Vicky Jackson
@vickylnjackson.bsky.social
PhD in Arctic Ocean microbial ecology, omics, evolution & diversity. Looking for a postdoc position in Europe. 🦠🧬❄️👩🏻💻
Also nature/wildlife, mental health, neurodiversity and cats 🤿🌊🧠😺🌿
French/British/European 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺
Also nature/wildlife, mental health, neurodiversity and cats 🤿🌊🧠😺🌿
French/British/European 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇺
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🌊 Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🌊 Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists find 10% chance that similar events to the ‘unheard of’ temperatures in 2023 could occur each year
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚗💨 New research reveals #TyreParticles are both eaten by – and cling to – tiny estuarine animals.
These particles can make up 73% of #microplastics in such habitats.
Led by PhD researcher Charlotte Woodhouse (@charlwoodhouse.bsky.social) at PML & Exeter University.
🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/micropl...
These particles can make up 73% of #microplastics in such habitats.
Led by PhD researcher Charlotte Woodhouse (@charlwoodhouse.bsky.social) at PML & Exeter University.
🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/micropl...
October 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚗💨 New research reveals #TyreParticles are both eaten by – and cling to – tiny estuarine animals.
These particles can make up 73% of #microplastics in such habitats.
Led by PhD researcher Charlotte Woodhouse (@charlwoodhouse.bsky.social) at PML & Exeter University.
🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/micropl...
These particles can make up 73% of #microplastics in such habitats.
Led by PhD researcher Charlotte Woodhouse (@charlwoodhouse.bsky.social) at PML & Exeter University.
🔗 pml.ac.uk/news/micropl...
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Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
www.construction-physics.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
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For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
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Super excited to be advertising a #PhD position on how #marine #biodiversity affects #ecosystem functioning in the #Arctic at Aarhus uni . Pls apply and repost. I am looking forward to working with you.🧪🦑🦀🌍
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
Linking marine biodiversity to ecosystem function across scales in the Arctic
phd.nat.au.dk
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Super excited to be advertising a #PhD position on how #marine #biodiversity affects #ecosystem functioning in the #Arctic at Aarhus uni . Pls apply and repost. I am looking forward to working with you.🧪🦑🦀🌍
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...
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Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature
A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪🌍🦤🧬
#consgen #PopGen
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My latest Forbes article is all about SUVs. Specifically, it delves into two new research papers - one from traffic engineering, and one from public health - that shows how these increasingly-popular (and increasingly large) vehicles come with major downsides 🧪
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
SUVs Make Traffic Worse And Are More Dangerous Than Cars
Two new research papers show the downsides of upsizing our vehicles. SUVs have a disproportionate impact on traffic jams, and they injure more people than cars
www.forbes.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My latest Forbes article is all about SUVs. Specifically, it delves into two new research papers - one from traffic engineering, and one from public health - that shows how these increasingly-popular (and increasingly large) vehicles come with major downsides 🧪
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
May 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Bottom trawling is horribly destructive to coastal ocean ecosystems, and deep-sea mining will do the same to the open ocean. #OceanFilm 🌊
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It's a must see film.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Attenborough at 99: naturalist ‘goes further than before’ to speak out against industrial fishing in new film
The celebrated presenter warns of ‘modern day colonialism at sea’ as he highlights the destruction caused by overfishing and bottom trawling
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
It's a must see film.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Great piece by Callum @profcallum.bsky.social on the new David Attenborough film #Ocean @exetermarine.bsky.social very relevant to our #ConvexSeascapeSurvey project.
theconversation.com/david-attenb...
theconversation.com/david-attenb...
David Attenborough’s Ocean reveals how bottom trawling is hurting sealife in horrifying detail
Industrial fishing has caused immense damage to ocean life, but given the right protection, the sea has miraculous powers of recovery.
theconversation.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Great piece by Callum @profcallum.bsky.social on the new David Attenborough film #Ocean @exetermarine.bsky.social very relevant to our #ConvexSeascapeSurvey project.
theconversation.com/david-attenb...
theconversation.com/david-attenb...
Ocean with David Attenborough is deeply moving, shocking and hopeful. A call to action for policymakers around the world. A must-see film that made me proud to be a marine scientist! 🌊 #oceanwithdavidattenborough
May 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Ocean with David Attenborough is deeply moving, shocking and hopeful. A call to action for policymakers around the world. A must-see film that made me proud to be a marine scientist! 🌊 #oceanwithdavidattenborough
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AI-generated image crisis in science.
Among these 2 TEM images, only one is true!
Can you tell which one was generated by AI?
Left or right?
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajh....
Among these 2 TEM images, only one is true!
Can you tell which one was generated by AI?
Left or right?
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajh....
May 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
AI-generated image crisis in science.
Among these 2 TEM images, only one is true!
Can you tell which one was generated by AI?
Left or right?
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajh....
Among these 2 TEM images, only one is true!
Can you tell which one was generated by AI?
Left or right?
@elisabethbik.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ajh....
