Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it.
People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
Buttons (Ashley) 🏴☠️#OFMDForLife🏴☠️ 🏳️🌈🤡
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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the thing about geologists saying a thing is coming soon is they mean it could be tomorrow or sometime in the next 3000 years
derek guy
Help settle a disagreement between @brendanoloughlin.bsky.social and I: how do you define parasitoidism?
I waited so long to book my lodgings for the Evolution conference that everywhere is discounted like 35%. I think the lesson is always procrastinate?
That 2015 New Yorker piece on very large Cascadia earthquakes is circulating again, so a reminder:
To a very large degree, the impact of earthquakes is a "solved" scientific and engineering problem.
But they aren't solved *political* problems.
Australia was once lush and wet and will be again!
But what will the lizards do?
Very unfortunately oriented continent from the perspective of not wiping out a *huge* diversity of life.
20+ million years ago there were river dolphins in the Lake Frome area of Australia.
It's now a giant salt flat.
Because Australia is oriented so unfortunately with respect to climate belts.