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Julie Talbot

@julietalbot.bsky.social
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Prof, directrice du département de géographie @UMontreal | Wetland science, biogeochemistry, Anthropocene, environmental impact of research | En français and in English

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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There is not a single day that passes where I don't miss the pre-GenAI world
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Prof Mark Maslin @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New mining map highlights damage caused by extracting metals for your phone 📲 Most sustainable phone is the one you already own Why can we not upgrade, reuse, refurbish and recycle phones, like we do with cars! 🚗 @backmarketofficial.bsky.social Mine My Phone theconversation.com/new-mining-m...
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New mining map highlights damage caused by extracting metals for your smartphone
This new open-access tool connects global extraction sites with the ten key metals inside smartphones.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another reminder: “regenerative” grazing is *not* a real climate solution. While it might build some soil carbon, it drives far more land use and larger herd sizes than conventional beef production, which is bad enough. The better solution? Eat less, waste none. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
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Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
O hey Reminder that in (homophobic) '94 as Dookie was blowing up, Green Day picked queercore Pansy Division to open for them + a lot of venues pressured them to drop them as openers -- Green Day told the venues they wouldn't play if PD didn't - and the venues (mostly? all?) backed down. huh.
green day x pansy division flyer
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Il y a tellement de faussetés dans cet article que je ne sais même pas par où commencer...
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Matthieu Dugal @matthieudugal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Une des choses importantes à faire médiatiquement quand on parle de l'IA c'est d'arrêter de donner des tribunes complaisantes aux représentants des industries. Est-ce qu'on demande aux ingénieurs de Ford leur avis sur le futur de l'urbanisme? Merci @timnitgebru.blacksky.app de le rappeler.
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is “Meant to Distract Us”
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/09/2026
“these solutions are announced in a rush, leaving no time for a proper writeup, the isolation of new methods & ideas, & citing relevant previous work of others. … We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose.”
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Matthieu Dugal @matthieudugal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Alors, on accélère avec l'adoption de l'IA à l'école? «Les élèves qui utilisent l’IA pour les besoins de travaux scolaires précis, comme résumer un texte, rédiger ou mener des travaux de recherche, obtiennent en sciences des résultats plus faibles que les autres élèves.»
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Résultats du PISA 2025 (Volume I – version abrégée)
Le Programme international pour le suivi des acquis des élèves (PISA) 2025 de l’OCDE évalue les connaissances et les compétences des élèves en sciences, en compréhension de l'écrit, en mathématiques e...
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Christian Landry @christianlandry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Indigenous people's word oniatarí:io means lake of shining waters. It predates European settlement in the region.
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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"Tout est obscène dans la manière de nous présenter cette expansion comme un projet d’intérêt collectif alors que tout, jusqu’au nom du tournoi, rappelle son inscription dans un écosystème profondément commercial et élitiste" therover.ca/le-vrai-matc...
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Le vrai match qui se joue au parc Jarry est celui de la lutte des classes – The Rover
L’Omnium Banque Nationale quémande des fonds publics pour agrandir son emprise sur un bien collectif.
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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
En ce 12 août où la planète surchauffe, je ne peux que vous inviter à vous procurer notre petit opus publié aux PUM avec @julietalbot.bsky.social en mai. 64 pages pour mieux comprendre le monde dans lequel nous sommes entrés, tout en célébrant le livre québécois pum.umontreal.ca/catalogue/le...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/08/2026
The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for the Arctic Report Card. Every year for the past two decades, the report has provided a checkup on the health of the region, which is heating up at several times the pace of the rest of the globe.
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Trump Administration Kills Annual Arctic Report Card
The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One week away from the world on a remote trail. Here is a list of things I missed: drinks other than lukewarm water, a mattress thicker than 1 inch. That's it. That's the whole list.
