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Greg Forcey

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Wildlife biologist studying energy infrastructure and wildlife interactions. #rstats #Gainesville Florida gregforcey.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 23/03/2026
TotalEnergies abandons US offshore wind, will invest $1 billion in fossil fuel projects reut.rs/4t9eY82
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TotalEnergies abandons US offshore wind, will invest $1 billion in fossil fuel projects
The United States and French ‌energy major TotalEnergies said on Monday they would redirect nearly $1 billion from offshore wind leases to U.S. oil and natural gas production.
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Gabby Palomo, PhD @gabspalomo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I’m looking for a review paper on different gps tracking methods and tech for wildlife. If you published such review or know of a paper discussing this topic please let me know ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️🌎
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 28/01/2026
Zotero is outstanding bibliographic software for researchers with large libraries of PDF docs.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 25/12/2025
This has always been a classic on my list to read and now I can read the new version instead. 🌎
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 07/09/2025
A new study looked at the effectiveness of ultrasonic deterrents on reducing bat fatalities at wind facilities #bats #wind #windwildlife 🧪🌎 www.gregforcey.com/how-effectiv...
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Ultrasonic deterrents have limited effects on reducing bat fatalities at wind facilities
New research suggests limited effectiveness of ultrasonic deterrents for bats at wind facilities
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 27/08/2025
arstechnica.com
More scientists choose Bluesky over Twitter
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 24/08/2025
Wind farms attract conspiracy theories because they reflect deep anxieties about change. #windpower #renewables #RenewableEnergy #windenergy
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 23/08/2025
I went from finishing my PhD, straight to the private sector and have thoroughly enjoyed my job for the last 19 years. There are so many opportunities outside academia, but I agree, non-academic #careers are not really discussed inside of academia. #AcademicSky 🧪
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 12/08/2025
How does bat activity change at wind turbines across years in the offshore Atlantic Ocean? #offshorewind #bats #batecology #wildlife 🌎🧪
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Bat activity among years at offshore wind turbines
Variation in bat activity from year to year and within years could influence collision risk from offshore wind turbines.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 10/08/2025
Ideally ambient noise levels should not exceed 65 decibels for a good conversation at a restaurant. www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/08/09/i...
sun-sentinel.com
I can’t hear you: Are restaurants getting louder?
It’s a restaurant owner’s dream: a lively ambience with delicious food, crowded tables, vibrant music and buzzy energy. But is it a diner’s nightmare?
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 29/07/2025
The importance of citizen science in #ecology will not only increase with technological advances, but also because of cuts to federally-funded research. 🌎🧪
nytimes.com
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 21/06/2025
Thanks to philanthropy and #conservation, the Okefenokee Swamp has been saved from a nearby titanium mine. 🌎 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Land deal ends controversial mining fight near Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp
The landmark deal ends a years-long fight over a proposed mine next to one of the South’s last truly wild places.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 10/06/2025
In short, listen to their concerns about #vaccines (without dismissing them), empathize, and offer your personal experience. Help someone make their own decision, rather than telling them what to do.🧪💉
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 10/06/2025
With the summer wildlife season starting, I found this very helpful for understanding the #airquality index values and how to interpret them. 🌎🧪 www.vox.com/climate/2376...
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The Air Quality Index and how to use it, explained
8 things you should know about the number that measures bad air.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 05/06/2025
New research shows variation in bat activity among years at offshore wind turbines, with nearly all bat activity occuring in September and October #wildlife #windenergy #bats #offshorewind 🌍🧪
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Science Magazine @science.org · 23/05/2025
Hundreds of National Science Foundation staffers turned out for a group photograph to celebrate the besieged agency’s 75th anniversary—despite efforts by NSF officials to prevent the picture from being taken. scim.ag/4jcGpIt
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Is a photo subversive? NSF staff overcome obstacles to 75th anniversary portrait
Management tried to quash outpouring of support for beleaguered agency
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 24/05/2025
Fascinating to see how animals can adapt to our world and use human tools to aid in their own foraging. 🌎🧪 #ornithology #wildlife #wildlifebiology
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 23/05/2025
With concerns about bat fatalities at #windenergy facilities, curtailment (stopping turbine blades) is an effective strategy for reducing collisions. #bats #conservation #wildlife 🌎🧪
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Turbine curtailment is effective for lowering bat mortality
Meta-analysis across eight wind faciltiies shows curtailment to be an effective approach for reducing bat collisions
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 21/11/2024
As a scientist, I'm very much enjoying the "old twitter". The community here is fantastic. 🧪
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 18/11/2024
Last sighted in 1995, the slender-billed curlew is now considered extinct. 🧪🌎 #ornithology #wildlife #conservation #endangeredspecies
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New publication indicates devastating extinction of the Slender-Billed Curlew
Slender-billed Curlew, a migratory shorebird that once bred in western Siberia and wintered around the Mediterranean is now extinct according to scientists. This is the first known global bird…
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 17/11/2024
Amazing findings about how bats can use echolocation at large scales 🧪🌎
arstechnica.com
Bats make mental maps using echolocation
There’s enough information in echolocation to help bats identify landmarks and travel between them.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 17/11/2024
So nice to see so much interest in @bsky.app! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/t...
nytimes.com
Bluesky Is Growing Up. Maybe Too Fast.
The fledgling social media site has been flooded by people seeking alternatives to Facebook, X and Threads. It hasn’t all been easy.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 17/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,175,661! Kinda cool stat!
