a picture of a laptop with a sturgeon data sheet showing the field notes for each fish
iβm doing some data analysis today and laughing at my field notes about the sturgeon
clearly this one sturgeon was quite a thiccccck gal, βhuge, very fatβ was how we decided to convey this in the notes
science should also be fun yall!!! take unhinged notes!! make yourself laugh later!!
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Roughly half of STEM PhD students in the U.S. are international students.
75% of them stay in the U.S. long term after graduating to contribute their skills to U.S. scientific research and development.
Cutting international student visas hurts U.S. science now and long into the future.
Tabby kitten peeking from behind a desk with text above. Transcribed Text: can't have 3rd dinner can't eat plastic can't eat my humans toes can't meow at 3am can't do anything
Sunday
Jackie and Shadow's eaglets get a quick snack during a storm. (Screen capture courtesy of FOBBV.)
Big Bear Bald Eagles. The rain lightened up a bit and Jackie gave the eaglets a snack while they shook off the rain drops. The eaglets didn't get too wet, and Jackie quickly tucked them back under her, over their objections. #birds
Yesterday morning was peak Saguaro! π΅ πΌ (13 blossoms?!)
A gray tree frog who has clearly been eating well sits with her adorable sticky toes tucked neatly beneath her chin
Copeβs Gray Tree Frog is confident this trellis was placed here specifically for her and would like to request more garden accessories that blend with her skin toneπ
A Great Horned Owl snoozing in the sunshine.
thank you! :)
i made a sparkly moon mug in honor of the incredible scientific feat NASA astronauts are undertaking today π ππ«
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#nasa #moon #pottery
Ontarioβs Endangered Species Act is officially dead. The new Species Conservation Act is replacing it, but leaves many plants and animals β and their habitats β without protection. via @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-spec...
Our mural on native plants and pollinators at H. A. brown elementary school in Kensington starts today!
Weβre still shy of our fundraising goal, so if anyone would be down to support educational art in an underserved area of Philly, I would really appreciate it!
givebutter.com/KenzoMural
all sturgeon caught for research are released safely :)
Less dams, more fish! πποΈ
Restoring rivers and habitats cannot wait.
"One of the most important things food businesses can do to tackle food waste is to measure and publicly report food waste dataβ
This should be nade mandatory!ππππ
yes! all sturgeon fishing in BC is catch and release and this was for research :)
yeah this is in the Fraser River! Iβm doing research investigating the impacts of climate change on this sturgeon population :)
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the stinkier the better!!!
a large sturgeon in the Fraser river held by a smiling Madison on the nose and Chris on the tail. you can see the sturgeons face clearly highlighting the size of the nose and eyes
happy #sturgeonsaturday (on sunday)! π§ͺπ©π»βπ¬ππ¦π
did you know that sturgeon rely heavily on scent & feel to find food rather than eyesight?
in the photo you can see the barbels (like whiskers) & the 2 nostrils - which are basically the same size as the eye!
these strong sniffers are quite impressive π
speckled sand colored clay stones filled with a blue and white glaze that resembles the ocean and a wave crashing, on a hand
many speckled sand colored clay stones filled with a blue and white glaze that resembles the ocean and a wave crashing, on a white counter
i mixed my two most frequent pastimes: worrying & pottery, with my love for the sea π«ΆπΌ
i always need to fidget with things, these are a sensory dream with a smooth & rougher side and i love them sm :)
if this resonates with you the link is belowπ«ππ
www.madisonearhart.com/pottery-coll...
Chubby black squirrel eating a peanut
2 young women on the street this morning, watching me take a picture of a black squirrel
"Oh look! A black squirrel!"
"Yeah the black ones are more chic"
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Close up with a beautiful nudibranch on a rocky reef. The lower half of the image is a palette of swatches made from the nudi's vibrant colours.
Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs.
But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? π
First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti.
#rstats #nudibranch #dataviz π¦ππ§ͺ #marinelife #invertebrates
Itβs the time of year when fishers start moving around a lot, leaving all sorts of beautiful snow tracks. Bonus points for wolf tracks in a spot that wolves donβt usually occur!
thatβs wonderful! I work very closely with the FRSCS :)
Fig. 1.Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence from survey measurement. (A) CO2 assimilation rate, (B) stomatal conductance, and (C) operating efficiency of PSII (Ξ¦PS2) of switchgrass were measured using an LI-6800 infrared gas analyzer with fluorometer. Filled circles are averages, with different colors representing the treatment when drought was implemented (n=20). Shaded regions represent developmental stages (gray=vegetative stage, red=flowering stage, blue=senescence stage). Bars on the circles represent the SEM. Means with different letters are significantly different according to an ANOVA and a Tukeyβs post-hoc test (P<0.05).
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Drought timing reshapes switchgrass metabolism and biofuel quality: early drought boosts stress resilience but creates fermentation inhibitors such saponins, while late drought improves ethanol yield β Basyal et al.
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#PlantScience π§ͺ
wow Tracey that is amazing!! He is so talented
Scary results with implications for the Canadian rockies and the beautiful meadows of Banff National Park!
Our recent study led by @jonathan-farr.bsky.social shows reductions of alpine herbaceous biomass in Banff: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
a blonde dude with lots of tattoos and jeffrey dahmer glasses looks moodily at the camera with a Very Cool t-shirt with a goth girl on it, surrounded by flowers. Underneath it says Plant Native Plants
A person with glasses in a lovely backyard and long brown hair wears a black t-shirt that says biology is bigger than binaries with a honeybee, lily, and clownfish on it
We have 2 cool shirts! I have to sell them out by early April for 2 reasons:
1) 5 of my family members are staying in the Skype a Scientist stockroom in mid-April π
2) I need to fund our mural project which starts the first week of April!
They're soft! They're cute! Get a shirt!
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