Sarah Whorley, Ph.D.
@dralgaegirl.bsky.social
Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.
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Finally getting to a good place with this presentation! It's still not nearly as much data as I'd hoped to have ready by this point, but that's the way it goes! Come see me next week at #IAGLR2025!
So happy to be waking up smothered by dogs. And Hubs too. I missed home! Finally in my own bed after a month at mom's.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
So happy to be waking up smothered by dogs. And Hubs too. I missed home! Finally in my own bed after a month at mom's.
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Does anyone have any gecko, newt, aquarium or terrarium questions
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Does anyone have any gecko, newt, aquarium or terrarium questions
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Wow! Wolves are raiding crab traps for fish by pulling the buoy line until the trap comes ashore and then shredding it.
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
Video shows a wild wolf stealing fish in a first possible tool use
The wolf “appears to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the multi-step connection between the floating buoy and the bait within the out-of-sight trap,” scientists said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Wow! Wolves are raiding crab traps for fish by pulling the buoy line until the trap comes ashore and then shredding it.
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
The first snow on Mt
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The first snow on Mt
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
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American Rivers is announcing its disapproval of the EPA’s new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act.
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
American Rivers is announcing its disapproval of the EPA’s new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act.
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
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A common claim is that zebra mussels "clean" lakes. They can certainly clear the water column but also create conditions that reduce oxygen & promote toxic algal blooms:
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
Telecoupling and the spillover system: Causes and effects of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes
Examining the impacts of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes and beyond.
www.canr.msu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A common claim is that zebra mussels "clean" lakes. They can certainly clear the water column but also create conditions that reduce oxygen & promote toxic algal blooms:
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
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#Scientists are increasingly urged to engage with #policymakers & the public about climate change. What works best? Based on 28 interviews Murunga et al. outline 7 strategies & 6 attributes that support engagement, eg, discussion summaries & respect for alternative viewpoints doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#Scientists are increasingly urged to engage with #policymakers & the public about climate change. What works best? Based on 28 interviews Murunga et al. outline 7 strategies & 6 attributes that support engagement, eg, discussion summaries & respect for alternative viewpoints doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Today it rained in the desert, so I made pumpkin soup. I will be making this again. www.allrecipes.com/recipe/25719...
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Today it rained in the desert, so I made pumpkin soup. I will be making this again. www.allrecipes.com/recipe/25719...
Well fuck...doctors say the only option for mom is open heart surgery.
She doesn't know if she's gonna do it. And I don't blame her. 1/5
She doesn't know if she's gonna do it. And I don't blame her. 1/5
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Well fuck...doctors say the only option for mom is open heart surgery.
She doesn't know if she's gonna do it. And I don't blame her. 1/5
She doesn't know if she's gonna do it. And I don't blame her. 1/5
I am apparently of an age where I can't do a burger and beer for dinner without regretting it immediately.
a woman in a coat and scarf is sitting on a bench .
ALT: a woman in a coat and scarf is sitting on a bench .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I am apparently of an age where I can't do a burger and beer for dinner without regretting it immediately.
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Even if they cost 4 cents to make, you can be sure if Trump's face was on the penny instead of Lincoln's, we'd still be minting them.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
U.S. Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
President Donald Trump has ordered its demise as costs climb to nearly 4 cents per penny and the 1-cent valuation becomes somewhat obsolete. The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the ...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Even if they cost 4 cents to make, you can be sure if Trump's face was on the penny instead of Lincoln's, we'd still be minting them.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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JOB: Assistant Professor in Environmental History, University of Warwick, Coventry campus (UK) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
#envhist
#envhist
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Apply now for the Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
JOB: Assistant Professor in Environmental History, University of Warwick, Coventry campus (UK) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
#envhist
#envhist
My back really hates this bed...I can sleep just about anywhere for a week. But we're going on 3wks, and dude, this sucks
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
My back really hates this bed...I can sleep just about anywhere for a week. But we're going on 3wks, and dude, this sucks
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Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
www.aurorasaurus.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
www.aurorasaurus.org
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BUF issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at Nov 12, 12:49 AM EST ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
BUF issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at Nov 12, 12:49 AM EST ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
Maybe some splotchy aurora in SoCal?
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Maybe some splotchy aurora in SoCal?
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Looking for a postdoc with a specialization in forest carbon dynamics, climate policy, and nature-based solutions.
The fellow will work at the intersection of forest ecology and environmental policy, investigating the effectiveness of forest carbon offset programs
The fellow will work at the intersection of forest ecology and environmental policy, investigating the effectiveness of forest carbon offset programs
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Looking for a postdoc with a specialization in forest carbon dynamics, climate policy, and nature-based solutions.
The fellow will work at the intersection of forest ecology and environmental policy, investigating the effectiveness of forest carbon offset programs
The fellow will work at the intersection of forest ecology and environmental policy, investigating the effectiveness of forest carbon offset programs
Irritated to see such lazy use of AI generated text and answers in student lab reports...I would rather shorter and shallower answers than AI slop posing as "deep thought"...
fry from futurama is shocked with his mouth open
ALT: fry from futurama is shocked with his mouth open
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Irritated to see such lazy use of AI generated text and answers in student lab reports...I would rather shorter and shallower answers than AI slop posing as "deep thought"...
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I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
June 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I designed a horseshoe crab sweater and published it on Ravelry on National horseshoe crab day! If you ever thought to yourself “man, I really want a hand knit sweater with horseshoe crabs on it” boy do I have great news for ya
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Freshwater Writing
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
Freshwater Writing
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
sternaparadisaea.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Freshwater Writing
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
Well the bad news is I think I'm gonna be here for a while. The good news is I'll be here for the Tamale Festival. I haven't been since high school! www.facebook.com/indiointerna...
Indio International Tamale Festival
Indio International Tamale Festival. 1,426 likes · 247 talking about this · 1,153 were here. The 33rd Annual Indio International Tamale Festival in Indio, CA on Dec. 6 & 7 at Miles Avenue Park!
www.facebook.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Well the bad news is I think I'm gonna be here for a while. The good news is I'll be here for the Tamale Festival. I haven't been since high school! www.facebook.com/indiointerna...
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While the Edmund Fitzgerald is the most famous, the #GreatLakes are home to an estimated 6000 - 10,000 shipwrecks. Many wrecks occur in fall due to the "November Witch" winds caused by a clash of cold Canadian air from the north + warm Gulf air from the south www.discovermagazine.com/as-an-underw...
As an Underwater Graveyard, the Great Lakes Have Claimed Close to 10,000 Ships
Though called the Great Lakes, these massive bodies of water are actually inland seas, and can be just as unpredictable as the ocean.
www.discovermagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
While the Edmund Fitzgerald is the most famous, the #GreatLakes are home to an estimated 6000 - 10,000 shipwrecks. Many wrecks occur in fall due to the "November Witch" winds caused by a clash of cold Canadian air from the north + warm Gulf air from the south www.discovermagazine.com/as-an-underw...
On this day 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. I doubt I'll be able to find an appropriate beer to raise to her memory in Cali, but I will do what I can and still share the story with my Limnology students youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot (HD w/ Lyrics)
YouTube video by Zeezy
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On this day 50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. I doubt I'll be able to find an appropriate beer to raise to her memory in Cali, but I will do what I can and still share the story with my Limnology students youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A?...
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The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
🧵
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
🧵
November 10, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
🧵
Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
🧵