Jessica Kendall-Bar
@jkendallbar.bsky.social
Scientist, illustrator, & animator, combining art & science to study the incredible behaviors of extreme divers. Website: jessiekb.com Scripps Postdoctoral Scholar @UCSD; PhD @UCSC
💤 'Rest, but make it productive' must be the motto for seals, because research led by Scripps postdoctoral scholar @jkendallbar.bsky.social finds that they get ~2 hours of sleep at sea, often during their deepest dives for food and avoiding predators! @apnews.com shares more. ⬇️ 🦭
What tiny brain monitors are teaching us about extreme animal sleep habits
Thanks to miniaturized sleep labs, scientists are able to track the extreme ways animals snooze in risky environments.
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🐋 Excited to finally share the now-published study that inspired my very first data-driven animation! 🎨 Every frame was created from real humpback whale biologging data using custom Python scripts in Maya & After Effects (no AI) created with my big bro Nick and with music by Connor Vance 🎶
🌏 📈 Our planet is changing. But Scripps Oceanography scientists like @aminaschartup.bsky.social and @jkendallbar.bsky.social are leading the charge to create a more resilient future for our planet and its inhabitants. Learn more about their innovative research. ⬇️
6 Ways UC San Diego Research is Future-Proofing the Planet
Our planet is under growing pressure—whether it’s the safety of the food we eat, the quality of the air we breathe or the stability of the systems we rely on—and UC San Diego researchers are stepping ...
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🦭 I was honored to be invited to co-author this perspective for Science with Lucy Hawkes from @exetermarine.bsky.social, showcasing diverse adaptations to hypoxia- responding to a new study by McKnight et al. that suggests that seals use oxygen as a cue to breathe. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
A deep dive into oxygen sensing
Seals directly detect blood oxygen to adjust time underwater
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QC QC QC! Such a high quality dataset thanks to your coding dedication ✨
Rachel Holser@rachelholser.bsky.social · 2y agoOver 5 years of writing code, collating metadata, processing, QCing, reprocessing, QCing, reprocessing…… not to mention the weeks, months, & years of field work by a small army of researchers. I am SO excited that we’re sharing this incredible dataset. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Solitary humpback whales manufacture bubble-nets as tools to increase prey intake; royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #MarineMammals
1/n New paper by van Aswegen (not on bluesky) et al: Maternal investment, body condition and calf growth in humpback whales physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... This serves as a companion to gestation paper published last week physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... #marinemammals
I'm incredibly honored to be included in this year's cohort of AI2050 Fellows! Awarded by Schmidt Sciences, this award seeks to advance research that fully realizes the potential of AI to benefit humanity 🌍 Read more about this year's awards here: www.schmidtsciences.org/schmidt-scie...
Schmidt Sciences to Award $12 Million to Advance Research on Beneficial AI
AI2050 fellowships recognize scholars working to create AI for a better world
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Monumental achievement. Good science isn't just some guy in a lab coat who has all the brains. It takes work. It can take years to collect data. This data is useful. Why? Fisheries. Economies. Shipping. Understanding the effects of our causes. Understanding our living planet.
Dr Luis Huckstadt@luishuckstadt.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 We put decades of effort in collecting this massive dataset on movement and diving behaviour of northern elephant seals and now we make it available! 🦭🦑🌎 Check it out here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 We put decades of effort in collecting this massive dataset on movement and diving behaviour of northern elephant seals and now we make it available! 🦭🦑🌎 Check it out here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals
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More on Saimaa ringed seal conservation, following positive news on controlling fishing seasons and piling snow for den-making. Seal boxes! Adorable, successful idea: projects for Men's Sheds, senior schools or scouts/guides locally? Would be a great way to involve community. #GoodGreenNews 🌎🦭
‘Like a giant bird box’: the volunteers building huge snowdrifts for Finland’s pregnant seals
As warmer winters melt the snow drifts that endangered Saimaa ringed seals raise their young in, humans are giving them a helping hand
theguardian.com
Honored to have contributed to a new paper out today in Nature @ScientificData where Dan Costa, @rachelholser.bsky.social, Theresa Keates, & *many* past and present members of the Costa lab who worked to collect, prepare, and share this incredible dataset doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Two decades of three-dimensional movement data from adult female northern elephant seals
doi.org
New paper from Exeter Marine researchers finds that Montserrat's nesting sea turtles migrate and feed in multiple countries, highlighting the need for conservation without borders! 🐢 Well done team! Read in full: doi.org/10.3354/esr0... 🦑🦤🧪🌐🌍 #AcademiaSky #ExeterCEC @mcsuk.bsky.social
Delighted to see this one out before Christmas. Its open access so please share widely.🐢🦑🦤🧪🌐🌍 www.int-res.com/articles/esr... #seaturtle #marineturtle #biologging #Caribbean #Montserrat
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Exeter Marine@exetermarine.bsky.social · 2y agoNew paper from Exeter Marine researchers finds that Montserrat's nesting sea turtles migrate and feed in multiple countries, highlighting the need for conservation without borders! 🐢 Well done team! Read in full: doi.org/10.3354/esr0... 🦑🦤🧪🌐🌍 #AcademiaSky #ExeterCEC @mcsuk.bsky.social
