Burnaby, British Columbia
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This is the worst joke in the history of climate change science, undermining our efforts to combat climate change and divorce from fossil fuels.
COP28 leader defends controversial comments that alarmed scientists and sent shockwaves through meeting: cnn.com/2023/12/03/climate/c…
At @UBC_OPRU, one of our recent articles published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science just reached a new impact milestone. Here is the link if you would like to read our research: frontiersin.org/article/1457…
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“We have to have hope, because without hope, we give up. And hope comes through action.” – Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, via El País
The unstoppable Dr. Goodall DBE with our founder Edward Whitley OBE last week in London.
Still fighting. Still inspiring. 💚 #HopeThroughAction #WFN
Planning to dredge the Burrard Inlet to maximize oil shipments is underway
UBC ocean pollution researcher and Tsleil-Waututh Nation concerned about environmental impacts
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Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers: The project raises environmental concerns and questions over Indigenous rights nsnews.com/local-news/port-o… via @NorthShoreNews
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Together with @Ambiente_Ec, @parquegalapagos and @BancoCentral_Ec, we published a study on the marine ecosystem accounts of Ecuador's Insular Exclusive Economic Zone. 🐠 🌿 Learn why protecting marine ecosystems is not an option, but a necessity. darwinfoundation.org/en/news…
Tla-o-qui-aht members harvest grey whale carcass washed ashore on Vancouver Island
2nd dead grey whale found on Haida Gwaii days later
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Should Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet be dredged to make room for fully loaded oil tankers? vancouversun.com/news/should… via @VancouverSun
Happy to share a new review paper on Integrating cultural dimensions in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) conservation: threats, challenges and solutions, led by Ana Eguiguren. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
The Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is currently running a Special Issue: "The 10th Anniversary of Section Marine Biology—Recent Advances and Future Perspectives". I welcome you to contribute a paper to this Special Issue.
mdpi.com/si/230525 #mdpijmse @JMSE_MDPI
There’s still time to take action and save whales: Help us communicate the urgency of an emergency order to protect Southern Resident killer whales under section 80 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). #SalishSea #YVR #YYJ raincoast.org/2025/01/theres…
'We know how much we’ve lost': Atmospheric rivers are increasing pollution in B.C. waterways.
Dilution isn’t a solution, agreed Juan Jose Alava of the University of British Columbia's Ocean Pollution Research Unit.
vancouversun.com/news/atmosp… via @VancouverSun
Sharing some quotes from an interview with Nathan Griffiths from the Vancouver Sun for an article on "Metro's Filthy Flow": Atmospheric rivers are increasing pollution into our waterways (The Vancouver Sun, January 25, 2025, p. A12-13).
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Sharing 'Voices of the Pacific' - for the Global Plastic Treaty - #INC5
Compartiendo “Voces del Pacífico” – por el Tratado Global del Plástico – #INC5
Please Stop The #plasticpollution - Voices of the Pacific - Global Plast... youtu.be/v9goaTeFE_I?si=-7pl… via @YouTube
As members of The Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastic Treaty, we should not be dismayed in our efforts, using the best science available and the precautionary principle to implement an Effective Global Plastic Treaty for our blue planet. lnkd.in/eSAkuJci
After not being able to agree on a new global plastics treaty to reduce and limit global plastic production, harmful plastics products, and chemicals of concern at the end of INC-5, an additional meeting (INC-5.2) is expected to occur later.
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Chemicals used in plastics—everything from clothes to carpets—can cause infertility, cancer and even obesity.
But scientists fear a 'Big Tobacco'-style campaign by the plastics industry is undermining science.
Our investigation with @theipaper & @abounn
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Inside the ‘campaign of harassment’ to suppress anti-plastic health warnings
@lucieheath reports
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Plenary continues at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-5) taking place from 25 November – 1 December 2024 at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in Busan, Republic of Korea.webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1i/k1…
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) in Calí, Colombia: A Crucial Moment To Address Oil and Gas Threats to Biodiversity. - Center for International Environmental Law shar.es/agh8m8
Endangered Galápagos sea lions and fur seals under the siege of lethal avian flu: a cautionary note on emerging infectious viruses in endemic pinnipeds of the Galápagos Islands
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