Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaSophie Boerman @crocsophie.bsky.social · 23h🌊🐊 Were some of the earliest crocodylians venturing into the sea? 🦴 For our new paper in Palaeontology, we CT-scanned three skulls of “thoracosaurs” and found clues for a shallow-marine lifestyle in these enigmatic critters. ➡ doi.org/10.1111/pala... ️📖 22816
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaJulien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Last chance to apply for the postdoc in paleontology. www.smnk.de/museum/aussc... 2 years, funded through DFG project #paleontology #jobs #fossilfriday #palaeontology #museum #fossilssmnk.dePaleontologist (Postdoc) (m/f/d)Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe 066
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaRobert Sansom @fossilrob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Maybe Reddit isn’t quite a dumpster fire 0164
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10381012800
Reposted by Dr. Monika Doubrawadepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm 523852648
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The water will come…nbcnews.comSatellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 yearsThe numbers behind the melting ice are both mind-bogglingly huge and deceptively small. 15823362
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn. 7621121244
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I love DSDP / ODP / IODP but finding and correlating data and especially core depths & pictures across years, authors and publications is a bit of a nightmare. 🧪🚢 020
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaElizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What a beautiful foraminifera! #marineplankton 🦑 3454
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaAlfred Wegener Institute @awi.de · 10/09/2026A Year in the Ice: The Tara Polar Station has begun its drift through the central Arctic!🧊🐻❄️On 9 September, the Tara Polar Station, reached its ice floe. From there, it will drift with the sea ice across the Arctic Ocean for a year. AWI scientist Julia Regnery is on board. www.awi.de/en/about-us/... 02915
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaDr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In 2011, one chick held the record for most plastic ever found in the species: 276 pieces, 64g. We thought that was as bad as it could get. We were wrong. The record fell in 2023. Fell again in 2024. Then in 2025: 894 pieces in a single chick. (Photo: worst chicks in 2010, 2015, 2021, 2025) 16738
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Imagine if the media took the words of climate scientists as seriously as it does that rando from Anthropic… Air pollution and climate change from fossil fuel use are literally killing millions of people every year, but sure, let’s focus on the idiocy that “AI is going to kill everyone in 10”. 6372100
Reposted by Dr. Monika Doubrawafranz @franzanth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I don't think I've ever posted these posters together as a set, so here's a first. Wonders of the Deep series, commissioned by the International Seabed Authority between 2020-2022 to celebrate the fragile biodiversity of deep sea. Not for sale. #Art #SciArt 10327121
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I was ver excited when I got the chance to spend some time at Zumaia 🦖 - might have taken quite some time to find the PETM layer which is not marked (with a very patient co-traveller trying his best to help). 031
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 24/08/2026www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the... 🧪carlsonlab.bioThe only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson LabOver the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la... 1113
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Riedglacier (Riedgletscher) in Switzerland: On the left a photo from July 2013 ( (c) Günter Seggebäing (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordier...), on the right my picture August 2026, view from the Klein Bigerhorn. 051
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Dear students, I want to read you - your struggling sentences, and your brilliant ones, your weird grammer, you rhtoughts and your (few) typos. I don't want to read the polished, blown-up over-complicated thing AI made out of you. Take the time to craft your work, and I take the time to read it. 0236
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality 51537435
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaJulien Kimmig @jkimmig.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7... 20564197
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaVolker Quaschning @volkerquaschning.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Die #Klimakrise setzt Europas Stromversorgung unter Druck. Wegen Kühlwassermangels müssen fossile und #Kernkraftwerke gedrosselt werden. #Windkraft und #Photovoltaik brauchen dagegen kein Kühlwasser. Gut, dass Deutschland auf erneuerbare Energien setzt. 25679243
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaGavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New Yorker cartoon feels about right 025987
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Cool place with cool photos (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverket) - and a cool project (memeland.no).en.wikipedia.orgBulverket - Wikipedia 021
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaMika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Halite shows up without requiring life in the evolution of minerals. Meanwhile, halite is a highly effective trap that may capture evidence of early life: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/jsedres... So… yeah, plausible.pubs.geoscienceworld.orgIt’s a trap!: Modern and ancient halite as Lagerstätten | Journal of Sedimentary Research | GeoScienceWorldABSTRACT. Chemical sediments, such as bedded halite (NaCl), are strongly influenced by environmental conditions during deposition and, if unaltered, may 15814
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Actual climate change impacts don't do anything, but at least the money does... Short flights like that should not be a thing anymore in 2026 (theres a <3h train connecting the cities) - together with private jets. 010
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaKees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Five days ago, the Rhine - at the point where it enters the Netherlands - reached its lowest level ever recorded: 6.47 meter above sea level. Now it's at 6.35 m. 37135
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Newsstories like this make me wonder what will happen first: - farmers stop voting for conservative/rightwing parties who negate climate change or - conservative/rightwing parties finally start working agains climate change, as it costs them too much ooe.orf.at/stories/3365...ooe.orf.atDürre: Milchbauern fordern rasche HilfeDie Wiesen sind braun, das Gras wächst kaum noch. Auf vielen Bauernhöfen wird bereits Futter verfüttert, das für den Winter vorgesehen war. Heimische Milchbauern geraten zunehmend unter Druck und ford... 110
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaPetra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 06/11/20254 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year #HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates 720872
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Travelling to #Paleo4Alps by train - requires 5 different train tickets from 3 different companies (countries): two I have to print out, two I only get on my phone. Ca. 400 km in one direction = ca. 9hs train-time (in the best of times). So... who else is coming? 211
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Lovely paragneiss / mica-shist fold in Ticino. 030
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This clever map shows us what time it is across the world, which regions are awake, working or sleeping, all rotating in sync with the Earth. Go to the source where the image only rotates by 3.75 degrees every 15 minutes to remain up to date. Source: buff.ly/tyQ2Z3g 47524
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaAsterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 14/07/2026Carpe momentum – das Zitat des Augenblicks: "Kuckuck!" - "Die gehen mir langsam auf den Wecker mit ihrer Pünktlichkeit!" Seewirt und Gote in #Asterix bei den Schweizern, Seite 28. 2023 waren 92,5 Prozent der Züge in der Schweiz pünktlich. #Bahn 18310
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaOliver A. Kern @oliverkern.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Come work with us at the University of Tromsø! 🇳🇴 PhD position in ancient sedimentary DNA of fish 🐟 and ecosystem 🌱 interactions in Europe www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Please share!jobbnorge.noPhD Fellow in Ancient sedimentary DNA of Freshwater Fish and Ecological Interactions in Europe (303780) | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayJob title: PhD Fellow in Ancient sedimentary DNA of Freshwater Fish and Ecological Interactions in Europe (303780), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Sunday, August 16, 2026 286
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Btw. I'm not aware of any models suggesting a "sudden collapse" of the #AMOC. The very serious real risk is that it soon passes a point of no return (tipping point) where it becomes unstable and it shutting down over 50-100 years becomes practically unstoppable. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/c...independent.co.ukWe’re in a heatwave, so why is a ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic causing so much concern?A large expanse of the North Atlantic ocean has been bucking the global warming trend and it is alarming scientists who warn the collapse of the AMOC ocean current could be catastrophic for the planet... 8584245
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/07/2026Asteroid Threat xkcd.com/3265/ 11383651425
Reposted by Dr. Monika Doubrawafangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing 114303847825
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 01/07/2026🧪 calling deep water drill core paleo people! I'm searching for a "nice", ca. 3m long section of a drill core - spanning at least 100k years - visibly layered - somewhat ok studied (hyperthermals? Eocene?) - preferable #IODP / #ODP / #DSDP for a "science dry run" for visitors at a museum. 566
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaWelcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Do you ever think about how our planet has frosted tips. Well, hope you have a great day out there. 422858
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaFlorian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 30/06/2026Bei der Sous-Vide-Technik werden Fische für längere Zeiträume bei relativ niedrigen Temperaturen gegart, dadurch bleiben sie extrem saftig und aromatisch. Je nach Fischart werden Temperaturen von 38 bis 55°C empfohlen. Der Neusiedler See ist schon fast dort. #Temperaturoffenheit 591283278
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20/05/2026A poem for World Bee Day. 12634235
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaBudgie🦤 @spoonybird.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Some more dinos and friends I forgot to post >.< 111044395
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I can recommend a listen to the QAA podcast episode about the "De-Extinction Nightmare" (2 parts, soundcloud.com/qanonanonymo... ), covering comprehensibly and founded not only why they did NOT actually bring back the dire wolves, but also all the other issues connected to "De-Extinction"-movements.soundcloud.comDe-Extinction Nightmare Part 1: Nazi Cows (E368)The long history of humans bending biology for civilization eventually raised an important question: if animals can be domesticated, then couldn’t they also be de-domesticated? Further: could selectiv 33813
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaTom Gill @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social · 17/05/2026"Across the decades, though, geologists on the big screen are consistently portrayed as scientifically competent, often heroic, and usually doomed." Cinematic geologists are usually portrayed as good persons—but they have a 1 in 3 fatality rate, a film analysis shows. www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgMurder, monsters, occupational hazards: Why movie geologists die so oftenCinematic geologists are usually good guys—sometimes gals—but they have a one in three fatality rate, a film analysis show 196
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaBen Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Every time I complain about the kinds of posts I’m seeing I have to post what I’d like to see. Thems the rules. (Smithsonian fossil hall ca. 1910, 1915, 1935, and 1965) 27117
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaKevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 12/05/2026xkcd.com/3243/ 07120
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaOliver A. Kern @oliverkern.bsky.social · 11/05/2026🚨 Preprint online: eartharxiv.org/repository/v... Read more on the differences in vegetation reconstructions and see how much our interpretation can change based on the method we choose! Explore the data here: oakern.shinyapps.io/palveg_v2/eartharxiv.orgForest or tundra? How different vegetation reconstructions of Last Glacial landscapes in Europe may shape our perception of early human dispersal processes 032
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaChristine S. Lane @chslane.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Palynology Postdoc position, Institute of archaeology, Oxford. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRE447/p...jobs.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate MEMELAND (Palynologist) at University of OxfordRecruiting now: Postdoctoral Research Associate MEMELAND (Palynologist) on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board 023
Dr. Monika Doubrawa @mohnika.bsky.social · 04/05/2026A rather quiet publication, but nonetheless an interesting topic, utilizing foraminifera from the mircopal collection of the Natural History Museum Basel. #NMB (Also the first time there's my name after a species 😉) www.micropress.org/microaccess/...micropress.org Orbitolinopsis senonicus Gendrot, 1968 (larger benthic foraminifera) from the Coniacian of southern France: reinstatement of the taxonomic identity and description of the new species Orbitolinopsis b... 041
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaOliver A. Kern @oliverkern.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Come work with us! Postdoctoral Researcher in organic geochemistry (lipid biomarkers) for 3 years @ EAWAG, Zürich within the MEMELAND ERC project apply.refline.ch/673277/1354/...apply.refline.chPostdoctoral Researcher in organic geochemistry (m/f/d)The Department of Surface Waters - Research and Management (SURF) has a vacancy for a 001
Reposted by Dr. Monika DoubrawaPal(a)eoPERCS @palaeopercs.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This Tuesday at #PalaeoPERCS we will be joined by Brittany Hupp from George Mason University, USA. Sign up here: paleopercs.com/participate/ 043