Dr Rachel Hale Marine Biologist
@seafloorscience.bsky.social
Dr of small crawly things that live on the ocean floor. I study what they do, how they do it, and how they respond to disturbance, including climate change. Marine Biologist, Ocean Optimist, Invert Advocate, "Worm Girl" Opinions mine. She/her
Recursively applying AI to condense an abstract until the whole article is summarised by one word.
Jessica McKenzie@jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 2d agothis is going to turn me into the joker
Hot iridescent worms in your area, Lurking in karstic caves, Slithering out of cave crickets 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/12/gord...
<i>Gordius wulingensis</i>
Horsehair worms are a menace to crickets (as well as mantis , millipedes , and centipedes ) everywhere. Imagine being a cricket going about ...
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Children: as problems in schools to be controlled; financial benefits to the state, but also burdens that must therefore be incentivised, for parents to have them; not in need of decent nutrition but still to be shamed for their bodies; & oh btw the Children’s Commissioner is sacked. FFS #nzpol
Kate@knhannah.bsky.social · 4d agoIn times like these, it’s important to pay attention to the grand unifying narratives ideas are hooking on to. Like that children are there to be controlled by adults, like babies and birth are commodities to be controlled by the state, like citizenship is a state more valuable than non-citizenship.
Last hours for early bird rego for the 6th Ocean in a High CO2 World Symposium, Wellington in October. Come join us to hear the latest research in ocean acidification, multiple stressors, ocean observation, climate science, marine carbon dioxide removal, & blue carbon: highco2-vi.org 🌊🪼🌏🦑🐙🦀🪸 #OHCO2W
The Ocean in a High CO₂ World– 6th International Symposium
The local organising committee warmly invites you to join us for The 6th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO₂ World in Wellington, New Zealand, at Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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I am beyond excited to share that our paper, "Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces" has been published! A 🧵incoming because this paper is so special to me and the co-authors. doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Neurodivergent Perceptions, Experiences, and Perspectives in Academic Biological Sciences Spaces
Abstract. Neurodiversity has received considerable attention recently from the general population and academic researchers, coinciding with an increase in
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation iucn.org/news/202607/...
From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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Getting in the sea never gets old.
🦀 see a crab, post a crab 🦀 I'll never pass up the opportunity to post this crab in his chiton hat
Matt Bracken@brackenlab.bsky.social · 2w ago🦀 see a crab, post a crab 🦀 #MarineLife
Earth systems don’t care about your borders. We solve the climate crisis as a planetary species or we don’t solve it. #NomadCentury
Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 2w agoHave you noticed an opaqueness to the blue sky this morning? Wildfire smoke from North America is drifting south across the UK, meaning the clear skies may not be as blue as you might expect 🌤️
Sticking to worms. Peinaleopolynoe orphanae from the deep sea, an Elvis worm, named for their glittery jumpsuits.
I've written a post about Echinomermella matsi, a roundworm which parasitises sea urchins. This worm can castrate or even reduce the lifespan of sea urchins, and this is a story about how these worms turned parasitic over the course of their evolution 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2026/07/echi...
<i>Echinomermella matsi</i>
Nematodes (roundworms) just can't get enough of being parasites. Parasitism has independently evolved at least fifteen times among nematode...
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If anyone knows any MSC or PhD students working in the realm of evaporates or any other chemical sediments then please encourage them to apply for this opportunity to share their research.
Seds Online@sedsonline.bsky.social · 2w agoWe are now accepting abstracts for the 14th Seds Online Student Webinar on 28 October 2026. If you're an MSc or PhD student working on evaporites or other chemical sediments, we'd love to hear from you. Submit your abstract by 30 September 2026: forms.gle/LZ2tXGvxf1fQ...
Interesting piece @science.org It's true that in the way scientific hierarchy is designed it generally rewards confirmation & penalises difference. What this paper misses is the epistemic injustice in recognition based on the identity of who presents the surprises. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Advancing science by designing for surprise
Consider a thought experiment. Two graduate students have written identical dissertations: the same experiments, the same data, the same robust findings. One is written as a standard, cautious text th...
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For #MolluscMonday, a grim one. The new IUCN Red List assessed every mollusc known to live only at hydrothermal vents. Of 201 species, 125 are now threatened with extinction, and the driver is deep-sea mining that has not meaningfully started yet. #marinelife iucn.org/press-releas...
From desert frog to deep-sea molluscs, remarkable species at risk – IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 9 July 2026 (IUCN) – Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has revealed. In Aust...
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Unfortunately this seems to me like another example of a real animal, slopped by AI 😡🦑 Check these source images from @mbarinews.bsky.social who actually observed it. No frontal "mouth" (just a fold between arms further down at most), no suckers visible when on the bottom, eyes less forward
Flapjack octopus • MBARI
The adorable flapjack octopus sits on the seafloor like a flat, fluffy pancake.
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I think it's a real image that has been "tweaked" and modified.
'Adorabilis' octopus on display at Monterey Bay Aquarium
Possibly the world's cutest octopus went on public display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Friday.
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By popular demand, here is everyone in the climate and energy portrait series.
CHONK! Any day I spot a *Cryptochiton* is a good day. #MolluskMonday #MolluscMonday #MarineLife #SwelterShelterNSF 🌊🦑
