publishing ecosystem must do more to tackle inequities; quotas and partnerships with societies can help, says Mariana Viglino go.nature.com/47dn2Lr
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How journals can break down barriers for Latin American scientists
The publishing ecosystem must do more to tackle inequities; quotas and partnerships with societies can help.
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