Stefania Klayn
@ettti.bsky.social
Marine biologist & data scientist. I study invertebrate biodiversity in the Black Sea 🐙🦀🦐
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Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9
Kākāpō population reaches new milestone
The official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds.
www.doc.govt.nz
September 18, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9
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How hard and how long can you work in hot temperatures?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has issued recommended work/rest schedules for different temperatures: www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2...
TL;DR: The hotter the temp, the longer you should rest
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has issued recommended work/rest schedules for different temperatures: www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2...
TL;DR: The hotter the temp, the longer you should rest
August 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
How hard and how long can you work in hot temperatures?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has issued recommended work/rest schedules for different temperatures: www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2...
TL;DR: The hotter the temp, the longer you should rest
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has issued recommended work/rest schedules for different temperatures: www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2...
TL;DR: The hotter the temp, the longer you should rest
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🌊 A report led by Scripps scientists warns that oxygen loss in aquatic ecosystems could trigger changes lasting centuries. Aquatic deoxygenation is emerging as a major threat to marine life, fisheries & the natural systems regulating Earth's climate. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4yxcvaL
Oxygen "disappearing" from earth's waters at alarming rate
Scientists warned that low oxygen levels threaten entire food webs, and the phenomenon should be recognised formally in climate frameworks
oceanographicmagazine.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:45 PM
🌊 A report led by Scripps scientists warns that oxygen loss in aquatic ecosystems could trigger changes lasting centuries. Aquatic deoxygenation is emerging as a major threat to marine life, fisheries & the natural systems regulating Earth's climate. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4yxcvaL
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Important New York Times story is out today on our investigation: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
July 21, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Important New York Times story is out today on our investigation: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
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The whole 'we're only 1% of emissions' thing is a red herring
It implies decarbonisation is just a cost, so not worth doing if others don't
But it also brings better health, energy sovereignty, economic growth and better technology
It would be worth doing even if the climate wasn't changing!
It implies decarbonisation is just a cost, so not worth doing if others don't
But it also brings better health, energy sovereignty, economic growth and better technology
It would be worth doing even if the climate wasn't changing!
‘But we’re just 1% of emissions’: do smaller countries’ climate efforts matter?
Past and present leaders of wealthy nations such as UK and Germany have argued their actions are insignificant
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The whole 'we're only 1% of emissions' thing is a red herring
It implies decarbonisation is just a cost, so not worth doing if others don't
But it also brings better health, energy sovereignty, economic growth and better technology
It would be worth doing even if the climate wasn't changing!
It implies decarbonisation is just a cost, so not worth doing if others don't
But it also brings better health, energy sovereignty, economic growth and better technology
It would be worth doing even if the climate wasn't changing!
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🩱Choosing a swim suit color is more than just a fashion choice. It's a safety choice. Being able to see your child in the water is critical.
In this image
Top row: swimsuit is just below the surface
Bottom row: swimsuit 18in below with water agitation
✅bright neon colors
🚫white, gray, light blue
In this image
Top row: swimsuit is just below the surface
Bottom row: swimsuit 18in below with water agitation
✅bright neon colors
🚫white, gray, light blue
June 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🩱Choosing a swim suit color is more than just a fashion choice. It's a safety choice. Being able to see your child in the water is critical.
In this image
Top row: swimsuit is just below the surface
Bottom row: swimsuit 18in below with water agitation
✅bright neon colors
🚫white, gray, light blue
In this image
Top row: swimsuit is just below the surface
Bottom row: swimsuit 18in below with water agitation
✅bright neon colors
🚫white, gray, light blue
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BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series.
The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future.
Please read and share:
www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚
The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future.
Please read and share:
www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚
A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series.
The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future.
Please read and share:
www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚
The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future.
Please read and share:
www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚
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‘Some residents living near infrasound frequently report chronic sleep deprivation and insomnia, headaches, internal ear pressure and anxiety.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
The Cloud Has Sound: The Unrelenting and Unseen Cost of A.I. Data Centers
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
‘Some residents living near infrasound frequently report chronic sleep deprivation and insomnia, headaches, internal ear pressure and anxiety.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
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RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”.
A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24.
Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24.
Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data
Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational,
that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical
cancer deaths. This is sh...
www.thelancet.com
June 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”.
A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24.
Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24.
Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
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The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past
In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
by Gina Errico
www.biographic.com/the-lonely-r...
In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
by Gina Errico
www.biographic.com/the-lonely-r...
The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past - bioGraphic
In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
www.biographic.com
June 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past
In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
by Gina Errico
www.biographic.com/the-lonely-r...
In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.
by Gina Errico
www.biographic.com/the-lonely-r...
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One of the easiest animals to come by for biology class is the mussel, Mytilus edulis. But understanding the anatomy when dissecting a mussel isn't that easy, so this infographic makes it understandable. And keep in mind: this is what you eat when eating a mussel..
June 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
One of the easiest animals to come by for biology class is the mussel, Mytilus edulis. But understanding the anatomy when dissecting a mussel isn't that easy, so this infographic makes it understandable. And keep in mind: this is what you eat when eating a mussel..
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New in Marine Manager 📍🌊
Upload your own point data and analyze it alongside vessel activity, environmental layers and dark vessel signals — all in one place.
Explore Marine Manager: https://bit.ly/gfw-marine-manager
#OceanTech #MarineData
Upload your own point data and analyze it alongside vessel activity, environmental layers and dark vessel signals — all in one place.
Explore Marine Manager: https://bit.ly/gfw-marine-manager
#OceanTech #MarineData
March 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
New in Marine Manager 📍🌊
Upload your own point data and analyze it alongside vessel activity, environmental layers and dark vessel signals — all in one place.
Explore Marine Manager: https://bit.ly/gfw-marine-manager
#OceanTech #MarineData
Upload your own point data and analyze it alongside vessel activity, environmental layers and dark vessel signals — all in one place.
Explore Marine Manager: https://bit.ly/gfw-marine-manager
#OceanTech #MarineData
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Did you know you can tell the history of an iceberg based on its shape?
1: A jagged berg means the ice has likely never been underwater
2: A diagonal ridge, the iceberg has likely rolled
3: Rounded surfaces mean the top was underwater at one point
1: A jagged berg means the ice has likely never been underwater
2: A diagonal ridge, the iceberg has likely rolled
3: Rounded surfaces mean the top was underwater at one point
February 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Did you know you can tell the history of an iceberg based on its shape?
1: A jagged berg means the ice has likely never been underwater
2: A diagonal ridge, the iceberg has likely rolled
3: Rounded surfaces mean the top was underwater at one point
1: A jagged berg means the ice has likely never been underwater
2: A diagonal ridge, the iceberg has likely rolled
3: Rounded surfaces mean the top was underwater at one point
Reposted by Stefania Klayn
Over at X, Elon has added a feature that allows you to edit any image anyone has posts using AI
I edited an image of a real scientific paper (left) with the prompt "change the title and images to be more fear-inducing"
I can envision no ways in which this may be abused. None at all. 🧪
I edited an image of a real scientific paper (left) with the prompt "change the title and images to be more fear-inducing"
I can envision no ways in which this may be abused. None at all. 🧪
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Over at X, Elon has added a feature that allows you to edit any image anyone has posts using AI
I edited an image of a real scientific paper (left) with the prompt "change the title and images to be more fear-inducing"
I can envision no ways in which this may be abused. None at all. 🧪
I edited an image of a real scientific paper (left) with the prompt "change the title and images to be more fear-inducing"
I can envision no ways in which this may be abused. None at all. 🧪
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Pack your bags, charge your batteries, #InverteFest begins at midnight your time.
If you're going out to spot critters, join our community science project here: www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
If you're going out to spot critters, join our community science project here: www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
December 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Pack your bags, charge your batteries, #InverteFest begins at midnight your time.
If you're going out to spot critters, join our community science project here: www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
If you're going out to spot critters, join our community science project here: www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...
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Deep-sea mining would excavate the seafloor and create mid-water plumes that will affect fragile, often ancient, ecosystems.
Watch the video to see what’s at risk and why transparency through the new Deep-Sea Mining Watch platform matters. @ucsbenioffocean.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4iM7fJ6
Watch the video to see what’s at risk and why transparency through the new Deep-Sea Mining Watch platform matters. @ucsbenioffocean.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4iM7fJ6
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Deep-sea mining would excavate the seafloor and create mid-water plumes that will affect fragile, often ancient, ecosystems.
