Buddha taught us to be happy with less. How does this apply to the climate crisis? | Bhikkhu Sujato and Nadine Levy theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

80 years old legend Linda Benson, world champion and first woman to surf Waimea Bay.

[📹 Elise Lainé / elise.laine]

Dynamic landscape modeling reveals how evolving terrain impacted First Peoples' movement across Sahul (35,000-70,000 years ago)

Led by Tristan Salles from SydneyUniGeo, the study offers a fresh perspective on studies of migration patterns.

Read more: tinyurl.com/3yvuujpe

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We're hiring a Programme Specialist for our IOCARIBE office. Support the Ocean Decade Coordination Office (DCO), lead capacity development, and assist with resource mobilization.

⏰ Apply by 26 May 2024

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New research marks the first documented case of an ape using a plant with scientifically proven medicinal properties to treat a fresh wound. scim.ag/6OW

Rather than investing in reducing methane emissions, the oil and gas industry is investing in technology to hide methane emissions from satellite monitors.

Sociopaths theguardian.com/environment/20…

Fossil fuels are destroying the world’s coral reefs, including Australia’s - but politicians prefer coal and gas.

New research from Open Methane reveals significant underreporting of methane emissions in Australia, showing actual levels up to 2.5x higher than official stats.

Self-reporting and desktop modelling has to be replaced with accurate reporting methods.
openmethane.org/analysis/open-…

The latest OFFICIAL update on the Great Barrier Reef suggests it’s to early to measure “any” coral mortality.

In the meantime, actual scientist are telling it like it is - “It’s fucking awful,” the softly spoken scientist says, emerging from the ocean.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Join our team! We have a funded Blue Carbon Canada Postdoc position (bluecarboncanada.ca). The PDF will assess scenarios for Canada's blue carbon ecosystems under climate change (temp, SLR) & local stressors, co-supervised by me, OConnorLab, Sara Knox! Pls RT 🇨🇦🌡️🏙️🗾💻

'could be'????
Adani mine could be 'causing environmental harm' at protected springs, say Queensland government officials in court case abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0… via ABC Australia

I'll be chatting about our recent #whiteshark paper on ABC regional radio in an hour or so, check our drive time from 3:30pm AWST abc.net.au/southwestwa
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Very interesting interview with Brit Finucci (ultra cool shark scientist at NIWA in Wellington) talking about her extensive paper in the cover of Science on deep sea sharks and their liver oil trade. (And her dislike for some cars)
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Join our lab and VT FISHWILD department at Virginia Tech Virginia Tech CNRE for a Ph.D. starting in Aug 2024. Dive into fisheries science, management, and conservation with an interdisciplinary and quantitative research project using trawl survey data. Apply now! bit.ly/3Wl7JN6

Deadline fast approaching: 30th of April! Join us in beautiful Bragança, Brasil!

Associate professor position in marine ecology. Closing soon!

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**PROJECT MANAGER ROLE**

🌊 Availability: June 2024 - 2025
🌊 Deadline: 10th of May 2024

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New paper out on the past and present #sawfish records from India. We review abundance, distribution, interactions with fisheries, and utilisation of sawfish in India, from 1794 to 2022.
Rima Jabado Akhilesh S.J. Kizhakudan, M.A. MacNeil

int-res.com/abstracts/esr/…
Endangered Species Research

‘Nature Has Rights’: Aruba Could Become 2nd Country to Recognize Rights of Nature in Constitution

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via EcoWatch

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We have 3 new science roles for species discovery. 👇

🧬 Molecular Biologist to start as soon as possible from 1 June
🔍 Taxonomist to start as soon as possible from 1 June
🔍 Taxonomist to start as soon as possible from 1 October