Alexis Dahl
@alexisdahl.com
I make videos about cool Michigan science and history stories, and share odds and ends here. (she/her)
📍 somewhere in the Upper Peninsula, probably looking at rocks
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/alexisdahl, https://go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
📍 somewhere in the Upper Peninsula, probably looking at rocks
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/alexisdahl, https://go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
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Alexis Dahl
@alexisdahl.com
· Jul 2
@alexisdahl.com is (finally) on @nebula.tv and it's about time!
If you don't know Alexis, think geology.
Think Engineering.
Think Michigan history.
Think about how worms are destroying our forests.
She makes Michigan proud and science accessible.
nebula.tv/alexisdahl/
If you don't know Alexis, think geology.
Think Engineering.
Think Michigan history.
Think about how worms are destroying our forests.
She makes Michigan proud and science accessible.
nebula.tv/alexisdahl/
Alexis Dahl
Michigan is way more interesting than I thought. From ancient lava flows and mountain ranges, to copper mines and groundbreaking experiments, this channel follows my adventures trying to better unders...
nebula.tv
Thanks, Jeff! Also, it's true! If you want to watch these videos without any ads (including ones baked into videos) and without any of the noise of YouTube, you can now find the series on Nebula.
✨ go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
✨ go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
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@alexisdahl.com posted a new Calumet-related video earlier this week and you should check it out. Preserving the early buildings and history of our state is incredibly important and the UP has some of the most fascinating stuff in the state. Check the video out, link to donate is below
Let’s Save This Piece of History, Together
YouTube video by Alexis Dahl
www.youtube.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@alexisdahl.com posted a new Calumet-related video earlier this week and you should check it out. Preserving the early buildings and history of our state is incredibly important and the UP has some of the most fascinating stuff in the state. Check the video out, link to donate is below
I think I'm starting to become a decent UP local because I officially have A Thimbleberry Spot.
August 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I think I'm starting to become a decent UP local because I officially have A Thimbleberry Spot.
Thanks, Jeff! Also, it's true! If you want to watch these videos without any ads (including ones baked into videos) and without any of the noise of YouTube, you can now find the series on Nebula.
✨ go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
✨ go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
@alexisdahl.com is (finally) on @nebula.tv and it's about time!
If you don't know Alexis, think geology.
Think Engineering.
Think Michigan history.
Think about how worms are destroying our forests.
She makes Michigan proud and science accessible.
nebula.tv/alexisdahl/
If you don't know Alexis, think geology.
Think Engineering.
Think Michigan history.
Think about how worms are destroying our forests.
She makes Michigan proud and science accessible.
nebula.tv/alexisdahl/
Alexis Dahl
Michigan is way more interesting than I thought. From ancient lava flows and mountain ranges, to copper mines and groundbreaking experiments, this channel follows my adventures trying to better unders...
nebula.tv
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thanks, Jeff! Also, it's true! If you want to watch these videos without any ads (including ones baked into videos) and without any of the noise of YouTube, you can now find the series on Nebula.
✨ go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
✨ go.nebula.tv/alexisdahl
Reposted by Alexis Dahl
#MNSG-funded researcher Elizabeth Minor is bringing research on the photochemistry of plume constituents in #LakeSuperior to educators!🧪
Educators are invited to join us at the #GreatLakes Aquarium on July 1 for a FREE workshop exploring photochemistry.
Learn more: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hiddenc...
Educators are invited to join us at the #GreatLakes Aquarium on July 1 for a FREE workshop exploring photochemistry.
Learn more: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hiddenc...
June 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
#MNSG-funded researcher Elizabeth Minor is bringing research on the photochemistry of plume constituents in #LakeSuperior to educators!🧪
Educators are invited to join us at the #GreatLakes Aquarium on July 1 for a FREE workshop exploring photochemistry.
Learn more: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hiddenc...
Educators are invited to join us at the #GreatLakes Aquarium on July 1 for a FREE workshop exploring photochemistry.
Learn more: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hiddenc...
Man, I love gardening. 🌱
May 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Man, I love gardening. 🌱
Deep in this Michigan copper mine, is a place only about 30 people have stepped in the last 100 years. A place still marked by the footprints of the miners who walked out more than a century ago.
Recently, I got to go down there. It was, honestly, incredible.
🎥 youtu.be/cTZF4lw0Ads
Recently, I got to go down there. It was, honestly, incredible.
🎥 youtu.be/cTZF4lw0Ads
Miners left in 1917. Their footprints are still here.
YouTube video by Alexis Dahl
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Deep in this Michigan copper mine, is a place only about 30 people have stepped in the last 100 years. A place still marked by the footprints of the miners who walked out more than a century ago.
