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Colin Sweeney, Ph.D.

@sciencecolin.bsky.social
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Ecology and Remote Sensing | Former museum educator | Let's make the world a little bit better today... 🌈🌱🛰️🪿🦫(he/him) Protect trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ | Be Good

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Graduate students: SCB’s 2026 Research Awards are open! Ten $1,000 awards will support field research in #biodiversity #conservation. Apply by 15 October. Details: conbio.org/publications...
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Colin Sweeney, Ph.D. @sciencecolin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Maybe let's not feed scientific data into commercial AI models.... There seems to be a high chance of plagiarism and theft by commercial companies.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's been a long time in the making, but our new #opensource paper has just been published in Remote Sensing of Environment! 🛰️🎉 "Time and tide: Mapping the changing 3D shape of Australia's dynamic intertidal zone using time series satellite data" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Scientific figure showing DEA Intertidal outputs
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The 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.
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
NSF has announced the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (due in October) 🧪🌐https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/grfp-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship-program/nsf26-526/solicitation
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Submit your public comment about this insanity here.
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Updates to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Definitions and Exclusions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to revise a regulatory definition under the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting regulations pertaining to discharges in the contiguous zone and oce...
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Ian G. Taylor @iangtaylor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@fisheries.noaa.gov is hiring 6 data scientists around the country at the ZP-3/4 or ZP-2 levels: www.usajobs.gov/job/883284100 and www.usajobs.gov/job/883284900 (~$50k to ~$187k). Six folks spread across the agency can only do so much, but it's still a huge step forward.
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Data Scientist
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Science and Technology (OST), with six vacancies in the list...
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨 FINAL DAY TO COMMENT 📝 OMB is already asking federal agencies to implement it's harmful federal grantmaking rule. We have until 24 August to submit comments. Read more and take action today: agu.quorum.us/campaign/hnvotzeb
Help stop NSF from implementing harmful grantmaking changes
• National Science Foundation (NSF) is updating their grantmaking guidance to align with the proposed OMB federal grantmaking rule
Submit your comment before 24 August!
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
HUGE SCIENCE WIN: The Senate's CR will temporarily block OMB's harmful federal grant rule. We need the House to adopt the Senate's CR language and for both chambers to find a solution to prevent this OMB rule from taking effect. Write to your legislators today! agu.quorum.us/campaign/erch20r5
Tell Congress to shut down OMB’s attempt to control federal grantmaking
“Without scientific review at the forefront of decision-making, potential additional outcomes and benefits of proposed scientific research may go unrecognized and public benefits for the U.S. lost.” -AGU’s comment on the proposed OMB rule
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.
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Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.
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Kaedan O'Brien, Ph.D. @deadbovids.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Any way of looking at nature that encourages us to believe we are separate from nature—as wilderness tends to do—is likely to reinforce environmentally irresponsible behavior" -William Cronon
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Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It is so powerful to hear someone emphasising their humanity. Such a contrast to much of the public discourse.
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If somebody comes to me in 20 years and says “Are these your original ideas and words?” about even a single sentence of my writing, I need to be able to answer yes—no reservations, no loopholes, no room for error.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/07/2026
Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.
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Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto
A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
PHASE ONE of our fight against the OMB rule is complete and YOU ALL SHOWED UP!!! HALF A MILLION COMMENTS is WILD. We absolutely exceeded our goal of 100,000! So, what happens next??? Welcome to PHASE TWO: Pressure and Preparation! 1/x
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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
US(-based) scientists, THIS MATTERS! Please do if you can. 🧪
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Colin Sweeney, Ph.D. @sciencecolin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Make sure to oppose the proposed changes to the OMB proposal TODAY. The ID for the proposed rule is: OMB-2026-0034-23120 Making a public comment is easy. You can make a public comment at either of the two links below: www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2... www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Good morning. Today is the LAST DAY to comment on the proposed OMB rule that will, honestly, destroy science in the US. And it will do FAR MORE THAN THAT. www.theverge.com/science/9576...
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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is such an important thread as we face a growing crisis in higher education. So many public universities are being taken over by people who treat them as a business and not a public good, and those are fundamentally different philosophies. And it’s destroying the road to upward mobility.
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Colin Sweeney, Ph.D. @sciencecolin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Chenyang is an incredible researcher and an even better human! Check out his new paper that created a new fine resolution GEDI dataset!!
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Robert Fletcher @fletcherecology.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Really interesting take on the future of ecology in an AI world. The take home: experiments and long-term studies will have increasing value. @jdrakephd.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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AI, Comparative Advantage, and the Next Decade of Ecological Research
Click on the article title to read more.
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michael catchen @mdcatchen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🚨 New preprint! What happens to bumblebee pollination networks as species ranges shift due to climate change? 🐝🪻🕸️ In the Rocky Mountains, we predict these networks are becoming "vertically disassembled" as the ranges of interacting species shift upward in elevation at different rates.
Scientific figure depicting species elevational range shifts under three different climate scenarios in the top left, and bivariate plots depicting hotspots of species gain and loss in the southern rocky mountains on the right.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
If you're a biodiversity or paleoecology student looking for a postdoc, I would be happy to support fellows working with machine learning on projects related to extinction, biodiversity forecasting, or macroecological questions using fossil records (including ancient and/or environmental DNA):
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
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Moira Donovan @moiradonovan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
By teasing DNA from ancient ground squirrel poop, scientists have reconstructed the mammoth-steppe ecosystem of hundreds of thousands of years ago—a window with lessons for our current period of environmental turmoil. My story for @biographic.bsky.social with edits from @colinschultz.bsky.social
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🚨A new OMB proposal could reshape how U.S. research works.🚨 This would change science as we know it🧪 📢Make your voice heard. Learn more and submit a public comment now! ⬇️ agu.quorum.us/campaign/163...