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
An experiment is underway in Wyoming, studying a potentially game-changing – and simple – solution to this problem. A wind utility company in Wyoming is trying to make wind turbines more visible to birds by painting just one blade black.
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Painting Wind Turbine Blades To Prevent Bird Collisions
A wind utility company in Wyoming is trying to make wind turbines more visible to birds by painting just one blade black.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 26/05/2024
Oh no, not another threat to our honeybees. This time in the southeast US. 🧪🌎 #wildlife
arstechnica.com
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US
Researchers are working to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 09/05/2024
New regulations are out for permitting incidental eagle take at power lines and #windenergy facilities. 🧪🌎 #wildlife #wildlifescience #ornithology
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Permitting updates for incidental take of eagles
A summary of the new federal regulations for permitting incidental take of bald and golden eagles
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 01/05/2024
Real and implied species. Support my Patreon for extra content: www.patreon.com/birdandmoon
A six-panel cartoon titled "real and implied birds". In the two panels in the top row, there's a rough legged-hawk sailing through the sky, next to a smooth legged hawk, which has smooth human legs. In the second row, there's a great-crested flycatcher looking dapper, next to an ok-crested flycatcher that has just a slightly less nice crest. In the third row, there's a mountain chickadee standing up on stones, next to a valley chickadee peeking out from a dip between stones. In the fourth row, there's a least bittern standing in some reeds, next to a most bittern that is enormous and stomping through a city, with people running in fear, helicopters overhead, and an overturned car on fire.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 21/03/2024
Is there any point to feeds on #bluesky anymore now that we have hashtags?
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 21/03/2024
Great to see critical habitat designated for the #Florida bonneted bat. 🧪🌎 #endangeredspecies
conservancy.org
Wins for wildlife: Critical habitat designated for the Florida bonneted bat and a new refuge unit established in Southwest Florida | Conservancy of Southwest Florida
By Amber Crooks and Julianne Thomas, Conservancy of Southwest Florida Two big announcements this month by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), bolstered by the support of the Conservan...
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 23/02/2024
Fantastic research on how great gray owls hunt voles under the snow and the challenges with sound distortion. 🧪🌎 #wildlife #ornithology
allaboutbirds.org
To Catch Voles Under the Snow, Great Gray Owls Must Overcome an Acoustic Mirage
New research into the weird ways snow distorts sound offers new hints about the extraordinary hunting strategies of a winter phantom—the Great Gray Owl.
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
🧪 Scientist? 🟦 New to BlueSky? 👀 Wanna find posts by other people in your area and use the right hashtags in your own posts? 📃 Here’s a list of 200 science-related feeds and their hashtags. #AcademicSky #PhDSky
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BlueSky Science-Related Feeds
Sheet1 Likes,Name (Click to visit feed),Tags,Contact to ask to be added to contributor list 11,<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ftnzzw4cnon2pzpw7i5m2xu7/feed/aaaiqnkwsgsz6">#AI&HCI</a>,#HCI,...
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 10/01/2024
Is everyone using the native pipe now and stopping using the magrittr pipe? Seeing more and more examples using the native pipe recently. #rstats
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 21/12/2023
It is fascinating how dendrochronology gives us insight into weather conditions from hundreds of years ago. What's alarming is how narrow the ring for 2023 is, likely due to extreme heat and poor growing conditions. 🌎🧪
washingtonpost.com
Written in the wood
What one pine tree on an Arizona mountaintop can tell us about the hottest year on record -- and what lies ahead
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 19/12/2023
A great resource to make sure you're following all the good science-related feeds on BlueSky.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 19/12/2023
Endangered species are acting as umbrella species to manage climate change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Saving Animals From Extinction Is a Climate Strategy, Too
Now 50 years old, the US Endangered Species Act is critical to conserving biodiversity. It also protects forests and wetlands that lock away CO2.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 16/12/2023
Incidental eagle fatality observations are useful for understanding impacts from wind energy 🌎🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Incidental eagle carcass detection can contribute to fatality estimation at operating wind energy fa...
Risk of birds colliding with wind turbines, especially protected species like bald eagle and golden eagle in the U.S., is a fundamental wildlife challenge the wind industry faces when developing and o...
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 12/12/2023
Cat owners: please keep your pet inside to save all the native wildlife outside. Thank you. 🧪🌎
nytimes.com
What’s on the Menu When Your Cat Goes Out? Probably More Than You Think.
Free-ranging cats hunt or scavenge more than 2,000 species, some of them imperiled, according to a new study.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 10/12/2023
A new meta-analysis showing bird displacement across taxa in response to onshore wind. 🧪🌎 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 05/12/2023
glimpse() from the dplyr package is so much nicer than str() from baser #rstat. Can’t believe I’ve been missing out all this time.
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 30/11/2023
Biological assessments are critical for understanding the impacts of wind energy projects on listed species. 🌎🧪
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Biological assessments to permit energy projects
When and why a biological assessment is needed when permitting an energy project
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Greg Forcey @gregforcey.com · 26/11/2023
Fascinating listen as to why the higher education model has to change going forward. freakonomics.com/podcast/high...
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Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed? - Freakonomics
Higher Education Is Broken. Can It Be Fixed? - Freakonomics
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Dan Schroeder @dvschroeder.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
This is awesome: A new USGS interactive map (similar to their terrific wind turbine database map) showing the FOOTPRINT of every utility-scale photovoltaic solar farm in the country (as of the end of 2021). h/t Sammy Roth 🔌💡 eerscmap.usgs.gov/uspvdb/viewe...
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