Manon Laget
@manonlaget.bsky.social
Postdoc in Oceanography @Dalhousie
Ocean carbon cycle, Plankton, Pelagic ocean, Imaging
Ocean carbon cycle, Plankton, Pelagic ocean, Imaging
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We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
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Women Science finally on the Eiffel Tower 🗼
72 Scientist will join the already written names of 72 male scientists (Ampère, Lavoisier, Cuvier...) on the first floor :
Irène Joliot-Curie, Anita Conti...
all portraits here : 10ca8303-b3dc-4a91-9dcc-2d2b91792b47.usrfiles.com/ugd/10ca83_5...
72 Scientist will join the already written names of 72 male scientists (Ampère, Lavoisier, Cuvier...) on the first floor :
Irène Joliot-Curie, Anita Conti...
all portraits here : 10ca8303-b3dc-4a91-9dcc-2d2b91792b47.usrfiles.com/ugd/10ca83_5...
La liste des 72 femmes scientifiques qui rejoindront prochainement le premier étage de la Tour Eiffel a été dévoilée hier. C'est l’aboutissement d’un projet de plus de 4 ans porté par l’association Femmes & Sciences qui entend réparer cette invisibilisation. Qui sont les femmes retenues ?
Qui sont les 72 femmes scientifiques bientôt inscrites sur la Tour Eiffel ?
La liste des 72 femmes scientifiques qui rejoindront prochainement le premier étage de la Tour Eiffel a été dévoilée hier. C'est l’aboutissement d’un projet de plus de 4 ans porté par l’association Fe...
www.radiofrance.fr
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Women Science finally on the Eiffel Tower 🗼
72 Scientist will join the already written names of 72 male scientists (Ampère, Lavoisier, Cuvier...) on the first floor :
Irène Joliot-Curie, Anita Conti...
all portraits here : 10ca8303-b3dc-4a91-9dcc-2d2b91792b47.usrfiles.com/ugd/10ca83_5...
72 Scientist will join the already written names of 72 male scientists (Ampère, Lavoisier, Cuvier...) on the first floor :
Irène Joliot-Curie, Anita Conti...
all portraits here : 10ca8303-b3dc-4a91-9dcc-2d2b91792b47.usrfiles.com/ugd/10ca83_5...
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🌊 A historic moment for the ocean.
The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean.
Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/
The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean.
Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/
January 17, 2026 at 5:05 AM
🌊 A historic moment for the ocean.
The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean.
Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/
The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, marking a new era in the protection of our shared ocean.
Learn how you can take action for the High Seas: https://highseasalliance.org/
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“President Trump’s talk of ‘buying’ Greenland is not only an affront to Greenland’s autonomy but also a dangerous distraction from the urgent work of addressing environmental change impacts to US citizens,” the letter reads. eos.org/research-and...
Hundreds of Scientists “Vehemently Oppose” U.S. Effort to Purchase Greenland - Eos
About 350 scientists scientists have signed a letter condemning U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to acquire Greenland.
eos.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
“President Trump’s talk of ‘buying’ Greenland is not only an affront to Greenland’s autonomy but also a dangerous distraction from the urgent work of addressing environmental change impacts to US citizens,” the letter reads. eos.org/research-and...
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Defending PhD student, looking over their thesis: “If I knew then what I know now, I could’ve done all of this in like 9 months.”
A thread about my favorite pioneering cave explorers and why I don’t think AI will ever “solve” biology.
A thread about my favorite pioneering cave explorers and why I don’t think AI will ever “solve” biology.
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Defending PhD student, looking over their thesis: “If I knew then what I know now, I could’ve done all of this in like 9 months.”
A thread about my favorite pioneering cave explorers and why I don’t think AI will ever “solve” biology.
A thread about my favorite pioneering cave explorers and why I don’t think AI will ever “solve” biology.
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18th century drawings from Lesueur. Magnificient!!
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
18th century drawings from Lesueur. Magnificient!!
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Major heat wave in the North Atlantic had widespread and lasting impacts on marine life | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Major heat wave in the North Atlantic had widespread and lasting impacts on marine life | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Oh no... Seeing the direct tweet is even more frightening. Every day is a new crisis, and the repercussions are unimaginable.
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Oh no... Seeing the direct tweet is even more frightening. Every day is a new crisis, and the repercussions are unimaginable.
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The memory of the mass femicide at Polytechnique is still painful.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The memory of the mass femicide at Polytechnique is still painful.
