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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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John Alroy @johnalroy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Human impacts on large mammals went well beyond triggering late Quaternary mass extinctions. A new paper by Brook et al. showing that biogeographic patterns were erased by the spread of domesticated species:

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

A related paper is in press. Stay tuned.

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Alessio Capobianco @acapomorphic.bsky.social · 19d

We (me, @barankarapunar.bsky.social, @sinjinis.bsky.social and @harriedrage.bsky.social) organized a symposium for the next IPC (Cape Town 2026!) on evolution, diversity and ecology in marine ecosystems throughout the Phanerozoic.
Contact us if you would like to participate or to know more about it!

IPC7 @ipc7.bsky.social · 19d

Symposia 🔍

Among our 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium, we are pleased to feature:

✨ Life in the Phanerozoic Oceans: Evolution, diversity and ecology in deep time marine ecosystems✨

📩 To participate in this symposium or get more information, contact the conveners: 👇

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International Fossil Coral and Reef Society @ifcrs.bsky.social · 19d

🚨Registration open!🚨

Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸

📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 26d

I haven't used "Academia .edu" for 15 yrs (only tried it when it 1st came out) but they just tried charge me ~$400 automatic on a card w/o any notification or me agreeing to renew/reactivate anything. This is such a predatory scam & they really shouldn't be allowed an ".edu" too Watch out for them

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Martin Hundhausen @mhundhausen.bsky.social · 27d

Ich bin großer Fan der @fau.de

Es fehlen jetzt hier nur noch 65 follower und wir haben die Schnapszahl 4444. die FAU wäre die erste deutsche Uni, die das schafft. Bitte repostet.

Screenshot des bsky profils der @fau.de. 4379 follower. Ziel in rot eingetragen: 4444. GO!

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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you know anyone interested in starting a Master's project working on ammonoid phylogenetics (or the phylogenetics of a mollusc group spanning the OAE2 event in the Late Cretaceous), then ask them to get in touch with me.

The situation is a little tricky, as it would be funded by the remainder…

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Der (fast) letzte Schritt zur Dekarbonisierung ist getan:
Wärmepumpe ☑️
PV-Anlage ☑️
Solarthermie ☑️
E-Auto ☑️
Es hat lange gedauert, aber jetzt erstmal happy.

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Aug 23

Very true!

R Michael Howard @ixcel.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Aug 21

A still very worthwhile read. Charles Lyell made it possible that both these great thinkers appeared in the same issue of the journal.

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 20

#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Legacy of Elizabeth Vrba paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/t...

The Legacy of Elizabeth Vrba

During the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, the status of paleontology as an evolutionary discipline was attempted to be established by a number of paleontologists. From 16th to 1…

paleonerdish.wordpress.com

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Annika Joeres @annikajoeres.bsky.social · Aug 1

Wahnsinnsgrafik, Wahnsinnszahl, kaum besprochen:

Bundesumweltministerium: Großer Teil des BUdgets geht für Atommüll drauf

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jul 25

More than happy that this is finally out. Well done @isaiah-e-smith.bsky.social

isaiah-e-smith.bsky.social @isaiah-e-smith.bsky.social · Jul 24

Happy to announce the publication of our new study!📝‪Ádám T. Kocsis, @kiessl.bsky.social‬, and I examined occupancy trajectory and its influence on extinction risk in marine microplankton! 🔬🦠🌊 (1/2)

bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Occupancy history influences extinction risk of fossil marine microplankton groups

Abstract. Geographic range has long been acknowledged as an important determinant of extinction risk. The trajectory of geographic range through time, however, has not received as much scientific atte...

bg.copernicus.org

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jul 22

Artwork makes the heart work, especially when it is meaningful. This is Emiliana huxleyi, perhaps the most abundant eukaryotic organism on our planet!

John Burns @burnsajohn.bsky.social · Jul 22

Morning light on this incredible #protist sculpture. Artwork makes the heart work. Grateful to have inspiring art in my workplace.

Giant sculpture of a coccolithophore alga in a hallway at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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James Rae @mudwaterclimate.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨New paper just out on environmental upset at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary🚨

Using boron isotopes in fossil oysters, we find a major pulse of ocean acidification and CO2 rise, driving global warming and delaying ecosystem recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction
rdcu.be/ev6XV

🧪🌊⚒️🐚🧵

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jul 14

Well deserved @neilshubin.bsky.social. Not all is lost for US science future.

