Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr. Brooke Weigel @brookeweigel.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Awesome Master’s degree level #Phycology job at UC Berkeley! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05258?fbc...aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant/Associate Specialist - Phycological Specialist - University and Jepson HerbariaUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 0713
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Jillian Carter @jilliancarter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 💪🔬👩🔬 Lucky to be surrounded by such brilliant women in my field! (Photo: Liam Brennan) 042
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025🚨Extremely short notice: Looking for prospective PhD or postdoc w/ geological engineering or modelling experience, w/ interests in mountain geohazards for project focused on landslide-triggered tsunamis in subarctic w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social 🧵 🧪⚒️ Pls share! nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...nserc-crsng.canada.caLaunch of new Canada Impact+ Research Training AwardsAs announced in Budget 2025 - 26794
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Robert Way @labradorice.bsky.social · 23/12/2025If you are interested in studying participatory cryosphere science or permafrost science feel free to reach out about these opportunities. Will be recirculating in early January. Also for international scholars there's a new funding opportunity for postdocs where these projects could apply as well! 01615
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 21/12/2025I can't believe those athletes wasted all that time lifting weights. There isn't a single barbell on the field during a game! 520934
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/12/2025New research shows how some animals in the wild manage to sleep in risky environments. From thousands of 4-second “microsleeps” to half-brain naps midair, scientists can now reveal some unusual animal sleep habits. Learn more: bit.ly/4qnGCMZ 718948
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 30/11/2025💚 Just 2 days to go until #GivingTuesday! 🌿 BHL must transition to independence by 1 January 2026 – your gift can help #GiveBHLWings and keep biodiversity knowledge open and free. 🧪 📖 🌏 🐟 #BHLTransition #ILoveBHL #OpenAccess 🔗 ancrywkv.donorsupport.co/page/GiveBHL... 094
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 28/11/2025Onigaming First Nation in northern Ontario says it’s done being ignored, as mining plans that threaten its water advance without its consent. For a community grieving multiple losses, it's one struggle of many. Via @jonthompson.bsky.social + @ricochetmedia.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/onigaming-fi...thenarwhal.caOnigaming First Nation says no to mining without consent | The NarwhalIn northwestern Ontario, a grieving Onigaming First Nation says it would blockade the highway if mining permits are granted without consent 18740
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 27/11/2025For months @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social has been pouring over documents trying to find out how many animals are killed on train tracks in B.C. Companies are supposed to report rail kills but records she obtained found reporting is inconsistent and incomplete projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...projects.thenarwhal.caThe hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The NarwhalTrains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost 56332
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 03/11/2025🚨The Moore Lab at UC Davis is hiring!🚨 Post-doc for a project with @adamsobel.bsky.social on the valuation of climate information for adaptation Could be a good fit for an environmental economist or a climate scientist - flexible start date and location Apply by Dec 1st: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07346recruit.ucdavis.eduPostdoctoral Scholar - Environmental Science & PolicyUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 14027
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Brett Bergie 🏳️⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 19/11/2025“My own experience prescribing puberty blockers has demonstrated enormous psycho-social benefits in youth who feel a quiet desperation watching their bodies change in ways they can’t control […] A puberty blocker provides them with a pause […] with no effects on fertility, and is 100% reversible.”theglobeandmail.comOpinion: As a physician, I see how gender-affirming care benefits youthAlberta’s moves to restrict treatment are based in ignorance and misinformation 17339
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Nick Graham @nickajgraham.bsky.social · 10/11/2025PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas. One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome. Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social 02823
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 10/11/2025New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals #consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...yes-dtn.ac.ukThe evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training NetworkProject summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u... 04833
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 03/10/2025🚨 Please repost widely!🚨 I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions 25253
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Truthout @truthout.org · 29/10/2025Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. Mikaela Loach, a climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says hurricanes should be named after oil executives.truthout.orgHurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist SaysJamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. 4224107
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 27/10/2025In lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of its kind. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/n...nationalobserver.comYoung Canadians accuse the Canada Pension Plan of mismanaging climate risksIn lawsuit filed Monday, four young Canadians allege the Canada Pension Plan is mismanaging their retirement savings by underestimating climate-related financial risks — the first legal challenge of i... 35125
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Leila Fouda @leilafouda.bsky.social · 21/10/2025North Atlantic right whale numbers estimated at 384. An increase in eight whales from last year - report today by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium. Slow population growth trend over the past four years gaining more than 7% of their 2020 population. 🦑🐋🧪🌍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comScientists say North Atlantic right whale population slowly increasingOnce hunted to the brink of extinction, the most venerable of the leviathans now numbers 384, up eight from past year 29526
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Most public transit systems depend largely on fare revenue to fund basic operations, but ridership never recovered after the pandemic. I wrote about 3 major transit systems that are facing a fiscal cliff, and the somewhat lackadaisical political response to the crisis. heatmap.news/politics/chi... 1626355
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025My colleague @sarahhird.bsky.social has been fighting for family care leave for over a year now. So impressed with her leadership! ctmirror.org/2025/10/21/t...ctmirror.orgOpinion: This is UConn: Zero paid family leave for professorsUConn currently lets every pregnant/expecting individual reinvent the wheel, cobbling together a leave plan with whatever resources and departmental grace they can muster. 19825
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology 30516308
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Joseph Holden @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social · 03/10/2025New fully-funded PhD project working on flooding, climate change, catastrophe modelling and the re-insurance industry: unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/cli... Work with @floodre.bsky.social Erica Thompson and I. 042
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Nagissa Mahmoudi @nagissa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Interested in life’s co-evolution with planetary environments? 🌎🦠🧪 I'm looking for a postdoc to join my group at #McGill and happy to sponsor applicants for the TSI fellowship. Please reach out if interested! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30777academicjobsonline.orgMcGill University, Trottier Space Institute Job #AJO30777, Trottier Space Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Trottier Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA 01512
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 04/10/2025[3 Oct 2025] Another round-up of #ConservationJobs, mostly in 🇨🇦. Please share so others benefit. I welcome additional environment-related job ads (as long as salary range is included). You can comment or DM me. www.linkedin.com/posts/aerinj...linkedin.com#conservationjobs #hiring #greenjobs #sustainabilityjobs | Aerin Jacob | 16 comments[3 October 2025] Another roundup of #ConservationJobs, mostly in Canada. All postings include salary. I am not involved in these jobs. Please share to help others and post other job ads in the comment... 11716
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Society for Marine Mammalogy @marinemammalogy.bsky.social · 24/09/2025We are seeking volunteer ASL Interpreters (or students working towards certification) to join monthly, virtual meetings and facilitate translation of spoken language (English) to American Sign Language and sign language to spoken language. Knowledge of marine mammal sciences is not required. (1) 195
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 24/09/2025What can a whale’s bones tell us? After a ship strike killed a North Atlantic right whale, her broken jaw and skull revealed the harm of vessel collisions. Former MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Regina Campbell-Malone used this tragedy to model collisions, which now helps guide ship speed limits. 0235
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.barharborstory.substack.comSigns Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National ParkThe Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund. 30884506
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19/09/2025UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comecoevojobs.net 2025-26 2245229
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Julie MacArthur 🍁 @jlmacarthur.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Job alert - We're hiring a researcher @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social for a 2 year contract on 'fast and fair' #energy #transitions. Open to remote or here in beautiful Victoria, BC. Pls share. #energysky. cascadeinstitute.org/opportunitie...cascadeinstitute.orgFellow, 'Fast and Fair' Energy System InnovationThe Cascade Institute seeks a Fellow to contribute to our Clean Energy Scale Up & Acceleration research stream. 067
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 06/09/2025Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n 11341472054
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)New Scientist @newscientist.com · 04/09/2025Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey.newscientist.comEarly penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer preyFour new species of aquatic birds related to modern penguins have been described from fossils found in New Zealand, showing how these creatures flourished around 60 million years ago 04515
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Application deadline: September 5, 2025. 087
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Wilhelm Hofmann @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social · 26/08/2025🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption. Details here: PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7... Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.deDoctoral Researcher (m,f,x) 03848
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Gina Lonati, PhD @eubalaenagina.bsky.social · 31/08/2025📣 ATTN (please share!) 📣 The #DEI Committee of the Society for @marinemammalogy.bsky.social is currently seeking volunteer American Sign Language Interpreters (or students working towards certification). #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #SignLanguage #marinemammals @dolphinwhisperer.bsky.social 165
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Lisandro Milocco @milocco.bsky.social · 25/08/2025🚨 We're hiring! PhD position in Evolutionary Systems Biology at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab 🎓 Focus: evolution, development, computational & mathematical modeling, prediction 📍 Stockholm, Sweden 🕒 4 years, fully-funded 🔍 Details: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Please share! 06661
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/08/2025We've got 35 sets of these posters left. This project came from my evergreen frustration with our important messages getting trapped on social media algorithms. Good stuff for posting on your local community bulletin board, classroom, office door, etc! squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/scie... 8354159
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Canada is falling behind on climate. A fully funded Youth Climate Corps could change that. “A Youth Climate Corps could be exactly the solution our politicians need,” says @drlorileeoates.bsky.social of @nichecanada.bsky.social Resilience, clean energy, housing & jobs in one.niche-canada.orgA Youth Climate Corp Could Be Exactly the Climate Policy Approach that Canada NeedsA fully funded Canadian Youth Climate Corp could address the climate crisis, create jobs, lower living costs, and re-engage young voters. 1195
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Brittany Heath @b-heath.bsky.social · 13/08/2025My first-first author paper is out! We found that overall healing in sharks was comparable between sutured and non-sutured incisions. But sutured incisions had significantly more bacteria present. www.publish.csiro.au/wr/pdf/WR25009 Forever thankful to Jordan Matley & @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social 0115
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 12/08/2025Will's detailed thread about using Claude Code as a coding assistant parallels my experience using ChatGPT o.3 and o.4 as a proof assistant. 29523
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 07/08/2025Across Canada, extreme heat causes physical and mental stresses that lead to a documented rise in violence. That includes intimate partner violence, @rebeccaga0.bsky.social reports, which threatens women, girls and vulnerable communities the most. thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...thenarwhal.caIn Canada, heat increases domestic violence | The NarwhalExcessive heat stresses both the body and mind. That leads to a rise in aggression — which harms women, girls and vulnerable communities the most 411165
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 04/08/2025A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the die off. cheknews.caCanadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting diseaseA team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the die off. Melanie Prentice, the lead author of a new study, recalls a moment of "not really believing it" when researchers found a strain of bacteria that was abundant in diseased sea stars and absent in healthy ones. 1169
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Stephanie L King @stephanielking.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Excited to share that we have just been awarded a NERC Pushing the Frontiers grant to work on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins. We will soon advertise a 3 year post-doc to join the team - drop me an email if you might be interested! Pls share widely 🙏🏻 112352
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Jaishri Srinivasan @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 25/07/2025sciencedirect.comUsing causal loop diagrams to see the “big picture” and embrace complexity in human-wildlife coexistence governanceSharing landscapes with wildlife is difficult because these landscapes have the potential to bring multiple costs for both people and wildlife. Findin… 042
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Leila Fouda @leilafouda.bsky.social · 23/07/2025New Paper: Perceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology - "Who conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities." doi.org/10.1098/rspb... 🧪🌍 #bias #research #science #academiadoi.orgPerceived and observed biases within scientific communities: a case study in movement ecology | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesWho conducts biological research, where they do it and how results are disseminated vary among geographies and identities. Identifying and documenting these forms of bias by research communities is a ... 04212
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 22/07/20253 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University 🗃️ #HPS #histsci #histmed #envhist networks.h-net.org/jobs/68829/t...networks.h-net.orgTexas State University - Cluster Hire: Three Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment | H-Net 22421
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social · 27/10/2023Please share: @UBCScience is searching for 15 TT faculty in diverse areas of expertise science.ubc.ca/about/careers. Included are 2 positions in Quantitative and Environmental Science as part of a hiring cluster for black faculty; you will join 6 current UBC faculty science.ubc.ca/blackscholars. 2103144
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I'm back home with my dad and have thoughts about being an Indigenous scientist and academic. I'm writing this in real time so it might get disrupted and will have typos. I am fairly successful by academic standards. I have a tenure track job, wrote papers, have grant funding, mentor students. 3378106
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Grad students are doing an amazing job talking to the media about their work (in progress)! Here's Bella and Johanna talking about urban heat, the need for creative design, and inequity: www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...ctvnews.caDowntown Montreal is up to six degrees hotter than Mount Royal, study findsResearch led by a Montreal student shows that downtown can be up to six degrees hotter than greener parts of the city — a temperature gap with real consequences for health and equity as climate change... 0114
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 21/07/2025NEW DOCTORAL RESEARCH ALERT: Please consider participating and spreading the word about this research on climate justice and migration being conducted by my doctoral student, Chetna Khandelwal @chetkay.bsky.social. 32821
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · 04/07/2025📣 We joined 100+ groups urging Mark Carney’s government to prioritize a clean, east-west electricity grid. This generation-defining, nation-building project would deliver good jobs, lower bills, Indigenous leadership, and national security at a time we need it most. Read the full letter ⬇️ 064
Reposted by Sam Loutet (she/her)Dr Simon Goodman @phoca-sapiens.bsky.social · 26/06/2025How should we best design marine protected areas for megafauna with large range sizes? New work from Betty Boyse et al suggests we should include taxon-specific coverage since multispecies MPAs can't address all taxon-specific ecological needs 🧪🌍🦑🦭🐳🐟 doi.org/10.1111/csp2... @mariabeger.bsky.socialdoi.orgSpatial conservation priorities for marine megafaunal predators: Multi‐taxon versus taxon‐specific approachesConservation for marine megafaunal predators needs to improve as they are key for ecosystem functioning. We show that different marine predator taxonomic groups have heterogeneous distributions resul... 0147