Jenna Dilworth
@jennadilworth.bsky.social
(she/her) PhD candidate in the CEE Lab at the University of Southern California. I study functional diversity in reef-building corals in the context of climate change 🪸
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
I authored a blog post for @uscwrigley.usc.edu about the work I've been doing along with fellow lab members at the CEE Lab (led by @drcarl.bsky.social) to identify intervention priorities for coral restoration in the Caribbean under the impacts of climate change!
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
Envisioning a future for Caribbean coral reefs: lessons in resilience and collaboration - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
dornsife.usc.edu
July 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I authored a blog post for @uscwrigley.usc.edu about the work I've been doing along with fellow lab members at the CEE Lab (led by @drcarl.bsky.social) to identify intervention priorities for coral restoration in the Caribbean under the impacts of climate change!
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025...
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The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi
Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding
Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed
scim.ag
July 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi
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Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
BREAKING: The Pentagon said the deployment of National Guard members and Marines to protests over immigration raids in LA will cost $134 million.
Hegseth faces sharp questions from Congress on deploying troops to Los Angles and Pentagon chaos
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been quickly met with sharp questions and criticism by lawmakers who pressed him about his early moves to fire key military leaders and and purge diversity programs.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
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ICYMI: All corals (as well as sea fans and anemones) have a mobile larval life phase. But how do they know where to settle? Learn more about how coral babies choose their forever homes in our latest #Reefbites blog post! 👇🏼
April 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ICYMI: All corals (as well as sea fans and anemones) have a mobile larval life phase. But how do they know where to settle? Learn more about how coral babies choose their forever homes in our latest #Reefbites blog post! 👇🏼
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How bad is Australia's simultaneous coral bleaching?
‼️ 12 systems at ALERT levels involving mortality
‼️ 7 systems at BLEACH WATCH/WARNING
Yet, ""fossil fuel companies were “doubling down” to get more mega projects running" eg."areas around Scott Reef in WA being targeted for expansion by Woodside"
‼️ 12 systems at ALERT levels involving mortality
‼️ 7 systems at BLEACH WATCH/WARNING
Yet, ""fossil fuel companies were “doubling down” to get more mega projects running" eg."areas around Scott Reef in WA being targeted for expansion by Woodside"
March 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
How bad is Australia's simultaneous coral bleaching?
‼️ 12 systems at ALERT levels involving mortality
‼️ 7 systems at BLEACH WATCH/WARNING
Yet, ""fossil fuel companies were “doubling down” to get more mega projects running" eg."areas around Scott Reef in WA being targeted for expansion by Woodside"
‼️ 12 systems at ALERT levels involving mortality
‼️ 7 systems at BLEACH WATCH/WARNING
Yet, ""fossil fuel companies were “doubling down” to get more mega projects running" eg."areas around Scott Reef in WA being targeted for expansion by Woodside"
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"Two months ahead of the usual annual peak of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, parts per million in air exceeded 430. Crossing 430 ppm was an entirely predictable but sad milestone. The rise is mostly caused by fossil fuel usage." - Ralph Keeling, director of the Scripps Oceanography CO2 program
430.33 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 10-Mar-2025 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
March 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Two months ahead of the usual annual peak of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, parts per million in air exceeded 430. Crossing 430 ppm was an entirely predictable but sad milestone. The rise is mostly caused by fossil fuel usage." - Ralph Keeling, director of the Scripps Oceanography CO2 program
The #CEELab at the @standupforscience.bsky.social event in Los Angeles today!
March 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
The #CEELab at the @standupforscience.bsky.social event in Los Angeles today!
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Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”
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Cuts to NSF will dismantle the scientific enterprise, ceding our leadership to other nations. It is antithetical to fund science along idealogical grounds while ignoring the most pressing scientific challenges of our time. Those challenges do not disappear when the voices of science are taken away.
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Cuts to NSF will dismantle the scientific enterprise, ceding our leadership to other nations. It is antithetical to fund science along idealogical grounds while ignoring the most pressing scientific challenges of our time. Those challenges do not disappear when the voices of science are taken away.
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My colleagues at NOAA fear for their jobs.
Their satellite observation today of accumulating heat stress (already above mortality thresholds) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: Yet again a deadly mass coral bleaching event is underway.
Without NOAA, climate & reef scientists will be blind.
Their satellite observation today of accumulating heat stress (already above mortality thresholds) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: Yet again a deadly mass coral bleaching event is underway.
Without NOAA, climate & reef scientists will be blind.
February 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My colleagues at NOAA fear for their jobs.
Their satellite observation today of accumulating heat stress (already above mortality thresholds) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: Yet again a deadly mass coral bleaching event is underway.
Without NOAA, climate & reef scientists will be blind.
Their satellite observation today of accumulating heat stress (already above mortality thresholds) on the northern Great Barrier Reef: Yet again a deadly mass coral bleaching event is underway.
Without NOAA, climate & reef scientists will be blind.
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Flashdance squid style 🦑✨🦑 #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #cephalopod #flashdance #chromatophore #flashing #matingdance #courtship #cephalopod #cephalopodsofcoralcity #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity
January 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The ICRS student and early career chapter is now on Bluesky - make sure you give them a follow! Being a part of this chapter has been so wonderful and fulfilling - you’ll definitely want to keep up with what they’re up to next!
Hello all Coral Enthusiasts! 🪸
Here is to a productive 2025 ahead! 🎉
We are thrilled to now be on Bluesky 💙
Stay tuned for exciting news! 🌊
Here is to a productive 2025 ahead! 🎉
We are thrilled to now be on Bluesky 💙
Stay tuned for exciting news! 🌊
January 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The ICRS student and early career chapter is now on Bluesky - make sure you give them a follow! Being a part of this chapter has been so wonderful and fulfilling - you’ll definitely want to keep up with what they’re up to next!
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Taking 2025 one wave at a time ✨🌊
The ICRS has been endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade! 🐳 With this support, we further our goal in providing crucial funding & support for early-career ocean professionals working on coral reefs. 🪸
oceandecade.org/actions/inte...
The ICRS has been endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade! 🐳 With this support, we further our goal in providing crucial funding & support for early-career ocean professionals working on coral reefs. 🪸
oceandecade.org/actions/inte...
International Coral Reef Society (ICRS)
The International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) provides funding and support for research and professional development for scientistst working on coral reefs.
oceandecade.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Taking 2025 one wave at a time ✨🌊
The ICRS has been endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade! 🐳 With this support, we further our goal in providing crucial funding & support for early-career ocean professionals working on coral reefs. 🪸
oceandecade.org/actions/inte...
The ICRS has been endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade! 🐳 With this support, we further our goal in providing crucial funding & support for early-career ocean professionals working on coral reefs. 🪸
oceandecade.org/actions/inte...
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Check out my first chapter 📖🧬.
I’m very grateful to have worked with such a brilliant and supportive team 😊
I’m very grateful to have worked with such a brilliant and supportive team 😊
Grateful for some good news after this last week - first dissertation chapter for @ecoevodanny.bsky.social is out now in Ecology & Evolution! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪
January 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Check out my first chapter 📖🧬.
I’m very grateful to have worked with such a brilliant and supportive team 😊
I’m very grateful to have worked with such a brilliant and supportive team 😊
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Second request:
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
January 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Second request:
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you are a professional scientist or science communicator who is at least 18 years old and uses social media (including Bluesky) for professional purposes, please consider taking this survey. 🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please help us to share it.
umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Wrigley summer fellowship app is live!! Both NSF REU and Zinsmeyer - we've got 2 slots earmarked for our lab - apply to work with us! dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/educ...
Summer Research Internships - Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Creating a more sustainable and environmentally just future for our planet and all who live on it
dornsife.usc.edu
January 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wrigley summer fellowship app is live!! Both NSF REU and Zinsmeyer - we've got 2 slots earmarked for our lab - apply to work with us! dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/educ...
Looking forward to connecting with people working on all things coral restoration next week at #ReefFutures! Working on putting together my schedule this week, so please let me know if there’s any talks/sessions you’re particularly excited about!
December 3, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Looking forward to connecting with people working on all things coral restoration next week at #ReefFutures! Working on putting together my schedule this week, so please let me know if there’s any talks/sessions you’re particularly excited about!
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Happy Thanksgiving Baby Coral Friends 🍗🪸
Just like us humans, the Baby Corals Eating Turkey are thankful for their many new Bluesky friends, their many arms, their many venomous stinging cells, and their many digestive filaments.
Don't forget to eat and leave no crumbs today 🧡
Just like us humans, the Baby Corals Eating Turkey are thankful for their many new Bluesky friends, their many arms, their many venomous stinging cells, and their many digestive filaments.
Don't forget to eat and leave no crumbs today 🧡
November 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Baby Coral Friends 🍗🪸
Just like us humans, the Baby Corals Eating Turkey are thankful for their many new Bluesky friends, their many arms, their many venomous stinging cells, and their many digestive filaments.
Don't forget to eat and leave no crumbs today 🧡
Just like us humans, the Baby Corals Eating Turkey are thankful for their many new Bluesky friends, their many arms, their many venomous stinging cells, and their many digestive filaments.
Don't forget to eat and leave no crumbs today 🧡
Super excited to see many more coral people joining Bluesky these days!
November 21, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Super excited to see many more coral people joining Bluesky these days!
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Calling all #reeffutures conference attendees - consider donating your brainpower to our workshop!
September 18, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Calling all #reeffutures conference attendees - consider donating your brainpower to our workshop!
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I'm recruiting a fully funded PhD student for a Fall 2025 start - see details below and learn more about my lab here: dornsife.usc.edu/carlslab/
September 10, 2024 at 10:56 PM
I'm recruiting a fully funded PhD student for a Fall 2025 start - see details below and learn more about my lab here: dornsife.usc.edu/carlslab/
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Caribbean reefs are in trouble. But we have a real opportunity to prevent their extinction if we can rise to the challenge.
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/o...
Opinion | To Save Coral Reefs, Let’s Freeze Them
We have to buy time while we wait for the world to slow, and hopefully, one day reverse climate change.
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Caribbean reefs are in trouble. But we have a real opportunity to prevent their extinction if we can rise to the challenge.
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/o...