Erin Rowland-Schaefer
docrowschaef.bsky.social
Erin Rowland-Schaefer
@docrowschaef.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Biology at UNO studying science communication education and tallgrass prairie management | Prairie Ecologist | Hockey Fan | Opinions Are My Own
The professor is in!
August 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Twelve years (and 2.1 billion views) ago, when my brother and I decided that we could make videos that could maybe help people in their high school and college educations and then give them away for free, no one was there to tell us we were crazy, and I am very glad for that...🧵
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. I like to think that ‘foreswunk’ is to be exhausted before you even begin.
May 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.
April 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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This would be utterly disastrous not just for climate research, but this data is very interwoven into the fabric of our economy. As the story notes, farmers and fisheries depend on it. It is *crucial* to the insurance industry.
BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted
www.science.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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THANK YOU EVERYONE for another INCREDIBLE MARCH MAMMAL MADNESS! #2025MMM

Please help defend the Arctic and protect Polar Bears!

www.defendthearctic.org
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April 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Time has NOT run out, & each of us can make an impact protecting our communities & recovering our ecosystems- through our time, through our effort, through our choices, through our political engagement, through our thoughtful conversations with loved ones. #2025MMM
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April 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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March Mammal Madness would not be possible without MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, & the Department of Education!!! Protect theses essential foundations of our society. These are the fulcrum moments of history on which our future TILTS. #2025MMM
April 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Further- March Mammal Madness would not be possible without the incredible achievements of scientists the world over, so many funded by those engines of excellence- the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration #2025MMM
April 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Real Talk: you hear from me A LOT, but March Mammal Madness is made possible by the most incredible teaMMM of the very awesomest people you will ever have the honor of knowing and collaborating with! #2025MMM
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April 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Recent weeks, months, years have been full of challenges and heartbreak. For everyone. For all of you here tonight, we are so happy and thankful that you are joining us in this celebration of our natural world. #2025MMM
April 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
March 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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RAMPANT TAIL ENVY IN MY TIMELINE #2025MMM
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I have spent three hours trying to solve a problem with census data and ArcGIS so I can extract data for a colleague’s dissertation research. I am somehow no closer to a solution now than I was when I started. I’m going home, we’ll try again tomorrow.
March 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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WOW WHAT A NIGHT!
Polar Bear
Narwhal
Gelada
Sun Bear
Gingko & Rhizzo
Alligator Gar
Addax
& Puma ADVANCE
to Tomorrow Night's ELITE TRAIT
and the beginning of RANDOM HABITATS!
Who will triumph? WHO WILL FALL?
#2025MMM
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March 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Y’all wanted carnage… #2025MMM
March 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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March 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Such an epic battle! Though I sort of got attached to frilled shark and those terrifying teeth… #2025MMM #NoSleepOnlyShark
ALLIGATOR GAR DEFEATS FRILLED SHARK!!! #2025MMM
March 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I can't believe I actually spent time making this mmmeme #2025MMM
March 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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AND A BIG WARM WELCOME FROM THE #2025MMM COMMMUNITY for our special GUEST NARRATOR FOR THIS NEXT BATTLE... @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
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March 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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March 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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NOW THEY'RE PEEING JUST FOR FUNSIES #2025MMM
SCRITCH SCRITCH SCRITCH- Ringed Seal rolls against the impervious Ginkgo. Ringed seal urinates, releasing nitrogen and other nutrients into the soil, and then galumphs down the hillside searching for freshwater... BEYOND THE FIELD OF BATTLE! #2025MMM
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Next Up: 1-seed Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) and Rhizzo (Rhizophagus aggregatum) vs. 5-seed Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) #2025MMM
March 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Does anyone in my network happen to have a successful Spencer Foundation Small Research Grant on Education proposal that they would be willing to share? #STEMEd #BioEd #STEMEducation
March 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM