Finally, everything here was conceived and carried out by @KitHamley, who has done a tremendous amount of work to bring this story to you (as a grad student and mom in a pandemic). I'm so proud of her.
And thank you to all the crowd-funders who supported #FalklandsPaleo.
Many thanks to @SAERI_FI and the people of the Falklands, who have supported our #FalklandsPaleo research. Dr. Groff was #NSFunded by an IGERT fellowship. And none of this would have been possible without the 189 crowd-funders who backed this work!...
Congratulations to #BEASTLab alum @DulcineaGroff, whose first PhD paper was accepted just as she’s about to drive to Wyoming to start a new postdoc with @WyClimate! It’s the first of a few #FalklandsPaleo papers currently in review.
https://www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/bg-2019-487/
@DulcineaGroff: In the Falklands, seabirds arrived 5000 years ago, deposited ocean nutrients in their guano, coastal grasslands established, and fire increased (more fuel!). This happened during a period of Antarctic sea ice expansion. #INQUADUB2019 #FalklandsPaleo
Audience: What's the source of ignition for the fires? @DulcineaGroff: Lightning and humans. There have been natural fires, but things grow back quickly. Also: see @KitHamley's work (coming soon!) for more details on fire! #FalklandsPaleo
Live-tweeting a defense by @DulcineaGroff now! Follow this thread for penguins, poop, and plants. #FalklandsPaleo #BEASTLab #TussacTuesday
At 10 am EST, I’ll be live teeeting @DulcineaGroff’s dissertation defense! Follow #FalklandsPaleo and #TussacTuesday for more details.
A female southern sea lion from the Falklands! @KitHamley took a sample for radiocarbon dating. #falklandspaleo #fossilfriday #beastlab
For our #falklandspaleo campaign a few years ago, we did #fakepenguinfacts, but there are no penguins in Jamaica, so we need a new approach.
#BEASTLab undergrad Trevor Lessard is working on #falklandspaleo with @DulcineaGroff! He's presenting at the @UMaine student symposium.
Please join me in congratulating @KitHamley on a successful Masters defense! Follow her work at #falklandspaleo. #beastlab
My students are back from the #Falklands! Check out @KitHamley's @UMaineFAR videos: http://umaine.edu/4h/youth/follow-a-researcher/videos/ #falklandspaleo @DulcineaGroff
These are actually amazing, but that may have been the exposure-fueled fieldwork hunger talking. #falklandspaleo https://t.co/unNvyEP4JW
Diddle-Dee is a plant in the same family as cranberry and blueberry. Locals make it into jam. #falklandspaleo https://t.co/cAtMoxRcdv
My PhD student @DulcineaGroff is studying how climate and land use change affect tussac grass. #falklandspaleo https://t.co/amLRXx69lp
These stones were swallowed as dive weights and pooped out by ancient sea lions! #falklandspaleo #poopscience https://t.co/8hoySLVHTf
Spot my student @UMaineFARKit among the rocks. That orange lichen loves seabird poop. #falklandspaleo #poopscience https://t.co/AmtKgAV5lb
This is what it looks like when 50,000 sooty shearwaters come home from work. #Falklandspaleo #rushhour https://t.co/mUtTHQWB9Y
You can follow our #falklandspaleo adventures with updates from my MS student, @UMaineFARKit, at #UMaineFAR.
Also, that last photo? That's sunlight. At 9 pm. #falklandspaleo
Terrifying bunk beds. If I don't make it, know that I died for science. And also reading @nkjemison. #falklandspaleo https://t.co/iatQRMSWSm
Day 15: The hostel in Punta Arenas, en route to #falklandspaleo. It's so sunny here! Watch out for that ozone hole. https://t.co/pzD65a4Tc1
Follow @KitHamley tweeting expedition notes at #umainefar, plus #falklandspaleo, and @DulcineaGroff. The dream team is back!
I just bought 4 kinds of Batchelor instant soup from England. @DulcineaGroff, @KitHamley and I got hooked in the Falklands. #falklandspaleo
Confession: I miss Batchelor Instant Soup time. #falklandspaleo cc @DulcineaGroff @KitHamley
The #falklandspaleo samples we sent DHL were in Boston as of yesterday! They’re almost here! (Still no word on our missing corer, though.)
It's looking like the #falklandspaleo Russian corer will not be found. @LANAirlinesUSA never scanned it as a checked bag in Punta Arenas.
After 60 hours of travel, we're almost home. I can't imagine a better way to end the year-- the trip, and the homecoming. #falklandspaleo