Calm stream reflecting the end of day sky (blue with a few clouds, warm tones). Boreal vegetation surrounds the stream - shrubs to the left, spruce trees to the right.A person walking with a black backpacking bag on a small foreat trail. The end of day sunrays are visible to the right, bright green vegetation to the lwft.A lake in the rain, the background is blurry because of fog. Two dark green spruce are in the foreground.
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There is no ethical use of genAI
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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This is important - Honest Brokers (TM) and their echo chamber will often point to the decreasing global wildfire, but that reflects changing human land use practices. In temperate and boreal forests, climate's role is more clear. See this paper by Cunningham et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of fire radiative power derived from satellite data finds that the frequency of extreme fire events increased 2.2-fold from 2003 to 2023 and that these increases were mostly driven by extreme...
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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
⛰️New in Geo⛰️ '(Re)Defining ecosystems: A case study of the Colombian Páramo delimitations and shifting boundaries' by Alejandra Uribe-Albornoz & @julietalbot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Alejandra Uribe-Albornoz & Julie Talbot (2026) entitled: '(Re)Defining Ecosystems: A Case Study of the Colombian Páramo Delimitations and Shifting Boundaries' with an orange banner at the top.

Ecosystems are inherently dynamic and so is our understanding of them. The concept of ecosystems has evolved over time, shaped by the cumulative effect of shifts in scientific paradigms, methodological advancements, environmental concerns and socio-political interests. This article examines how the Colombian páramos, a high-elevation mountain ecosystem, have been redefined multiple times through different delimitations, each reflecting a different scientific and methodological approach and resulting in different páramos distributions. Using a mixed-methods approach, we analysed how páramos have been conceptually and methodologically defined, exploring the actors and data that shape their boundaries. Then, we quantified the spatial transformations of the páramos between the different delimitations, identifying the areas where the páramo ecosystems expand and contract between delimitations as boundary shifts. Ultimately, this research enables us to examine how the concept of ecosystems is constructed through shifts in scientific paradigms and tensions between competing scientific and governance frameworks, revealing that ecosystem delimitation is not merely a conceptual exercise but an active process that reshapes and reconfigures landscapes.
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Still one of my favorite community science projects ever! 💚🌿
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Le "gaz renouvelable" est une supercherie - la même quantité de gaz à effet de serre est émise lors de sa combustion que le gaz traditionnel. C'est une réduction radicale de la consommation de gaz qu'il faut viser.
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Mickaël Correia @mickacorreia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Je repense à cette Une de Valeurs Actuelles de 2019.
Une de Valeurs Actuelles avec Greta Thunberg et titrée "Les Charlantans de l'écologie. Enquete sur le totalitarisme vert"
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Mickaël Correia @mickacorreia.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Je repense à cette Une du Figaro Magazine de mai 2026.
Une du Figaro Magazine : "Lanceurs d'alerte ou faux prophète ? Enquête sur les écolo-alarmistes".
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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 24/07/2026
Welcome to the Anthropocene 🔥
People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires
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CÉRIUM @cerium-udem.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
☕ Avec votre café, un article d'UdeM Nouvelles sur le livre de Julie Talbot et Alexandre Klein, Le monde en Anthropocène, de notre collection Le Monde en poche, publiée par Les Presses @umontreal.ca ! 🤳 nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2026... @fasudem.bsky.social @geographieudem.bsky.social
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L’Anthropocène décortiqué
Un nouveau livre, cosigné par la professeure Julie Talbot, propose une réflexion sur l’Anthropocène.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/07/2026
Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.
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Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto
A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Are you a kick-ass designer who can help make scientific information about climate change and climate solutions come to life? If so, we’re hiring! drawdown.org/careers/seni...
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Senior Digital Designer, Climate Science
Our mission is to help the world stop climate change as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Residents of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, otherwise known as Collins from northern Ontario are still in shock after their community was destroyed by wildfires. They have arrived safely in Thunder Bay as long-term accommodations for the evacuees begin.
