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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 03/06/2026

What did the Columbia Icefield look like over a century ago? With our new 3D projection table, visitors can step back to 1919 to see the historic ice extent and watch how climate change has altered the landscape. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d122...

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 14/01/2026

Seagrass meadows are critical for climate mitigation and biodiversity—but protecting them starts with knowing what to measure. A new BioScience paper coauthored by Hakai's Margot Hessing-Lewis outlines global priorities for monitoring sea. Full paper🔗 tinyurl.com/mpbe7byw

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 08/01/2026

Now entering its sixth year, a research partnership between the Mamalilikulla First Nation Guardians has documented centuries-old red tree corals, glass sponges, basket stars, and endangered sunflower sea stars in the Gwa̲xdlala/Nala̲xdlala Marine Refuge: tula.org/tula-quarter...

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 11/12/2025

New research led by Dalhousie, with help from Hakai, reveals that killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins may be cooperatively foraging off northern Vancouver Island. Using drones and underwater tags, researchers captured whales following dolphins on deep dives. Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 08/12/2025

Calvert Island became an underwater classroom this fall as stewardship divers from six First Nations trained at the Hakai Institute. Participants sharpened species ID and scientific diving skills to boost kelp monitoring along B.C.’s coast. Full story: tinyurl.com/52d82v4f

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 28/11/2025

Bull kelp can stretch 30+ meters, but it starts as tiny life stages vulnerable to warming seas and acidification. Hakai researchers are testing where those vulnerabilities—and pockets of resilience—lie to help guide future restoration.

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 25/11/2025

HIRING: Hospitality Support – Calvert Island This seasonal role (spring–fall) supports kitchen service, housekeeping, guest services, and day-to-day operations that keeps the Calvert Island Ecological Observatory running smoothly. Job Description & Application: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f...

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 20/11/2025

Parasitic barnacles that turn hermit crabs into near-zombies? New UBC/Hakai research that surveyed 4,200 crabs at 65 sites shows these parasites are widespread across B.C., vulnerable to heat waves, and may be multiple cryptic species. Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/4tfb5fjj

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 17/11/2025

In Nunatsiavut, Labrador, changing rivers and shorter winters are reshaping how Inuit communities connect to the land. The Nunatsiavut Rivers Project—supported by Hakai—braids Inuit knowledge with geospatial science to map these shifts. Read more: tinyurl.com/4fxu87zx

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 03/11/2025

When the ocean heats up, urchin love life cools down. New Hakai-linked study shows that even modest, non-lethal warming can suppress purple sea urchin reproduction — a twist that could temporarily help kelp forests recover. But both kelp and urchins feel the heat. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s46j5v8

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 27/10/2025

Can some sunflower stars resist disease? Hakai researchers, with DFO, are testing stars from Calvert Island for Vibrio pectenicida resistance and how warmer waters affect infection. A step toward protecting these vital marine predators!

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 17/10/2025

What did Vancouver Island’s forests look like after the last ice age? New research from northern Vancouver Island shows forests didn’t all respond the same way as the climate warmed—each landscape told its own story. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddr9fuw

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 14/10/2025

13 years of seaweed work around Calvert Island led to 67 brown algae species – and two new to science! Meet Protohalopteris petersonii & Petrospongium munckiae, named for Hakai founders Eric Peterson & Christina Munck. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2784tas5

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 06/10/2025

A new study in @natcomms.nature.com involving Hakai Institute researchers finds that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs—slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and impacting the ocean’s ability to shield the Earth from climate change. Full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/222nk2k8

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 02/10/2025

On Calvert Island, nearly 370 diverse species of seaweed flourish where ocean currents and climate zones converge. Scientists are documenting this kaleidoscope of green, brown, and red algae using pressed specimens and DNA barcoding. Full story 🔗 tinyurl.com/e9yzacrx

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 22/09/2025

A workshop on Calvert Island brought together divers from 6 First Nations to expand scientific diving skills and kelp habitat surveys. Supported by the Hakai Institute, @wwfcanada.org, @psfca.bsky.social, ECCC, and DFO, the program is building capacity for stewardship diving on BC's coast.

