Dr. Peter Doran

At Lake Fryxell Camp in Taylor valley we get our drinking water by collecting then melting "glacier berries". About a 2 km ATV ride from the camp to the berry patch at the edge of Canada Glacier #scicomm 🧪 #antarctica

Penguins on sea ice in Antarctica

Just now in front of McMurdo Station. Very rare to see Emperor's come right up to the front of McMurdo Station, especially so early in the summer. #scicomm 🧪

Landed yesterday at Phoenix Air Field (NZFX) near McMurdo Station Antarctica. I will be headed to the McMurdo Dry Valleys for research from here for the next month or so. Follow along #scicomm

Starting my 29th expedition to the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. First leg is home to Christchurch N.Z. There for 3 days (plus or minus) then head down from there. Will be posting here as much as I can. #scicomm 🧪

Found this old photo. Late 80s, Canadian High Arctic near Eureka (Ellesmere Island). I was on an ATV, and this guy just trotted behind me at the same pace no matter how I sped up or slowed down. No aggression at all. To this day I wonder - if I’d stopped, would he have just licked my face?

PBS News Hour | Scientists face ecological, economic hurdles to save delta | Season 2025 Scientists face ecological and economic hurdles to save Mississippi River Delta

Great story starring my colleagues at @lsugeology.bsky.social
about threats facing the Mississippi Delta. Interesting and troubling. www.pbs.org/video/disapp... #scicomm 🧪

But the triple bypass and 8 stents saved your life before you changed diet (and I am plant based as well). Also all the access you’ve had throughout your life to modern medicine.

The statistics are not necessarily incompatible. Degrass-Tyson said half the population died by their thirties. That is not the same as average life expectancy

YouTube video by Hasan Minhaj “Science!!! Matters!!!” Neil deGrasse Tyson

I eat organic, avoid processed foods, and load up on veggies, - but modern medicine, treatments, drugs, and vaccines are what truly extend our lives. That other stuff gives a little booster. Science matters. Watch this short video—it nails the point. www.youtube.com/shorts/mEOeC... #scicomm 🧪

NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists

So short sighted. At a time when Russia and China are growing their ice-breaking capabilities because they get it, the U.S. is in denial of what is happening on the planet. #scicomm 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests

Very cool. #scicomm 🧪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/science/citizen-science-ecology-inaturalist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.3vfc.5j3FnJJNj3U8&smid=url-share

Not sure the "some good some bad" in the beginning is representative www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u... #scicomm 🧪

Report: National Science Foundation headquarters to be taken over by HUD, displacing 1,800+ employees | ALXnow The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will reportedly take over the National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters building (2415 Eisenhower Ave.), displacing more than 1,833 NSF emplo...

OK? #scicomm 🧪 www.alxnow.com/2025/06/24/r...

Ima going to have to up my popcorn supply for this Trump v Elon breakup flame-a-thon.

After Muscling Their Bill Through the House, Some Republicans Have Regrets

"The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn’t realize what they voted for." OMG! This is your job! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

The U.S. Lit a Beacon for Science. Under Trump, Scientists Fear It’s Dimming

#scicomm www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

#scicomm www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/s...

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

Brutal. NSF to restrict NCR to 15% This will devastate many research universities. #scicomm www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

"Funding for the NSF, as for all other federal agencies, is set by the US Congress. To date, the agency has received only about one-quarter of the funding that Congress appropriated to it for the current fiscal year, which ends on 30 September." #scicomm 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Paper Ballots, Hand Counting, No Machines: This Is How Canada’s Election Works (Gift Article) Canada’s federal election is on Monday. Here are the details.

A few weeks ago, I voted in the Canadian election for the first time since being in the U.S. (35 years - I never felt educated enough about Canadian politics while away to vote). Paper ballot and you hand write one name (your local MP). Simple and efficient. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/w...

This is a submarine cable. Looks expensive to have that cross oceans

Trump vs. Science (Gift Article) We explain the administration’s cuts to research.

A lot to worry about here. Where is Congress? This is the moment in history for the moderate Right to save science and the future of the U.S. #scicomm 🧪. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/b...

Ooooh, new Last of US. See ya

Spent this week at Institute of Aerospace medicine in Germany. They do a lot of experiments on the effects of space travel. You could get paid 15000 Euro to lie in this bed for 3 months with your head down. No getting out of bed for any reason. No pillow. Would you do it? #scicomm

Got a great tour of the European Space Agency’s new Lunar analog training facility today at Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). Cool things that forward-looking governments fund. More info here www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Congrats to our former fearless leader, Dr. Berry Lyons for being awarded this year's Goldthwait Polar Medal

If he can run again, so can Obama.

China unveils planetary exploration roadmap targeting habitability and extraterrestrial life HELSINKI — China is charting a long-term deep space strategy centered on planetary habitability and the search for extraterrestrial life, according to a newly revealed mission roadmap. A slide titl…

China clearly taking the lead in space science and science in general. #scicomm 🧪 spacenews.com/china-unveil...

Martian dust may pose health risk to humans exploring red planet, study finds Expeditions may be more challenging than previously thought due to presence of toxic particles

New study out showing Mars Dust could be problematic for astronauts. Link to the actual study in the Guardian article. #scicomm 🧪
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...