Peter Roopnarine @[email protected]
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paleontologist, ecologist, geologist...tweets are my own! Can be found these days on Mastodon at @[email protected] & BlueSky @peterroopnarine.bsky.socia
Planet Earth v.1.0
Joined September 2014
I am now @peterroopnarine.bsky.social on BlueSky in an ongoing effort to live in an uncontaminated and healthy reality.
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Our paper on the origins of coiling and "bivalvedness" (claminess?) in molluscs is out. This is the most fun that I've had with a paper in a very long time.
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A new blog post about a presentation that David Goodwin and I gave last week to the Colorado Scientific Society. "What Do Two Geologists Know About COVID-19?"
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New epub book, "Integrating Conservation Biology and Paleobiology to Manage Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing World". G. Lynn Wingard, Gregory P. Dietl, Damien Fordham, Chris Schneider, eds. Our Steller's sea cow and kelp forest paper is in there.
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RT @sarahlsheffield: Loved the USF graduation message of how passionate and dedicated the students are toward making the world a better pla….
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Today I & Academy colleague Ryan Wyatt @ryanwyatt were elected Fellows of the AAAS. ". contributions to understanding the evolution of ecological systems, emphasizing paleontology, deep time, and perspectives on complexity dynamics. " @calacademy
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Shaped, not built.
Modern America is shaped by rugged individualism and inequalities. But this chart shows that it hasn’t always been the case: in the mid 20th the US was a strong communitarian society. A graph-based🧵on a book by @RobertDPutnam that changed my vision of US history
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RT @ThePalAss: 📢 Job klaxon‼️ @ucdavis is looking for a Visiting Assistant Professor in geology and palaeobiology. This two-year position s….
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Making America competitive again. "In exchange for Republican support for raising the borrowing limit, Biden agreed to hold the slice of the federal budget that includes civilian research essentially flat for the next two fiscal years.".
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RT @DantheClamMan: I wrote a rant about why biological collections are important and under threat!
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The Academy's Corpse Flower Cam livestream @calacademy ! Now you can sit patiently and watch it open (without the odour). #CaliforniaAcademyofSciences.
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I am a big fan of @Peter_Turchin.'s work, and this is a great discussion. "A shock to one of these systems almost inevitably reverberates into the others."
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And the winners of Russia's war are? Drum roll please. Yes, the oil companies. They always win. One would not know it given their recent pull backs from climate change goals.
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RT @ricard_sole: “With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that t….
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In an otherwise disastrous week, US Republicans can claim at least one small victory. Share Message - Avdiivka: Ukraine troops leave embattled eastern town.
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RT @Friedman_Lab: But wait . there's more! @PaleoSoc has just announced additional D&I and student travel support to @Napc2024. Details….
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