I teach this when I cover climate change in "Intro to Geoscience Education". The class is for education (not science) majors, and the students appreciate the historical context regarding our knowledge of the greenhouse effect. I think they view the "controversy" a little differently afterwards.

bookswain.bsky.social@bookswain.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“An atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature” An alumnus of the School Emma Willard founded (☝️), The Troy Female Seminary, was Eunice Newton Foote who in 1856 published the first ever scientific paper to show atmospheric CO2 absorbed heat causing a greenhouse effect. 🧪 🌎

and did i mention that STARSHIPS has a free astrobiology RPG? use a single D20 to create a unique solar system and watch life face catastrophes from supernovae to supervolcanoes! can you get to first contact—and survive? www.sevenrasmussen.com/books

Science communicators: At what point does a useful technical term become jargon? We made a flowchart to help answer the question. Think we got it wrong? Tell us what you'd add, remove, or rewrite. #SciComm #AcademicSky #ScienceCommunication

A very nice bug!!!

David Clark@clarkeocrinus.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It was a cold rainy day here, so I spent some good time in my prep room. I made a nice dent in my pile of rocks waiting to be cleaned. I finished this spiny Ketternaspis trilobite from the Devonian Haragan Fm. of Oklahoma. The right cheek is missing or tucked under. Still a nice bug.

My husband and I met during a summer ecology class at KBS when we were undergrads at MSU way back in 2003 AND this class takes place during our wedding anniversary. We are also big aquatic plant nerds. Sadly, we can't make it to this class, so some happy couple better attend in our honor!

MSU Extension Center for Lakes and Streams@msue-lakes-streams.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Want to learn your Michigan aquatic plants? Like, really learn them? There are still openings in "Aquatic Plant Identification", a 2-day lab and field course at Kellogg Biological Station, June 17-18. Check it out: www.canr.msu.edu/events/aquat...

I remember watching a program a long time ago about the restoration of a classic chair and the discovery that it was stuffed with Afro-textured hair and I just wanted to scream and scream.

Kashana@kashana.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

Anyways, my favorite fact about George Washington is that he stole his slaves’ teeth.

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Mapping the Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

Every regional office, every research station, what they protect, and what you can do to stop it.

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Five year old girl on BBC News in item on Artemis II hopes we can find life on other planets so "we can be family with them.." Wish politicians would share her attitude to those who are different.

This! It's true! "That's it. That's all I have to say. In these times of uncertainty, it would be folly to submit a proposal without having a conversation in advance. And it would be squandered opportunity to not have a conversation if you're not funded."

Terry McGlynn@hormiga.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wondering what you shouldn't say in a proposal? Call your program officer. Wondering what happened in panel? Call your program officer. Wondering how the latest federal stuff may affect your proposal? Call your program officer. Call your PO. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/call-your-pr...

Behind the scenes of one of our supervols👀❌👑

We’re saying it was science because Science has ALWAYS been capable of horrendous things and implicated in slavery, colonialism, the Holocaust. Not because we believe that racism, ableism etc are scientifically ‘valid’ or ‘defensible’ Begging you to think beyond memes.

I'm saving this one to revisit when I'm feeling discouraged. It's a (bittersweet) reminder that we can rebuild with better intentions.

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

March 21, 2026

Mars Sample Return, multiple times over

Andrej@tepid.meme · 6mo ago

If you had $77bn you could squander without feeling any consequences whatsoever, what boondoggle would you throw it after?

Watching a barred owl snooze peacefully made my day better

Lisa Buckley@lisavipes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

BARRED OWLS! BARRED OWLS! www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/barred-...

Scientists led by Sara Seager at MIT proposed the industrial gases nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as ideal technosignatures to search for intelligent life on distant planets. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/these-gases-...

These gases could signify intelligent life beyond Earth – Sciworthy

Astronomers proposed new industrial gases that could provide measurable signs of advanced technology on distant exoplanets.

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CW: transphobia. See, this is why it can be painful to know too much history.🫤 This post implies that what is happening in Kansas is *similar* to what the nazis did. But it's not just similar. It's *identical*. In 1933, nazis revoked trans people's documents. Before 1938. Paragraph 175 and 183.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 6mo ago

In 1938, the German Reich invalidated all German Jewish passports. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as a Jew. In 2026, the state of Kansas invalidated all correct trans drivers licenses. They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as trans.

Just fyi- Trump claims he ended DEI...but literally last month we won our lawsuit, preventing him from cutting civil rights laws including the commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in schools. www.aft.org/press-releas... . www.aft.org/press-releas...

Major Victory for Public Education as Trump Administration Abandons Appeal on “Dear Colleague Letter”

BALTIMORE – Today marks a final defeat in the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to require school districts throughout the nation to censor lessons, abandon student support programs, and certify th...

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Migraine people: Do you ever get the kind that don't hurt unless you think or move? I hate this kind. They're like a mean trick because I think it's over and then I get up to go to the bathroom and my head explodes in pain.

We talk about the Goldilocks Zone for habitable planets mostly from a temperature perspective, but it's not the only thing that counts. Being in the right zone during accreation matters as well - wrong composition, and you won't have the building blocks for life. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@comptonscatter.bsky.social here ye gan wor kid #Crinoid #Kaiju

Compton Scatterbrained@comptonscatter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

now do this guy bsky.app/profile/mand...

If you need 150 people in palaeontology, geology, zoology, scicomm and related. And I could list more, but ran out of space!

We are a nation in which thousands of Black people were "legally" kidnapped with the assistance of the federal government & sent back into slavery. We are also a nation in which thousands of white & Black people organized in their local communities to try to stop those kidnappings. "We" are both.

I'm unreasonably delighted to learn this!

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 7mo ago

fun fact: levar burton directed the famous (and objectively delightful) union episode of star trek ds9

I've read articles stating that Ohio Senator Jon Husted has not released a statement about the end of TPS for Haitians. This is his response when constituents email him about the issue.

Cool, cool

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7mo ago

5/9

St. Vincent de Paul in Springfield, Ohio is helping children of Haitian immigrants obtain passports ahead of whatever ICE action may come. These kids are US citizens who were born in Ohio to parents living here under temporary protected status. Donate here to support: svdpspfld.org

BREAKING: A U.S. District Court judge blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end protected status for about 330,000 Haitians living in the United States with Temporary Protected Status.

Hundreds of Ohioans show support for Haitians, federal judge blocks TPS ending for Haitians • Ohio Capital Journal

Hundreds of Ohioans gathered at a church in Springfield on Monday to show support for the Haitian community in Springfield.

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BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...