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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Quanta Books @quantabooks.org · 01/09/2026
🚨New book announcement! 🚨Evolutionary biologist William C. Ratcliff’s (@wcratcliff.bsky.social) LIFE UNBOUNDED (forthcoming 2029) delivers a sweeping narrative of the emergence of complex life, and how a sterile planet transformed into the rich mosaic of beings on Earth today.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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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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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Super cool of @climateages.bsky.social to do a very elegant write up of montane responses to climate change as inspired by @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social @natrevbiodiv.nature.com paper ( rdcu.be/fkwsB)
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 25/05/2026
New online! The fate of mountain biodiversity in a warming world
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The fate of mountain biodiversity in a warming world
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-026-00167-9Species living on mountains are thought to be especially vulnerable to ongoing climate change. This Review explores past and present responses of mountaintop species to climate warming to help to understand mountain species’ vulnerabilities and resilience to future warming.
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Benjamin Freeman @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I think a lot about how mountain species are responding to warming temperatures so it was great to team up with @suzetteflantua.bsky.social @kjfeeley.bsky.social Christi McCain & Jenny McGuire to write a review of sp responses to both modern AND Quaternary warming www.nature.com/articles/doi...
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
"A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming." Gift link.
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A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🦴Georgia Tech's Fossil Friday was created to build a community centered on hands-on science outreach. Hosted by @sepl.bsky.social, this weekly event is free and open to the public. Learn more⤵️
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Finding friends at Fossil Fridays - Technique
Last Friday, the Spatial Ecology and Paleontology Lab (SEPL) hosted its weekly Fossil Friday event. This hands-on outreach program invites participants to uncover ancient history,...
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Please donate to UWY to help continue the excavation of a mammoth specimen at Natural Trap Cave, WY. www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...
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Geological Museum
Join me and make a gift to Giving Day
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Interested in community-scale trait environment relationships? Check out commecometrics R package by Maria Aleja Materon Hurtado and A. Michelle Lawing! @tamueccb.bsky.social Also at bdj.pensoft.net/article/1682...
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commecometrics: an R package for trait-environment modelling at the community level
The R package commecometrics provides an accessible, open-access framework for modelling trait–environment relationships using community-level trait data from modern and ancient species. Ecometrics li...
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
There is time to urge a change to the current #GRFP solicitation ( #NSF 25-547 ): reverse the eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance in the competition. Feel free to sign and share this open petition: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Feel free to reach out to any of us here at GT if you have questions! On bluesky: me, @wcratcliff.bsky.social, @benjaminfreeman.bsky.social, @sepl.bsky.social, @seananderson.bsky.social, @digglelab.bsky.social, and everyone else here: biosciences.gatech.edu/people
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James T. Stroud @jameststroud.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Come and be our new Chair of Biology at @gtsciences.bsky.social! We are growing an incredibly exciting ecology and evolution group here at GT and would love a visionary eco-evo minded person at the helm to help us do that. Please spread the word! biosciences.gatech.edu/chair-search
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Chair Search
Chair, School of Biological Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta The School of Biological Sciences of the Georgia Institute of Technology (“Georgia Tech”) invites applications for the pos...
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Join our community! Seeking a postdoc jointly supervised by Jenny McGuire (GATech) and Michelle Lawing (TX A&M). Details here: www.mcguire.gatech.edu/paleontology...
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Join our community as a SEPL Postdoc! | Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We had a small but mighty protest at GT today! www.11alive.com/article/news...
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Georgia Tech professors, graduate assistants voice concerns about federal funding cuts
Georgia Tech protesters gathered Tuesday to rally against federal funding cuts impacting research and education.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said, at a time when top officials have emphasized their determination to curb the incidence of such chronic conditions.”
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NIH cancels funding for landmark diabetes study at a time of focus on chronic disease
The Trump administration has canceled funding for an ongoing 30-year, nationwide study tracking patients with prediabetes and diabetes, researchers said.
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Georgia Tech College of Sciences and SEPL Stood Up for Science on Friday!
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Tim in the Mountains @nerdotim.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Department of Interior records show that in 2024, the parks received $3.475 billion from U.S. taxpayers. For that $3.475 billion outlay, our national parks in turn put a whopping $55.6 billion into our economy, again according to official government documents. www.frommers.com/trip-ideas/n...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This is how you do it. Thank you @sicbjournals.bsky.social Read their whole email to membership here mailchi.mp/sicb.org/sic...
an email from the society for integrative and comparative biology that reads "Attn SICB Members:
 

The past few weeks have been a stressful time in our scientific community, and we want to make our position clear: The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology unequivocally condemns recent attacks on scientific integrity, funding for scientific research, and the importance of broadening participation in science."
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Screen-reader compatible list. "Words flagged in search of current NSF Awards. May be incomplete. This is a cull from 1/10th of the awards flagged" activism activists advocacy advocate advocates barrier barriers biased biased toward biases biases towards bipoc black and latinx community diversity
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Phoebe Cohen @phoebefossil.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you want to find out how much NSF money goes to your state, check out these really handy fact sheets: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... -- excellent fodder for op eds in your local paper or to bring to your university administration.
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Fact Sheets
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
Georgia Tech is searching for an open-rank Integrative Physiologist (broadly defined). We are growing an amazing eco-evo group here and would love to have you come be our colleague! bit.ly/4dx677J
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 08/10/2024
We are seeking an Executive Director for Georgia Tech's Brook Byers Institute of Sustainability! BBISS facilitates sustainability-focused research, with partners on and off campus. Apply yourself or nominate someone today! buff.ly/3Ngonr9
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The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab @GT @sepl.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab (SEPL) is seeking new Ph.D. students. Check us out: mcguire.gatech.edu Contact me (Jenny: jmcguire@gatech.edu) with a brief description of your background and how your interests intersect with the lab's goals. Info sessions upcoming.
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