Taylor Michael
@taylorcmichael.bsky.social
Aquatic ecosystem ecologist | Postdoc at the University of Alabama | nutrient dynamics, ecosystem function, freshwater mussels, waterfowl | she/her
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They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
Trump: Gutting National Parks—And Hiding the Evidence
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
National parks hit 331M visits, but Trump officials don’t want you to know. A leaked memo bans the Park Service from promoting the numbers—while firing rangers, closing visitor centers, and cutting safety.
This won’t go well—we love our parks.
March 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.
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"But funding can’t protect the #GreatLakes if there’s nobody to direct it."
Recent staffing cuts could cost the EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office approximately 200 employees - one-fifth of its workforce.
www.wbez.org/2025/02/14/a...
Recent staffing cuts could cost the EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office approximately 200 employees - one-fifth of its workforce.
www.wbez.org/2025/02/14/a...
A Great Lakes restoration project may lose funding as Trump targets climate programs
As senator, Vice President JD Vance voted to increase funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Advocates hope he still supports it.
www.wbez.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"But funding can’t protect the #GreatLakes if there’s nobody to direct it."
Recent staffing cuts could cost the EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office approximately 200 employees - one-fifth of its workforce.
www.wbez.org/2025/02/14/a...
Recent staffing cuts could cost the EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office approximately 200 employees - one-fifth of its workforce.
www.wbez.org/2025/02/14/a...
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Me, two of my PhD students, and one of my postdocs were featured on @pbs.org NewsHour this evening for our work on #beavers and #wildfire in Colorado and Wyoming!
Check it out! youtu.be/F-HWKkIyfl0?...
Check it out! youtu.be/F-HWKkIyfl0?...
Why engineers are turning to beavers for insights into managing water resources
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Me, two of my PhD students, and one of my postdocs were featured on @pbs.org NewsHour this evening for our work on #beavers and #wildfire in Colorado and Wyoming!
Check it out! youtu.be/F-HWKkIyfl0?...
Check it out! youtu.be/F-HWKkIyfl0?...
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I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.
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Hi BluSky! I want to brag about a paper we published in August (I didn't post then b/c I was having knee surgery). We investigated the competing influences of the Maumee River and algal blooms on the carbon budget of Lake Erie's Western Basin. (1/6)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Seasonal Carbon Budget Succession in Lake Erie's Western Basin
Carbon in the Western Basin of Lake Erie is heavily influenced by river input Spatial and temporal variability of inorganic and organic carbon is high in Maumee Bay Seasonal bloom dynamics trans...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Hi BluSky! I want to brag about a paper we published in August (I didn't post then b/c I was having knee surgery). We investigated the competing influences of the Maumee River and algal blooms on the carbon budget of Lake Erie's Western Basin. (1/6)
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I've hopefully captured all the wetlands and peatland people I follow in this starter pack - apologies if I missed you out. I think I can edit if need be.
go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2
go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2
November 11, 2024 at 8:42 AM
I've hopefully captured all the wetlands and peatland people I follow in this starter pack - apologies if I missed you out. I think I can edit if need be.
go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2
go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2
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Rough week. So let me fill your @bsky.app feeds with one of my favorite data visualizations... Enjoy! 🙂
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
November 17, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Rough week. So let me fill your @bsky.app feeds with one of my favorite data visualizations... Enjoy! 🙂
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
Seasonal migration patterns of birds varying with air temperature using community science observations (eBird).
Animation created by: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
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Ice rich permafrost cores thawing in the lab. Imagine this happening slowly as permafrost thaws with climate change or disturbance and what this means for insfrastructure built above! (This was my most popular post on the bad place, let’s make it so here too!) #cdnsci #geoscience #cryosphere
November 13, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Ice rich permafrost cores thawing in the lab. Imagine this happening slowly as permafrost thaws with climate change or disturbance and what this means for insfrastructure built above! (This was my most popular post on the bad place, let’s make it so here too!) #cdnsci #geoscience #cryosphere
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Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF
November 10, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF
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💦🐟🦐🏞️🌊 I started a freshwater science starter pack. Hit me up if you want to join it -- it's very early and I quickly cobbled the first few members together.
go.bsky.app/K5ubDhb
go.bsky.app/K5ubDhb
October 29, 2024 at 9:44 PM
💦🐟🦐🏞️🌊 I started a freshwater science starter pack. Hit me up if you want to join it -- it's very early and I quickly cobbled the first few members together.
go.bsky.app/K5ubDhb
go.bsky.app/K5ubDhb