Dave Rosen
@mmeanlab.bsky.social
Marine mammal researcher, conservation physiology, Director MMean Lab @ UBC
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How do baleen whales get so big? Their fetal growth rate is off the charts compared to all other mammals. For all others, large offspring come from increasing the length of pregnancies. For baleen whales it's from insanely fast growth
June 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How do baleen whales get so big? Their fetal growth rate is off the charts compared to all other mammals. For all others, large offspring come from increasing the length of pregnancies. For baleen whales it's from insanely fast growth
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Pinnipeds (#seals and #sealions) put their hearts in to 'taking a nosedive'. oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/
@mmeanlab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca #RheaStorlund
@mmeanlab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca #RheaStorlund
June 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pinnipeds (#seals and #sealions) put their hearts in to 'taking a nosedive'. oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/
@mmeanlab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca #RheaStorlund
@mmeanlab.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca #RheaStorlund
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When we say "nosedive," we usually mean disaster—but not for pinnipeds. 🦭 Find out ⬇ how seals and sea lions are uniquely adapted to dive deep🫀
Today's #OceanIdiom is "Taking a nosedive"
#WorldOceansDay #OceanIdioms #MarineMammals
oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/
Today's #OceanIdiom is "Taking a nosedive"
#WorldOceansDay #OceanIdioms #MarineMammals
oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/
June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
When we say "nosedive," we usually mean disaster—but not for pinnipeds. 🦭 Find out ⬇ how seals and sea lions are uniquely adapted to dive deep🫀
Today's #OceanIdiom is "Taking a nosedive"
#WorldOceansDay #OceanIdioms #MarineMammals
oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/
Today's #OceanIdiom is "Taking a nosedive"
#WorldOceansDay #OceanIdioms #MarineMammals
oceans.ubc.ca/ocean-idioms/
One more for the category of “scientific oops”.
May 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One more for the category of “scientific oops”.
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Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
April 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please share: (competitive) PhD funding in Strasbourg (France) to work on 🐧🔥:
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
Physiological and reproductive consequences of ‘warm’ environmental conditions on land in a sub-polar penguin species
Fieldwork in Crozet 🇹🇫 is forecasted (pending on HPAI situation)
amethis3.unistra.fr/amethis-clie...
Meanwhile, politics in Canada.
April 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Meanwhile, politics in Canada.
Fortunately, the next Comparative Nutrition Society meeting will be held in Victoria, Canada in August 2026. Check it out at cnsweb.org
April 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fortunately, the next Comparative Nutrition Society meeting will be held in Victoria, Canada in August 2026. Check it out at cnsweb.org
These tariffs will CRIPPLE the elephant seal oil industry!
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These tariffs will CRIPPLE the elephant seal oil industry!
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Folks, exactly 5 years ago today I made this offer, & I'll do it again.
Many graduate students are in danger of losing their one field season for collecting data- in March 2020 because of the pandemic, now because of Musk-Trump BS. This means that many won't be able to finish graduate school. 🧪🧵
Many graduate students are in danger of losing their one field season for collecting data- in March 2020 because of the pandemic, now because of Musk-Trump BS. This means that many won't be able to finish graduate school. 🧪🧵
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Folks, exactly 5 years ago today I made this offer, & I'll do it again.
Many graduate students are in danger of losing their one field season for collecting data- in March 2020 because of the pandemic, now because of Musk-Trump BS. This means that many won't be able to finish graduate school. 🧪🧵
Many graduate students are in danger of losing their one field season for collecting data- in March 2020 because of the pandemic, now because of Musk-Trump BS. This means that many won't be able to finish graduate school. 🧪🧵
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For the full statement, please visit the Society for Marine Mammalogy's webpage: marinemammalscience.org/diversity-in...
#SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement
#SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement
March 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For the full statement, please visit the Society for Marine Mammalogy's webpage: marinemammalscience.org/diversity-in...
#SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement
#SMM #marinemammalscience #missionstatement
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As President of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social I wish to convey our strong support for this letter (which we have signed on to) and our colleagues and allies in the U.S. We stand with you and are here for you. Science is not a partisan issue. It benefits all.
When its integrity is threatened anywhere, it affects us all. That’s why today, we’re launching an Open Letter from Canadians to stand with the #StandUpForScience movement.
Sign now & show your support for our American colleagues: forms.gle/Jbunjx88x7VM...
Sign now & show your support for our American colleagues: forms.gle/Jbunjx88x7VM...
