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Patrice Pottier

@patricepottier.bsky.social
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Postdoc at ANU and UNSW; @SORTEE board member Global change biology 🌍🌡️🏭, ecophysiology, evidence synthesis, open science 🔓 I love all kinds of critters 🐠🦎🐸🪲🐝🦑🦈🪸 Opinions my own; he/him

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Want to join a global 🌎 initiative to test the thermal limits of 🐟 using standardised approach? Led by @patricepottier.bsky.social, we are planning a globally distributed experiment to collect data on fish embryonic heat tolerance 🌡️. Make this experiment global! 🔗: www.thermalecologyalliance.org
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EcoEvoRxiv @ecoevorxiv.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
"A systems-modelling approach to predict biological responses to extreme heat" doi.org/10.32942/X2B...
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Patrice Pottier @patricepottier.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Very important study!! Check out the physiological and life-history to experimental evolution for thermal tolerance 👇 Some surprising results that help us better understand trade-offs and physiological mechanisms conferring thermal sensitivity 🐟🌡️
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Szymek Drobniak @szymekdr.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
One of my studies, written with wonderful @itchyshin.bsky.social Sammy Burke @patricepottier.bsky.social Trace Ainsworth & Losia Łagisz earned a #TopCitedArticle badge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... We showed that coral diseases may get upended by climate change, wiping out most of corals
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The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta‐analysis
We conducted a global meta-analysis using 30 years of coral reef surveys and sea surface temperature records to identify the interaction between coral disease prevalence and rising ocean temperatures...
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Alex Gunderson @agunderson.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We made the cover www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cover of the journal "Nature" showing a long-nosed horned frog on leaf litter and the words "Heat Stress: How vulnerable are the worlds amphibians to rising temperatures?"
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Szymek Drobniak @szymekdr.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The latest issue of @nature.com sports a charismatic cover image ooooof... A frog! :) our recent paper on amphibians and the ways global climate change is bound to affect them (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) found its way to the cover of Nature. 💜💚🐸
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Patrice Pottier @patricepottier.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
How vulnerable are #amphibians to extreme heat? 🐸🌡️ Our paper in @nature.com shows that many amphibians are already overheating, and many more species will be impacted by climate warming globally. See the thread below for a digest 🧵 Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Nature
Photo credit: Peter soltys. Image created by Nicholas Wu.
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
New paper in @nature.com led by @patricepottier.bsky.social! We demonstrated global vulnerability of amphibians to warming, threatening 10% of >5,000 species examined. How did we do it? See thread🧵 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Miguel A Gómez Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Amphibians are at risk of overheating due to climate change in both hemispheres 2% species are currently exposed to overheating even in shaded conditions, so water bodies are essential for them to buffer the effects of heat waves @patricepottier.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
An accessible summary of our paper is also available to read from the @aunz.theconversation.com | theconversation.com/hot-frogs-an...
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Hot frogs and sizzling salamanders: climate change is pushing amphibians to their limits
New research shows frogs and other amphibians are already on the brink of overheating in a warming world. Here’s how many will suffer as global temperatures rise.
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
6) Microhabitats that include shade, vegetation, & water bodies are critical for buffering the effects of climate change 🌏. Immediate action is needed to manage these microhabitat features (especially water sources!).
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
5) The results are alarming. Even accounting for shade, skin wetness & acclimation, the risk of overheating under a warming climate is high globally 🔥. The risk is 4-folds higher under +4C than a +2C scenario.
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
4) Hourly body temperature can be extracted from the biophysical models to estimate thermal safety margins & the number of overheating events 🥵.
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
3) We then used biophysical models to calculate the microclimate in each species range under 3 habitats (arboreal, aquatic, terrestrial) & 2 future climate scenarios (+2 or +4C warming). Totalling >100K models! This took supercomputers from @unsw.bsky.social to achieve!
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
2) For thermal limits, @patricepottier.bsky.social developed a novel imputation method to predict CTmax of 5.2K species from a known dataset. This imputation accounted for within-species variation, acclimation, & phylogeny.
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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
1) For each 🐸 species, we needed to know their thermal tolerance, distribution range, & the microclimates experienced in their range and across time. We used multiple data sources to get this data.
