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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · Aug 31

Come for the #ScienceEmbroidery and stay for the Science!

Embroidered tundra plants against a painted soil background.

Embroidered strawberry plant against a painted lake background.

Embroidered muskoxen against a painted background. Made for Jacquelyn Gill.

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 6h

❤️❤️❤️!

Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 6h

🤣☺️

Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 8h

Nearly done! Pretty girl - I love the shadows from her feathers. ✨
#Embroidery

A partially embroidered ptarmigan - a large white bird with grey shadows, standing in a painted snowy back gourd with shrub tops sticking up around her.

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 1d

❤️! I haven’t been close enough to get a good feet look myself, but I find ptarmigans to be both goofy and feisty, which I always appreciate:)

Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 2d

🌘✨
#Embroidery

A partially embroidered ptarmigan in her winter white feathers standing in bluish painted snow. She has shadows from her feathers.

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 3d

More fluff!🪽
#Embroidery

A partially embroidered wintery white ptarmigan bird standing in the snow against a painted snowy landscape. Her feathers are fluffy and partly shaded.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 3d

Wednesday early afternoon: mandatory evacuation for the entire city of Kotzebue (posted on the city FB page) for expected coastal flooding later today. No roads in or out of Kotz, so in this case, evacuation means go to the High School. #akwx #weatther #Alaska

City of Kotzebue Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued 1205pm October 8, 2025. Due to incoming storm.water surge, the City of Kotzebue is issuing a mandatory evacuation order for all residents, effective immediately.

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Justus Hennecke @henneckejustus.bsky.social · 4d

Super excited to see that the last chapter of my PhD on root trait - ecosystem functioning relationships is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Rooting for function: community‐level fine‐root traits relate to many ecosystem functions

Humans are driving biodiversity change, which also alters community functional traits. However, how changes in the functional traits of the community alter ecosystem functions—especially belowground...

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 5d

I picked her because she’s standing in the low winter sun and it’s making beautiful shadows on her feathers. ☀️
#Embroidery

A partially embroidered ptarmigan in her winter white, standing in the snow against a painted blue snowy background.

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 7d

🪽
#Embroidery

A partially embroidered white ptarmigan standing on the snow and surrounded by painted twigs.

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 8d

Did you know that the scientific name for willow ptarmigans refers to their fluffy ‘bunny’ feet? 🐇
#Embroidery

A partially embroidered white bird that looks like a chicken. She’s standing in the snow and surrounded by brown twigs.

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Colleen Iversen @colleeniversen.bsky.social · 9d

The next #Embroidery will be a willow ptarmigan in the snow with her very fluffy feet on display. 🐓

A partially embroidered large white chicken ish bird against a painted blue and snowy background with willow twigs sticking up around her.

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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 11d

End of an era and a sad day for those that care about Arctic work done in the best ways possible. 😢 Nonetheless "… the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve." #Arctic