Paleoecologist @UMaine trying to be a good ancestor. Climate change, biodiversity, extinction. @MakeAPlanetPod @OurWarmRegards She/her 🏳️🌈
Sep 22, 2018 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
*taps*
Is this thing on? Cool.
So, uh, hi, everyone. Did I ever tell you about the time I almost died in Siberia?
I came to the Sakha Republic of Russia last month to do some field research and film a documentary on ice age fossils in the Siberian permafrost. It was, hands down, one of the most incredible experiences of my life, and I can’t wait to tell you all about it when the show airs.
Aug 17, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Expertise used to mean something. Now, anyone who’s read a few blogs thinks they’re qualified to evaluate science. This is also enabled by deliberate campaigns to cast expert communities as “biased” “echo chambers.”
No joke, I’ve seen climate deniers use their lack of a job in the field as an advantage over scientists, because they “have more time to evaluate thousands of arguments.”
Jun 27, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Re: my last RT, climate curmudgeons love “gotcha” moments when they point out that you don’t have a PhD in climatology. Here’s the thing: there actually aren’t many. And that’s okay.
Climate science is a multidisciplinary field, involving earth science, atmospheric c science, physics, ecology, oceanography, geography, and more—plus intersections with policy, law, social science, history, you name it.
Jun 10, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Nobody thinks medical doctors, clergy, elected officials, or members of the military are pretentious for using titles. So, why academics? Titles are a sign of respect for training, expertise, and the nature of your service to others. Why not default to that respect?
Why is it that the only people I ever see arguing that academic titles don’t matter are white men?
Apr 27, 2018 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
You may have heard of the Dutch rewilding experiment: horses and other large herbivores free roaming in a nature preserve, to reconstruct prehistoric ecosystems. theguardian.com/environment/20…
I've been following this story with interest, as it's one of the few rewilding experiments to include large herbivores. One of my research areas is the ecological impacts of losing ice age megafauna, like mammoths.
Oct 13, 2017 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I’m not participating in #WomenBoycottTwitter, for two reasons: 1) ask yourself why this solidarity never happened for women of color.
Sadly, the white women who are off Twitter today can’t see the critiques about how #solidarityisforwhitewomen. We need to listen to WOC.
