Jordan Thakar
@jordanthakar.bsky.social
M.Sc. Candidate at McGill University | Geomicrobiology | Studying microbial oil degradation in arctic sea water⛄🦠
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“These are no longer future scenarios. They’re our present conditions.”
The Arctic winter is no longer reliably frozen ❄️
While Arctic amplification has been predicted for decades, it’s another thing to stand in it — watching ecosystems shift and field methods fail under your feet 🌧️
These are no longer future scenarios.
They’re our present conditions.
While Arctic amplification has been predicted for decades, it’s another thing to stand in it — watching ecosystems shift and field methods fail under your feet 🌧️
These are no longer future scenarios.
They’re our present conditions.
July 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
“These are no longer future scenarios. They’re our present conditions.”
Reposted by Jordan Thakar
Our new consensus statement on reducing and reporting contamination in microbiome studies is the cover image of this month's Nature Microbiology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... In the cover photo, you can see our postdoc Sophie Holland in fully PPE sampling the atmosphere of terrestrial Antarctica.
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our new consensus statement on reducing and reporting contamination in microbiome studies is the cover image of this month's Nature Microbiology: www.nature.com/articles/s41... In the cover photo, you can see our postdoc Sophie Holland in fully PPE sampling the atmosphere of terrestrial Antarctica.
This serves as a reminder that Inuit sovereignty is the priority, and despite the value of this site for western science, there is a large swath of priorities and values to communities living there. Damage and profiteering from these landscapes will have justified consequences.
Very happy to see the attention given to this work 👇⚒️🧪 that was also presented to #AGU24. Access to the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt is now restricted due to thoughtless damage (not by these scientists) described below www.science.org/content/arti...
June 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This serves as a reminder that Inuit sovereignty is the priority, and despite the value of this site for western science, there is a large swath of priorities and values to communities living there. Damage and profiteering from these landscapes will have justified consequences.