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Stop OMB From Erasing Federal Research
A new proposed rule rewrites the terms of U.S. science
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🚨The future of STEM is on the line 📣Proposed FY27 provisions could prohibit funding for programs that broaden participation in STEM through diversity and inclusion. 📩Email your lawmakers NOW and tell them: protect inclusive STEM funding. agu.quorum.us/campaign/163...
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Stand Up for Diversity in Earth and Space Science!
Oppose Anti-DEI Language in FY27 Appropriations
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AGU Science Policy @aguscipolicy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🚨The future of STEM is on the line 📣Proposed FY27 provisions could prohibit funding for programs that broaden participation in STEM through diversity and inclusion. 📩Email your lawmakers NOW and tell them: protect inclusive STEM funding. agu.quorum.us/campaign/163...
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Stand Up for Diversity in Earth and Space Science!
Oppose Anti-DEI Language in FY27 Appropriations
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Wow 😧 “Members of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) were escorted by police out of the convention center in New Orleans during the organization's annual meeting on Friday as they handed out copies of an editorial criticizing Trump administration changes to U.S. biomedical research.”
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“This is not about saving money, this is about killing #climate science research"
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Eos @eos.org · 02/06/2026
The 50-hour Weather & Climate Livestream is just over the halfway mark. Wondering what it’s all about? We've got you covered: eos.org/research-and...
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The 50-Hour Livestream That Aims to #SaveAmericasForecasts - Eos
This week, a parade of scientists will spend 50 hours straight speaking about the importance of weather and climate research in the United States.
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Abigail Kabaker @akabaker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is hiring for a Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea) trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...
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Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12
Job Opening: Research Zoologist (Curator of Crustacea), IS-0410-12 at National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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Andrew Williams @andrewilwilliams.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🎉 🎉🎉 We are LIVE!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Join us for the 1st of 50 hours of non-stop weather & climate science! www.youtube.com/watch?v=v64j...
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The Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
We're starting in 20 minutes! Our opening lineup includes: @adamsobel.bsky.social Jen Kay (UC Boulder) @zacklabe.com @ametsoc.org @drjeffmasters.bsky.social @solilyquy.bsky.social Nadir Jeevanjee (NOAA GFDL) Abby Swann (UW) Join us here: wclivestream.com/watch
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/05/2026
NEW: A lot of bad has happened to American science over the last year but nothing comes even close to what’s about to happen if we don’t speak out in opposition to the OMB rule changes and I hope @aaas-socsci.bsky.social @apsphysics.bsky.social and others will launch public campaigns about this. 🧪🔭⚛️
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It's the End of American Science As We Know It
We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🧵 Public science in the US has taken some heavy hits over the last year, but the White House OMB is proposing a series of changes that will result in a TKO for science as we know it unless we fight back. Here's what's happening, and why it matters. 1/n
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Colin Sweeney, Ph.D. @sciencecolin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I love this planet!
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Modern conservation treats #biodiversity as a concept but the truth is that for much of our history, it was not an abstraction but was immediate, sacred & embedded in life As an admirer of ancient rock art since living in New Mexico, I enjoyed editing and publishing this new @mongabay.com analysis:
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Humanity’s ancient bond with biodiversity is visible in rock art (analysis)
Across continents and cultures, one of the most striking features of ancient rock art is how often it places the natural world at its center. Whether etched into sandstone cliffs in the Sahara, painte...
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 02/05/2026
Anne Hathaway, you will ALWAYS be that girl. 💙💛
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amsbogm.bsky.social @amsbogm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🚨🚨🚨 Entry Level NWS Ads Just Dropped! 🚨🚨🚨 These will remain open thru the end of Sep or until filled. PR-424133 ("Harder to Fill" Locations): www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD... PR-424134 ("East" Locations): www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD... PR-424136 ("West" Locations): www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewD...
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Meteorologist
This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) or National Centers for Environmental Prediction (...
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Some people say we don’t build beautiful things anymore and, like, lol. Motherfuckers, we built this:
A graph from Our World In Data showing a precipitous drop in child mortality starting in the late 1800s going from an average of 48% to global rate of 27% in 1950 to the 2020 infant mortality rate of 4%, with some countries having a rate as low as 0.3%
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 29/04/2026
Science is on the ballot this year. ✅ We’re launching Science Votes the Future to help scientists vote, engage, and advocate with confidence. 🗳️🧪 Learn more: ScienceVotesTheFuture.org
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
Three cool scientists introduce their work "Our new theory has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, but we feel its depths and intricacies are best appreciated on the limited-edition vinyl release."
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Qualified scientists working on climate solutions: Come work with us! Details in the link below ⬇️
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 11/04/2026
A 1200+ year climate record is at risk. Do you know know anyone in Japan who could help? See below.
A message from Tuna Acisu asking for help maintaining cherry blossom record in Kyoto Japan.A figure showing the cherry tree record since 812 from world in data.
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IPCC @ipcc.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
#NowHiring The @wmo-global.bsky.social , which with UNEP set up the IPCC in 1988 to provide policymakers with assessments of science related to climate change, is recruiting the position of Secretary of the IPCC to lead its Secretariat. ➡️ lnkd.in/gsGqXPGU 📆 Apply by 16 April 2026
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Nivedita Sarveswaran @neuroniv.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Thankful to Brian and his team for doing this important work, then giving clear and actionable advice: www.cell.com/hgg-advances... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Ending genetic essentialism through genetics education
This review suggests that genetics education could increase or decrease prejudiced beliefs about race depending on what it teaches students about genetics and why it teaches them genetics. To reduce r...
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