Kristen de Jager

@kristendejager.bsky.social

I write things, sometimes.

Oh my goodness! Here I am drinking in the latest scientific news on what the heck killed 6 billion sun stars in the big-name journals, when it turns out my incredible co-worker @kristendejager.bsky.social dropped a big feature on it for @thetyee.ca over the weekend thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

We Finally Know What’s Killing So Many Starfish | The Tyee

Sea star wasting disease has devastated marine ecosystems for over a decade. Now scientists have named the cause.

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Killing billions of starfish, SSWD has affected more than 20 species in waters from Mexico to Alaska, including the sunflower sea star found off the coast of British Columbia. Now researchers know the cause. Read about it in my latest for @thetyee.ca : thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

We Finally Know What’s Killing So Many Starfish | The Tyee

Sea star wasting disease has devastated marine ecosystems for over a decade. Now scientists have named the cause.

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“This should have been done a long time ago.” On June 25, the Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine announced its formation in a dual press conference held in Vancouver and Toronto. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. #cdnpoli #topoli #vanpoli #CdnMedia

A New Canadian Group Launches to Defend Palestinian Journalists | The Tyee

At least 186 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank in the last 20 months.

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Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think. Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥

How Wildfires Are Speeding the Shrinking of BC’s Glaciers | The Tyee

Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.

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