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Erik Stokstad

@erikstokstad

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Reporter at Science Magazine, covering environmental research & issues. Tweets focus on news from the scientific literature. Views my own.

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Joined January 2009
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Erik Stokstad
1 year
"The project required a certain amount of craziness,” says @sara_mmendes, who took on a huge--*huge*--literature review for her dissertation.
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Erik Stokstad
1 year
"Evidence of European seed dispersal crisis" from network and conservation analysis of plants spread by birds, mammals, and other creatures.
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First broad look at conservation status of animals that transport seeds raises alarms
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@johnstravis
John Travis
1 year
Truth is almost stranger than fiction.... ‘Cocaine sharks’ found in waters off Brazil | Science | AAAS
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Jon Gewirtzman
1 year
Exciting to see our preprint covered in @ScienceMagazine by @erikstokstad. This was such a fun project, exploring the world of microbial diversity inside living trees! More than 1 trillion microbes live inside the average tree trunk | Science | AAAS
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Healthy wood contains vast numbers of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that might lead to ways to protect trees
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@tomallenstevens
Tom Allen-Stevens
1 year
Brilliant article by @erikstokstad in @ScienceMagazine on the wonders of Watkins collection, looked after by @JohnInnesCentre. @bofinfarmers now has 2 projects with farmer-led trials of these intriguing wheats @slimersproject & @_truth_project Join us
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Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors
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@AlisonRBentley
Alison Bentley
1 year
🌾 Excellent to see the results from 10-years of analysis of the AE Watkins landrace wheat collection led by Simon Griffiths & Shifeng Chen. 🪙 Read more about the significance of the ‘Gold mine’ it uncovers by @erikstokstad @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/sakkhlHn3v
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Historic traits could make modern wheat more resilient to disease and other stressors
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@DrKeithSmith
Keith Smith
2 years
Light pollution is rapidly increasing worldwide, causing serious harm to the natural world, human health, and astronomy. This week, a special issue of @ScienceMagazine discusses the damaging effects of light pollution and how to tackle it. https://t.co/n0p8gJeQr0
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@SivaThambisetty
3 years
“It’s elegant, because it’s relatively simple,” says Siva Thambisetty, an expert in IP law @LSELaw and an adviser to the chair of a coalition of 134 developing countries. “Developing countries want a respectful settlement,” she adds. “Nobody wants a handout.” #BBNJ
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@k_langin
Katie Langin
3 years
A mortifying interview. An important wake up call. A chance to try something new. Here are our most read personal essays by scientists in 2022. @ScienceMagazine #ScienceTwitter #AcademicChatter https://t.co/0TdKiw7d0I
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Teaching scientific failure. Writing in English. This year’s most read Working Life essays
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@CUBotanicGarden
Cam Botanic Garden
3 years
A reflective November scene from the Garden to mark today's #RemembranceDay
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@scchak
Shraddha Chakradhar
3 years
Are you a journalism major interested in getting more science journalism experience? Apply for the Diverse Voices Science Journalism internship at @NewsfromScience. We're looking for *three* people to join us next summer! More details here: https://t.co/6OE3l0n88C #divsciwri
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Erik Stokstad
3 years
Young bumblebees enjoy rolling around on balls, @SamadiHGD & @LChittka have discovered. Could it be play?
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First example of insects seemingly having fun with objects adds to evidence for emotions
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Erik Stokstad
3 years
And if you like lava flows, you'll love this video:
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Erik Stokstad
3 years
Impressive video and new insights from a study of Kīlauea destructive eruption in 2018. https://t.co/uw73JqUXJR
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Ripples in molten rock helped improve flow forecasts during a destructive eruption in Hawaii
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Erik Stokstad
3 years
An endangered lagoon in Europe has been granted personal legal rights.
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In a first for Europe, country borrows concept from Indigenous science to protect endangered body of water
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@NewsfromScience
News from Science
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President Joe Biden’s administration has announced that, by the end of 2025, federal agencies must make papers that describe taxpayer-funded work freely available to the public as soon as the final peer-reviewed manuscript is published.
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Policy is a blow to journal paywalls, but its impact on publishing is unclear
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Science Magazine
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Bioengineering soybean plants to improve regulation of photoprotection—a natural process that enables plants to cope with excess absorbed light energy—improved soybean seed yield by up to 33% in field trials. Read that study and more this week in Science: https://t.co/0SmI5qA2CI
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Erik Stokstad
3 years
Not sure about the salad, but everything else in the solar system looks delicious. HT @scchak
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Fraser Cain
3 years
I used Midjourney to imagine the Solar System as food. Here's Jupiter as a sandwich.
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Erik Stokstad
3 years
Senate climate deal's pathway to 40% emission cuts passes muster, say energy system modelers. https://t.co/yCMbOjzfl7
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But more action is needed to reach Biden’s pledge to halve emissions by 2030
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