V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fieldwork for the beaver project has wrapped up, but I got to go to Nome for **fun** this past weekend and boy was it fun! Soaking in Pilgrim was well worth the pond crossings 😎 Nice to stop for birds and musk ox as we liked. Fall is in full swing on the Seward Peninsula 0103
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 09/12/2025AAAAAHHHHHHHH 0205
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Check out this great new storymap about some of our beaver research, created by @uafairbanks.bsky.social Geophysical Institute's Rod Boyce. Lots of great, fun arctic beaver videos and photos, and also great info about our latest publication: www.gi.alaska.edu/news/changin...gi.alaska.eduChanging channels | Geophysical InstituteFar up in Alaska, between 64.593 degrees north latitude and 66.870 degrees, sit 11 research sites emblematic of the wide-scale change being brought by a small mammal. 031
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Trump has issued a compact that would allow oversight of hiring, firing and teaching decisions at higher ed institutions and restrict enrollment of int'l students. Please consider signing this petition along with UA Unions by Nov 3 at noon telling the Board to reject this compact! bit.ly/3JAAOjkbit.lyReject the Federal Higher Education Compact to Maintain UA’s AutonomyThe new federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education mandates that universities surrender their autonomy and give control of key authorities, such as hiring, curriculum, research, and s... 020
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Please keep Kotzebue in your thoughts. Hoping the coastal flooding isn't as bad as forecasted, and better than last year's flooding event. 120
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoRick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 30/09/2025End of an era and a sad day for those that care about Arctic work done in the best ways possible. 😢 Nonetheless "… the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve." #Arctic 28427
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I'm excited to announce another publication from our lab group, with yours truly as a co-author! Tom Glass led a great study summarizing the ecophysical dynamics of beaver ponds we've been studying over the last few years. Big takeaway: beavers thaw permafrost! Take a peak: bit.ly/3VJwQHN 030
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Found a gorgeous spot in the Alaska Range for beavers to hang out in. This is a pretty impressive complex, and one is precariously close to what I'm guessing is a rock glacier, potentially collapsing. 050
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Devastating news. We rely on PGC for our work identifying beaver ponds across the Arctic, and this will significantly affect our workflow. They have been great through and through to work with, thanks for all the hard work. I sincerely hope this is a quick blip of a lack of service #weneedthegovt 051
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 18/03/2025When you try to use facial recognition to open your phone but the face in questions looks like that... But seriously it felt so good to be immersed in cold temperatures on the North Slope after such a mild winter in Fairbanks. Hallelujah! 040
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Taking a break from fighting science to actually doing science! Just came back from an incredible week at #Toolik investigating talik ecosystems - areas without permafrost that includes poplar stands, perennial springs, and pingos. We even found an adult stonefly deep beneath the snow and ice! 040
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 24/02/2025When the world feels like it's descending into fascism and it encroaches on your community, it feels good to see the community you love fight back. And fight back with joy! 010
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoLeah Berman Williams @leahwrenn.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Incredibly disappointing response from the University of Alaska. No university support for diversity, for equity, for inclusion is allowed. Just disgraceful for the board of regents of an institution of higher education to make this choice. (posted twice for complete alt text) #alaskasky 95917
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoJonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 18/02/2025These firings were blamed on "poor performance," but I'm hearing that many of the people fired today have exemplary records, won director's awards, etc. I have to imagine they'll be challenged in court. 15118
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoAkLuvr @akchikky.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Wonderful turnout at Fairbanks Alaska 50501 protest rally, in front of City Hall. 26415
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoKatherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out. They gut the FAA. Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted. Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal. 1015245937629
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It felt good to protest with a group in #Fairbanks in front of city hall today against everything that Trump and Musk stand for. But there wasn't one single group that organized this...it wasn't even organized as far as I could tell. Where is the Democratic Party? 2194
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Want to watch something fun over lunch, and learn something about beavers in the Arctic? My advisor and mine's #BeaverCon talk from October just got uploaded, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZcd...youtube.comBeaver Colonization of the ArcticYouTube video by Beaver Institute 000
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 27/01/2025While we have finally dipped below freezing, the horrors of the ice and a rotten snowpack will continue for months. Unlike ice events in the L48, we will have ice on our roads until April or May. Thinking of all the subnivean creatures whose tunnel systems hopefully stayed intact! 230
Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 11/12/2024What does the warmest December day on record look like in Nome, AK? Ice-pocalypse. Photo credit: C. Sopow. @alaskawx.bsky.social 521766171
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 28/11/2024A beautiful crisp morning walk this morning, in which I heard a parent and a juvenile Great Horned Owl hooting and screeching, and a handful of pine grosbeaks and boreal chickadees calling under the last stars. None seem too fazed by -36°C. Happy Thanksgiving from Lower Tanana Dene lands! 0130
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Coldest morning of the season so far, -25°F/-32°C at my cabin in Fairbanks. Feeling like winter with these temps and very long sunrises. 090
V. Sebastian Zavoico @vszavoico.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Hello BlueSky! I had a Twitter account but I don't find it relevant anymore. I'm joining to see if fellow ecologists and wildlife biologists are here! My name is Sebastian Zavoico and I am enamored by the Arctic. Through my MS and current PhD, both at UA Fairbanks, I have focused on how Arctic...🧵 58912