Recently, I got to go down there. It was, honestly, incredible.
🎥 youtu.be/cTZF4lw0Ads
Recently, I got to go down there. It was, honestly, incredible.
🎥 youtu.be/cTZF4lw0Ads
Reposted by Alexis Dahl
Want to learn more about a nearby stream or river? Do you care about how clean the waters around you are? Do you like bugs?
If you're in Michigan, check out these opportunities to join a volunteer stream monitoring event near you!
www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroo...
If you're in Michigan, check out these opportunities to join a volunteer stream monitoring event near you!
www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroo...
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Want to learn more about a nearby stream or river? Do you care about how clean the waters around you are? Do you like bugs?
If you're in Michigan, check out these opportunities to join a volunteer stream monitoring event near you!
www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroo...
If you're in Michigan, check out these opportunities to join a volunteer stream monitoring event near you!
www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroo...
One of my favorite things about this video was that at least a couple of the researchers have known each other since they were 18.
But, y'know, the part about finding a perfectly buried forest from 11k+ years ago was also excellent.
youtu.be/M8WyCpHZXsg
But, y'know, the part about finding a perfectly buried forest from 11k+ years ago was also excellent.
youtu.be/M8WyCpHZXsg
They Accidentally Found an 11,000-Year-Old Forest. Twice.
YouTube video by Alexis Dahl
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
One of my favorite things about this video was that at least a couple of the researchers have known each other since they were 18.
But, y'know, the part about finding a perfectly buried forest from 11k+ years ago was also excellent.
youtu.be/M8WyCpHZXsg
But, y'know, the part about finding a perfectly buried forest from 11k+ years ago was also excellent.
youtu.be/M8WyCpHZXsg
Reposted by Alexis Dahl
‘When will it fall’ - tree sculpture by Beavers
I feel this piece really has captured the essence of what the beaver was trying to achieve…
@kneppwilding.bsky.social
I feel this piece really has captured the essence of what the beaver was trying to achieve…
@kneppwilding.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
‘When will it fall’ - tree sculpture by Beavers
I feel this piece really has captured the essence of what the beaver was trying to achieve…
@kneppwilding.bsky.social
I feel this piece really has captured the essence of what the beaver was trying to achieve…
@kneppwilding.bsky.social
@visitkeweenaw.bsky.social recently asked if I'd be willing to chat about why I keep filming things in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula — and man, this is just the sweetest video. 💛 (It's also true, though. That part of Michigan is magical.)
🎥: youtu.be/pYAEBKbrdS0?...
🎥: youtu.be/pYAEBKbrdS0?...
Unearthing the Keweenaw: Alexis Dahl (The Crossing Place 2025)
YouTube video by Visit Keweenaw
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@visitkeweenaw.bsky.social recently asked if I'd be willing to chat about why I keep filming things in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula — and man, this is just the sweetest video. 💛 (It's also true, though. That part of Michigan is magical.)
🎥: youtu.be/pYAEBKbrdS0?...
🎥: youtu.be/pYAEBKbrdS0?...
I really appreciate how clear and concise this is, and that it's backed up by actual numbers for scale.
Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I really appreciate how clear and concise this is, and that it's backed up by actual numbers for scale.
👋🏻 Hi! Do you do interesting research in the Lower Peninsula? Do you run a cool place related to science or history in the state?
If so, I'm planning a Lower Peninsula road trip for early this summer, and I'd love to hear from you: www.alexisdahl.com/collabs
If so, I'm planning a Lower Peninsula road trip for early this summer, and I'd love to hear from you: www.alexisdahl.com/collabs
April 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
👋🏻 Hi! Do you do interesting research in the Lower Peninsula? Do you run a cool place related to science or history in the state?
If so, I'm planning a Lower Peninsula road trip for early this summer, and I'd love to hear from you: www.alexisdahl.com/collabs
If so, I'm planning a Lower Peninsula road trip for early this summer, and I'd love to hear from you: www.alexisdahl.com/collabs
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In West Michigan? You can help monitor native sucker fish through this opportunity shared by @miseagrant.bsky.social! All it takes is a pair of polarized sunglasses for spotting fish and ten minutes to walk the riverbank counting and recording fish.
www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring-...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring-...
Spring brings spawning fish into West Michigan streams, and you can help to monitor spawning runs in local creeks
Michigan Sea Grant is working with Shedd Aquarium, John Ball Zoo, and GVSU to learn more about migration cues for a little-known fish species, and you can be a part of it.
www.canr.msu.edu
April 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In West Michigan? You can help monitor native sucker fish through this opportunity shared by @miseagrant.bsky.social! All it takes is a pair of polarized sunglasses for spotting fish and ten minutes to walk the riverbank counting and recording fish.
www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring-...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring-...
