Emilie Desjardins

Cacas arctiques : les trésors des scientifiques du Grand Nord? Pourquoi des scientifiques s’intéressent-ils autant aux… crottes? Oui, on parle bien de caca! Nous avons discuté avec Émilie Desjardins, étudiante au doctorat en biologie à l’Université du Québec à Ri...

🦌💩 On ne suit pas les caribous à la trace, mais à la crotte ! Les excréments sont une mine d'informations sur la faune sans jamais la déranger : alimentation, habitats, santé, génétique.

J’en parle dans ce blogue (avec anecdotes garanties 😅) :
www.centredessciencesdemontreal.com/blogue/cacas...

Yeah, it feels like hell right now

Conservation science still rests on how animals can benefit humans To conserve wildlife, we must end human supremacy, say researchers.

Conservation science still rests on how animals can benefit humans
theconversation.com/conservation...

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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If you're wondering what the polar desert looks like... It's remarkably similar to Mars...

Republicans in Congress introduce bill to remove gray wolf from federal protections Republicans in Congress including Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin on Friday introduced a bill to delist the gray wolf in Wisconsin and 43 other states.

And so it begins again - US Reps. Thom Tiffany and Lauren Boebert have reintroduced their bill to strip gray wolves of federal protections.

The bill, renamed the "Pet and Livestock Protection Act", relies on misinformation and fear in its attempt to delist wolves and prevent judicial review.

"We found that our guards were down during this vulnerable stage, and it was easier to form meaningful connections that went beyond superficial acquaintanceships." Vive le travail de recherche en terrain éloigné!

Are lightning bugs going extinct? A visual guide to why the firefly is fighting off a dimming of its... More than 170 species of fireflies light up North America's nights, but several are threatened by light pollution, pesticides and climate change.

Such a lovely use of the web to explain the conservation issues of North American Fireflies✨ 🧪https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2023/06/02/firefly-lightning-bug-extinction-explained/70257108007/

TWS Journals Wolves in a productive area of Canada's High Arctic remain on territories year-round at densities similar to populations farther south, primarily preying on muskoxen and Arctic hares. The high densit...

Our new paper offers rare insights into the ecology of wolves in the High Arctic. GPS tracking revealed relatively high wolf densities, year-round territories, and likely sustainable muskox predation—but also potential risks to endangered Peary caribou. doi.org/10.1002/jwmg...

Code de conduite dans mon labo de recherche 🌿

Mes étudiantes et étudiants ont discuté et adopté un Code de conduite pour notre labo. Si ça peut inspirer, voici le lien : lc.cx/7TzNcE

Illustration générée par ChatGPT… avec un résultat, disons, original !

Mon nouveau coup de cœur lecture : Ovibos, le survivant de l’Arctique. ❄️♥️

Un livre pour en apprendre davantage sur ce colosse laineux venu tout droit de la préhistoire.

Saviez-vous que le bœuf musqué possède une petite queue... tout comme l’ours polaire?

#Muskox

-30°C et nuit continue actuellement à Alert, notre site de recherche nordique sur Ellesmere. Les petites plantes patientent sous la neige… 🌱❄️
Merci @emiliedesjardins.bsky.social, étudiante au PhD #UQAR, pour ton super travail de monitoring de la #biodiversité !
👉 Article à redécouvrir lc.cx/ICQt_b

When I found out polar bears had been spotted not far from where I live, I couldn’t help but dig deeper. 🐻‍❄️

Who are these wandering bears? Why do they leave the Arctic? My research uncovers fascinating answers and important challenges. 🤔