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Another threat to reefs: Microplastic chemicals may harm coral reproduction As the sliver of a new moon shines over Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, millions of tiny orbs ascend from a reef and swirl in the water column. These spheres are bundles of coral eggs and sperm responding to lun...

New paper alert: chemicals from plastics are endochrine disrupers to coral larvae affecting larval survival and settlement. Research from Keiko Williams and Bob Richmond, Kewalo Marine Lab, Hawaii
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Thinking back to the time my chronic pain was getting bad in undergrad and I refused to take any accommodations for it because I feared my profs would think I was lazy.

The #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program has almost an equal number of applicants for mentees and mentors!

Just sad to see interest extremely low this year. I’m not sure how I could reach people better so please share within your networks! 💜

Siren songs are enchanting! 🦑

cowb0y-cadaver on tumblr being recently diagnosed is like *overdoes it* okay so i cant do that *overdoes it* i can’t do that either *overdoes it* oh no i also can’t do that over and over. will update if it ever stops.

Fewer shark deaths when fishing guidelines followed - study Researchers tagged sharks caught in England, Scotland and the Channel Islands for the project.

In a study by the University of Exeter, nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks were tagged to track their behaviour after being caught recreationally using the catch-and-release technique. The result: most sharks survived after being released.
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Mexico Finally Bans Fishing Of Threatened Atlantic Sharks After years of delay, Mexico has finally banned the capture and retention of several threatened shark species, bringing long-overdue national action in line with international conservation promises.

Mexico Finally Bans Fishing Of Threatened Atlantic Sharks

The evolutionary genomics of life-history adaptations in pinnipeds - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network Project summary Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals and walrus) are keystone marine predators, and sentinels for marine ecosystem health. Advances in genomic technology open up the possibility to u...

New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals
#consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution
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We know this feeling all too well! What do you love about cetaceans Storytellers?!
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#WhaleTales

The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.

#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs

Yes, some people's legacies are complicated. For example, Watson. After all, though he was racist, don't forget his other traits. For example, he was also sexist. And also anti-semitic. And a data / idea thief. So let's not forget all the different facets.

World ‘very likely’ to exceed 1.5C climate goal in next decade: UN Despite Paris Agreement pledges, countries 'have landed off target' on climate goals multiple times, the UN warns.

Okay, yes, humanity did not enact the single best possible outcome in response to the single worst problem we have ever faced as a species

In no way was it wrong to try, and in no way is it wrong to continue trying to jam a wrench in the greedy fossil fuel economy. Everything is still on the table

Staghorn and Elkhorn Coral Are Functionally Extinct Off Florida, Researchers Say Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystem.

After a searing ocean heat wave in 2023, two of the most historically important coral species in Florida are functionally extinct from the state’s reef, scientists have found.

Atlantic dolphins are dying much younger. Scientists sound the alarm Common dolphins in the North Atlantic are living significantly shorter lives, with female longevity dropping seven years since the 1990s. Researchers found this decline by analyzing stranded…

Atlantic dolphins are dying much younger. Scientists sound the alarm | ScienceDaily 🦑🧪

The goddess of prosperity visits us this night to remind us that we are the lamps that guide God home. Always be the light. Happy Diwali!

happy diwali, all. i hope more of us keep doing the work. i hope we keep choosing light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and love and solidarity over hate. 🪔

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Bobcat enrichment time! 🐾 Rescued bobcats, Tahoma and Tanner, got a special treat, pinecones covered in mountain goat fur! These natural scents encourage rolling, rubbing, and scent marking, a purrfect way for bobcats to show off their wild side. 😻

📹: Keeper Joelle

Friends, the Miami Seaquarium was a facility with a horrific animal welfare record. I will not miss it.

But it shutting down is absolutely not "a huge milestone win for ocean conservation." Words mean things. Conservation refers to species or populations not going extinct.

This looks interesting

Jesus fucking Christ, it’s like a villain’s playbook.

It sucks because I would be twice as active on here if I could make this account private. Going through all my followers and blocking is just not sustainable

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Cartoon from the Nobel Assembly showing the three prize winners, their names, and “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them Florida’s springs are a window into the state’s groundwater system. Revitalizing them will require multiple solutions tailored to each spring.

Florida's 1,100 natural springs face threats from reduced flow, habitat loss, and excessive algae. Many popular springs are impaired by pollution, despite $357 million spent on restoration since 2011. A geographer explains how to restore them:

Even when she saw terrible, horrible things, she kept hoping and working and fighting for a better future. May we all carry some of her spirit into the work ahead.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91 Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

You will be missed, Jane Goodall. I hope she knew how many people she inspired to go into science of all types

1 - guy looking and saying 'hey, immune system, how's it going? 2 - pic of scribbles 3 - guy just looking 4 - guy smiling - yea

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
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