Not even @aiannucci.bsky.social could write that! What an image!
Job for a freshwater ecologist in Ireland with the state body for environmental monitoring www.epa.ie/publications... #ecology #jobs
A global study of 41,499 lakes reveals that lake sediments experience heatwaves that are often longer, more frequent, and slower to cool than surface waters.
...boosting production of GHGs (e.g. CH4) and altering freshwater ecosystems worldwide.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Folks, some quick professional news here:
After teaching the "Ecology and Conservation of Sharks" course for 5 years at Nova Southeastern, the graduate school has opted not to renew my contract.
I'm fine, this course was a small part of my overall income.
I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic.
So I made it.
attenborough-100.vercel.app
Context: $9 billion is more than the entire annual NSF budget allocated for all science research in the US. If the NSF budget had actually been disbursed this year (it has not).
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
Isotopes and food residue show that as people in Kenya’s Turkana Basin transitioned from fishing and foraging to herding cattle, around 5,000 years ago, they took a full millennium to fully shift to a specialized diet centered around livestock. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/NTIa50Z3eRr
So, I've just been bellyaching about the (book) publishing world. So it makes sense to re-up this post, about a super easy way you can support an author. (Could be me but definitely doesn't have to be!). And remove some money from Jeff Bezos' pocket at the same time.