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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · 6d

And then we got back to the dock and my students had boat driving lessons with the LUMCON captains. Learning to drive boats is an important skill.

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · 6d

A day in the marsh collecting periwinkle snails. My students were blessed by the marsh gods (I.e sunk in the mud) many times.

I got to jump in to the bay to remove a derelict crab trap that wrapped around our boat prop. Thank the marsh gods I left wire snips in my dry bag from our last trip!

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · 8d

Dude have you been in my office spying on me and the advice I tell my students….cuz this is pretty much verbatim what I tell them. (At a state school 6 hours from the coast)

Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · 13d

One of my students told me this week that every time she hears all this autism, vaccine, and Tylenol stuff in the news, she hears my voice in her head saying “correlation is not causation” and “ shark attacks are correlated with ice cream sales”

Someone listened and learned. It is possible!

a man in a suit and tie is making a sad face in front of a window with blinds .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a sad face in front of a window with blinds .

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · 20d

This scandalous share made me laugh out load. And it makes me happy to know the scourge of defunct thermostats is not limited to my campus.

Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 20d

I have the (dubious) pleasure of serving as the chair of my campus's Academic Senate.

This means I have a (sometimes) office on the top floor of the admin building, along with the President, Provost, and VPs.

I will share something scandalous with you. This office has a thermostat. AND IT WORKS.

Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks to being a marine ecologist, I could probably build you a shopping mall out of pvc, vexar mesh, and zip ties.

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ditto. Where is my money?

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Which is why we need the engagement of the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
We cannot “science only” our way out of these problems.

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · Aug 26

Gus Speth: "I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that 30 years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy...”

Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Banana slug!

Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Cool weather. Delicious wine. Big redwood trees. Loving the vacation life away from the Louisiana heat and humidity.

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 16

How I know I’m a marine scientist always: I grab some coralline algae to take home for my teaching collection. (And I take pictures of algae while my husband patiently waits and rolls his eyes)

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 12

Pants and biking in August?! You are brave ( and probably sweaty!)

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 11

When you are doing behavior experiments where you test effects of movement and shadows, one must make a researcher cubby hole.
Kaylie said “ if someone walked in, they will think I’m nuts”
I said, “welcome to the fabulous world of ecology where we contrive scientific contraptions from Lowe’s”

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 10

Also I should add that thanks to this article, now every time I visit the Pacific Northwest, my brain is thinking “don’t you dare Mr. Fault line…..”

Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Aug 10

I have my marine bio students read this article every class because we discuss formation of coasts and oceans. It’s a great article and none of them know about this fault line. Wonderful writing!

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 9

When the Cascadia fault ruptures, the area of impact in the Pacific Northwest will cover some 140,000 square miles and some seven million people. Revisit Kathryn Schulz’s 2014 report.

The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest

When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.

www.newyorker.com

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 19

When you can hang upside down by your toes Mr. Squirrel off the eaves of our roof, I can’t be anything but impressed. Also that is spicy bird cake, so apparently you are also a Cajun squirrel

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hey academic friends. You know something ChatGPT does well: it can make you an excel file of all your class dates so you can update your class calendars for fall. You’re welcome.

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 11

So now we are back to periwinkle climbing studies this afternoon. This experiment is classic predator cue study to see if crushed conspecifics, predator urine, or the combination of a predator eating crushed conspecifics elicit similar climbing responses.

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 11

This week we did some cercarial shedding studies with our periwinkles to see if trematode parasites might be impacting our snail behavior experiments. But after a rate of 1 in 90 snails with a trematode infection, I think that answer is a hard no

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Cute and fat little evening visitors to our fig tree.

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Speak up for Sea Grant!

Chris Janousek @janousekwild.bsky.social · Jul 7

Sea Grant, a program of NOAA which funds coastal research, education, and community outreach - is unfortunately a target for the current administration's draconian reductions in science funding. Sign a letter of support for Sea Grant here: sga.seagrant.org/letters-of-s...

Support Sea Grant Funding – Sea Grant Association

sga.seagrant.org

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · Jul 7

✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨

Please spread the word!

www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

#CSEE2025

A blue poster describing opportunities to join the Bernhardt Lab -- for more information please see https://www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 3

My undergrads did some initial packing for our trip to the coast this weekend.
1 pair of scissors, 1 sharpie, 1 pencil.
Sweet summer children …….
Now I duplicate all the things and throw in lots of just in cases

an elderly woman knitting with the words oh my sweet summer child below her

ALT: an elderly woman knitting with the words oh my sweet summer child below her

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Jennifer Hill Ph.D. @hill-ecolab.bsky.social · Jul 1

I need this mug!

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Orit Peleg @oritpeleg.bsky.social · Jun 25

Help us record firefly flashes! 👇🙏

George Musser @georgemusser.com · Jun 24

Do you have fireflies in your backyard? Biologist @oritpeleg.bsky.social is collecting data! #emergence docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Help us Record Firefly Flashes ✨

Firefly flashes are amazing ❤️ During mating season, fireflies gather in groups and flash their species-specific flash pattern. To better understand these communication signals, we developed a method ...

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