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Mike Kaspari @mikekaspari.bsky.social · 7d

Our peer review system for scientific publishing
-we pay to publish our MSs
-pay to read other’s MSs
-and donate our time to review MSs
is bad enough without passive aggressive review reminders, touting the “quality” journal’s rapid turnaround time and asking why you are setting back science.

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@macro_action @birdzandbees.bsky.social · 8d

Bender the dragon
Nikon Z9 and 400mm f4.5
SS1/200 F6.3 ISO640

#dragonfly #macro #nature #insects #insect #naturephotography #dragonflies #dragonflyphotography #macrophotography #wildlife #insectphotography #perfection #odonata #naturelovers #libelle #wildlifephotography #photooftheday #love

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Jess Corman @limnojess.bsky.social · 13d

Research by my former PhD student, Daniel Gschwentner, on how grassland wildfires impact lakes is now live in Ecosystems: doi.org/10.1007/s100...
Wildfires are contributing to P loading in lakes, but lakes are N-limited so that P is likely not being processed by algae.
DM if you need access.

A red kayak rests at the edge of a still lake with emergent macrophytes and surrounded by low hills. Landscape is dry and brown.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 15d

I went on my first bull trout redd survey of the year today. Saw some absolutely incredible fish! One of the biggest specimens I've ever seen, and it was close enough to touch (I was invisibly filming from the other side of a root wad). 🐟

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Albert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 16d

Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Rachel Carlson @rachelspatial.bsky.social · 16d

We're hiring! My lab is seeking a 2-yr Postdoc in 🌊 marine ecology + 🛰️ remote sensing. You'll work with a big team (including @albertruhi.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social) to study the impacts of changing rainfall on marine freshwater plumes + coastal organisms. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05114

Postdoc Scholar - Marine ecology – ESPM The Coastal Climate Resilience Lab - MCECO - ESPM Ecosystem Sciences Div - Carlson Lab

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Jessica Dobson @jessica-dobson.bsky.social · 21d

Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!

Rainbow-like colours in the fur of a tropical rat (Otomys tropicalis)

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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 19d

Please share! Virginia Tech's Biological Sciences Dept is #hiring an instructor with expertise in genetics, cell biology, &/or microbiology. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in biology, life sciences, or related field + college-level teaching experience. careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...

Details | Instructor | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech

careers.pageuppeople.com

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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 21d

It's true: Academic publishing has become a racket.

But I think the idea that #peerreview can happen haphazardly in the comments of a preprint server is naive.

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🧪 #AcademicSky #SciPub

Opinion | Academic Publishing Has Become a Racket

Scientists write and review papers without getting paid, and their institutions have to pay for access.

www.wsj.com

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Tali Caspi @talicaspi.bsky.social · 23d

Coyote whiskers grow gradually over several months, so we cut each whisker into small segments. Each segment gave us a isotopic “snapshot” of diet from a different point in time, letting us measure how consistent (or variable) an individual’s diet was ✂️🐾

Diagram depicting a coyote whisker being subsampled in 0.2mg segments from base to tip

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Marc Peipoch @marcpeipoch.bsky.social · 26d

is there any evidence for previous success of a credit/market system on environmental issues?

International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 26d

Biodiversity Credits:

Does the world need a new credit market place or are we all being conned? 🌍

dialogue.earth/en/nature/th...

The tangle of biodiversity credits

Funding is needed to reverse global biodiversity loss. A credits market has been touted as a solution, but environmental groups say ‘don’t be fooled’

dialogue.earth

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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 29d

new paper from my lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social in @natclimate.nature.com, led by @sarahnalley.bsky.social!

Dragonflies with dark mating ornaments on their wings are disappearing from parts of the United States that have had more warming and wildfire over the last 40 years 🧪🌍🐙

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Showy dragonflies are being driven extinct by warming and wildfire

Nature Climate Change - The authors use 1,603 estimates of local extinctions from 1980 to 2021 to show that dragonfly species with wing ornamentation have disproportionately gone extinct and lost...

