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#Arctic climate rankings are now in for February 2025: zacklabe.com/archive-2025/. This was a historic month for the region with record warm conditions and record low sea ice relative to any prior February.
#DataViz #SciComm #OpenData #Openscience
Data Ranking Archive – 2025
December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 Other climate year statistics: Data Archive –…Zachary Labe
Alarming Report Finds US Bird Populations Are Still Crashing
"About one-third of all American bird species are of high or moderate conservation concern due to low populations, declining population trends, or other threats."
by @grrlscientist
#ornithology #birds #birding #StateOfTheBirds #endangered #conservation #ClimateCrisis #SciComm forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist…
Researchers around the world discover fascinating things about #birds every day, but most of their findings remain unnoticed in the community of #bird enthusiasts.
Are you a bird enthusiast who doesn't want to miss out on what they discover? Then my bird #science newsletter might be something for you.
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Beaks & Bones | Maja Mielke | Substack
A newsletter about the science, nature, and wonders of the avian world. Click to read Beaks & Bones, by Maja Mielke, a Substack publication. Launched 18 minutes ago.beaksandbones.substack.com
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence, study out of University of California, Santa Barbara, published by PNAS
by @GrrlScientist
#avocados #trees #arboriculture #domestication #agriculture #fossils #food #SciComm forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist…
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence
Ancient peoples of Latin America did us all a huge favor by saving avocados from extinction and gradually making them tastier over thousands of years of domestication.Forbes
#PPOD: Blue Ghost got her first diamond ring! The photo, taken at their landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 a.m. CDT on 14 March 2025, shows the Sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth. This marks the first time in history that a commercial company was actively operating on the Moon and able to observe a total solar #eclipse. This phenomenon occurred simultaneously with the lunar eclipse we witnessed on Earth. Credit: Firefly Aerospace
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Some zooms into my "Denizens of the Beach and Copse" painting (2022), showing the Severn Estuary in the Late Devonian. Featured are a group of Elginerpeton, an Ichthyostega, fungi, slime moulds, algae, rhyniophytes, zosterophylls, lycopsids, & equisetids.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Devonian #FossilFriday #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #Ichthyostega
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The third and final Severn Estuary painting (2022), this time showing the Late Devonian. "Denizens of the Beach and Copse" features a group of Elginerpeton, an Ichthyostega, fungi, slime moulds, algae, rhyniophytes, lycopsids, equisetids, & others.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Devonian #FossilFriday #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld #Ichthyostega
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence, study out of University of California, Santa Barbara, published by PNAS
by @grrlscientist
#avocados #trees #arboriculture #domestication #agriculture #fossils #food #SciComm forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist…
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence
Ancient peoples of Latin America did us all a huge favor by saving avocados from extinction and gradually making them tastier over thousands of years of domestication.Forbes
I just updated my #Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume graphics for February 2025 using PIOMAS data: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-vo…
This month was the 2nd lowest February volume on record.
#SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData
Arctic: Sea-Ice Thickness/Volume
My visualizations: Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability Arctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentration Arctic Sea Ice Volume and Thickness Arctic Temperatures Antarctic Sea Ice Extent and Concentrat…Zachary Labe
Jeffrey Smith began his academic passion in the field of Accelerator Physics, building a cyclotron - a small particle accelerator - as an undergraduate.
After turning his attention to the stars, he is centrally involved in a project to develop an automated pipeline to identify bolides (exploding meteors) in weather satellite data.
Next #SETILive: Amino Acids on Bennu!
TODAY, Thursday, Mar 13, 2:30 PM PDT
The OSIRIS-REx mission's sample of asteroid Bennu shows that 14 of the 20 amino acids that life on Earth uses to form proteins have been found. Join communications specialist Beth Johnson and senior sample scientist Danny Glavin from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center for a discussion of these important results and their implications for the development of life. #scicomm
WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/nhstLeQMpeU
Amino Acids on Bennu! Building Blocks for Life Detected in Asteroid Bennu Samples
The OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) mission has been a resounding success so far, from ...YouTube
Thanks for your feedback on the kinds of ORCID records you'd like to follow! It may influence how Encyclia will try to help you find them.
For the next question, let us flip it around: how do you feel about your own ORCID record being potentially available to follow on the fediverse in the future?
