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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · May 28

I present to you: the NaturalistaUY Bot (ecoevo.social/@Naturalista...) 🤖🇺🇾💚

Here you can find more info about how it works and why we did it (in Spanish): www.naturalista.uy/blog/94967-l... 🧪

Naturalista 🇺🇾 Bot (@[email protected]) profile

<p>Destaco registros de <a href="https://naturalista.uy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">naturalista.uy</a></p> <p>Hecho por <a href="https://ecoevo.social/@flograttarola" target="_blank" r...

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 5d

This #MarDelPlataCanyon seastar, despite all the obvious signs, does not have a big butt. The animal does resemble the famous SpongeBob character, Patrick Star.

Read more about seastars with messages from the deep: www.instagram.com/p/DPWpFi9kkI...

A bright orange seastar hangs on to a canyon wall.

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 10d

The #IPCC is now hireing ‘chapter scientists’ to support the author teams for the upcoming IPCC Report.

If you are an early career scientist with strong synthesis and organisational skills, and from a developing country or a country in transition, do check this out!

www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...

www.ictp.it

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · 14d

Nature based solutions (?)

depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 16d

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you're looking to visit (a) herbarium collection(s), or improve or maintain small collections of plants/fungi/algae, consider applying for an @iaptglobal.bsky.social Research Grant or Small Collections Grant! Applications for the 2026 round will open soon. www.iaptglobal.org/grants

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MetaDocencia @metadocencia.org · Sep 4

🌱 #CienciaAbierta y comunitaria desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
¡Felicitamos a @flograttarola.bsky.social, #ColaboradoraMD, por la publicación del artículo sobre #NaturalistaUY! 🎉✨
📖 Lee el artículo completo (en inglés y español): revistas.ufpr.br/made/article...
🦫 Conoce más sobre NaturalistaUY: www.naturalista.uy

Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Sep 2

Muy feliz porque nuestro artículo sobre "un caso de ciencia comunitaria en América Latina desde una perspectiva crítica" fue finalmente publicado 💚 Fueron meses de trabajo, otros de reflexión y algunos más de proceso editorial. Pero finalmente ve la luz. Yo, ¡feliz! revistas.ufpr.br/made/article...

NaturalistaUY no Uruguai: um caso de ciência comunitária na América Latina a partir de uma perspectiva crítica | Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Sep 4

Muchas gracias por compartir!! Aguante MetaDocencia 💪🏼❤️

Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Sep 3

Es hoy! Con algunos resultados recién salidos del horno 😉

Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 18

Gracias por la invitación. Ahí nos vemos 🇺🇾❤️💪🏼

Imagen con información sobre el Seminario de Biología Computacional y Bioinformática de RSG Uruguay, en el marco de la edición 2025 del ciclo “Por los barrios más remotos”. En esta edición presenta Florencia Grattarola su trabajo “Macroecología y la dinámica temporal de la biodiversidad a nivel global”. Será el 3 de setiembre a las 11 a través de zoom.

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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · Sep 3

50 Days to Go to the #GSB2025!
In 50 days we start our epic weekend of biodiversity discovery! 🦋🌺
Whether you’re in your backyard, a local reserve, or the middle of the wilderness, every observation counts.
📅 24–27 October 2025 — mark your calendar!

Find your local project
buff.ly/AqpdMst

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Sep 2

Also available in English revistas.ufpr.br/made/article...

Vista do NaturalistaUY no Uruguai

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Sep 2

NaturalistaUY no Uruguai: um caso de ciência comunitária na América Latina a partir de uma perspectiva crítica | Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente

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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · Aug 28

Uruguay is celebrating 200 in style! @schmidtocean.bsky.social 831 #uruguaysub200 #MarineLife

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · Aug 29

🦀 ROV pilots filmed this Crab Hatter tea party at 140 m, during #UruguaySUB200. The science team is undertaking the first effort to systematically collect samples and footage from the seafloor off Uruguay’s coast.

Video: ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 21

Muy bueno, verdad!?

Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 21

Tiranos Temblad featuring Wikimedistas de Uruguay 😍 youtu.be/kCrMBhlKc34?...

El profesor imaginario descubre Wikipedia.

YouTube video by Wikimedistas de Uruguay

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Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez @frodsan.bsky.social · Aug 20

I've added a few new features to {grateful}, the package that facilitates citation of #rstats packages, and I'd love feedback before submitting to CRAN 🧵

grateful: Facilitate citation of R packages

The goal of grateful is to make it very easy to cite R and the R packages used in any analyses, so that package authors receive their deserved credit. By calling a single function, grateful will scan the project for R packages used and generate a BibTeX file containing all citations for those packages.

grateful can then generate a new document with citations in the desired output format (Word, PDF, LaTeX, HTML, Markdown). These references can be formatted for a specific journal, so that we can just paste them directly into our manuscript or report.

Alternatively, we can use grateful directly within an Rmarkdown or Quarto document. In this case, a paragraph containing in-text citations of all used R packages will (optionally) be inserted into the Rmarkdown/Quarto document, and these packages will be included in the reference list when rendering.

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 20

uups *confieso

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Dr. Marta Jarzyna @majarzyna.bsky.social · Aug 20

Abstract submission deadline for the @biogeography.bsky.social conference in Aarhus is a couple weeks away. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the latest research on all things biogeography. Hope to see you there!

The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · Aug 19

Care to learn about the latest biogeography research? Come join us in the beautiful city of Aarhus, Denmark in January 2026 for our 12th biannual conference! Abstract submission is open until September 1st. See more details here 👇
conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...

The International Biogeography Society Conference Jan 7-9, 2026 Aarhus

The International Biogeography Society and Aarhus University are excited to welcome you to the 12th Biannual Conference in Aarhus, the city of Smiles.

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 20

Por ahora viene bien, pero cuando lo termine te cuento :) confiezo que llegué al libro por Donna Haraway 🙈

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 19

Justo lo estoy leyendo!

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Aug 18

Some 4.3 million observations of butterflies show that 59 of 136 species have declined in abundance over the past three decades, while no species has increased in abundance. Butterfly declines undoubtedly have large ecological consequences. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Aphrodite Fritillary in Michigan, a rapidly declining species of butterfly in the midwestern United States.
CREDIT: Ronda Spink

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Yani Bellini Saibene @yabellini.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 ¡Extendimos el llamado a presentación de trabajos para #LatinR2025!

📅 La conferencia será online del 1 al 5 de diciembre.
Puedes enviar propuestas de:
💡 Charlas relámpago
🎤 Presentaciones orales
🛠️ Talleres
👉 Fecha límite: 25 de agosto
Más info y detalles: latinr.org/blog/es/2025...

Llamado a Presentación de Trabajos – LatinR 2024

31 de mayo de 2025

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 18

Gracias por la invitación. Ahí nos vemos 🇺🇾❤️💪🏼

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 14

Such a great book. Have recommended it a lot :)

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨Big news🚨

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉

This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published

I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide

cover of a "pocket guide to scientific writing and publishing"

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Flo Grattarola @flograttarola.bsky.social · Aug 11

Qué hermoso Flor. Lo guardé para mirar con atención ❤️

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