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Lishka
@lishkablue.bsky.social
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Conservation Communicator, Lichen lover, nature/culture explorer, mermaid
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Really cool #science news about life and #mitochondria!!!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Go #Croatia! @nature.com
Rare microbial relict sheds light on an ancient eukaryotic supergroup - Nature
The discovery of an unusual protist named Solarion arienae, which has a mitochondrial genome with some intriguing features, provides insight into the early radiation of eukaryotic groups.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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🌱 Restoring habitats, protecting biodiversity, and addressing climate change—our #ClimateSmartRestoration initiative is restoring thousands of acres of meadows, forests, riparian zones, and tidal marshes. Together, we’re building resilient ecosystems! 🌎
#PointBlue #HabitatRestoration
📷M. Keller
a person with a red beanie doing restoration work at Novato Baylands with Bay water nearby and shorebirds flying overhead. Photo by Matt Keller, Point Blue STRAW Program
November 27, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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🐋 The ocean connects us all! Our #OceanConservation efforts guide sustainable fisheries, protect critical habitats, and reduce ship-wildlife conflicts. Healthy oceans mean healthy communities! 🌊
Dive into our work: pointblue.org
#PointBlue #MarineScience
📷Rhys Watkin
a large whale leaping out of the water (breaching) with a cloudy sky behind
November 27, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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🌊 Rising seas need rising action! From Alaska to Chile, we’re enhancing coastal habitats and promoting nature-based solutions to protect shorelines and communities. Let’s make resilience the norm! 💚
#PointBlue #CoastalConservation
📷courtesy of Maria Amorette Klos
a science illustration apprentice holding a tiny, fluffy snowy plover chick in the palm of her hands. It has an orange and a green color band on it's leg to help scientists track it over time and help the threatened species.
November 27, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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🌾 Farms and ranches can be hubs for biodiversity! Through our #WorkingLands program, we collaborate with landowners to create strategies that balance food production with healthy ecosystems and carbon storage. 🍃
#PointBlue #SustainableFarming #ResilientRanching
📷 a rangeland ecologist studying soil
a biologist smiling while taking a soil sample on a working ranch surrounded by green grass and blue sky in the background
November 27, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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🌟 Today’s youth are tomorrow’s climate leaders. Through STRAW and other programs, we’re equipping thousands of students from across the country and world with tools to make a difference. Let’s grow conservation together! 🌱
#PointBlue #EducationForAction
📷Lishka Arata
elementary school students restoring native habitat at a marsh transition zone in Sonoma County as part of their watershed education experience with Point Blue's STRAW program
November 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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📊 Knowledge is power! With 60 years of data on ecosystems like the Farallon Islands, coastal scrub, and San Francisco Bay, our #KeystoneDatasets provide the foundation for science-driven solutions to climate and conservation challenges. 🔬
#PointBlue #DataForImpact
📷screenshot of Palomarin Live
three bird banding apprentices at Point Blue's Palomarin Field Station banding lab, smiling with science tools and data sheets
November 27, 2024 at 8:52 PM
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Hello Bluesky! We are so happy to be here to connect with you, share our #conservation #science activities & opportunities, and build #community to grow conservation impact together!

Here's a sampling of us and our partners in Sierra meadows, along the San Francisco Bay, and in interior wetlands.
a group of about 30 people standing in a green mountain meadow in the Sierra Nevada of California a woman smiling and holding a bushel of invasive weeds she pulled at a marsh restoration site on San Pablo Bay, California with blue sky and fluffy white clouds in the background two marsh biologists at sunset smiling and assessing equipment they use for tracking marsh birds a biologist in a wetland with chest waders standing thigh deep in water surrounded by tall marsh plants weighing a shorebird in a back as part of a study to assess wetlands, shorebirds and drought conditions
November 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM