Joanna Corimanya
@jocori.bsky.social
PhD student at KU | Distributional Ecology | Urbanization | Iridescence | I study bird fashion 🪺
Mountain treelines have moved upward 20.2 m on average since the 1980s; this upward shift is more pronounced in the tropics than in temperate regions: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
Geographic patterns of upward shifts in treeline vegetation across western North America, 1984–2017
Abstract. Previous research has shown that (1) treelines are shifting upward in elevation on high mountain peaks worldwide, and (2) the rate of the upward shift appears to have increased markedly in r...
bg.copernicus.org
October 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mountain treelines have moved upward 20.2 m on average since the 1980s; this upward shift is more pronounced in the tropics than in temperate regions: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
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National Weather Service meteorologist applicants are now being asked to pledge their support for Trump’s executive orders.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
National Weather Service meteorologist applicants are now being asked to pledge their support for Trump’s executive orders.
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The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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I'm so relieved to see that the science writing community has come out in force to support @thexylom.com in its hour of need. I'm proud to be part of a community that values the vital work that @alexip718.com & colleagues are doing. Nonprofit public service journalism is HARD & so very necessary.
We are interrupting our regularly scheduled summer fundraising activities to ask for your support for our friends at @thexylom.com, who are facing an existential crisis. The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 this month to avoid shutting down operations. fundrazr.com/the_xylom?re...
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We grow science with words, and are the only Asian American-run science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 by the end of the month to stay afloat. Please h...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm so relieved to see that the science writing community has come out in force to support @thexylom.com in its hour of need. I'm proud to be part of a community that values the vital work that @alexip718.com & colleagues are doing. Nonprofit public service journalism is HARD & so very necessary.
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Time to adopt SI Units like the rest of the world!
SCOOP from me: the mass exodus of employees from NOAA is decimating a tiny office that literally keeps our measurements of latitude and longitude accurate — and, former employees tell me, endangers the science of how the US understands global measurements:
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate
A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
www.wired.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Time to adopt SI Units like the rest of the world!
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Keep up the terrible work, Bobby! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Keep up the terrible work, Bobby! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...
Check out this article by Kim Beil on recent work from Town Peterson, Anahí Quezada, Jeff Munroe, and I. We use the power of photography to track mountain treeline movement due to climate change: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
150 Years of Change: How Old Photos, Recaptured, Reveal a Shifting Climate
In the heart of Utah’s Uinta Mountains, a team of scientists is re-creating historical pictures to study how much, and how quickly, ecosystems are changing.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Check out this article by Kim Beil on recent work from Town Peterson, Anahí Quezada, Jeff Munroe, and I. We use the power of photography to track mountain treeline movement due to climate change: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/t...
I had the actual best time today hanging out with the Boyle lab and meeting K-State ornithology students!
So satisfying to welcome @jocori.bsky.social to talk about feather colouration to Orn lab today. 6 yr ago, she took the class & did research in my lab, now PhD student at KU
March 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I had the actual best time today hanging out with the Boyle lab and meeting K-State ornithology students!
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Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd
February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Are you a PhD student whose funding is in jeopardy because of recent executive actions, or a faculty member in a program dealing with these considerations? @mkhaw.bsky.social and I want to hear from you @chronicle.com. DM or email! #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HigherEd
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Grad student funding - Apply for the ASN Student Research Awards. $2k each for research that advances the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, or behavior. Applications due March 14 www.amnat.org/announcement...
Student Research Award
<p>The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. Each award consists of a ...
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January 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Grad student funding - Apply for the ASN Student Research Awards. $2k each for research that advances the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, or behavior. Applications due March 14 www.amnat.org/announcement...
Has anyone taught or taken a good evolutionary ecology class? Any textbook recommendations are welcome!
January 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Has anyone taught or taken a good evolutionary ecology class? Any textbook recommendations are welcome!
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“There have been alarming declines this year in some insect species including bees, butterflies, moths and wasps, while many #seabirds have also been “hammered” by unstable weather patterns caused by the climate emergency, the National Trust has said.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National Trust records ‘alarming’ drop in insects and seabirds at its sites
Charity says unstable weather patterns caused by the climate crisis had a ‘devastating impact’ in 2024
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:39 AM
“There have been alarming declines this year in some insect species including bees, butterflies, moths and wasps, while many #seabirds have also been “hammered” by unstable weather patterns caused by the climate emergency, the National Trust has said.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The porphyrins in Northern Saw-whet Owl feathers glow under UV light. They degrade over time, so older feathers glow less intensely than new feathers. This bird has a clear molt limit between old juvenile feathers and new basic feathers, meaning she was born last summer!
November 19, 2024 at 1:19 PM
The porphyrins in Northern Saw-whet Owl feathers glow under UV light. They degrade over time, so older feathers glow less intensely than new feathers. This bird has a clear molt limit between old juvenile feathers and new basic feathers, meaning she was born last summer!
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#ComSciCon24 day one! @jocori.bsky.social
July 26, 2024 at 3:09 AM
#ComSciCon24 day one! @jocori.bsky.social
It was so cool spontaneously getting to help the Red-tailed hawk project for an afternoon of trapping 🤩
March 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
It was so cool spontaneously getting to help the Red-tailed hawk project for an afternoon of trapping 🤩
It’s always a pleasure to get to ramble about birds. I had so much fun participating in the Collections up Close series for the KU Natural History Museum with @anoplogaster.bsky.social and Kevin Mulcahey!
February 14, 2024 at 9:01 PM
It’s always a pleasure to get to ramble about birds. I had so much fun participating in the Collections up Close series for the KU Natural History Museum with @anoplogaster.bsky.social and Kevin Mulcahey!
New publication with Alice Boyle and @inkliizii.bsky.social is out! This work is the first project I have completed as a scientist, and I am so excited to share!
We found experimental support for the idea that nest orientation is, in part, a regulatory mechanism for nest microclimate. 🧵(1/5)
We found experimental support for the idea that nest orientation is, in part, a regulatory mechanism for nest microclimate. 🧵(1/5)
January 9, 2024 at 3:34 PM
New publication with Alice Boyle and @inkliizii.bsky.social is out! This work is the first project I have completed as a scientist, and I am so excited to share!
We found experimental support for the idea that nest orientation is, in part, a regulatory mechanism for nest microclimate. 🧵(1/5)
We found experimental support for the idea that nest orientation is, in part, a regulatory mechanism for nest microclimate. 🧵(1/5)