I worry that the focus on NOAA's weather predicting value is ignoring the millions of other ways NOAA researchers enrich communities and local economies.

There are no oysters without NOAA. There are no blue crabs without NOAA. NOAA trains teachers. NOAA is the lifeblood of coastal communities.

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.

NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

A narrow list of #PUI researchers. BlueSky provides an opportunity for us to connect, grow and potentially do something cool.

Let’s think of big questions from small spaces! Let me know if you’d like to be added.

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Absolutely huge news for amphibian conservation. The lethal fungus Bd has been causing huge and steady declines in frogs over the last decades, so seeing resistant populations establishing post-reintroduction is really fantastic.
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Eerily accurate

Hello, Bluesky. My name is Michelle, I’m a fungal ecologist, and my idea of a good time is growing stuff like this in my lab.