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Dr. Isabel Dove
@isabeldiatom.bsky.social
Paleoceanographer-turned-climate modeler. Postdoc @sfu.ca investigating climate implications of CDR, previously PhD @urigso.bsky.social. Enthusiastic about climate proxies (especially diatom-based) & projections, polar regions, and knitting! She/her
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Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Excited to participate in this webinar on the climate impacts of CDR on Nov 13! Register at the attached link if you're biogeophysical effects-curious 🌎

www.canco2re.ca/events/movin...
Moving beyond carbon accounting: understanding the full climate impacts of carbon dioxide removal — CanCO2Re Initiative - Canada CDR Technologies
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is often treated as a simple balancing act: take as much CO2 out of the air as we put in, and the climate will stabilize. But beyond carbon accounting, CDR affects the cli...
www.canco2re.ca
October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I've volunteered to curate my lab's small library and am brainstorming ideas of books to add. Please share your favorite books related to climate and the environment - non-fiction and fiction recommendations welcome! #Booksky
a penguin sits on top of a stack of books reading a book
Alt: GIF of a cartoon penguin sitting on top of a stack of books while reading a book
media.tenor.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Did you know there is a plan to terminate the lease of the NB Palmer, the US icebreaker supporting Antarctic science?

@carlosmoffat.com

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Antarctic Research Vessel Letter of Support
If you are a scientist interested in adding your name to our letter in support of the US Antarctic Program Research Vessel Capabilities, please email one of the following organizers by July 28th, 3:00...
docs.google.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.

Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.

But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.

Speak up now before it is too late.

(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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These ancient climates, to which we have now returned, are not incompatible with a living world. But they are incompatible with the world we have created. And the speed with which we have reversed 10 million years of Earth history leaves almost no time for us or the rest of Earth's life to adapt.
May 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I have type 1 diabetes, moved to Canada from the US less than a week ago, and have already noticed several structural differences - none involving cooking classes - that help make managing diabetes easier (1/n)
As the parent of a type-I diabetic, I would like to invite the ignorant piece of shit currently directing the FDA to kiss my ass.
May 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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NOAA powers the forecasts on your phone, the maps you trust, the alerts that save lives. It tracks storms, monitors climate, protects coasts, and fuels research across America.

Most people use NOAA data daily—without even knowing it.

Tell Congress: invest in what matters. #SaveNOAA
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Huge crowd and strong sign game in West Chester, PA! So energizing to see so many people speaking out against hate and standing up for democracy #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One thing bringing me joy during these dark days is my diatom sweater! I designed and knit this sweater as part of my #KnitYourPhD project. The yoke is adorned with Chaetoceros diatoms and the bobbles around the hemline are meant to represent Chaetoceros resting spores 🧶🌊🧪
February 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Looking for physical scientists 🧪⚒️ who do fieldwork, who've had bad experiences w/ "medical screening" or "physical qualifying (PQ)" exams & restrictions.

Stereotypes used against you, disqualified w/o consultation, etc.

We're putting together a book. A new vision how PQ should work. DMs open. 📖
January 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The application is now open for paleoCAMP 2025 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies)! For graduate students in any area of paleoclimatology, our 2 week summer school is timescale agnostic and multidisciplinary - please apply or share widely! paleoclimate.camp/apply
Application — paleoCAMP
paleoclimate.camp
November 19, 2024 at 11:38 PM
I just posted the pattern for these socks on Ravelry: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Not sure who else besides me would ever want to make them, but I believe in #OpenAccess! The DOIs to the datasets are also linked in the pattern 😊
Presenting the pair of socks I made for my personal #KnitYourPhD project! These socks represent data from 2 of my chapters, each down-core diatom-bound nitrogen isotope records from Holocene-aged coastal Antarctic sediment. Stay tuned for a diatom sweater!!
November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Happy Halloween from NBP24-10! I am Ekman drift, obviously 🌊
November 1, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Lots of science and adventure happening for the next 6 weeks! #nbp2410 🌊 🇦🇶
October 22, 2024 at 10:05 AM
People seem to like my KnitYourPhD socks, so I thought I’d share my first paleo-inspired knit! This blanket represents the benthic oxygen isotope stack, a famous paleoceanographic dataset showing the evolution of global temperature and ice volume over the past 5.3 million years 🧶🌊
October 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Presenting the pair of socks I made for my personal #KnitYourPhD project! These socks represent data from 2 of my chapters, each down-core diatom-bound nitrogen isotope records from Holocene-aged coastal Antarctic sediment. Stay tuned for a diatom sweater!!
September 15, 2024 at 11:21 PM
What a day! I voted AND defended my PhD!
September 10, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Happy birthday to geologist & oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp (1920-2006), whose pioneering, thorough & complete ocean floor maps with Bruce Heezen, made using realms of echo sounder data, revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.⁠ 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬⚒️ #histsci

After studying #geology & math, Maurice 'Doc' Ewing 🧵
July 30, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Why DIATOMS are to KNITTING as FORAMINIFERA are to CROCHET: a very niche thread 🧵
May 15, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Today I achieved mud nerd bingo by visiting my 4th out of the four NSF-funded marine geological sample repositories (plus the IODP-GCR)! Very grateful to be attending the FUTURE workshop at WHOI, both for the chance to see their cores & to discuss priorities/approaches for collecting more samples
March 28, 2024 at 1:40 AM
2022 GLASS alumna here, definitely would recommend!
Summer school opportunity for early career researchers!
Are you working with sediment from Antarctica or the Arctic? You like to learn more methods to describe, analyse and interpret sediment cores? This school is for you!
Check out www.glacialsedimentschool.org for more info
⚒️🧪❄️🌊
January 24, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Full head and heart after day 1 of #AGU23 ! So great to hear about cool new science and reunite with old friends 🤓🥰
December 12, 2023 at 2:54 AM