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Shannon Doherty

@scdoherty.bsky.social
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ocean sciences PhD 🌊 Assist Prof @ University of Alaska Fairbanks CFOS 🐻‍❄️ undersea bug enthusiast 🦐🐚🪼stable isotope magician 👩‍🔬she/her 🏳️‍🌈

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Tessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I actually got an inquiry from a prospective graduate student today that says “I have been following your work on [insert topic here] and it aligns closely with my background.” 🙏🏼 please please please stop using AI to draft your emails to grad school advisors. It’s not a good look. 👀
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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Happy birthday to #geologist & oceanographic #cartographer Marie Tharp (1920-2006), whose pioneering, thorough & complete ocean floor maps with Bruce Heezen, made using realms of echo sounder data, revealed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.⁠ 👩🏼‍🔬🧪🐡⚒️ #histsci After studying #geology & math,
My linocut portrait of Marie Tharp (woman in grey shirt with oversized glasses and red hair in up-do) in front of her physiographic of the Atlantic (in grey on teal) with mid-ocean ridge, resting her cheek on her left hand with elbow on table covered with depth sounder data.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Remember X-Labs? Without transparency, and in defiance of Congress, a new memo to NSF directs “program managers to stop seeking funding for any proposals, even those that received the highest marks from outside reviewers and program staff, “until we are able to provide more details.”
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
So timely for the Forams2026 conference this week! #foraminifera
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Also, every store in Alaska should be required to have a section of books by Alaska Natives. I pick up so many promising books and read "He moved to Alaska in 1963" "Born in New York..." "She calls Alaska her home after three decades...."
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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Check out the new research from @uafairbanks.bsky.social marine biologists on kelp, CO₂, and marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR. 🧪🌊🦑 #AlaskaSky www.uaf.edu/news/alaska-...
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Alaska kelp farms have varied effects on marine CO2 levels
Alaska kelp farms, which have been viewed as a potential boon for reducing local carbon-dioxide levels, have surprisingly murky effects on atmospheric CO2 removal, according to a new study.
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great story from Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Basile about the challenges, emotional and practical, of relocating entire communities in southwest Alaska in the face of changing climate and catastrophic storms. #akwx #AlaskaSky @markspringer.bsky.social www.northernjournal.com/after-halong...
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After Halong: The ones who stayed
First in a series from Bethel-based photojournalist Katie Basile.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I don't want AI to write anything for me. I want it to deal with SAP Concur for me.
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Patrick Rafter @oceanandclimate.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
These academics—if they are real; who could ever know!!—should be embarrassed
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I have a new preprint up on EGUsphere! We used compound-specific stable isotopes of amino acids to reconstruct plankic foraminifera trophic ecology from foraminifera tests collected in Santa Barbara Basin: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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Ground-truthing the application of compound-specific stable isotopes of amino acids to planktic foraminifera tests from Santa Barbara Basin
Abstract. Planktic foraminifera form shells that are preserved in ocean sediments and are used in a variety of paleoproxy and biostratigraphic applications. However, species-specific ecology can compl...
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Marko Spasojevic @m-j-spasojevic.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
LTER has been archived for about a year now. It’s normal between solicitations. LTER is still here.
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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Deep-sea marine snow is on the menu for the vampire squid 🍽️ Instead of chasing down prey, Vampyroteuthis infernalis uses sticky filaments to feed on “marine snow”—a flurry of dead plankton, poop, mucus, and other organic material sinking from the waters above. Dive in: youtu.be/JgytSJNKrkE?...
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Deep-sea marine snow is on the menu for the vampire squid
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Fairbanks February snowfall as of 3pm AKST Monday up to 32.4 inches (82.3cm), making this the second highest February snow total on record. Highest is still 43.1 inches (109.5cm) in February 1966. #akwx #Climate #Snow @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social @coyotetrail.bsky.social
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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Happy Birthday 6️⃣5️⃣ to the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences @uafairbanks.bsky.social! 🧪🌊🦑🎈 #AlaskaSky
The State of Alaska Legislature honored the 65th Anniversary of the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/02/2026
These men are a threat to the long term survival of all life on earth
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Fantastic zooms on this siphonophore! @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 898 #livingbioreactors #MarineLife
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Dr. Jey McCreight 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 @jeymccreight.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🚨 Requesting help: I am looking for an agent who can facilitate more speaking gigs, podcast appearances, and interviews with journalists I want to more widely share my story and expertise as a trans geneticist who understands the reality and complexity of "biological sex" 🏳️‍⚧️🧬 Please signal boost?
