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Thiago S. F. Silva

@thisanna.bsky.social

Digital ecologist using modern tech to understand/monitor ecosystem function and change. Lecturer @StirUni. Explorer @InsideNatGeo. Opinions are my own. He/him.

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Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.

Title: SOME GRAMMATICAL VOICES FOR USE IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING ACTIVE VOICE e.g. Our team collected samples and then we tested them. CLICKBAIT VOICE e.g. We collected some samples... You won't believe what happened next! PASSIVE VOICE e.g. Samples were collected and tested. HAIKU VOICE e.g. Quiet science lab. Workers arrive with samples. The testing begins. PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE VOICE e.g. We did all the collecting and testing. No need to thank us. Just doing our job. CONSPIRACY VOICE e.g. Mysterious "Samples" were harvested and covertly "tested" by so-called scientists.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

28.04.2025 10:09 — 👍 5059    🔁 1936    💬 73    📌 100

Me too! Really productive trip, and a nice break from the Scottish cold :-D.

11.03.2025 10:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Would you like to work with us on filling tree biodiversity and biomass knowledge gaps in the Brazilian Amazon? Are you an expert in tropical botany/plant ecology and knows or want to learn remote sensing? Then this job is for you!

Postdoc - U Manchester

jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

21.02.2025 11:07 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks!

13.12.2024 16:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So, anyone going to AGU this week?

07.12.2024 14:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
"Dramatic reductions in primary forest loss in Brazil and Colombia coincide with political changes" Brazil lost 36% less primary forest in 2023 than in 2022, hitting its lowest level since 2015. Bar chart showing primary forest loss declining from 1.5 million hectares in 2022 to only about 0.5 million in 2013, growing back to more than 1.5 million in 2022, and declining to around 1 million in 2023

"Dramatic reductions in primary forest loss in Brazil and Colombia coincide with political changes" Brazil lost 36% less primary forest in 2023 than in 2022, hitting its lowest level since 2015. Bar chart showing primary forest loss declining from 1.5 million hectares in 2022 to only about 0.5 million in 2013, growing back to more than 1.5 million in 2022, and declining to around 1 million in 2023

Hey did you know primary forest loss in Brazil decreased by ***36%*** in 2023 relative to 2022, hitting its lowest level since 2015?

See more at WRI's Forest Pulse: research.wri.org/gfr/latest-a...

#ShareGoodNewsToo

04.09.2024 21:49 — 👍 205    🔁 63    💬 4    📌 3

It's not their fault really - our date/time system is just shit for scientific analysis. 'Yes, let us have months with different numbers of days, and also let us make year length vary every five years. Ah, let us also add different time zones and introduce daylight saving/summer time there too'. 🤬

27.10.2023 08:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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