Watch the video to see what’s at risk and why transparency through the new Deep-Sea Mining Watch platform matters. @ucsbenioffocean.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4iM7fJ6
Watch the video to see what’s at risk and why transparency through the new Deep-Sea Mining Watch platform matters. @ucsbenioffocean.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/4iM7fJ6
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A reminder that eels are critically endangered and are still a major part of the licit and illicit economy in Asia, Europe, and parts of the US (lookin’ at you, Maine)
Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction.
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed them
Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A reminder that eels are critically endangered and are still a major part of the licit and illicit economy in Asia, Europe, and parts of the US (lookin’ at you, Maine)
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Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
ALT: a man in red swim trunks is standing in the ocean
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nerrrrrrrrrrrds!
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
To celebrate getting 100,000 followers on Bluesky, I am offering some of you fine folks the chance to join me on a 2026 shark research expedition. Really!
Enter here: forms.gle/iq3YQG31kbAC...
Terms and conditions in thread below:
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It did not go as planned, but it DID go as expected ...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action - Inside Climate News
BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conference documents published Sat...
insideclimatenews.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It did not go as planned, but it DID go as expected ...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
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Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
Life Finds a Way, Even on Inactive Hydrothermal Vents - bioGraphic
In the darkness of the deep sea, animals flourish on hydrothermal vents that have gone cold.
www.biographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Scientists long assumed that inactive vents, without the mineral-rich plumes that make active vents so mesmerizing, didn’t host unique lifeforms.
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
“It turns out that we just weren’t looking very closely,” says marine biologist Jason Sylvan.
www.biographic.com/life-finds-a...
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💉Flu season is here!
Get your flu vaccine, especially if you have underlying medical conditions. This goes for kids too. Last year, 280 kids died from influenza: 56% of them had an underlying condition and 89% were unvaccinated.
#FIGHTFlu
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Get your flu vaccine, especially if you have underlying medical conditions. This goes for kids too. Last year, 280 kids died from influenza: 56% of them had an underlying condition and 89% were unvaccinated.
#FIGHTFlu
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
💉Flu season is here!
Get your flu vaccine, especially if you have underlying medical conditions. This goes for kids too. Last year, 280 kids died from influenza: 56% of them had an underlying condition and 89% were unvaccinated.
#FIGHTFlu
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Get your flu vaccine, especially if you have underlying medical conditions. This goes for kids too. Last year, 280 kids died from influenza: 56% of them had an underlying condition and 89% were unvaccinated.
#FIGHTFlu
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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Keep sharing please - lots of good resources, across the country, for folks who need them and folks who want to support the businesses & orgs providing those resources
🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business.
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s.
Here's one! toastedseattle.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Keep sharing please - lots of good resources, across the country, for folks who need them and folks who want to support the businesses & orgs providing those resources
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We just published a report that serves as a warning to humanity that we are hurtling towards climate chaos. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... and here www.nationthailand.com/blogs/sustai...
Earth hits hottest level in 125,000 years
A global study finds 2024 was hotter than the peak of the last Ice Age, with record-breaking heat, ocean warming, and ice loss driving Earth toward irreversible tipping points.
www.nationthailand.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We just published a report that serves as a warning to humanity that we are hurtling towards climate chaos. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... and here www.nationthailand.com/blogs/sustai...
Reposted by Stefania Klayn
Wildfires aren’t necessarily happening more often, but they are becoming more intense.
A new international study shows that hotter, drier conditions are making it easier for fires to spread rapidly once they begin.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
1/2
#WildfireResearch
A new international study shows that hotter, drier conditions are making it easier for fires to spread rapidly once they begin.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
1/2
#WildfireResearch
Experts reveal climate change drove extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, making burned areas much larger
Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts.
phys.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wildfires aren’t necessarily happening more often, but they are becoming more intense.
A new international study shows that hotter, drier conditions are making it easier for fires to spread rapidly once they begin.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
1/2
#WildfireResearch
A new international study shows that hotter, drier conditions are making it easier for fires to spread rapidly once they begin.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
1/2
#WildfireResearch