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this R package looks extremely satisfying

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New paper out that (we hope) will be useful to anyone with an interest in Antarctic soil microbial communities: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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A 2018 survey of more than 4,000 Wikipedians found that 12% had a doctorate. Scientists made up one-third of the Wikimedia Foundation’s 16 trustees. A feature from Nature Careers outlines how scientists contribute to Wikipedia. 🧪

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I and others from universities in the area were out in the contaminated burn scar conducting heavy metals and organic testing. Academics are filling in for FEMA pro-bono. But we won't be able to for much longer given the impending cuts to science! 🧪

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Come join our faculty! We’re hiring.

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If anyone has the resources to resist, its HHMI. Ending this program with no notice and literally scrubbing evidence it ever existed from the website is shocking and dosappointing

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Please consider non-profit society journals when you choose a journal for submitting your work AND for reviewing/editing.

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Let's talk about marine isopods, the roly-polies of the sea. This is Bathynomus giganteus, the largest of 1000's of species that live in dark, deep, cold waters of the ocean where they feed on dead things that fall to the bottom (including whales!) They're crustaceans but with unusual traits...

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Microbial Resuscitation and Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results from the Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs

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How to join the fight against papermills, by @abalkina.bsky.social René Aquarius @elisabethbik.bsky.social @smutclyde.bsky.social @deevybee.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social @gcabanac.cpesr.fr @clearskiesadam.bsky.social Cyril Labbé @nhwise.bsky.social

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Ever wondered how long it takes microbial life in permafrost to ‘wake up’ after thawed? Hydrogen SIPing pro @tacaro.bsky.social ‘s newest preprint👇👇👇

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Excited to share a new pre-print where we quantify microbial resuscitation and growth rates in deep subsurface permafrost accessed at the permafrost research tunnel. With @kopflab.bsky.social @isotopes.bsky.social et al. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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I spoke to @weatherwest.bsky.social about the role of warming and "hydroclimate whiplash" in the L.A. fires and where we go from here: e360.yale.edu/features/dan...

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If you’re looking to explore lipid cell heterogeneity and dynamics at single-cell level from a fresh perspective, we encourage you to check out this review on single-cell lipid biology!!!

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How to mitigate post-fire smoke impacts in your home — tips from experts at CIRES, CU Boulder, and CDPHE ⬇️ cires.colorado.edu/news/how-mit...

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had a blast sampling high temperature steam tunnels for this project. highly recommend assisting this project to find some high temp amobae!

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Has the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) weakened over the last decades? In our new study, we combine state-of-the-art CMIP6 models and observation-based estimates of the air-sea heat flux in the North Atlantic to show that the AMOC has not declined since the 1960s! 🌊

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for those who love both ggplot and dual-axis plots, rejoice! #rstats #dataviz #tidyverse

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You know how annoying it is to make overlapping plots on the same x-axis but different y-axis in ggplot? Well…not anymore! 🎉🎉 @tacaro.bsky.social @rabergj.bsky.social ggstackplot.kopflab.org

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A collection of articles from The Scientific Value of Mars Sample Return Special Feature explores the research that could be accomplished if Martian samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover are successfully returned to Earth. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Wetting dry soil rapidly stimulates microbial activity and has important consequences for biogeochemical cycling. In our paper out today, we show that part of that response can be explained by how bacterial genomes are written (i.e. codon usage, nucleotide freq., genome size) doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify. www.reuters.com/world/us/far...

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Scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused climate change. The wildfires in Los Angeles are just the latest examples of this extreme weather.

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NEW: Springer Nature — the prestigious publisher of scientific journals like Nature and the 1845-founded magazine Scientific American — is imploring published journal authors to buy $49 AI-generated "Media Kits" that summarize their own work. futurism.com/springer-nat...

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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

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It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!

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Have never seen wind like this. Trash cans blowing down the streets, already very smoky down here in Pasadena from the #EatonCanyon #Fire

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anxiously waiting for the evac order to widen as 70+ mph winds tear through pasadena with a wildfire raging in the hills. multiple trees and power down in some areas. AQI is maxed out at 500. #eatonfire #losangeles #pasadenafire

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The thing I was thinking all day was "thank God there isn't a second incident to compete for resources with the #PalisadesFire" in the extreme SoCal fire weather. Now the #EatonFire is exploding in Pasadena and will compete for ground and aviation resources (not that they can fly tonight anyway).

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now at 400 acres www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

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New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

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I have a book coming out in May 2025 where I describe the excitement and adventure of discovering the strangest life on Earth. Preorder with Princeton University Press or wherever you like to get your books. tinyurl.com/bdcrwhwx If you enjoy it, please let me know, I'd love to hear from you!

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Not hard to spot the #PalisadesFire from space today. Sadly the Santa Ana wind and PDS Red Flag Warning event is just getting going.

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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

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Zinc stable isotope probing of phytoplankton! This is super cool - I had never even thought about Zinc stable isotopes before 👀

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An important read for all microbiome researchers #microbiomania www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

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