National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · Jul 14

The NAS Council has approved the nomination of Neil H. Shubin to be the next president of the National Academy of Sciences. An evolutionary biologist and science communicator, Shubin would succeed Marcia McNutt when her term ends on June 30, 2026. Read more: www.nasonline.org/news/neil-h-...

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jul 11

💥 Die Bundesnetzagentur erwägt Netzentgelte – auch für private Solarstrom-Einspeiser. Das bedeutet: Wer die Energiewende auf dem eigenen Dach vorantreibt, könnte künftig draufzahlen. ✍️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition unterzeichnen und die Energiewende schützen: weact.campact.de/petitions/fi...

Finger weg von der Photovoltaik!

Was genau plant die Bundesnetzagentur? Die Bundesnetzagentur stellt in einem offiziellen Diskussionspapier sechs Modelle zur Debatte, wie private Einspeiser künftig Netzentgelte zahlen sollen – also e...

weact.campact.de

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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · Dec 28

"Wir werden Schäden bekommen, die wir uns heute nicht vorstellen können […] Das sind Dinge, die uns ins Handeln bringen werden.

Aber es ist unnötig. Wir könnten vorsorgend voranschreiten und uns eine sehr viel bessere Zukunft sichern." - Hans Poertner AWI & IPCC WGII

#Klimakrise #EndFossilFuels

Klimaforscher: "Wir könnten uns eine viel bessere Zukunft sichern"

Cali, Baku, Busan: Zuletzt reihte sich eine Umweltkonferenz an die nächste. Was bleibt aus den Klima-Bemühungen aus diesem Jahr? Nicht viel, sagt Forscher Hans-Otto Pörtner. Aber er hat noch Hoffnung ...

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Lee Hsiang Liow （廖珕庠） @lhliow.bsky.social · Jul 6

Vegetation might not be able to keep up with current rates of environmental change, given data from the pollen fossil record. Fun doing this work with David Fastovich in the lead, but sobering www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Coupled, decoupled, and abrupt responses of vegetation to climate across timescales

Climate and ecosystem dynamics vary across timescales, but research into climate-driven vegetation dynamics usually focuses on singular timescales. We developed a spectral analysis–based approach that...

www.science.org

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Jul 2

In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.

Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Jul 2

Foundations: please step up and take over the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). This is an absolutely essential scanned archive of all of the old journals and books from the 1500s to about 1920. Has been indispensable for my research.
about.biodiversitylibrary.org/call-for-sup...

Call for Support: – About BHL

about.biodiversitylibrary.org

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jul 4

Das ist ja mal eine gute Nachricht. Wir brauchen dringend eine effektive Forschungsdateninfrastruktur. Gerne auch international, aber first things first

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Jul 4

Die #NFDI geht in die erste Weiterförderungen in zweiter Förderphase: Alle 9 Konsortien der ersten Runde werden weiter gefördert – ein starkes Signal für Dateninfrastruktur & Wissenschaft. DFG-Präsidentin Katja Becker: "Ein eindrucksvoller Beleg für den Erfolg der NFDI." www.dfg.de/de/service/p...

Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI): DFG begrüßt erste Weiterförderungen in zweiter Förderphase

www.dfg.de

Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jun 26

A great loss to paleontology. Bambach‘s work was in many ways foundational.

Gwen M. Daley @paleontologygwen.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.regerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/r...

Richard Karl Bambach Obituary June 20, 2025 - Reger Funeral Home

View Richard Karl Bambach's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

www.regerfuneralhome.com

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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Jun 26

We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit in our research group, which focuses on Global Change Paleobiology. We seek a candidate with a strong background in palaeobiology aiming for an academic career in Paleontology. Interested!? www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Jun 23

Senior postdoc position in Paleontology @nat.fau.de. Starting date negotiable between 1st of Octorber and 15th of December 2025.
www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...

Job Advertisement: Akademischer Rat / Akademische Rätin (A13) in Paleontology (f/m/d)

Section Paleontology, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit…

www.gzn.nat.fau.eu

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IPC7 @ipc7.bsky.social · Jun 21

🎉 Join us for the 7th International Paleontological Congress in Cape Town! 🇿🇦

Paleontologists from around the world will gather to share discoveries, ideas, and inspiration.

Don't miss this unforgettable event!
🔗 ipc7.site

#IPC7 #Paleontology

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