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Wolfgang Kiessling
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Paleobiologist, Climate Scientist, Reefs through time

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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · 1d
Gibt es sogar auf Deutsch. Was sind die großenFragen der Paläontologie weltweit
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 1d
Also press release here: www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions
The involvement of around 200 researchers from over 30 different countries and more than five years’ work have resulted in 89 “Big Questions” – the most important research questions in paleontology…
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Moriaki Yasuhara @moriakiyasuhara.bsky.social · 1d
Also press release here: www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions
The involvement of around 200 researchers from over 30 different countries and more than five years’ work have resulted in 89 “Big Questions” – the most important research questions in paleontology…
www.fau.eu
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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International Fossil Coral and Reef Society @ifcrs.bsky.social · 23d
🚨Registration open!🚨

Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸

📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
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IPC7 @ipc7.bsky.social · 23d
Symposia 🔍

Among our 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium, we are pleased to feature:

✨ Life in the Phanerozoic Oceans: Evolution, diversity and ecology in deep time marine ecosystems✨

📩 To participate in this symposium or get more information, contact the conveners: 👇
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · Sep 12
I haven't used "Academia .edu" for 15 yrs (only tried it when it 1st came out) but they just tried charge me ~$400 automatic on a card w/o any notification or me agreeing to renew/reactivate anything. This is such a predatory scam & they really shouldn't be allowed an ".edu" too Watch out for them
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Martin Hundhausen @mhundhausen.bsky.social · Sep 10
Ich bin großer Fan der @fau.de

Es fehlen jetzt hier nur noch 65 follower und wir haben die Schnapszahl 4444. die FAU wäre die erste deutsche Uni, die das schafft. Bitte repostet.
Screenshot des bsky profils der @fau.de. 4379 follower. Ziel in rot eingetragen: 4444. GO!
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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · Sep 7
If you know anyone interested in starting a Master's project working on ammonoid phylogenetics (or the phylogenetics of a mollusc group spanning the OAE2 event in the Late Cretaceous), then ask them to get in touch with me.

The situation is a little tricky, as it would be funded by the remainder…
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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Aug 27
Der (fast) letzte Schritt zur Dekarbonisierung ist getan:
Wärmepumpe ☑️
PV-Anlage ☑️
Solarthermie ☑️
E-Auto ☑️
Es hat lange gedauert, aber jetzt erstmal happy.
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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Aug 23
Very true!
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R Michael Howard @ixcel.bsky.social · Aug 22
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Wolfgang Kiessling @kiessl.bsky.social · Aug 21
A still very worthwhile read. Charles Lyell made it possible that both these great thinkers appeared in the same issue of the journal.
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 20
#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 20
#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u
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John Alroy @johnalroy.bsky.social · Aug 13
Human impacts on large mammals went well beyond triggering late Quaternary mass extinctions. A new paper by Brook et al. showing that biogeographic patterns were erased by the spread of domesticated species:

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

A related paper is in press. Stay tuned.
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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · Aug 3
The Legacy of Elizabeth Vrba paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/t...
The Legacy of Elizabeth Vrba
During the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, the status of paleontology as an evolutionary discipline was attempted to be established by a number of paleontologists. From 16th to 1…
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Annika Joeres @annikajoeres.bsky.social · Aug 1
Wahnsinnsgrafik, Wahnsinnszahl, kaum besprochen:
Bundesumweltministerium: Großer Teil des BUdgets geht für Atommüll drauf
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PaleoSynthesis @paleosynth.bsky.social · Nov 15
Welcome to our new social media account. From today we will also provide you with the latest information here. 😃
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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · Jan 14
Auch die @dfgpublic.bsky.social macht den #eXit #WissXit mit!

„DFG-Präsidentin Katja Becker begründete den Schritt damit, dass es mit der Übernahme von X durch Elon Musk zunehmend schwieriger geworden sei, dort den Wert einer freien, erkenntnisgeleiteten und faktenorientierten Wissenschaft […] 1/2
„Klares Zeichen gegen Verbreitung von Fake News“: Auch große deutsche Forschungsorganisationen verlassen Plattform X
Nach vielen Hochschulen wollen auch große Forschungsorganisationen in Deutschland nicht mehr auf der Plattform von Elon Musk posten, darunter die DFG.
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Danijela Dimitrijević @danijeladim.bsky.social · Jan 20
🗣️ 83% of respondents believe scientists should communicate about science with the public.

