Lisa S Gardiner
@lisasgardiner.bsky.social
Science writer, educator, curious human, friend of tiny marine life, author of REEFS OF TIME and TALES FROM AN UNCERTAIN WORLD
Preorder Reefs of Time at https://lisagardiner.com/reefs-of-time.html
Preorder Reefs of Time at https://lisagardiner.com/reefs-of-time.html
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Reefs of Time
How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene
press.princeton.edu
Right on the heels of #WorldOceanDay, it’s US pub day for REEFS OF TIME: WHAT FOSSILS REVEAL ABOUT CORAL SURVIVAL @princetonupress.bsky.social. I hope its story of reef resilience brings some joy in this unsettled time. 🧪💙📚🪸https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691247335/reefs-of-time
Why have I never wondered this? Squirrel experts and aficionados (looking at you @artologica.net !) please chime in.
I have a very serious question for everyone-
Where are all the squirrels pooping? There are a bajillion of them everywhere...but no poop to be found. I'm perplexed.
Where are all the squirrels pooping? There are a bajillion of them everywhere...but no poop to be found. I'm perplexed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Why have I never wondered this? Squirrel experts and aficionados (looking at you @artologica.net !) please chime in.
There I was on the stage of an NYC comedy club, talking about the perils facing coral reefs. This was a REEFS OF TIME book event last week, making use of the venue for non-comedic purposes, but the absurdity of the situation was very amusing. #writingcommunity #books #MarineLife #coral #scicomm
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
There I was on the stage of an NYC comedy club, talking about the perils facing coral reefs. This was a REEFS OF TIME book event last week, making use of the venue for non-comedic purposes, but the absurdity of the situation was very amusing. #writingcommunity #books #MarineLife #coral #scicomm
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Tomorrow (November 18th) at 7:00 pm EST, join @princetonpl.bsky.social in welcoming @lisasgardiner.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival!
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tomorrow (November 18th) at 7:00 pm EST, join @princetonpl.bsky.social in welcoming @lisasgardiner.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival!
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
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Next week, November 18th at 7:00 pm EST, join @princetonpl.bsky.social in welcoming @lisasgardiner.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival!
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Next week, November 18th at 7:00 pm EST, join @princetonpl.bsky.social in welcoming @lisasgardiner.bsky.social for a discussion of her book, Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival!
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
Learn more about Gardiner's work and register here: buff.ly/rQL4GYh
So grateful for this new Reefs of Time review: "Gardiner artfully combines vivid imagery, scientific context, and stories from leading reef scientists to create a narrative that engages, educates, and inspires the reader to connect with the past, present, and future of reefs." 💙📚🧪🪸🐠
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So grateful for this new Reefs of Time review: "Gardiner artfully combines vivid imagery, scientific context, and stories from leading reef scientists to create a narrative that engages, educates, and inspires the reader to connect with the past, present, and future of reefs." 💙📚🧪🪸🐠
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#Reefs of Time: another perspective
by ICB author Dr. Nia Walker on @lisasgardiner.bsky.social 's latest
"As a marine #biologist who studies #coral stress resilience, this perspective gives me hope..."
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/r...
@princetonupress.bsky.social
by ICB author Dr. Nia Walker on @lisasgardiner.bsky.social 's latest
"As a marine #biologist who studies #coral stress resilience, this perspective gives me hope..."
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/r...
@princetonupress.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#Reefs of Time: another perspective
by ICB author Dr. Nia Walker on @lisasgardiner.bsky.social 's latest
"As a marine #biologist who studies #coral stress resilience, this perspective gives me hope..."
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/r...
@princetonupress.bsky.social
by ICB author Dr. Nia Walker on @lisasgardiner.bsky.social 's latest
"As a marine #biologist who studies #coral stress resilience, this perspective gives me hope..."
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/r...
@princetonupress.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @lisasgardiner.bsky.social, who will be delivering a sold-out talk on Nov 17 at 6:30 pm EST for Lectures on Tap! We're looking forward to this great event and hearing about her astounding research and book, Reefs of Time.
Learn more about this timely title here: hubs.ly/Q03SrZN10
Learn more about this timely title here: hubs.ly/Q03SrZN10
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Congratulations to @lisasgardiner.bsky.social, who will be delivering a sold-out talk on Nov 17 at 6:30 pm EST for Lectures on Tap! We're looking forward to this great event and hearing about her astounding research and book, Reefs of Time.
