Stefania Klayn

Screenshot of a scientific publication with the title: "Blooms of the dragon thimble jellyfish, Linuche draco, sometimes co-occur with marine heatwaves.

After GenAI edits, the title has now changed to "The Rising Terror of the Jellyfish Apacalypse" (yes, with that spelling)

Over at X, Elon has added a feature that allows you to edit any image anyone has posts using AI

I edited an image of a real scientific paper (left) with the prompt "change the title and images to be more fear-inducing"

I can envision no ways in which this may be abused. None at all. 🧪

Pack your bags, charge your batteries, #InverteFest begins at midnight your time.

If you're going out to spot critters, join our community science project here: www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...

Deep-sea mining would excavate the seafloor and create mid-water plumes that will affect fragile, often ancient, ecosystems.

Watch the video to see what’s at risk and why transparency through the new Deep-Sea Mining Watch platform matters. @ucsbenioffocean.bsky.social

https://bit.ly/4iM7fJ6

A reminder that eels are critically endangered and are still a major part of the licit and illicit economy in Asia, Europe, and parts of the US (lookin’ at you, Maine)

a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean

Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!

To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!

Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...

Terms and conditions in thread below:

COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action - Inside Climate News BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conference documents published Sat...

It did not go as planned, but it DID go as expected ...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...

Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.

Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.

“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.

www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...

This image features a visual representation of a CDC flu vaccination campaign. It has a vibrant green background with a large text overlay in white that says "A FLU VACCINE CAN TAKE FLU FROM WILD TO MILD." The word "WILD" is accompanied by an image of a crocodile, while the word "MILD" is paired with a smaller, more docile creature—a bearded dragon. At the bottom, there is a "Fight Flu" hashtag and a logo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reinforcing the message about the importance of flu vaccination.

💉Flu season is here!

Get your flu vaccine, especially if you have underlying medical conditions. This goes for kids too. Last year, 280 kids died from influenza: 56% of them had an underlying condition and 89% were unvaccinated.

#FIGHTFlu

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Keep sharing please - lots of good resources, across the country, for folks who need them and folks who want to support the businesses & orgs providing those resources

Earth hits hottest level in 125,000 years A global study finds 2024 was hotter than the peak of the last Ice Age, with record-breaking heat, ocean warming, and ice loss driving Earth toward irreversible tipping points.

We just published a report that serves as a warning to humanity that we are hurtling towards climate chaos. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... and here www.nationthailand.com/blogs/sustai...

Experts reveal climate change drove extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, making burned areas much larger Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts.

Wildfires aren’t necessarily happening more often, but they are becoming more intense.
A new international study shows that hotter, drier conditions are making it easier for fires to spread rapidly once they begin.
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#WildfireResearch

Thermal trace: Decades of heat and cold stress data at your fingertips The new Thermal Trace application, developed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and ECMWF*, allows us to explore, visualise, share and extract over 80 years of thermal stress data in a few...

Read our article: climate.copernicus.eu/thermal-trac...

Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution. OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.

ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC

I use LLMs from time to time when trying to solve issues in R. In this case, LLMs can be useful if you have a good idea about what to do and rough idea of what to expect.

But today I came across my first instance of a *function* hallucination—it simply made up a function from an R package!

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

This is INCREDIBLE. The Bearded Vulture has multigenerational nests that last for hundreds of years, built in very secluded places — and they’re FULL OF ANTHROPOGENIC ARTIFACTS.

Coral chorus: Scientists are building library of individual fish sounds - Oceanographic Researchers are a step closer to understanding the sounds made by individual fish species thanks to new advances in underwater audio recording

Coral chorus: Scientists are building library of individual fish sounds - Oceanographic

History made for the ocean: #BBNJ Agreement enters into force, protecting high seas & deep seabed, safeguarding life under water.

“Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step forward to save our ocean, & to save our future” - ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social

🌊🔬 Grad Student Opportunity!
I’m recruiting PhD students to explore marine biodiversity, body size, and bioenergetics with flexibility to design your own project! PDF of ad link below.
#PhDPosition #MarineBiology #Macroecology #Biodiversity #GradSchool #Ecology #OceanScience tinyurl.com/5n9434wk

Day 2 of #ICESASC25 is off to a great start at LCC International University!
Llucia Mascorda-Cabre​, University of Plymouth addresses the audience with her keynote Ropes to Reefs: A multi-trophic level approach to inform management and policy giving her perspective as an early-career scientist.

We have to be purposeful about ending the use of fossil fuels because they’re not going to end themselves anytime soon. While wind and solar are cheaper, they are not as profitable. Therein lies the problem.

Check out the full DNA metabarcoding dataset we analyzed in our 2024 article on Grey plover diet at the Black Sea coast!

Meet The Marine Biologist Trying to Prevent Deep-Sea Mining "Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress," says Diva Amon.

"Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress".

@divaamon.bsky.social warns of the irreversible risks & potential harm of the destructive industry on yet-to-be-discovered fragile deep-sea ecosystems. #DefendTheDeep

I would also say at least "two large pelagic fish", and if I was concerned about character limits, I would drop the "exploring".

Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching — Rosemary Mosco A comic made for The New York Times about why you should keep an eye on your local city pigeons.

Happy #PigeonAppreciationDay to all who celebrate!

Please enjoy this relevant comic by @rosemarymosco.com who has been one of my favorite artist since the 2000s.

rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-...

Because I don;'t appreciate her out here often enough, shoutout Diana Wynne Jones, nonpareil

Kelp forest collapse alters food web and energy dynamics in the Gulf of Maine While kelp forests persist along northern Maine's rocky coast, kelp abundance has declined by as much as 80% on the southern coast in recent decades. In its stead, carpet-like turf algae have moved in...

Dear climate deniers: Here's why a warming world will kill you:

Kelp is in widespread decline overall due to ocean warming. The energy it provides to ecosystems is being replaced by phytoplankton. Why is this important? Phytoplankton is also in decline globally (about 1%/yr)

shorturl.at/HxBb4

MOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body Sizes Motivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat...

🧵New paper + open database drop!
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Protected Species Passive Acoustic Monitoring Project Application: This application highlights the work of the Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) Project and features an interactive map where PAM station locational data can be downloaded.

🎶Division of Marine Fisheries is listening for whales! 🐳

Explore our new data dashboard to learn more about our passive acoustic monitoring network, developed with
@whoi.edu, that will help us understand North Atlantic right whales + inform future conservation efforts.

mass.gov/info-details...