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José Ángel Ortega
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Ph.D. student at CICESE. A biologist studying aquatic top predators ecology and #microplastic pollutants. 🦭

All my links 👉🏼: https://flow.page/angelortegab
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Hello Bluesky! I’m José Ángel, a PhD student in Life Sciences at CICESE, Mexico. My research focuses on #microplastic pollution in top marine predators and its ecological implications. I’m here to share #research, connect with fellow scientists, and discuss marine conservation. 🌎🐾

#AcademicChatter
Es posible que estemos pasando por alto uno de los verdaderos legados de Jane Goodall: su aporte a la revolución de la mastozoología. 🐒

Disponible en la revista de divulgación Therya ixmana de la Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A.C. 🐾

Pueden leer el artículo aquí 👉: shorturl.at/G7TiT
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, fur seals, and walruses) face direct exposure to anthropogenic pollution in our marine ecosystems. Taking action to conserve these species and Mexico's seas is a collective responsibility.

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #Pinnipeds #MarinePollution #Research #Mexico
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“You should not call a bully an alpha male.”

#TedTalks #AcademicSky

youtube.com/watch?v=BPsS...
The surprising science of alpha males | Frans de Waal
YouTube video by TED
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Reposted by José Ángel Ortega
For millennia, some of the world’s largest filter-feeding #whales have undertaken some of the longest migrations on earth to travel between their warm breeding grounds in the tropics to nutrient-rich feeding destinations in the poles each year. insideclimatenews.org/news/2410202...
Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Rising ocean temperatures, heatwaves and dwindling prey are forcing marine mammals into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn.
insideclimatenews.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves that caring for our wellbeing isn’t separate from research; it sustains it.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
October 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Science is hard, but that's why it is worth it.

#AcademicSky
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Modern humans’ tolerance for the toxic metal may have helped them outcompete our closest evolutionary cousins."

www.science.org/content/arti...
Did lead poisoning doom Neanderthals?
Modern humans’ tolerance for the toxic metal may have helped them outcompete our closest evolutionary cousins
www.science.org
October 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by José Ángel Ortega
Household dryers in the U.S. are estimated to release over 3,500 metric tons of microfibers annually, contributing both natural and synthetic fibers to the environment through dryer vents.
Household dryers are significant sources of microfiber pollution, study finds
The fabrics that fill our homes, from natural cotton towels and bedsheets, to clothes produced with synthetic materials, produce microscopic fibers as they break down over time.
phys.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reposted by José Ángel Ortega
U.S. Congress wants to gut the law that protects all the marine mammals we adore – such as sea otters, walruses, polar bears, and more.

Why limit protections for the animals we love?

Get the scoop: http://bit.ly/4n3MHMo
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by José Ángel Ortega
The impact of PhD studies on mental health - A longitudinal population study

PhDs can be and some would likely argue, should be hard.

But surely not *this* hard?

#AcademicSky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of PhD studies on mental health—a longitudinal population study
Recent self-reported and cross-sectional survey evidence documents high levels of mental health problems among PhD students. We study the relationship…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A reviewer saying your manuscript looks like it was taken from Wikipedia (when it’s nothing like that) shows zero tact and a clear superiority complex. Or am I wrong?

#AcademicChatter #PhDLife
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Reposted by José Ángel Ortega
How would be facing the largest of the protocetids? Pappocetus, an animal that could have exceeded 5m in lenght or more, at that size it is likely that it was fully adapted to an aquatic life. Smaller, early basilosaurids probably were not fond of giant protocetids like this.
#paleoart #sciart.
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Reposted by José Ángel Ortega
Newly discovered hand and foot fossils show Paranthropus boisei possessed both human-like dexterity and strong gripping abilities, supporting its capacity for tool use and upright walking. doi.org/g964jf
Extinct human relative was capable of making and using tools, study shows
For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its extremely powerful jaws and massive teeth, was capable of making and using tools.
phys.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#AcademicChatter
How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t
With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter. Here are some tips to help you decide.
www.nature.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hello Bluesky! I’m José Ángel, a PhD student in Life Sciences at CICESE, Mexico. My research focuses on #microplastic pollution in top marine predators and its ecological implications. I’m here to share #research, connect with fellow scientists, and discuss marine conservation. 🌎🐾

#AcademicChatter
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM