Kaleb Rounsevel.
@whiteaeros.bsky.social
A former Network Engineer, now most of the way through his water degree, excited to find somewhere to make a difference.
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The Dull-mantled Antbird is a fun one. These birds are fiercely territorial and loud. If you happen across their territory, they'll let you know about it. They like steep, wet ravines with thick vegetation and don't like coming out in the open.
At Cataratas Bijagua #CostaRica this morning. #birds
At Cataratas Bijagua #CostaRica this morning. #birds
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The Dull-mantled Antbird is a fun one. These birds are fiercely territorial and loud. If you happen across their territory, they'll let you know about it. They like steep, wet ravines with thick vegetation and don't like coming out in the open.
At Cataratas Bijagua #CostaRica this morning. #birds
At Cataratas Bijagua #CostaRica this morning. #birds
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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I spoke to my deep passion of bogs and peatlands in this TEDx talk. Will you join me in becoming a bog champion? m.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
Bogs are real superheroes, cast as villains | Dr. Merritt Turetsky | TEDxBoulder
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
m.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I spoke to my deep passion of bogs and peatlands in this TEDx talk. Will you join me in becoming a bog champion? m.youtube.com/watch?v=mWt9...
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Pro-tip: don't read the comments section if you value your sanity
I wrote about the under-appreciated hazard of landslide-triggered tsunamis, which need serious consideration in discussions of new pipelines from Alberta 🧪⚒️
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
New northwest pipeline risks hazard of landslide tsunamis
Major Projects Office needs to be wary in its planning for pipeline projects to tidewater
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Pro-tip: don't read the comments section if you value your sanity
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Whoa whoa whoa
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Whoa whoa whoa
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"Historically, [ponderosa pine] trees have been able to defend themselves by turning rain into resin that pushes out bark beetles. But because of prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change, beetles have been able to move thru trees at a rapid pace." 🌎 kiowacountypress.net/content/dead...
Deadly beetles now infesting lower-elevation ponderosa pines | KiowaCountyPress.net
Most of Colorado’s trees lost to mountain pine beetle infestations were lodgepole pines at higher elevations until 2023.
kiowacountypress.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Historically, [ponderosa pine] trees have been able to defend themselves by turning rain into resin that pushes out bark beetles. But because of prolonged drought exacerbated by climate change, beetles have been able to move thru trees at a rapid pace." 🌎 kiowacountypress.net/content/dead...
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One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the funner moments from my South Africa trip occurred when these two little borbs decided to chase each other on the edge a lagoon.
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
(They're Black Crakes, btw.)
I put bacon in my mac and cheese for the first time tonight. Now I'm mad I didn't try this sooner.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I put bacon in my mac and cheese for the first time tonight. Now I'm mad I didn't try this sooner.
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"Logging is not a substitute for controlled burns, which remove much of the finer fuels." In terms of fire/fuel effects, conventional logging is not a substitute or even similar to prescribed fire -- don't let anyone tell you otherwise. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/parks-...
Parks Canada logging near Banff townsite to reduce wildfire threat
“We know that wildfire risk is very real and while it can't be fully mitigated, there are certainly things we can do and so this is one of those things that we can do.”
www.rmoutlook.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Logging is not a substitute for controlled burns, which remove much of the finer fuels." In terms of fire/fuel effects, conventional logging is not a substitute or even similar to prescribed fire -- don't let anyone tell you otherwise. www.rmoutlook.com/banff/parks-...
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Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.
They did the Monster Slash
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I regularly see them when I sift leaf litter, but I've only observed phoresis once. There was one riding on the back of this harlequin beetle.
October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I regularly see them when I sift leaf litter, but I've only observed phoresis once. There was one riding on the back of this harlequin beetle.
Gotta love the random photos that turn out to be near perfection!
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Gotta love the random photos that turn out to be near perfection!
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Crows are such smart birds.
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Crows are such smart birds.
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Never a question of "if", always a matter of "when" an oil pipe leaks....
In 2005 I spent 5 months in Ecuador investigating oil extraction.
Around then German bank WestLB funded a new Andes pipeline despite past spills.
What I saw was shocking and mostly unseen. This 2022 video shows just one example of repeated spills poisoning rivers and communities.
Around then German bank WestLB funded a new Andes pipeline despite past spills.
What I saw was shocking and mostly unseen. This 2022 video shows just one example of repeated spills poisoning rivers and communities.
September 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Never a question of "if", always a matter of "when" an oil pipe leaks....
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We need more of this energy
September 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We need more of this energy
#Molybdenite Dioptase looks nice, but don't touch!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 6: It's more exciting versions of familiar favourites as emerald #dioptase is pitted against silvery #molybdenite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
www.mineralcup.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
#Molybdenite Dioptase looks nice, but don't touch!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
Molybdenite's grease is useful, and will live on in your heart, your shirt, the door, the cat and everything else!
Vote Molybdenite today!
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[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
Tonight's personal discovery is that math is purely empathetic.
September 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Tonight's personal discovery is that math is purely empathetic.
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The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
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New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New life goal: to be blepped by the world’s rarest mammals. First up – the Vancouver Island marmot. A photo essay.
This is the sort of problem I wanted to work on prior to the administration change. But now I have zero interest in working for the feds at this point, there's no stability there.
The effects of wildfires last for years after the blaze has been extinguished. The ongoing problems in New Mexico highlight how local, state, and federal systems aren’t equipped to handle the prolonged recovery associated with increasingly large and destructive wildfires.
🔗 bit.ly/4n1Ne2f
🔗 bit.ly/4n1Ne2f
September 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is the sort of problem I wanted to work on prior to the administration change. But now I have zero interest in working for the feds at this point, there's no stability there.