Kealoha
@kealohaf.bsky.social
Field biologist - natural history, wetlands & whatever else strikes my fancy. I spend a lot of time in ponds.
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Have you seen our latest Field Diaries blog post? 📖🌏
Cassandra Dummett shares how she researches ways to protect the peatlands of the central Congo Basin 🚣🧪
Check it out 👇
Cassandra Dummett shares how she researches ways to protect the peatlands of the central Congo Basin 🚣🧪
Check it out 👇
Field Diaries: Protecting the peatlands of the central Congo Basin
In our ‘Field Diaries’ series, The Applied Ecologist is sharing stories from a range of different fieldwork experiences. In this post, Cassandra Dummett shares her story researching opt…
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May 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Have you seen our latest Field Diaries blog post? 📖🌏
Cassandra Dummett shares how she researches ways to protect the peatlands of the central Congo Basin 🚣🧪
Check it out 👇
Cassandra Dummett shares how she researches ways to protect the peatlands of the central Congo Basin 🚣🧪
Check it out 👇
Some recent pics of Daphne Major. Was lucky to share this view with Thalia Grant & hear her first hand recollections of being on the island with her parents. So cool to touch science history this way.
April 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Some recent pics of Daphne Major. Was lucky to share this view with Thalia Grant & hear her first hand recollections of being on the island with her parents. So cool to touch science history this way.
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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten...every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." ― George Orwell, 1984
April 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten...every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." ― George Orwell, 1984
Finding a little winter beauty during these dark times.
February 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Finding a little winter beauty during these dark times.
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CT brings in ~$900 million in federal science grants. The many excellent schools in our fair state are some of the largest employers. Our students, staff, and all Connecticuters benefit hugely from these grants and will suffer in their absence. @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
CT brings in ~$900 million in federal science grants. The many excellent schools in our fair state are some of the largest employers. Our students, staff, and all Connecticuters benefit hugely from these grants and will suffer in their absence. @blumenthal.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
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Our study looking at global trends in urban rat numbers is out now in @science.org Advances. This project started b/c we were frustrated that there were lots of media reports about rat increases, but not backed by solid data. Here, we tried to provide that data: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Increasing rat numbers in cities are linked to climate warming, urbanization, and human population
Most cities are seeing increases in rat numbers, linked to climate warming, urbanization, and human population densities.
www.science.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our study looking at global trends in urban rat numbers is out now in @science.org Advances. This project started b/c we were frustrated that there were lots of media reports about rat increases, but not backed by solid data. Here, we tried to provide that data: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"Sen. Brian Schatz (D., Hawaii) said he would place a 'blanket hold' on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees ... until USAID again is allowed to operate normally and the administration ceases its 'authoritarian behavior.'"
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
www.wsj.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Sen. Brian Schatz (D., Hawaii) said he would place a 'blanket hold' on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees ... until USAID again is allowed to operate normally and the administration ceases its 'authoritarian behavior.'"
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Strategic planting and nutrient amendments to accelerate the revegetation of rapidly retreating coastal dunes 🌱
Found that thickly vegetated, high-density plots with nutrient addition accreted 7.5–22 cm more sediment after 15 months 📈🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/42dtwJh
Found that thickly vegetated, high-density plots with nutrient addition accreted 7.5–22 cm more sediment after 15 months 📈🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/42dtwJh
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Strategic planting and nutrient amendments to accelerate the revegetation of rapidly retreating coastal dunes 🌱
Found that thickly vegetated, high-density plots with nutrient addition accreted 7.5–22 cm more sediment after 15 months 📈🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/42dtwJh
Found that thickly vegetated, high-density plots with nutrient addition accreted 7.5–22 cm more sediment after 15 months 📈🌏 🧪
🔗 https://buff.ly/42dtwJh
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Volunteers have planted thousands of native trees on pasture in southwest England, part of an effort to restore the Celtic rainforest.
Read more: bit.ly/3ChWzRF
Read more: bit.ly/3ChWzRF
January 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Volunteers have planted thousands of native trees on pasture in southwest England, part of an effort to restore the Celtic rainforest.
Read more: bit.ly/3ChWzRF
Read more: bit.ly/3ChWzRF
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It makes me ill that the Committee on Human Rights of the US National Academy of Sciences had to put together a list of resources to support US researchers and scholars subjected to targeted attacks.
And it makes me ill that I have to post.
But here it is:
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
And it makes me ill that I have to post.
But here it is:
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
www.nationalacademies.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It makes me ill that the Committee on Human Rights of the US National Academy of Sciences had to put together a list of resources to support US researchers and scholars subjected to targeted attacks.
And it makes me ill that I have to post.
But here it is:
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
And it makes me ill that I have to post.
But here it is:
www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...
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Science is littered with serendipitous findings. Now, a study has put a figure on just how often chance findings happen.
https://go.nature.com/3PHIMXs
https://go.nature.com/3PHIMXs
How often do unexpected scientific discoveries occur? More often that you might think
A study assessed 1.2 million biomedical publications and measured the ‘unexpectedness’ of their findings.
go.nature.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Science is littered with serendipitous findings. Now, a study has put a figure on just how often chance findings happen.
https://go.nature.com/3PHIMXs
https://go.nature.com/3PHIMXs