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A study in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, using in-situ observations and two different tree-ring reconstructions, shows that summer 2024 was the warmest summer in 2000 years in northern Fennoscandia. 🧪
Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Summer 2024 was exceptionally warm in northern Fennoscandia, with June-August mean temperatures at several long-term weather stations surpassing the long-standing record set in 1937. In this region, summer mean temperatures have been reconstructed from tree-ring proxies, which provide annually resolved and millennium-long records of past climate. Here we show, using in-situ observations and two different tree-ring reconstructions, that summer 2024 was the warmest summer in 2000 years in northern Fennoscandia. Employing an attribution method based on Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 climate models, we further estimate that climate change increased the likelihood of this extreme season by a factor of 93 (5–95% uncertainty range 19–881) and increased the temperature an additional 2.1 °C (1.4–2.8 °C). Atmospheric circulation patterns influencing both summers 1937 and 2024 were largely similar, suggesting a comparable large-scale circulation influence. Our findings highlight the impact of climate change for the contemporary heat extremes in Fennoscandia, indicating that the warming of summer climate is emerging from its range of natural climate variability over the last two millennia.
go.nature.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A study in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, using in-situ observations and two different tree-ring reconstructions, shows that summer 2024 was the warmest summer in 2000 years in northern Fennoscandia. 🧪
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Increased heat transport into the Arctic contributes to Arctic Amplification and sea ice loss. Cheng et al., separate effects of heat import from the Pacific & Atlantic finding that increased Atlantic heat inflow affects the entire Arctic Ocean 🌊 🐻❄️
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March 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Increased heat transport into the Arctic contributes to Arctic Amplification and sea ice loss. Cheng et al., separate effects of heat import from the Pacific & Atlantic finding that increased Atlantic heat inflow affects the entire Arctic Ocean 🌊 🐻❄️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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It begins.
What a fucking time to be a grad student. #academicsky
What a fucking time to be a grad student. #academicsky
People with doctorates are the most liberal and progressive. The entire mission of destroying academia is to eliminate entire voting demographics. They explicitly spell this out.
Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.
Shutting down PhD programs isn't an accident, it's the goal.
February 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It begins.
What a fucking time to be a grad student. #academicsky
What a fucking time to be a grad student. #academicsky
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A new special issue of Science highlights research on Earth’s frozen places—from the Arctic to the Antarctic—and how it’s changing due to climate change and the geopolitical challenges this important work faces.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jPYRID
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jPYRID
February 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A new special issue of Science highlights research on Earth’s frozen places—from the Arctic to the Antarctic—and how it’s changing due to climate change and the geopolitical challenges this important work faces.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jPYRID
Learn more: https://scim.ag/4jPYRID
Submitted my thesis today! Thank you to my supervisors Adam @marinebugs.bsky.social and Mike and everyone at @lsiexeter.bsky.social for their support over the years! 🦠🧬🧪🔬
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Submitted my thesis today! Thank you to my supervisors Adam @marinebugs.bsky.social and Mike and everyone at @lsiexeter.bsky.social for their support over the years! 🦠🧬🧪🔬
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This petition to stop Musk pouring his cash into UK politics is currently the most popular on the parliamentary petitions site
It’s leapt from under 30k signatures yesterday evening to nearly 40k now
You know what to do: keep signing & sharing!
bsky.app/profile/guys...
It’s leapt from under 30k signatures yesterday evening to nearly 40k now
You know what to do: keep signing & sharing!
bsky.app/profile/guys...
Stop Musk from funding far-right politics in the UK!
I just signed this petition 'Tighten the rules on political donations' - it's nearly at 30,000 signatures - can you add your name too? -
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I just signed this petition 'Tighten the rules on political donations' - it's nearly at 30,000 signatures - can you add your name too? -
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to:
Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).
Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This petition to stop Musk pouring his cash into UK politics is currently the most popular on the parliamentary petitions site
It’s leapt from under 30k signatures yesterday evening to nearly 40k now
You know what to do: keep signing & sharing!
bsky.app/profile/guys...
It’s leapt from under 30k signatures yesterday evening to nearly 40k now
You know what to do: keep signing & sharing!
bsky.app/profile/guys...
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Call for postdocs proposals on Plankton Image at University of Oslo by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships! Great international team involved! Get it touch! 📨 @biovitenskap.bsky.social
www.uio.no/dscience/eng...
www.uio.no/dscience/eng...
ONEPlankton - interconnecting methods for high-throughput phytoplankton diversity and abundance - dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
www.uio.no
January 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Call for postdocs proposals on Plankton Image at University of Oslo by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowships! Great international team involved! Get it touch! 📨 @biovitenskap.bsky.social
www.uio.no/dscience/eng...
www.uio.no/dscience/eng...
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Shotgun metagenomics reveals the flexibility and diversity of Arctic marine microbiomes academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
January 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Shotgun metagenomics reveals the flexibility and diversity of Arctic marine microbiomes academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a... #jcampubs
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All I'm saying, @royalsociety.org, is that your one of your Fellows giving Nazi salutes is never going to be a good look for you.
January 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
All I'm saying, @royalsociety.org, is that your one of your Fellows giving Nazi salutes is never going to be a good look for you.
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afrikaner doing a fascist salute on the stage on mlk day is i think a pretty perfect encapsulation of where we are in america, thankfully our media is pretty prepared to cover it
January 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
afrikaner doing a fascist salute on the stage on mlk day is i think a pretty perfect encapsulation of where we are in america, thankfully our media is pretty prepared to cover it
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Dear Brexiters and Right-wing nationalsts,
The EU never told us which prime ministers we're allowed to have, but Farage collaborated with a foreign billionaire to help him buy Downing Street.
How are you feeling now?
The EU never told us which prime ministers we're allowed to have, but Farage collaborated with a foreign billionaire to help him buy Downing Street.
How are you feeling now?
January 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Dear Brexiters and Right-wing nationalsts,
The EU never told us which prime ministers we're allowed to have, but Farage collaborated with a foreign billionaire to help him buy Downing Street.
How are you feeling now?
The EU never told us which prime ministers we're allowed to have, but Farage collaborated with a foreign billionaire to help him buy Downing Street.
How are you feeling now?
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A tale of two headlines based on the same press release.
The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”
The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”
January 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A tale of two headlines based on the same press release.
The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”
The reality, of course, is that the National Trust’s nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by “improving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.”