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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 1d

The first interview by Carl Zimmer is a good one: "She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators: Kim Ballare was a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service until her federal grant “got snatched away.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/s...

She Studied How Logging Affects Pollinators

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Li Li 李黎 @lireactivewater.bsky.social · 2d

Upcoming #WARR talks on perplex water-sediment-wood interactions in dynamic, unconfied #river corridors!

Dr. Anna Marshall, U. Tennessee
Dr. Sara Rathburn, Colorado State U.

Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

All past talks here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 2d

Like rivers & lakes full of fish? Then you need rivers & lakes full of insects!
On this #BugBanterPodcast we'll dive underwater to meet freshwater insects, & discover the conservation work they need!
Audio & transcript 📻 xerces.org/bug-banter/s...
Video w/ captions 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=22sh...

The Salmonfly Project: Anglers, Insect Conservation, and the Future of Freshwater Streams | Bug Banter Podcast

Insects play a critical role in rivers, lakes, and streams, acting as a vital food source for many animals and maintaining the health of these freshwater ecosystems. A few of these insects include: ma...

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Emily Troyer @fishfetisher.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Anatomically Incorrect Invertebrate season to all who celebrate

A fake snail with a skull for a shell and bony body

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Susan Cosier @susancosier.bsky.social · 7d

USGS scientists tell us about the effects of invasive species & climate change. Yet their fate, like many other federal employees who work in science & the environment, is unknown. My latest for @nrdc.org. Thank you to @meadekrosby.bsky.social, John Organ, Ed Arnett, and others for speaking with me.

The Attacks on Science Continue—This Time at the USGS

From sea level rise to bee populations, the agency’s wildlife and climate programs shed light on the world around us.

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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 12d

Today at 4:00 PM ET! Visuals are one of the most powerful tools scientists have to communicate their work, inspire curiosity, and motivate action. This session will introduce early career scientists to the principles and practices of visual storytelling. esa.org/career-devel...

A promotional image showing a selection of statistical content from a scientific infographic, with test overlay: Visual Storytelling for Scientists, create clear, concise, effective visual elements to share science. The call to action is to register. Click through for full information.

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MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams @msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 16d

Curious about lakes? It's never too late to go back to school! Enrollment is now open for our 🏅award-winning🏅 Introduction to Lakes Online course! Class starts at the end of January.

www.canr.msu.edu/courses/intr...

A line drawing of a school of fish that reads, "Introduction to Lakes Online Course - It's never too late to go back to school." Visit canr.msu.edu/lakesonline to learn more.

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We Are R-Ladies @weare.rladies.org · 15d

A little bit of self-promotion, I @ivelasq3.bsky.social will be giving a talk on Positron for RStudio Users!

Hoping to share some perspectives, extensions, and other tips in case you're interested in exploring Positron.

Sign up here: www.meetup.com/rladies-gabo...

Simisani Nokulunga Ndaba @simisani.bsky.social · 19d

🚀 Curious about Positron, Posit’s new open-source IDE?

This session shows RStudio users the basics, what’s new, and how it fits your workflow with @ivelasq3.bsky.social (Posit, PBC)

#RStats #DataScience #Positron #rladies

Thursday 09 October, 11am CT | 6:00 PM CAT

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Positron for RStudio Users: A Gentle Introduction, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Curious about Positron, the new open-source data science IDE from Posit? This session will walk RStudio users through the basics of Positron, highlight familiar features, a

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17d

The federal government has censored the work of dozens of scientists, including work by my lab, on the impacts of climate change on Acadia National Park. Signs have been removed from Cadillac and Great Meadow. They’re also removing signs about the Wabanaki’s sacred connections to Cadillac.

Signs Referencing Climate Change Along with Web Pages Removed from Acadia National Park

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by The Witham Family Hotels Charitable Fund.

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · 23d

New paper! 🎉 Abandoned mines aren't just leaching trace metals, they're also releasing REEs with systematic diel cycling. Our wetland study revealed distinct light-driven patterns for different REEs. Understanding these processes matters for both ecological risk assessment & remediation planning. 🧪⚒️

Potential photochemical controls on trace metals and rare earth elements in an acid mine drainage impacted wetland - Biogeochemistry

Recent climate trends in the Colorado Mineral Belt have intensified acid mine drainage (AMD) impacts, increasing the importance to understand trace metal and rare earth element (REE) cycling in affect...

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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · 25d

It so was hard to imagine having successful career in science as a disabled PhD student that eventually I just left.

Who could have guessed that years later I would help create a magazine issue dedicated to highlighting Trailblazing disabled chemists!

cen.acs.org/people/profi...

#DisabledInSTEM

Trailblazers: Chemists with disabilities rethink how we do science

C&EN’s 2025 Trailblazers issue, curated by guest editor Mona Minkara, looks at how chemists can solve problems in new ways

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · Sep 11

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Tom Swetnam @firescar.bsky.social · Sep 7

Our op-ed in the Santa Fe New Mexican today highlights the potential losses from closure of the nine US Forest Service Regional Offices, namely local leadership knowledge and capacity, experienced people, and priceless documentary records: www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_v...

The legacy lost when Forest Service offices shut down

After 117 years of operation, the U.S. Forest Service’s Southwest Regional Office in Albuquerque is closing by order of the secretary of agriculture. Since 1908, this office has directed the

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · Aug 30

Oh my goodness she's beautiful!

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Magliozzi also pointed to urbanization as a factor that can cause smoke to be hazardous to the ecosystem because pollutants emitted as a result of burning infrastructure are different from wildland fire pollutants. 'The fuels are different, such as homes, cars, people’s garbage,...'" 🔥🧪

Smoke in Fort Collins clears as Lee Fire reaches 86% containment - The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Fires on the Colorado Western Slope created smoky and hazardous air conditions even in areas that are nowhere near the flames. Fort Collins was enveloped in smoke for many days in early August as the ...

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Eos @eos.org · Aug 26

Fires that burn at the urban-wildland interface, like January’s Eaton and Palisades Fires, present unique hazards in the form of enhanced lead contamination and potential debris flows that put residents at risk as they seek to rebuild. eos.org/features/bur...

Burning Urban and Wild Land Alike - Eos

When more densely populated Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned along with surrounding wildlands, hazards for residents didn’t stop when the fires were contained.

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Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · Aug 15

Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, NASA Administrator Duffy & other senior officials have been secretly directing NASA employees to draw up plans ending two major satellite missions that monitor global CO2. (Eos not pulling many punches in this article.)

eos.org/research-and...

NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites - Eos

Despite warnings that their actions are illegal, Duffy and other senior NASA officials have continued to secretly direct NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellites missions s...

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · Aug 6

Copernicus Image of the Day showing smoke over Canada on 3 August www.copernicus.eu/en/media/ima...

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · Jul 30

It's more like, "We turned all of the houses into parking lots, so now there are fewer house fires!" Meanwhile the remaining houses are burning at an increasing rate.

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · Jul 30

Meanwhile, fire risk in natural systems (western US, boreal forests) continues rising with warming (Abatzoglou & Williams 2016, PNAS). By presenting agricultural-driven global decline without context, the report is trying to mislead readers into thinking climate wildfire concerns are overblown. 😒

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Lauren Magliozzi, PhD 💧 @limnologylauren.bsky.social · Jul 30

The new DOE report tries to downplay wildfire as a climate concern by highlighting declining global fire trends. Yes, global burned area declined ~25% since 2001. But they completely omit WHY: agricultural expansion converting fire-prone savannas to farmland (Andela et al. 2017, Science). 🤔🧪