Bob Patalano
@robertpatalano.bsky.social
PhD in Archaeology. Biomarkers & early human paleoecology. Husband. Father x2. Lecturer, coordinator for environmental science & sustainability and climate action programs and sustainability liaison at Bryant University.
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I know this is shared often, but this scene from the Simpsons is as relevant today as it was 31 years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I know this is shared often, but this scene from the Simpsons is as relevant today as it was 31 years ago.
This tree is just showing off
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This tree is just showing off
Apples to oranges and all that, but this is not going to end up well for those in the Midwest who rely on Minnesota Power.
October 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Apples to oranges and all that, but this is not going to end up well for those in the Midwest who rely on Minnesota Power.
Updating slides for today’s class and NASA is no longer updating their Vital Signs/Climate Change website. Last CO2 measurement is from June and it shows 230 ppm!
Keeling Curve has the latest reading at 424 ppm.
Keeling Curve has the latest reading at 424 ppm.
October 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Updating slides for today’s class and NASA is no longer updating their Vital Signs/Climate Change website. Last CO2 measurement is from June and it shows 230 ppm!
Keeling Curve has the latest reading at 424 ppm.
Keeling Curve has the latest reading at 424 ppm.
August 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Is this not the perfect metaphor for the current state of the U.S.? Customers’ total disregard for anything that doesn’t impact them directly. Employees likely too underpaid and overworked to bother clean up the mess.
August 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Is this not the perfect metaphor for the current state of the U.S.? Customers’ total disregard for anything that doesn’t impact them directly. Employees likely too underpaid and overworked to bother clean up the mess.
Three bee species on one sunflower. Eurasian honeybee, mining bee, and bumblebee. 🐝
#pollinatorpathway. #nativeplants
#pollinatorpathway. #nativeplants
August 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Three bee species on one sunflower. Eurasian honeybee, mining bee, and bumblebee. 🐝
#pollinatorpathway. #nativeplants
#pollinatorpathway. #nativeplants
I was fortunate to have met Derek Briggs back in 2011 not too long after the Science paper describing the plumage color pattern of Anchiornis was published. I remember him having a framed original by Michael DiGiorgio in his office (which was also a figure in the publication).
August 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I was fortunate to have met Derek Briggs back in 2011 not too long after the Science paper describing the plumage color pattern of Anchiornis was published. I remember him having a framed original by Michael DiGiorgio in his office (which was also a figure in the publication).
We uncovered over 400 artifacts and geofacts, including a small quartz biface, a Quartz Levallois or discoidal flake, Tana Tradition (also known as Triangular-Incised Ware) pottery, and carnelian beads likely originating in Southeast Asia. 5/7
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We uncovered over 400 artifacts and geofacts, including a small quartz biface, a Quartz Levallois or discoidal flake, Tana Tradition (also known as Triangular-Incised Ware) pottery, and carnelian beads likely originating in Southeast Asia. 5/7
During our 2022 field season, we visited and surveyed 22 rockshelters and 6 open-air sites and collected 35 ecological baseline samples along 4 altitudinal transects across the East and West Usambara Mountains. 4/7
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
During our 2022 field season, we visited and surveyed 22 rockshelters and 6 open-air sites and collected 35 ecological baseline samples along 4 altitudinal transects across the East and West Usambara Mountains. 4/7
The Usambara Afromontane Forest ecosystem is a global biodiversity hotspot that hosts highly rich and diverse plant and animal communities and ranks among the most important areas in the world for the conservation of endemic species. 2/7
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Usambara Afromontane Forest ecosystem is a global biodiversity hotspot that hosts highly rich and diverse plant and animal communities and ranks among the most important areas in the world for the conservation of endemic species. 2/7
In 2022, we launched the Usambara Mountains Archaeology and Paleoecology Project (UMAPP) in Tanzania. With funding from the Max Planck Society, we set out to conduct the first systematic survey of Stone Age archaeology 🏺 in the region and collect baseline samples for paleo-proxy studies 🌍. 1/7
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In 2022, we launched the Usambara Mountains Archaeology and Paleoecology Project (UMAPP) in Tanzania. With funding from the Max Planck Society, we set out to conduct the first systematic survey of Stone Age archaeology 🏺 in the region and collect baseline samples for paleo-proxy studies 🌍. 1/7
65 years ago today, Mary Leakey found OH 5 at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania. A month later, the discovery was published in @nature.com as a new hominin, Zinjanthropus boisei (later reclassified as Paranthropus). Recent discoveries show that Paranthropus was likely a stone tool user.
July 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
65 years ago today, Mary Leakey found OH 5 at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania. A month later, the discovery was published in @nature.com as a new hominin, Zinjanthropus boisei (later reclassified as Paranthropus). Recent discoveries show that Paranthropus was likely a stone tool user.
The first thing you’re told in undergraduate science labs is “no food or drink in the lab.” This is why:
July 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The first thing you’re told in undergraduate science labs is “no food or drink in the lab.” This is why:
So, everything about the stock market is just made up, right?
July 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So, everything about the stock market is just made up, right?
My Eastern prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) has been blooming this week! Eastern prickly-pear is New England's only native cactus, and it often surprises people that there even is a native cactus here. This is the first time mine has bloomed, but it’s been a big hit with local insects!
June 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My Eastern prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) has been blooming this week! Eastern prickly-pear is New England's only native cactus, and it often surprises people that there even is a native cactus here. This is the first time mine has bloomed, but it’s been a big hit with local insects!
New course module idea:
American Fascism and Environmental Destruction
American Fascism and Environmental Destruction
June 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
New course module idea:
American Fascism and Environmental Destruction
American Fascism and Environmental Destruction
Don’t worry, we’ll just turn our lights off an extra hour for Earth Hour 2026.
June 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Don’t worry, we’ll just turn our lights off an extra hour for Earth Hour 2026.
With Zionist billionaire Robert Kraft using his Super PAC to attack her and her now criticizing ICE, I’m becoming a big fan of Boston mayor Michelle Wu.
June 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
With Zionist billionaire Robert Kraft using his Super PAC to attack her and her now criticizing ICE, I’m becoming a big fan of Boston mayor Michelle Wu.
Grants funded by the National Science Foundation are down 51% through May 21.
From: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
From: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Grants funded by the National Science Foundation are down 51% through May 21.
From: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
From: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How long before it’s bombed?
May 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How long before it’s bombed?
Despite the attacks on environmental protection and climate science, Bryant University has a great lineup of events scheduled for #EarthDay tomorrow. We are also incredibly privileged to have @elizkolbert.bsky.social giving our keynote address!
April 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Despite the attacks on environmental protection and climate science, Bryant University has a great lineup of events scheduled for #EarthDay tomorrow. We are also incredibly privileged to have @elizkolbert.bsky.social giving our keynote address!
The guy can get co-authorship on this but can’t finish Winds of Winter.
April 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The guy can get co-authorship on this but can’t finish Winds of Winter.