Ashtyn Isaak
@ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, NZ | Coral and macroalgal ecophysiology | Ocean acidification | Reef resilience | 🤿🪸🧪
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Great talk by @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social on her PhD work looking at effects of MHWs and thermal priming on coralline #algae 🪸 #ASPAB
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Great talk by @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social on her PhD work looking at effects of MHWs and thermal priming on coralline #algae 🪸 #ASPAB
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For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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PhD candidates @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social & @hollykoch20.bsky.social are researching how ocean acidification and high light contribute to bleaching, which includes:
🧪36 tanks, 4 species, 12 treatments, 400+ samples
🧬2 corals & 2 crustose coralline algae
🔬 Drivers: light, temp, & 4 levels of PCO2
🧪36 tanks, 4 species, 12 treatments, 400+ samples
🧬2 corals & 2 crustose coralline algae
🔬 Drivers: light, temp, & 4 levels of PCO2
May 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
PhD candidates @ashtyn-isaak.bsky.social & @hollykoch20.bsky.social are researching how ocean acidification and high light contribute to bleaching, which includes:
🧪36 tanks, 4 species, 12 treatments, 400+ samples
🧬2 corals & 2 crustose coralline algae
🔬 Drivers: light, temp, & 4 levels of PCO2
🧪36 tanks, 4 species, 12 treatments, 400+ samples
🧬2 corals & 2 crustose coralline algae
🔬 Drivers: light, temp, & 4 levels of PCO2
Calcium carbonate never looked so good. Can't wait to see what these beauties do in our latest experiment! #PhycologyFriday
April 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Calcium carbonate never looked so good. Can't wait to see what these beauties do in our latest experiment! #PhycologyFriday
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Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts.
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
March 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Heat exposure on Western Australian coral reefs is literally off the charts.
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
24 Degree Heating Weeks now at Ningaloo - the highest ever recorded.
6-8 DHW is lethal for most branching corals.
>20 is catastrophic.
coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/vs/m...
Looking forward to this fun seaweed week here in Welly!
#Wellington is holding a SEAWEED festival!!! This is just so cool! www.loverimurimu.org/festival
Seaweed Fest 2025 — Love Rimurimu
www.loverimurimu.org
March 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Looking forward to this fun seaweed week here in Welly!
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Happy #worldseagrassday! Although seagrasses are not algae, I’ll let it slide and allow these marine plants to have a cute moment for #PhycologyFriday. (Some Ulva mixed in too so I think it counts!) Bodega Bay, CA
February 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Happy #worldseagrassday! Although seagrasses are not algae, I’ll let it slide and allow these marine plants to have a cute moment for #PhycologyFriday. (Some Ulva mixed in too so I think it counts!) Bodega Bay, CA
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Anyone who’s surprised by this hasn’t been paying attention. www.abc.net.au/news/science...
'First time on record': Coral reefs across half of WA are bleaching
Western Australia has been hit by marine heatwaves since August, and now coral is bleaching in large areas along the coast from World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef to Ashmore Reef.
www.abc.net.au
February 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Anyone who’s surprised by this hasn’t been paying attention. www.abc.net.au/news/science...
A cute baby abalone lounging on CCA in a nest of Macrocystis. Happy #PhycologyFriday from the lab!
February 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A cute baby abalone lounging on CCA in a nest of Macrocystis. Happy #PhycologyFriday from the lab!
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I'm hesitant to report what the cuts are and where, so nobody tries to take advantage of the lack of rangers. But these reports are true and EMTs are being cut as well.
The parks emergency services will be severely impacted.
The parks emergency services will be severely impacted.
@publiccitizen.bsky.social @aclu.org @democracyforward.org
@altnps.bsky.social @altyellonatpark.org This breaks my heart. Somebody has to sue.
@altnps.bsky.social @altyellonatpark.org This breaks my heart. Somebody has to sue.
FFS!
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs
There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc
Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 are firing National Park Service EMTs
There will be no one to attend to you if you get attacked by wildlife, fall while climbing/hiking, have a skiing incident, are drowning, break a leg/arm/your neck, etc
Alex Wilds is one such federal employee. Read what he's saying
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'm hesitant to report what the cuts are and where, so nobody tries to take advantage of the lack of rangers. But these reports are true and EMTs are being cut as well.
The parks emergency services will be severely impacted.
The parks emergency services will be severely impacted.
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Still time to apply to come work with us!
February 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Still time to apply to come work with us!
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Americans are about to discover how science agencies fund universities. In both red and blue states. Slashing science = slashing jobs. Period.
Very clear the current regime has no intention of continuing to allow actual basic science in any form to continue with federal funding in the US.
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Americans are about to discover how science agencies fund universities. In both red and blue states. Slashing science = slashing jobs. Period.
Came across my first instance of removed public access data while working on a meta analysis this morning. The effects of data removal and funding freezes are sending shockwaves around the globe
#opendata
#opendata
Pull your climate data now before it's gone, like US health data.
February 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Came across my first instance of removed public access data while working on a meta analysis this morning. The effects of data removal and funding freezes are sending shockwaves around the globe
#opendata
#opendata
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DEI isn’t a feel-good slogan—it’s data-backed, peer-reviewed, and fundamental to better science. NSF bending to political pressure means ignoring decades of research. Science advances by evidence, not executive orders.
January 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
DEI isn’t a feel-good slogan—it’s data-backed, peer-reviewed, and fundamental to better science. NSF bending to political pressure means ignoring decades of research. Science advances by evidence, not executive orders.
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
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Our next experiment’s army of coral
frags ready to go. With 2 coral species and 2 CCA we will test physiological differences between thermal bleaching, light induced bleaching, and low pH induced bleaching using physiology, skeletal geochemistry, and gene expression at AIMS
frags ready to go. With 2 coral species and 2 CCA we will test physiological differences between thermal bleaching, light induced bleaching, and low pH induced bleaching using physiology, skeletal geochemistry, and gene expression at AIMS
December 2, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Our next experiment’s army of coral
frags ready to go. With 2 coral species and 2 CCA we will test physiological differences between thermal bleaching, light induced bleaching, and low pH induced bleaching using physiology, skeletal geochemistry, and gene expression at AIMS
frags ready to go. With 2 coral species and 2 CCA we will test physiological differences between thermal bleaching, light induced bleaching, and low pH induced bleaching using physiology, skeletal geochemistry, and gene expression at AIMS