Postdoc position in Arctic seabird ecology - applications due soon, August 14th. 8 Innovation faculty positions as well - applications due September 10th.
Elliott Hazen
@ehazen.bsky.social
Dad, Quantitative Ecologist at NMFS, and Adjunct Professor at UCSC and Stanford. All opinions are my own. He / him / his. https://www.elliotthazen.com/
A good article highlighting how climate change is affecting marine predators on land and sea. news.mongabay.com/2026/07/extr...
Extreme weather dampens breeding success for marine predators in Tasmania: study
On the rocky shores of Tasmania, seals and seabirds can’t shelter indoors during a storm or turn on the AC during a hot spell. When extreme weather strikes, they’re exposed to the elements, especially...
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NOAA Fisheries Finds Listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act “Not Warranted” www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
NOAA Fisheries Finds Listing Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon Under the Endangered Species Act “Not Warranted”
NOAA Fisheries’ 12-month review shows a low risk of extinction.
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What is acoustic spatial capture-recapture (aSCR)? In this blog post, Ané Cloete goes through aSCR, answering question on what it is, what it needs to work, what data the model uses and what kind of ecological questions aSCR can answer. Read the whole blog here 👇 buff.ly/1q2Ib6F
What is acoustic spatial capture-recapture (aSCR)?
Post provided by Ané Cloete What is acoustic spatial capture-recapture (aSCR)? Estimating how many animals live in a given area is one of the most fundamental challenges in conservation. For specie…
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"What drove the birds to retreat to inaccessible cliffsides was changing human behavior, including desperate Spaniards gathering gull eggs to survive the country’s civil war from 1936 to 1939 and the famine that followed." www.biographic.com/spains-cliff...
Spain’s Cliff-Nesting Gulls Are Actually Beach Bums - bioGraphic
Almost a century ago, egg-poaching humans drove yellow-legged gulls away from beaches. Now the birds are coming back.
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NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)
Exciting news for seabird and ocean conservation: governments have formally recognised marine flyways at #CMSCOP15! Read how marine flyways can benefit migratory seabirds in this @mongabay.com article by BirdLife's @tammyedavies.bsky.social and Aline Kühl-Stenzel ➡️ tinyurl.com/MongabayMarFly
Marine flyways are the missing map we can use to boost seabird conservation (commentary)
Last week, governments, conservationists and civil society from around the world gathered in Brazil for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS-15). In a rare mo...
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$200 billion could fund the National Science Foundation for 20 years.
Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.
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An Ohio jury ruled in favor of the rapper Afroman after a civil trial in which law enforcement officers accused him of causing them mental distress by using footage from their 2022 raid on his home in music videos.
Afroman Wins Civil Trial Over Use of Police Raid Footage in His Music Videos
Seven law enforcement officers had accused the rapper, whose name is Joseph E. Foreman, of causing them “humiliation” by using images from their 2022 raid on his Ohio home in two music videos.
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Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪 Just a quick one while I’m on the road this week. March 13 (Yr 2, Wk 11) - follow-ups on measles, sched F, ACIP recommendations - three essays from NIH insiders & more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Year 2, Week 11
Mar 7-13, 2026 - recalibrating
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Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪 Mar 6 (Year 2, Week 10) - NIH revoking certification of early career workers union - FDA 'chaos' & Prasad out (again) - even more delay & interference in NIH funding & so much more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Year 2, Week 10
Feb 28-Mar6, 2026 - time (for) change
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During marine heatwaves, the thermal habitat for humpback whales is compressed, increasing the risk of entanglements with fishing gear. New research in PLOS Climate by Jarrod Santora and colleagues 👇 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti... 📸 Anne Smith, Pixabay @ehazen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/s... It would be a nice time to have invested in mRNA vaccines…
Bird Flu Strikes California Elephant Seals for the First Time
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Low counts of overwintering Pacific Monarchs suggests a collapse is likely www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_n...
Low counts of overwintering monarchs trouble experts who see a potential species collapse.
Western monarch butterfly counts hit a new low, signaling a potential species collapse due to habitat loss and pesticides, alarming conservation experts.
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This is an important step forward in species distribution modelling, enabling researchers and policymakers to better understand marine biodiversity patterns and develop more effective conservation strategies. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Something positive for your scrolling today: Apparently kakapo are having a great year. apnews.com/article/kaka...
A bumper berry harvest has New Zealand's weird flightless parrot in a rare mood for romance
New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts.
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The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Postdoc Opportunity in the Netherlands! Apply by Jan 26. We are seeking an enthusiastic candidate to work with us on a postdoc at the NIOZ. It is a 2-year position, the NL-gvt-funded Vidi project. Application and details can be found here: workingat.nioz.nl/l/nl/o/postd...
NIOZ - Postdoc positie Deep-sea prey and environment
The Department of Coastal Systems (COS) at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) is looking for a highly motivated postdoc to join a research team exploring the deep-sea predatory int
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I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands Accepting applications until Feb 15th blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - NOAA Firebird - Illinois Natural History Survey/PRI - Application Deadline: February 15, 2026
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Just in time for the holidays, can VMS fleet data be used as ecosystem sentinel information? Why yes it can! And fishing fleets are highly responsive to changing ecosystem conditions. news.ucsc.edu/2025/12/fish...
New study finds fishing-fleet movements can reveal marine-ecosystem shifts
UC Santa Cruz researchers show how vessel-tracking data mirrored tuna roaming beyond their typical territory due to unusually warm ocean temperatures
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"Australian MPAs and unprotected areas exhibit similar patterns of exposure to warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and marine heatwaves, suggesting that MPA placement with respect to future climate is no better than random." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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🌊 World Fisheries Day 2025 🐟 Respect our oceans. Support our fishers. Sustainable seas are our shared future. 🌍💙 #WorldFisheriesDay #SustainableFisheries #BlueEconomy #OneOcean
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:
Johnston et al (2025) Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism 💡🧪🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natclimate.nature.com (H/T @zarahpattison.bsky.social)
Widespread influence of artificial light at night on ecosystem metabolism - Nature Climate Change
The authors combine light intensity data with eddy covariance observations from 86 sites to show that artificial light at night increases ecosystem respiration and alters carbon exchange, with impacts...
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Important new paper by Allison Cluett highlighting what has happened to the PDO. It's still there, it's just swamped by the global warming signal since 2024. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pan-basin warming now overshadows robust Pacific Decadal Oscillation - Nature Climate Change
Natural patterns of climate variability, such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), strongly influence regional climate. This study shows that anthropogenic warming now has greater influence than ...
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Honored and excited to share that I am the winner of Nomis & Science Young Explorer Award!! Also thrilled to share that my article describing my research is out now in @science.org today! The normalization of (almost) everything www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 1/
The normalization of (almost) everything: Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal
Our minds can get used to anything, and even crises start feeling normal
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Hiring alert: Pacific Fisheries Management Council staff scientist. A good job opportunity! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Recruitment
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