phrieken
@phrieken.bsky.social
PhD in biogeochemistry, stable isotope enthusiast, and beer judge.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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📢 Upcoming Webinar: Atomic Ecology Meets Dr Sora Kim!
Later this week, I’ll be launching the first in a new series of webinars titled 'Atomic Ecology Meets'. These are designed to sit somewhere between a podcast and a seminar, providing a small (but powerful) dose of high quality science along
Later this week, I’ll be launching the first in a new series of webinars titled 'Atomic Ecology Meets'. These are designed to sit somewhere between a podcast and a seminar, providing a small (but powerful) dose of high quality science along
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
📢 Upcoming Webinar: Atomic Ecology Meets Dr Sora Kim!
Later this week, I’ll be launching the first in a new series of webinars titled 'Atomic Ecology Meets'. These are designed to sit somewhere between a podcast and a seminar, providing a small (but powerful) dose of high quality science along
Later this week, I’ll be launching the first in a new series of webinars titled 'Atomic Ecology Meets'. These are designed to sit somewhere between a podcast and a seminar, providing a small (but powerful) dose of high quality science along
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This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Recovery of Paleodictyon patterns after simulated mining activity on Pacific nodule fields - Marine Biodiversity
Since the late 1980s, various experiments have been conducted in polymetallic nodule fields of the Pacific Ocean to assess the potential environmental impacts of future mining, specifically in two are...
link.springer.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is one of the wildest deep-sea mining stories to me.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
Paleodictyon is a 500-million-year-old trace fossil from an unknown organism. In the last 50 years, we've found their honeycomb traces on the seafloor. There is a living organism that has been doing its thing for half a billion years.
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“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
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The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, is seeking a qualified and motivated Laboratory Engineer with a strong background in analytical chemistry to support operations in their isotope laboratory. HT @jasonisotopes.bsky.social
ats.talentadore.com/apply/labora...
ats.talentadore.com/apply/labora...
Laboratory Engineer in a stable isotope laboratory
[The department of biology and environmental science](https://www.jyu.fi/en/science/bioenv) is seeking to recruit a Laboratory Engineer in a stable isotope laboratory starting April 1, 2026, or as soo...
ats.talentadore.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The University of Jyväskylä, Finland, is seeking a qualified and motivated Laboratory Engineer with a strong background in analytical chemistry to support operations in their isotope laboratory. HT @jasonisotopes.bsky.social
ats.talentadore.com/apply/labora...
ats.talentadore.com/apply/labora...
🌊 New paper out in MEPS @meps-ir.bsky.social
Warmer, less-connected marine lakes w/ more land input = simpler, less stable food webs + shift from marine → terrestrial carbon.
🦪 Mussels tell the story.
Open access 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
Warmer, less-connected marine lakes w/ more land input = simpler, less stable food webs + shift from marine → terrestrial carbon.
🦪 Mussels tell the story.
Open access 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
Marine ecosystems with elevated temperature and terrestrial input support simplified food webs
Tropical coastal ecosystems are increasingly threatened by rising seawater temperatures and terrestrial nutrient input, yet the combined impact of these stressors on food web complexity remains...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🌊 New paper out in MEPS @meps-ir.bsky.social
Warmer, less-connected marine lakes w/ more land input = simpler, less stable food webs + shift from marine → terrestrial carbon.
🦪 Mussels tell the story.
Open access 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
Warmer, less-connected marine lakes w/ more land input = simpler, less stable food webs + shift from marine → terrestrial carbon.
🦪 Mussels tell the story.
Open access 👉 doi.org/10.3354/meps...
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🧪🦤🌐
Investigating Raja Ampat marine lakes, we observed how higher temperatures and increased terrestrial runoff in coastal ecosystems can cause biodiversity loss and simpler food webs.
bit.ly/meps_771_15
Investigating Raja Ampat marine lakes, we observed how higher temperatures and increased terrestrial runoff in coastal ecosystems can cause biodiversity loss and simpler food webs.
bit.ly/meps_771_15
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🧪🦤🌐
Investigating Raja Ampat marine lakes, we observed how higher temperatures and increased terrestrial runoff in coastal ecosystems can cause biodiversity loss and simpler food webs.
bit.ly/meps_771_15
Investigating Raja Ampat marine lakes, we observed how higher temperatures and increased terrestrial runoff in coastal ecosystems can cause biodiversity loss and simpler food webs.
bit.ly/meps_771_15
🧬 New study teases apart how parasites “tap into” host metabolism using nitrogen isotope profiling. A cestode parasite shows just ~0.5 ‰ trophic shift from its host’s liver—revealing surprisingly direct nutrient assimilation.
