Dr A.M.T. Labbé
@amtlabbe.bsky.social
Marine ornithologist. Southern Hemisphere. 🇦🇺🇷🇪🇲🇫
WASCN- Western Australian Seabird Conservation Network Inc.
WASCN- Western Australian Seabird Conservation Network Inc.
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🌊🧵 1/ Vanderford Glacier, holding more than half-a-metre of global sea level rise, is retreating faster than any other in East #Antarctica (18.6 km of grounding line retreat 1996-2020!) It’s one of a number of glaciers in Vincennes Bay melted by deep warm water getting underneath.
📸 P. Harmsen/AAD
📸 P. Harmsen/AAD
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
🌊🧵 1/ Vanderford Glacier, holding more than half-a-metre of global sea level rise, is retreating faster than any other in East #Antarctica (18.6 km of grounding line retreat 1996-2020!) It’s one of a number of glaciers in Vincennes Bay melted by deep warm water getting underneath.
📸 P. Harmsen/AAD
📸 P. Harmsen/AAD
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Every once in a while, I write a paper that is not about #seabirds! Data from 2012, published today!
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rdcu.be/eQJkK
Seasonal phenology, diversity, and relative abundance of macroinvertebrate waterfowl foods in a coastal wetland landscape in Maritime Canada
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November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Every once in a while, I write a paper that is not about #seabirds! Data from 2012, published today!
rdcu.be/eQJkK
rdcu.be/eQJkK
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. To get us started here are some fearless Arctic Terns attacking as I move through their colony #SuperSeabirdSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. To get us started here are some fearless Arctic Terns attacking as I move through their colony #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Winter tightens its hold in Lapland. At the moment -28.3 °C in Savukoski Tulppio with > 20 cm of snow. The coldest so far this winter in Finland.
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Winter tightens its hold in Lapland. At the moment -28.3 °C in Savukoski Tulppio with > 20 cm of snow. The coldest so far this winter in Finland.
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
However, much like in 2023, large parts of the northern hemisphere are unusually warm again (except Fennoscandia).
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I spent my final evening in Florida at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park watching royal terns hunt at sunset 🪶🌞🦑🌿
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I spent my final evening in Florida at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park watching royal terns hunt at sunset 🪶🌞🦑🌿
Fledging cuteness 🥰🩵🩵🩵
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Fledging cuteness 🥰🩵🩵🩵
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There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
There’s one month left to apply for the PhD position on interactions between contaminants and parasites in common terns, co-supervised by @alicecarravieri.bsky.social, Bernd Sures from @unidue.bsky.social and myself. You can do so here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/380142
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In Rouzic, France, 1 year post HPAI outbreak, the breeding gannet population 🔻 by 38 %, 22.3% of surviving breeders were had black eyes. black eyes birds not associated with differences in foraging behaviour + habitat use
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In Rouzic, France, 1 year post HPAI outbreak, the breeding gannet population 🔻 by 38 %, 22.3% of surviving breeders were had black eyes. black eyes birds not associated with differences in foraging behaviour + habitat use
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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SAD news, almost beyond words!! But I will use them …. The #bird the slender-billed curlew is now #extinct @davegoulson.bsky.social
Officially extinct yesterday, RIP slender-billed curlew
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
SAD news, almost beyond words!! But I will use them …. The #bird the slender-billed curlew is now #extinct @davegoulson.bsky.social
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Brilliant story-telling and visuals, despite the tragic impacts of feral cats www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Revered and reviled, cats in the crosshairs on Christmas Island
On a speck of land in the Indian Ocean, one of the world's most ambitious wars is being waged against feral cats. But not everyone is celebrating.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Brilliant story-telling and visuals, despite the tragic impacts of feral cats www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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October 2025 Globally,according to Copernicus,
had an average temperature of 15.14C which is +0.70C above the 1991/2020 normal and was the 3rd warmest on record behind 2023 and 2024.
The most above average country was Canada,the most below
was Albania.
had an average temperature of 15.14C which is +0.70C above the 1991/2020 normal and was the 3rd warmest on record behind 2023 and 2024.
The most above average country was Canada,the most below
was Albania.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
October 2025 Globally,according to Copernicus,
had an average temperature of 15.14C which is +0.70C above the 1991/2020 normal and was the 3rd warmest on record behind 2023 and 2024.
The most above average country was Canada,the most below
was Albania.
had an average temperature of 15.14C which is +0.70C above the 1991/2020 normal and was the 3rd warmest on record behind 2023 and 2024.
The most above average country was Canada,the most below
was Albania.
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In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
October 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
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I'm excited to finally have a preprint of this paper up, a few years in the making.
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm excited to finally have a preprint of this paper up, a few years in the making.
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
In it we argue that industry-driven manipulation of social media research is well underway and that norms and institutions in the field are ill-prepared to resist tech's influence.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.19894
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H5 strain of bird flu on Heard Island? Samples are yet to be tested. "The majority of mortalities were detected in elephant seal pups and in a small number of adults." — Dr Julie McInnes, wildlife ecologist with AAD and @imas-utas.bsky.social
▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
📸 Matt Curnock
▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
📸 Matt Curnock
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
H5 strain of bird flu on Heard Island? Samples are yet to be tested. "The majority of mortalities were detected in elephant seal pups and in a small number of adults." — Dr Julie McInnes, wildlife ecologist with AAD and @imas-utas.bsky.social
▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
📸 Matt Curnock
▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
📸 Matt Curnock
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Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This is what Adélie penguins attempting to nest on ice looks like. They aren’t supposed to do that.
🌎🧪🦑🦉
ACA 2019-006
🌎🧪🦑🦉
ACA 2019-006
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This is what Adélie penguins attempting to nest on ice looks like. They aren’t supposed to do that.
🌎🧪🦑🦉
ACA 2019-006
🌎🧪🦑🦉
ACA 2019-006
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The study “Tracking HPAIV H5 through a geographic survey of Antarctic seabird populations” surveyed 13 breeding sites in the Antarctic from Dec 2023–Jan 2024. Findings suggest the first suspected HPAI H5 cases on the continent, potentially in two new seabird species. bit.ly/4pkI4Aa
September 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The study “Tracking HPAIV H5 through a geographic survey of Antarctic seabird populations” surveyed 13 breeding sites in the Antarctic from Dec 2023–Jan 2024. Findings suggest the first suspected HPAI H5 cases on the continent, potentially in two new seabird species. bit.ly/4pkI4Aa
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We suggest that daily carcass removal may have kept environmental transmission at bay, and that increased immunity and/or a change of the strain of HPAI may have caused the drop in mortality among the outbreak years.
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We suggest that daily carcass removal may have kept environmental transmission at bay, and that increased immunity and/or a change of the strain of HPAI may have caused the drop in mortality among the outbreak years.
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Pretty freaking wild to hear "actually AI is useful for climate change" constantly and from people who should know better when the people deciding how the massive resources it consumes are used are saying stuff like this
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Pretty freaking wild to hear "actually AI is useful for climate change" constantly and from people who should know better when the people deciding how the massive resources it consumes are used are saying stuff like this
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If you’re in Australia, report your #BeachedBird observations here (especially important over the next 4-6 weeks) adriftlab.org/beached-bird...
Beached bird reports
adriftlab.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you’re in Australia, report your #BeachedBird observations here (especially important over the next 4-6 weeks) adriftlab.org/beached-bird...