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 19/09/2025

A new multimethod study involving Hakai Institute researchers uses samples from 6400 BCE to 1500 CE to provide the most complete picture of parasite infections in past populations to date—revealing a major shift during the Roman and Medieval periods 🔗 tinyurl.com/9shazh42

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 16/09/2025

Archaeological research at the Tsalwadi site on Vancouver Island reveals that people were fishing and making stone tools along the Woss River up to 14,000 years ago—offering one of the earliest records of human activity on the island's coastline. 🔗 tinyurl.com/59rzrn8y

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 11/09/2025

Fieldwork on BC’s coast is giving more than technical skills to ocean scholars from the Philippines, Egypt, Kenya, and beyond. The @pogo-ocean.bsky.social program immerses the next generation in Canada's coastal ecosystems—sparking fresh passion for ocean science. 🔗 tinyurl.com/47r9zryw

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 03/09/2025

Kawok—a digital health solution developed by TulaSalud—is helping to transform maternal and child health in rural Guatemala by combining smartphones, real-time data, and frontline worker outreach. Learn more 🔗 tinyurl.com/3sk75cnd

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 02/09/2025

A new study involving Hakai Institute researchers finds that oysters shed more DNA when stressed by high CO2 levels—and that these genetic traces break down faster with more ocean acidification, showing the need to adjust how we track biodiversity in a changing ocean 🔗 tinyurl.com/yx55zwty

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 26/08/2025

A new collaborative study involving Hakai Institute researchers finds that ocean acidification and food stress are affecting the survival of juvenile chum salmon—but new tools can help detect exposure to acidification in wild salmon populations 🔗 tinyurl.com/32psmuvv

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 21/08/2025

A new paper uses eDNA tools to confirm Chipewyan Prairie First Nations observations of geological changes in Cowper Lake, Alberta following a historical landslide in the 1940s 🔗 tinyurl.com/hcek4jfc

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 20/08/2025

Check out new science and technology stories in our second Tula Quarterly of 2025—from documenting the rich biodiversity of marine algae on the coast of Calvert Island, to exploring technology that’s improving maternal and infant health in the remote mountains of Guatemala 🔗 tinyurl.com/2vyha52a

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 13/08/2025

A new paper shows worrying declines in oxygen levels in BC’s Queen Charlotte Sound. Researchers project that its deep waters will be largely hypoxic by 2050, with serious consequences for marine life and fisheries 🔗 tinyurl.com/uca57fc2

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 12/08/2025

The breakthrough study revealing Vibrio pectenicida as the strain of bacterium responsible for sea star wasting disease has generated massive international media coverage, including stories by the CBC, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @apnews.com, @theguardian.com, and more!

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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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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 09/07/2025

A new study reveals that the Broken Group Islands off the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC, are a bright spot for shellfish populations in the northeast Pacific Ocean—demonstrating a sustainable relationship between local First Nations and shellfish over millennia. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/5psvxjsa

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 07/07/2025

Hakai Institute researchers monitor sea star populations for signs of wasting disease around Quadra Island. A recent low tide at Hyacinth Bay gave them the opportunity to explore the biodiversity tucked into the crevices—including juvenile sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides).

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 02/07/2025

The Hakai geospatial team recently took photographer Grant Callegari over the Klinaklini Glacier—the largest glacier in western North America and a crucial watershed that's being threatened by rapid glacial melt.

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 27/06/2025

A study just published in Geophysical Research Letters, led by Hakai Institute scientist and UNBC professor Brian Menounos, reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the US, and Switzerland lost around 12% of their ice between 2021 and 2024. Full press release: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/439yk6vf

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 23/06/2025

A recent article, originally published in Canada’s @nationalobserver.com, highlights how designating endangered sunflower sea stars under Canada's Species at Risk Act could offer a ray of hope for their survival against sea star wasting disease. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3x4kbts5

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 20/06/2025

@ubcbotany.bsky.social's @drseaweed.bsky.social has spent nearly 15 years collaborating with the Hakai Institute to survey the seaweeds of Calvert Island. Patrick was recently featured on the @ologies.bsky.social podcast to guide us through the fascinating world of algae🔗https://tinyurl.com/y4mv3t3n

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 19/06/2025

Thanks to Development Canada for highlighting the important work of TulaSalud, which has been helping to improve healthcare services for women and girls in remote communities in Guatemala for over 20 years. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yyfvxtr7

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 13/06/2025

Read about how Christina Munck uses kelp and other seaweeds left on the shores of Calvert Island to nourish the gardens at the Hakai Institute facilities, which boast potatoes, garlic, herbs, berries, and more 🔗 tinyurl.com/6h9e2kx4

