Visited the ASU Art Museum in Tempe today; they have a powerful piece by American artist Michelangelo Lovelace called “Katrina Aftermath”.

“Prompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeing…” Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing. Open access article below.

I hope students read REEFS OF TIME this year! A reminder to all faculty that if you're assigning the book, I'd be happy to join your class via Zoom for a Q&A.

I just really really encourage journalists— especially those who do investigative work— to look into Kevin Guthrie and what is happening at FDEM. It strikes me as quite urgent.

Happy reading, Gus!

"This is an important book, well written and about a vital aspect of our natural heritage and wild life." Thanks to Simon Cocking for an excellent and insightful review of REEFS OF TIME and a scathing review of humanity for our inability to solve climate change. 🪸📚💙 irishtechnews.ie/reefs-of-tim...

I wrote about how Hurricane Katrina helped spur pretty remarkable improvements in hurricane forecasts since 20 years ago and how current and planned budget cuts by the Trump administration to research could set us back.

Thanks for sharing! My publisher is running an e-book promotion right now, so you can get it for $2.99 (or apparently a bit less!) anywhere you normally buy books. 💙📚👩‍🔬Happy reading!

The deep sea is a vital carbon sink, but it’s under threat. Bottom trawling & deep-sea mining could release massive carbon stores, worsening the climate crisis 🌀. The burden of proof should be on those exploiting, not protecting, these ecosystems. 📘 Read our latest by Christina Richardson, Ph.D.

If you’re at #esa2025, stop by booth 600 and check out my book, Reefs of Time!

Denver, Colorado folks! Join me August 19 at the Tattered Cover on Colfax for readings from REEFS OF TIME that take us to living reefs underwater and fossil reefs on tropical islands. It will be a virtual field trip! Tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/lisa-gardi... #coralreefs #nonfiction

Update for folks: Following a very large (M 8.7) and relatively shallow undersea subduction zone quake in the West Pacific east of Kamchatka, Russia, there is a considerable threat of a damaging basin-wide #tsunami. For late-breaking details, visit: https://tsunami.gov

As a fan of edges, I’m very excited about this book.

Excellent new paper by lead authors ‪@apriljazb.bsky.social‬ and Anna Koester at Seychelles Islands Foundation on #reef resilience benchmarks across the Indo-Pacific. Trophic-level biomass as a practical tool for managers. It really resonates after my time on #Aldabra. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A military base near Newburgh, New York, contaminated local water with toxic PFAS chemicals for years. Now, a CDC study is showing how that has impacted residents’ health. “I’m beyond angry at this point,” says Newburgh Mayor Torrance Harvey.

Botanists/biologists of Bluesky: Can you explain how this happened?

Strata: Stories From Deep Time is a beautifully-written book that enthuses over geology in delicious analogies. Here’s my review in Science.

OMG this @billmckibben.bsky.social article is so full of hope! There’s renewable energy momentum! 🎉For example: “Last year, ninety-six per cent of the global demand for new electricity was met by renewables”

I didn't realize that writing a book with a speck of hope about coral reefs would mean I'd get to hear from people who also have a little hope and do great things for reefs. Now I have even more hope! 🪸❤️

Getting it right just got so much harder. But we are not quitters. So, what now? Pick a candidate. Go hard. Flip seats. ✅ You in? Some thoughts — and commitments — after passage of this abhorrent Republican budget megabill. Sending love and tenacity 🩵 open.substack.com/pub/ayanaeli...

Proposed NOAA Budget Calls for $0 for Climate Research eos.org/research-and...

When history marks the point where we lost the future to China, this will be it.

Join me on Monday July 21 for a Harvard Science Book Talk about Reefs of Time. Get your free tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/lisa-s-gar... 💙📚#booksky🪸🧪

Join me on Monday July 21 for a Harvard Science Book Talk about Reefs of Time. Get your free tickets at: www.eventbrite.com/e/lisa-s-gar... 💙📚#booksky🪸🧪

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

That was a fun talk! Thanks for coming and for all the great questions!

