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Jon Moore
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Professor of biology. Studies deep-sea fishes, gopher tortoises, lizards, and other wee beasties. Also likes fossils. My views.
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Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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#Geol104playlist For the scientific method
youtu.be/V83JR2IoI8k?...
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (Official Video - HD Remaster)
YouTube video by Thomas Dolby
youtu.be
September 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
No Kings Day in Vero Beach, FL
June 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#DeepSeaMining has scientists worried for our ocean and planet.

Deep-sea ecologist and high seas policy expert @drandrewthaler.bsky.social discusses the significant developments in 2024 and advocates for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in this Speak UP For Blue episode. @andrewlewin.bsky.social
Deep Sea Mining: What Happened In 2024?
Deep sea mining: what happened in 2024? You need to know about the industry activity that occurred in 2024. The was a leadership change in the International ...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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lol

DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week (Gift Article)
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Spent the last couple weekends surveying gopher tortoises in the Abacoa Greenway in Jupiter, FL. Finding lots of adults and young ones.
January 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A couple deep-sea amphipods in the genus Phronima, and the barrel-shaped home for one of them, for #invertefest. These are from the northern Gulf of Mexico. #DeepSeaBenefits
December 27, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Reef fishes most threatened by extinction (worldwide) receive less scientific and public attention!

see our publication in Science Advances :
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Let’s (re)balance our focus to protect all marine life !! and beyond ...

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November 26, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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New social account, new paper!

We explored Hawaiian mesophotic reefs with tech diving and eDNA and found strong depth-based biodiversity zonation, with community breaks at ~45–60 m across the tree of life.

(not OA but ask me for a PDF if you need to)

doi.org/10.1111/mec....
September 21, 2023 at 10:20 AM