NASA’s Artemis II Reveals the Basin in Full
For the very first time, the mysterious Orientale Basin has been fully photographed. Thanks to Artemis II, humanity now sees the Moon in unprecedented detail, reminding us of the endless wonders beyond Earth. 🛰️
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If you liked the hard magic system, that it was science-y with firm rules, you'd probably also like Lightbringer by Brent Weeks and Powder Mage by Brian McClellan. And as others have noted anything in Sanderson's Cosmere, like Mistborn.
NASA image of “the far side of the moon” but overlaid with an image of Alligator Gar (fish) jaws.
It’s actually called “the gar side of the moon” 🌒
The crew of Artemis II is experiencing a total solar eclipse RIGHT NOW from just a few thousand miles above the lunar surface. Here's why it's cool and what they could see 🧪 🔭
A mostly dark screen with the NASA logo in the upper right and a bit of hazy light peeking out from an entirely dark Moon in the lower right
Total solar eclipse! Solar corona! From behind the Moon! #Artemis
A picture of our beautiful moon
Have you ever seen something so perfect in your entire life? #nasa #artemis
"We shall not cease from exploration;
and the end of all our exploring
will be to arrive where we started,
and know the place for the first time."
- T.S. Eliot
#ArtemisII
One of the many things I love is the #Artemis2 crew celebrating one another's wins- they constantly are praising their crew member's efforts, getting excited about their excitement, sharing time equally on camera, being sensitive to needs... it's a PhD in how to be a good team member.
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We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱
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Oh look, a ResearchGate notification. Maybe someone interacted with my work, perhaps even cited it, how exciting!
ResearchGate - Here's your stats for the week where basically nothing happened.
Also, the app has been crashing a lot for me since the last update.
Excellent visualization of the true distance between the Earth and our moon: #artemis #AGoodPlace
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There's a lot of doom and gloom in the world, but positive environmental stories abound. You just have to look for them. Here’s a beautiful story of the chestnut mining bee being discovered in New York after a gap of 119 years. Amazing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The COVID pandemic ushered mRNA vaccines into the spotlight, and the technology has even greater potential. Here’s what to know about the way that they work, their safety, and more
Cover photo of the World Wildlife Fund’s Migratory Fishes report.
Photo of a European Eel underwater.
NEW: Global Assessment of Migratory Freshwater Fishes @worldwildlife.org
www.worldwildlife.org/publications...
“Vital freshwater fish migrations are collapsing; hundreds of species need urgent, coordinated cross-border action”
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Check out the rest of the talks in this webinar series, both past on YouTube and scheduled future talks, at the link below. If you can't make it Tuesday but want to see the talk, you can find it on YouTube afterwards through MGLP.
midwestglaciallakes.org/resources/we...
Tune in to the Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership webinar this upcoming Tuesday (3/17/26) to hear about our recent work on changes in fish body size related to climate change.
Bonus: I get to talk about fishes on St. Patrick's Day and I'm Irish🍀
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msu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A genetic trick helps this all-female fish species escape evolutionary doom
The Amazon molly, which reproduces asexually, has survived—and thrived—at least 10 times longer than predicted by evolutionary theory. https://scim.ag/4cJbm7I
The workflow illustrates a step-by-step process for conducting causal analyses. Arrows indicate the typical flow of an analysis. Two possible pathways are shown: causal discovery approaches (blue), which aim to identify the existence of causal relationships when pre-existing knowledge is low, and causal inference approaches (yellow), which aim to quantify the direction and magnitude of causal effects when pre-existing knowledge is high. The gray feedback loop on the right highlights the iterative refinement of causal analyses based on assessments of the plausibility of causal assumptions.
So, y'all have heard me going on about #causalinference in #ecology a lot. Now our big synthetic guide "Best practices for moving from correlation to causation in ecological research" is out! Led by Hannah Correia & Paul Ferraro, it's a great walk-through for all! 🌍🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Braided rivers look chaotic, but their food webs tell a different story.
Using stable isotopes, we found that fish, birds, and spiders connect resources across huge spatial scales — revealing hidden structures that help stabilise these dynamic ecosystems.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
One of the coolest ichthyology discoveries I’ve heard about in a while. Large pregnant female livebearers with male reproductive organs found in the wild. Goes to show how fluid sex and sexual traits can be.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
China’s Yangtze River shows signs of remarkable recovery after fishing ban
Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists say www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Native fishes on our money!
Good environmental news can happen!
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the American Fisheries Society proudly celebrates the women and girls shaping the future of fisheries and aquatic science!
#WomenInScience #GirlsInSTEM #FisheriesScience #AFS #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Follow these awesome women ocean scientists, many of whom I'm proud to call colleagues and delighted to call friends.
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PFAS levels in #GreatLakes fish are dropping, study finds
The declining levels were driven by an industry phase-out of legacy PFAS chemicals
www.wpr.org/news/pfas-le...
