Alexa Fredston
@afredston.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Ocean Sciences at UCSC. Modeling ecological and biogeographical dynamics in past, current, and future seas.
if you'll be at #WSN2025 be sure to catch Jordana's talk (8:30AM on Sat in the intertidal session) and ask her all about this project and the other marine biogeography projects we have in the pipeline!
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
if you'll be at #WSN2025 be sure to catch Jordana's talk (8:30AM on Sat in the intertidal session) and ask her all about this project and the other marine biogeography projects we have in the pipeline!
understanding extreme events and #speciesonthemove is rarely possible with modern-day datasets. instead, we screened hundreds of papers and read agency reports (like these books from the UCSC library) to bring old observations of range extensions to light. some species shifted 1000s of km in a year!
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
understanding extreme events and #speciesonthemove is rarely possible with modern-day datasets. instead, we screened hundreds of papers and read agency reports (like these books from the UCSC library) to bring old observations of range extensions to light. some species shifted 1000s of km in a year!
the deadline is far in the future and so is the start date, to give us time to find the right person
we have decades of cool data (tags, photos, and more) and an opportunity to gain new insight into whale decision-making in changing resource landscapes
please share widely and ask me anything!
we have decades of cool data (tags, photos, and more) and an opportunity to gain new insight into whale decision-making in changing resource landscapes
please share widely and ask me anything!
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
the deadline is far in the future and so is the start date, to give us time to find the right person
we have decades of cool data (tags, photos, and more) and an opportunity to gain new insight into whale decision-making in changing resource landscapes
please share widely and ask me anything!
we have decades of cool data (tags, photos, and more) and an opportunity to gain new insight into whale decision-making in changing resource landscapes
please share widely and ask me anything!
"plenty of vaccine development is unsuccessful" as if every conversation with chatgpt gets a standing ovation 😅
FWIW big culture shift in my students from two years ago. they low key hate AI now
FWIW big culture shift in my students from two years ago. they low key hate AI now
October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"plenty of vaccine development is unsuccessful" as if every conversation with chatgpt gets a standing ovation 😅
FWIW big culture shift in my students from two years ago. they low key hate AI now
FWIW big culture shift in my students from two years ago. they low key hate AI now
hi!! you're over here! 🦋
don't think there's Zarr although Zarr is new to me. Copernicus (the GLORYS host) just overhauled their data access portal and I see today there's a brand-new R package wrapper for their python API: github.com/pepijn-devri...
I'll try this today and see how far I can get.
don't think there's Zarr although Zarr is new to me. Copernicus (the GLORYS host) just overhauled their data access portal and I see today there's a brand-new R package wrapper for their python API: github.com/pepijn-devri...
I'll try this today and see how far I can get.
GitHub - pepijn-devries/CopernicusMarine: Subset and download marine data from EU Copernicus Marine Service Information. Import data on the oceans physical and biogeochemical state from Copern...
Subset and download marine data from EU Copernicus Marine Service Information. Import data on the oceans physical and biogeochemical state from Copernicus into R without the need of ext...
github.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
hi!! you're over here! 🦋
don't think there's Zarr although Zarr is new to me. Copernicus (the GLORYS host) just overhauled their data access portal and I see today there's a brand-new R package wrapper for their python API: github.com/pepijn-devri...
I'll try this today and see how far I can get.
don't think there's Zarr although Zarr is new to me. Copernicus (the GLORYS host) just overhauled their data access portal and I see today there's a brand-new R package wrapper for their python API: github.com/pepijn-devri...
I'll try this today and see how far I can get.