Robin Fales, PhD
@intertidaleco.bsky.social
🌊🌅🌱🐚🏝️🔥Asst Prof (New PI!) @ Soka University of America. Study coastal foundation species (seaweeds!) & climate change + functional traits + long term change + physiology. (she/her)
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Climate adaptation - including cooling - isn't a luxury. It's harm reduction and a moral imperative.
The point is to do it in ways that don't make the problem worse, e.g., ramping up renewables to limit emissions, using high efficiency heat pumps (plus sealing/insulation), increasing shading, etc.
The point is to do it in ways that don't make the problem worse, e.g., ramping up renewables to limit emissions, using high efficiency heat pumps (plus sealing/insulation), increasing shading, etc.
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking instead, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
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July 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Climate adaptation - including cooling - isn't a luxury. It's harm reduction and a moral imperative.
The point is to do it in ways that don't make the problem worse, e.g., ramping up renewables to limit emissions, using high efficiency heat pumps (plus sealing/insulation), increasing shading, etc.
The point is to do it in ways that don't make the problem worse, e.g., ramping up renewables to limit emissions, using high efficiency heat pumps (plus sealing/insulation), increasing shading, etc.
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A busy month visiting Brittany twice! First to help @rubygeorge.bsky.social set up a new limpet experiment 🐌🌱. Then again for the International temperate reef symposium #ITRS. Thank you to the @malacsoc.bsky.social and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association for funding my attendance!
July 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A busy month visiting Brittany twice! First to help @rubygeorge.bsky.social set up a new limpet experiment 🐌🌱. Then again for the International temperate reef symposium #ITRS. Thank you to the @malacsoc.bsky.social and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association for funding my attendance!
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We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost
We're Recruiting! — Blue Carbon Canada
www.bluecarboncanada.ca
April 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We're Hiring for 8 Positions!! Interested in conducting research on nature based solutions in Canada's coastal ecosystems? Blue Carbon Canada is recruiting 3 PDFs & 5 PhD students for Sept. 2025 in partnership w @wwfcanada.org www.bluecarboncanada.ca/were-recruit... Open to int'l scholars Pls repost
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✨ New paper alert! ✨ We found that the #kelp #microbiome is disrupted in a warming ocean! 🌊🌡️ #Temperature had a larger effect than #nitrogen. Thanks to lead author Nichos Molnar, Robin Fales @intertidaleco.bsky.social & Cathy Pfister! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Warming Seawater Temperature and Nutrient Depletion Alters Microbial Community Composition on a Foundational Canopy Kelp Species
Microbiome composition on the canopy kelp Nereocystis luetkeana in the northeast Pacific Ocean is affected by warming temperatures and nitrogen limitation. Following experimental manipulation of temp...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
✨ New paper alert! ✨ We found that the #kelp #microbiome is disrupted in a warming ocean! 🌊🌡️ #Temperature had a larger effect than #nitrogen. Thanks to lead author Nichos Molnar, Robin Fales @intertidaleco.bsky.social & Cathy Pfister! enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Happy #PhycologyFriday
My students ran sea urchin herbivory experiments this week and I saved some of the left over kelp for them to use for seaweed cyanotypes
My students ran sea urchin herbivory experiments this week and I saved some of the left over kelp for them to use for seaweed cyanotypes
January 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy #PhycologyFriday
My students ran sea urchin herbivory experiments this week and I saved some of the left over kelp for them to use for seaweed cyanotypes
My students ran sea urchin herbivory experiments this week and I saved some of the left over kelp for them to use for seaweed cyanotypes
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Excited to announce that I have accepted a role as founding Chief Editor at Ocean Ecosystems, a new journal in the Nature Publishing Group! It focuses on high impact research on marine ecology, physiology, and biological oceanography. check it out here oceanecosystems.biomedcentral.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Excited to announce that I have accepted a role as founding Chief Editor at Ocean Ecosystems, a new journal in the Nature Publishing Group! It focuses on high impact research on marine ecology, physiology, and biological oceanography. check it out here oceanecosystems.biomedcentral.com
Grades submitted! 1st semester as an assistant professor officially done ✅ I'm grateful for all the support from friends and colleagues this semester
December 16, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Grades submitted! 1st semester as an assistant professor officially done ✅ I'm grateful for all the support from friends and colleagues this semester
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Re-upping this PhD opportunity in marine ecology, applying a trait-based approach to seaweed carbon dynamics. Includes exciting opportunities for international fieldwork and open to applicants worldwide tinyurl.com/bdhs3aac
December 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Re-upping this PhD opportunity in marine ecology, applying a trait-based approach to seaweed carbon dynamics. Includes exciting opportunities for international fieldwork and open to applicants worldwide tinyurl.com/bdhs3aac
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Applications are now being accepted. Also, grad students can apply for a Croasdale Fellowship to help defray costs for “attending a phycology course at a marine biology station”! Apps close Jan 1 so hop on it! www.psaalgae.org/croasdale-aw...
