It's #ThankfulThursday & we'd like to highlight #Ikaarvik! Created about 10 years ago by a group of #Mittimatalik youth, Ikaarvik is helping create meaningful Indigenous involvement & leadership in Arctic research. 1/3

For those of you attending #PSG2022 I hope you will come to my talk “Predicting climate change impacts on the non-breeding distribution of thick-billed murres” at 10:45 PST in the #nonbreedingbiology session!

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Poilievre shakes hands with Paul Alexander, ex-White House advisor who has consistently called for public health officials to be put on trial for crimes against humanity.

I am now in Coral Harbour, Nunavut co-leading the Inuit Field Training program. We have just arrived and are getting organized. Check out IFTP.camp! #TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZMNQ3w5qy/

My murre field season at Cape Graham Moore, Nunavut. In a few stunning photos by Wild Air Photography

Brilliant paper from nature: new perspective on how to look at population declines. nature.com/articles/s4155… needed esp now when so much of biological change stems from a multitude of sequential changes at subsequent levels of bio complexity. When it's abundance - it's too late!

The Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER) Université du Québec, Ocean Frontier Institute and Fisheries and Oceans are recruiting 3 PhD students for their new excellence scholarship program in oceanography 🌊 🚢 Apply here: ismer.ca/formation/ph-d…

THREAD: Birds of a feather – The many names of the Great Auk (1/9) The great auk was a bird species once found across much of the North Atlantic, and throughout history, it has received various names in both English and other languages.

Super excited to see our new paper on #plasticpollution effects on #Arctic #seabirds - nature.com/articles/s4155… - with @MarkMalloryLab Dr. Gloria Fackelmann @SSommerLab Christopher K. Pham Yasmina Rodríguez Julia Baak, Ph.D. and others!

DON'T LOOK UP, LOOK DOWN to Antarctica. While we all have been looking at the North Atlantic sea temperatures this week, what's happening with sea ice in Antarctica is even more dramatic and well below anything ever recorded for this date during this period of record.

One of the most intense marine heatwaves on Earth has developed off the West Coast of the US, with water temperatures peaking nearly 5°C (9°F) above normal. NOAA has categorized this event as a Category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave.

I finally managed to get some decent camera trap images of polar bears on a muskox carcass - and the camera trap even survived ! #Zackenberg #Greenland

Nine of the 10 hottest years have been recorded in the past 10 years, and all 10 since 2005. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal

Retirement is coming. I gave my last class lecture today. Gave my first one in 1988, 35 years ago. Today was General Ecology and the topic was Global Ecology. I chose to look at how the Earth has changed since I first started lecturing. A series of Tweets --

“four common myths about how to best communicate science for decision-making -facts change minds -scientific literacy will lead to enhanced research uptake -individual attitude change will shift collective behaviors -broad dissemination is best” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A very warm year

Solid overview of the challenges facing polar bears in a warming Arctic. themessenger.com/tech/the-incre… For context, Churchill is -6°C just now. Normal temperatures are max -22°C & min -30°C.