Emily Runnells
@e-runnells.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, current PhD student studying seabirds with the Davoren Lab, she/her
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Emily Runnells
@e-runnells.bsky.social
· Mar 28
Stable isotopes reveal synchronous primary flight feather moult pattern of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) | link.springer.com/ar... | Journal of Ornithology | #ornithology #seabirds 🪶
So exciting that our paper on #puffin wing molt is out! We're learning more about oceanic life history, and how to protect this beloved species beyond the breeding colony, bit by bit. #stableisotopes, #seabirds, #ornithology - worth a read. Thank you #gulls, for the feather samples.
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With this news of Larry Summers "stepping back from public engagements" but still teaching, sometimes I think about how with all of the horrific stories of abuse of female students in academia, the only marine biologist I know of who was banned from taking future students is a woman.
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
With this news of Larry Summers "stepping back from public engagements" but still teaching, sometimes I think about how with all of the horrific stories of abuse of female students in academia, the only marine biologist I know of who was banned from taking future students is a woman.
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#Seabirds at risk: Common Guillemots concentrate for moulting where wind farms are planned in the German North Sea: see latest aerial suveys by #DDA in September 2025: www.dda-web.de/downloads/ma...
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#Seabirds at risk: Common Guillemots concentrate for moulting where wind farms are planned in the German North Sea: see latest aerial suveys by #DDA in September 2025: www.dda-web.de/downloads/ma...
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Happy Seabird Sunday! A new Kittiwake illustration inspired by watching them dive for capelin over the summer...
A little appreciation for one of our smaller black and white seabirds.
find it here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1758...
#seabird #superseabirdsunday #seabirdsunday #kittiwake
A little appreciation for one of our smaller black and white seabirds.
find it here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1758...
#seabird #superseabirdsunday #seabirdsunday #kittiwake
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy Seabird Sunday! A new Kittiwake illustration inspired by watching them dive for capelin over the summer...
A little appreciation for one of our smaller black and white seabirds.
find it here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1758...
#seabird #superseabirdsunday #seabirdsunday #kittiwake
A little appreciation for one of our smaller black and white seabirds.
find it here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1758...
#seabird #superseabirdsunday #seabirdsunday #kittiwake
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🐦✨ WSC4 Keynote Nominations Open!
Share your vision for seabird conservation. Early-career & international voices encouraged!
📍WSC4 In-person & Hybrid: 7–11 Sept 2026, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
🔗 bit.ly/3Jv71c9
#WSC4 #SeabirdScience
Share your vision for seabird conservation. Early-career & international voices encouraged!
📍WSC4 In-person & Hybrid: 7–11 Sept 2026, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
🔗 bit.ly/3Jv71c9
#WSC4 #SeabirdScience
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🐦✨ WSC4 Keynote Nominations Open!
Share your vision for seabird conservation. Early-career & international voices encouraged!
📍WSC4 In-person & Hybrid: 7–11 Sept 2026, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
🔗 bit.ly/3Jv71c9
#WSC4 #SeabirdScience
Share your vision for seabird conservation. Early-career & international voices encouraged!
📍WSC4 In-person & Hybrid: 7–11 Sept 2026, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
🔗 bit.ly/3Jv71c9
#WSC4 #SeabirdScience
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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
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Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
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I will translate from NPRese
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response. n.pr/4913a0E
Bird flu surges among poultry amid a scaled back federal response
Migrating wild birds are spreading the virus to domesticated flocks, increasing the risk of eventually seeing a human outbreak. Scientists are troubled by the muted federal response.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I will translate from NPRese
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
Scientists are alarmed because the Trump admin has gutted the CDC and USDA at a time when this virus could jump to a threat to humans anyday now.
🩺🧪
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🐦 Got questions about the 4th World Seabird Conference?
Dive into the FAQ page for all the details — from abstracts to travel tips!
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #Seabirds #Conservation
Dive into the FAQ page for all the details — from abstracts to travel tips!
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #Seabirds #Conservation
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🐦 Got questions about the 4th World Seabird Conference?
Dive into the FAQ page for all the details — from abstracts to travel tips!
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #Seabirds #Conservation
Dive into the FAQ page for all the details — from abstracts to travel tips!
worldseabirdunion.org/world-seabir...
#WSC4 #Seabirds #Conservation
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I need GRFP help for a mentee...
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I need GRFP help for a mentee...
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
what advice are we giving folks who have overcome significant adversity in their educational paths re: this administration and updated NSF Broader Impacts priorities? how should students talk about DEI in personal statements this year?
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I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
The best scientific talk advice that gets ignored
Here are some prescriptions for a case of UCPS (Unengaging Conference Presentation Syndrome).
scienceforeveryone.science
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
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I am very excited to share that we have a new paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
In it, we summarize the state of knowledge on the Circular Seabird Economy!
1/n 🧪
Link to paper here: rdcu.be/eMOUd
In it, we summarize the state of knowledge on the Circular Seabird Economy!
1/n 🧪
Link to paper here: rdcu.be/eMOUd
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I am very excited to share that we have a new paper out today in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com
In it, we summarize the state of knowledge on the Circular Seabird Economy!
1/n 🧪
Link to paper here: rdcu.be/eMOUd
In it, we summarize the state of knowledge on the Circular Seabird Economy!
1/n 🧪
Link to paper here: rdcu.be/eMOUd
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Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hey seabird folks - have you ever thought "*ANOTHER* talk about ?!" So did we.
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
So we reviewed 3000 conference abstracts to see which species get the spotlight. Huge work from @ingridpollet.bsky.social with me and @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The latest on Wing Beat: "Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys" by Brooke Goodman
americanornithology.org/humans-outpe...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
#ornithology #pointcountsurvey #soundID #birdsong
americanornithology.org/humans-outpe...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
#ornithology #pointcountsurvey #soundID #birdsong
Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys - American Ornithological Society
Merlin’s sound classifier feature has revolutionized interaction with the avian world since its release in 2021. It works by learning the unique features of a species’ vocalization, and then recognizi...
americanornithology.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The latest on Wing Beat: "Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys" by Brooke Goodman
americanornithology.org/humans-outpe...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
#ornithology #pointcountsurvey #soundID #birdsong
americanornithology.org/humans-outpe...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
#ornithology #pointcountsurvey #soundID #birdsong
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On the importance of incorporating
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A behavioural approach to key area identification in seabirds for threat mitigation and spatial management - Animal Biotelemetry
Background Identifying key areas of animal distribution using individual movement data is fundamental for conservation planning, threat mitigation, and spatial management. Methodologies which define t...
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
On the importance of incorporating
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
behavioural-state differentiation when identifying key
spatial areas for seabirds.
#seabirds
animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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We're Hiring!!! #ornithology #waterbirds
We're seeking an Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Waterbirds. The EIC is responsible for professional services in editing &
publication of the Society’s journal ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/n... Please share! Questions: managingeditor@waterbirds.org
We're seeking an Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Waterbirds. The EIC is responsible for professional services in editing &
publication of the Society’s journal ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/n... Please share! Questions: managingeditor@waterbirds.org
Waterbirds Editor-in-Chief
Waterbirds Editor-in-Chief Job Description: We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Waterbirds, the International Journal of Waterbird Biology. The journal is published online four times a ...
ornithologyexchange.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We're Hiring!!! #ornithology #waterbirds
We're seeking an Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Waterbirds. The EIC is responsible for professional services in editing &
publication of the Society’s journal ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/n... Please share! Questions: managingeditor@waterbirds.org
We're seeking an Editor-in-Chief for our journal, Waterbirds. The EIC is responsible for professional services in editing &
publication of the Society’s journal ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/n... Please share! Questions: managingeditor@waterbirds.org
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There’s clearly hunger for non-establishment candidates, which is great! But long-term change requires building a base by showing up and doing the un-glamorous work (and then we know you have a skeleton-free closet). Plus, we need good representation at the town and state levels, too.
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
There’s clearly hunger for non-establishment candidates, which is great! But long-term change requires building a base by showing up and doing the un-glamorous work (and then we know you have a skeleton-free closet). Plus, we need good representation at the town and state levels, too.
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Behavioral response of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica to marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Maine, USA: A webcam study | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
October 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Behavioral response of Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica to marine heatwaves in the Gulf of Maine, USA: A webcam study | http://www.marineorn... | Marine Ornithology | #ornithology 🪶
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October 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.
Fifth National Climate Assessment
The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the…
nca5.climate.us
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Trump administration removed the 5th National climate assessment, which was congressionally mandated and taxpayer funded, because they deny science. It’s now back online on a non-government website.
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Tipping points are real but get garbled in reporting. This piece explained the nuance well.
"Every fraction of a degree in warming that humans prevent reduces the risk of runaway #climate conditions... #Tippingpoints highlight the stakes, but also underscore the [value of the choices we can make]."
"Every fraction of a degree in warming that humans prevent reduces the risk of runaway #climate conditions... #Tippingpoints highlight the stakes, but also underscore the [value of the choices we can make]."
Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
theconversation.com/climate-tipp...
Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at growing risk. But, what does that actually mean?
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tipping points are real but get garbled in reporting. This piece explained the nuance well.
"Every fraction of a degree in warming that humans prevent reduces the risk of runaway #climate conditions... #Tippingpoints highlight the stakes, but also underscore the [value of the choices we can make]."
"Every fraction of a degree in warming that humans prevent reduces the risk of runaway #climate conditions... #Tippingpoints highlight the stakes, but also underscore the [value of the choices we can make]."
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The Scottish Government is hiring a Marine Ornithologist! 🐦 Provide scientific advice on marine birds & support marine renewable energy policy and research, including ScotMER, ORJIP & OWEC.
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4ohpDuE
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4ohpDuE
Marine Ornithologist
Do you want to use your scientific and research expertise to play an important role in decisions made on the sustainable delivery of marine renewables and the marine environment?
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Scottish Government is hiring a Marine Ornithologist! 🐦 Provide scientific advice on marine birds & support marine renewable energy policy and research, including ScotMER, ORJIP & OWEC.
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4ohpDuE
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/4ohpDuE
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A passenger aboard the ‘Spirit of #Tasmania’ recorded this video yesterday as the ferry entered the #BassStrait
The seas were ~6 m & wind gusting ~75 km/hr. It is glorious to see flocks of Short-tailed #Shearwaters (just returned from the Bering Sea) absolutely in their element 🐦💨
The seas were ~6 m & wind gusting ~75 km/hr. It is glorious to see flocks of Short-tailed #Shearwaters (just returned from the Bering Sea) absolutely in their element 🐦💨
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A passenger aboard the ‘Spirit of #Tasmania’ recorded this video yesterday as the ferry entered the #BassStrait
The seas were ~6 m & wind gusting ~75 km/hr. It is glorious to see flocks of Short-tailed #Shearwaters (just returned from the Bering Sea) absolutely in their element 🐦💨
The seas were ~6 m & wind gusting ~75 km/hr. It is glorious to see flocks of Short-tailed #Shearwaters (just returned from the Bering Sea) absolutely in their element 🐦💨
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New paper!! Geolocator error decreases with an increase in the number of days of data. By @bennett-sophie.bsky.social et al.
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New paper!! Geolocator error decreases with an increase in the number of days of data. By @bennett-sophie.bsky.social et al.
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_2/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess #biologging
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Help us show the Trump administration how unpopular their plans to open our protected areas to industrial fishing are
Please sign and share our petition
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Please sign and share our petition
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October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Help us show the Trump administration how unpopular their plans to open our protected areas to industrial fishing are
Please sign and share our petition
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Please sign and share our petition
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