Karen R. Lips
@karenrlips.bsky.social
Ecology, global change, wildlife disease, tropical biology, science policy & diplomacy.
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Karen R. Lips
@karenrlips.bsky.social
· Dec 10
The Waiting
Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and…
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🧪🌎. Our short film "The Waiting" 🐸🎥🐸🎬 is been awarded as a Vimeo Staff Pick, so since yesterday it's publicly accessable on Vimeo! vimeo.com/1036802517?s...
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🌍 Interested in the 2026 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)? Join our #YSSP26 Application Webinar for Europe & Asia to learn how to prepare a strong application and hear from alumni.
🗓 19 Nov 2025 | 1-2pm CET
📩 Register by 17 Nov: yssp.admin@iiasa.ac.at
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November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🌍 Interested in the 2026 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)? Join our #YSSP26 Application Webinar for Europe & Asia to learn how to prepare a strong application and hear from alumni.
🗓 19 Nov 2025 | 1-2pm CET
📩 Register by 17 Nov: yssp.admin@iiasa.ac.at
▶️ iiasa.ac.at/early-career...
🗓 19 Nov 2025 | 1-2pm CET
📩 Register by 17 Nov: yssp.admin@iiasa.ac.at
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"Forever chemicals" represent new environmental threat to #Florida's famed Everglades insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202... via @amybgreen.bsky.social
‘Forever Chemicals’ Represent New Environmental Threat for Florida’s Fragile Everglades - Inside Climate News
The co-author of a new paper says the presence of PFAS on the Everglades reservation of the Miccosukee Tribe suggests more restoration may be necessary in the river of grass.
insideclimatenews.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Forever chemicals" represent new environmental threat to #Florida's famed Everglades insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202... via @amybgreen.bsky.social
Grad students! Come join us at IIASA as part of our summer research program!! See our webinars for more info
🌍 Applications for #YSSP2026 are open!
Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges.
🧠 For advanced PhD students
🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026
⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET)
Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges.
🧠 For advanced PhD students
🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026
⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET)
Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Grad students! Come join us at IIASA as part of our summer research program!! See our webinars for more info
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🚀Apply now and spend the summer of 2026 with us!
If your research aligns with #citizenScience, #AI, deep learning, data fusion, #remoteSensing, #geospatial techniques, explore opportunities with us:
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdzj3tzb
💡See IIASA’s full range of research areas below
⌛Deadline: 12 January
If your research aligns with #citizenScience, #AI, deep learning, data fusion, #remoteSensing, #geospatial techniques, explore opportunities with us:
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdzj3tzb
💡See IIASA’s full range of research areas below
⌛Deadline: 12 January
🌍 Applications for #YSSP2026 are open!
Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges.
🧠 For advanced PhD students
🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026
⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET)
Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges.
🧠 For advanced PhD students
🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026
⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET)
Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🚀Apply now and spend the summer of 2026 with us!
If your research aligns with #citizenScience, #AI, deep learning, data fusion, #remoteSensing, #geospatial techniques, explore opportunities with us:
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdzj3tzb
💡See IIASA’s full range of research areas below
⌛Deadline: 12 January
If your research aligns with #citizenScience, #AI, deep learning, data fusion, #remoteSensing, #geospatial techniques, explore opportunities with us:
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdzj3tzb
💡See IIASA’s full range of research areas below
⌛Deadline: 12 January
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NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit - Carbon Brief
In order to track parties’ positions on negotiating points at COP30, Carbon Brief has analysed nearly 100 submissions to the UN and captured them in a table
www.carbonbrief.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
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Reposted by Karen R. Lips
The Americas — North, Central, and South — is the only region of the world that has ever managed to stop endemic transmission of measles. But that hard-won victory against the highly contagious virus is on the verge of being rolled back.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status
The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.
www.statnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Americas — North, Central, and South — is the only region of the world that has ever managed to stop endemic transmission of measles. But that hard-won victory against the highly contagious virus is on the verge of being rolled back.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...
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We recently studied how avian malaria parasites are distributed globally, with bird migration, host community similarity, & environmental affinity all playing a role. Important because some lineages are more harmful than others and distributions susceptible to global change
doi.org/10.1111/1749...
doi.org/10.1111/1749...
Bird Community Composition, Migration, and Environmental Factors Jointly Influence the Global Distribution of Avian Haemosporidian Lineages
Avian haemosporidians are widely distributed; however, the role of migratory and non-migratory birds, as well as environmental conditions, is incompletely understood. A histogram of the number of par...