#Ecology #Parasites #Isotopes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Ecology #Parasites #Isotopes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🧬 New study teases apart how parasites “tap into” host metabolism using nitrogen isotope profiling. A cestode parasite shows just ~0.5 ‰ trophic shift from its host’s liver—revealing surprisingly direct nutrient assimilation.
#Ecology #Parasites #Isotopes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Ecology #Parasites #Isotopes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A Hummingbird cleaning her feathers
#birds #photography #nature
#photography
#photographybirds
#nature #wildlife
#birds #photography #nature
#photography
#photographybirds
#nature #wildlife
June 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A Hummingbird cleaning her feathers
#birds #photography #nature
#photography
#photographybirds
#nature #wildlife
#birds #photography #nature
#photography
#photographybirds
#nature #wildlife
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First pic of me... hello! I'm Victoria - I create aerial embroidery landscapes, mainly of the countryside and wild areas. The art I'm working on here is a particularly large landscape commission inspired by Ireland I've been busy with! I hope to meet other artists on here, embroidery or otherwise 💚
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
First pic of me... hello! I'm Victoria - I create aerial embroidery landscapes, mainly of the countryside and wild areas. The art I'm working on here is a particularly large landscape commission inspired by Ireland I've been busy with! I hope to meet other artists on here, embroidery or otherwise 💚
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Buried in the tax bill: "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act."
May 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Buried in the tax bill: "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act."
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democracy dies in gerontocracy
What a statement from 84-year-old Dem Rep. Jim Clyburn:
“Nancy left her seat. Steny left his seat. I left my seat. What the hell I’m supposed to do now?” Clyburn said when asked whether the party needed to think of bringing in younger members. “What do you want—me to give up my life?”
“Nancy left her seat. Steny left his seat. I left my seat. What the hell I’m supposed to do now?” Clyburn said when asked whether the party needed to think of bringing in younger members. “What do you want—me to give up my life?”
House Democrats Are Having a Public Fight About Their Oldest Lawmakers
Democrats serve later in life than Republicans, fueling tensions between leaders and the younger generations.
www.wsj.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
democracy dies in gerontocracy
Every R and D dollar spent returns 1.40 to 2.10 since 1946. Slashing research funding is short sighted and needs to account for the long term losses in economic output that these actions have.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Every R and D dollar spent returns 1.40 to 2.10 since 1946. Slashing research funding is short sighted and needs to account for the long term losses in economic output that these actions have.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Newly published open access marine and aquatic parasitology book out there today! Nice to see this effort come together for a fairly comprehensive insight into the field.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites
A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
link.springer.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Newly published open access marine and aquatic parasitology book out there today! Nice to see this effort come together for a fairly comprehensive insight into the field.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Two jobs at a wonderful Zoo Dept at the University of Otago - a very high quality of life
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
please repost and apply!
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
please repost and apply!
Lecturer/Pūkenga - Evolutionary Ecology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
otago.taleo.net
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Two jobs at a wonderful Zoo Dept at the University of Otago - a very high quality of life
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
please repost and apply!
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
please repost and apply!
Newly published open access marine and aquatic parasitology book out there today! Nice to see this effort come together for a fairly comprehensive insight into the field.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Aquatic Parasitology: Ecological and Environmental Concepts and Implications of Marine and Freshwater Parasites
A unique open access collection on ecological and environmental parasitology in marine and freshwater. Covers climate change and parasite conservation.
link.springer.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Newly published open access marine and aquatic parasitology book out there today! Nice to see this effort come together for a fairly comprehensive insight into the field.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Sustainability insights from Late Pleistocene climate change and horse migration patterns | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sustainability insights from Late Pleistocene climate change and horse migration patterns
Climate affects habitat, food availability, and the movement and sustainability of all life. In this work, we apply Indigenous and Western scientific methods, including genomics and isotope profiling,...
www.science.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sustainability insights from Late Pleistocene climate change and horse migration patterns | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thought piece on what the impacts at NSF actually mean that aims to communicate to a broad audience. Preaching to the crowd around here, but a nicely laid out piece of writing that I felt good about sharing with family.
