Currently writing up a project summary which includes the short form for hectares (ha) frequently:
5-ha, 2-ha, 10-ha etc.
It's a bit funny to see ha-ha-ha. #LandPuns
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Nature lover, conservation biologist, and comic-maker (www.tailsfromthefield.net). She/her. All posts/opinions are my own.
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Treat future you to good data sheets and consistent collection methods. You deserve it.
... and so does anyone else who may ever have to look at your data and figure out WTF happened. #fieldwork
Tyler SmithCalling all citizen scientists!
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs your help to collect information on a parasitic plant known as dodder (Cuscuta spp.).
Join the Cuscuta DNA barcoding project in #iNaturalist
By joining the project & reporting your observations, you can help build a collection of dodder #DNA barcodes from across Canada that will be used to help the #CFIA detect and manage this weed.
#CitizenScience #CFIAScience #PlantHealth #CommunityScience
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cuscuta-dna-barcoding
Cuscuta DNA barcoding
Many species of Cuscuta (dodders) are regulated at the federal level in Canada and have detrimental impacts on trade and the natural environment through their parasitic life style. We want to monitor the spread of these plants and obtain plant material to generate DNA barcodes that can allow us to identify and validate different species.
Darrin WestCambridge claims that using recycled cement as flux in steel furnaces (which can use recycled steel and renewable electricity), the resulting slag becomes Portland cement again, usable in concrete. This can reduce global co2 emissions by 7.5%. #climatechange #recycling https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/cement-recycling
Cement recycling method could help solve one of the world’s biggest climate challenges
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a method to produce very low emission concrete at scale – an innovation that could be transformative in the transition to net zero.
Plague PoemsI tell her I can’t believe
that I am living in
the pandemic’s fifth year
but she insists that I
need to keep things in perspective
and so she reminds me
that the 20 warmest years on record
have all occurred in my lifetime
which I must admit
does not make me feel any better.
that I am living in
the pandemic’s fifth year
but she insists that I
need to keep things in perspective
and so she reminds me
that the 20 warmest years on record
have all occurred in my lifetime
which I must admit
does not make me feel any better.
Selena the Retro-Princess
Mike FraserI think a simple change in nomenclature could help Mastodon incredibly. Servers is an inaccurate term and instance is unfamiliar and vague. Both create tension for new users.
Why not simply call Mastodon instances what they are: Communities.
Ask users which Mastodon community they'd like to join. Have community rules, community policy, and community leaders. Not server rules, instance moderators and administrators.
Let me start. Everyone is welcome at our community, https://thecanadian.social
#TIL that another common name for Tulip Tree is Yellow Poplar and I am upset about it!
"Tulip Tree" is so beautiful, and descriptive, and "Yellow Poplar" is just inaccurate, and blah. *grumps*
Nell GreenfieldboyceThe American Ornithological Society says it will give new English-language names to *all* American birds currently named after people, in an effort to make birding more welcoming for all communities and to focus attention on the birds rather than historical namesakes.
I know things are getting a bit much when I start thinking about going back to #academia :/