Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.)
@eiui.bsky.social
Researching the use & influence of information at the science-policy interface in marine contexts (www.eiui.ca)
Climate #misinformation exploits the existence of #uncertainty in climate science to sow doubt; but how should uncertainty be communicated? @mariejuanchich.bsky.social et al. found that using #positive #framing can avoid implicit meaning of equivalent negative framing doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Climate #misinformation exploits the existence of #uncertainty in climate science to sow doubt; but how should uncertainty be communicated? @mariejuanchich.bsky.social et al. found that using #positive #framing can avoid implicit meaning of equivalent negative framing doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Science and Policymaking are made up of individuals with their own skillsets and interests - so how to find common ground?
New #INGSAHorizons Commentary: @MarcSaner takes us through a thought experiment - introducing the Science-Policy Interface Compass [or Geek-to-Wonk-o-meter]!
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New #INGSAHorizons Commentary: @MarcSaner takes us through a thought experiment - introducing the Science-Policy Interface Compass [or Geek-to-Wonk-o-meter]!
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A Compass for the Science-Policy Interface
Science and Policy are different professions, so how do we find common understanding? A good way is to look at our own values...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Science and Policymaking are made up of individuals with their own skillsets and interests - so how to find common ground?
New #INGSAHorizons Commentary: @MarcSaner takes us through a thought experiment - introducing the Science-Policy Interface Compass [or Geek-to-Wonk-o-meter]!
buff.ly/Nzilq9O
New #INGSAHorizons Commentary: @MarcSaner takes us through a thought experiment - introducing the Science-Policy Interface Compass [or Geek-to-Wonk-o-meter]!
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New publication:
Towards improved ecosystem service assessments in marine systems: A systematic review and evaluation of effectiveness
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Towards improved ecosystem service assessments in marine systems: A systematic review and evaluation of effectiveness
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Towards improved ecosystem service assessments in marine systems: A systematic review and evaluation of effectiveness - Ambio
Ecosystem service assessments (ESA) are widely used to support marine management, yet their application varies across regions due to differences in governance frameworks, data availability, and method...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New publication:
Towards improved ecosystem service assessments in marine systems: A systematic review and evaluation of effectiveness
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Towards improved ecosystem service assessments in marine systems: A systematic review and evaluation of effectiveness
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Among this year’s award winners in the Women’s Impact Award, is Colette Wabnitz of #UBCOceans and Stanford University, who is working to co-create data and policy tools to elevate women’s leadership in ocean governance. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Impact awards recognise value of gender-sensitive research
Three women researchers have been recognised for combining cutting-edge science with social impact by a female talent programme that was launched to a...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Among this year’s award winners in the Women’s Impact Award, is Colette Wabnitz of #UBCOceans and Stanford University, who is working to co-create data and policy tools to elevate women’s leadership in ocean governance. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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In small-scale #fisheries it is "crucial" to develop participatory approaches to inform management. Ayarza et al. describe a process with Spanish fishing guilds to co-create a sustainability index & note the importance of #trust, knowledge integration, & collective reflection doi.org/10.1093/ices...
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In small-scale #fisheries it is "crucial" to develop participatory approaches to inform management. Ayarza et al. describe a process with Spanish fishing guilds to co-create a sustainability index & note the importance of #trust, knowledge integration, & collective reflection doi.org/10.1093/ices...
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🌊 Find out more about climate and the #DeepOcean our latest video!
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🌊 Find out more about climate and the #DeepOcean our latest video!
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
▶️ youtu.be/Fjtwmt-gOJ8
This video is a DOSI production created in collaboration with Leo Richards of Natural World Facts.
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🌍 On 10 November, we will celebrate #WorldScienceDay for Peace and Development.
➡️ Add your activity to the global ISC event map and join a worldwide movement celebrating science as a public good: council.science/events/world....
➡️ Add your activity to the global ISC event map and join a worldwide movement celebrating science as a public good: council.science/events/world....
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌍 On 10 November, we will celebrate #WorldScienceDay for Peace and Development.
➡️ Add your activity to the global ISC event map and join a worldwide movement celebrating science as a public good: council.science/events/world....
➡️ Add your activity to the global ISC event map and join a worldwide movement celebrating science as a public good: council.science/events/world....
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🚨Advice release - Central Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Overview
The new ICES Ecosystem Overview for the Central Arctic Ocean ecoregion has been published today doi.org/10.17895/ice...
All the Ecosystem Overviews are available from the ICES website at:
www.ices.dk/advice/ESD/P...
The new ICES Ecosystem Overview for the Central Arctic Ocean ecoregion has been published today doi.org/10.17895/ice...
All the Ecosystem Overviews are available from the ICES website at:
www.ices.dk/advice/ESD/P...
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨Advice release - Central Arctic Ocean Ecosystem Overview
The new ICES Ecosystem Overview for the Central Arctic Ocean ecoregion has been published today doi.org/10.17895/ice...
All the Ecosystem Overviews are available from the ICES website at:
www.ices.dk/advice/ESD/P...
The new ICES Ecosystem Overview for the Central Arctic Ocean ecoregion has been published today doi.org/10.17895/ice...
All the Ecosystem Overviews are available from the ICES website at:
www.ices.dk/advice/ESD/P...
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The #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands is available!
Wetlands are vanishing, along with the life they sustain. 🌱
Explore the data & solutions to protect these crucial ecosystems.
Full report 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter 🌍🧪
Wetlands are vanishing, along with the life they sustain. 🌱
Explore the data & solutions to protect these crucial ecosystems.
Full report 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter 🌍🧪
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands is available!
Wetlands are vanishing, along with the life they sustain. 🌱
Explore the data & solutions to protect these crucial ecosystems.
Full report 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter 🌍🧪
Wetlands are vanishing, along with the life they sustain. 🌱
Explore the data & solutions to protect these crucial ecosystems.
Full report 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#GWO2025 #WetlandsMatter 🌍🧪
#Ghost #gear is one of the most dangerous types of #ocean #pollution. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports that organizations, #fishers, #scientists, & #policymakers globally are focusing on preventing the pollution at source & mitigating its impact via cleanups www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#Ghost #gear is one of the most dangerous types of #ocean #pollution. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports that organizations, #fishers, #scientists, & #policymakers globally are focusing on preventing the pollution at source & mitigating its impact via cleanups www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Our latest report, Balancing Research Security and Open Science, includes a Quick Reference for identifying and safeguarding sensitive research of concern
across a spectrum of sensitivity.
Check it out: go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob
across a spectrum of sensitivity.
Check it out: go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our latest report, Balancing Research Security and Open Science, includes a Quick Reference for identifying and safeguarding sensitive research of concern
across a spectrum of sensitivity.
Check it out: go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob
across a spectrum of sensitivity.
Check it out: go.cca-reports.ca/3KPUnob
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Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
Gates recently called for a ‘strategic pivot’ in climate strategy. That appears to have hit a nerve.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Why Bill Gates’ climate memo is being celebrated by skeptics while frustrating scientists
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A rapidly growing share of letters to journals may be drafted by machines, undetected by editors. Study quantifies recently ‘prolific debutante authors’ who had published no letters before 2022, when ChatGPT debuted. #academicjournals #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Letters to scientific journals surge as ‘prolific debutante’ authors likely use AI
New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
www.science.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A rapidly growing share of letters to journals may be drafted by machines, undetected by editors. Study quantifies recently ‘prolific debutante authors’ who had published no letters before 2022, when ChatGPT debuted. #academicjournals #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Tackling #ClimateChange requires cutting emissions & learning to live in a rapidly warming world. Investing in #adaptation now will help build a future where all communities flourish.
Our experts explain the key areas where progress is needed at #COP30: https://bit.ly/4qKuAOM
Our experts explain the key areas where progress is needed at #COP30: https://bit.ly/4qKuAOM
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Tackling #ClimateChange requires cutting emissions & learning to live in a rapidly warming world. Investing in #adaptation now will help build a future where all communities flourish.
Our experts explain the key areas where progress is needed at #COP30: https://bit.ly/4qKuAOM
Our experts explain the key areas where progress is needed at #COP30: https://bit.ly/4qKuAOM
Conveying #scientific #information is complex & multidirectional in today’s media ecology. Based on a case of reporting by a government agency that inadvertently prompted #climate #change #denial, Andreotta et al. offer recommendations for disseminating scientific information doi.org/10.1038/s441...
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Conveying #scientific #information is complex & multidirectional in today’s media ecology. Based on a case of reporting by a government agency that inadvertently prompted #climate #change #denial, Andreotta et al. offer recommendations for disseminating scientific information doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Everything is connected! 🌍💧🍽️🌡️
The IPBES Nexus Assessment explores the links between biodiversity, food, water, health & climate—showing how integrated solutions can drive real change.
📺 Watch our animation, now with with subtitles in Spanish/ French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vKEgC5UhBA
The IPBES Nexus Assessment explores the links between biodiversity, food, water, health & climate—showing how integrated solutions can drive real change.
📺 Watch our animation, now with with subtitles in Spanish/ French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vKEgC5UhBA
IPBES Nexus Assessment - Animation
How are biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate all connected? This animation unpacks the IPBES Nexus Assessment, which explores the critical links be...
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November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Everything is connected! 🌍💧🍽️🌡️
The IPBES Nexus Assessment explores the links between biodiversity, food, water, health & climate—showing how integrated solutions can drive real change.
📺 Watch our animation, now with with subtitles in Spanish/ French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vKEgC5UhBA
The IPBES Nexus Assessment explores the links between biodiversity, food, water, health & climate—showing how integrated solutions can drive real change.