📣 52% believe scientists should be more involved in policymaking.
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Jan 20
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Jan 24
Die #DFG fördert eine nationale Servicestelle für Diamond #OpenAccess zur Erhöhung der Leistungsfähigkeit deutscher Infrastrukturen. Ziele sind gleichberechtigter Zugang zum wissenschaftlichen Publikationswesen und dessen Weiterentwicklung. Weitere Infos: ⬇️ www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...
DFG fördert nationale Servicestelle für Diamond Open Access
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Dr. Amanda Godbold @amandagodbold.bsky.social · Feb 7
🚨publication alert🚨

Huge thanks to all the amazing co-authors Chase James, @kiessl.bsky.social , @niklashohmann.bsky.social, Emilia Jarochowska, Frank Corsetti, David Bottjer

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Ancient frameworks as modern templates: exploring reef rubble consolidation in an ancient reef system | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Both natural and human-induced stressors cause reef erosion, resulting in reef rubble formation. When consolidated, the rubble can facilitate reef recovery, sparking interest in artificial rubble stab...
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Niles Eldredge @nilese.bsky.social · Mar 12
My Obituary of Elisabeth Vrba—out today in Nature in read-only format:

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Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a problem that vexed Darwin | Nature
The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage. The biologist’s theories about how environments prompt rapid species evolution and extinction propelled her onto the world stage.
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Christina Belanger, Ph.D @belaforams.bsky.social · Mar 13
Picky predators on planktonic #foraminifera
Figure from paper in previous post showing different planktonic foram species shaded in a yellow to blue scale to depict the frequency of bioerosion on different parts to the shell.
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The Neotoma Paleoecology Database @neotomadb.bsky.social · Mar 20
Thanks to Andrea Thomer, @iceageecologist.bsky.social, and Jessica Blois for showing the value of Neotoma. $1.5 billion in replacement cost. The critical role of community curated data resources in @agu.org’s @eos.org : eos.org/opinions/the...
The Valuable, Vulnerable, Long Tail of Earth Science Databases - Eos
Community-curated data resources in the Earth sciences, highly valuable but systematically underfunded, are vital to research on a changing planet.
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Martin Hundhausen @mhundhausen.bsky.social · Dec 23
Es sind die Menschen in den Firmen und Organisationen, die die Energiewende voran bringen.
Das sieht man an Projekten, wie diesem. Die Mitarbeitenden und Studierenden meiner Uni, der @unifau.bsky.social, haben mehr PV-Anlagen auf die Uni-Dächer gebracht, als die eigentlich zuständigen Bauamtleute.
Uni-Angehörige nehmen die Energiewende in die Hand
Eine große Universität ist auch ein großer Energieverbraucher. An der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg arbeiten wir daran, Energie zu sparen...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Mar 23
Read this @sabs.bsky.social interview with my friend @co2ley.bsky.social, who was fired at NOAA as the Director of the Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and later reinstated but placed on administrative leave. Disclaimer: Some of my work on marine CO₂ removal (mCDR) is funded by OAP.
An Interview With A Fired NOAA Director | Defector
In 2006, by the time scientist Sarah Cooley finished graduate school in marine science, oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest had already begun dying mysteriously and dramatically—unable to form shel...
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Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · Jun 3
🧪🇨🇭 The Birch Glacier collapsed last week and erased the village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley.
300 lives were saved by geologists that predicted the catastrophe and suggested the evacuation of the village. That is what tax-funded science gets you.
#ScienceSavesLives #ScientistHeroes
Glacier collapses, burying large parts of Swiss village Blatten
A gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris has buried a large part of the village of Blatten after a major glacier collapsed.
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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jun 5
🧵New paper + open database drop!
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
MOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body Sizes
Motivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat...
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Maria Rentetzi @mrentetzi.bsky.social · Jun 7
Preparing the #LivingWithRadiation exhibit has been one of the most demanding and rewarding projects I have ever done.

Register here to join the opening, June 12, 6pm MedMuseum, Erlangen
www.stgs.fau.de/2025/02/28/r...
Register for the Living with Radiation exhibition
We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition Living with Radiation, which promises to enlighten and engage, offering a unique perspective on the history of radiation protection during the…
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Gwen M. Daley @paleontologygwen.bsky.social · Jun 25
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Richard Karl Bambach Obituary June 20, 2025 - Reger Funeral Home
View Richard Karl Bambach's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Jul 4
Die #NFDI geht in die erste Weiterförderungen in zweiter Förderphase: Alle 9 Konsortien der ersten Runde werden weiter gefördert – ein starkes Signal für Dateninfrastruktur & Wissenschaft. DFG-Präsidentin Katja Becker: "Ein eindrucksvoller Beleg für den Erfolg der NFDI." www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI): DFG begrüßt erste Weiterförderungen in zweiter Förderphase
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