My one day of paddling in the UC Davis TERC Circ(umnavigation) of Lake Tahoe - Tahoe City to Meeks Bay on a beautiful day!

Understanding paleowinds can shed light on how ancient expanses of ice influenced global weather patterns. 🧪 New research from Sean Grasing and a colleague @ubuffalo.bsky.social; comments from Jessica Conroy at UIUC and Randy Schaetzl at Michigan State Univ. eos.org/articles/ice...

Iceberg Scours Reveal Ancient Wind Patterns - Eos

Scour marks left by icebergs that ran aground thousands of years ago record the winds blowing off the Laurentide Ice Sheet.

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The 6th UC Davis TERC Circ(umnavigation) of Lake Tahoe is underway! This year our TERC CIRC fundraising is focused on replacing our 50-year-old research vessel, the R/V John LeConte! Looking forward to 7 days of beautiful photos from the paddlers circumnavigating the lake this week

Okay, folks: The big El Niño update is now out on Weather West! This sure looks like it's going to be a dramatic year from a global climate perspective, and there are major implications for extreme events (across California, the U.S. West, & well beyond).

Special update: Rising odds of a strong-to-historic El Niño event in 2026, with growing likelihood of significant regional-to-global scale impacts - Weather West

June 11, 2026 - Daniel Swain - A quick refresher: What is El Niño and how can it affect global weather patterns? El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a semi-regular recurring cycle that transfers vast amounts of heat and momentum from the tropical Pacific to the global atmosphere. It is triggered every 3–7 years when the #

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Lake Tahoe 2025 Clarity Report is out! Water clarity declined through the 1990s and then leveled off - on the one hand, that's good news, but why isn't it getting better when the Tahoe community is working so hard for improvement? Stay tuned! We are working hard to find out. tahoe.ucdavis.edu/secchi

Loving this beautifully crafted tribute to US Federal scientists and engineers who have operated under unprecedented and understaffed conditions over the past year and more esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @esajournals.bsky.social

Federal scientists, a great American invention: a letter to our federal colleagues

Click on the article title to read more.

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Calling all ecology enthusiasts: June's "Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment" cover is here featuring an American toad mid-call. New research shows how temperature shapes frog/toad calls—and how females use these cues to time breeding as conditions change Browse the issue: tinyurl.com/y9pfk2k3

New research published in PNAS uses smartphone location data to examine how people changed daily behavior during #WildfireSmoke: https://ow.ly/GGTA50Z1hAy A 2024 National Academies workshop explored why smoke impacts require social, ecological, and #PublicHealth planning: https://ow.ly/sgYs50Z1hHp

More on the destruction of US science: Federal science agencies lost more jobs in 2025 (12%) than over the previous TWO decades (8%), including 30% of personnel at NSF, 20% at USGS, NOAA, and NIH. NASA lost 12% (now up to 24% by Jan 2026). (Data from www.aip.org/fyi/federal-...)

Federal Science Workforce Declines Sharply Under Trump

The last year was marked by turmoil at science agencies and the administration’s stated desire to shrink the federal workforce.

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Giant otters!!! Tell me more. Wildlife behavioral reactions to giant otter latrines?! Yes please. @esajournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

For the first time, we'll be offering a wilderness first aid certification course at #ESA2026! Learn fundamental field medicine, be an asset to your colleagues in the field & earn a prerequisite for more advanced training in the future! Get notified when registration opens: https://ow.ly/Vuir50YYcrY

No idea when I embraced being that dork tracing a science concept thru literature... cancelling my #ASLOSIL26 😭 trip due to illness gave me unexpected time. I traced back use of chlorophyll as an algal proxy, flaws & all. Joy of reading Juday, Riley, Edmondson... UPSHOT: love-hate of chl is timeless

Hatchings of two California bald eagle chicks delight vast livestream audience

Hatchings of two California bald eagle chicks delight vast livestream audience

Eaglets emerged from eggs on Easter weekend at San Bernardino national forest watched by thousands online

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New research confirms Paleolithic origins of the stunning Font-de-Gaume cave art using noninvasive imaging and radiocarbon dating—a major breakthrough in prehistoric studies. In Smithsonian Magazine: https://ow.ly/Epfl50YEwHJ In PNAS: https://ow.ly/NvfP50YEwzE

New @science.org article this week summarizes a topic very much on the minds of many, many aquatic scientists and engineers... "Wildfire: A growing threat to water security" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Wildfire: A growing threat to water security

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From our boating safety training Monday through Thursday, straight out to the field... Lake Tahoe gave us a beautiful day on the water in Emerald Bay on Friday!

The timing of eruptions from two underwater volcanoes in Greece may be linked, new work suggests. eos.org/articles/tra...

Tracing the Eruption History of a Volcano in a Tourist Hot Spot - Eos

Sediment cores extracted from deep under the Aegean Sea reveal the timing of explosive eruptions of Kolumbo Volcano and a potential link to neighboring Santorini.

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Giant BLOBs are pulling the strings of Earth’s magnetic field. eos.org/articles/wha...

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.

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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. eos.org/articles/whe...

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.

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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...

Ecological Society of America@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Need an introduction to peer review? We got you covered -- this short workshop from David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 will cover the general how-tos and importance of peer review, and provide an understanding of how and where it fits in the publishing process. https://ow.ly/nkjH50YmwVh

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...

Ecological Society of America@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣New workshop! *Site Assessment & General Land Management Planning for Invasive Plants* by Tom Groves -- get a primer on assessment and planning for effective land management. Great for landowners as well as budding managers! March 11 at 3:00 PM ET https://ow.ly/rz9250YhGPN

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

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

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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...

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.

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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

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/...

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...

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The National Science Foundation just had a big reorganization. Here are five things to know. ⬇️ https://scim.ag/4baWBcS

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

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

‘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

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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.