Rissa tridactyla
@tridactyla.bsky.social
Conservation Biologist. Ocean Aficionado. 🌈
Views expressed here are my own.
Views expressed here are my own.
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OTD 1955: Larry Doby was traded to the White Sox after eight great seasons in Cleveland. Later Doby would become the 2nd Black MLB manager when the White Sox hire him in 1978. Also? Doby debuted with Cleveland vs the White Sox in 1947. Designate July 5 as Larry Doby Day @mlb.
October 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
OTD 1955: Larry Doby was traded to the White Sox after eight great seasons in Cleveland. Later Doby would become the 2nd Black MLB manager when the White Sox hire him in 1978. Also? Doby debuted with Cleveland vs the White Sox in 1947. Designate July 5 as Larry Doby Day @mlb.
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Enjoy your baseball team tomorrow. Even if they are terrible. Even if they make you mad and frustrated. The offseason is long and the world is full of horrors. Even very bad baseball is better than waiting for spring.
September 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Enjoy your baseball team tomorrow. Even if they are terrible. Even if they make you mad and frustrated. The offseason is long and the world is full of horrors. Even very bad baseball is better than waiting for spring.
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Happy Saturday, Cleveland! We are so ready to cheer on our Guardians in their late-season push ⚾
Photo: John Pana, cleveland.com
Photo: John Pana, cleveland.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Happy Saturday, Cleveland! We are so ready to cheer on our Guardians in their late-season push ⚾
Photo: John Pana, cleveland.com
Photo: John Pana, cleveland.com
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.
Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds
Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.
n.pr
September 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.
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Deforestation is never 'just trees'.
It’s half a million lives lost in 20 years because we stripped away nature’s cooling system.
We don't just need nature. We ARE nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s half a million lives lost in 20 years because we stripped away nature’s cooling system.
We don't just need nature. We ARE nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Deforestation is never 'just trees'.
It’s half a million lives lost in 20 years because we stripped away nature’s cooling system.
We don't just need nature. We ARE nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s half a million lives lost in 20 years because we stripped away nature’s cooling system.
We don't just need nature. We ARE nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“You’re a cool and weightless mer-creature, returned to the primordial soup that formed you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
The Water Cure
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“You’re a cool and weightless mer-creature, returned to the primordial soup that formed you.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
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New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pollinator‐Promoting Interventions in European Urban Habitats—A Synthesis
Syntheses of urban pollinator-friendly management are lacking, hindering policy implementation compared to farmland. Addressing this gap, our re-analytical data synthesis demonstrates the generally p...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
New Europe-wide study finds that efforts to provide pollinator habitat in urban areas - such as sowing wildflower mixes - really do work, boosting numbers of bees and butterflies: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Nature’s calendar is out of sync.
Across the UK, berries are ripening early & trees are shedding leaves. These aren’t signs of early autumn, but of ecosystems under stress from heat & drought. ⚠️
Our wildlife will struggle as food sources vanish too soon. 🐾
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Across the UK, berries are ripening early & trees are shedding leaves. These aren’t signs of early autumn, but of ecosystems under stress from heat & drought. ⚠️
Our wildlife will struggle as food sources vanish too soon. 🐾
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Early ripening of berries in UK shows nature is under stress, say experts
Hot summer also causing trees to shed their leaves as concerns raised over ‘food gap’ for wildlife in autumn
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Nature’s calendar is out of sync.
Across the UK, berries are ripening early & trees are shedding leaves. These aren’t signs of early autumn, but of ecosystems under stress from heat & drought. ⚠️
Our wildlife will struggle as food sources vanish too soon. 🐾
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Across the UK, berries are ripening early & trees are shedding leaves. These aren’t signs of early autumn, but of ecosystems under stress from heat & drought. ⚠️
Our wildlife will struggle as food sources vanish too soon. 🐾
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“Climate justice means putting people and the planet before profit.”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Carbon credits: The dark heart of the climate ‘solution’ that simply does not work
Amid the climate crisis, no amount of wishing for an imaginary carbon unicorn will make it true
www.irishtimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Climate justice means putting people and the planet before profit.”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
All the smoke is now belong to Seattle.