The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs is out today! What makes my Dinos 101 book different? 🦕 - It highlights the importance of nesting and parental care to dinosaur success - I dig into colonialism’s role in paleo and why it must be addressed - Unique chapters on dinosaur ecology and taphonomy

Please join Smithsonian Associates in welcoming @lisasgardiner.bsky.social‬ for a virtual lecture tomorrow (June 25) at 6:45 pm EDT. She will be discussing her new book, Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival. For tickets, visit:

Rising global temperatures, pollution, and more threaten coral reefs. In Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival, Lisa S. Gardiner looks to reef history for ways to help reefs live on. www.nasw.org/member_artic... @lisasgardiner.bsky.social @ScienceWriters.org #SciWriBooks

Join me on Wednesday June 25 for a Smithsonian online talk about my new book, Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival. We'll be taking virtual dives in modern reefs and sticking our virtual noses into fossil reefs. smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr... #ocean #coral #fossilfriday

MBL tours have begun! ☀️ Join us in Woods Hole to explore the MBLWHOI Library, meet the marine animals in the Marine Resources Center, and take a walking tour of campus! Sign up here: bit.ly/4kXaNb4

Check out the Advance Copy column at @sciencewriters.org and read about my new book Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival. The photo at the top shows books that helped as I wrote Reefs of Time (in addition to a million or so article PDFs). www.nasw.org/member_artic...

I shared about REEFS OF TIME and how the book came together on this week's Emerging Form! 💙📚Thanks for having me on the podcast, @cragcrest.bsky.social! Listen where you get your podcasts or at: emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-14... @princetonupress.bsky.social

This @betsymason.bsky.social post about the benefits of making tiny friends was just what I needed today. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/06/11/t...

It was wonderful to chat with Emerging Form about "the making of" REEFS OF TIME!

Right on the heels of #WorldOceanDay, it’s US pub day for REEFS OF TIME: WHAT FOSSILS REVEAL ABOUT CORAL SURVIVAL @princetonupress.bsky.social. I hope its story of reef resilience brings some joy in this unsettled time. 🧪💙📚🪸https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691247335/reefs-of-time

Book recommendation: REEFS OF TIME by @lisasgardiner.bsky.social 🩷🪸🐠🩷 Read this book if you are interested in fossils, marine life &/or the impact of climate change on coral. I really appreciated that this book was a deeper dive on the science but was still accessible! #booksky #nonfiction

LAST CHANCE! Take part in Nature's seventh global survey of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral students, which probes graduate students’ views about their goals and challenges, and their experiences so far. #Academicsky 🧪

The science events summit is here in Philly this week! We’re at the Main Branch of the Philly library connecting and talking about the wild times we’re living through as science communicators. The session starting now is about how us adults perceive science in this moment.

Want to catch yourself up on what’s new with the terrible lizards? My version of a dinosaur crash course is out next week! 🦖

This week I shared my new book, Reefs of Time 📚💙🪸, with a wonderful audience at the @denvermuseumns.bsky.social. If you are in/near Boulder, Colorado, join me for the next event on June 10: calendar.boulderlibrary.org/event/14183239

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

Happy pride month! Did you know that we're facing a world with more rainbows because of climate change? (I wish all climate impacts were like this one.) earthsky.org/earth/climat...

It was great talking to @tomireland.bsky.social of The Biologist about Rise of the Zombie Bugs, & what scientists learn from zombifying parasites about behavior & neuroscience Plus! The book's 30% off (today's the last day) at @hopkinspress.bsky.social, code HMOR25: press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Shameless self-promotion continues...🙃 You might find this #fern book in your local bookstores! mailchi.mp/btiscience/f...

Today for #fossilfriday, I'm sharing what the illustrious @restingdinoface.bsky.social had to say about REEFS OF TIME, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social Learn more about the book at: lisagardiner.com/reefs-of-tim...

To write Reefs of Time, I looked at the past for perspective on where coral reefs have been and considered what the future may hold. I hope you’ll read it.

Do not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...

While Reefs of Time’s pub date is June 10, the book entered the world early! See links to order at lisagardiner.com/reefs-of-tim...

Reefs of Time by @lisasgardiner.bsky.social arrived ahead of its Jun10 pub date.🤩 I knew I wouldn’t see my fellow Smith College geology major on campus this weekend at reunion, so I spent time with her new title at our old haunt (the science building 🧪🪨🪸) instead. Congrats on your latest book, Lisa!