Julia Baak, Ph.D. ❄️🦆🧪

I'd love to be added too, please! :)

#JobAlert🚨
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Senior #Technician focused on #tracking #seabirds and assessing threats, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research

Permanent position based in #Trondheim or #Tromsø, #Norway

See here:
nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/68-seni...

New #research on #microplastics in #SpottedSeals from the #BeringSea and #ChukchiSea!🧪

97% of 34 #seals contained #microplastic, compared to 0% of 142 seals from #Nunavut, #Canada.

#Microplastic did not vary by age, location or year, but were ⬆️ in seals that consumed benthic and high trophic #prey

Mercury in eastern coyotes from Nova Scotia, Canada: Effects of geography and trophic position Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental concern due to its wide distribution and myriad of deleterious effects on biota. We studied hepatic Hg in a wid…

JUST OUT in #STOTEN:

We studied #mercury in #coyotes and other #mammals from #NovaScotia, #Canada.

#THg was ⬆️ in southwest Nova Scotia and in animals at higher #trophic levels, and was surprisingly high in #fishers compared to other regions.

Read more here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 2, mechanics of the interview By  David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness o…

Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!

www.southernfriedscience.com/advice-for-t... 🧪#SciComm

This group was also an excellent example of how to share #research with an #Inuit community:

✅ #Translator present
✅ Presentation slides #translated
✅ Opportunities for #local (including #youth) involvement
✅ Refreshments and snacks (+ #countryfood from the researchers community)
✅ Gifts and prizes

Dr. Olive Love giving a presentation on snow buntings in Iqlauit, Nunavut.

A great presentation from Dr. Oliver Love from the #Integrative #Ecgology #Lab at @uwindsor.bsky.social on #SnowBunting projects in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut last night.

If you’re in town and would like to host a Snow #Bunting #NestBox, reach out to the Love Lab!

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1/10 How have 20 years of tracking data shaped #marine #conservation? 🌍This article by @tammyedavies.bsky.social
& colleagues explores the #BirdLife #Seabird Tracking Database’s journey from data collection to policy impact🐧 A must-read 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Infographic map showing the six marine flyways (Atlantic Ocean Flyway, North Indian Ocean Flyway, East Indian Ocean Flyway, West Pacific Ocean Flyway, Pacific Ocean Flyway, Southern Ocean Flyway) in a spilhaus projection, and the general direction of travel by migratory seabirds

🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways using #seabird #tracking data & novel analytical methods

➡️ doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004

🧪 #ornithology #migration #BLScience
@birdlifeglobal.bsky.social

We are grateful to GOBI @iki-germany.bsky.social for funding the project

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#JobAlert 🚨
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#Research #Scientist focused on #seabirds and #prey interactions, with #SEATRACK, #Norwegian #Polar Institute, and Norwegian Institute for #Nature Research.

3-year term based in #Tromso, #Norway. 🇳🇴

More information here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Any senior scientist out there working on environmental topics and looking for a change of scenery? (and willing to learn French)

“Large-scale
#monitoring programs that include boat-based surveys…remain important for defining #MarineBird #HabitatUse in an area where #HumanImpacts are increasing as #SeaIce cover declines”

Here at #Canadian #Wildlife Service, we aim to train community members across #Nunavut on these methods! 🦆

Frontiers | What Can Professional Scientific Societies Do to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Case Study of the American Elasmobranch Society Scientific professional societies are reviewing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies in response to recent calls for much-needed cha...

I assembled a team of experts to write this how-to guide for how scientific professional societies can improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. It's structured around my society's budgets and bylaws, but is broadly applicable.

Please share. 🧪

www.frontiersin.org/journals/edu...

Golden hour sunset over a residential part of Iqaluit, Nunavut, with the frozen bay and mountains in the background.

The days are getting longer and brighter here in #Iqaluit, #Nunavut!

#Spring is coming! ☀️❄️💛

So you know how the climate crisis is messing up crop yields?

And how microplastics are now everywhere?