December 9, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Applications are now being accepted. Also, grad students can apply for a Croasdale Fellowship to help defray costs for “attending a phycology course at a marine biology station”! Apps close Jan 1 so hop on it! www.psaalgae.org/croasdale-aw...
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All the bull kelp in these artsy presses were entirely lab-grown grown in closed-system recirculating culture doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
#phycologyfriday #phycology #nereocystis #nereocystisluetkeana #bullkelp #aquaculture #mariculture
#phycologyfriday #phycology #nereocystis #nereocystisluetkeana #bullkelp #aquaculture #mariculture
December 6, 2024 at 4:51 PM
All the bull kelp in these artsy presses were entirely lab-grown grown in closed-system recirculating culture doi.org/10.1111/jpy....
#phycologyfriday #phycology #nereocystis #nereocystisluetkeana #bullkelp #aquaculture #mariculture
#phycologyfriday #phycology #nereocystis #nereocystisluetkeana #bullkelp #aquaculture #mariculture
#PhycologyFriday *Postelsia palmaeformis* (sea palms) in northern California from our summer 2024 seaweed surveys
November 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
#PhycologyFriday *Postelsia palmaeformis* (sea palms) in northern California from our summer 2024 seaweed surveys
Welcome! I'm Robin, a new Asst Prof at Soka (small liberal arts college in CA). I'm developing new classes in enviro sci focused on ecology with CUREs. I'm a researcher setting up my lab on marine foundation species (seaweed) and climate change. I also love 😺🌲🦉🍪☕ 📚🐉. Let's keep the intros going!
November 12, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Welcome! I'm Robin, a new Asst Prof at Soka (small liberal arts college in CA). I'm developing new classes in enviro sci focused on ecology with CUREs. I'm a researcher setting up my lab on marine foundation species (seaweed) and climate change. I also love 😺🌲🦉🍪☕ 📚🐉. Let's keep the intros going!
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An intertidal #seaweed meadow, glowing in the morning sun. These are in the genus *Halosaccion* - “salt sacs” - & the seaweeds’ bodies (“thalli”) are hollow sacs that fill w/ water when the tide is high then slowly leak the water at low tide to reduce stress via evaporative cooling. #MarineLife 🦑🌿
September 5, 2024 at 3:26 PM
An intertidal #seaweed meadow, glowing in the morning sun. These are in the genus *Halosaccion* - “salt sacs” - & the seaweeds’ bodies (“thalli”) are hollow sacs that fill w/ water when the tide is high then slowly leak the water at low tide to reduce stress via evaporative cooling. #MarineLife 🦑🌿
So excited for my friend and collaborator to be starting her lab in California too!
✨Absolutely thrilled✨ to share that I’ll be joining Stanford as an Assistant Professor of Oceans, based at Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, CA starting January 2025! Stay tuned for exciting opportunities to study kelp forests, algal physiology, microbes, climate change & more!
August 16, 2024 at 11:04 PM
So excited for my friend and collaborator to be starting her lab in California too!
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@fishguy.bsky.social and I will be running a bioimaging course at Friday Harbor Labs this winter! Hands-on experience with CT, SEM, histology, photography, and more. 10 weeks, 15 credits, and scholarships are available. Priority applications are due in October.
fhl.uw.edu/courses/appl...
fhl.uw.edu/courses/appl...
August 9, 2024 at 8:52 PM
@fishguy.bsky.social and I will be running a bioimaging course at Friday Harbor Labs this winter! Hands-on experience with CT, SEM, histology, photography, and more. 10 weeks, 15 credits, and scholarships are available. Priority applications are due in October.
fhl.uw.edu/courses/appl...
fhl.uw.edu/courses/appl...
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Come join our team!!
The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center is HIRING a research scientist to coordinate the NW Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network and to lead our annual Actionable Science Deep Dives!
