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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

@seos-uvic.bsky.social
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SEOS has pioneered, in Canada, the establishment of a research focus in Earth System Science. Our core disciplines are geology, geochemistry, geophysics, oceanography & atmospheric science www.uvic.ca/science/seos

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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🌊 Intrepid zodiac crew getting ready to depart the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen 🚢 to sample surface waters for chemical properties. Good Friday Bay Canadian 🇨🇦 Arctic Archipelago. Sofie Ohrling @seos-uvic.bsky.social with Reese from Tortell group UBC and Bronson from Wang group UManitoba
Ohrling Reese and. Rondo in immersion suits on the deck of the ship smilingZodiac on grey water with low cloud and snowy hills in the distance
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🌊 Amazing video of 6 🫍 Orca near the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada 🇨🇦 Patricia Bay as @oceannetworks.ca demobilizes from #ONCAbyss on Sunday. Video with permission of colleague Forrest Trenaman
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cproof-uvic.bsky.social @cproof-uvic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
C-PROOF floats and gliders were featured in a Nature of Things episode about how the weather is getting weirder. Around 18:30 where the ocean’s role in regulating the climate is discussed by Brad de Young, and C-PROOF and DFO are seen deploying floats and gliders. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN3a...
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The weather is getting weirder
YouTube video by The Nature of Things
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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
These changes also mean that @katemoran.bsky.social is now a professor in @seos-uvic.bsky.social. We're happy to have you, Kate!
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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
UVic hosts international ocean history conference June 15-19 UVic Law building For more information please visit: events.uvic.ca/event/106189... sway.cloud.microsoft/KADEy01cx1zB... oceanspast.org/about/ @uvic.ca @uvicscholcom.bsky.social @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social
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Oceans Past Conference
The Oceans Past Initiative connects scholars andpractitioners interested in documenting and understandingchanges in marine systems and human-ocean ...
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
1/2 🌊 This year Ocean Hack Week is going to be held @bamfieldmsc.bsky.social on the beautiful west coast of Vancouver Island. Applications are due by June 5. Develop or apply your coding and data analysis skills to problems in ocean science oceanhackweek.org/ohw26/index....
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OceanHackWeek 2026 (OHW26)
OceanHackWeek 2026 (OHW26) will be held on August 24-28, 2026 at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on the West Coast of beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The OceanHackWeek pro...
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🌊 Job Posting: With colleague Dr. Raoul Couture at Université Laval looking for a postdoctoral researcher to investigate trace metals and metalloids in the the Arctic. Applications to be sent by email to raoul.couture@chm.ulaval.ca @seos-uvic.bsky.social www.geotraces.org/postdoctoral...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Arctic Trace Metal Biogeochemistry, Université Laval, University of Victoria, Canada – GEOTRACES
An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes - Trace Element data available including an on-line Atlas eGEOTRACES
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Great work from @theronfinley.bsky.social @earthquakeguy.bsky.social @faultydata.bsky.social and Dr. Lucinda Leonard of @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🧪Colleagues @seos-uvic.bsky.social @fraass.bsky.social & Colin Goldblatt receiving funding from the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund for work on paleo- and current climate change research @uvic.ca @uvicscience.bsky.social cheknews.ca/uvic-gets-1-...
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UVic gets $1.9M boost from province for 10 research projects
The B.C. government is providing the University of Victoria with a $1.9 million boost to help fund 10 research projects.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
We @seos-uvic.bsky.social are particularly proud of our students in the BSc in Climate Science
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University of Washington Marine Landscape Ecology Lab @uwmlel.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
@uwsafs.bsky.social & Friday Harbor Labs are now advertising for an assistant professor position with a specialty in marine invertebrate organismal biology. @csucoast.bsky.social @uscwrigley.usc.edu @scrippsocean.bsky.social @mbarinews.bsky.social @woods.stanford.edu @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🌊 Call for abstracts now open for Goldschmidt 2026 to be held in Montréal PQ 🇨🇦. Deadline is Feb. 26, 2026 conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
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Goldschmidt 2026 Conference
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Edwin Nissen @faultydata.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
My take on why the proposed northern pipeline is incredibly risky without 1st doing some basic geological due diligence. BC’s N Coast & interior are criss-crossed with faults but seismic & geodetic monitoring is rudimentary and we simply don’t know what’s active. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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‘There’s no monitoring of earthquakes’: new British Columbia pipeline could spell catastrophe, experts warn
Project on ‘very poorly understood’ terrain and likely to pass through Rocky Mountain trench, which researchers say poses immense geological hazard
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Blake Dyer @blakedyer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
1/4 Excited to share a new paper led by my student Connor S. van Wieren in Earth and Planetary Science Letters: "Correlative isotope excursions driven by transport, not global environmental change." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We're used to seeing waves in the ocean...but waves in the clouds? A rare cloud formation called Kevin-Helholtz clouds was visible over Victoria's Inner Harbour yesterday, and @seos-uvic.bsky.social professor Adam Monahan has the scientific explanation: www.vancouverisawesome.com/bc-news/rare...
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Rare cloud makes waves above Victoria's Inner Harbour
Rachelle Purych was looking out the window when she noticed a peculiar wave-shaped cloud formation outside.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Look it's @fraass.bsky.social from @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social ! 🔬
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
More images of the zodiac and sampling operations onshore. @seos-uvic.bsky.social fieldwork takes place almost from pole to pole. Photos courtesy of @tiaanderlini.bsky.social and Sofie Ohrling
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Intense FOMO but very happy to see @tiaanderlini.bsky.social and Sofie Ohrling of @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social off to a great start on CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian 🇨🇦 Arctic Archipelago. First trace element samples collected for 2025 for us in the North
Two scientists collecting sea water in a clean laboratory.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🌊 From @cproof-uvic.bsky.social @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social. Lower oxygen in bottom waters along the BC coast 🇨🇦
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The levels of 137-Cs detected here is more than 130 times the level we detected in Pacific salmon in British Columbia following the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011 fukushimainform.ca/2017/12/18/o... 🌊
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One salmon found with Fukushima Contamination in 2016 After Extended Measurement
Extended testing confirms Fukushima radiation in one BC salmon sampled in 2016. Concentrations present comprise 1% of the estimated radiation dose, the other 99% has primordial origins.
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Nathalie Redick @nredick.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
hanging out on the night shift of the PACSAFE 2025 OBS deployment/recovery cruise watching the sub-bottom profiler do its thing #Pacsafe2025 #ScienceAtSea #GeoscienceOnboard #MarineGeophysics #NRCanScience @dalhousie.bsky.social @nrcanada.bsky.social @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvic.ca
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🌊🧪 1/ Job Alert! Are you a world-leading researcher in climate change solutions? UVic’s Canada Excellence Research Chair offers 8 years of support for groundbreaking research. Join our interdisciplinary team @seos-uvic.bsky.social Learn more & apply by Aug 29: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
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Why work at UVic? - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Get information on the working environment at the University of Victoria.
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🧵🌊 Tiny ocean fossils called foraminifera or "forams" hold a deep record of Earth's climate past. By studying these beautiful microfossils in ocean sediment cores scientists like our own @fraass.bsky.social reveal how life and climate have changed over millions of years wdcnews6.com/the-history-...
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The history of the ocean, as told by tiny beautiful fossils » Yale Climate Connections
Climate change and declining biodiversity are the two biggest environmental crises facing humankind today, but predicting how they’ll play out together is tricky. Ideally, scientists would study how l...
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Tomorrow is a big day for us. Our undergraduate & graduate students will convocate to receive their degrees & our founding Director Dr. Chris Barnes will be recognized for his lasting contributions to both UVic & the broader scientific community @uvicscience.bsky.social www.uvic.ca/convocation/...
Portrait of Dr. Chris Barnes
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Faculty member @jaytcullen.bsky.social at the ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting trying to explain how geochemists use isotopes to learn about where lead (Pb) in the ocean comes from. Science communication using our experiences with virtual meetings to understand isotopes @uvicscience.bsky.social
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🧪 Listen to my colleague Dr. Andy Fraass @fraass.bsky.social talk about his recent work re: levels of graduate student funding in Canada 🇨🇦 compared to the US 🇺🇸 & UK 🇬🇧. He was on CBC Radio One On the Island yesterday morning www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social
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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
The Washington Research Foundation is accepting applications for its postdoctoral program. Our @uwmlel.bsky.social drone program can host prospective postdocs with interests in marine spatial ecology. Contact me if interested. Program details below. www.wrfseattle.org/grants/wrf-p...
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Postdoctoral Fellowships - Washington Research Foundation
Fellowship Details Fellowships include three years of salary support for the postdoc at an eligible research institution in Washington state. The salary for the first year is $80,000, increasing to […...
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🌊🧪 Great write up of our involvement in the recent Canadian 🇨🇦 expedition to #Antarctica 🇦🇶 featuring newly graduated @tiaanderlini.bsky.social @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social . www.linkedin.com/pulse/dr-tia...
Picture of Dr. Tia Anderlini in survival gear from the HMCS Margaret Brooke in Antarctica
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🌊🧪Job Alert!!! @oceannetworks.ca is looking for a Chief Executive Officer. Come join us at the University of Victoria 🇨🇦 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/ch...
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Ocean Networks Canada hiring Chief Executive Officer in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | LinkedIn
Posted 11:14:22 PM. Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is a world-leading, not-for-profit organization that supports ocean…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
⛏️🧪 #Geology friends. I took this picture in Archer Fiord on Ellesmere Island Nunavut. The dusting of snow some interesting lines on the cliff face. What exactly is going on here? Thanks
A dramatic Arctic fjord landscape with steep, dark rock faces dusted in snow. A dramatic Arctic fjord landscape with steep, dark rock faces dusted in snow.
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EarthquakeAndrew.bsky.social @earthquakeandrew.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Another local earthquake, beneath the south end of the peninsula. Once again really nicely picked up by the @schoolshake.bsky.social @raspishake.bsky.social network operated by @seos-uvic.bsky.social, @hakai.org and the Geological Survey of Canada.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
🌊🧪 It’s @tiaanderlini.bsky.social somewhere in the Labrador Sea sampling for trace elements and isotopes @geotraces.bsky.social Photo from Dr. Erin Bertrand (Dalhousie)
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🌊 Great opportunity @uvicscience.bsky.social @oceannetworks.ca
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Explore the work of 🌊🌎⛏️🧪 Dr. Andy Fraass @fraass.bsky.social who investigates how marine plankton respond to environmental changes using the fossil record, focusing on their role in carbon cycling and oceanic CO₂ buffering. More information on his research group's work here fraass.github.io
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Understanding the Earth system through a tiny lens
About me
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Andy Fraass @fraass.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Cool science coming out of the RBCM and UVic SEOS @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Dinosaur footprints from Canada are 1st of their kind in the world | CBC News
Scientists have identified fossil dinosaur footprints from a new species in B.C. and Alberta. They're believed to be the first tracks found in the world that were left by club-tailed ankylosaurs, offe...
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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Welcome to Antarctica! PhD student Tia Anderlini (@tiaanderlini.bsky.social) is currently in Antarctica as a research scientist on board the HMCS Margaret Brooke. This trip marks the first circumnavigation of South America and visit to Antarctica by a Royal Canadian Navy vessel. #WorldWaterDay
Researchers on a multi-role rescue boat in Antarctica, heading towards a glacier.
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John Cassidy @earthquakeguy.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The Geological Survey of Canada (Pacific Geoscience Centre near Victoria, BC and Vancouver, BC) has an opening for a research scientist in Earthquake Seismology. Join a great, diverse team doing cutting edge science. ⚒️🧪 Details: emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/ap... Apply by 25 April, 2025
Photo showing buildings of the Pacific Geoscience Centre and Institute of Ocean Sciences located between farmland and the Pacific Ocean (Patricia Bay, near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada). Coast Guard docks are also visible in the photo.
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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Have you ever wondered about the risk to local infrastructure in the event of a large earthquake? Dr. Ed Nissen (@faultydata.bsky.social) shared his insight on the topic with Victoria News last month. www.vicnews.com/local-news/o...
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On shaky ground: The risks to Victoria's infrastructure in a major quake
How safe is Victoria? Experts assess the city's readiness for the next big earthquake
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Clearly not business as usual in the #Arctic
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UVic Science @uvicscience.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This #WorldWaterDay, the United Nations is focused on glacier preservation. UVic professor Jay Cullen (@jaytcullen.bsky.social) is focused on glaciers (and sea-ice, and permafrost) every day. Learn more about Dr. Cullen's research analyzing trace elements in the Arctic. www.uvic.ca/science/home...
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Metals, microbes and the health of the Arctic - University of Victoria
March 22, 2025 | by Nicole Crozier...
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🌊🧪 @apnews.com reporting on the state of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) initiatives with input from @seos-uvic.bsky.social alum Will Burt & @davidho.bsky.social @cworthy.bsky.social @cafethorium.bsky.social @exois-oceaniron.bsky.social @co2ley.bsky.social & others apnews.com/article/clim...
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Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could lock away climate-warming carbon dioxide for centuries or ...
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Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 19/03/2025
🚨Dive Alert🚨ONC and Canpac are diving at the Strait of Georgia to recover and deploy scientific instruments. Watch the #ONCabyss dives live 🌊 bit.ly/4icQllI #KnowTheOcean #SalishSea
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🌊🧪A well deserved recognition for Moronke's work! Congratulations on the King Charles III Coronation Medal @moronkeharris.bsky.social who is here on @bsky.app. Learn about her work and research here www.moronkeharris.com/current-rese...
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Current Research — Moronke Harris | Home
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UVic School of Earth and Ocean Sciences @seos-uvic.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🌊🧪 Congratulations to graduate student Moronke Harris who has been awarded a King Charles III Coronation Medal for her work in the area of Nature and Environment for research in marine conservation and ecology! www.moronkeharris.com www.gg.ca/en/lister%C3...
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King Charles III Coronation Medal - February 20, 2025
As part of the wider King Charles III Coronation Medal program, the Governor General was allotted 100 medals with which she could personally recognize exemplary Canadians.
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🌊🧪 Sometimes when you are working from small boats in #Antarctica 🇦🇶 you get visitors. @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvicscience.bsky.social member Tia Anderlini sent this showing her trace metal sampling interrupted by a raft of curious penguins 🐧 @geotraces.bsky.social
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Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🧵🌊🧪 ☢️ 14 years have passed since the triple disaster of the great Tohoku Earthquake, tsunami and meltdowns at the #Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Many people lost their lives in the tsunami and many more were displaced by subsequent radioactive contamination. fukushimainform.ca
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