Jay T. Cullen

Is there any job where the skills tested in the interview are as wildly different from the skills needed to actually do the job as a politician campaigning vs. a politician governing? Curious what examples people have.

And maybe our democracies should change that?

Friday #Decembeer 5th. CALEndar today is Driftwood Brewing Whitebark Witbier. Citrusy and easy. Wonderful choice @mcindoe.bsky.social

Thanks to @victoriaroyals.bsky.social for having Captain Reggie Newman sign the young one’s jersey. Classy organization here in yyj. Great WHL hockey

I haven't been to Antarctica, but this photo captures something profound about what a gift it is to do oceanographic science aboard research vessels, and the deep gratitude I feel to be someone who has had that privilege.

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2024. 2025 is shown with a thick gold line, which is currently a record low for the current date. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between October and January by looking at the decadal average line positions.

🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 840,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,380,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,070,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Zack, I have been using some of your graphics and animations for an introductory oceans and atmosphere course here @seos-uvic.bsky.social. They are such a great resource. Thank you

The study location and profiles of water column properties collected from 2005–2024

Nares Strait is a gateway for the export of Arctic waters to the North Atlantic. Yet the long-term evolution of its water masses is poorly characterized. Barut et al., use data from 2006–2024 to resolve temporal variability in key mass properties 🐻‍❄️ 🌊

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

TofiYES!

My favorite part is the wrapping is public-park-compatible

@infinitescream.bsky.social Sorry

Can of Ouest West Coast IPA in the hand of the OP

First beer of #Decembeer from the cALEndar. Ouest is is a West Coast IPA 7.0% ABV with Simcoe and Amarillo hops from @ilesauvagebrewing.bsky.social here in Victoria. @mcindoe.bsky.social @leitchlab.bsky.social we are are off to a strong and very tasty start

Thanks for doing this Al!

What a scare. I hope your recovery goes smoothly John.

Just plumeria blooming in almost December in Victoria yyj

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Water property variability into a semi-enclosed sea dominated by dynamics, modulated by properties Abstract. The biogeochemistry of the Salish Sea is strongly connected to its Pacific Ocean inflow through Juan de Fuca Strait (JdF), which varies seasonally and interannually in both volume and proper...

My paper with Susan Allen, @jilian0717.bsky.social, @jaytcullen.bsky.social, & @tiaanderlini.bsky.social is out! We show how Pacific source waters shape property flux into the Salish Sea, and separate dynamical vs property-driven change—useful for understanding coastal conditions in a changing ocean

🌊 If you are in #yyj on Dec. 9 be sure to see @fraass.bsky.social of @seos-uvic.bsky.social at the next Cafe Scientifique

We @uvic.ca are searching for our next President and Vice Chancellor. Could it be you? boyden.thriveapp.ly/job/3078

the inside of a car with a steering wheel and a dashboard that says ' passenger ' on it ALT: the inside of a car with a steering wheel and a dashboard that says ' passenger ' on it

Maybe if you are too lazy or disinterested to drive your own car you should do everyone a favour and take the bus...the original self driving car

The 3 graphs show temperature, salinity, and oxygen from the surface to 300 m versus year from 2018 through 2025 for profiling float 5905383. The map shows the trajectory of the float from deployment in the Weddell Gyre (green square) and a loop around the Weddell sea to the present position at the red square.

What's interesting as the Thanksgiving Holiday arrives? The first @bgc-argo.bsky.social profiling floats begin to emerge from under Antarctic sea ice each year. Float 5905383 is the first @soccomproject.bsky.social float for 2025/26. It has spent 7.9 years operating under ice.
#argofloats #oneargo

From the outset, ONC’s ocean monitoring infrastructure has been designed for multi-use.

This investment has enabled groundbreaking scientific discovery + accelerated ocean tech innovation—while supporting Canada’s evolving needs.

The Globe and Mail 🇨🇦 https://tgam.ca/4rkz0fq

#CFIfunded

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to each year from 1979 to 2024 as shown with thin lines in colors from purple to white. This graph is for Baffin Bay. There is large daily variability, but a long-term decreasing trend during all months of the year. A seasonal cycle is also visible in this region.

This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.

Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

A group of people in business attire standing in front of a table with a screen, and a large LED-lit backdrop. The graphic shows a map of Canada and title, "Transforming Ocean Science".

A group of people in business attire standing in front of a large sign that reads: CSPC 2025.

Innovation across #Canada's research landscape is inspiring!

ONC wrapped up 3 days of collaborating, sharing insights, & planning for a strong future w/ partners at #CSPC25.

We are proud to be part of the University of Victoria delegation w/ UVic Research & Innovation & UVic ACET.

#KnowTheOcean

Please don't take this the wrong way. I like the photograph and did notice Taurus...I'm absolutely bullish on your photographic career taking off!

New! GEOTRACES Data Product 2025-Now available! 🌊

Hydrographic and marine biogeochemical data from 123 cruises covering the global ocean

*Bulk download
bodc.ac.uk/geotraces/data/dp/
*Data subsetting
geotraces.webodv.awi.de
*Data analysis, visualisation
explore.webodv.awi.de
*Atlas
egeotraces.org

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part ...

🌊 Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean

phys.org/news/2025-11...

I don't know if posting pictures of Orion (you can see Orion's Belt there...the 3 stars in a row bottom centre) is useful at all. IMHO it's a big waist of space

Map showing the location of the November 20, 1933 M7.3 earthquake offshore Baffin Island.

Nov. 20, 1933: A M7.3 earthquake struck offshore Baffin Island, #Canada. This is the largest known #earthquake along the passive margin (east/north coasts) of #NorthAmerica and north of the Arctic Circle. This remains a seismically active area:
www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic-his...
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🌊 My colleagues in @seos-uvic.bsky.social and Biology as well as adjunct faculty at the CCCMa, Pacific Geoscience Centre and DFO contributed directly to this research excellence. Great to be part of such a strong earth, ocean and atmospheric science research team @uvicscience.bsky.social