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Residents still in shock as community was lost to wildfires in northern Ontario | APTN News
Residents of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, otherwise known as Collins from northern Ontario are still in shock after their community was destroyed by wildfires. They have arrived safely in Thunder…
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Field season is a challenging but rewarding time of year (I have a very complex love/hate relationship with field work). But yesterday was a productive day spent collecting peat and tree cores in a suburban peatland where trees are taking over due to water stress🌲🌿🧪
A focused, baseball cap-wearing student coring a tree with a pressler corer. A short peat core showing the top part of the peat (brown and fibrous) and living Sphagnum mossesA peatland with small tamarack trees protruding under a mixed sky with fluffy clouds
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Une autre prise de parole importante du Collectif de scientifiques pour l'action environnementale, dont je fais partie. L'avenir énergétique du Canada ne devrait jamais passer par le développement de l'industrie fossile ! www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
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Cet été, pensons notre avenir énergétique
Il existe déjà des solutions justes et équitables pour répondre aux besoins énergétiques croissants.
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New paper! I was happy to co-author this month the wonderful work of first author and PhD student Alejandra Uribe-Albornoz in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social - in this work we discuss how the delimitation of ecosystems changes over time and why, using the the Colombian páramos as a case study 🧪
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...
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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Up is down; black is white; and habitat destruction doesn't hurt endangered species.
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Trump rule says habitat destruction does not harm endangered species
A new rule rescinds the definition of what it means to “harm” a plant or animal under the Endangered Species Act and could lead to more habitat destruction.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Most governments find the loss of entire world regions to uninhabitable climate scenarios and the untold suffering of humans - and animals - easier to imagine, than the transition away from oil and gas. As Amitav Gosh said, the climate crisis is a crisis of our imagination.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 09/07/2026
Oh dear… 🫩
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Actually, MORE white people need to be saying and speaking on these things! Numerically, we literally need y'all to do so.
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So another pipeline funded with taxpayer money. This is a terrible decision by Carney to cater to the province that is responsible for almost 40% of Canada's GHG emissions. Carney's total disregard for climate science is incredibly depressing. And being a scientist these days is also depressing.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Rapid increase in #wildfires across Canada in recent days resulting in vast amounts of smoke with plumes transported to the Arctic & across the North Atlantic in the #CopernicusAtmosphere AOD 30 June 00 UTC forecast atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We have more than enough capacity (labour, factories, technology) to address the climate crisis, but as long as capital controls investment and production we are prevented from doing it. We are trapped by the capitalist law of value, living in a miserable shadow of the world we could have.
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As philosophy rushes to claim expertise on AI, AI companies rush to control the philosophical narrative. Unlike other disciplines, philosophy has no standards for reporting conflicts of interest. This petition endeavors to change that: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy
*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige...
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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Another geologist discovers the Anthropocene... aeon.co/essays/the-s... @aeon.co
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/06/2026
Shout out to the European Data Centre Association for saying out loud what they're working towards
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 26/06/2026
What is the future of summers in England? Our choices matter. A high-emissions future will commit our children and grandchildren to live in a world where the summers of 1976 & 2025 are cold. A global net-zero emissions future means that we can stabilise the climate & those summers will be normal.
England average summer temperatures in a high emissions futureEngland average summer temperatures in a global net-zero emissions future
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
La privatisation des espaces publics à grands coups de subventions (comme le parc Jean-Drapeau pour le Grand-Prix) est un scandale dont on ne parle pas assez. Le parc Jarry est un des rares espaces verts disponibles pour la population de Parc-Extension, le 2e quartier le plus pauvre de Mtl
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/06/2026
MPDI publishes climate denial. For more on this recurring cast of characters, who have previously submitted papers under pseudonyms, see: physicstoday.aip.org/news/climate...
Screenshot of the title page of an MPDI paper.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
But I was told it was inevitable.
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Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school
Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learni...
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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
and all of them are senior university administrators
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