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Dr. Melanie During
@melanieduring.com
Vertebrate Palaeontologist, science communicator, and ethics advocate.
Woke ideals such as wanting happiness, peace, and healthy living conditions for everyone.

#Paleontology #MomInScience #Firstgenscientist. BLM 🏳️‍🌈Ally🏳️‍⚧️. Dutch/English
Pinned
Some of the shit I segmented got published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social

Look at what I found in this tiny turd: Beetle elytra, a strange tube with “segments”. A pectinate or lamellate beetle or moth antenna. Arthropod appendages and a possible
invertebrate jaw bit
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"These sanctions are a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution," it said in a statement, adding that the measures put the international legal order at risk.”

www.reuters.com/world/rubio-...
Trump administration imposes sanctions on two more ICC judges
President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court's case against Israel, ratcheting up ...
www.reuters.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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A #PrehistoricPlanet Christmas, borrowed from jurassic_world_clipz on TikTok :) Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Happy holidays and all the best for 2026 from my family.
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Heroes.
Al Jazeera’s journalists risk everything to cover Israel’s war on Gaza, led by bureau chief Wael al Dahdouh who continues reporting even after losing his closest family.

Watch the film, The Price of Truth EP 1: aje.me/thepriceoftr...
December 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It's not us versus them.

It's just us.
a view of the earth from space shows a few clouds
ALT: a view of the earth from space shows a few clouds
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Getting into the Christmas spirit. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#Christmas #Xmas #Ukraine #Sudan #PeaceOnEarth
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Mosasaur tooth fossil reveals giant sea reptiles lived in freshwater rivers

https://www.newsbeep.com/au/347492/

At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic…
Mosasaur tooth fossil reveals giant sea reptiles lived in freshwater rivers - Australia News Beep
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic food webs. Mosasaurs had long bodies and were
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December 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Learn how chemical clues reveal a mosasaur was hunting in freshwater rivers as the Cretaceous seaway receded. www.discovermagazine.com/a-marine-pre...
A Marine Predator the Size of a Bus Patrolled Ancient Rivers 66 Million Years Ago
Learn how chemical clues reveal a mosasaur was hunting in freshwater rivers as the Cretaceous seaway receded.
www.discovermagazine.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Isotope analysis of a mosasaur tooth from North Dakota indicates that some mosasaurs inhabited freshwater rivers as well as marine environments in the final million years before extinction. doi.org/hbfgck
Sea reptile's tooth shows that mosasaurs could live in freshwater
Mosasaurs, giant marine reptiles that existed more than 66 million years ago, lived not only in the sea but also in rivers.
phys.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Ep171: Freshwater Mosasaurs
www.palaeocast.com/mosasaurs/

We're dipping into the Late Cretaceous rivers of the Hell Creek Formation in this special episode. What's the worst that could happen?

Oh and we made a video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q24...

#mosasaur #paleo #fossil #dinosaur #geochem
"King of the Riverside", a multi-proxy approach offers a new perspective on mosasaurs
YouTube video by Palaeo cast
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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PFAS-lozingen gewoon verbieden omdat de veiligheid en kwaliteit van drinkwater voorop staat: het kan blijkbaar.
Minister Brouns verbiedt PFAS-lozing in IJzer: "Geen compromissen over drinkwater in Diksmuide" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Het afvalverwerkend bedrijf TWZ uit Diksmuide mag geen afvalwater met PFAS meer lozen in de IJzer. PFAS is de verzamelnaam voor chemische stoffen die bijna niet afbreken in het milieu en het lichaam, ...
www.vrt.be
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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On the off-chance that you are one of the three people left in the world who hasn't heard me talking about stegosaurs, you can catch me here, on The Ancients podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=I9Vk...
Inside The Bizarre Biology Of The Stegosaurs
YouTube video by The Ancients
youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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„Zoals zeehonden en dolfijnen met enige regelmaat in rivieren worden aangetroffen moet zo’n tijdelijk uitstapje voor mosasauriërs ook geen probleem zijn geweest.” @melanieduring.com

@gemmavenhuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #paleontologie
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Data centres are being marketed as 'vital cogs in the energy transition', but the metaphor is wrong. They're black holes, sucking up time, light, matter and energy from the decarbonisation space and redeploying it to protecting big tech's profits.

www.businessinsider.com/ford-data-ce...
Ford is pulling back on EVs and getting in on the AI boom
The Detroit auto giant said on Monday it would pull back from electric vehicles in a move that would cost the company nearly $20 billion.
www.businessinsider.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The first palaeo-artist's reconstructions are trickling in. Check out this amazing freshwater mosasaur with a Tyrannosaurus carcass in a river in the Hell Creek by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Vanavond in het 8 uur journaal over ons nieuwe onderzoek waarin wij ontdekten dat mosasauriërs ook in rivieren voorkwamen! #aardwetenschappen #paleontologie #mosasaurus @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @uuvertpalaeo.bsky.social @ndgspaleo.bsky.social @perahlberg.bsky.social @boydpaleo.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Zo veel vreselijk nieuws, en dan toch met onze bescheiden paleontologische ontdekking de voorpagina van de @nieuws.nos.nl mogen halen op de laatste maandag voor de kerstvakantie.

nos.nl/artikel/2594...
December 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Only two pieces tonight on #paleostream
Funnily quite similar in lighting conditions :P
First is the Hell Creek mosasaur second is Kaatedocus, taking into account the recently described melanosomes and their potential for coloration.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Can finally share this #watercolor #paleoart I did a few years back of the “King of the Riverside” I did for the new paper by @melanieduring.com which shows that in Hell Creek there were giant Prognathodon mosasaurs that were living in freshwater (not just visiting)
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Freshwater mosasaurs for #FossilFriday! New study by @melanieduring.com & colleagues find Late Cretaceous mosasaur teeth in Hell Creek Formation (ND) with geochemical signatures of living in freshwater rivers. Paleoartists, fire up your art tools & have fun creating mosasaur vs. T. rex battles! 🧪🦖
Mosasaurs, the giant marine reptiles that roamed the Earth more than 66 million years ago, didn’t just live in the sea. Our new research shows that they could thrive in freshwater too! Let’s dive into what we’ve discovered.
#Paleontology #Mosasaurs
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM