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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 3d

These talks are next week. It would be good to see you all there bsky.app/profile/nicr...

Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 9d

A few days later, on Thurs 16th Oct 4-5pm NZ time I'll be giving an online talk with the NZ Science Learning Hub. You can register for the talk here (www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/slh-m...) 2/2

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Kenneth De Baets @djbirddanerd.bsky.social · 14d

Just in time for #FossilFriday 🦖 What are the big questions in #paleontology today?

dx.doi.org/10.1017/pab.2025.10042

Nearly 200 scientists worldwide came together to map where our field is headed. Here’s the story 👇

Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Identifying the Big Questions in paleontology: a community-driven project

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 18d

Central NY folks: Jason De León will be speaking this Thursday @colgate.edu on “Soldiers and Kings: Survival, Hope, and Empathy in the World of Human Smuggling.” For details: calendar.colgate.edu/event/2025-p...

2025 Peter C. Schaehrer Memorial Lecture: Jason De Leon

calendar.colgate.edu

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 19d

Communing with trematode parasites! Trematode pits on the interior of a bivalve shell, glimpsed this week in @realhuntley.bsky.social’s office

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 22d

Whelp, wrote too fast before. Perhaps the large specimen is a carditid. There are some rather large paleogene venericardia that are quite similar

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 22d

#NameThatBivalve

Dr. Win @paleowin.bsky.social · 22d

Mystery clam! One of my Oregon fossil sites is full of these clams… I know nothing about clams… trying to at least get a family(?) level ID? @dantheclamman.blog

Clam fossils in matrix on a gray background next to a roll of electrical tape as a poor scale.

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 22d

I would also go for cardiidae for the large one and either veneridae or possibly astartidae for the smaller one on the left. I love #NameThatBivalve!

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 22d

Looking forward to visiting @realhuntley.bsky.social and the U Missouri geo/paleo crew this week!

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 29d

Here is another Devonian sea star fossil on display in @colgate.edu’s geology museum

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · 29d

Swimming in ancient seas this afternoon with my paleo class here in Central New York and the students found some jaw-droppingly cool fossils, including a sea star! #Devonian #Wundergrads

Imprint of a sea star that lives approximately 380 million years ago exposed on the surface of a rock

Students standing in a quarry surrounded by piles of broken shale and siltstone

Brachiopod (Shell) fossils and a fossilized piece of ancient driftwood

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Aug 29

I love livestreaming the deep sea, especially before class as my undergrad students filter into the room, seeing things they've never seen before. This is possible through the use of ROVs & through federal funding of public-facing science. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...

A Starfish Has Captivated Argentina. It Didn’t Ask to Be Political.

www.nytimes.com

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American Geosciences Institute @agi-updates.bsky.social · Aug 8

💔 Remembering Marilyn J. Suiter 🌍—a leader, mentor & champion for diversity in geoscience. Her impact will inspire for generations.

🗓 A remembrance will be held Aug 20 (hybrid).

Learn more: www.americangeosciences.org/news/press-r...

#STEM #WomenInScience

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Aug 21

It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of colleague & friend Marilyn Suiter. Marilyn worked steadfastly to support the development of geo colleagues of all career stages, consistently connecting people & highlighting opportunities. She will be greatly missed.

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Aug 13

Spending a few days in the Triassic-Jurassic of south Wales

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Aug 9

Microstructure of a cupuladriid bryozoan (Discoporella depressa) collected on the continental shelf offshore Dauphin Island Sea Lab in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Imaging using photoemission electron microscopy at Diamond Light Source; field of view is approx 28 microns.

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Aug 6

A glimpse into our day at the Diamond Light Source in Chilton, England. Several members of the Paleo Lab are here this week gathering data on the shell microstructures of different marine animals in order to better understand the biotic impacts of anthropogenic climate change.

Image of interior of Diamond Light Source (large curving building with lots of cables)

Two women and one man standing in front of the PEEM beam line at the Diamond Light Source

Two women standing in front of the PEEM beam line at the Diamond Light Source

PEEM image a portion of a bivLve shell at high resolution (approx 23 micron field of view)

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congrats to Paleo Lab alum, Charlie Filipovich, who defended her masters thesis today! Fun to learn about her work on Lake Tanganyika benthic communities!

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Jul 17

Congratulations to Meredith Shapiro and Allison Wen who presented their summer research in the Paleo Lab this afternoon on campus!

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Jul 9

Pilot work this week in the Gulf Of Maine with scientists from the Maine Department of Marine Resources

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Jun 3

Sounds wonderful! I took a grad class at FHL years ago and have long dreamed about returning at some point. Have fun!

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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · May 9

NEW: NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

www.science.org

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · May 9

Enraged/heartsore to see gutting of US science. Terminating funded grants is a waste of taxpayer $ & loss of insights prioritized by colleagues during peer review. Firing NSF employees is gutting expertise at an agency already accomplishing so much w/ so very little. www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

www.science.org

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Apr 30

That’s awesome!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Apr 30

The Trump administration this week summarily dismissed more than 400 scientists and other experts who had begun to write the latest National Climate Asst.

As I say here, climate change puts us all at risk, and we all need this vital information. Without it, the future will be much more dangerous.

'It's a huge loss': Trump administration dismisses scientists preparing climate report

More than 400 experts were starting to prepare the latest national climate assessment report. They all received an email from the Trump administration dismissing them.

www.latimes.com

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Paul Harnik @paulharnik.bsky.social · Apr 30

So cool!