Join us at the #SWEEET Symposium on May 14 (1:30-5pm) at #CSEE2026! We're tackling three barriers facing equity-deserving researchers: parenthood, fieldwork access & socioeconomic challenges. Featuring talks by Drs. Courtney Robichaud, Rachel Giles & Diane Srivastava. We hope to see you there!
Absolutely devastating.
a small colorful rainbow darter, a brown and black-striped fish with red and blue fins. it is the length of half a finger and being held in an investigator's sun-splashed hand at close range above a stream.
boop
I’ve always said that submitting a grant proposal is an exercise in hope—not just in terms of being funded, but as a symbol of what it means to dream big and ask exciting questions. Despite everything happening to federal science over the last year, I’m holding on to that hope.
Proposal submitted.
ICYMI: Latebreaking abstract submissions for #ESA2026 are open till 4/23. That includes "traditional" abstracts with quantitative, qualitative or conceptual results, & project proposed posters for early-stage work.
Build your CV. Make connections. Improve your science. https://ow.ly/GbsP50YF2iM
The photos coming from #Artemis II are just... [chef's kiss] ❤️🌑
Take a look if you haven't seen them yet, or even if you have! www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... #ArtemisII
That's home. That's us.
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.
Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.
Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
Applications open: We seek budding science communicators across the field! Fellows earn training, mentorship, a $3,000 stipend and plenty of support as they develop comms projects for U.S. National Park Service teams. Apply by 4/2! https://esa.org/programs/scip/fellowships/
"Join Our Team" text overlayed on a photo of the sun setting at Scripps Pier
#JobPost: Scripps Oceanography is hiring a tenure-track faculty position! Are you an expert in the fields of natural products chemistry, chemical ecology, pharmacology, biotechnology, and chemical and synthetic biology? Apply here: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04460
Ceratiomyxa sphaerosperma from Mera, Pastaza, Ecuador. This tiny slime mold makes its spores on little stalks, giving it a distinctive appearance. My favorite feature of these are the glass-like stems.
Olympus OM-1 / 90mm macro lens / MC20 2x teleconverter
Spotted: Adorable baby deep-sea squid! 🥰
During a recent scientific cruise aboard MBARI’s R/V Rachel Carson, biologists from our education and conservation partner, @montereybayaquarium.org, encountered a baby glass squid bobbing along in the water column: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-d...
Why NCAR is important and why we must fight to save it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT8d...
@ncar-ucar.bsky.social
🌍🧊 New paper out in Ambio!
We brought together Arctic freshwater experts to identify 77 priority research questions to guide biodiversity science under rapid climate change.
🔓 Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ArcticScience #FreshwaterBiodiversity
Our new paper is now out showing how time perception in animals is linked to their ecology. Using data from 237 species we show temporal perception is faster in species that fly and pursuit predators www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐
I’m truly excited and honored to moderate this conversation with two scientists I deeply admire, whose work has profoundly shaped my research journey. 📢Join us tomorrow!
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social @esalatamcarib.bsky.social #ciencialatina
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Attention science communicators!
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The 2026 Science IRL mini-grant application is NOW OPEN!
Submit your creative ideas for connecting people with actionable science information *offline*.
The deadline for this round of grants is March 23, 2026.
Apply here!
forms.gle/4emvpRPddmEt...
The 2026 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100
The second chapter of my dissertation is now online! Check it out if you're interested in how prey defenses change along two environmental gradients:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The 2026 Barkley Marathons began with one of the strongest fields ever. The starting field came from 15 Counties as well as 15 States, and included ten women. The course seemed not to care. Over 70% of the field is done. #BM100
A pile of valentines, including a gulper eel saying "you make my jaw drop", a grimalditeuthis saying "I find you a-LURE-ing" a whale skeleton at the bottom of the ocean with snailfish and two octopuses making heart arms under the words "I've whale-fallen for you", and an anglerfish saying "You're my light in the darkness", and then two packs of cards that are all nice and tied up
It's Valentine Packing time at Skype a Scientist HQ.
Get your pack at SquidFacts.net
(These support science education nonprofit @skypeascientist.bsky.social !)
Flyer for the Feb 5, 2026 4:30-6PM US Eastern Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology (SUSE) webinar: Carbon in Urban Rivers (CURB) Project: Fresh Results and Syntheses. Features headshots of the four speakers: Dr. Rebecca Hale, Dr. Annika Quick, Dr. Liz Ortiz, and Dr. Stephen Plont.
🏙️ How do cities shape river carbon?
Join the upcoming SUSE webinar with Drs. Rebecca Hale, Annika Quick, Liz Ortiz & Stephen Plont to learn about their work to answer this question.
📆Feb 5, 2026 4:30-6:00 PM US EST
🔗https://www.urbanstreamecology.org/webinars.html
Covers of the 2 leading science journals this week
@science.org and @nature.com
www.science.org/content/arti... www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Willie Wagtail, Common Myna, Black Swans and Australian Magpies. Seen by a friend in Australia for #BirdsSeenIn2026
Just a reminder that everyone is welcome to join in with this friendly challenge. Just add the hashtag to photos taken this year.
This spring, I’m having my Paleoecology undergrads read one popular science book about a topic related to course themes (the history of life on Earth, any time or taxonomic group). What’s your favorite book in that vein? I’ve got a list of ~20 but want to make sure I’m not missing any good ones!
I second The Sixth Extinction!
second this!
🔵 ICYMI: A new study led by Scripps Oceanography and @gpsucsd.bsky.social scientists provides a more complete measure of the monetary harm caused by global climate damages. @insideclimatenews.org shares more. ⬇️
For the first time, a study from researchers at Scripps Oceanography and @gpsucsd.bsky.social integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of carbon— a measure of economic harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions. ⬇️
As Year 2 of Trump 2.0 begins, here’s a refresher on how first-year actions affected climate, energy, public health, academia, and the environment.
Follow the AGU Eos thread below ⬇️