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then @drandrewthaler.bsky.social comes in with.... "... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥
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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 21/01/2026
Did you spot the aurora earlier this week? This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/... #Chemsky 🧪
Infographic titled "What causes an aurora's colors?" It explains that solar wind particles follow Earth’s magnetic field to the poles, where they excite atmospheric atoms that emit light as they relax. Red light occurs above 150 miles from oxygen. Green light appears between 60 and 150 miles from oxygen. Blue and purple occur below 60 miles from nitrogen. Yellow and pink are color mixes. A map shows auroral zones expanding during solar storms.
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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I have 2 OpenCTD Rev7 Kits left! I am working on getting out the final designs for Rev8, so I don't plan to restock the Rev7s. If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while! oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com/product/open...
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OpenCTD rev7 Kit
This kit contains all of the components and most of the consumables you will need to build you own CTD. Not included are the weights needed to...
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 01/01/2026
The West before the West. Our January 2026 issue, Deep Time in the West, dives into geologic mysteries—from ancient rocks and Ice Age survivors to Meteor Crater, plate tectonics, and the landscapes (and people) shaped over millions of years. Out now. buff.ly/cdHIxoi
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19/12/2025
I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
As you plan end of the year donations, please consider the Caleb Scholar's program. It is the only program that I know of that provides Alaska Native students how to use their education to support their community after graduation, mentored & run solely by Inupiaq www.calebscholars.org/donation/
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Invest in Our Future – Caleb Scholars Program
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/12/2025
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS? HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON? HOW??????????
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities. alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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Vivian Faith Prescott @alaskapoet.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🌊 If you want to help Alaska’s small villages devastated by the flooding then this is the best legit site using a QR code. Here’s another legit donation link too from Alaska Community Foundation: Click to donate here: alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c... #AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
These grants also supported multiple workforce development (aviation, IT) programs and student services on four UAF rural campuses, which are located in primarily Alaska Native communities but open to everyone. It’s a disservice to both students and the future of our rural communities.
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I love a good newsletter or blog, but this is exactly why I don’t buy into the Substack- or Patreon-based journalism. I can’t personally support all the journalists I would want to, AND I don’t want reporting that has not been edited by at least one other person.
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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
There is nothing inherently wrong with the Earth 400k years ago. The problem is that humans evolved to live in the climate we have today, and we built our infrastructure for today's climate. The same goes for the animals and plants that we love and love to eat. Climate change is pain for everyone.
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Nature @nature.com · 09/08/2025
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
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Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Last fall, I attended the premiere of a film that meant a lot to me. In late January, all of its hundreds of planned screenings were canceled without explanation. For @defector.com, I went digging:
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Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 30/07/2025
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
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Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting. Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months. Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I just opened this book and the third epigraph actually made me laugh out loud. I’m excited to dig in!
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns. To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything. www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
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Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.
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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years. www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
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New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Sharing this as a reminder for myself and other UA faculty
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 03/07/2025
The New York Times sided with anti-trans cranks over medical doctors on gender affirming care: NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes youtube.com/shorts/DOFyO...
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NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy - Media & Politics Podcast
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
When AK congress reps say they did something for Alaskans, they usually mean Anchorage and the MatSu valley. This does NOT help rural Alaskans, most of whom are AK Natives, who rely on subsistence hunting and fishing & are more likely to be stuck w/lower paying, unstable jobs.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
As someone who was born and raised in Alaska and who has family and friends who will be harmed by this ALL OVER THE FRICKING COUNTRY, I am so fricking pissed at Murkowski. And everyone else who voted for this horrendous bill, but especially her bc she was my rep
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Paleo folks! The fan favorite biomineralizer proxies session will happen at @agu.org in New Orleans this year! Chaired by me, @lauralhaynes.bsky.social, and Zan Stremler. Submit your abstract today! 🐚🦪🪸🦴🦷 PP020 - New and Developing Paleoproxies in Biomineralizers agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
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New and Developing Paleoproxies in Biomineralizers
Over the past several decades, technological advancements have stimulated unparalleled growth in paleoproxy development, including elemental, isotopic, morphometric, and ecological studies of biominer...
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Shannon Doherty @scdoherty.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
PROTECT TRANS SCIENTISTS 🏳️‍⚧️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protect transgender scientists
Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGnC) people are a primary target of the Trump administration. Multiple executive orders seek to erase TGnC protections; mandate denial of gender identity; and ba...
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Also another angle to this is that since Fairbanks is basically the very tail-end of supply chains, you can't just go buy a fan when you realize you need one, because they are all sold out. I worked at a hardware store during the 2013 heat wave (temps in the 90s) and we couldn't keep fans in stock
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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
There it is. The first ever Heat Advisory issued in Alaska. This is the first year it has been an option. @alaskawx.bsky.social
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A lot of people that the system has been working just fine for are coming to the realization that most of our institutions are a facade. If you’re new to feeling this systemically unsafe, it’s really scary; it feels like they’ve taken both the guardrails AND the road. And no one is coming to fix it.
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