Research Scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada studying Arctic Marine Ecosystems. Research findings and wildlife updates from the field.
Joined June 2016
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
28 Dec 2023
Solid overview of the challenges facing polar bears in a warming Arctic.
themessenger.com/tech/the-in…
For context, Churchill is -6°C just now. Normal temperatures are max -22°C & min -30°C.
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
28 Dec 2023
A very warm year
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
10 Dec 2023
“four common myths about how to best communicate science for decision-making
-facts change minds
-scientific literacy will lead to enhanced research uptake
-individual attitude change will shift collective behaviors
-broad dissemination is best” sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
7 Dec 2023
Retirement is coming. I gave my last class lecture today. Gave my first one in 1988, 35 years ago. Today was General Ecology and the topic was Global Ecology. I chose to look at how the Earth has changed since I first started lecturing. A series of Tweets --
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
8 Aug 2023
Nine of the 10 hottest years have been recorded in the past 10 years, and all 10 since 2005.
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
6 Aug 2023
One of the most intense marine heatwaves on Earth has developed off the West Coast of the US, with water temperatures peaking nearly 5°C (9°F) above normal.
NOAA has categorized this event as a Category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave.
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
8 Aug 2023
I finally managed to get some decent camera trap images of polar bears on a muskox carcass - and the camera trap even survived !
#Zackenberg #Greenland
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
14 Jun 2023
DON'T LOOK UP, LOOK DOWN to Antarctica. While we all have been looking at the North Atlantic sea temperatures this week, what's happening with sea ice in Antarctica is even more dramatic and well below anything ever recorded for this date during this period of record.
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
27 Mar 2023
Super excited to see our new paper on #plasticpollution effects on #Arctic #seabirds - nature.com/articles/s41559-0… - with @MarkMalloryLab @Fackelmeister @SSommerLab @ChrisKPham @YazzRodrgz @juliaellenbaak and others!
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
14 Mar 2023
The Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER) @ReseauUQ, @OceanFrontier and @FishOceansCAN are recruiting 3 PhD students for their new excellence scholarship program in oceanography 🌊 🚢 Apply here: ismer.ca/formation/ph-d-exce…
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
Brilliant paper from @Nature: new perspective on how to look at population declines. nature.com/articles/s41559-0… needed esp now when so much of biological change stems from a multitude of sequential changes at subsequent levels of bio complexity. When it's abundance - it's too late!
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
14 Mar 2023
THREAD: Birds of a feather – The many names of the Great Auk
(1/9) The great auk was a bird species once found across much of the North Atlantic, and throughout history, it has received various names in both English and other languages.
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
23 Aug 2022
My murre field season at Cape Graham Moore, Nunavut.
In a few stunning photos by @wildairphoto
ALT A thick-billed murre defending its egg from an Arctic fox
ALT Landscape photo showing thick-billed murre colony at Cape Graham Moore, Nunavut
ALT Thick-billed murres nesting on cliff ledges with ocean and fog in the distance
ALT Me examining murre nests with sea ice in the background
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23 Jul 2022
I am now in Coral Harbour, Nunavut co-leading the Inuit Field Training program. We have just arrived and are getting organized. Check out IFTP.camp! #TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZMNQ3w5qy/
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
30 Jun 2022
Poilievre shakes hands with Paul Alexander, ex-White House advisor who has consistently called for public health officials to be put on trial for crimes against humanity.
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
23 Feb 2022
For those of you attending #PSG2022 I hope you will come to my talk “Predicting climate change impacts on the non-breeding distribution of thick-billed murres” at 10:45 PST in the #nonbreedingbiology session!
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Grant Gilchrist retweeted
10 Feb 2022
It's #ThankfulThursday & we'd like to highlight #Ikaarvik! Created about 10 years ago by a group of #Mittimatalik youth, Ikaarvik is helping create meaningful Indigenous involvement & leadership in Arctic research. 1/3
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