@mphebert.bsky.social, Sierra Cagle, Celia Symons, & I are co-hosting a session at ASLO-SIL 2026. If you work with imaging, -omics or (AI-based) pipelines, please consider submitting an abstract! SS031: Emerging ideas and technologies transforming aquatic trait-based ecology @aslo.org

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

24% of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction ! 👉 By Sayer et al. Jan 2025 in Nature www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🔑 Multi-taxon global IUCN red list freshwater fauna (23,496 species) assessment shows that pollution, dams, water extraction, agriculture and invasion are the main threats. 🌐🌍

"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The #TransformativeChange Report highlights the diverse perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and demonstrates that their practices and lifestyles are often rooted in knowledge and value systems that promote sustainability. — Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO DG

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Denmark, home to five times more livestock than people, is set to make history as the first country to tax methane from animal burps and manure in a bold climate move. bit.ly/3ZtQc5l #methane #tax #milk #livestock @climatenews.bsky.social @climate.skyfleet.blue @wedonthavetime.bsky.social

I created a Winter #Limnology starter pack - please let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed)! go.bsky.app/UnKfRfA

One of my favourite data discoveries this year: Google's mind-blowing ARCO-ERA5 dataset: hourly data for ~300 climate variables, available globally from 1940! 🤯 Loadable with a single line of Python code from a single cloud-friendly Zarr file! Below: a month of wind waves + swell: 🌊

I am looking for a PhD student to start in fall of 2025 at MSU. Potential topics include trait-based approaches to plankton community resilience, temperature effects on communities, harmful algal blooms and many others. Please get in touch if interested. More info: www.kl-lab.group.