Presenting at the Canadian In the Chamber this afternoon on #GhostGear and how the climate crisis contributes to this issue. Notice of Meeting - FOPO (44-1) - No. 42 - House of Commons of Canada ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer…

Building a sustainable future for #Canada, mitigating the harm of #climatechange & meeting our #carbon targets will require continued investment in ocean research. This feature article was released in collaboration with National Post & Mediaplanet Canada🌊 innovatingcanada.ca/environment/ou…

“There’s a whole community right underneath where the ice is melting,” says Healthy Earth NGO,a #microplastics researcher at Ocean Frontier Institute & coauthor of the new paper. The sinking algae is a kind of conveyor belt of food to benthic creatures like sea cucumbers & brittlestars.

The Government of Canada has announced the largest research grant in Dalhousie history: an investment of $154 million through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund #CFREF to study the ocean’s pivotal role in climate change! 🌊 bit.ly/44dymVq

We have multiple positions in CLEAR starting in August! In-person, remote, post-doc, FT staff... we're building up a new team! Join us! A thread of the gigs: 1. FT lab manager, based in St. John's, NL. Look after the lab and lead some plastic work civiclaboratory.nl/2023/02/22/job…

Nice shiny new proof soon to be published in Marine Pollution Bulletin with Jessie McIntyre Dr Craig J. Brown Ariel Smith Leah Fulton Alexa Goodman Katie Duncan Dalhousie University School for Resource & Environmental Studies Dalhousie Science Dalhousie News #GhostGear #ALDFG #PlasticPollution

Just released: new research on microplastics in Arctic algae.🟢 "We think that the water passes through the algae strings. So it's probably acting as a bit of a filter for the plastics,” says Steve Allen, one of our researchers who co-authored the paper: theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climat…

New paper co-authored in Marine Pollution Bulletin! This is part of Coastal Action's ongoing #GhostGear work. Check it out here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

In case you missed it: we kicked off a new era of ocean & climate research with the official launch of Transforming Climate Action last week. The research program aims to make #Canada a global leader in climate science, innovation, and solutions. 🌎 Highlights from Globalnews.ca:

We are hiring! The Creative Communications Specialist is responsible for designing and implementing communication tactics for our institute. Apply by June 20 🌊 dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/13788

Join us in celebrating #WorldOceanDay! 🌊💙 It's never been so critical to balance ocean health and productivity into a single priority. Working together, we can find innovative solutions to build and sustain our ocean economy for generations to come. 🐚🐡 World Ocean Day

📣Applications for our Seed Fund are due in two weeks! Seed offers funding & a network of expertise for ocean-related projects that offer high potential for #innovation success. 🌊 The goal is to help projects move forward & grow.📈 Apply today: ofi.ca/funding/seed-f…

Great stories have an impact! In the latest Esri podcast, Leah Fulton—winner of the 2021 ArcGIS #StoryMaps Challenge—chats about how her "ghost gear" story mobilized action for ocean health. Podcast 🔊 esri.social/vIZ950OXxa4 Story 📚 esri.social/T1Ak50OXxBt

New paper led by Leah Fulton and team! Glad I could support this awesome #GhostGear work. 🌊Check it out ⬇️

Evaluating the use of side scan sonar for improved detection and targe... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #ALDFG #GhostGear @GGGI

#OpenAccess link for our new paper, Evaluating the use of side scan sonar for improved detection and targeted retrieval of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear ⬇️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📽 Introducing Aaron Judah, one of our world-class researchers. Aaron is focused on increasing access & inclusion of underrepresented youth. Next week, we will profile Ian Gardner, who is helping to increase animal welfare & prevent diseases in fish.

We are looking for some new board members! If you are passionate about ocean education & working with like-minded individuals, then send in your nomination! Send a short bio and photo to [email protected] by Nov 19th! Voting will take place at the AGM on Nov 22nd

In rank order our most popular papers are: 2/Retrieval of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear in Southwest Nova Scotia, Canada: Preliminary environmental and economic impacts to the commercial lobster industry sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Jessie McIntyre Dr Craig J. Brown

Do you identify with an equity-deserving group and would like to be part of groundbreaking change? New outreach within our Transforming Climate Action program is designed to remove and mitigate systemic barriers. Have your say ⬇️ ofi.ca/news/new-outre…