Becca Beutel
@bbeutel.bsky.social
she/her | PhD Candidate in Physical Oceanography @eoas.ubc.ca, but described as a marine biologist by my friends & family
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Becca Beutel
@bbeutel.bsky.social
· Nov 27
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...
bg.copernicus.org
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
Great photo summary by MEOPAR on some of what I learned this fall participating in a BATS cruise with @biosstation.bsky.social
Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience!
Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0
Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience!
Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Great photo summary by MEOPAR on some of what I learned this fall participating in a BATS cruise with @biosstation.bsky.social
Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience!
Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0
Thank you to the awesome scientists and crew who made this such a fun and fruitful learning experience!
Info on the program and MEOPAR funding here: hubs.li/Q03XN5jJ0
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
🧜♀️🧑🔬
Join PhD Candidate in Oceanography Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social for her first research cruise on the La Perouse biochemical survey!
Spotting whales, dolphins, squid, pteropods... sounds like a pretty great first research cruise experience, even if we agree the night shift sounds a bit scary!
Spotting whales, dolphins, squid, pteropods... sounds like a pretty great first research cruise experience, even if we agree the night shift sounds a bit scary!
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🧜♀️🧑🔬
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
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...
bg.copernicus.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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
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Bill Gates astounded climate advocates by publishing a manifesto arguing that the climate crisis is less urgent than other major problems that humanity faces
go.nature.com/4qXJDEO
go.nature.com/4qXJDEO
Bill Gates’s climate comments are a dangerous distraction
People do not have to dismiss or exaggerate the climate threat to justify concerted action.
go.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bill Gates astounded climate advocates by publishing a manifesto arguing that the climate crisis is less urgent than other major problems that humanity faces
go.nature.com/4qXJDEO
go.nature.com/4qXJDEO
@eoas.ubc.ca and @pme.ubc.ca are hosting Volcano: A science comedy show by Ben Miller this Wednesday evening!
Tickets are FREE but there are only a few left so get yours while you can - www.eventbrite.ca/e/volcano-a-...
Be prepared to "erupt" with laughter 🌋🔥
Tickets are FREE but there are only a few left so get yours while you can - www.eventbrite.ca/e/volcano-a-...
Be prepared to "erupt" with laughter 🌋🔥
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@eoas.ubc.ca and @pme.ubc.ca are hosting Volcano: A science comedy show by Ben Miller this Wednesday evening!
Tickets are FREE but there are only a few left so get yours while you can - www.eventbrite.ca/e/volcano-a-...
Be prepared to "erupt" with laughter 🌋🔥
Tickets are FREE but there are only a few left so get yours while you can - www.eventbrite.ca/e/volcano-a-...
Be prepared to "erupt" with laughter 🌋🔥
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Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.
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A deep dive on high-impact #ClimateAction from #BBC! As I told Jocelyn Timperley, "Hopefully people going through the jointheshift.earth guide will have a bit of an aha moment, realising, 'wait a minute, I have more power than I thought, and there's more that I can do'."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take
Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.
www.bbc.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A deep dive on high-impact #ClimateAction from #BBC! As I told Jocelyn Timperley, "Hopefully people going through the jointheshift.earth guide will have a bit of an aha moment, realising, 'wait a minute, I have more power than I thought, and there's more that I can do'."
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Ginalina, @swsocean.bsky.social, and I look so happy because the Future Science Leaders students ask the BEST questions.
Thank you to Science World Vancouver for a great career cafe!
Check out FSL: scienceworld.ca/futurescienceleaders/
Thank you to Science World Vancouver for a great career cafe!
Check out FSL: scienceworld.ca/futurescienceleaders/
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ginalina, @swsocean.bsky.social, and I look so happy because the Future Science Leaders students ask the BEST questions.
Thank you to Science World Vancouver for a great career cafe!
Check out FSL: scienceworld.ca/futurescienceleaders/
Thank you to Science World Vancouver for a great career cafe!
Check out FSL: scienceworld.ca/futurescienceleaders/
I was worried about night shift - but the inherent loopy-ness really grew on me
Thank you to all the fantastic scientists and crew who took the time to teach me while aboard the Tully for the Aug/Sep La Perouse! It was a dream first research cruise 🦈🐋🦑
Thank you to all the fantastic scientists and crew who took the time to teach me while aboard the Tully for the Aug/Sep La Perouse! It was a dream first research cruise 🦈🐋🦑
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I was worried about night shift - but the inherent loopy-ness really grew on me
Thank you to all the fantastic scientists and crew who took the time to teach me while aboard the Tully for the Aug/Sep La Perouse! It was a dream first research cruise 🦈🐋🦑
Thank you to all the fantastic scientists and crew who took the time to teach me while aboard the Tully for the Aug/Sep La Perouse! It was a dream first research cruise 🦈🐋🦑
This one feels deeper than normal (pun intended)
🌊🧪 They travel only as far as the currents can carry them before reaching the sea floor. - Broecker and Peng (1982), Tracers in the Sea
September 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This one feels deeper than normal (pun intended)
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After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf
August 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf
Perk of teaching students about coastal oceanography at @eoas.ubc.ca?: great field trip settings are a walk away 🦀
#TowerBeach #VancouverSummerProgram
#TowerBeach #VancouverSummerProgram
August 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Perk of teaching students about coastal oceanography at @eoas.ubc.ca?: great field trip settings are a walk away 🦀
#TowerBeach #VancouverSummerProgram
#TowerBeach #VancouverSummerProgram
Thank you @hakai.org for hosting me for a talk this week! I had a great time presenting in a yurt, having rewarding chats about carbonate chemistry and habitat viability thresholds, picking huckleberries, and working with an insanely gorgeous view 😍
July 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thank you @hakai.org for hosting me for a talk this week! I had a great time presenting in a yurt, having rewarding chats about carbonate chemistry and habitat viability thresholds, picking huckleberries, and working with an insanely gorgeous view 😍
shark week is part of what got me excited about ocean science.. pretty sure "great white sex battle" would have scared 11 yo me away 👶 lol
Shark Week bills itself as pro science and conservation and says they don’t promote fear.