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 04/06/2025

New research led by @jennmchenry.bsky.social and co-authored by Hakai Institute scientists offers the first-ever national assessment of kelp’s carbon-storage potential in Canada, providing a new framework for carbon accounting in crucial habitats like kelp forests. Full paper🔗 tinyurl.com/mv695vfv

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 02/06/2025

The Hakai Institute is a leader in DNA barcoding for marine life. Through bioblitzes and collaborations, Hakai Institute scientists have contributed thousands of new DNA sequences to the Barcode of Life Database (BOLD). Learn more 🔗 tinyurl.com/4ffnaece

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 29/05/2025

We’re taking a brief nature break to admire this aerial photo our team recently took of the Hakai Institute’s Calvert Island Ecological Observatory. Have you been to Calvert? You can tell us in the comments!

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 26/05/2025

Bushwhacking, river wading, and “secondhand fun:” Na̲nwak̲olas Council, 5 First Nations, and the Hakai Institute take us behind the scenes of the 50 Watersheds Project studying impacts of forest management and climate change on salmon habitats around northern Vancouver Island, BC🔗 tinyurl.com/msrksfab

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 22/05/2025

Invited by Na̲nwak̲olas Council to film the carving of a traditional red cedar canoe, Hakai Institute videographer Grant Callegari reflects on how working with ancient canoes in his native Scotland kicked off a full-circle journey of connection. Full story🔗https://tinyurl.com/2s4e3ap9

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 21/05/2025

Congrats Katrina Pyne and former Hakai Magazine editor @judeisabella.bsky.social for earning two nominations in the @canadamediaawards.bsky.social. Their powerful visual feature “Where the River Runs Pink” explores the fight against invasive pink salmon in Norway's rivers🔗 tinyurl.com/mtt38s8e

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 15/05/2025

Congrats to former Hakai Magazine editor @toughcitywriter.bsky.social for being nominated in the long-form feature writing category for the @canadamediaawards.bsky.social, whose feature explores the history of First Nations communities as first responders on BC’s coast🔗https://tinyurl.com/2dp5tbar

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 14/05/2025

The Hakai Institute biogenomics team just ran a mini bioblitz with ten international ocean scholars doing fieldwork on Quadra Island as part of the @pogo-ocean.bsky.social program. During the Species of the Day competition, they shared amazing photos of everything from ulvas to urchins:

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 12/05/2025

Hakai Institute scientists have been working with Mamalilikulla First Nation Guardians to monitor the Gwa̲xdlala/Nala̲xdlala (Lull/Hoeya) Marine Refuge for ecosystem changes. But diving to the Hoeya Sill requires navigating challenging currents and tides. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/nhdx5z9f

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 09/05/2025

Congratulations to Tula Communications’ @serenarenner.com for her Best News Coverage nomination in the Canadian Digital Publishing Awards. Her finalist Hakai Magazine feature is about the historic land-back agreement between the Haida Nation and British Columbia. Full story 🔗 tinyurl.com/mpm7ndzn

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 08/05/2025

The new Tula Quarterly is live! Dive into the rich biodiversity and culture of BC's Central Coast. How do you build a cedar canoe? What is DNA barcoding? How do harmful algal blooms link to melting glaciers? And more! 🔗 tinyurl.com/9k5hk4p8

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 01/05/2025

The first 2025 issue of the Tula Quarterly is around the corner—with fresh new stories about carving a traditional cedar canoe, monitoring mussel beds with AI, diving into the rich biodiversity of BC's Central Coast, and more. Subscribe now 🔗 tinyurl.com/36xwp887

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 23/04/2025

The Quadra Island Ecological Observatory is hosting an exciting course this summer on northeast Pacific polychaetes (marine worms). For more information about the course and application, visit 🔗 tinyurl.com/m3k27j9

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 23/04/2025

New research on endangered sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) was just highlighted in @nature.com. The study, led by Hakai Institute research scientist @rhizalyssa.bsky.social, shows Pycnopodia finding refuge from sea star wasting disease in BC's coastal fjords🔗 tinyurl.com/shzdtawj

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 22/04/2025

We're hiring a Geospatial Developer for the Hakai Institute in Victoria, BC. Learn more: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3...

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