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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks!!!

Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 18h

Hopping in here to share how scientists and engineers are solving the problem of Sargassum seaweed blooms. Amid the 2025 chaos, there are still people trying to help the environment. nautil.us/new-life-for...

New Life for Rotting Seaweed

New Life for Rotting Seaweed: Problematic piles of Sargassum could serve as useful raw material for a variety of products.

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 8d

Curious about what can be done with the disastrous quantity of #Sargassum in the Atlantic and Caribbean? Read all about it in my latest for @nautil.us, a look at a @schmidtsciences.bsky.social project searching for ways to turn the problematic seaweed into useful products. nautil.us/new-life-for...

New Life for Rotting Seaweed

New Life for Rotting Seaweed: Problematic piles of Sargassum could serve as useful raw material for a variety of products.

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 8d

Write it!!!

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 8d

Curious about what can be done with the disastrous quantity of #Sargassum in the Atlantic and Caribbean? Read all about it in my latest for @nautil.us, a look at a @schmidtsciences.bsky.social project searching for ways to turn the problematic seaweed into useful products. nautil.us/new-life-for...

New Life for Rotting Seaweed

New Life for Rotting Seaweed: Problematic piles of Sargassum could serve as useful raw material for a variety of products.

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 10d

Sounds wild. The first episode of an inspiring new podcast from @biologicaldiversity.org on fighting the extinction crisis. This episode features Tierra Curry, hellbenders, monarch butterflies, freshwater mussels and converting despair into hope.

www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...

Pika chirping under text that reads SOUNDS WILD.

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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 20d

Visited the ASU Art Museum in Tempe today; they have a powerful piece by American artist Michelangelo Lovelace called “Katrina Aftermath”.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 21d

“Prompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeing…”

Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing.

Open access article below.

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 28d

Such a great feeling.

Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 29d

I’m so glad to hear that! Thanks for sharing Reefs of Time with your students!

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · 29d

I hope students read REEFS OF TIME this year! A reminder to all faculty that if you're assigning the book, I'd be happy to join your class via Zoom for a Q&A.

Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · Jul 17

Another one I’m considering adding is by Lisa Gardiner: Reefs of Time, which would give my “paleo” and reef minded students something exciting to read. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... (7/n)

Reefs of Time

How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene

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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Sep 8

I just really really encourage journalists— especially those who do investigative work— to look into Kevin Guthrie and what is happening at FDEM.

It strikes me as quite urgent.

Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Sep 8

Kevin Guthrie is using the Florida Division of Emergency Management to implement the agenda of White Nationalists.

Seems bad, guys.

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Disasterology: September 2025

This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy reading, Gus!

Gus Moyer (梅子超) @gusmoyer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Using the #Libby app, I tagged your #book for future #reading. Tia!
#Amazon #Booksky
#Kindle
#ClimateChange
#CoralReefs
#Environmental
#GlobalWarming
#Science

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Sep 2

"This is an important book, well written and about a vital aspect of our natural heritage and wild life." Thanks to Simon Cocking for an excellent and insightful review of REEFS OF TIME and a scathing review of humanity for our inability to solve climate change. 🪸📚💙 irishtechnews.ie/reefs-of-tim...

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Andrea Thompson @andreatweather.bsky.social · Aug 29

I wrote about how Hurricane Katrina helped spur pretty remarkable improvements in hurricane forecasts since 20 years ago and how current and planned budget cuts by the Trump administration to research could set us back.

Katrina Helped Revolutionize Hurricane Forecasting. Budget Cuts May Set Us Back

Hurricane forecasts have made huge leaps since Katrina hit 20 years ago, but that progress is threatened by Trump administration cuts to research

www.scientificamerican.com

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Melissa Sevigny @melissasevigny.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for sharing! My publisher is running an e-book promotion right now, so you can get it for $2.99 (or apparently a bit less!) anywhere you normally buy books. 💙📚👩‍🔬Happy reading!

Tom Marcinko @tommarcinko.bsky.social · Aug 18

Looks like @melissasevigny.bsky.social 's "Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon" is on sale for a mere $2.69 on Kobo today.

I'm grabbing mine.

www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon ebook by Melissa L. Sevigny - Rakuten Kobo

Read "Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon" by Melissa L. Sevigny available from Rakuten Kobo. **Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for ...

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · Aug 12

The deep sea is a vital carbon sink, but it’s under threat.
Bottom trawling & deep-sea mining could release massive carbon stores, worsening the climate crisis 🌀. The burden of proof should be on those exploiting, not protecting, these ecosystems.
📘 Read our latest by Christina Richardson, Ph.D.

How disturbing the deep sea could worsen the climate crisis

Although the full climate impact of destructive activities, such as trawling and mining, remains as mysterious as the deep-sea itself, this much is clear: when the seafloor is adequately protected, it...

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you’re at #esa2025, stop by booth 600 and check out my book, Reefs of Time!

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Aug 11

We are thrilled to be in Baltimore for #ESA2025! Stop by our booth (600) and say hi, check out our latest #Ecology titles, and save 30% online (in the US & Canada) with code EXH30, valid through August 31, 2025.

@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Graphic for the 2025 Ecological Society of America meeting, featuring 5 PUP Ecology books. PUP is at Booth 600. Save 30% online with code EXH30

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Aug 10

Denver, Colorado folks! Join me August 19 at the Tattered Cover on Colfax for readings from REEFS OF TIME that take us to living reefs underwater and fossil reefs on tropical islands. It will be a virtual field trip! Tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/lisa-gardi... #coralreefs #nonfiction

Cover of the book Reefs of Time, photo of author Lisa Gardiner, and event info: 2526 East Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, Tuesday August 19th, 2025, 6:00 pm, Ticket purchase required to attend

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Aug 9

Oh my! Take care of yourselves!

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Jul 30

I love this so much!

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · Jul 30

Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov

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Lisa S Gardiner @lisasgardiner.bsky.social · Jul 30

As a fan of edges, I’m very excited about this book.

Pantheon Books @pantheonbooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

In THE EDGE OF SPACE-TIME, @chanda.bsky.social blends physics, post-colonial history & Black feminist thought to show why “the edge” is the best place to see the big picture. On sale 4/7/26!

Cover designer: Tyler Comrie

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Kevin Gepford | The Tortoise Project @thetortoiseproject.bsky.social · Jul 17

Excellent new paper by lead authors ‪@apriljazb.bsky.social‬ and Anna Koester at Seychelles Islands Foundation on #reef resilience benchmarks across the Indo-Pacific. Trophic-level biomass as a practical tool for managers. It really resonates after my time on #Aldabra.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Supporting resilience-based coral reef management using broadscale threshold approaches - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Supporting resilience-based coral reef management using broadscale threshold approaches

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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · Jul 28

A military base near Newburgh, New York, contaminated local water with toxic PFAS chemicals for years. Now, a CDC study is showing how that has impacted residents’ health.

“I’m beyond angry at this point,” says Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey.

Small City Pays A Price For PFAS In Drinking Water

A military base polluted water in Newburgh, New York, with PFAS for years. Now a CDC-led study is uncovering the health impacts.

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