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · Sep 9

The discourse around LLMs for writing is really interesting - in part, I think, because much of it makes a very large assumption about *how* writers will use LLMs. I think unpacking that is useful (including two different variants of the assumption), so I tried:

The big assumption behind loud opposition to “AI” writing tools – and its two flavours

I continue to be fascinated by the discourse around so-called “AI” writing tools: it’s an amazing window on the ways smart people confront a big change that’s emotionally charged. Especially on soc…

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Marc Peipoch @marcpeipoch.bsky.social · Sep 8

www.envirodiy.org/river-flood-...

A River Flood Monitoring System for Rapid Deployment – EnviroDIY

www.envirodiy.org

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Mirror organisms" are novel biological entities (like GMOs, synthetic cells, novel hybrids) whose release & potential spread are akin to biological invasions, in my opinion.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research

Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections

www.theguardian.com

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Marc Peipoch @marcpeipoch.bsky.social · Sep 3

I wonder why this type of potential disaster doesn't quite get the attention that AI superintelligence is receiving. Definitely makes me feel uneasy to meddle with chirality...

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Raphaël Clément @raphclement.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mechanosensation and fast reorientation of ciliary structures: Marvin's work on the surprising locomotion capabilities of Trichoplax, an animal without neurons!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Daniel von Schiller @dvonschiller.bsky.social · Sep 2

Us convido a llegir l’article i veure el vídeo que Telenotícies TV3 ha preparat aquest estiu sobre la nostra recerca als estanys urbans naturalitzats de Barcelona. Descobriu com aquests entorns esdevenen oasis per al benestar i la resiliència climàtica @biologiaub.bsky.social @ubdivulga.bsky.social

La riquesa dels estanys naturalitzats de Barcelona, un oasi enmig de la ciutat

L'aigua i la biodiversitat de les basses naturalitzades de la ciutat de Barcelona aporten millores psicològiques i mediambientals, segons un estudi de la UB

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Marc Peipoch @marcpeipoch.bsky.social · Sep 2

Et farem fill predilecte de Catalunya!

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Bruno Cuevas Zuviría @brunocuevaszuviria.bsky.social · Sep 1

Following the same argument, I guess we could see coal companies stating that they are helping to fight climate change because they feed the fuel that provides the electricity that powers the AI that, in the end, solves climate change.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Net zero needs AI — five actions to realize its promise

Without artificial-intelligence technologies, balancing human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions with carbon removals by 2050 is out of reach. Action in five areas is needed to keep this goal alive.

www.nature.com

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Sara Mendes @sarammendes.bsky.social · Aug 24

www.eldia.es/canarias/202...

El Teide arrastra veinte siglos de 'enfermedad' ecológica tras la desaparición del bosque de cedros ancestrales

La deforestación aborigen ha provocado la pérdida progresiva de grandes dispersores de semillas, como el petirrojo o el mirlo, lo que ha llevado a varias especies endémicas al borde de la extinción

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Aug 24

Legendary ecologist.

"Jim Estes showed the world that the absence of a creature as unassuming as a sea otter could transform entire coastlines. In doing so, he reminded policymakers, scientists, and the public that human choices ripple outward in ways often unseen."

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 24

Jim was an incredible ecologist. I own several of his books, and cite his research reguarly. www.butlernature.com/2025/08/20/j...

Jim Estes, biologist who revealed how sea otters shape entire ecosystems, died on May 20, aged 79

When Jim Estes first arrived in the Aleutian Islands in 1970, he expected a routine wildlife survey. What he found was the outline of a scientific revelation. In places where sea otters thrived, the…

www.butlernature.com

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Soapy @soapy2019.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!

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UCPH Section for Freshwater Biology @fblucph.bsky.social · Aug 21

New in L&O: This study from South Greenland shows that lake & stream autotrophic biofilms are shaped by different drivers. With climate change, biomass may increase, reshaping Arctic food webs. Congrats to Sanne on her final PhD paper! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/lno....
@sannemdt.bsky.social
@aslo.org

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 12

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream.

Ice dam at Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater toward downstream homes

A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially record surge of flooding toward parts of Juneau in what has become an annual concern for residents.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you're doing mentoring right, your mentees will argue with you. And when they win one - that's a great day! scientistseessquirre...

Sometimes, I love to lose an argument

As a grad student, I loved to argue, about almost anything (mostly over beer). I avoided arguing with my PhD advisor though – mostly out of my knowledge that he was pretty famous, as ecologists go,…

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