Lee Smee
@leesmee.bsky.social
Marine and Environmental Scientist, Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, Cyclist
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Structured habitats provide thermal refuges and mitigate effects of heatwaves
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November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Structured habitats provide thermal refuges and mitigate effects of heatwaves
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My graduate student is lead author on this study. We found that oyster restoration could be improved by exposing oysters to predator scent, which causes them to grow a stronger shell.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
My graduate student is lead author on this study. We found that oyster restoration could be improved by exposing oysters to predator scent, which causes them to grow a stronger shell.
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Life on the edge: Two dissimilar extreme events alter food webs through modification of top‐down control - Smee - 2025 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Life on the edge: Two dissimilar extreme events alter food webs through modification of top‐down control
Climate change is causing rapid, unexpected changes to ecosystems through alteration to environmental regimes, modification of species interactions, and increased frequency and magnitude of disturban...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Life on the edge: Two dissimilar extreme events alter food webs through modification of top‐down control - Smee - 2025 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Glad to see the restored oyster reef we build in 2023 is getting some use. #science #marinelife
June 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Glad to see the restored oyster reef we build in 2023 is getting some use. #science #marinelife
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HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
May 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
HAPPY 75th, NSF!
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
We’re celebrating this milestone by highlighting some of NSF’s most transformative accomplishments—innovations that have shaped our world and continue to drive progress in health, technology, the environment, and beyond.
Read on 🧵(1/11):
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"I was telling a colleague that yours was the best cover of the research (among the several recent articles that others have written)" -- Juan Bouzat, email
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
These Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
The first hummingbird species to nest and roost in colonies has been discovered in the high Andes of Ecuador.
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April 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"I was telling a colleague that yours was the best cover of the research (among the several recent articles that others have written)" -- Juan Bouzat, email
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
These #Hummingbirds Live In Colonies In Ecuador’s Andes, Surprising Scientists
#birding #Ecuador🇪🇨 #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
The 2025 Benthic Ecology Meeting was epic. Enjoy my favorite photo of the meeting. See ya'll next year!
April 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 2025 Benthic Ecology Meeting was epic. Enjoy my favorite photo of the meeting. See ya'll next year!
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Breathtaking!
The Surveyor missions, precursors to the Apollo manned moon landing, gave us this perspective, a visceral and profound testimony to our place in the cosmic vastness; a gift of awareness that intertwines science, philosophy, and a sense of restless wonder.
🔭 🧪 #planetsci
The Surveyor missions, precursors to the Apollo manned moon landing, gave us this perspective, a visceral and profound testimony to our place in the cosmic vastness; a gift of awareness that intertwines science, philosophy, and a sense of restless wonder.
🔭 🧪 #planetsci
Waning Earth. Picture taken by Surveyor VII, 1968, from the surface of the Moon.
Source: NASA SP-184 Surveyor Program Results 🧪 #PlanetSci
Source: NASA SP-184 Surveyor Program Results 🧪 #PlanetSci
March 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Breathtaking!
The Surveyor missions, precursors to the Apollo manned moon landing, gave us this perspective, a visceral and profound testimony to our place in the cosmic vastness; a gift of awareness that intertwines science, philosophy, and a sense of restless wonder.
🔭 🧪 #planetsci
The Surveyor missions, precursors to the Apollo manned moon landing, gave us this perspective, a visceral and profound testimony to our place in the cosmic vastness; a gift of awareness that intertwines science, philosophy, and a sense of restless wonder.
🔭 🧪 #planetsci
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White Chlorination Syndrome?
No - it's MOULDY SPIDERS 🍄🕷️
I've written a post about Gibellula agroflorestalis, a species of spider-killing fungus which has been described from the agroforestry systems of Brazil.
#Invertebrate 🧪
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No - it's MOULDY SPIDERS 🍄🕷️
I've written a post about Gibellula agroflorestalis, a species of spider-killing fungus which has been described from the agroforestry systems of Brazil.
#Invertebrate 🧪
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<i>Gibellula agroflorestalis</i>
Imagine an infectious disease that turns you into an immobile white statue - while that sounds like something out of a dystopian science fic...
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March 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
White Chlorination Syndrome?
No - it's MOULDY SPIDERS 🍄🕷️
I've written a post about Gibellula agroflorestalis, a species of spider-killing fungus which has been described from the agroforestry systems of Brazil.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/03/gibe...
No - it's MOULDY SPIDERS 🍄🕷️
I've written a post about Gibellula agroflorestalis, a species of spider-killing fungus which has been described from the agroforestry systems of Brazil.
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/03/gibe...
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"Birds with plastic also had less of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This protein plays a crucial role in the growth and survival of neurons (nerve cells), including those involved in the development of the birds’ ability to recognise each others’ song." 🌏🧪
World-first analysis of seabirds who’ve eaten plastic reveals slow, insidious health impacts
A bird might look and act outwardly healthy – but on the inside, ingested plastics are slowly wreaking havoc.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Birds with plastic also had less of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This protein plays a crucial role in the growth and survival of neurons (nerve cells), including those involved in the development of the birds’ ability to recognise each others’ song." 🌏🧪
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At the MBL, scientists study axolotls to help decipher the secrets of regeneration at the cellular and molecular levels. Learn more below!
Let us know in the comments if you, like us, are disappointed in the lack of an axolotl emoji 😠
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Let us know in the comments if you, like us, are disappointed in the lack of an axolotl emoji 😠
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Organisms of the MBL: Axolotls
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March 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
At the MBL, scientists study axolotls to help decipher the secrets of regeneration at the cellular and molecular levels. Learn more below!
Let us know in the comments if you, like us, are disappointed in the lack of an axolotl emoji 😠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMlf...
Let us know in the comments if you, like us, are disappointed in the lack of an axolotl emoji 😠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMlf...
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As so now Trump sacrifices the next generation. No shame. No sense.
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#scicomm
#climate
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Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff (Gift Article)
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As so now Trump sacrifices the next generation. No shame. No sense.
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#climate
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Local news interviewed today about the cuts in science funding. www.fox10tv.com/2025/03/11/c...
#science #standupforscience #discovery
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Cutting federal grants for scientific research could threaten local economy
Federal grants are vital to some specific research projects, education programs and jobs at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab
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March 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Local news interviewed today about the cuts in science funding. www.fox10tv.com/2025/03/11/c...
#science #standupforscience #discovery
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Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries | Scientific Reports
Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries
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March 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Climate change and variability drive increasing exposure of marine heatwaves across US estuaries | Scientific Reports
Oysters are important. Our ongoing research seeks to protect and restore them by growing stronger oysters that survive better in nature. #addOcean www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1...
Research from Alabama's Mobile Bay help oyster reef restoration elsewhere
Researchers in Alabama are trying to toughen up baby oysters so they can better withstand predators. It's all part of an effort to restore oyster reefs around the world.
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March 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Oysters are important. Our ongoing research seeks to protect and restore them by growing stronger oysters that survive better in nature. #addOcean www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1...
I'm new to BlueSky. I wish I was posting about something more positive.
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Drastic cuts to scientific research funding will impact coastal Alabama economies and culture: op-ed
These funds not only support science but provide jobs for many people who support research efforts that in turn go back into our economy.
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March 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I'm new to BlueSky. I wish I was posting about something more positive.
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