Rachael Orben
@raorben.bsky.social
#seabirds #seals and why they move | Assistant Professor (Senior Research) at Oregon State University | #seabirdersaturday #rstats 🥏🧶 she/her
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Help us show the Trump administration how unpopular their plans to open our protected areas to industrial fishing are
Please sign and share our petition
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Please sign and share our petition
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October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Help us show the Trump administration how unpopular their plans to open our protected areas to industrial fishing are
Please sign and share our petition
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Please sign and share our petition
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***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky
October 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky
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USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week www.hcn.org/articles/usg... via @highcountrynews.org
USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week - High Country News
Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
www.hcn.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week www.hcn.org/articles/usg... via @highcountrynews.org
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Redefining "harm" in the Endangered Species Act could undo decades of habitat protection for threatened species. The public has until May 19 to comment on the Trump Administration proposal to exclude habitat destruction from the definition. An ecologist and a law professor explain: buff.ly/Lguz0su
May 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Redefining "harm" in the Endangered Species Act could undo decades of habitat protection for threatened species. The public has until May 19 to comment on the Trump Administration proposal to exclude habitat destruction from the definition. An ecologist and a law professor explain: buff.ly/Lguz0su
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This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data.
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
May 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data.
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
"As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported."
nsidc.org/data/user-re...
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Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That problem is, in a nutshell, how awfully journals are treating both authors and reviewers these days. I regularly hear stories from editors handling my papers, as well as accounts from colleagues, about the ridiculous number of review requests they send with no response.
conservationbytes.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
I used to think it was merely a post-COVID19 hiccough, but the extensive delays in receiving reviews for submitted manuscripts that I am seeing near constantly now are the symptoms of a much larger problem. That…
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The scientific community is at a pivotal moment right now. And we are seeing things start to shift. Now is the time for scientists and scientific institutions to step up. No one is coming to save us. 🧵
May 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The scientific community is at a pivotal moment right now. And we are seeing things start to shift. Now is the time for scientists and scientific institutions to step up. No one is coming to save us. 🧵
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Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever
Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."
www.404media.co
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Petabytes of critical government research that is marked for possible deletion cannot be archived because of technical and legal restrictions, meaning it is very likely to be lost forever:
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
www.404media.co/nih-archives...
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“Installing rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll cannot occur without significantly disrupting wildlife and harming the important bird colonies found there,” said Michael J. Parr, President of ABC. Read more at abcbirds.org/news/johnsto...
Proposed Rocket Test Site Could Jeopardize Pacific Seabird Nesting Refuge
The U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) recently issued a notice proposing the construction and operation of two commercial rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, home to n...
abcbirds.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Installing rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll cannot occur without significantly disrupting wildlife and harming the important bird colonies found there,” said Michael J. Parr, President of ABC. Read more at abcbirds.org/news/johnsto...
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Pelagic cormorant 🪶
March 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Pelagic cormorant 🪶
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So many years in the making, and finally it's out! Enjoy the second baby of my (now ancient) PhD, a labour of love and... well labour of so many people!
Exciting new research by @crittermapper.bsky.social and researchers from @seabirdecology.bsky.social studies the migratory connectivity and non-breeding distributions of Calonectris shearwaters, and their implications for species differentiation and population structure
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
March 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
So many years in the making, and finally it's out! Enjoy the second baby of my (now ancient) PhD, a labour of love and... well labour of so many people!
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The White-bellied Storm-petrel trip also gave up one of two deployed GLS loggers. 1st ever track. Aust. to Chile (10K km) and down towards the Antarctica coast. Unprecedented?! So hard to access remote colonies with over 80 island-days available (2009-2025) but only 8 landings possible.#Seabirds 🪶
March 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The White-bellied Storm-petrel trip also gave up one of two deployed GLS loggers. 1st ever track. Aust. to Chile (10K km) and down towards the Antarctica coast. Unprecedented?! So hard to access remote colonies with over 80 island-days available (2009-2025) but only 8 landings possible.#Seabirds 🪶
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Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.
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Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Exploring R Package Usage in Academia
I am running a quick survey to find out which R packages academics use the most in their research and teaching. The goal is to see which tools are essential, spot any gaps, and maybe even discover som...
docs.google.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Merkley: "The best time to take on a tyrant is as early as possible. And this is the moment."
March 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Merkley: "The best time to take on a tyrant is as early as possible. And this is the moment."
