They are turning our carefully crafted sentences, the ones we read out loud to test their musicality, the ones where we labored for an hour to find one perfect word, the ones where we left the adverb in defiantly, into soulless AI slop that no one enjoys reading, and it breaks me.
Looking forward to hearing Emily O'Gorman and Taylor Coyne talking about more-than-human histories on October 16. I merely sit back and chair. #histSTM#envhist#skyhistorians
Taylor Coyne and Emily O’Gorman discuss the ways that the more-than-human world has shaped histories.
New research into a strange fish known as the sea robin finds that leg-like appendages can “taste” prey buried in the sand. Dr. Nicholas Bellono joins us to talk about the genetic adaptations that allow this fish to sense the world through its legs.
New research into a strange fish known as the sea robin finds that leg-like appendages can “taste” prey buried in the sand.
Beavers are in the news a lot as climate saviors (or villains, in the Arctic). In this new piece, we speak to how such narratives occlude Indigenous models for beaver relations—and why they’re important for ecosystem restoration, people, & of course 🦫. #envhumauthors.elsevier.com/c/1jqpg3pILh...
My latest, for @sciam.bsky.social! How many species used to live in the past? And how good are we at actually recognizing them when we see them? Seemingly simple questions! Exceedingly tricky answers! 🧪🦖🌎
The incompleteness of the fossil record complicates efforts to figure out how life on Earth is faring today
Wood frogs are cannibals! They also freeze solid in the winter. They are ecogothic to the core (and one of the most awesome animals in Alaska)! 🐸🐸🐸 www.uaf.edu/news/wood-fr...
Their staccato voices can make a muskeg bog as loud as a city street, though most are so small they could sit in a coffee cup without scraping their noses.
I'm researching the California grizzly bear. Does anyone have suggestions for digitized archives in California that might be useful? Either translated Spanish or English sources would be great please and thank you! 🗃📗
This is your reminder that thesaurus dot com is (almost certainly) using AI to generate thesaurus entries, and you should, if you can, use Merriam Webster to avoid accidentally destroying the planet via the fuckery machine.
'We were anything but primitive': How Indigenous-led #archaeologywww.cbc.ca/radio/unrese...
So cool! Personhood for the ocean, not just its inhabitants! 🌊
The city of Linhares has granted legal rights to the waves at the mouth of the Dolce River, marking the first time a part of the ocean has been given personhood. https://buff.ly/3Ty297B #ShareGoodNewsToo
By affording rights to its iconic waves, a Brazilian city is paving a new path to marine protection.