Arctic Scope Project

How does temperature limit homeotherms' ranges? FQRNT-funded UQAR/McGill/Windsor Team Grant studying aerobic scope in two Arctic birds across their range.

[Arctic Scope Project @ArcticScope]

Check-out the #ArcticScope Team's new groundbreaking paper led by @Ryan_OConn! @UQAR @mcgillu @UWindsor @ArcticResearch @ArcticNet @CAFFSecretariat @IASC_Arctic @Polar_Research @ehPECS @ArcticFocus @POLARCanada @ACUNSAUCEN @FRQ_NT @US_APECS @ArcticNetSA

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

Warming in the land of the midnight sun: breeding birds may suffer greater heat stress at high- versus low-Arctic sites under climate change #ProcB https://t.co/Vd47aX6HOu
@Ryan_OConn @oliverlovelab @ArcticEcology @AnnaLHargreaves @Emily_S_Choy @AChangingArctic @VezinaLab

[Ryan O'Connor @Ryan_OConn]

Warming in the land of the midnight sun: breeding birds may suffer greater heat stress at high- vs low-Arctic sites https://t.co/DIqBqqn1E1

[The avian ecophysiology lab @VezinaLab]

Surprising discovery in Arctic songbird may reveal how it survives challenging migrations https://t.co/ZtQmuscHEk via @frontiersin
@VezinaLab @oliverlovelab @ArcticScope

[McGill Media Relations @McGilluMedia]

#McGill biologist Dr. @Emily_S_Choy has been studying a colony of thick-billed murres on the cliffs of Coast Island in Hudson Bay and how they are impacted by rising temperatures in the Arctic. https://t.co/bbuyP7kGBa @guardian

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

Wonderful article by @phoeb0 featuring our latest study as part of the ⁦@ArcticScope⁩ project on heat stress in Arctic seabirds|The heat is on: from the Arctic to Africa, wildlife is being hit hard by climate chaos | Wildlife | The Guardian https://t.co/4gsH1jRGBF

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

“It’s tough to match the rate of climate change,” said scientist @Ryan_OConn. As Arctic animals struggle to cope with increasingly extreme heat waves, will they be able to adapt fast enough?

https://t.co/dZCH2FH5d0

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

Increasingly hot temperatures threaten Arctic species that have evolved to thrive in cold climates. Even if animals survive extreme heat waves, gradual consequences point to population declines, say scientists.

https://t.co/dZCH2FH5d0

[Inside Climate News @insideclimate]

A decade ago, Arctic seabirds were found dead in their nests. Scientist @Emily_S_Choy thinks they could be “canaries in the coal mine” for the future effects of a hotter world, and that the species' survival may not be hopeless if climate action is taken.

https://t.co/wAho4WyNWk

[Kyle Elliott @ArcticEcology]

Arctic murres are the most heat intolerant bird species studied to date, and @Emily_S_Choy shows their vulnerability to high temperatures.

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

1) Our latest paper, the first to study heat stress in a large Arctic seabird, has been published today in @J_Exp_Biol! We measured responses to heat stress in thick-billed murres. Are murres canaries in the coal mine for the effects of climate change? https://t.co/w7YRTy3Cmo

[Arctic Scope Project @ArcticScope]

#ArcticScope member @Emily_S_Choy is nominated for the #BOUscicommAwards #socialmedia #scicomm award!

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

Our latest @Ecol_Evol paper on the impacts of heat stress on Arctic snow buntings and the implications of climate change on cold-adapted passerines has been featured by @wildlifesociety! Stay tuned for more research as part of the @ArcticScope project!

[Arctic Scope Project @ArcticScope]

Check out our new paper in @Ecol_Evol led by @Ryan_OConn, Dr. Audrey Le Pogam, @KevinG_Young, Francis Robitaille, @Emily_S_Choy, @oliverlovelab, @ArcticEcology, @AnnaLHargreaves, @DomBerteaux, @matwerdna, & Dr. Francois Vezina @UQAR, @UWindsor & @mcgillu! https://t.co/OoIIWLLHvD

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

Thank you to all of the presenters of the TER-77 #ACC2020 @ArcticNet session on "Climate change & Arctic birds". The video of the session featuring a range of talks from heat tolerance to predator-prey interactions to genetic diversity is available here: https://t.co/dscit6zDCK

[Courtney Shuert @CourtneyShuert]

Ace talk and really amazing results demonstrating the effects of thermal tolerance and thermal stress in #Arctic adapted bird species by @Emily_S_Choy and @Ryan_OConn

[Grant Gilchrist @AChangingArctic]

Overheating takes its toll. An important constraint for birds adapted to breed in cold polar environments is their intolerance to warming conditions. Today at the ArcticChange conference, new experimental results will be presented on the impacts of a warming #arctic.

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

What could thick-billed murres & snow buntings possibly have in common? Find out today when @Ryan_OConn & I give a tag-team presentation on our research on heat tolerance in birds & the impacts of #Arctic warming at 12:30pm EST in session TER-77 @ArcticNet #AC2020 @ArcticScope

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

#AC2020 STARTS TODAY! Are you interested in the status of avian communities in a changing Arctic? Please join co-chairs @AndrewBarnas, @Ryan_OConn & myself for some fantastic talks at session TER77-Climate change and Arctic birds TODAY from 12:30-1:45pm EST @ArcticNet!

[Dr. Emily S Choy @Emily_S_Choy]

My recent interview with @ArcticFocus on the physiological response of thick-billed murres to #climatechange is out! Thank you so much for featuring our research! #BlackinPhysio

[Kyle Elliott @ArcticEcology]

"The James Bond of Birds". Not bad for a study species & enjoyed listening to @Emily_S_Choy's @EarthRangers podcast, which just came out. @oliverlovelab @AChangingArctic. Podcast link: https://t.co/CObex2Tz5N