This 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.

Today 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.

Trees, 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...

Check 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.

Octopuses use their arms to sense and respond to microbiomes on the seafloor - @pepperstclair.bsky.social @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/octo...

New 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.social