Sarah Whorley, Ph.D.
@dralgaegirl.bsky.social
Professor of Biology/Ecology and #TriBeta advisor doing #SLACScience. I focus on understanding how human activities affect freshwater algal biochemistry. Gardener, hiker, baker, dog/cat mom. RP ≠ endorsement.
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Finally getting to a good place with this presentation! It's still not nearly as much data as I'd hoped to have ready by this point, but that's the way it goes! Come see me next week at #IAGLR2025!
It's not doing anything crazy at the moment, but it's a nice thing to have on in the background while grading www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's not doing anything crazy at the moment, but it's a nice thing to have on in the background while grading www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
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Emily Dickinson's herbarium – a forgotten treasure at the intersection of poetry and science www.themarginalian.org/2017/05/23/e...
Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Forgotten Treasure at the Intersection of Science and Poetry
An elegy for time and the mortality of beauty, composed with passionate patience and a sensuous cadence.
www.themarginalian.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Emily Dickinson's herbarium – a forgotten treasure at the intersection of poetry and science www.themarginalian.org/2017/05/23/e...
Apply!! I was an AE for JEcol for 2 years and it was a fantastic experience, especially for ECR! I learned a lot about what happens behind the curtain at a major journal and it really improved my own writing (a very selfish reason for doing it).
📣 Ecologists and evolutionary biologists! Have you ever wanted to be a journal editor? BES journals are having an open call for editors. Details: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl... Happy to answer any Qs! Open to all nationalities. Applications from postdocs welcome :)
Apply to be a BES Associate Editor - British Ecological Society
Help advance outstanding ecological research by joining our Editorial Boards! Applications are now open across all seven BES journals.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Apply!! I was an AE for JEcol for 2 years and it was a fantastic experience, especially for ECR! I learned a lot about what happens behind the curtain at a major journal and it really improved my own writing (a very selfish reason for doing it).
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It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
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Umpqua pikeminnow is the 3rd (of 4) pikeminnow species I’ve caught.
Endemic to the Umpqua & Siuslaw River drainages of Oregon, it’s the smallest pikeminnow.
#25DaysofFishmas
Endemic to the Umpqua & Siuslaw River drainages of Oregon, it’s the smallest pikeminnow.
#25DaysofFishmas
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Umpqua pikeminnow is the 3rd (of 4) pikeminnow species I’ve caught.
Endemic to the Umpqua & Siuslaw River drainages of Oregon, it’s the smallest pikeminnow.
#25DaysofFishmas
Endemic to the Umpqua & Siuslaw River drainages of Oregon, it’s the smallest pikeminnow.
#25DaysofFishmas
Hot take: Gremlins is a better xmas movie than Die Hard
a close up of a gremlin wearing a santa hat and smiling .
ALT: a close up of a gremlin wearing a santa hat and smiling .
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hot take: Gremlins is a better xmas movie than Die Hard
Come learn about ferns! I've really been enjoying St. Planthony's content on FB. He's here on BlueSky, but doesn't seem to post anything... www.facebook.com/reel/1949474...
67 reactions · 6 comments | Fern Facts! 🌿🍄🌈✨ | Saint Planthony
Fern Facts! 🌿🍄🌈✨
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December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Come learn about ferns! I've really been enjoying St. Planthony's content on FB. He's here on BlueSky, but doesn't seem to post anything... www.facebook.com/reel/1949474...
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An all-too-common interaction I've had:
Scientist: Our research can help shape policy to protect this endangered animal.
Me: Neat! How? What policy? What is it now, and what should it be instead?
Scientist: Uhhhhh.....
Our new paper can help!
www.southernfriedscience.com/shark-scient... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Scientist: Our research can help shape policy to protect this endangered animal.
Me: Neat! How? What policy? What is it now, and what should it be instead?
Scientist: Uhhhhh.....
Our new paper can help!
www.southernfriedscience.com/shark-scient... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Shark scientists want their research to help save threatened species, but don’t know how. Our new paper can help.
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, and accordingly many scientists who study sharks want their research to be useful for conservation. However, most scientific training does n…
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
An all-too-common interaction I've had:
Scientist: Our research can help shape policy to protect this endangered animal.
Me: Neat! How? What policy? What is it now, and what should it be instead?
Scientist: Uhhhhh.....
Our new paper can help!
www.southernfriedscience.com/shark-scient... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
Scientist: Our research can help shape policy to protect this endangered animal.
Me: Neat! How? What policy? What is it now, and what should it be instead?
Scientist: Uhhhhh.....
Our new paper can help!
www.southernfriedscience.com/shark-scient... 🧪🦑🌍🦈
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Many of us need to keep writing federal grants (both for political reasons and as a Hail Mary to keep people employed) despite the feeling it's a waste of time, so... if you got an NSF or NIH grant funded this year, would you mind bragging about it in the replies, so it feels like the odds are >0%?
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Many of us need to keep writing federal grants (both for political reasons and as a Hail Mary to keep people employed) despite the feeling it's a waste of time, so... if you got an NSF or NIH grant funded this year, would you mind bragging about it in the replies, so it feels like the odds are >0%?
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"No one should be made to feel inferior or that they do not belong in science because of their origins." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48JF6Pg
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"No one should be made to feel inferior or that they do not belong in science because of their origins." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/48JF6Pg
It makes it all worth while when a student graduates, not even from your dept, but they bring you a little note. ❤️
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It makes it all worth while when a student graduates, not even from your dept, but they bring you a little note. ❤️
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Bleak AF! This mustn't come to pass.
'The Fingleton review states that overturning the Finch ruling “would establish that if a later indirect effect of a development will be assessed under a separate EIA... it does not need to be assessed as an indirect effect of the original development"'
'The Fingleton review states that overturning the Finch ruling “would establish that if a later indirect effect of a development will be assessed under a separate EIA... it does not need to be assessed as an indirect effect of the original development"'
Nooooo! Don't scrap the Finch ruling!
Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.
Keir Starmer may see them as part of “unnecessary red-tape, well-intentioned, but fundamentally misguided, environmental regulations” but the Finch ruling, Habitats Regulations, biodiversity net gain, etc, are vital protections for our planet and for nature.
2/2 🧵 However, the recommendations include a proposal to scrap the landmark Finch climate ruling and make changes to key green regulations.
What you need to know ⬇️
What you need to know ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bleak AF! This mustn't come to pass.
'The Fingleton review states that overturning the Finch ruling “would establish that if a later indirect effect of a development will be assessed under a separate EIA... it does not need to be assessed as an indirect effect of the original development"'
'The Fingleton review states that overturning the Finch ruling “would establish that if a later indirect effect of a development will be assessed under a separate EIA... it does not need to be assessed as an indirect effect of the original development"'
Me every time the BNWaterkeeper emails me a question with a potential collab opportunity...
bob 's burgers bob says time for the charm bomb to explode
ALT: bob 's burgers bob says time for the charm bomb to explode
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Me every time the BNWaterkeeper emails me a question with a potential collab opportunity...
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Exciting news! Our paper reflecting on the experience of learning and implementing community science through a graduate student fellowship program with the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is now published online!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate #communityscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate #communityscience
Graduate Student Reflections on Learning and Implementing Community Science Methods to Tackle Compounding Climate Extremes
A fellowship cohort of eight graduate students developed an experiential learning research project using community science methods The cohort provides reflections on team and community science sk...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Exciting news! Our paper reflecting on the experience of learning and implementing community science through a graduate student fellowship program with the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is now published online!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate #communityscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
#climate #communityscience
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Writing an Introduction is hard. There are a few ways Introductions often go astray - avoid these. "What your Introduction section isn't" -
What your Introduction section isn’t
Today, the fourth and final instalment in a short series inspired by bad papers I’ve read (some of them, I’ll admit once again, my own). I’ve let myself rant about what a Methods sections shouldn’t…
scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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I deserve a fancy coffee forgetting my flu shot!
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I deserve a fancy coffee forgetting my flu shot!
I am surprised by how nice it is to be prepping for classes on a Sunday again....Thankfully most of my classes are just review next week, leaving me plenty of time to triage my research plan...
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I am surprised by how nice it is to be prepping for classes on a Sunday again....Thankfully most of my classes are just review next week, leaving me plenty of time to triage my research plan...
So I'm back in WNY, & I missed the seasonal cold acclimation process. It's not even that cold but I am freezing!
So I'm gonna bake banana bread just so I have an excuse to turn on the oven.
But I wonder: does baking for the sake of baking use more energy than if I just turned up the thermostat?
So I'm gonna bake banana bread just so I have an excuse to turn on the oven.
But I wonder: does baking for the sake of baking use more energy than if I just turned up the thermostat?
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So I'm back in WNY, & I missed the seasonal cold acclimation process. It's not even that cold but I am freezing!
So I'm gonna bake banana bread just so I have an excuse to turn on the oven.
But I wonder: does baking for the sake of baking use more energy than if I just turned up the thermostat?
So I'm gonna bake banana bread just so I have an excuse to turn on the oven.
But I wonder: does baking for the sake of baking use more energy than if I just turned up the thermostat?
So happy to be waking up smothered by dogs. And Hubs too. I missed home! Finally in my own bed after a month at mom's.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
So happy to be waking up smothered by dogs. And Hubs too. I missed home! Finally in my own bed after a month at mom's.
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Does anyone have any gecko, newt, aquarium or terrarium questions
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Does anyone have any gecko, newt, aquarium or terrarium questions
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Wow! Wolves are raiding crab traps for fish by pulling the buoy line until the trap comes ashore and then shredding it.
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
Video shows a wild wolf stealing fish in a first possible tool use
The wolf “appears to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the multi-step connection between the floating buoy and the bait within the out-of-sight trap,” scientists said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Wow! Wolves are raiding crab traps for fish by pulling the buoy line until the trap comes ashore and then shredding it.
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
Someone still needs to teach these proto-tool users how to repair, maintain, and deploy the nets, but they have the critical step down! 🦊🐟🌎
www.nbcnews.com/world/canada...
The first snow on Mt
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The first snow on Mt
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
San Jacinto is always especially beautiful and magical.
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American Rivers is announcing its disapproval of the EPA’s new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act.
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
American Rivers is announcing its disapproval of the EPA’s new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act.
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
The rule would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections used to protect our nation's waterways.
Learn more: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...
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A common claim is that zebra mussels "clean" lakes. They can certainly clear the water column but also create conditions that reduce oxygen & promote toxic algal blooms:
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
Telecoupling and the spillover system: Causes and effects of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes
Examining the impacts of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes and beyond.
www.canr.msu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
A common claim is that zebra mussels "clean" lakes. They can certainly clear the water column but also create conditions that reduce oxygen & promote toxic algal blooms:
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...
phys.org/news/2021-06...
www.canr.msu.edu/news/telecou...
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/07/rese...