Pepper St. Clair | Science Advocate

Stunning California snake endangered since the 1960s prepares to make a comeback Listed as endangered since 1967, San Francisco garter snakes are found only on the Peninsula and in northern Santa Cruz County.

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@pepperstclair.bsky.social on efforts to engineer a comeback for the endangered and beautiful San Francisco garter snake
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This is why I’m cross training in communication while continuing my career in science. Yell the stories loudly from the mountaintop, learn how and where to reach people.

City Dwellers Face Unequal Heat Exposure En Route to the Metro - Eos Socioeconomic factors drive how much extreme heat public transit users in Chicago, NYC, and Washington, D.C., experience as they walk to and from metro stations.

Today during the #AGU25 poster session, new research from @lortizuriarte.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social shows how transit users are exposed to heat in Chicago, DC, and NYC metro systems. Story by @pepperstclair.bsky.social.

City Dwellers Face Unequal Heat Exposure En Route to the Metro - Eos Socioeconomic factors drive how much extreme heat public transit users in Chicago, NYC, and Washington, D.C., experience as they walk to and from metro stations.

Trees, trains, and automobiles: New research from @lortizuriarte.bsky.social at @georgemasonu.bsky.social discusses how public transit pedestrian heat exposure risk is changed by socioeconomic and developmental factors, story by @pepperstclair.bsky.social

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Check out my story for Mongabay about some really cool research at @harvardmcb.bsky.social!

It was amazing to hear how the multidisciplinary research team followed this sensation from the molecular level to the model organism’s behavior. I’m always amazed by octopuses and microbes.

Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt to in order to survive. Distinct microbial populations...

Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor - @pepperstclair.bsky.social
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Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt to in order to survive. Distinct microbial populations...

New research demystifies the fascinating octopus’s perception of the microbiomes it encounters 🐙

Story by @pepperstclair.bsky.social for @mongabay.com

Research led by Rebecka Sepela @harvardmcb.bsky.social @harvard.edu with comments by @spencernyholm.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social