The draft Nature Record National Assessment is now open for comment!
Take a look and tell us what we got right, what we missed, and what changes you’re seeing where you live.
Your perspective will help shape the final record of nature in the U.S.
naturerecord.substack.com/p/the-draft-...
When the US govt terminated the National Nature Asst, @phillevin.bsky.social + the author team were determined not to let that stop them.
They re-organized, set up an advisory committee, found funding…and now the brand new Nature Record is open for public comment. 👏🌳👏🌲
Check it out (link below)!
The DRAFT Nature Record national assessment has dropped and is ready for comment! I'm proud to be one of the authors. This is the first comprehensive, independent, evidence-based assessment of how nature is doing across the U.S.
Come read. Come comment. Come shape the record.
naturerecord.org
Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens
“The costs of Trump’s war to the average American will be higher than it could have been because of the assault of the GOP and Trump administration on renewable energy projects,” said Peter Gleick, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences
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Excited to share a new paper written by a AAAS Policy Fellow I mentor, Dr. Lisa Walsh.
“This review synthesizes literature on fieldwork safety across scientific disciplines, highlighting four facets of safety for leaders and researchers to address: physical, social, financial, and psychological.”
More evidence that water -- massive amounts of water -- have been present in the universe since shortly after the Big Bang.
All it took was hydrogen and oxygen, among the earliest elements created.
#water
#bigbang
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📆 Feb. 26, 4 pm EST, Zoom: We will be hosting a Q&A about our members' concerns on travel to and from the Annual Meeting in Spokane, WA. Raluca (Luca) Vais‑Ottosen, immigration attorney at DeWitt LLP, will be fielding questions about travel logistics and what to expect when entering/leaving the U.S.
The US NSF has put out a "dear colleagues" letter that is essentially a yard sale list for @ncar-ucar.bsky.social
It asks questions such as, who'd like to take over some of NCAR's programs? Is anyone interested in commercial use of the Mesa Lab?
If you have thoughts, send them to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov
Oyster farming along the Gulf Coast is becoming a big deal. Check out some of our School's interesting work on this topic 👇
It's a glimpse into how aquaculture can be altogether sustainable and profitable, while also contributing to valuable cultural and ecological resources. Neat stuff!
Baby jellyfish at New England Aquarium
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Gator Nation Giving Day 2026 is almost here, but early gifts are already rolling in.
If you’d like to support student-driven water and wildlife research in our WILDS labs, you can give any time using our fund page: givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/bi...
Every donor, every amount helps.
Reminder that one of the nine North American sturgeon species is only found in Alabama.
Sadly, that species is on the verge of complete extinction.
It is definitely the most imperilled of all these sturgeons.
A diagram showing the differences among different redhorse species
A golden redhorse
Greater redhorse
A black redhorse
Happy Year of the (Red) Horse! 🐎
The redhorses (Moxostoma) are a group of some 20 native sucker species found in North America. While they're sometimes mistaken for invasive carp, redhorses are actually indicators of healthy ecosystems
I didn’t realize you’d moved. Congratulations!
Our capacity to do experimental aquatics research is truly unmatched. Get in touch if you have ideas for cool studies, collabs & experiments!
Fishing ban halts seven decades of biodiversity decline in the Yangtze River | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A collaboration with Yushun Chen, Seb Brosse, @sjcfishy.bsky.social and other! @uwenvironment.bsky.social @uwsafs.bsky.social
CNN headline that says Trump delivers a deadly blow to EPA’s ability to regulate climate pollution
The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family.
It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
The evidence has not changed. Climate change has not stopped. This is political censorship of scientific evidence. Plain and simple.
#standupforscience
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#Bluecrab #oyster #parasite
"Oysters reduced parasite densities in the water...Our results jointly support that oysters benefit adjacent community members through feeding on transmissive stages of their pathogens"
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Don't lose sight of the good stories. We can make the world better with science and coordinated policy!
Octopuses 🐙 have been wandering in the oceans for 296 million years.
They have three hearts and blue blood and are amazing
#MondayMorning
THERE IS NO SCIENCE-AS-USUAL UNDER AUTHORITARIANISM. "The new Nazi commissar wasted no time on the amenities. He immediately announced that Jews would be forbidden to enter university premises and would be dismissed without salary on March 15; this was something no one had thought possible despite the Nazis' loud anti-Semitism. Then he launched into a tirade of abuse, filth, and four-letter words such as had been heard rarely even in the barracks and never before in academia. He pointed his finger at one department chairman after another and said, "You either do what I tell you or we'll put you into a concentration camp." There was silence when he finished; everybody waited for the distinguished biochemist-physiologist. The great liberal got up, cleared his throat, and said, "Very interesting, Mr. Commissar, and in some respects very illuminating; but one point I didn't get too clearly. Will there be more money for research in physiology?" The meeting broke up shortly thereafter with the commissar assuring the scholars that indeed there would be plenty of money for "racially pure science." A few of the professors had the courage to walk out with their Jewish colleagues, but most kept a safe distance from these men who only a few hours earlier had been their close friends. I went out sick unto death—and I knew that I was going to leave Germany within forty-eight hours." SOURCE: PETER DRUCKER FOR THE ATLANTIC, "THE MONSTER AND THE LAMB" SCIENCE NEEDS DEMOCRACY.
This is why we say there can be no science-as-usual now. This passage is from Peter Drucker’s essay in the Atlantic about the crossroads that science stood at during Nazism. Science doesn’t just need funding — it needs the fundamental freedoms that come with democracy. Freedom of speech.
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Love is in the water! Send these to the fish lover in your life 🐟
A golden yellow pair of valves with green rays and white nacre on a camel/desert motif background.
The February 2026 Mussel of the Month is Lampsilis siliquoidea
But Lampsilis is a Camel.
It has been said that, “A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” Learn more and subscribe for free at musselproject.substack.com #MusselOfTheMonth #MUSSELp 🧪
Photo by Graf & Cummings
Our kids are suffering. Some will face lifelong complications, we will lose others.
This was preventable.
We refuse to standby while the most vulnerable suffer 👇
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7
#Standupforscience
What if wildlife isn’t just impacted by climate change, but part of the solution? Read more and share what you learn!
If this makes you mad, you can do something about it:
RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC
Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7
#Standupforscience
