The #DiatoViz package provides a simple function to add silhouettes of #diatoms to plots generated #ggplot2. Great work by Gabriela Junqueira junqueiragaabi.github.io/DiatoViz/

This #EarthDay, lets have a look at the mighty but miniscule Diatom, a class of microscopic algae that contributes around 20% of Earth's oxygen each year. There are thousands of species of Diatom, each with a fun and fascinating shape.

happy #EarthDay2024 💕

#Venezuela has officially lost its last glacier after La Corona glacier on Humboldt peak, 4,900 meters above sea level, became too small to be classed as a #glacier. This makes Venezuela the first country in the Andes mountain range to lose all its glaciers.

i’ve really progressed so much with my out of town work trip game instead of rotting in my bed watching shark tank i woke up early, ate a healthy breakfast, and worked out

The #IODP Expedition 395 Preliminary Report: Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate, was published on 31 May 2024. doi.org/10.14379/iodp.… #Exp395 #JRSO #NSFfunded JOIDES Resolution U.S. National Science Foundation

found a diatom not named or described yet so that’s pretty cool for me

why are diatoms so hard omg and why are there so many and why are half barely photographed help

reading the 30 page paper we’re going over in the lab meeting as i’m walking in to the lab meeting

i’ve been out of the lab for two weeks and the level of disorganization and chaos I left for myself is making me want to throw up 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Join us to hear Prof Iwai's research using IODP cores to explore the Pliocene history of West Antarctic ice! Friday 28 Feb 12:3pm AEDT; online or ANU Earth Sciences 🌏 iodp.org.au/expert-seminar… Students! A mentoring session with Prof Iwai follows forms.gle/SMQqUwcnXX5dt1…

i read this 3x thinking they meant till, like glacial till…..

Antarctic phytoplankton communities restructure under shifting sea-ice regimes, via NatureClimate nature.com/articles/s4155… #Antarctica #plankton #diatoms Diatom Appreciation Society

I just published: Le ciel va nous tomber sur la tête: Dealing with anxiety as an academic Here is a playbook to turning irrational academic dread into strategy and momentum. #AcademicChatter medium.com/p/le-ciel-va-n…

just took the cover off the microscope now i actually have to use it

just getting around to it now and i forgot how to turn on the scope i thought it was broken

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