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Conservation paleobiologist, marine ecologist, geologist. Extinction survival and biodiversity. Dancer, cat rescuer, author, armchair linguist. Sermon on the Mount. Permanent optimist. "Make an impact. Be excellent to others. Use the fancy dishes."
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Climate scientists predicted that heatwaves would become so frequent that ecosystems would not have time to recover between heatwave events. That time is here, not in the nebulous future. My research shows it, others show it. We can slow down warming, save Life, and save us. #ClimateChange 🧪🌎

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Throughout the history of Earth, Life has survived whatever has been thrown at it. 🌎 Mega-volcanoes 🌋 Fully frozen Earth ❄️ Asteroid impacts 🌠 Super-greenhouse climate 🦕 Habitat loss, droughts, poison oceans... 🏜️ LIfe always survives and re-diversifies. 🧪 Do we want to survive, too? #ClimateChange

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Devonian (ca. 380 million years old) colonial rugose coral, encrusted by smaller Syringopora colonial tabulate coral. Alberta, Canada #FossilFriday #Paleontology #Palaeontology 🧪🦖🦕

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Devonian (ca. 380 million years old) colonial rugose coral, encrusted by smaller Syringopora colonial tabulate coral. Alberta, Canada #FossilFriday #Paleontology #Palaeontology 🧪🦖🦕

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Devonian (ca. 380 million years old) colonial rugose coral, encrusted by smaller Syringopora colonial tabulate coral. Alberta, Canada #FossilFriday #Paleontology #Palaeontology 🧪🦖🦕

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

"Deep corals at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef complex are bleaching for the first time on record. The heat stress is because of a marine heatwave along half the WA coastline that has bleached corals from Ningaloo up to Ashmore Reef at the same time..." 🌎🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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Bigfoot's Dog #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #SFF #Bigfoot #Sasquatch

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From Nature Briefing newsletter: "100 years ago this week, Nature published a column debating whether members of the scientific community should adopt the word ‘scientist’ to describe themselves." 🧪

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

How long will it be until those of us with .bsky accounts will be black-listed, flagged, blocked, or worse? 🧪🌎 #ClimateChange

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Tipping point: the threshold past which a system becomes unstable and, with perturbation, can fail. Metastable: the system passes the tipping point but still appears normal. Rate-induced tipping point: when changes are too rapid, the system can't adjust, so it fails. #ClimateChange🌎🧪

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NOAA scientists must get approval for all international: Meetings (in person and virtual) Emails to colleagues Phonecalls, Zoom, etc. Cross-border research funds are frozen. Words like climate change are red flags for review. Who's next? #ClimateChange🌎🧪 www.cbc.ca/news/science...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

I recall this January in northern Canada as very cold, although we did hit several days above 0C. Extreme cold weather does not disprove global warming. Rather, weather extremes - hot or cold - attest to the highly unstable, roller-coaster process of accelerated climate change. #ClimateChange🧪

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While research into corals that are heat tolerant is a good thing, it may be only a stopgap measure. We at the start of a 4+ year event of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Tropical regions may warm too quickly and become too hot for even heat-tolerant corals. #ClimateChange🌎🧪

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Eep! This is scary. It's not just the polar bears that are suffering from decreased sea ice extent (and duration). #ClimateChange🧪🌎

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Never in the history of life did one area of Earth "export" extinction burden to another area. We re-write the definition of mass extinction. Life re-diversifies after a mass extinction - but it can't recreate the present uniqueness. We will disappear, too, if we don't fix this. #ClimateChange🌎🧪

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Teachers, what do you think? I see a trend in current undergrad-masters' students: they don't care who caused climate/biodiversity problems. They want to fix the problems. They want to collaborate broadly, even beyond academia, not isolated in a lab. And they crave advocacy. #ClimateChange 🧪🌎

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Ryan Katz-Rosene's words are true. One researcher's "bad" is another's "worst," and I add 2 things: 1. "Bad" or "worst," it can get worse than that without action. 2. Sadly, there are still too many "it's not real, I don't care, I don't have energy/time to care" perspectives. #ClimateChange 🧪🌎

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I met a high-level industry scientist and we discussed his company's emissions. I said, "why do you do this, even though you know it's destroying the planet?" He said, "I won't be here when it all goes to sh!t. Why should I care?" And this, folks, is what we are up against. #ClimateChange 🧪🌎

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

Remember, self-care is important to strength and perseverance. This is a reminder to: 😂Laugh 🫗Hydrate 🍰Treat yourself 😻Hug your loved ones 🌛Sleep!!!! 🍏Eat healthy 🏃‍♀️Exercise and breathe. You are not alone. All of our advocacy, research, and efforts add up. Keep up the good fight! #ClimateChange 🧪🌎

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Wildfires are not just about forests. There can be a wildfire in a grassland. There can be wildfires in cropland and ranches. There are wildfires on the Arctic tundra and in the muskegs (bogs) of the Arctic and sub-Arctic, where fires can overwinter in the peat. #ClimateChange 🧪🌎

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