NEW RESEARCH: : microplastics are sabotaging photosynthesis in food crops like wheat in ways that could throw 400 million people into starvation in next 20 yrs.🧪

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) on LinkedIn: #sustainabilityjobs #climatecareers #usdn 🌎🌿🔗 USDN’s Sustainability Job Board ⬇️ Links to job descriptions and applications below. Please share with your network! #SustainabilityJobs…

Here’s a list of climate/environment science and management jobs in local government. 🧪🌎

www.linkedin.com/posts/usdn_s...

I’d love to be added! Thank you!

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#ECRs: Take photos (and videos) of your #research: your study species, your #fieldwork or #lab setup, you doing your research...

These will be so valuable for #SciComm (presentations, publications, media, etc.)

Take it from a recent PhD grad - I take a lot of photos and I wish I had more!

Zoomed in aerial photo of a beluga whale next to the ice edge, taken in the northern Northwest Territories during sea duck surveys in 2024.

Heading to #Inuvik, #NorthwestTerritories today for the #Inuvialuit Game Council meeting to share some preliminary results of our #aerial #SeaDuck surveys in the #CapeBathurst #Polynya!

Looking forward to sharing results and chatting about plans opportunities for 2025!

The surface of the ocean is frozen, but in a layer of round patches that all tesselate together.

This #PancakeDay here's our recipe for pancake ice:

🧊 Get some ice forming on the top of your water
🌊 Bump bits of ice together with small waves
♻️ This rounds their edges as they freeze!
🥞 Grow the disc edges with trapped frozen foam

These pancakes will be up to 3m wide + 10m thick.
Bon Appétit 👩‍🍳

🚨NEW VACANCIES!🚨

Our Offshore Renewables group are seeking TWO ecological statisticians to join the growing team.

Both are permanent roles- more info: www.bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/ec...
📆Deadline: 27th Mar 2025

#StatisticalEcology #OffshoreRenewables #Statistics #DataScience #Seabirds #MarineMammals

Examining avian influenza virus exposure in seabirds of the northwest Atlantic in 2022 and 2023 via antibodies in eggs Abstract. Seabirds are frequently infected by avian influenza virus (AIV), which prior to 2021 primarily consisted of low-pathogenic AIV with limited repor

JUST OUT in #Conservation #Physiology: Examining #AvianInfluenza #virus exposure in #seabirds of the northwest #Atlantic🦆🧪

We looked at #avian #influenza #antibodies in eggs of 11 #seabird species in eastern #Canada and western #Iceland to better understand exposure + risk!

doi.org/10.1093/conp...

An advert for 'seriously remote work' in Antarctica shows a group of king penguins labelled 'today's colleagues'. Photo by Alistair Wilson

Looking for a new work bestie? We have options 🐧

We're looking for boating officers, divers, chefs, technicians, plant operators and more to work with us at British Antarctic Survey research stations.

These are jobs unlike any other, in one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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Chemical pollution hotspot map shows heartbreaking extent of damage to wildlife Dolphins, otters, seals and a wide range of British seabirds suffer from cancer, lung disease and other illnesses as a result of toxic spills that have taken place around the UK coastline.

🚨🚨 "UK seas suffered nearly 700 oil & chemical spills in the last 12 months." THAT'S +2 A DAY 😡

From lung disease in dolphins to cancer in seabirds, Big Oil is wrecking our seas. But now the truth's out.

📊 View our map: stopoffshoredrilling.org.uk/map/
✍️ Read more: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.

SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! It is important to share about the range of different jobs you can have in the scientific field 🧪 🦑
Check out some profiles of women making waves in the marine field: www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/prev...
#marineecology #marinelife

Three women in science, equipped with binoculars, notebooks and other gear, seated on a boat after conducting marine bird surveys in a National Wildlife Area.

Four women on a boat on their way to collect eggs as a part of a national research project.

Happy International Day of #Women in #Science!

I am so grateful for all the incredible #female mentors that I had throughout my #academic career, as well as the inspiring women I work with today!

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#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
#InternationalDayofWomenInScience

Aw thank you! I’ll gladly talk birds any day! 🦆❄️