Cuts to NOAA funding threaten our ability to predict and monitor hurricanes and tornadoes—putting lives and communities at risk. But NOAA’s work goes far beyond weather. Guest blogger Dr. David Shiffman shares 10 vital but lesser-known roles NOAA scientists play.

A virus from poultry farms is spreading worldwide, threatening birds, mammals and ecosystems alike.🔎

Learn more about the highly pathogenic avian influenza at our upcoming webinar and what it means for conservation.🌎

📅7 May 2025 |🕘09:00 GMT
👉Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f9a1e9...

New #OA paper in the #seabird journal (@theseabirdgroup.bsky.social)! We GPS-tracked Black-legged #Kittiwakes breeding on an offshore platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. In short, we show that they have a short foraging range compared to coastal... 1/6
www.seabirdgroup.org.uk/seabird-37

His mask is going up every day.

🚨 Revised request for scientist friends who want to do something to help 🚨

Help me find scientific professional societies with significant numbers of US members so I can approach them about a sign-on letter.

What societies are you a member of? Send me names, links, etc.

DMs open.

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A groundbreaking research project in the Northeast of England aims to explore the Kittiwakes’ role in urban ecology and propose innovative strategies to ensure the birds can breed successfully alongside people in the future.

#Seabirds
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/looking-fo...

The extent of sea ice has clearly dropped in both the northern and southern hemispheres at the same time.

Today, Antarctic ice extent is the fifth-lowest on record for this time of year and continues to decline 📉

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If you're an early-career researcher outside the UK and want to come work with my at the @nhm-london.bsky.social node of @adriftlab.bsky.social, consider applying for the Royal Society's Newton Fellowships! Deadline 17 March. Get in touch!

royalsociety.org/grants/newto... #ornithology

NEW PAPER in #ornithology examines the effect of winter storms on #seabirds, and suggests that #puffins are less affected by storminess than other auks: https://buff.ly/3Wo400p

Funded PhD! Interested in nightjars? Interested in radio tracking and GPS tracking? We are looking for a PhD student to study the movement and cognitive ecology of this enigmatic crepuscular species with me and @dmitrykishkinev.bsky.social Link below - message or email for info. 3 days to apply!

One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction.
New publication in Nature presents the largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List to date. More than 23 000 species assessed! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Work with us? Postdoc position in Arctic coastal carbon cycling at NINA’s Department for Arctic Ecology in Tromsø nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/65-post...

Excited to join BlueSky! We're here to share research-based knowledge on biodiversity, climate change and impacts on society. Looking forward to explore, connect, learn and collaborate.

Please follow and retweet this starterpack if you're mad about #seabirds 🐧🧪🌍

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NEWS!!! #SeabirdSessions are BACK!!! DEC 16, 2024 on ZOOM! An E-mail will go out to the E-list soon with more details! In the meantime, if you're NOT on the e-list and want including, do DM me! #Seabirds #Science #Conservation #SciComm #GrantsHat

🚨Calling for seabird tracking data!

🚢We are collating seabird data for the Humboldt Current region to assess fisheries bycatch risk.

🤝This is a collaborative project with Global Fishing Watch funded by @nfwfnews.bsky.social.

You can be part of it!

Go to: www.seabirdtracking.org/humboldt-cur...

Please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza.
📌In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/rep...
📌In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/dae...
📌In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.services.agriculture.gov.ie/report #Ornithology #UKBirding

Mass-mortality and reproductive failure of sea birds in Alaska, due to climate change.

Many similarities to global declines of coral reefs (the so-called “canary in the coal mine”), kelp beds, mangroves, etc, etc.
www.fws.gov/project/moni...