Reposted by Alexis Dahl
Good dinosaur sounds this morning. Magpie chirps, woodpecker taps, the fussy whistles of songbirds. It’s so everyday it can be easy to forget the terrible lizards are still here. They live.
April 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Good dinosaur sounds this morning. Magpie chirps, woodpecker taps, the fussy whistles of songbirds. It’s so everyday it can be easy to forget the terrible lizards are still here. They live.
Reposted by Alexis Dahl
Hoooooooly cow.
(Coherent thoughts pending.)
(Coherent thoughts pending.)
March 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hoooooooly cow.
(Coherent thoughts pending.)
(Coherent thoughts pending.)
Good morning!! Big things are happening today!!
March 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Good morning!! Big things are happening today!!
💛
In the face of federal funding cuts, Michigan DNR will pick up the tab for hiring staff to keep these fluffy little shorebirds safe:
Michigan will foot the bill for piping plover monitoring after feds yank funding
Michigan State Parks commit to endangered species work despite withheld federal dollars.
www.mlive.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
💛
For more than 100 years, the Detroit salt mine has been pulling millions of tons of rock salt out of the ground. But considering Michigan is surrounded by fresh water... where did all that salt come from?
youtu.be/ViFl7qWQF5U
youtu.be/ViFl7qWQF5U
Under Detroit, There’s a Huge, Active Mine (Here's How It Works)
YouTube video by Alexis Dahl
youtu.be
March 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For more than 100 years, the Detroit salt mine has been pulling millions of tons of rock salt out of the ground. But considering Michigan is surrounded by fresh water... where did all that salt come from?
youtu.be/ViFl7qWQF5U
youtu.be/ViFl7qWQF5U
Bats are just the coolest. 🦇
March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Bats are just the coolest. 🦇
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I met Nicole at an event in Ohio. She's an amazing and devoted environmental educator and she's asking for so little money. Donating to her helps me ease just a little of the stress the billionaires are causing me. Throw some her way if you can.
gofund.me/45f2725e
gofund.me/45f2725e
Donate to Support Nicole: Environmental Educator Facing Hardship, organized by Nicole Jackson
Greetings,
I’m reaching out during a tough time, asking for … Nicole Jackson needs your support for Support Nicole: Environmental Educator Facing Hardship
gofund.me
March 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I met Nicole at an event in Ohio. She's an amazing and devoted environmental educator and she's asking for so little money. Donating to her helps me ease just a little of the stress the billionaires are causing me. Throw some her way if you can.
gofund.me/45f2725e
gofund.me/45f2725e
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Michigan DNR: "First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century." !!!!
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MID...
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MID...
First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century
content.govdelivery.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Michigan DNR: "First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century." !!!!
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MID...
content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MID...
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Somewhat ridiculously, Saturn now has 128 new moons, bring its total to 274.
These are mostly tiny rocks, a few miles across, that orbit the planet backwards – but they might be evidence of a recent smashup in the planet's orbit.
Story by me in The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/s...
These are mostly tiny rocks, a few miles across, that orbit the planet backwards – but they might be evidence of a recent smashup in the planet's orbit.
Story by me in The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/s...
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274 (Gift Article)
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Somewhat ridiculously, Saturn now has 128 new moons, bring its total to 274.
These are mostly tiny rocks, a few miles across, that orbit the planet backwards – but they might be evidence of a recent smashup in the planet's orbit.
Story by me in The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/s...
These are mostly tiny rocks, a few miles across, that orbit the planet backwards – but they might be evidence of a recent smashup in the planet's orbit.
Story by me in The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/s...
I got to speak to third-graders today about making videos, and oh man, if it wasn't the most delightful time.
I was asked so many questions. Nobody seemed afraid to not know things. Everyone wanted to talk about favorite animals.
On the spot, I learned that, apparently, I really like anteaters.
I was asked so many questions. Nobody seemed afraid to not know things. Everyone wanted to talk about favorite animals.
On the spot, I learned that, apparently, I really like anteaters.
March 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I got to speak to third-graders today about making videos, and oh man, if it wasn't the most delightful time.
I was asked so many questions. Nobody seemed afraid to not know things. Everyone wanted to talk about favorite animals.
On the spot, I learned that, apparently, I really like anteaters.
I was asked so many questions. Nobody seemed afraid to not know things. Everyone wanted to talk about favorite animals.
On the spot, I learned that, apparently, I really like anteaters.
Reposted by Alexis Dahl
Wildlife tracking tips.
Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon
Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon
March 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Wildlife tracking tips.
Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon
Thank you Patrons! www.patreon.com/c/birdandmoon