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Lorenzo @lorenzoricolfi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
How vulnerable are amphibians to global warming? 🐸🌡️ Check out the amazing research by @patricepottier.bsky.social et al. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming - Nature
A 4 °C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits.
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Alex Gunderson @agunderson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Happy to see this out and congrats in particular to @patricepottier.bsky.social after leading such a huge effort! I think there are some really interesting findings here that challenge common ideas about the geography of warming risk and how we measure it
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Szymek Drobniak @szymekdr.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
@nature.com has just published online our new paper!🎉🐸🌡️Lead by @patricepottier.bsky.social and supervised by myself and @itchyshin.bsky.social: in this massive research effort we overcome several common convictions related to the topics we studied. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here are take-homes.
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Vulnerability of amphibians to global warming - Nature
A 4 °C global temperature increase would push 7.5% of amphibian species beyond their physiological limits.
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Jeremy De Bonville @jaydebon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The deadline to submit abstracts is approaching!!! ⏰ (March 7th) Consider submitting an abstract for a talk or poster in our session (A14) if you study the vulnerability of early life stages to environmental stressors! 🐣 The early bird registration deadline is May 16th.
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Patrice Pottier @patricepottier.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The deadline is approaching!! Please submit your abstracts for the next #SEBConference if you haven't already 👇👇 It's going to be a ton of fun!
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Patrice Pottier @patricepottier.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Abstract submission for the next #SEBConference are closing soon! We'd be very keen to receive more abstracts on the responses of early life stages and environmental stressors (session A14) 🙌 Check it out below 👇
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Check out this brillant session by Pat Monaghan, Valeria Marasco, @patricepottier.bsky.social, @jaydebon.bsky.social , Tiana Kohlsdorf & Zara-Louise Cowan www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/sessions-2025/animal.html
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SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025
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Jeremy De Bonville @jaydebon.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Hey you! Yes...you! You study early life stages? You like multiple taxa? You should consider presenting in our session: Vulnerability and adaptations of early life stages to environmental stressors (A14). 🚨Deadline : March 7th 🚨 See you at the #SEBCONFERENCE in Antwerp!✌️ @sebiology.bsky.social
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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Excited to share our new paper, led by @danielwanoble.bsky.social, in @royalsocietypublishing.org! ‘We believe that the future of preprints is bright, and community-driven initiatives, such as EcoEvoRxiv, will play a crucial role in the future of scientific publishing.’ tinyurl.com/4tpbj859
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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
New paper led by Losia Lagisz out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org! 'We recommend tangible actions towards making learned societies more affordable and accessible.' tinyurl.com/2jww44j2
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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The first many-analysts study in ecology is finally published! 🥳🙌 300+ coauthors and 5+ years, this was a massive effort by @elliotgould.bsky.social Hannah Fraser Tim Parker and co. Open access 👉 bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Szymek Drobniak @szymekdr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Do your (often subjective) choices done during data analysis change their outcomes? Unfortunately and strikingly 🤯 yes! A stellar team of authors (the paper resembles some of CERN outputs in terms of authors number ;) clearly shows that biases may be severe! bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology - BMC Biology
Although variation in effect sizes and predicted values among studies of similar phenomena is inevitable, such variation far exceeds what might be produced by sampling error alone. One possible explan...
