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Carly Ziter
@carlyziter.bsky.social
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Urban & landscape ecologist thinking about nature-based solutions for biodiversity, people, and climate in the cities we live in. Prof @ Concordia. Probably talking about trees on the radio. Potter. Knitter. Baker. Gardener. Year-round cyclist. 🇨🇦 (she/her)
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Nov 16
Hi, Bluesky! 🇨🇦 urban & landscape ecologist here - tweeting at the intersection of ecology and urbanism + mentorship and work-life balance. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal

On the off-hours: pottery, knitting, all-weather cycling, & the embarrassment and enjoyment of learning a new language as an adult!
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Jeffrey Heilveil (he/him) @nigronia.bsky.social · 2d
June 11 -27, 2026, I'm teaching a 16-day field course on stream ecology. It's heavily focused on independent research projects, so they get some exposure to field research. Open to students from any institution. DM with your email if you want a poster to send your students. #Ecology #PUI #insects
Students learning to electrofish in a small stream in the woods.
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 4d
It's #WorldMentalHealthDay 🌍

#DidYouKnow Healthy ecosystems support healthy minds?

IPBES #NexusAssessment confirms: biodiversity and functioning ecosystems improve mental health. Access to biodiverse environments facilitates recovery from stress, depression & other health-related conditions.🏡🧪
An upward view of a lush forest canopy with tall trees stretching toward the sky. The image shows numerous straight, tall tree trunks with textured bark and vibrant green foliage overhead. The trees appear to be mature hardwoods, creating a dense, natural cathedral-like ceiling of leaves. Text overlaid on the image reads "NATURE HEALS" and "Biodiversity supports mental health" in dark text. A smaller text block from the IPBES Nexus Assessment describes the relationship between nature and health. The IPBES logo appears in the top right corner. The photograph emphasizes the height and density of the forest, with sunlight filtering through the leaves creating a natural green glow throughout the scene.
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 4d
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 4d
As a Montrealer, this makes me so proud! 🙌
“Though other cities offer bike-sharing programs, “Montreal revolutionized the trend,” TIME wrote, calling Bixi’s technology “the backbone” of bike-sharing services in cities including London and New York.”
montrealgazette.com/news/bixi-bi...
Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares
The list also includes the iPhone and the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 5d
Hello Ottawa! I will be giving talks at Carleton University and the University of Ottawa later this month. You are welcome attend.

Thu Oct 30, 5:30-6:30 pm
Annual Carmody Lecture
Carleton University
Health Science Auditorium HS 1301

carleton.ca/biology/cu-e...
George R. Carmody Lecture with Dr. Aerin Jacob
The 2025 Annual Carmody Lecture will feature Dr. Aerin Jacob, who will present “Conserving living landscapes and creating lasting legacies” on Thursday October 30, 2025 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. The eveni...
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Pedro Peres-Neto @comecology.bsky.social · 6d
Excited for our 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship tomorrow at @concordia.ca 🇨🇦

oscanada.github.io/en/
1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and Open Scholarship
On this page About the conference News & updates Host & supporting institutions Montreal, October 9–10, 2025 "Mapping the Present, Charting our Future" The 1st Canadian Conference on Open Science and ...
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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 6d
Re-sharing this, with about a week left to apply. UW-Green Bay is hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶
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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 19d
Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶
Assistant Professor - Biology
Current Employees and Students: If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Pos...
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 7d
Loved spending the summer with the @jananisivarajah.bsky.social lab and @ffgg-ulaval.bsky.social. Lots of new projects on the horizon, and great to learn from another lab group.

Next up, a quick visit to U-Windsor!
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Janani Sivarajah 🇨🇦 @jananisivarajah.bsky.social · 7d
Farewell to visiting prof @carlyziter.bsky.social…thanks for 4 great months of insight & #collaboration! Best wishes to Sheetal Rimal as she starts a new PDF at UofA. Excited to welcome Giles (PDF) & Maïa (UG researcher) to the lab!
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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 8d
My department @geographieudem.bsky.social is looking for a professor in human geography specializing in the study of social-ecological transformations, political ecology, climate change, environmental justice and/or the geography of risks and infrastructures. Deadline November 10, share widely!
Glass buildings with a paved path in between (gray, with blue lines)
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 10d
Back from a wonderful week-long workshop abroad, where I decided to keep my phone on airplane mode (somewhere with plenty of WiFi around when you really need it). There’s something very refreshing about not being tethered to your phone 24-7.

