summerscientist
@summerscientist.bsky.social
Coral Restoration Biologist, Ocean Activist, Author, Traveler, and Overall nature lover🪸🌊💙 https://linktr.ee/thesummerscientist
Pinned
Hello bsky! I’m new here🪸
My name is Summer Collins.
I’m a marine biologist turned author that travels the country advocating for protecting wild places. I study coral reef restoration and coral reefs in general. I have a background working with sea turtles and research in marine microplastics too🌊
My name is Summer Collins.
I’m a marine biologist turned author that travels the country advocating for protecting wild places. I study coral reef restoration and coral reefs in general. I have a background working with sea turtles and research in marine microplastics too🌊
Reposted by summerscientist
Coral not rock.
Coral not plant.
Coral = Animal.
Coral is cool.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Coral not plant.
Coral = Animal.
Coral is cool.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Coral not rock.
Coral not plant.
Coral = Animal.
Coral is cool.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Coral not plant.
Coral = Animal.
Coral is cool.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Reposted by summerscientist
big shoutout to all the standup for science events today, esp bay area folks... y'all really showed up
first pic is crowd @ SF, second is at Berkeley
first pic is crowd @ SF, second is at Berkeley
March 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
big shoutout to all the standup for science events today, esp bay area folks... y'all really showed up
first pic is crowd @ SF, second is at Berkeley
first pic is crowd @ SF, second is at Berkeley
Happy International Womens Day!!!!
Honored to have worked with the women I have in this crazy field.
Thankful to the trailblazing women before me.
Thankful to inspiring future women after me.
Honored to have worked with the women I have in this crazy field.
Thankful to the trailblazing women before me.
Thankful to inspiring future women after me.
March 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Happy International Womens Day!!!!
Honored to have worked with the women I have in this crazy field.
Thankful to the trailblazing women before me.
Thankful to inspiring future women after me.
Honored to have worked with the women I have in this crazy field.
Thankful to the trailblazing women before me.
Thankful to inspiring future women after me.
proclaims “free speech is back” on the same day he announced he will imprison student protestors and threatened funding to colleges that allow it. But pardoned January 6th RIOTERS.
you see the trend here right?
you. see. the. trend. here. right?
you see the trend here right?
you. see. the. trend. here. right?
March 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
proclaims “free speech is back” on the same day he announced he will imprison student protestors and threatened funding to colleges that allow it. But pardoned January 6th RIOTERS.
you see the trend here right?
you. see. the. trend. here. right?
you see the trend here right?
you. see. the. trend. here. right?
I think I speak for a lot of us when I say *exasperatedly long sigh, throwing arms up in frustration, smacking forehead against palm*
February 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I think I speak for a lot of us when I say *exasperatedly long sigh, throwing arms up in frustration, smacking forehead against palm*
This will be a photo in history books.
February 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This will be a photo in history books.
For all my readers out there…
February 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For all my readers out there…
Zoanthid coral, nicknamed Daisies due to their floral pattern. This is one of my favorite species of Zoas! They’re a soft coral, meaning they have no skeleton, that are known for being rather toxic! So pretty though 😍
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Zoanthid coral, nicknamed Daisies due to their floral pattern. This is one of my favorite species of Zoas! They’re a soft coral, meaning they have no skeleton, that are known for being rather toxic! So pretty though 😍
Hahaha 🫠this is fine
January 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hahaha 🫠this is fine
Hey everybody. Send nature lovers, send empathetic people, kind people, book nerds, and ocean advocates over here! Say Hi! 💙
January 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Hey everybody. Send nature lovers, send empathetic people, kind people, book nerds, and ocean advocates over here! Say Hi! 💙
if you even remotely are interested in working in science, environment, or research
we need you more than ever right now.
don’t give up.
we need you more than ever right now.
don’t give up.
January 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
if you even remotely are interested in working in science, environment, or research
we need you more than ever right now.
don’t give up.
we need you more than ever right now.
don’t give up.
I think the “we have some breaking news right now” guy is going to give us PTSD in the future
January 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I think the “we have some breaking news right now” guy is going to give us PTSD in the future
The insane thing is my book publishes this fall… and it’s already going to be banned because I talk about Climate Change 🫠🤦🏼♀️
January 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The insane thing is my book publishes this fall… and it’s already going to be banned because I talk about Climate Change 🫠🤦🏼♀️
my current schedule: open internet
research details, close internet, stare at wall, serious “The gulf of America”? stress eat, answer email, open internet, close internet, stress clean, question everything including education standards, empathy and “what it means to be radical” journal
go to sleep
research details, close internet, stare at wall, serious “The gulf of America”? stress eat, answer email, open internet, close internet, stress clean, question everything including education standards, empathy and “what it means to be radical” journal
go to sleep
January 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
my current schedule: open internet
research details, close internet, stare at wall, serious “The gulf of America”? stress eat, answer email, open internet, close internet, stress clean, question everything including education standards, empathy and “what it means to be radical” journal
go to sleep
research details, close internet, stare at wall, serious “The gulf of America”? stress eat, answer email, open internet, close internet, stress clean, question everything including education standards, empathy and “what it means to be radical” journal
go to sleep
Lovely little gold crowned sea goddess nudibranch!
