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Dr. Sven N. Nielsen
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geologist, paleontologist, malacologist
Professor @ Universidad Austral de Chile
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IPCC Chair @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social addressed the opening of Earth Information Day 2025 at COP30 today, stating that “during testing times, and facing complex challenges, IPCC will continue to reach for consensus on a shared and trusted evidence base.”

➡️ Full remarks www.ipcc.ch/2025/11/10/c...
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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This illustration from a classic, reminds us, that we need all three approaches to the ancient worlds:
Palæontography - the description of past life forms
Palæobiology - purely biological theoretical outlook
Palæontology - a holistic study of the past, combining different fields.
🧪 ⚒️ #Paleobio
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Daily mollusk 🧪
Putting US mollusk collections on the map

New pub on the project Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard, about why support for and digitization of mollusk collections matters

Not mine but PRI & Marvelous Mollusks exhibit are discussed🦑

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Putting U.S. mollusk collections on the map: collaborative digitization and innovation
PDF | Among biocollections, mollusks are a particularly powerful resource for a wide range of studies, including biogeography, conservation, ecology,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
www.researchgate.net
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Loosing the PRI would devastate paleontology. Its collections are just incredible 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Pretty good article about the specifics of PRI's situation and what led to the immediate need they have from upstate NY based media.

www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
This hidden gem Upstate NY museum with dino bones you can touch is on the brink of extinction
Officials say the museum that houses a mastadon skeleton needs to raise $1 million by the end of 2025 to avoid foreclosure.
www.newyorkupstate.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Daily mollusk 🧪
A few weeks ago I trash talked myself right into an art challenge with Franz by saying I was going to draw 3 nudibranchs for every crab because we need MORE nudibranchs and LESS crabs...

So today I present to you, TRIPLE the nudis to Franz's crabs.

#Invertebrates #SciArt #TradArt
October 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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New rules for a rat-race. I my opinion, all this micro-accounting (= internal author struggles), inhibits effective collaboration. Science increasingly turns to a goal-oriented bureaucracy, away from an open art-like exploration, curiosity and thruth-seeking.
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Daily mollusk - well played title 🧪
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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dang it bobbit progress video
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This article captures the critical need for deliberate, coordinated support of scientific databases such as #BHL @biodivlibrary.bsky.social. Scientific information must be recognized as core infrastructure, not a peripheral project. 🧪
Article: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sustainability During Instability: Long-Lived Life Science Databases and Science Funding Outlook in the United States
For decades, life science researchers have had cost-free, unrestricted access to data through online databases. However, the sustainability of even well-established resources was already tenuous, and ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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10 years ago, our co-edited Topics in Geobiology volumes on #Ammonoid #Paleobiology came out:

From anatomy to ecology:
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
From macroevolution to paleogeography: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

In the last months of 2025, i will explore new discoveries on these topics in a thread:
Ammonoid Paleobiology: From anatomy to ecology
This two-volume work is a testament to the abiding interest and human fascination with ammonites. We offer a new model to explain the morphogenesis of septa and the shell, we explore their habitats by the content of stable isotopes in their shells, we discuss the origin and later evolution of this important clade, and we deliver hypotheses on its demise. The Ammonoidea produced a great number of species that can be used in biostratigraphy and possibly, this is the macrofossil group, which has been used the most for that purpose. Nevertheless, many aspects of their anatomy, mode of life, development or paleobiogeographic distribution are still poorly known. Themes treated are biostratigraphy, paleoecology, paleoenvironment, paleobiogeography, evolution, phylogeny, and ontogeny. Advances such as an explosion of new information about ammonites, new technologies such as isotopic analysis, tomography and virtual paleontology in general, as well as continuous discovery of newfossil finds have given us the opportunity to present a comprehensive and timely "state of the art" compilation. Moreover, it also points the way for future studies to further enhance our understanding of this endlessly fascinating group of organisms.
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A shame this happens within a respected regional journal 🧪
Sleuth unearths citation, authorship issues at earth sciences journal
Carlos Conforti Ferreira Guedes, a geology professor at the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil, came across a paper in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences earlier this year with irrele…
retractionwatch.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"After nearly 40 years, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, or ARCUS, will close September 30."

"The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives."
After Trump cut the National Science Foundation by 56 percent, a venerable Arctic research center closes its doors
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States funded programs that aided Indigenous communities and tracked melting sea ice, among dozens of initiatives.
grist.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Taphonomy is the science of what happens between death and discovery.
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
daily mollusk. Nautilus and Allonautilus are the only living genera of nautiloids, a once very diverse group of cephalopod mollusks 🧪
September 19: “depths”
I’m finally back home after over a month scuba diving in Indonesia. Here is a digital drawing of a nautilus that I did while in transit.
#sciartseptember #sciart #coralreefs
#marinelife #oceanconservation.
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I just deleted my account. Not much use anyway and this is just too much... 🧪
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
daily mollusk. platycerids are neritimorph gastropods. as it states here, they are coprophages - they literally ate sh*t 🧪
Platycerid snails are often found attached to crinoid calyxes as coprophages (they ate waste). A few species had long spines.

These are from the Devonian Arkona Fm. of Ontario.

#FossilFriday
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Do you want to practice conversational Spanish & English with us? The GeoLatinas Professional and Personal Development Committee invites you to participate in the SIXTH year of "Conversando con GeoLatinas", a language-exchange initiative for Spanish & English at all levels.
👇
September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Umm, ok. Far-left, eh?
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Daily mollusk - sea silk
Sea silk is spun from the byssal threads of the noble pen shell and other members of the Pinnidae. They use these strong threads as an anchor to stay rooted in sandy substrates, but we treat it with lemon juice giving it a golden color, and spin it into a rare fabric! (253)
September 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM