Dr. Dee Boersma featured in the NYT Magazine
Did you catch Dr. Boersma in the NYT Magazine? Read through the interview and see the stunning photos on the NYT Magazine website.
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Dr. Briana Abrahms chosen as a Packard Fellow for 2023
Dr. Briana Abrahms has been named a 2023 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering. As one of 20 new fellows across the country, Abrahms, who holds the Boersma Endowed Chair in Natural History and Conservation, will receive $875,000 over five years for her research. Read the full story here. From all of us at the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels: congratulations
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Field updates: Argentina, September 2023
Written by Dr. Dee Boersma The ongoing pinniped (seals and walruses) die-off on Peninsula Valdés is catastrophic. Our contacts in Argentina–two local veterinarians (Marci Uhart and Ralph Vanstreels), and Claudia Campagna of WCS–tell us that hundreds and potentially thousands of sea lions and elephant seals have died. Avian flu (more widely known as bird flu) has devastated seabird populations throughout
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Field updates: Botswana, summer 2023
Written by Leigh West African wild dogs are very social animals, living in groups called packs. Wild dog packs have a dominant male and female, and it is this dominant pair that breeds each year to produce litters of pups. Packs of wild dogs are very cooperative, hunting and raising their young together. Two of the wild dogs that the
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Using the power of models to protect whales from possible ship-strikes
Written by Dr. Anna Nisi We have been building cutting-edge models of species distributions for four great whale species – blue, fin, sperm, and humpback whales. One key threat to the great whales is collisions with shipping vessels, and identifying places where ship-strike risk is high is essential for informing mitigation actions like vessel slow-downs. Our next step is to
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CES Open House: November 9, 2023
Our next open house will be November 9, 2023 from 4-6pm! Meet the scientists dedicated to studying sentinel species, learn about their latest research, and find out what’s next for the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels. Find more information on our open house page. We hope to see you there!
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Abrahms Lab featured on UW Homepage
The Abrahms Lab – Briana Abrahms, Biology assistant professor; Kasim Rafiq, Biology postdoctoral researcher; and Leigh West, Biology graduate student – was featured on the UW Homepage this week for their work studying the behavior of endangered African wild dogs in Botswana. Read the full article on the UW homepage. Congratulations, all!
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New paper: Relocating tanker lanes reduces threat of chronic oiling for Magellanic penguins
Dr. Eric Wagner, Dr. Esteban Frere, and Dr. Dee Boersma published an article on how changing oil tanker routes prevented Magellanic penguins from suffering chronic oil pollution. Read the abstract on the Marine Pollution Bulletin website.
New Magellanic penguin study by Boersma Lab
Katie Holt and Dr. Dee Boersma published an article about an unprecedented, single-day, heat-related mortality event of Magellanic Penguins at Punta Tombo. Read about the after effects in the journal Ornithological Applications.
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Abrahms Lab research featured on NSF site
The research, led by scientists at the Abrahms Lab and published in Nature Climate Change, reveals that a warming world is increasing human-wildlife conflicts. Read about the paper on the NSF site.
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