📺 Watch our animation, now with with subtitles in Spanish/ French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vKEgC5UhBA
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INGSA has contributed to a joint statement on safeguarding and enhancing international scientific collaboration for #climate action at a time when international will and funding are under attack.
Please share and support!
#sciencepolicy #scienceadvice #evidence4policy #sciencediplomacy
Please share and support!
#sciencepolicy #scienceadvice #evidence4policy #sciencediplomacy
🔴 The global scientific community urges continued support for scientific research and collaboration to respond to climate crisis.
Read and share the statement: https://council.science/statements/climate-science/
Read and share the statement: https://council.science/statements/climate-science/
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
INGSA has contributed to a joint statement on safeguarding and enhancing international scientific collaboration for #climate action at a time when international will and funding are under attack.
Please share and support!
#sciencepolicy #scienceadvice #evidence4policy #sciencediplomacy
Please share and support!
#sciencepolicy #scienceadvice #evidence4policy #sciencediplomacy
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Does #science communication still feel challenging?
This #webinar will offer insights on how to make your science communication resonate with your audience by connecting with their values and identity. It will focus on building bridges between #scientists and #policymakers.
👉Register: egu.eu/5FJA3V
This #webinar will offer insights on how to make your science communication resonate with your audience by connecting with their values and identity. It will focus on building bridges between #scientists and #policymakers.
👉Register: egu.eu/5FJA3V
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Does #science communication still feel challenging?
This #webinar will offer insights on how to make your science communication resonate with your audience by connecting with their values and identity. It will focus on building bridges between #scientists and #policymakers.
👉Register: egu.eu/5FJA3V
This #webinar will offer insights on how to make your science communication resonate with your audience by connecting with their values and identity. It will focus on building bridges between #scientists and #policymakers.
👉Register: egu.eu/5FJA3V
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Are seabirds ocean savers? New research published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity finds seabirds help connect ocean ecosystems by moving nutrients from open ocean to islands and back to coastal waters.
Learn more: https://www.earth.com/news/how-saving-seabirds-could-help-save-the-oceans/
Learn more: https://www.earth.com/news/how-saving-seabirds-could-help-save-the-oceans/
How saving seabirds could help save the oceans
Restoring seabirds revives reefs, strengthens fisheries, and reconnects ecosystems from ridge to reef, driving climate recovery.
www.earth.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Are seabirds ocean savers? New research published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity finds seabirds help connect ocean ecosystems by moving nutrients from open ocean to islands and back to coastal waters.
Learn more: https://www.earth.com/news/how-saving-seabirds-could-help-save-the-oceans/
Learn more: https://www.earth.com/news/how-saving-seabirds-could-help-save-the-oceans/
Although often conflated, #trust in #science & trust in #scientists are different concepts. Younger-Khan states the distinction can resolve inconsistencies in the literature & also notes that influential #sociocultural & #political factors explain cross-country variation doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Although often conflated, #trust in #science & trust in #scientists are different concepts. Younger-Khan states the distinction can resolve inconsistencies in the literature & also notes that influential #sociocultural & #political factors explain cross-country variation doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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The IPBES #TransformativeChange Report identifies causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline, and presents strategies to accelerate transformative change for a just and sustainable world.
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
IPBES Transformative Change Assessment - Strategies and actions
The IPBES Transformative Change Assessment identifies a range of strategies and actions that can drive the systemic shifts needed for a sustainable future. F...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The IPBES #TransformativeChange Report identifies causes of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline, and presents strategies to accelerate transformative change for a just and sustainable world.
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
Learn more in this IPBES video with subtitles in English, French & Spanish: https://youtu.be/xaJpECmo6Yk
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The #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion opens today with sessions including one on deep sea biodiversity. We recently published on this topic see our Deep Sea Research and Management Needs doc: www.marineboard.eu/publications.... More about the Virtual Ocean Pavilion here: cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion opens today with sessions including one on deep sea biodiversity. We recently published on this topic see our Deep Sea Research and Management Needs doc: www.marineboard.eu/publications.... More about the Virtual Ocean Pavilion here: cop30oceanpavilion.vfairs.com
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"If we are to rebuild our scientific enterprise … that means cleaning up our house. Policies to forbid ghostwriting and strong sanctions for researchers who violate those policies would be a good place to start," writes Naomi Oreskes in a new #ScienceExpertVoices article. https://scim.ag/3JB7k4U
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"If we are to rebuild our scientific enterprise … that means cleaning up our house. Policies to forbid ghostwriting and strong sanctions for researchers who violate those policies would be a good place to start," writes Naomi Oreskes in a new #ScienceExpertVoices article. https://scim.ag/3JB7k4U
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Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
Stronger arctic cyclones speed up polar melting, impacting global weather
Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves. Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.
Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could disrupt weather patterns far beyond the Arctic.