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We recently studied how avian malaria parasites are distributed globally, with bird migration, host community similarity, & environmental affinity all playing a role. Important because some lineages are more harmful than others and distributions susceptible to global change
doi.org/10.1111/1749...
doi.org/10.1111/1749...
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The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields
go.nature.com/47RAMgg
go.nature.com/47RAMgg
Forests’ misty breath sustains crops in distant lands
The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields.
go.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The moisture emitted by forests travels across national borders to provide precipitation to far-away fields
go.nature.com/47RAMgg
go.nature.com/47RAMgg
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Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
November 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.
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Snake venom is complicated stuff, sporting many damaging proteins whose overall molecular structure differs between species. But scientists have had a breakthrough
Scientists may have found a panacea for snake bites
A broad-spectrum antivenom could save thousands of lives a year
econ.st
November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Snake venom is complicated stuff, sporting many damaging proteins whose overall molecular structure differs between species. But scientists have had a breakthrough
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The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The US funds the bulk of biomedical research globally by far. It's not like other countries can simply take up the slack. The more likely: people leave research, new people don't become researchers. There is no happy ending. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Globalization has accelerated the spread of mosquito species that transmit human diseases. An analysis in Nature Communications shows that 45 disease-vector mosquito species have been introduced to non-native regions worldwide. go.nature.com/4hn6ogW 🧪
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Globalization has accelerated the spread of mosquito species that transmit human diseases. An analysis in Nature Communications shows that 45 disease-vector mosquito species have been introduced to non-native regions worldwide. go.nature.com/4hn6ogW 🧪
Join the new Science Diplomacy Grid webinar:
Grid Talks: Global Perspectives in Science Diplomacy
Researchers, policy professionals, diplomats, students, technologists, and anyone interested in the intersection of science and global affairs is welcome to join.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Grid Talks: Global Perspectives in Science Diplomacy
Researchers, policy professionals, diplomats, students, technologists, and anyone interested in the intersection of science and global affairs is welcome to join.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Join the new Science Diplomacy Grid webinar:
Grid Talks: Global Perspectives in Science Diplomacy
Researchers, policy professionals, diplomats, students, technologists, and anyone interested in the intersection of science and global affairs is welcome to join.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Grid Talks: Global Perspectives in Science Diplomacy
Researchers, policy professionals, diplomats, students, technologists, and anyone interested in the intersection of science and global affairs is welcome to join.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Last days to get your concept notes submitted for the 2025 round of the #EuropeanUnion-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme for Sub-Saharan African countries.
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Last days to get your concept notes submitted for the 2025 round of the #EuropeanUnion-funded Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme for Sub-Saharan African countries.
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
⏰Deadline: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
Read more:🔗 gbif.link/BID-Africa
#BIDAfrica #Biodiversity
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A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
November 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A study by I. R. Onley, P. Cassey, & M. A. McGeoch shows that biodiversity data sharing platforms are key to managing biological invasions. Closing the "knowing-doing" gap can create better conservation outcomes. 🌍
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-025-03058-1
Reposted by Karen R. Lips
Perhaps the most ominous satellite presentation we've seen. Cat 5 Melissa within 2 hours of landfall in Jamaica. Winds at 185 mph (tied for 2nd highest on record). Pressure at 892 mb (tied for 3rd lowest). Will be one of strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall ever recorded.
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Perhaps the most ominous satellite presentation we've seen. Cat 5 Melissa within 2 hours of landfall in Jamaica. Winds at 185 mph (tied for 2nd highest on record). Pressure at 892 mb (tied for 3rd lowest). Will be one of strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall ever recorded.
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Some doctoral programmes in the US are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
go.nature.com/4o63boK
go.nature.com/4o63boK
US PhD admissions shrink as fears over Trump’s cuts take hold
Some doctoral programmes are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding.
go.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Some doctoral programmes in the US are admitting no students at all amid uncertainty about federal science funding
go.nature.com/4o63boK
go.nature.com/4o63boK
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Japanese scientists have found ~10 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/...
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/...
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
Japanese scientists have found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.
www.aljazeera.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Japanese scientists have found ~10 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/...
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/...
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🌏 We’re hiring! Research Scholar / Modeler – Global Land Carbon Cycle & Land Use Change. Join IIASA’s Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems & Integrated Assessment and Climate Change research groups groups to advance open-source Earth system models. Apply: iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
October 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🌏 We’re hiring! Research Scholar / Modeler – Global Land Carbon Cycle & Land Use Change. Join IIASA’s Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems & Integrated Assessment and Climate Change research groups groups to advance open-source Earth system models. Apply: iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...