@polarnicole.bsky.social
Antarctic 🇦🇶 Marine Scientist studying krill🦐, Mum, Baker🍰, Medieval Reenactor 👸in the SCA, Proud Bi woman🏳️🌈, owner of 2 Norwegian Forest Cats
I'm so proud of the wonderful team I got to help design and write this paper with.
Understanding larval #krill is incredibly important for understanding krill's impact on the #Antarctic ecosystem at every life stage.
#scicomm #science
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
My newest paper just came out.
It looks at the influence of #penguin #guano on #krill feeding rates and #swimming #behaviour. Check it out at the link:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
#science #SciComm
Always!!!
06.03.2025 04:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graph showing global average temperature anomaly in the upper 2000 m of the ocean as measured by the Argo float array. Anomaly is near zero (blue tint) until about 2013 and becomes progressively more red (warmer) up until present. Increasing ocean heat content in response to climate change is the cause.
🌊🧪 Average global ocean temperature anomaly (0 to 2000 m) as determined by the global Argo array indicates increasing ocean heat storage in response to #climate change argo.ucsd.edu/about/status/
05.03.2025 20:43 — 👍 46 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1
Finally using my new teapot and cups that @maccar.bsky.social bought me for Valentine's Day.
04.03.2025 09:03 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1The best quote of the week from Canada - "May the future be like the Delta jet crash. The world turned upside down, everyone survived and the right wing vanished."
20.02.2025 10:30 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THIS IS NOT A SPOOF OR MEME. This was posted by the ACTUAL White House account.
Original post linked here: x.com/WhiteHouse/s...
Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government
See here's how to do a headline.
fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...
“504 plans are given to kids with medical conditions like diabetes, epilepsy, food allergies, asthma, etc. A 504 plan ensures schools accommodate students with extra time on tests or allowing a diabetic to eat at any point. 504 also applies to universities and certain jobs.”
13.02.2025 21:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Sewing project 1 of 5, completed before Rowany Festival.
Another is 75% done.
Last 3 aren't even started yet.
🙃🥹 It'll be fine.
It's incredibly important for #Australia to stay a strong supporter of all things #Antarctica.
13.02.2025 01:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's still very ouchy
06.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
So, my work was highlighted in the recent Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences newsletter.
Wanna see a dorky photo of me? Click the link!!
www.bigelow.org/news/article...
#krill #SciComm #PaperBeingPublishedSoon
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
05.02.2025 08:52 — 👍 13056 🔁 3419 💬 385 📌 316
A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.
The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!
A ship on a flat ocean with snow covered mountains in the background
🔮 What does the future hold for our oceans and their ability to soak up carbon from the atmosphere?
That's what a team of scientists are hoping to learn more about, as they embark on a 51 day voyage around the Southern Ocean. 🌊
It's time for a thread 🧵
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Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language? 🐋🎶 My latest study in
Science Advances (@science.org) suggests they do—following linguistic laws seen in human speech. 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Screenshot of the Life at NASA website from 2024. One sentence states 'We share a set of core values - safety, integrity, teamwork, excellence, inclusion - and they are evident in all that we do.'
Screenshot of the Life at NASA site as of Feb 5, 2025. The sentence now reads "We share a set of core values - safety, integrity, teamwork, excellence - and they are evident in all that we do."
Spot the difference.
05.02.2025 18:25 — 👍 507 🔁 131 💬 37 📌 28Oof, been there. I hope it gets easier soon.
06.02.2025 02:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The perfect post-blood donation snack.
Fun fact for Non-Australians: we don't pay for blood donations here! You do it out of the goodness of your heart ❤️
So guess who fell over, nearly broke their toe, and ended up faceplanting on the concrete stairs yesterday?
The black eye will be so impressive in another 24 hrs.
I've just joined Signal. If anyone needs my number, DM me here and I'll share it with you.
Stay safe out there friends 🧡
Drumpf and co are trying to remove and ban all mentions of #LGBTQ terminology in #medical journal articles.
Very similar to the mass book burning on #trans #science by Hitler.
Gwen (tabby) and Arthur (ginger) avoiding the heat today by hiding under our dining table that has the air conditioner directly above it.
#NorwegianForestCat #NFC #cats
Just finished my Functional Assessment medical as part of my lead up into the CAPSTAN voyage with @csiro.bsky.social
Can't believe it's just over a month away!
Stay tuned for #Marine #Science shenanigans!!
Can't wait to show off this exciting research we did on #krill swimming #behaviour in a vertical flume. It was purpose built for our research and was the first of it's kind used in #Antarctica !
02.02.2025 20:44 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The National Science Foundation says that it is complying with Friday's court order and will resuming funding to grants and projects.
new.nsf.gov/executive-or...
Gosh, this is going to mean so many thought pieces about free speech, right? Right? RIGHT? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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