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Mindy Morales

@mindymorales.bsky.social

Limnologist, ecosystem ecologist | Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Faculty Development at University of Vermont, Rubenstein School. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·

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A table of books with a sign that says β€œeach one of these books represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security. 168 books and counting.

A table of books with a sign that says β€œeach one of these books represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security. 168 books and counting.

Inside the lobby at NSF…

19.02.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 375    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 13
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Career-Life Balance (CLB) Supplemental Funding Requests

Another funding opportunity is gone. NSF archived the the Career-Life Balance program which provided supplemental funding when researchers are on family leave.

The small strides we had made toward improving representation in science are being undone so fast.

new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

05.02.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 187    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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.

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 COβ‚‚ 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!

05.02.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3469    πŸ” 1318    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 141
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Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.

NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

03.02.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 39

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important πŸ‘πŸ™ŒπŸ»

archive.org/details/2025...

01.02.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11833    πŸ” 4667    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 223

Keep imagining better worlds.

13.12.2024 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review

Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh

30.01.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 753    πŸ” 579    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 200
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Trump signs order to send migrants to Guantanamo as White House walks back grant freeze | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will order the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants.

www.cbc.ca/news/world/f... Guantanamo is part of this now? Seriously what the actual fuck

29.01.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders The National Science Foundation has cancelled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt.

The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

27.01.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 313    πŸ” 229    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 51

Just got confirmation from NSF that all review panel meetings scheduled for this week are canceled and will be rescheduled. Story coming.

27.01.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Sunset over a frozen lake

Sunset over a frozen lake

A pretty great sunset over Lake Champlain for for anyone that needs one today

27.01.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE)

NSF's Undergraduate Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology program has been abruptly archived. The deadline was tomorrow. People were submitting proposals.

This program is designed to support the American scientific workforce. I cannot see the point of this level of self-sabotage.

27.01.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 403    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 12
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What 92 Years of Data Say About Ice Cover - Eos New research on Mohonk Lake in New York investigates how changing ice phenology alters temperature dynamics in lakes.

A 92-year record of ice phenology is helping show how lakes worldwide could change in coming decades, thanks to new #AGUPubs research from @isabellaoleksy.bsky.social @instaar.bsky.social and @richardsond.bsky.social.

eos.org/research-spo...

16.12.2024 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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My Limnology students made some memes… enjoy!

10.12.2024 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A Cyanobacteria culture in a window

A Cyanobacteria culture in a window

5.5 years and still going… this Anabaena cylindrica culture has been sitting unopened in my office window since 2019 (originally from UTex culture collection)… and keeps growing slowly and happily 🦠

03.12.2024 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do any freshwater plankton people out there know what this is? Sent to me by the New Hampshire DES, turning up this year for the first time in their 80 um net tows.

03.12.2024 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Klausmeier-Litchman Lab Welcome to the Klausmeier-Litchman lab! We study empirical and theoretical community ecology, biodiversity and climate change, focusing on phytoplankton, other microbes and general theory. We use obse...

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.

26.11.2024 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
A dog sitting on a couch

A dog sitting on a couch

Hi friends! πŸ‘‹ I’m a limnologist that thinks about feedbacks between functional diversity and biogeochemistry in lakes. Also here for your dog content (this is Jack, who you will see a lot of).

23.11.2024 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Updated Limnology! starter pack here: go.bsky.app/Qv3DLZ6

23.11.2024 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 7
Ice phenology in Mohonk Lake from 1932 to 2023. Dates of ice‐on and ice‐off are plotted as points. A line segment connects the ice‐on and ice‐off in the same water year and the length and color gradient and point fill correspond to ice‐cover duration. The black line indicates significant Theil‐Sen's slope ( p < 0.05). Triangles indicate years where only ice‐on or ice‐off was recorded.

Ice phenology in Mohonk Lake from 1932 to 2023. Dates of ice‐on and ice‐off are plotted as points. A line segment connects the ice‐on and ice‐off in the same water year and the length and color gradient and point fill correspond to ice‐cover duration. The black line indicates significant Theil‐Sen's slope ( p < 0.05). Triangles indicate years where only ice‐on or ice‐off was recorded.

Published today: our paper on the ~100 year ice record on Mohonk Lake, a mtn top lake in upstate NY. Ice is forming later, and variability in duration and ice clearance has increased substantially. Notably, recent years have seen intermittent ice cover. bit.ly/mohonkWinter

23.11.2024 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Please add me as well! πŸ‘‹

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15.11.2024 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0