Josh Naylor hits his first @Mariners home run in a Seattle victory.
July 29, 2025 at 5:51 AM
All the smoke is now belong to Seattle.
Joy and tears, and all honor to the voice of our summers! #ForTheLand
Legendary Cleveland broadcaster Hamilton takes his place in Cooperstown
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- When Tom Hamilton introduced his Wisconsinite parents to the legendary Bob Uecker in the radio booth one day many years ago, Uecker jokingly apologized to them that they were forc...
www.mlb.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Joy and tears, and all honor to the voice of our summers! #ForTheLand
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Spent a few days analyzing the NPS species database. Some interesting findings:
- Redwood is the only national park with 100+ mammal species
- Only two parks are more biodiverse than New River Gorge
- Indiana Dunes has a ridiculously high biodiversity density (species/square mile)
#nationalparks
- Redwood is the only national park with 100+ mammal species
- Only two parks are more biodiverse than New River Gorge
- Indiana Dunes has a ridiculously high biodiversity density (species/square mile)
#nationalparks
A Deep Dive Into the Biodiversity of America’s National Parks
From the fog-drenched forests of the Great Smoky Mountains and lakeshore prairies of Indiana Dunes to the cliffs of the Grand Canyon and coral reefs of Biscayne Bay, the U.S.
thenationalparksexperience.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Spent a few days analyzing the NPS species database. Some interesting findings:
- Redwood is the only national park with 100+ mammal species
- Only two parks are more biodiverse than New River Gorge
- Indiana Dunes has a ridiculously high biodiversity density (species/square mile)
#nationalparks
- Redwood is the only national park with 100+ mammal species
- Only two parks are more biodiverse than New River Gorge
- Indiana Dunes has a ridiculously high biodiversity density (species/square mile)
#nationalparks
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Not so much a thick trunk as a complicated one. Along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, October 2024 #ThickTrunkTuesday
July 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Not so much a thick trunk as a complicated one. Along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, October 2024 #ThickTrunkTuesday
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‘You think God didn’t make gay men?’ Comedian Leslie Jones on religion, grief and getting famous at 47
‘You think God didn’t make gay men?’ Comedian Leslie Jones on religion, grief and getting famous at 47
She was Saturday Night Live’s oldest hire, then faced a torrent of abuse after her role in the Ghostbusters reboot. She talks about the deaths of her mum, dad and brother – and why she’s given up dating men
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
‘You think God didn’t make gay men?’ Comedian Leslie Jones on religion, grief and getting famous at 47
“Whatever else may be going on in the world, you can always, always count on José Ramírez.” #ForTheLand
J-Ram records 7th (!) 20/20 season as Guards blast off vs. O's
CLEVELAND -- When your name is alongside folks such as Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonds in baseball’s all-time record books, you know you’re in good company. José Ramírez continues to cement himself alongs...
www.mlb.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“Whatever else may be going on in the world, you can always, always count on José Ramírez.” #ForTheLand
The opposite of war isn’t peace!
It’s creation!
It’s creation!
July 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The opposite of war isn’t peace!
It’s creation!
It’s creation!
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My newest paper: on surviving a career in #ecology while having a #disability (and how to make things better!!)
#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Disability in ecology and evolution
In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology
and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled
in ecology and evolution. We a...
www.cell.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My newest paper: on surviving a career in #ecology while having a #disability (and how to make things better!!)
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Where it's wave over wave, sea over bow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
I'm as happy a man as the sea will allow
Remember you are this universe and this universe is you.
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
July 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Remember you are this universe and this universe is you.
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
Oh, my heart is on the highway
And I'm sold on going to sea
And I'm sold on going to sea
July 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Oh, my heart is on the highway
And I'm sold on going to sea
And I'm sold on going to sea