Stephanie Hampton

What do BLOBs Have to Do with Earth’s Magnetic Field? A Lot, It Turns Out - Eos Enormous provinces of superheated mantle exert a powerful influence over our planet’s magnetic field, researchers have discovered.

Giant BLOBs are pulling the strings of Earth’s magnetic field.

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When the Snow Melts, Microbes Bloom - Eos A new study illuminates a complex and changing world of microbes and nitrogen cycling that occurs during the winter.

A new study by Patrick Sorensen at @universityofri.bsky.social examines what’s going on under the snow in the winter, with comments by @skivlin.bsky.social from @utknoxville.bsky.social, words by @beccapox.bsky.social.

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Free to student members! On Monday, get this high-level how-to on peer review and why it's important to advancing the science. esa.org/career-devel...

Emerging land & resource managers, this one is for you! Get an intro to managing invasive plant species straight from a professional. Next Wednesday at 3:00 PM ET: esa.org/career-devel...

Seals, shipwrecks and a screaming swallower: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in pictures The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life

Some lovely images in this - 2026 Underwater Photographer of the Year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Marine Heat Waves Can Increase Coastal Rainfall - Eos Unusually warm ocean waters can amplify extreme rainfall in downwind areas, leaving coastal communities—especially those in developing countries—at risk.

High temperatures over the ocean can cause more rain to fall over coastal communities, increasing the likelihood of flooding, property damage, and fatalities, according to new research in @natcomms.nature.com. 🧪🌊🌧️ eos.org/articles/mar...

If you haven't registered yet, now's a great time! *From Field to Figure: A Beginner’s Guide to Taming Messy Data in R* is coming up tomorrow at 2:00 PM ET -- get a gentle, hands-on intro to ecological data analysis. https://esa.org/career-development/professional-development-from-esa/#fieldtofigure

Differential Contributions From Chemo‐ and Photoautotrophy to Winter Primary Production in a North Temperate Freshwater System Changing winter conditions influence snow and ice accumulation in inland waterbodies Diverse communities of primary producers are responsible for the fixation of inorganic carbon year-round Guil...

Love this new paper from @tjvmajors.bsky.social and colleagues - looking at contributions of chemosynthetic contributions to net primary productivity with a focus on interesting winter dynamics! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know Divisions and rotators disappear as more career staff become supervisors

The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization.

Here are five things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/4baWBcS

‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in the US, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time

‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever

I love our ESA journal Ecology's Scientific Naturalist papers! Check out deep sea squid covered in mud with tentacles masquerading as sessile invertebrates (?!!) ... so many discoveries still out there for ecology!! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@esajournals.bsky.social

📰New from our journals!📰

Moths sipping moose tears, deep-sea squid in disguise, coral reef recovery breakthroughs, and more! Explore six fascinating studies in our latest media tip sheet:
https://ow.ly/qUrA50XHajr

A space-based wildlife tracking system that could revolutionize the study of animal migrations and behavior is set to get back online with last week’s SpaceX launch.

Invasive giant river prawns as opportunistic, generalist predators in the Amazon Delta: Insights from metabarcoding Invasive species alter habitats and biological communities. The giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man 1879) was introduced to Brazil for aquaculture, and invasive populations have estab...

Great to see how far gut content analysis has come since I tried to do molecular analysis of notonectid guts in grad school! Metabarcoding to "see" what prey items predators actually ate, not just the crunchy bits still visible under microscope... esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

YouTube video by Matthew Bracken ABC News Decorator Crabs

#ThrowbackThursday to the day 20 yrs ago when my postdoc advisor had to meet w/ me in the teaching lab downstairs b/c he was setting up his decorator crabs for an ABC News segment on Halloween costumes. #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🎃🦀 @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social youtu.be/IYxerHqVPpE?...

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds like these rock pigeons (Columba livia) took note.

As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.

Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL

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Looking to learn more about #eDNA? Join us Wednesday for this webinar on real-world applications and how and where the tech fits within broader environmental assessment and monitoring frameworks. https://esa.org/career-development/professional-development-from-esa/#edna

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on....

It takes patience to have a conversation about definitions as a collaboration begins... but it is important!
"Trophic state" in lakes is one of those concepts! It really makes a difference which definition we use... @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social
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I feel like this beautiful bot needs the right symphony accompanying it. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Cuts to Great Lakes science have real impacts—on research, policy, and the people behind the science. Our latest Lakes Letter shares stories and findings from our recent survey.
Please read and share: iaglr.org/releases/sur...

Baby snapper yawning.

Rawr! 🐢

Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke - Eos Using both existing and newly launched monitoring instruments, researchers work to better understand air quality during and after the Los Angeles wildfires.

Urban wildfires burn through everything, from cars to refrigerators to mattresses, meaning the smoke and ash they produce can present unique respiratory dangers.

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Read more in our September issue: bit.ly/Eos-Sept2025

New winter limnology paper by Ozersky, et al. examining how changing winters will differ across latitudes, finding that the light climate of high latitude lakes is much more sensitive to shifting winter conditions than that of lower latitude lakes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Schiff Joins UC Davis Researchers Monitoring Health of Lake Tahoe Sen. Adam Schiff (D-California) peered into the crystal-blue depths of Lake Tahoe as a crew from the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, or TERC, lowered a white disk into the water. “I can see about...

California Senator Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov joins @ucdavis.bsky.social researchers to learn more about the health of Lake Tahoe. Read more. @ucdavistahoe.bsky.social
@sehampton.bsky.social
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Calif. senator picks up the fight for Lake Tahoe From a research boat on Tahoe, Sen. Adam Schiff pledged to "keep science alive."

Very excited to welcome Senator Schiff, as well as UC Davis Chancellor May and Vice Chancellor for Research Atkinson aboard our research vessel John LeConte to learn more about Lake Tahoe! www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...

Why work at UVic? - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria Get information on the working environment at the University of Victoria.

🌊🧪 1/ Job Alert! Are you a world-leading researcher in climate change solutions? UVic’s Canada Excellence Research Chair offers 8 years of support for groundbreaking research. Join our interdisciplinary team @seos-uvic.bsky.social Learn more & apply by Aug 29: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

On July 9, 1976, the R/V John Le Conte was christened as the new Research Vessel for UC Davis on Tahoe! Four generations have relied on the JLC - my undergrad advisor Stan Loeb did his PhD working with Charles Goldman aboard the JLC, and I work aboard the JLC with my students now!

Build it, and they will come: Early evidence for establishment of Chinook salmon in Putah Creek, CA By Lauren G. Hitt, Malte Willmes, Mackenzie C. Miner, Max Stevenson, Carson A. Jeffres, Robert A. Lusardi, Nann A. Fangue, and Andrew L. Rypel Figure 1. Putah Creek during salmon spawning seas…

Excited to share our new CA WaterBlog post by RypelLab alum Lauren Hitt 🐟 This post digests our Ecosphere paper on natality of Putah Creek salmon. Habitat is everything & it takes a fully engaged community to generate it. Check it out 👇

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TERC Circ(umnavigation) of Lake Tahoe

Tomorrow is the last day of Tahoe Environmental Research Center’s circumnavigation of the lake by kayak - an annual education and fundraising event! It has been a lovely week for boating and community building. Start planning for next year, friends! tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/kayak...