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It’s taken 2 years but our hard work on Roach Is. off Lord Howe has been successful. Providing habitat for White-bellied Storm-petrels- safe from larger Little Shearwaters that take over natural burrows during chick provisioning. A slow burn project with many collaborators invested in success.
March 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It’s taken 2 years but our hard work on Roach Is. off Lord Howe has been successful. Providing habitat for White-bellied Storm-petrels- safe from larger Little Shearwaters that take over natural burrows during chick provisioning. A slow burn project with many collaborators invested in success.
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The owl gull: exclusively nocturnal foraging by the Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus in Galápagos. by Sebastian M. Cruz et al.
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_1/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_1/53_...
March 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The owl gull: exclusively nocturnal foraging by the Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus in Galápagos. by Sebastian M. Cruz et al.
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_1/53_...
#seabirds #OpenAccess
www.marineornithology.org/PDF/53_1/53_...
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4. Anti-Consumerism: Reject the commercialisation of science. Advocate for open access to scientific knowledge and oppose profit-driven research agendas. Knowledge should be shared freely, not hoarded for profit.
January 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
4. Anti-Consumerism: Reject the commercialisation of science. Advocate for open access to scientific knowledge and oppose profit-driven research agendas. Knowledge should be shared freely, not hoarded for profit.
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"Research shows what I’ve noticed throughout my career: women leaders are collaborative, inspiring, effective, and foster positive working environments."
@dochpjones.bsky.social writes a blog post for #IWD2025 🤝
See here👇
buff.ly/LQmcouU
@dochpjones.bsky.social writes a blog post for #IWD2025 🤝
See here👇
buff.ly/LQmcouU
March 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"Research shows what I’ve noticed throughout my career: women leaders are collaborative, inspiring, effective, and foster positive working environments."
@dochpjones.bsky.social writes a blog post for #IWD2025 🤝
See here👇
buff.ly/LQmcouU
@dochpjones.bsky.social writes a blog post for #IWD2025 🤝
See here👇
buff.ly/LQmcouU
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This isn’t about reducing waste. This is about dismantling one of the best public services your tax dollars have ever paid for — and selling it back to you at a premium."
#fisheries #oceanography
medium.com/@david.ruck/...
#fisheries #oceanography
medium.com/@david.ruck/...
NOAA Costs You $14 A Year - Privatizing Its Services Will Cost You Much More
I still remember the phone call that changed everything.
medium.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This isn’t about reducing waste. This is about dismantling one of the best public services your tax dollars have ever paid for — and selling it back to you at a premium."
#fisheries #oceanography
medium.com/@david.ruck/...
#fisheries #oceanography
medium.com/@david.ruck/...
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Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳
Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
March 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Excited to have contributed to this study where we tracked 29 sperm whales in the North Atlantic! 🐳
Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
Some traveled nearly 8000km and dove deeper then 1000m! 🛰️🌊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This is one of my favorite photos taken during this fieldwork of a 🐳 diving under the midnight sun 🌞
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Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
www.ucsusa.org
March 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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47M Americans use gas stoves that emit cancer-causing pollutants. Additionally, their climate impact is comparable to the CO2 emissions of 500k cars, according to Rob Jackson.
Read more:
A new #ClimateSolution via @apnews.com: bit.ly/43gRqnG
Jackson's research: stanford.io/3QJ30As
Read more:
A new #ClimateSolution via @apnews.com: bit.ly/43gRqnG
Jackson's research: stanford.io/3QJ30As
New stove that plugs into a normal wall outlet could be major gain for health and the climate
For 47 million American households, cooking means a gas stove. Gas stoves generate gases that aren't good for people's health and the gas itself contributes to climate change.
bit.ly
February 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
47M Americans use gas stoves that emit cancer-causing pollutants. Additionally, their climate impact is comparable to the CO2 emissions of 500k cars, according to Rob Jackson.
Read more:
A new #ClimateSolution via @apnews.com: bit.ly/43gRqnG
Jackson's research: stanford.io/3QJ30As
Read more:
A new #ClimateSolution via @apnews.com: bit.ly/43gRqnG
Jackson's research: stanford.io/3QJ30As
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Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
Predicting El Niño and La Niña is tough, but new research analyzing 20+ years of forecasts finds dynamical models outperform statistical ones, especially for El Niño. La Niña onset? That's been much harder. Read more in our new ENSO blog post! www.climate.gov/news-feature...
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
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I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
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