Dr Michelle LaRue
@drmichellelarue.bsky.social
Antarctic wildlife ecologist, Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Prof UCNZ, speaker, children’s book author @natgeo Secrets of the Penguins drmichellelarue.com
This represents a fun & serendipitous project about spy satellites, mutual friendship and penguins (1/n)… science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-... 🦉🌎🧪🦑
A Changing World for Emperor Penguins - NASA Science
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.
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Very cool use of satellites to learn about penguin diet 🧪🌎🦑🦉 www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
Scientists looked at Antarctica from the air. What they saw has them worried | Discover Wildlife
Using satellite and drone images to analyse Adélie penguin guano, researchers discovered that the seabirds eat more fish when there is more sea ice and more krill when there was less ice. Here's why t...
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News just in: H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) has arrived in NZ. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/h5-b... We encourage you to look out for groups of sick/dead birds and report these to the MPI hotline ☎️ 0800 80 99 66. To keep safe and support detection: www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity-...
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“We think about Antarctica and Antarctic research as happening in the continent itself, but we don't think about all the organisation, planning, preparation, training and education that has to happen before a single person goes south to work,” – nice article, incl. #Christchurch #NZ jobs and 💰
Dr Michelle LaRue@drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 2mo agoWay to go, Gabriela! www.canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-eve... 🧪🌍
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Royal Society Publishing@royalsocietypublishing.org · 3mo agoThis Special Feature from #ProcB showcases research from scientists, countries and regions underrepresented in the scientific literature, while addressing inequities in publishing and "helicopter science". Discover the collection: buff.ly/RjnbPC7 | #Ecology #GlobalSouth
This was a fun conversation - thanks so much, Andrew! 🌎🧪🦊🦉🦑 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/adven...
Adventures in Animal Miscasting
Researchers call out wildlife mistakes in movie magic
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Ok Dr Shiffman I need the back story
David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3mo agoHey @drmichellelarue.bsky.social #YoStudySpeciesIs so fat, probably because it needs insulation in polar waters! Hey @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social #YoStudySpeciesIs so ugly that sea turtles can’t tell it apart from plastic trash and end up choking on trash!
And here’s a direct link to our new work out in RSEC about tracking emperor penguins in the winter. Please check it out and spread the word! 🦑🦉🧪🌎 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Tracking Wintertime Behaviour of Emperor Penguins Using High‐Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
Using 25–30 cm Umbra synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery combined with ground validation of our observations, we introduce a method to track the phenology of emperor penguins during the Antarctic ....
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We can track emperor penguins’ behavior… in the dark! During winter! When it’s just the males incubating eggs! This new tech gives us a leg up in understanding this iconic species 🌎🧪🦉🦑 Press release here: www.canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-eve...
happy Pride Eve to all the people who are about to paraphrase this tweet from 2022 or repost it with my name removed as if it’s a thought they just had themselves
Can I just say how proud I am of amazing people I get to call my friends and colleagues who just won TWO EMMY AWARDS for Secrets of the Penguins. Here’s Sara being an award winning cinematographer. 🦑🦉🧪🌎
Here's one for you: our paper has been sent to three journals over the course of nine months... without a full review. The first journal found ONE person. The last journal tried 15 times and no dice. What on earth. Anyone want to read a paper about emperor penguins? 🦉🦑🌍🧪
I squealed when I heard this yesterday 🌎🧪🦊
Chris Steller@chrissteller.bsky.social · 5mo ago"For the first time in more than 100 years, evidence of cougars reproducing in Minnesota was documented in video captured by the University of MN's Voyageurs Wolf Project (youtu.be/7EL1FRB11DU). The videos, shared with the MN DNR by the project researchers, show a female cougar with 3 large kittens"
🧊 PGC is currently seeking a University of Minnesota graduate student in GIS or related field to join our team starting this summer! Support polar science, build geospatial skills, and grow professionally. Position open until filled. 💼 $29.41, tuition benefits & more www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/stud...
Just a reminder that we can fund science, and save the earth, and feed everyone, and have health care and housing too. All those things are within our reach, together.
Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!
As the Integrity crew splashed down TO THE MINUTE of their estimated arrival and hit the BULLSEYE, this is a reminder that Katherine Johnson was an absolute genius. My God. #NASA #ArtemisII
