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Aubrey Zerkle

@aubreyzerkle.bsky.social
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Geoscientist & science writer, first-gen PhD, Editor-in-Chief @sciworthy.bsky.social, Research Scientist @bluemarblespace.bsky.social, she/her 🌍🪐🌋👽

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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scientists from Canada recently studied ancient uranium deposits to determine how similar radioactive waste might behave in deep geological repositories underground. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/is-nuclear-w...
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Is nuclear waste safe underground? – Sciworthy
Researchers calculated that nuclear waste could be safely sealed away for more than 350 million years in geological repositories.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Researchers from China designed a new type of food packaging that uses sunlight to eliminate bacteria. #SciComm #SciNews #foodsafety #microsky sciworthy.com/harnessing-s...
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Harnessing sunlight to fight bacteria – Sciworthy
Scientists developed biodegradable food packaging that combines heat- and light-driven chemistry to preserve food safely and sustainably.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Scientists found that neurons in three neurodegenerative diseases share the same pattern of DNA mutations despite having different symptoms and underlying causes. #SciComm #SciNews #dementia #alzheimers #medsky🧬 sciworthy.com/common-dna-d...
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Common DNA damage could cause neurodegenerative diseases – Sciworthy
Researchers discovered that neurons from patients with different neurodegenerative diseases share the same pattern of DNA mutations.
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Soil loss from modern farming practices now exceeds that caused by the largest natural climate transition in recent Earth history. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/is-modern-fa...
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Is modern farming sustainable? – Sciworthy
Scientists studied sediments from the Mississippi River catchment to determine whether modern agriculture caused more landscape erosion than past glacial melting.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Researchers from the USGS tracked fish species in 10 streams within the Brooks Range in Alaska’s Noatak National Preserve to investigate how thawing permafrost affects Arctic ecosystems. #Science #SciComm #SciEngage #Ecosystems #Ecology sciworthy.com/thawing-perm...
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Thawing permafrost is affecting fish health – Sciworthy
Researchers showed that thawing permafrost reduces the quantity and quality of fish species in Arctic streams.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Machine learning models predict that climate change could alter global soil conditions in ways that favor antibiotic-resistant bacteria. #SciComm #SciNews #microsky #ArtificialIntelligence 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/predicting-m...
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Predicting microbial antibiotic resistance with AI – Sciworthy
Scientists used machine learning models to predict the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in agricultural soil under future climate scenarios.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Scientists tested how accurately seasonal indicators used by local farmers could predict the weather in Bolivia’s Altiplano region. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/testing-loca...
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Testing local weather knowledge in the Bolivian Altiplano – Sciworthy
Researchers compared traditional Aymara weather signs with decades of meteorological data and found that some indicators are strongly linked to seasonal rainfall patterns.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Viruses could be a new player in the soil nitrogen cycle! #SciComm #SciNews #agroecology #plantscience #microsky sciworthy.com/viruses-help...
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Viruses help plants obtain nitrogen – Sciworthy
Scientists discovered soil viruses that help legume plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into biologically available nutrients.
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Scientists in Australia found that rapid cooling events driven by coastal upwelling have become more frequent and severe over the past decade, impacting marine megafauna. #SciComm #SciNews #MarineLife #ecosystems sciworthy.com/cold-shocks-...
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Cold shocks in a warming ocean affect large marine animals – Sciworthy
Researchers identified trends in extreme cold events that can push migratory animals, such as bull sharks, beyond their thermal tolerance and sometimes cause death.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University found that a specialized group of pain-sensing neurons, called TRPV1+, plays a role in detecting and fighting off parasitic worms in mice. #SciComm #SciNews #Neuroscience sciworthy.com/a-parasite-t...
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A parasite that numbs your pain – Sciworthy
Researchers discovered a parasitic worm that reduces mice’s ability to feel pain by suppressing the activity of pain-sensing neurons in their skin.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New Astrobiology Revealed for AskAstrobio! Luca Tonietti on planetary aerobiomes in astrobiology: askastrobio.org/articles/ast... #astro #earth-science #geoscience #microsky
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Astrobiology Revealed #34: Luca Tonietti — AskAstrobio
Luca Tonietti speaks about his recent perspective on “Planetary Aerobiomes in Dust- and Aerosol-Dominated Extraterrestrial Environments.”
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Scientists from China created a new sustainable energy-harvesting device using coffee waste and biodegradable plastics. #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/brewing-sust...
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Brewing sustainable power from used coffee grounds – Sciworthy
Researchers developed a fully biodegradable energy-harvesting device that uses spent coffee grounds to transform motion into electricity.
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Metabolically flexible microbes are the first to colonize recently deglaciated soils! #SciComm #glaciology #microsky 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/when-glacier...
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When glaciers retreat, microbes take over – Sciworthy
Researchers demonstrated that the first microbes to colonize recently deglaciated soil can extract nutrients from air and rock.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Scientists in the US and China have developed a new biological fungicide that kills the fungus responsible for brown rot disease in stone fruit trees. #SciComm #SciNews #agriecon #plantsci #planthealth #microsky sciworthy.com/using-bacter...
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Using bacteria to fight fungal brown rot – Sciworthy
Scientists compared how effective traditional chemical fungicides and newer biological fungicides are in killing the fungus responsible for brown rot disease.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Today, Mars is a big red dustball, but researchers studying Martian clay deposits think it was once warm and humid. 👇 #SciComm #SciNews sciworthy.com/clay-mineral...
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Clay minerals suggest a warm, wet past for Mars – Sciworthy
Researchers studied clay deposits on Mars using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and found evidence for a warm and humid past climate.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Over 20 million tons of polystyrene plastic are produced annually, yet only a small fraction is recycled worldwide. Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics recently used sulfur to break down this waste into useful chemicals. #SciComm #Chemsky sciworthy.com/upcycling-po...
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Upcycling polystyrene with sunlight and sulfur – Sciworthy
Researchers developed a rapid, solar-driven process that transforms waste polystyrene and excess sulfur into chemicals used in electronics.
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Aubrey Zerkle @aubreyzerkle.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Sciworthy By Blue Marble Space @sciworthy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This Earth Day, we're celebrating science for a sustainable planet! Read about how scientists from Italy are developing custom microbial biofertilizers to help crops withstand drought and disease. #SciComm #envecon #agriecon #envpsy #microsky 🦠 🧫 sciworthy.com/do-biofertil...
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Biofertilizers change plants’ natural microbes – Sciworthy
Scientists tested how mixtures of plant-growth-promoting bacteria affect sunflower plants' microbes for use in sustainable agriculture.
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