Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The link isn’t working properly. Here’s another attempt: www.nature.org/en-us/newsro... 000
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A new report from @nature.org suggests that for every $1 spent on H2Ohio wetlands, it produces $8 in economic benefits for the state of Ohio. Very proud of the contribution of #BGSU scientists to monitoring these wetlands, including our lab. #BGSUWater www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...nature.orgNewsroomExplore past press releases and news by The Nature Conservancy in the United States and around the globe. 110
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyChenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 06/02/2026NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) is back!!! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...nsf.govPostdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) 1116
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/02/2026Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day 7663166
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyIPBES @ipbes.net · 07/12/2025In Manas National Park, India, Bengal floricans are making a comeback. Critically endangered, their recovery owes much to former poachers now working as protectors, supported by local communities and nonprofits. Learn how conservation transforms lives: ow.ly/c5t450XqtOWow.lyThey used to poach this rare bird. Now, they save them.After decades of political unrest, former poachers and community members rallied to protect the Bengal florican. 0239
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyNeil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 25/11/2025Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again. #sciencematters 8634821016
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyIPBES @ipbes.net · 23/11/2025Did you know your choice of coffee can help migratory birds? ☕ By choosing bird-friendly coffee, you support sustainable farming practices that protect vital habitats for migratory birds. 🐦 👉 Learn more with Environment for the Americas : www.migratorybirdday.org 0265
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyIPBES @ipbes.net · 14/11/2025Wetlands are rare and exceptional, even small ones. Intrinsically valuable, they also: 🌱 Offer habitat for plants, insects, amphibians and birds 🌊 Absorb stormwater, buffering against floods 🌍 Filter and reduce pollutants, improving water quality Learn more with the Convention on Wetlands 👇 14525
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 26/10/2025This is an excellent write up about findings from our H2Ohio wetland monitoring. 🧪🌎🌱💧 insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...insideclimatenews.orgOhio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working. - Inside Climate NewsThe annual report from the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program found all of the wetlands examined successfully trapped nutrients and shed new light on possible best practices. 23411
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 06/10/2025New pub! 5 yrs in the making, the result of dedication of an awesome interdisciplinary team, the paper lays out a new approach to link social, ecological, and evolutionary processes that influence urban animals, through traits, aiming to improve management. 🌎 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comAn integrated social–ecological–evolutionary–phenotypic (SEEP) approach to understanding animal responses to urbanizationHumans play key roles in shaping the structure and processes of ecosystems globally, especially in cities. This recognition has prompted a recent focus on understanding urban systems via interactions.... 020
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Come work with me! We are hiring a new TT Aquatic Ecologist (Assistant Professor), affiliated with my department and the Center for Great Lakes and Watershed Studies. Please spread the word. Thanks! 🌎 www.schooljobs.com/careers/bgsu...schooljobs.comAssistant Professor - Biological SciencesThe Department of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a start date of August 2026. This is a full-time, 9-mo... 020
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 14/09/2025We’ve been lucky to work with a great group of people on this project! www.bgsu.edu/news/2025/09...bgsu.eduBiology students at BGSU research key aspect of Ohio wetlands implementationBGSU students are studying how different plants behave in wetland environments, giving scientists an idea of which species mitigate harmful algal blooms. 010
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyProf. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 08/08/2025(Bee) Sex in the city: As part of a recent study led by Muzafar Sirohi, we explored how urban conditions might be influencing the timing of bee emergence and the sex ratios of different species. Read more about it here: jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/08/08/b... #pollinators #bees #biodiversity #ecologyjeffollerton.co.uk(Bee) Sex in the city: a new study shows how urban life skews pollinator populationsBees are among the most important pollinators in the natural world, quietly sustaining ecosystems and food production. While honeybees often steal the spotlight, a vast number of solitary and primi… 0184
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyMatt McGovern @mattmcgovern.bsky.social · 19/07/2025EVs Pay Off Their Carbon Debt in Just 2 Years — After That, It’s No Contest Electric cars now emit up to 71% less than gas vehicles — and every mile makes the gap wider. www.autoblog.com/news/evs-pay...autoblog.comEVs Pay Off Their Carbon Debt in Just 2 Years | BEV Lifecycle BenefitsDiscover how U.S. battery electric vehicles offset their higher manufacturing emissions within 2 years of driving and deliver 41–71% lower lifetime greenhouse gases than gas cars. 714145
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyaltNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Let’s talk about weather balloons—a.k.a. radiosondes—and why recent cuts to NWS staffing and balloon launch schedules are putting the public at risk (eg., Deaths in Texas). No satellite or model can replace what these humble balloons do. Here's why. 🧵 321624701
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/09/2024I think most people (myself included) don’t have an intuition for orders of magnitude (e.g., the difference between millionaire and billionaire). One way to appreciate this is time, since we all experience it. Here's the difference between a thousand, a million, and a billion seconds. 341052283
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyThomas Shahan @tshahan.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Photographed a LOT of handsome salticids in Costa Rica, but these Anasaitis canalis males were the fanciest! ✨💙 Very difficult to shoot - not just tiny - but super skittish too! In situ, stack (3 shots?), Pentax, Laowa 25mm Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica - ground level, shaded areas w/ tree cover 23839131
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/06/2025If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations. 9079082510
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 02/06/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c... 🧪🌎nytimes.comTrump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program 2154
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyEmilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Proposed cut to DEB is 89.6% bsky.app/profile/maur... 123
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 14/05/2025www.propublica.org/article/noaa... 🧪🌎propublica.orgMillions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and... 02625
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Interesting… I feel like many people hate investment bankers, so that one surprises me. The other too make sense to have increased. I’d still be surprised if being an engineer was more prestigious than a medical doctor. But again, clearly I don’t have a handle on it. 100
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I clearly don’t have a good handle on this. Which professions are higher prestige now? 100
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Thanks for sharing… this makes it clear that my personal perception that MDs still have high prestige doesn’t mean that prestige hasn’t decreased. Definitely not surprised that sexism still influences prestige, sadly. 100
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I agree that it likely is harder to be an MD now, but is that the same as prestige? Maybe how we define prestige influences our answer to this. 100
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I’d like to say medical doctors… maybe one could argue that their prestige has declined a bit in recent years, but that could be common to the general erosion of prestige of all “experts” or the politicization of COVID rather than a gender shift. But this opinion isn’t based on data or research. 100
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025The Merlin Bird ID app wouldn’t exist #WithoutNSF. 🪶 14432127
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 30/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...nytimes.comTrump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue. 010
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 30/04/2025www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/w...nytimes.comHow Healthy Is Tofu? (Gift Article)It’s touted as a nutritional star, but concerns about soy have been raised in the past. Here’s what experts say. 031
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 22/04/20251/5 of pollinators and 1/3 of bees in North America at risk of extinction 🧪🌎 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 021
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyTed Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · 16/04/2025When you're just starting out in scientific research, formalizing your causal questions and how they connect to hypotheses, study designs, predictions, and results can be confusing. 🧪 With that in mind, I've tried to put together a guide/templates: pavliclab.org/tips-for-bui... 0184
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyAlbert Ruhí @albertruhi.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Looking for a quantitative ecology #postdoc? Check out this opening on time-series modeling of estuarine food webs - based in my group @natureatcal.bsky.social, in collaboration w/ State agency scientists. Apply ASAP - review of applications starts Apr 4. More info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04818aprecruit.berkeley.eduPostdoc Employee – Quantitative ecology – ESPM: Organisms & The EnvironmentUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 22022
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyWilson Sherman @wilsonsherm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025"The wildlife Nextdoor: Socioeconomics and race predict social media carnivore reports" is out in Science of the Total Environment. @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social, Christopher Schell, and I looked at how people post about coyotes and black bears on Nextdoor. doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... 1145
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyDr. Dave Huber, Soil Scientist 🔥 @dphuber.bsky.social · 06/04/2025I’ve had 1k new followers this week, 2k overall. Humble but not insignificant If half the people here bought a garden journal, ~$19, it would pay for 3 months of our mortgage, giving me time to find a new job because my grants were frozen Great example of how coming together makes a difference ✊ 054
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 05/04/20251st pub from our NSF Ephemeral Wetland Invertebrate Macrosystem project! High taxonomic turnover, suggesting low dispersal despite potential and/or strong local filtering. However, high similarity in functional traits. 🧪🌎 dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb....dx.doi.orgEphemeral Wetland Macroinvertebrate Communities Across Climate Regions Share Similar Functional Trait Composition Despite Near‐Total Taxa ReplacementCommunity assembly in aquatic habitats is heavily influenced by hydrology, but understanding the influence of other habitat conditions is also critical. Most studies focus on comparisons of geogra... 0226
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyDavid Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · 31/03/2025NEW: The number of new grants handed out by the National Science Foundation since President Donald Trump took office has fallen by nearly 50% compared with the same 2-month period 1 year ago. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF has awarded almost 50% fewer grants since Trump took officeThe reasons aren’t clear—and the agency’s director claims the president’s policies haven’t slowed grant awards 08373
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This is a great essay: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | How to Have a Passionate Life (Gift Article)A surprising route to the best life possible. 000
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyJonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Just like investing in a diverse portfolio stocks and shares buffers investors from unexpected shocks, a greater diversity of habitats and species in rivers can make them resilient to what’s coming down the pike. 131
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.forms.gleCancelled NIH grant information submission formPlease use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH... 10433492
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyChelsea Clifford @ditchontologist.bsky.social · 20/03/2025"The Importance of Ditches & Canals in Global Inland Water CO2 & N2O Budgets," Silverthorn et al. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... "Ditches had higher per-area emissions... than ponds, lakes, & reservoirs... inclusion of ditches... [ups] global inland water CO2 emissions by 0.6%–1% & N2O... by 3%–9%." 🧪doi.orgThe Importance of Ditches and Canals in Global Inland Water CO2 and N2O BudgetsWe synthesized data across global climate zones to show, for the first time, that global ditches and canals emit notable amounts of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, at higher per area rates than pon... 1203
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyDr. Amy Burgin @burginam.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Oofta. My partner was an EPA scientist about a decade ago. They are hard working, civically-minded scientists working for the greater good to help society manage our shared environment. This would be a tragic loss for us all. Thinking of our many EPA colleagues today. 1112
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyScience Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 16/03/202590% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die from the disease. That's why the medical community is excited about the results of a small trial in which nearly half of the pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease remained relapse-free three years later.sciencefriday.comA Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show PromiseIn a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later. 819325097642
Reposted by Kevin McCluneyBill Bateman @acanthoplus.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators theconversation.com/not-just-bee...theconversation.comNot just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinatorsNext time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy. 0269
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Glad to be able to make a small contribution to this! 🧪🌎 @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNectar in oak savannas: implications for butterfly conservationRestoring critically imperiled midwestern oak savanna habitat is frequently guided by the requirements of the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly (Plebejus melissa samuelis). Although studies... 062
Kevin McCluney @mcclunatory.bsky.social · 04/03/2025The link gives me access to the full article. Try scrolling down after clicking on the link. 000