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life
The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.
theconversation.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thought piece on what the impacts at NSF actually mean that aims to communicate to a broad audience. Preaching to the crowd around here, but a nicely laid out piece of writing that I felt good about sharing with family.
Vendors starting with "What's your budget?" to a price request for a part with no listed price on their page really start off on the wrong foot for me....
I want a price, and I know what the price of them rebuilt on ebay is if that's where you want to start.
I want a price, and I know what the price of them rebuilt on ebay is if that's where you want to start.
April 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Vendors starting with "What's your budget?" to a price request for a part with no listed price on their page really start off on the wrong foot for me....
I want a price, and I know what the price of them rebuilt on ebay is if that's where you want to start.
I want a price, and I know what the price of them rebuilt on ebay is if that's where you want to start.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
📣 New paper alert!
Parasites are everywhere, but we still do not fully understand where they fit in food webs. So, to speed up our understanding we built the largest global database of stable isotope values for host-parasite pairs ever compiled! 🪱🦈🦆
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Parasites are everywhere, but we still do not fully understand where they fit in food webs. So, to speed up our understanding we built the largest global database of stable isotope values for host-parasite pairs ever compiled! 🪱🦈🦆
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📣 New paper alert!
Parasites are everywhere, but we still do not fully understand where they fit in food webs. So, to speed up our understanding we built the largest global database of stable isotope values for host-parasite pairs ever compiled! 🪱🦈🦆
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/2
Parasites are everywhere, but we still do not fully understand where they fit in food webs. So, to speed up our understanding we built the largest global database of stable isotope values for host-parasite pairs ever compiled! 🪱🦈🦆
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Interested in #parasites and #isotopes? New database and paper lead by Amandine Sabadel just out! All data based on the same standardised protocol and collected in a large global collaborative effort:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Interested in #parasites and #isotopes? New database and paper lead by Amandine Sabadel just out! All data based on the same standardised protocol and collected in a large global collaborative effort:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Heads up if you are applying for NSF funding. Follow the Co-PI guidelines to the T. Just had a proposal kicked back with no opportunity for revision due to unreported Co-PI prior support.
Not complaining, just want others to not go through this, as things appear to be more stringent than before.
Not complaining, just want others to not go through this, as things appear to be more stringent than before.
April 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Heads up if you are applying for NSF funding. Follow the Co-PI guidelines to the T. Just had a proposal kicked back with no opportunity for revision due to unreported Co-PI prior support.
Not complaining, just want others to not go through this, as things appear to be more stringent than before.
Not complaining, just want others to not go through this, as things appear to be more stringent than before.
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When Nature does a photo roundup, it’s always worth a scroll. March’s edition is packed with mind-blowing REAL shots that capture the beauty, weirdness, and wonder of science 🧪—no AI needed.
Case in point: this gorgeous shot of two courting crab spiders. Just one of many stunners. 💘
Case in point: this gorgeous shot of two courting crab spiders. Just one of many stunners. 💘
Incredible close-up of colourful crab spiders — March’s best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
When Nature does a photo roundup, it’s always worth a scroll. March’s edition is packed with mind-blowing REAL shots that capture the beauty, weirdness, and wonder of science 🧪—no AI needed.
Case in point: this gorgeous shot of two courting crab spiders. Just one of many stunners. 💘
Case in point: this gorgeous shot of two courting crab spiders. Just one of many stunners. 💘
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Exciting PhD Opportunity!
Join us in studying the impact of anthropogenic contaminants (POPs, HPA, heavy metals) on free-ranging cetaceans in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Send your CV, recommendation letter and motivation letter to [email protected] by March 25.
Join us in studying the impact of anthropogenic contaminants (POPs, HPA, heavy metals) on free-ranging cetaceans in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Send your CV, recommendation letter and motivation letter to [email protected] by March 25.
March 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Exciting PhD Opportunity!
Join us in studying the impact of anthropogenic contaminants (POPs, HPA, heavy metals) on free-ranging cetaceans in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Send your CV, recommendation letter and motivation letter to [email protected] by March 25.
Join us in studying the impact of anthropogenic contaminants (POPs, HPA, heavy metals) on free-ranging cetaceans in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Send your CV, recommendation letter and motivation letter to [email protected] by March 25.