Hot Air: The Inside Story Of The Battle Against Climate Change Denial By Peter Stott — Review

published by @AtlanticBooks, #BookReview by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#books #ClimateCrisis #COP27 #climate #science #SciComm #ClimateAction https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/11/11/hot-air-the-inside-story-of-the-battle-against-climate-change-denial-by-peter-stott---review/

(shared from my twitter account, @grrlscientist)

WOW! microvasculature of pigeon head taken with computed tomography by Scott Echols DVM

#birds #ornithology #photography
#birds #ornithology #photography #anatomy

(shared from my twitter account, @grrlscientist)

3D reconstruction of the vascular system of the head and neck of an African Grey Parrot by Scott Birch & Scott Echols DVM

#Parrots #birds #ornithology #anatomy #photography

RT from my @[email protected] account

omg, too fun! if you or i dug a tunnel straight through the earth, where would we pop up? now we can find out!

"The antipodes of any place on the Earth is the point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite to it"

#Earth #mapping #maps #antipodes https://antipodesmap.com

sharing from @[email protected] account because i love looking at it!

SPECTACULAR Bohemian waxwing photo!

by @ColytonWildlife / Tim White

"Cloudy background makes this look like a painting"

#birds #photography #wildlife #birding #birdwatching https://timwhitewildlife.blogspot.com/2017/02/waxwings-posing-beautifully.html

(shared from twitter)

short & fascinating read: women ask fewer questions in seminars when a man asks the FIRST question, but when a woman asks first, men & women then ask equal number of questions

via @theEconomist

#Equality #women #STEM #seminar https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/12/07/women-ask-fewer-questions-than-men-at-seminars

The beautiful & wonderfully intricate foot of a male diving beetle, Acilius sulcatus.

Image: Igor Siwanowicz

#photography #nature #beetle

Counting Wolves Across Washington State, featuring a beautiful #video by @bioGraphic about work by @WDFW

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#EndangeredSpecies #wolf #wildlife #conservation #technology #Washington #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/31/counting-wolves-across-washington-state/

Why Are There So Many Black Wolves In Yellowstone? a fascinating study from @UniofOxford @COParksWildlife @Penn_State University of Montpellier, pub'd by @ScienceMagazine

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#disease #ecology #evolution #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/29/why-are-there-so-many-black-wolves-in-yellowstone/

The Accidental Ecosystem By Peter S. Alagona — Review | #book published by @UCPress, #bookreview by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#books #ecology #environment #cities #UrbanEcology #wildlife #nonFiction #GiftIdeas https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/24/the-accidental-ecosystem-by-peter-s-alagona---review/

Listening To Birdsongs Can Calm Your Frayed Nerves, 2 studies out of @mpib_berlin published by @SciReports & @MolPsychiatry

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#birds #birdsongs #nature #mentalhealth #anxiety #depression #paranoia #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/19/listening-to-birdsongs-can-calm-your-frayed-nerves/

Is Nemo A Meanie? Clownfish Stripes Predict Aggressiveness | study out of @OISTedu @Riis_Ryukyu pub'd by @RoyalSociety @RSocPublishing #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#coralreefs #behavior #ecology #VisualSignals #colors #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/17/is-nemo-a-meanie-clownfish-stripes-predict-aggressiveness/

Even A Small Amount Of Spilled Oil Damages Seabirds’ Feathers | recent study by @UCC published by @RSocPublishing Open Science

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#oilandgas #pollution #environment #ecology #marinebiology #seabirds #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/13/even-a-small-amount-of-spilled-oil-damages-seabirds-feathers/

as it turns out, i wrote a piece in 2020 about how ring-necked parakeets were introduced to Britain (and it involved a forensics crime lab)

by @grrlscientist

#Parrots #Britain #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/12/18/crime-investigation-tool-reveals-origins-of-uks-feral-parrots/

Racehorses Sired By Old Stallions Run Slower Than Those With Young Fathers | research from @UniofExeter published by @RSocPublishing Open Science

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience / @ForbesSports

#horses #HorseRacing #racehorses #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/10/racehorses-sired-by-old-stallions-run-slower-than-those-with-young-fathers/

The Costs Of Cooperation And Conflict In Group Living, a study out of @LundUniversity, published by @eLife

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#conservation #evolution #cooperation #conflict #group #ecology #breeding #behavior #ostrich https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/06/the-costs-of-cooperation-and-conflict-in-group-living/

Is This Colorful Asian Songbird Invading Britain? a recent international study published by @IBIS_journal

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#ornithology #birds #ClimateCrisis #ecology #invasive #Alien #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/04/is-this-colorful-asian-songbird-invading-britain/

Chernobyl’s Radiation Turned Its Local Frogs Black, a recent study pub'd by Evolutionary Applications (@EvolAppJournal)

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#frogs #evolution #mutations #radiation #BlackLivesMatter #Chernobyl #Ukraine️ #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/10/02/chernobyls-radiation-turned-its-local-frogs-black/

Why Do Some Female Hummingbirds Crossdress? a recent study out of @UWGradSchool @UWBiology & @STRI_Panama pub'd by @RSocPublishing @RoyalSociety #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @ForbesScience / @forbes

#ornithology #ecology #evolution #crossdresser #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/30/why-do-some-female-hummingbirds-crossdress/

Cowbird Chicks Must Adopt ‘The Goldilocks Principle’ To Boost Survival | a study from @UofIllinois published by @RSocPublishing @royalsociety #ProcB

by @grrlscientist via @forbes / @ForbesScience

#ornithology #birds #evolution #ecology #scicomm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2022/09/29/cowbird-chicks-must-adopt-the-goldilocks-principle-to-boost-survival/