We put some work into the question of what privacy protections may be needed and whether an opt-out model is justified: encyclia.pub/optin-optout-anal…
#poll #scicomm #scholcomm #wisskomm #academicchatter
Opt-in vs. opt-out impact analysis – Encyclia.pub
An in-depth examination of the question whether Encyclia's ORCID bridge should be opt-in or opt-outEncyclia.pub
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#PPOD: This was the first image of Saturn's ultraviolet aurora taken by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope almost 30 years ago, when Saturn was a distance of 1.3 billion kilometers from Earth. The instrument, used as a camera, provided more than ten times the sensitivity of previous Hubble instruments in the ultraviolet. Credit: NASA/ESA and J.T. Trauger (JPL)
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence, study out of University of California, Santa Barbara, published by PNAS
by @grrlscientist
#avocados #trees #arboriculture #domestication #agriculture #fossils #food #SciComm forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist…
Avocados Were Domesticated 7,500 Years Ago According To Fossil Evidence
Ancient peoples of Latin America did us all a huge favor by saving avocados from extinction and gradually making them tastier over thousands of years of domestication.Forbes
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Some zooms into my "Primeval Clevedon Bay" painting (2022), depicting fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods in an Early Carboniferous shallow sea. This painting was the first winner of the Marsh Palaeoart Award.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Carboniferous #FossilFish #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here's a second painting of the Severn Estuary, this time during the Early Carboniferous. Called "Primeval Clevedon Bay," it features fish, crinoids, othrocones, corals, gastropods, and brachiopods. This painting was the first winner of the Marsh Palaeoart Award.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Carboniferous #FossilFish #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
NYC's congestion pricing scheme became the first in the US when it launched on 5 January. Despite its early success, it's in imminent danger of being shut down by the #Trump administration.
I look at the research into the impact of congestion pricing in other cities, to see what they're all about 🧪
forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkles…
Congestion Pricing Can Improve Air Quality And Human Health In Cities
The fate of NYC’s new congestion pricing scheme hangs in the balance. Here's a look at some of the impacts that similar schemes have had elsewhereForbes
Tomorrow night there will be a total #lunareclipse over North and South America! Lauren Sgro explains what that means and what to watch for. (Is it cloudy or raining where you are? We empathize.) More information: seti.org/total-eclipse-moon-co…
Total Eclipse of the Moon Coming to the Americas on the Night of March 13-14
A total eclipse of the Moon will be visible to everyone in North and South America on the night of March 13 to 14, 2025.SETI Institute
IN-PERSON EVENT: exploratorium.edu/visit/calend…
After Dark: Syzygy | Exploratorium Museum Event
Thu, Mar 13 2025 | 6 - 10pm PDT
Dive into the science and history of eclipses with experts from the Exploratorium. Hear first-hand stories from the path of totality, gain a deeper understanding of the lunar phases with interactive activities, and gaze at the stars with the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers.
#PPOD: NASA's Curiosity rover captured this image of the Sun through the dusty martian atmosphere in July 2018 while the dust storm that ended the Opportunity rover's mission was still raging. Curiosity was not affected by the decline in solar input because it is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Thomas Appéré
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Some zooms into my "The Salt Lake Severn" painting (2022) of the Severn Estuary during the Middle Triassic, featuring Thecodontosaurus, cycads, and ferns. Commissioned by the Clevedon Pier Trust.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Thecodontosaurus #Cycads #Ferns #Triassic #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Into 2022 with a painting of the Severn Estuary during the Middle Triassic, called "The Salt Lake Severn," featuring Thecodontosaurus, cycads (Dioonitocarpidium), ferns (Thaumatopteris), and dust devils.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Thecodontosaurus #Cycads #Ferns #Triassic #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
The cormorant is one of the most successful shallow-water predators, having the highest capture rates so far recorded in any diving bird.
Their secret of success? Dual-function feathers that absorb and repel water at the same time.
You can read more about this unique adaptation in the latest post of my newsletter Beaks & Bones:
beaksandbones.substack.com/p/c…
#birds #birdsofmastodon #biology #science #scicomm #ornithology
Feathers with dual function: the cormorant's secret of success
Cormorants' body feathers both absorb and repel water, improving the birds’ maneuverability while keeping them insulated in cold waters.Maja Mielke (Beaks & Bones)
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes By David J. Gibson — Review
"A fascinating and compelling book that examines how to use plant science in matters related to the law in order to solve crimes."
by @grrlscientist via #Medium
#books #BookReview #plants #ForensicBotany #Crime #SciComm medium.com/grrlscientist/plant…
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes By David J. Gibson — Review
"A fascinating and compelling book that examines how to use plant science in matters related to the law in order to solve crimes."
by @grrlscientist via #Medium
#books #BookReview #plants #ForensicBotany #Crime #SciComm medium.com/grrlscientist/plant…
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes By David J. Gibson — Review
"A fascinating and compelling book that examines how to use plant science in matters related to the law in order to solve crimes."
