Reposted by Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science CommunicatorMMMmold @mmm-mold.bsky.social · 02/04/2026fine I’ll do it myself AND MMMMOLD #AltAdvances TO BE THE #AltChampion of #2026MMM !!!!!!!!!!! 491
Reposted by Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science CommunicatorPeter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 22/01/2026NEW in @mercurynews.com from our @ucscscicomm.bsky.social news features classes: @pepperstclair.bsky.social on efforts to engineer a comeback for the endangered and beautiful San Francisco garter snake www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/22/s...mercurynews.comStunning California snake endangered since the 1960s prepares to make a comebackListed as endangered since 1967, San Francisco garter snakes are found only on the Peninsula and in northern Santa Cruz County. 121
Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science Communicator @pepperstclair.bsky.social · 17/12/2025This is why I’m cross training in communication while continuing my career in science. Yell the stories loudly from the mountaintop, learn how and where to reach people. 010
Reposted by Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science CommunicatorEos @eos.org · 16/12/2025Today during the #AGU25 poster session, new research from @lortizuriarte.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social shows how transit users are exposed to heat in Chicago, DC, and NYC metro systems. Story by @pepperstclair.bsky.social.eos.orgCity Dwellers Face Unequal Heat Exposure En Route to the Metro - EosSocioeconomic factors drive how much extreme heat public transit users in Chicago, NYC, and Washington, D.C., experience as they walk to and from metro stations. 042
Reposted by Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science CommunicatorEos @eos.org · 15/12/2025Trees, trains, and automobiles: New research from @lortizuriarte.bsky.social at @georgemasonu.bsky.social discusses how public transit pedestrian heat exposure risk is changed by socioeconomic and developmental factors, story by @pepperstclair.bsky.social eos.org/articles/cit...eos.orgCity Dwellers Face Unequal Heat Exposure En Route to the Metro - EosSocioeconomic factors drive how much extreme heat public transit users in Chicago, NYC, and Washington, D.C., experience as they walk to and from metro stations. 083
Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science Communicator @pepperstclair.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Check out my story for Mongabay about some really cool research at @harvardmcb.bsky.social! It was amazing to hear how the multidisciplinary research team followed this sensation from the molecular level to the model organism’s behavior. I’m always amazed by octopuses and microbes. 000
Reposted by Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science CommunicatorJérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor - @pepperstclair.bsky.social @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/octo...news.mongabay.comOctopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloorFrom the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt to in order to survive. Distinct microbial populations... 021
Pepper St. Clair | Scientist & Science Communicator @pepperstclair.bsky.social · 01/12/2025New research demystifies the fascinating octopus’s perception of the microbiomes it encounters 🐙 Story by @pepperstclair.bsky.social for @mongabay.com Research led by Rebecka Sepela @harvardmcb.bsky.social @harvard.edu with comments by @spencernyholm.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.socialnews.mongabay.comOctopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloorFrom the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt to in order to survive. Distinct microbial populations... 041