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
Today marks the 36th anniversary of the Montreal massacre, where 14 women — students at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique — lost their lives in a mass shooting motivated by misogyny.
#December6
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Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
What Scientists Found When a Deep Sea Mining Company Invited Them In
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Benthic forams in the news www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Day 3 of #artAdventCalendar: another new portrait - geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬 #histsci A 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Day 3 of #artAdventCalendar: another new portrait - geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. 🐡🧪👩🏻🔬 #histsci A 🧵
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🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
The Maldivian government reopened gulper shark fishing, carving a species-level exemption that weakens both protections and reputations.
oceanographicmagazine.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🌊 COP30 overlooked the deep ocean, protecting it must be a priority
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/cop...
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this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector
In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
this might be the saddest story I've ever written, about a seal that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
defector.com/why-wont-nor...
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And for the carbon cycle community, here are (most of) your figures in units of carbon instead of CO₂:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
And for the carbon cycle community, here are (most of) your figures in units of carbon instead of CO₂:
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/GtC/
If you work on the ocean twilight zone, this is for you ⬇️ 🌊🧪
Volunteers sought to talk about their work.
We plan to restart the monthly calls, each featuring two informal talks.
If you would like to give a talk, get in touch at jetzon.org@gmail.com
Also see previous talks on the JETZON YouTube channel.
We plan to restart the monthly calls, each featuring two informal talks.
If you would like to give a talk, get in touch at jetzon.org@gmail.com
Also see previous talks on the JETZON YouTube channel.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you work on the ocean twilight zone, this is for you ⬇️ 🌊🧪
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🌊✊ Solidarity with Leonid Pshenichnov — the Ukrainian biologist arrested for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing. Protecting ecosystems isn’t treason. It’s good science, and it’s our future.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing
‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌊✊ Solidarity with Leonid Pshenichnov — the Ukrainian biologist arrested for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing. Protecting ecosystems isn’t treason. It’s good science, and it’s our future.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#NCKF25
#NCKF25
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The incredible tragedy for #ArcticScience of NOAA shutting down their #methane monitoring data. 5th May 2025 is the last data we'll ever get.
#NCKF25
#NCKF25
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😶🌫️ Depuis quelques semaines, la temperature dans le nord de l'Arctique ne baissent pas...
Record warm conditions continue in the northernmost portions of the #Arctic Ocean, near the North Pole. This anomalous warmth is forecast to continue over the next week or so too.
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
More graphics: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
October 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
😶🌫️ Depuis quelques semaines, la temperature dans le nord de l'Arctique ne baissent pas...
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With some serious implications for #fisheries productivity, especially in low latitudes, which host large populations of vulnerable, fish-dependent coastal communities. 🧪🌊🌏
"Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate" | Our (Hong et al) new article in @aaas.org #ScienceAdvances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate
Chlorophyll a is declining in low- to mid-latitude oceans, indicating reduced ocean productivity and fewer phytoplankton blooms.
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
With some serious implications for #fisheries productivity, especially in low latitudes, which host large populations of vulnerable, fish-dependent coastal communities. 🧪🌊🌏
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A bitter day for the fight against climate change. The decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to postpone the decision on the climate protection pathway for global shipping by one year is wrong. Countries may be able to be pressured, but the planet cannot.
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A bitter day for the fight against climate change. The decision by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to postpone the decision on the climate protection pathway for global shipping by one year is wrong. Countries may be able to be pressured, but the planet cannot.
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The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.
The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
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Victor Hensen coined the term "Plankton" in 1887. By 1910 it was an industry (still is)! Steuer's book ran 722 pages!
October 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Victor Hensen coined the term "Plankton" in 1887. By 1910 it was an industry (still is)! Steuer's book ran 722 pages!
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
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@egu.eu community please consider signing this petition to try and save the nightjet to Vienna🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
agir.greenvoice.fr
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@egu.eu community please consider signing this petition to try and save the nightjet to Vienna🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
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“Among the many [proposed] deep cuts to scientific research…is the abrupt termination of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. The budget also pauses development of a new vessel that was supposed to succeed the Palmer in the 2030s.”
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Trump’s Cuts May Spell the End for America’s Only Antarctic Research Ship
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“Among the many [proposed] deep cuts to scientific research…is the abrupt termination of the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. icebreaker dedicated to Antarctic research. The budget also pauses development of a new vessel that was supposed to succeed the Palmer in the 2030s.”
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