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Pluto Liu
@plutoxliu.bsky.social
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She/They | PhD student @ Uni of Otago | Antarctica, Kelp, Ecology, Genomics, Marine Sci| also a social and environmental activist, professional house sitter, amateur tattooer and more 🚐 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿🇦🇶
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In the Antarctic Peninsula advocating queer rights! (And collecting my samples on the side haha)
Me holding a pride flag in Antarctica. There are a lot of penguins at the background and lots of snow and ice and the ocean.
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Maybe I’ll become a cat account instead of science 🤔
A grey/white cat sleeping on my stomach with front paws stretched out on the couch
February 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Advances and shortfalls in knowledge of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity
Antarctica harbors many distinctive features of life, yet much about the diversity and functioning of Antarctica’s life remains unknown. Evolutionary histories and functional ecology are well understo...
www.science.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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More kelp babies! They have developed into gametophytes!
Gametophytes of giant kelp - they look like a ball of yarn but in green-brownish-transparent colour with some strings of cells sticking out
September 23, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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Small giant kelp babies
Microscope screenshot of kelp spores - they look like small green circles
September 12, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Field trip in Concepćion, Chile.
Beach covered in shells with ocean background
September 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Paper in Global Change Biology: Floating debris and organisms can raft to Antarctic coasts from all major Southern Hemisphere landmasses
➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Floating debris and organisms can raft to Antarctic coasts from all major Southern Hemisphere landmasses
Non-native marine species can reach Antarctica by hitching a ride on floating objects like kelp, driftwood, pumice, and plastic. Until now, these non-native species were only thought to have drifted ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 22, 2024 at 4:49 AM