Jim Elser
@drlimnology.bsky.social
limnologist | Director - Flathead L Bio Station | Bierman Prof of Ecology - U Montana | Director - Sustainable P Alliance, ASU | Member - NAS | opinions mine
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Jim Elser
@drlimnology.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Updated Limnology! starter pack here: go.bsky.app/Qv3DLZ6
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When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
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NEW data | Less than 50% of Australia's electricity generation came from fossil fuels in October 🇦🇺⚡️
This was the first month ever where renewables have overtaken fossil fuels in Australia's electricity mix.
10 years ago, in October 2015, fossil fuels made up 86%.
This was the first month ever where renewables have overtaken fossil fuels in Australia's electricity mix.
10 years ago, in October 2015, fossil fuels made up 86%.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW data | Less than 50% of Australia's electricity generation came from fossil fuels in October 🇦🇺⚡️
This was the first month ever where renewables have overtaken fossil fuels in Australia's electricity mix.
10 years ago, in October 2015, fossil fuels made up 86%.
This was the first month ever where renewables have overtaken fossil fuels in Australia's electricity mix.
10 years ago, in October 2015, fossil fuels made up 86%.
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Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
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🚨Open call to all our early-career friends involved in collaborative/ECR-lead projects to join this interesting session at the upcoming ASLO-SIL meeting in Montreal 2026!
Hope to see many of you there 💦💙
Hope to see many of you there 💦💙
Running an early career (ECR) initiative in aquatic science? Come present it in EP010 at ASLO–SIL 2026.
Showcase your program, share opportunities, and connect with other ECR networks. EP010 doesn’t count toward the 1-talk limit, so you can still present research.
Questions? DM me.
#ASLOSIL2026
Showcase your program, share opportunities, and connect with other ECR networks. EP010 doesn’t count toward the 1-talk limit, so you can still present research.
Questions? DM me.
#ASLOSIL2026
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚨Open call to all our early-career friends involved in collaborative/ECR-lead projects to join this interesting session at the upcoming ASLO-SIL meeting in Montreal 2026!
Hope to see many of you there 💦💙
Hope to see many of you there 💦💙
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15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
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I like this piece a lot about Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the structure of DNA. It really respects her as a full scientist - what she saw, what she didn’t appreciate, what could have been if she’d had true peers to support her, or had not died so young.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I like this piece a lot about Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the structure of DNA. It really respects her as a full scientist - what she saw, what she didn’t appreciate, what could have been if she’d had true peers to support her, or had not died so young.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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@reggieformt.bsky.social is a scientist who works at Sunburst Sensors in Missoula, Montana. They make autonomous pH and pCO₂ sensors used by the oceanographic community. Reggie is running for office, and we definitely need more scientists in public office. Follow and support her if you can!
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
@reggieformt.bsky.social is a scientist who works at Sunburst Sensors in Missoula, Montana. They make autonomous pH and pCO₂ sensors used by the oceanographic community. Reggie is running for office, and we definitely need more scientists in public office. Follow and support her if you can!
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If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If we want to stop the kidnappings and these agents require anonymity to commit these actions, then we must remove the masks.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
So long as we allow masked law enforcement to terrorize people, we cannot be a democracy.
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via Adrian Bass and others.
This looks very handy!
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
This looks very handy!
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is an important component of the global carbon cycle which influences water properties such as colour and acidity. Standard methods for quantification of DOC use instrum...
pubs.rsc.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
via Adrian Bass and others.
This looks very handy!
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
This looks very handy!
Cup of Carbon: smartphone-based analysis of dissolved organic carbon in water for use in citizen science
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Last paddle of the year.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Last paddle of the year.
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Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards - Nature Geoscience
Nature Geoscience - Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Rethinking policy on high mountain cascading hazards
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Warming is destabilising glaciers in mountain regions, triggering cascading hazards, from glacier collapse to downstream flooding.
Climate impacts are interconnected, not isolated.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
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The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
The Mafia Presidency
Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
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Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are (Gift Article)
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
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Phosphate rock has been added to the USGS critical minerals list. The real consequences are unclear, but the idea is to buttress US supplies of the mineral through streamlined (federal) permitting, trade policy and other measures. www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
Fertilizers Phosphate and Potash Gain Critical Mineral Status by USGS
The inclusion of phosphate and potash on the U.S. Geological Survey's final 2025 List of Critical Minerals signals a heightened government policy around the production and supply chains for both ferti...
www.dtnpf.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Phosphate rock has been added to the USGS critical minerals list. The real consequences are unclear, but the idea is to buttress US supplies of the mineral through streamlined (federal) permitting, trade policy and other measures. www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists.
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
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King tides and storm surge give us a glimpse of the future with sea level rise.
Natalia Poltoratzky shot this video of the Bolinas Lagoon washing up on Rt. 1 this morning with the stiff south winds and high tide.
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
King tides and storm surge give us a glimpse of the future with sea level rise.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Sick.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sick.
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Free film screening of "All Too Clear" which highlights how invasive quagga mussels have transformed Lake Michigan! Panel of local experts for Q&A after! Maybe Dr Bagels will be there!
Friday Nov 7 from 530-730 pm in 1101 State Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit
Friday Nov 7 from 530-730 pm in 1101 State Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Free film screening of "All Too Clear" which highlights how invasive quagga mussels have transformed Lake Michigan! Panel of local experts for Q&A after! Maybe Dr Bagels will be there!
Friday Nov 7 from 530-730 pm in 1101 State Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit
Friday Nov 7 from 530-730 pm in 1101 State Hall, Wayne State University, Detroit
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There’s not enough attention being paid to the fact that ICE deported a man in a persistent vegetative state
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
There’s not enough attention being paid to the fact that ICE deported a man in a persistent vegetative state
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba
Or the fact that he was perfectly healthy when he was detained, and his family have no idea what was done to him to cause such a severe decline
He died shortly after being deported to Cuba