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Patrice Pottier @patricepottier.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Check out this special issue in The Journal of Thermal Biology! 🌡️🔥🌡️ If you've done some work that advances our understanding of the variation in thermal responses across life stages, this one is for you👇
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Cathleen O'Grady @cathleenogrady.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It took four days from submission to publication, and nearly five years from publication to retraction. After campaigning by many, many scientists, and an investigation by Elsevier, an infamous paper on hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
This. Having been through this with a conservation assessment for dingoes in Victoria, this year—which I found highly unsatisfying—this rings absolutely true for me. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Katharina Ruthsatz @kruthsatz.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
THRILLED🎉🤩 to finally announce that I have joined the Gomez-Mestre lab at @ebdonana.bsky.social today with a Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions fellowship🇪🇺! As part of the #msca project #amphistress, I will continue working on the dynamics of stress hormones in amphibians in stressful environments. 🐸🌡️🌎☀️
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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
We are far from conserving migratory butterflies. Our new paper shows that current protected areas are inadequate for 👉84% of migratory butterfly species in at least one season 👉45% of species in all seasons. (1/7) doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
www.science.org/content/arti... @michaelgbertram.bsky.social 🧪🐟
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‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Wanna find ecologists & biologists who care about doing open, robust & transparent science? Check out the SORTEE member starter pack! @sortee.bsky.social 🧪🌏🌱🌳🐝🐞🦑🐟🦊🦘 Comment/message if you're a member & want to be added! (I definitely missed people) 😀 #ecology #evolution go.bsky.app/44PpngU
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Global Ecology 🌐 @global-ecology.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🔥 Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations by @kornhuber.bsky.social et al. @pnas.org 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Climate models underestimating warming by 4x for the most extreme temperatures Biodiversity calls for more research on heatwaves now! 🧪🌍🦤🌐
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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Our paper hit 1000 citations today! Why so many? A few thoughts. 🧪🦑🐟
Screen grab of the google scholar citation count for the scientific paper Aerobic scope measurements of fishes in an era of climate change: respirometry,
relevance and recommendations
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Michael Landis @landismj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Here's a starter pack for early career researchers in evolutionary biology. I prioritized the most-junior folks, and this list quickly filled up with undergrads, grad students, and postdocs. Might do another list later, but I'm tired. Have fun everyone! 🐒 #evobio go.bsky.app/MzND7nX
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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Still a few spots left on the Early Career Ecologists starter pack. Please let me know if you'd like to be included! go.bsky.app/Di74bDy
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Jennifer McHenry, PhD @jennmchenry.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Pinning the EcoEvo job board so I’ll no longer have a reason to revisit the blue bird website. 🚨📌 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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ecoevojobs.net 2024-25
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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Seafood often isn’t included in impact data of food waste on climate and land use, but it should be. The impact on ocean ecosystems can’t be ignored. Bycatch, non-targeted wildlife like whales killed by fishing gear, is the leading source of the fishing industry’s waste.
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Madison Earhart, PhD @madisonearhart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
yay for #sturgeonsaturday !! sturgeon fact: white sturgeon are the largest freshwater fish in North America and the sturgeon below was 7 feet long but they can grow to at least twice this size! 🤯 (i flooded my waders for this pic but sooo worth it) 🧪👩🏻‍🔬🐠🌎🐟
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
A starter pack for people studying how human affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at global scale, across terrestrial and marine realms & conservation challenges. Sounds like Global Ecology ! sure I missed many people, reply to be added, and share to spread ! go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv 🧪🌍🦤🦑🪴
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A great starter pack for everyone new on Bluesky - easy and worth sharing and following
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
BIG Opportunity: Deputy Director of Research This is a very important, new role at COS that might be perfect for someone that has been leading an academic research lab and is excited about the idea of applying those skills to assess & improve the research culture. ats.rippling.com/cos-careers/...
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Philipp Engel @pengellab.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
PhD position available in our lab in 🇨🇭! Interested in microbial ecology and evolution in the context of #Symbiosis, #Microbiota, #Bees? Like to analyze shotgun metagenomics data with the possibility for fieldwork and experiments? This is for you. Apply here: shorturl.at/swHf1 #SymbioSky
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Opportunités de carrière : PhD position in gut microbiota ecology and evolution (21945)
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Kevin Bairos-Novak @ecolology.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Hey all, please RT this new starter pack for locating our fellow ecological modellers on Blue Sky! And please reply to this post if you'd like to be added to the starter pack! go.bsky.app/EfUQaM2
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Elizabeth Crone @croneliz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Wow - this is really nicely written. Thanks for sharing!
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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A few years ago on 🐦 we had a wonderful culture of sharing Australian ecological science and nature photography with the #WildOz hashtag. I'd love to bring it back to Bluesky, so here's a starterpack of Australian ecologists, botanists, naturalists & nature photographers! 📸🦘🌳🐨🦜 go.bsky.app/5hG9bGW
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