Breaking out the Copic #markers again for some #backyardbird #art :) A doodle for fun to commemorate seeing this guy on our tree! The #redbreastedsapsucker #washingtonstate #wildlife #drawing
Ryan McMinds
@rmcminds.bsky.social
Quantitative Ecologist focused on salmon habitat at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission | Former Assistant Professor studying Microbial Ecology / Evolutionary Biology / Bioinformatics | merdemicrobes.org | thecnidaegritty.org/iNatle/
When I was writing this piece about the Ocean Cleanup, I had a surreal experience: They assured me that they only kill invasive species, and sent me a published paper to demonstrate that. But the paper said the opposite! I wonder how many journalists just took their word for it and didn't check?
Why The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The Revelator
Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this?
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Hi all, let’s talk about selection bias! (no thread follows)
Science Magazine@science.org · 2mo ago"You feel stretched to the point of breaking. The waves of emotions are rolling over you. I am here, your future self, to tell you that you are enough. You don’t break. You put one foot in front of the other, and you not only make it through, but you have fun." https://scim.ag/3SWodeP
Seems wise: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health - npj Sustainable Agriculture
npj Sustainable Agriculture - Stop messing with rumen microbes and focus on reducing ruminant populations for environmental and human health
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: Galapagos penguin Kagu Red Sea anemonefish Florida cottonmouth Water ouzel
Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️@napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 10mo agoIntroduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Caribou Ravens Seals Kea Turkeys
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
NWIFC is seeking internal candidates for the open role of Biometrician III with the focus on Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling. This role is integral to the Fisheries Services team and will be responsible for assisting in the development and application of harvest management and population…
Biometrician III (Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling) – NWIFC
Position: Biometrician III – Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling Location: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) Olympia, WA Candidates must be located within commutable distance of Olympia, WA for a hybrid working schedule. Close Date: September 19, 5:00 pm APPLY: Biometrician III Application Position Overview: NWIFC is seeking internal candidates for the open role of Biometrician III with the focus on Shellfish Population Dynamics and Modeling.
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NWIFC is seeking candidates for the role of Oceanographer. This position is integral to the Environmental Protection team and will focus primarily on changing ocean conditions and associated impacts to species of interest, specifically as they relate to tribal ocean fishery resources.
Oceanographer – NWIFC
Position: Oceanographer APPLY HERE Location: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) 549 Tillicum Ln, Forks, WA 98331. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance from Forks, WA. Position Overview: NWIFC is seeking candidates for the full-time, exempt role of Oceanographer. This position is integral to the Environmental Protection team and will focus primarily on changing ocean conditions and associated impacts to species of interest, specifically as they relate to tribal ocean fishery resources.
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Ever wonder what role corals play in tropical reef ecology? Find out by taking up the mantle of Team Coral 🪸! Cover the reef with colonies clad in sturdy calcium carbonate 🧪 and fend off dastardly, quick-growing algae! What is your favorite #reef creature you’d love to see in #benthosgame?
It’s a late night, but I had to jump on the “art advent calendar” bandwagon as an excuse to carve out more drawing time ;) Thanks for modeling sweet Pika! #artadventcalendar #digitalillustration
I don’t know if something similar is already a thing, but, inspired by #ArtAdventCalendar, I figured it’d be fun to do an #iNatAdventCalendar with some of my favorite iNaturalist observations. This year I’ll use a theme to celebrate my imminent return to the PNW!
'The secret lives of trees: the theory collapses'. Common mycorrhizal networks exist but we are far away from making conclusions on its function. It's great to see so many people interviewed in this article and challenge a story ahead of the science. www.epsiloon.com/tous-les-num...
La vie secrète des arbres : la théorie s’effondre
L’idée est si émouvante qu’elle a conquis le public, Hollywood, et jusqu’aux plus hautes institutions : les arbres communiqueraient via un réseau secret… Sauf que c’est faux. Les scientifiques ont...
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I wrote (ranted) on experimental design as I was frustrated as an editor at how little guidance students were getting. I underestimated the interest in the issue: it has been downloaded 10,000+ times! Clearly it’s something we need to be talking about more. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Principles of experimental design for ecology and evolution
Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.
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The Panda’s Thumb. I loved ‘science’ before I read that, probably in early high school, but it was Gould’s books that really got me excited about science as a process and a career; an ongoing debate about theory and concepts and meaning and relevance, rather than a collection of immutable facts.
Lars Brudvig@lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat was the book that first got you hooked on science? This 1953 copy of Jacques Cousteau's The Silent World, which I first read in the late 80s as an ~10 year old The thrill of discovery, and need to innovate in the process, exhilarated me (and still does!)
🌊 GOOD NEWS: The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have reacquired a 27-acre section of Cape Foulweather on the Oregon Coast, between Newport and Lincoln City. #Oregon #Oregoncoast #Indigenous #SiletzTribe #Ocean #PNW #GoodNews #LandBack #KelpForest #Kelp #Conservation
Roughly 170 years later, Siletz Tribe regains part of its coastal territory
In Oregon, a coastal piece of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indian’s ancestral territory have been restored. Monday's announcement coincides with the 47th anniversary of the tribe regaining federa...
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Super fun survey for a research to understand what people find beautiful in plants and why. I learned about my own preferences too while answering it:) 🪻🌾🌼🌸🪷🌷 www.biodiful.org#/plantiful_en
Biodiful
Etude de la perception humaine de la biodiversité. Studying human perception of biodiversity.
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Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) about to move across the country with a baby and dog 2) has anyone thrown those echinoderm-killing ciliates at a coral yet
Staci Willis@sewnandsea.bsky.social · 2y agoBluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) Accessible+ job-oriented archaeology field methods training 2) Were women the stitchers of my Roman era sewn boats
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
Bonjour void! I am getting ready to pivot to a new role as a fisheries ecologist soon, and am stoked to learn all about the science and the people. My previous work focused on theory and statistics of host-microbe evolution and ecology, with lots of Stan and BEAST and taxonomy and novel HTS methods.