January 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Lovely little gold crowned sea goddess nudibranch!
Favorite nicknames for a stingray…Flap Flap or Sea Pancake?
December 14, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Favorite nicknames for a stingray…Flap Flap or Sea Pancake?
Closeup shot of an Orbicella faveolata coral being grown for restoration efforts!
December 14, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Closeup shot of an Orbicella faveolata coral being grown for restoration efforts!
Reposted by summerscientist
Think carefully before buying a Greenland shark for the holidays. They are, after all, the world’s longest-living vertebrate.
December 14, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Think carefully before buying a Greenland shark for the holidays. They are, after all, the world’s longest-living vertebrate.
Reposted by summerscientist
In Australia, Aboriginal rangers race to save the last sawfish https://buff.ly/3VB9cxD 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐠
In Australia, Aboriginal rangers race to save the last sawfish
Once found in tropical oceans around the world, the largetooth sawfish’s range has shrunk by an estimated 60 percent in a decade.
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 2:13 PM
In Australia, Aboriginal rangers race to save the last sawfish https://buff.ly/3VB9cxD 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐠
Reposted by summerscientist
New study finds overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970 - SFU News - Simon Fraser University https://buff.ly/3OKA2Q1
New study finds overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970
A new analysis published in the journal Science reveals that overfishing has caused populations of chondrichthyan fishes – sharks, rays, and chimaeras – to decline by more than 50 per cent since 1970.
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 3:52 PM
New study finds overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970 - SFU News - Simon Fraser University https://buff.ly/3OKA2Q1
This is a Blastomussa coral!
They are a genus of stony corals known for their distinctive appearance. These are LPS (Large Polyp Stony) corals, meaning they have larger polyps than small-polyp species. There are two main species Blastomussa wells & Blastomussa merleti. This is a Blastomussa wellsi!
They are a genus of stony corals known for their distinctive appearance. These are LPS (Large Polyp Stony) corals, meaning they have larger polyps than small-polyp species. There are two main species Blastomussa wells & Blastomussa merleti. This is a Blastomussa wellsi!
December 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM
This is a Blastomussa coral!
They are a genus of stony corals known for their distinctive appearance. These are LPS (Large Polyp Stony) corals, meaning they have larger polyps than small-polyp species. There are two main species Blastomussa wells & Blastomussa merleti. This is a Blastomussa wellsi!
They are a genus of stony corals known for their distinctive appearance. These are LPS (Large Polyp Stony) corals, meaning they have larger polyps than small-polyp species. There are two main species Blastomussa wells & Blastomussa merleti. This is a Blastomussa wellsi!
Reposted by summerscientist
What White Patches On Whale Sharks Reveal About Ocean Pollution https://buff.ly/3ZvNCM4
What White Patches On Whale Sharks Reveal About Ocean Pollution
Samples of whale shark skin reveal signs of possible diseases and pollutants, showing just how deeply human activity may impact even the ocean's largest species.
buff.ly
December 11, 2024 at 9:16 PM
What White Patches On Whale Sharks Reveal About Ocean Pollution https://buff.ly/3ZvNCM4
Reposted by summerscientist
Highlighting this key work involving the IUCN SSC Coral Specialist Group 🪸, members of the IUCN SSC Marine Conservation Committee @sscmarine.bsky.social, the IUCN SSC Marine Invertbrate Red List Authority @sigwartae.bsky.social and other amazing partners iucn.org/press-releas...
Over 40% of coral species face extinction – IUCN Red List
Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 November 2024 (IUCN) – Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals following a global a...
iucn.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Highlighting this key work involving the IUCN SSC Coral Specialist Group 🪸, members of the IUCN SSC Marine Conservation Committee @sscmarine.bsky.social, the IUCN SSC Marine Invertbrate Red List Authority @sigwartae.bsky.social and other amazing partners iucn.org/press-releas...
Reposted by summerscientist
After historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef https://buff.ly/3B7hoi9
After historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef
2024 brought the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever recorded, only narrowly surpassing the record set in 2023. The trend, driven largely by human-caused climate change, according to NASA, caused…
buff.ly
December 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
After historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef https://buff.ly/3B7hoi9