Review begins 6/10/24. More info ➡️ bit.ly/44ActQO
Please share widely! 🌎🧪
The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center is HIRING a research scientist to coordinate the NW Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network and to lead our annual Actionable Science Deep Dives!
Review begins 6/10/24. More info ➡️ bit.ly/44ActQO
Please share widely! 🌎🧪
May 9, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Come join our team!!
The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center is HIRING a research scientist to coordinate the NW Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network and to lead our annual Actionable Science Deep Dives!
Review begins 6/10/24. More info ➡️ bit.ly/44ActQO
Please share widely! 🌎🧪
The NW Climate Adaptation Science Center is HIRING a research scientist to coordinate the NW Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Network and to lead our annual Actionable Science Deep Dives!
Review begins 6/10/24. More info ➡️ bit.ly/44ActQO
Please share widely! 🌎🧪
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How do we move toward generality in linking intertidal biodiversity to ecosystem functioning? Seaweed functional trait measurements! We use light tables to measure traits such as surface area & perimeter. #PhycologyFriday @intertidaleco.bsky.social @hannahhall.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social
April 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM
How do we move toward generality in linking intertidal biodiversity to ecosystem functioning? Seaweed functional trait measurements! We use light tables to measure traits such as surface area & perimeter. #PhycologyFriday @intertidaleco.bsky.social @hannahhall.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social
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How do intertidal seaweed canopies facilitate species living under them? Here, lab members measure photosynthesis rates of rockweeds & the red algae beneath them to study how the canopy affects temperature & desiccation stress. @intertidaleco.bsky.social @hannahhall.bsky.social
April 9, 2024 at 3:36 PM
How do intertidal seaweed canopies facilitate species living under them? Here, lab members measure photosynthesis rates of rockweeds & the red algae beneath them to study how the canopy affects temperature & desiccation stress. @intertidaleco.bsky.social @hannahhall.bsky.social
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Dr. Robin Fales (@intertidaleco.bsky.social) is setting up the portable sun - a chamber we will use to measure nutrient uptake and photosynthesis rates for seaweeds. @hannahhall.bsky.social #PhycologyFriday
March 2, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Dr. Robin Fales (@intertidaleco.bsky.social) is setting up the portable sun - a chamber we will use to measure nutrient uptake and photosynthesis rates for seaweeds. @hannahhall.bsky.social #PhycologyFriday
If you see this, post kitty
February 8, 2024 at 5:32 AM
If you see this, post kitty
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Trait training! Now that our permits are approved, it’s time to measure the traits (characteristics linked to function) of all the seaweeds. First step: teaching the protocol to our awesome crew of undergrads! #PhycologyFriday
January 26, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Trait training! Now that our permits are approved, it’s time to measure the traits (characteristics linked to function) of all the seaweeds. First step: teaching the protocol to our awesome crew of undergrads! #PhycologyFriday
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*Pelagophycus*!!!! The blades have been lost from this huge elk #kelp individual that we found in the drift earlier this week, but I had no idea they grew this large. In the 2nd photo, Robin is holding the pneumatocyst & Hannah is holding the holdfast. @intertidaleco.bsky.social #PhycologyFriday
December 1, 2023 at 5:59 PM
*Pelagophycus*!!!! The blades have been lost from this huge elk #kelp individual that we found in the drift earlier this week, but I had no idea they grew this large. In the 2nd photo, Robin is holding the pneumatocyst & Hannah is holding the holdfast. @intertidaleco.bsky.social #PhycologyFriday
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#PhycologyFriday
The *Zonaria* zone. This brown seaweed grows in a characteristic semicircular form, with bands of lighter and darker tissue. This species, *Zonaria farlowii* is a narrow-range endemic found in southern Alta and northern Baja California
December 1, 2023 at 2:22 PM
#PhycologyFriday
🚨New publication 🚨 Co-first author team with @brookeweigel.bsky.social This work aimed to understand the interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen on kelp physiology, we found that temperature is a really important stressor for both bull kelp and sugar kelp doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
Interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen on the physiology of kelps (Nereocystis luetkeana an...
Kelp forest declines have been linked to warming ocean temperatures worldwide. Ocean warming rarely occurs in isolation, so multiple stressor studies are necessary to understand the physiological resp...
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November 28, 2023 at 4:12 PM
🚨New publication 🚨 Co-first author team with @brookeweigel.bsky.social This work aimed to understand the interactive effects of temperature and nitrogen on kelp physiology, we found that temperature is a really important stressor for both bull kelp and sugar kelp doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
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