Matt Davenport

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Historic records show warming lakes are shrinking Michigan fish University of Michigan researchers used 75 years of data to show widespread size changes in gamefish species like northern pike.

"Researchers found that out of 125 species-age class combinations, 58 had changed size. Of those 58 that changed, 46 were smaller. In other words, 37 percent of all age classes showed statistically significant shrinkage, compared to just 9 percent that grew larger."

www.mlive.com/environment/...

98% of Gaza’s Tree Cropland Destroyed by Israel - Eos Maps based on remote sensing analysis could inform remediation efforts by identifying whether agricultural lands were damaged by bombs, debris, or forced displacement of its caretakers.

After 2 years of war, 98% of tree cropland and 75% of greenhouses in Gaza have been destroyed. Remote sensing maps tracking the progression of damage can help identify the best ways to remediate the land & rebuild Gaza’s agricultural sector. #AGU25

My latest for @eos.org:

eos.org/articles/98-...

Why Does Cinnamon Taste Hot? And Why Does Mint Taste Cold? And while we're at it, why does soda fizz more when you put ice in the glass?

A while back back, I asked Bluesky for random questions about the world. I'm finally sharing some answers to three of them!

Why is cinnamon "hot"?
Why is mint "cold"?
Why does soda fizz more when you add ice? 🧪

news.ncsu.edu/2025/12/why-...

Ding dong, coal is dead At least in California.

"This is the way coal ends, not with a bang but a whimper." 🔌💡

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-coal-dead

Nutrition label saying that the serving size for the Advent calendar is 24 pieces

I don't think the people who made this Advent calendar understand how Advent calendars work

RSVP for a Webinar Discussing the Knight-Wallace Fellowships Wallace House Center for Journalists invites all interested Knight-Wallace Fellowship applicants to a webinar conversation from noon to 1:15 PM ET on the date listed below. Alumni will discuss how the...

Journalists: I can't recommend the Knight-Wallace fellowship enough. Personally and professionally, it changed my life.

Here's a chance to learn more if you're considering giving it a go!

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Hey @lansingmifacts.com we busted out the moderately sized green orbs for our Holiday Sale next week.

In which Joe Burrow perfectly encapsulates the Detroit Lions viewing experience roughly a decade ago: "You go watch Matthew Stafford throw for 300, 400-some yards with Calvin Johnson and probably lose the game. But it was fun to watch. Those are memories that you have.”

This Thanksgiving We’re Pivoting to Video Before we pop this turkey in the oven, I just want to say that Thanksgiving will be a little different this year. Don’t worry; it will still be mos...

Every year I think, "This @mcsweeneys.net piece won't be relevant next year," and every year I'm wrong

Writing about neuroscience is a great time because misspelling "brain" as "brian" is never not funny to me.

Female fertility and infant survivorship increase following lethal intergroup aggression and territorial expansion in wild chimpanzees | PNAS Lethal coalitionary intergroup aggression is a conspicuous aspect of wild chimpanzee behavior. Evidence indicates that such violence can lead to te...

In 2008, after killing many of their neighbors, Ngogo chimpanzees expanded their territory. Female fertility then doubled, and infant mortality plummeted. Adaptive violence in our ape cousins, documented in this new paper. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear

EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org

Outbreak Investigation of Infant Botulism: Infant Formula Do not use recalled ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula. FDA’s Investigation is ongoing.

This is dangerous. "FDA has received reports that recalled formula is still being found on store shelves in multiple states, including at multiple Walmart, Target, and Kroger locations, and at one or more Sprouts Organic Market, Safeway, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, and Star Market locations."

Thousands of toxic sites in US at risk of flooding in coming decades due to sea level rise: Study Sea level rise caused by climate change could cause thousands of toxic sites in the U.S. to flood in the coming decades, according to new research.

Sea level rise is accelerating thanks to climate change. This doesn't just mean coastal homes falling into the ocean. Bigger problems are on the horizon now.
abcnews.go.com/US/thousands...

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.

“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."

For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.

Stunning report.

YouTube video by Ryan Matticola Mitch Hedburg - Potential Lunch Winner

That, or enter more contests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1P...

The lesson here is I need to start bringing the box to events. That way, when someone asks if I have one, I can say open it and say, "Take as many as you like," like one of the cool houses on Halloween.

I got business cards today, which is super exciting. But it also reminded me I have still have most of a box left over from a previous job.

Tiny spiders turn their webs into 'theaters of deception' with giant 'puppets' to stave off predators Researchers have documented the strange antics of two tropical spider species that build giant, arachnid-shaped decoys out of silk, plant matter and prey remains in their webs.

Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines www.livescience.com/animals/spid...

Cade Cunningham has the SECOND 40-point triple-double in Pistons franchise history

The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!

Students think most other students regularly use AI for classes, but that they do so far less frequently.

Students think most other students regularly violate AI policies, but that they almost always follow them.

Preliminary data from @umich.edu survey on student AI use for class.

Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.

Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality

Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.

YouTube video by NPR Music Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert

Every time I see a band with pedal boards the size of command centers, they're deeply serious (and boring).

This is not that.

(Shout out to my colleague Nikki for booking Nova Twins at the Tiny Desk. This one rules.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...

It's the first Friday of the month and we got no jobs data for the first time in 77 years. Hold me.

Long‐Term and Regional‐Scale Data Reveal Divergent Trends of Different Climate Variables on Fish Body Size Over 75 Years This research demonstrated that over the past 75 years many ages of multiple species of freshwater fishes were decreasing in length through time and with increasing water temperatures. The largest de...

1/ New research from our group @umich.edu in collaboration with MI DNR investigated if climate change is altering fish body size. Our team analyzed data from 13 species and 1,497 lakes from 1945-2020.

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#climatescience #umichresearch
#blueskyscience

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel

It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life

I do like it in terms of providing this context that's like, "Ok, we're already at dime in MI. Where do we go from here if we're going to improve things?" And I think that the report is trying to highlight some opportunities on that front.

I really liked the tidbit in Keith Matheny's Detroit Free Press story that pointed out Oregon overtook Michigan in 2023, after upping its nickel deposit to a dime in 2017. That kind of hurt my state pride as a Michigander, but...

So the question the report set out to answer wasn't as much "Do bottle bills work?" as it was "Why isn't Michigan's bottle bill as effective as it used to be?"