by @GrrlScientist via #Medium
#books #BookReview #plants #ForensicBotany #Crime #SciComm medium.com/grrlscientist/plant…
Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes By David J. Gibson — Review
"A fascinating and compelling book that examines how to use plant science in matters related to the law in order to solve crimes."
by @grrlscientist via #Medium
#books #BookReview #plants #ForensicBotany #Crime #SciComm medium.com/grrlscientist/plant…
My latest science article for Forbes has just gone live. It's a deep-dive into congestion pricing, in light of NYC's new (and so far, very successful) scheme that's under threat from the Trump administration
forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkles…
#traffic #congestionpricing #nyc #trump #science #scicomm
Congestion Pricing Can Improve Air Quality And Human Health In Cities
The fate of NYC’s new congestion pricing scheme hangs in the balance. We look at some of the impacts that similar schemes have had elsewhereForbes
In the third episode of The Climate Chronicles' first season, Becoming Human, Professor Dagomar Degroot touches on everything from Noah’s Flood to nuclear submarines in telling the strange, three-century-long history of the discovery of the Ice Age. Then, he explains why rapid climate changes of remarkable intensity threatened our ancestors in the world of the late Pleistocene Epoch.
Listen here: theclimatechronicles.com/2025/…
#science #climatechange #podcast #scicomm
Episode 4: The Precarious Pleistocene
Listen to the Episode: I’m holding a tooth. It’s a fossil not much smaller than my hand. And it’s still sharp. Millions of years ago, this tooth was one of nearly 300 within the mouth of the Megalo…The Climate Chronicles
We’ve had the measles vaccine since 1963 and the tuberculosis vaccine since 1921. Why don’t we use them? Author John Green joins us on Big Picture Science to discuss his new book about health inequities.
Listen here: bigpicturescience.org/episodes…
Follow @kakape if you want to stay informed about the "War on science" declared by #MAGA administration. This time the bomb was dropped on the research around "vaccine hesitancy".
mas.to/@kakape/114144490694573…
The NIH is abruptly terminating at least 33 research grants for projects studying #vaccine hesitancy. Projects studying mRNA vaccines may be next.
Important story by my colleague Sara Reardonscience.org/content/article/ni…
#PPOD: Mars’ moons trade places in the sky! ESA released these images from its Mars Express orbiter a few months ago. They capture Mars' potato-shaped moons, Phobos and Deimos, as Phobos crosses in front of (or occults) Deimos. Two different versions are included: one where Deimos holds still and one where Phobos does. The real time of the frames is about one minute and nine seconds. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin / @andrealuck
A really tragic loss for #science and #scicomm. I can't overstate how great Fortey's books were; Trilobite! was immensely influential on me as a young scientist.
Take a moment today, and appreciate the deep time that has led to the natural world around you.
thebookseller.com/obituaries/a… #RichardFortey #Trilobites #fossils #museum #NaturalHistory
Author, presenter and palaeontologist Richard Fortey dies aged 79
Author, television presenter and palaeontologist Richard Fortey died on Friday 7th March aged 79 following a short battle with cancer, his publisher William Collins has announced “with great sadness".The Bookseller
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Last few pictures of my Western Interior Seaway paintings (2021) for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are Squalicorax, Tusoteuthis, and Apsopelix.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Squalicorax #Shark #Sharks #GiantSquid #Octopus #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
Here are some photos of my large Western Interior Seaway mural 2 (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are Archelon, Hesperornis, Elasmosaurus, Pachyrhizodus, and a school of Apsopelix.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Archelon #Hesperornis #Elasmosaurus #Pachyrhizodus #Dinosaurs #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld
⭐️Meet Scott Edwards!⭐️
🎙️Learn more about his work in our most recent episode: Secrets in the structure. Now available!
#science #scicomm #sciencecommunication #biology #evolution #biodiversity #finches
Big Biology Podcast
The biggest biology podcast for the biggest science and biology fans. Featuring in-depth discussions with scientists tackling the biggest questions in evolution, genetics, ecology, climate, neuroscience, diseases, the origins of life, psychology and …Big Biology Podcast
Pet Flea Treatments Are Poisoning Wild Birds: Study out of University of Sussex, published by Science of the Total Environment
by @grrlscientist
#ornithology #birds #Pets #FleaTreatments #Ecology #toxicology #pesticides #SciComm forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist…
Pet Flea Treatments Are Poisoning Wild Birds: Study
High levels of harmful pesticides from pet flea treatments in birds’ nests lined with animal fur is leading to the increased mortality rate of chicks.Forbes