Now immediately back to casually doomscrolling, of course
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10d
A very good overview of the climate and meat problem.

www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The climate movement’s biggest weakness
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
www.vox.com
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 13d
I know I’m not alone in having been profoundly shaped by Jane’s work and stories as a young scientist. It’s incredible the impression one woman can make on so many. I’m so glad that she lived such a long and rich life.
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 13d
Jane Goodall spoke in my hometown when I was young, and my high school science teacher found me a ticket. I fell in love with her mix of enthusiasm and compassion. As a grad student, I wrote for the Jane Goodall Institute’s blog, which fed my interest in writing and science communication…
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13d
And then she became such a great voice for biodiversity, climate protection, and species protection (and told such fierce stories about facing down the men who belittled her). May her memory be a blessing and a guide.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 13d
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
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Mobilisation 6600 Parc-Nature MHM🌿 @mobili6600.bsky.social · 20d
🌱 La Foire paysanne vous revient avec un horaire de 🔥!
📅 Ce dimanche, 28 septembre, sur la friche📍

🥕 Marché fermier et kiosques toute la journée

🎤 Conférences à 10h30 et 15h

🍽️ Lunch à 12h + souper de l’ORA à 18h
#Hochelaga #Montréal #RésisteretFleurir #DehorsRayMontLogistiques
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Janani Sivarajah 🇨🇦 @jananisivarajah.bsky.social · 17d
Final call to get your applications in! If you are interested in doing a postdoc in #urbanecology. A multi-city project across three Canadian cities; Vancouver, Montréal, and Québec
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See details below ⬇️
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Aug 16
Postdoc (based at Concordia, but some flexibility re: location): csee-scee.ca/job/postdoct...
Postdoctoral position: Contributions of private versus public urban forests to connectivity, biodiversity, and climate-related ecosystem services across Canadian cities  | CSEE: Canadian Society for E...
English posting: https://csee-scee.ca/wp-content/uploads/Nova_PDF_Ad_En.pdf French posting: https://csee-scee.ca/wp-content/uploads/Nova_PDF_Ad_Fr.pdf
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Elisabeth Greene @elisabethgreene.bsky.social · 17d
Bon, oui c’est moins grandiose comme vue, mais techniquement, je ne devrais plus avoir à ramasser de petits corps d’oiseaux agonisants ou inanimés. Ça, ça serait vraiment grandiose.🤞

💔 Selon @quebecoiseaux.org, juste au Canada, 16 à 42 millions d’oiseaux/année meurent en fonçant dans une fenêtre.
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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 19d
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 19d
Au salon affaires municipales du Québec, nous faisons la promotion de notre laboratoire et de notre collaboration avec ECCC pour des villes plus vertes !
Three scientists sit at a table full of colourful brochures and outreach materials
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 22d
Winter cycling is so freeing! Most of the time the bike paths are clear and the roads aren’t so bad - but even in rougher conditions like these I’m able to navigate the city faster and with more flexibility than with transit. Plus no shoveling out parking 🤷🏻‍♀️
bike handlebars visible with a view of a snowy Montreal bike path bike handlebars visible with a view of a snowy Montreal street
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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 23d
It's interesting that anyone would be surprised by this. They are large language models, not large fact models. They are very good at language; it's unsurprising that they aren't terribly good at facts.
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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 23d
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · 25d
Want to avoid climate catastrophe?
Normalize getting around by walking & biking in cities.

Wil je een klimaatramp voorkomen?
Maak het normaal om je in steden te voet of op de fiets te verplaatsen.
#Utrecht
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 29d
Great opportunity!!!!!
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Trends in Ecology & Evolution @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social · 29d
If you are interested in contributing to the TREE series on Disability in Ecology and Evolution, email me at [email protected]

We want hear from as many people as possible.

December will be the last in the series, for this issue we will need contributions by c7 October.

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Disability in Ecology and Evolution collection: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · 29d
Les Lavallois inégaux devant la verdure www.lapresse.ca/actualites/e...

Merci à @lapresse.ca d'avoir couvert notre rapport avec la @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social
Analyse de la Fondation David Suzuki | Les Lavallois inégaux devant la verdure
Les Lavallois les plus marginalisés sont aussi ceux qui ont le moins accès à la verdure dans leur quartier, révèle une analyse de la Fondation David Suzuki publiée jeudi. L’organisme, qui défend l’équ...
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 29d
How are you sleeping lately? Me, not so great. Here are some tricks I use to distract myself from the awfulness and get back to sleep, and I'd love to hear yours. We need our sleep & our strength. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/15/h...
The Last Word On Nothing | How Can We Sleep Through All This?
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