One of these 2025 episode titles is real and I made up the rest.
Guess which is real.
1 Great white assassins
2 Great white sex battle
3 Great white invasion
4 Florida’s death beach
Lolz all real
One of these 2025 episode titles is real and I made up the rest.
Guess which is real.
1 Great white assassins
2 Great white sex battle
3 Great white invasion
4 Florida’s death beach
Lolz all real
June 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
shark week is part of what got me excited about ocean science.. pretty sure "great white sex battle" would have scared 11 yo me away 👶 lol
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I'll note that the estimate Sam Altman quotes falls between our estimates for the smallest and largest text models that we looked at. (For more, our full story is here: www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...)
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I'll note that the estimate Sam Altman quotes falls between our estimates for the smallest and largest text models that we looked at. (For more, our full story is here: www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...)
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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Really excited to join in this effort. I'll be talking about the OpenCTD and Oceanography for Everyone on Friday at 6PM.
Excited to be taking part in the Weather and Climate Livestream! I'll be speaking at 10:30 am EDT Sunday for the start of Hurricane Season. But, the stream will be kicking off at 3:00 pm EDT today and running for 100 hours, showcasing the ways we go benefit from science!
www.cnn.com/scientists-r...
www.cnn.com/scientists-r...
Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way | CNN
In the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have found a new way of engaging the public.
www.cnn.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Really excited to join in this effort. I'll be talking about the OpenCTD and Oceanography for Everyone on Friday at 6PM.
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Amazing sharkface. No notes.
Angular roughshark!
May 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Amazing sharkface. No notes.
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People sometimes think of Antarctica as being barren and devoid of life, but the ocean surrounding the continent is incredibly rich with wildlife and biodiversity.
Photos of new discoveries and insights from our wonderful Australian colleagues…
🧪🥼❄️🌊🦑
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Photos of new discoveries and insights from our wonderful Australian colleagues…
🧪🥼❄️🌊🦑
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sea pigs, icefish and trilobites: Antarctica’s mysterious marine life – in pictures
Characterised by darkness and cold temperatures, the extreme environment of Antarctica’s deep sea is largely unexplored. Now, after a special marine science voyage, a team aboard Australia’s national ...
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
People sometimes think of Antarctica as being barren and devoid of life, but the ocean surrounding the continent is incredibly rich with wildlife and biodiversity.
Photos of new discoveries and insights from our wonderful Australian colleagues…
🧪🥼❄️🌊🦑
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Photos of new discoveries and insights from our wonderful Australian colleagues…
🧪🥼❄️🌊🦑
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
is "seafloor squish" the technical term? (and if not.. can it be?)
Meet Peniagone papillata, a spectacular seafloor squish. This sea cucumber was observed on our abyssal plain research site off the coast of Santa Barbara 3,910 meters (12,828 feet) deep. #MBARIFromTheVault
May 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
is "seafloor squish" the technical term? (and if not.. can it be?)
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“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough. Ocean with #DavidAttenborough (out May 8) spotlights the devastating impact of bottom trawling
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sir David Attenborough Ocean film 'greatest message he's told'
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
www.bbc.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.” — Sir David Attenborough. Ocean with #DavidAttenborough (out May 8) spotlights the devastating impact of bottom trawling
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Read more: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In parallel to the "Sailing the Sonic Sea Event" (Salish Sea, Victoria BC June 5-8), we are launching a CALL FOR COMPOSITIONS based on Ocean Network Canada's underwater bank of sound recordings! A selection of the compositions will appear on the album curated by EarthSonic Project!
March 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In parallel to the "Sailing the Sonic Sea Event" (Salish Sea, Victoria BC June 5-8), we are launching a CALL FOR COMPOSITIONS based on Ocean Network Canada's underwater bank of sound recordings! A selection of the compositions will appear on the album curated by EarthSonic Project!
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New paper!
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should
ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New paper!
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...
Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.
This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠
academic.oup.com/fisheries/ad...