March 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As President of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution @csee-scee.bsky.social I wish to convey our strong support for this letter (which we have signed on to) and our colleagues and allies in the U.S. We stand with you and are here for you. Science is not a partisan issue. It benefits all.
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Canadians in solidarity with Stand Up for Science.
I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Canadians in Solidarity with Stand Up for Science
By adding your name below, you are joining a growing movement of Canadians who believe in the power of science to inform policy and serve the public good. Your name will automatically be added to our ...
docs.google.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Canadians in solidarity with Stand Up for Science.
I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I signed. The assault on science in Canada under the conservative Harper regime was not as extreme as the MAGA one, but came from the same desire to prevent scientists from speaking truth to power.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
There is a good podcast on this topic on the BBCs Infinite Monkey Cage
March 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
There is a good podcast on this topic on the BBCs Infinite Monkey Cage
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
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Polar Bear postdoc!!! 🦑
February 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Polar Bear postdoc!!! 🦑
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Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
Science at Risk: Protect NOAA
Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...
secure.ucsusa.org
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here is a sign-on letter for individual scientists and other experts to speak out and protect NOAA. I signed it and I encourage you to sign it as well.
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-prote... 🌎🧪🦑🐠
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
February 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
I feel like I can’t even email my colleagues without fear of getting them in trouble for interacting with this dangerous foreign national. What a state of affairs for the science community. The ramifications will be global.
For the transboundary Salish Sea this will have hugely detrimental effects, and not just here but globally!
NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals’
An internal email obtained by WIRED shows that NOAA workers received orders to pause “ALL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS.”
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I feel like I can’t even email my colleagues without fear of getting them in trouble for interacting with this dangerous foreign national. What a state of affairs for the science community. The ramifications will be global.
Oh, the irony of today’s competing newspaper headlines: “US stocks tumble on fears of Chinese advances in AI” and “possible funding freeze for US scientists”.
January 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Oh, the irony of today’s competing newspaper headlines: “US stocks tumble on fears of Chinese advances in AI” and “possible funding freeze for US scientists”.
Reposted by Dave Rosen
January 27 - This day commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp that took place in 1945 and honours the memory of the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust (the Shoah). events.ubc.ca/internationa...
January 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
January 27 - This day commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp that took place in 1945 and honours the memory of the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust (the Shoah). events.ubc.ca/internationa...
Doing my Alma mater proud.
You may be cool, but you'll never be Professor Burnaby Q Orbax of the University of Guelph cool.
January 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Doing my Alma mater proud.
As a grumpy old man who studies marine mammals I am bemused/confused by the sudden influx of followers on this platform who only have glamour shots on their profiles. I hope they are not mistakenly after my fortune!
For scientists here is a polar bear trying to pet a ringed seal at Toronto’s ROM
For scientists here is a polar bear trying to pet a ringed seal at Toronto’s ROM
January 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As a grumpy old man who studies marine mammals I am bemused/confused by the sudden influx of followers on this platform who only have glamour shots on their profiles. I hope they are not mistakenly after my fortune!
For scientists here is a polar bear trying to pet a ringed seal at Toronto’s ROM
For scientists here is a polar bear trying to pet a ringed seal at Toronto’s ROM
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I am recruiting two funded graduate students (1 MS, 1 PhD) to join the lab and the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences program at Oregon State University!
If you are into population ecology and a combination of fieldwork and modeling - then check this out!
Please share/repost widely!
If you are into population ecology and a combination of fieldwork and modeling - then check this out!
Please share/repost widely!
January 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I am recruiting two funded graduate students (1 MS, 1 PhD) to join the lab and the Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences program at Oregon State University!
If you are into population ecology and a combination of fieldwork and modeling - then check this out!
Please share/repost widely!
If you are into population ecology and a combination of fieldwork and modeling - then check this out!
Please share/repost widely!
Reposted by Dave Rosen
Platypuses & echidnas are unique in many ways, including their gastric anatomy. Join us on 14 Jan at 9am (UK) to hear from #OpenBiology author Jackson Bryce Dann on how the genetics of egg-laying mammals influence their unique physiology: cassyni.com/events/YD91P...
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Platypuses & echidnas are unique in many ways, including their gastric anatomy. Join us on 14 Jan at 9am (UK) to hear from #OpenBiology author Jackson Bryce Dann on how the genetics of egg-laying mammals influence their unique physiology: cassyni.com/events/YD91P...
Feed seals and look at their poop.
January 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Feed seals and look at their poop.