Learn more about this timely title here: hubs.ly/Q03SrZN10
Learn more about this timely title here: hubs.ly/Q03SrZN10
I'll be talking about coral reefs, their fossil history, and the making of my new book, Reefs of Time, at the Princeton Public Library on Tuesday November 18. If you're in New Jersey or thereabouts, join me! 💙📚🪸🧪🐠Free tickets available at: princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/14266316
Author Talk: Lisa Gardiner
The author discusses her book, "Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival" at this special event of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival.
princetonlibrary.libnet.info
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'll be talking about coral reefs, their fossil history, and the making of my new book, Reefs of Time, at the Princeton Public Library on Tuesday November 18. If you're in New Jersey or thereabouts, join me! 💙📚🪸🧪🐠Free tickets available at: princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/14266316
“Her storytelling feels like diving alongside a mentor,” wrote Sara Asadi Gharabaghi in her review of REEFS OF TIME in @sicbjournals.bsky.social. ❤️ 📚💙🪸🧪🐠
I love hearing that readers feel transported to coral reefs through this book.
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
I love hearing that readers feel transported to coral reefs through this book.
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
Reefs of Time and the Echo of Coral Memory: A Marine Biologist Reflects on Lisa Gardiner’s Story of Loss and Resilience
by Sara Asadi Gharabaghi , ICB/ M.I.S.S. author & ICB assistant editor I’m sitting on the rocky coast, the breeze brushing my face, planning a coral reef sampling dive for noon. With Reefs…
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“Her storytelling feels like diving alongside a mentor,” wrote Sara Asadi Gharabaghi in her review of REEFS OF TIME in @sicbjournals.bsky.social. ❤️ 📚💙🪸🧪🐠
I love hearing that readers feel transported to coral reefs through this book.
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
I love hearing that readers feel transported to coral reefs through this book.
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
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ICB blog
#Reefs of Time and the Echo of #Coral Memory:
A Marine #Biologist Reflects on Lisa Gardiner’s Story of Loss and Resilience
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
& join us for Sara's upcoming zoom (see post)
#books #nonfiction #coralreefs #ocean #science
#Reefs of Time and the Echo of #Coral Memory:
A Marine #Biologist Reflects on Lisa Gardiner’s Story of Loss and Resilience
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
& join us for Sara's upcoming zoom (see post)
#books #nonfiction #coralreefs #ocean #science
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ICB blog
#Reefs of Time and the Echo of #Coral Memory:
A Marine #Biologist Reflects on Lisa Gardiner’s Story of Loss and Resilience
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
& join us for Sara's upcoming zoom (see post)
#books #nonfiction #coralreefs #ocean #science
#Reefs of Time and the Echo of #Coral Memory:
A Marine #Biologist Reflects on Lisa Gardiner’s Story of Loss and Resilience
integrativeandcomparativebiology.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...
& join us for Sara's upcoming zoom (see post)
#books #nonfiction #coralreefs #ocean #science
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There have been just 19 hurricanes to make landfall at Category 5 strength since records began in the Atlantic in 1851.
6 of those have happened in the past 20 years, Melissa would be the 7th.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
6 of those have happened in the past 20 years, Melissa would be the 7th.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There have been just 19 hurricanes to make landfall at Category 5 strength since records began in the Atlantic in 1851.
6 of those have happened in the past 20 years, Melissa would be the 7th.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
6 of those have happened in the past 20 years, Melissa would be the 7th.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
When reporting and writing this story, I learned so much about why parrotfish are AMAZING. Thanks to @kt-cramer.bsky.social @lalvarezfilip.bsky.social @anysunreef.bsky.social and @ichnologist.bsky.social for their research and perspectives on these funny fishes!
Are parrotfish a superhero for struggling reefs? Sometimes, but not always. It depends on other reef stressors. And there are a lot of stressors. https://www.snexplores.org/article/parrotfish-algae-coral-reef-ecosystems
Parrotfish shape the future of coral reefs, one bite at a time
Could these colorful fish aid struggling coral? Yes, but not always. Parrotfish play a complex role in reefs — and sometimes may cause harm.
www.snexplores.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
When reporting and writing this story, I learned so much about why parrotfish are AMAZING. Thanks to @kt-cramer.bsky.social @lalvarezfilip.bsky.social @anysunreef.bsky.social and @ichnologist.bsky.social for their research and perspectives on these funny fishes!
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Happy to have been interviewed for part of @lisasgardiner.bsky.social's @sciencenews.bsky.social article about my favorite bioeroding & carbonate-sand-pooping fishes, parrotfishes; also includes keen insights from Drs. Katie Cramer & Ana Molina Hernández. www.snexplores.org/article/parr... 🧪🐠🪸🏖️
Parrotfish shape the future of coral reefs, one bite at a time
Could these colorful fish aid struggling coral? Yes, but not always. Parrotfish play a complex role in reefs — and sometimes may cause harm.
www.snexplores.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy to have been interviewed for part of @lisasgardiner.bsky.social's @sciencenews.bsky.social article about my favorite bioeroding & carbonate-sand-pooping fishes, parrotfishes; also includes keen insights from Drs. Katie Cramer & Ana Molina Hernández. www.snexplores.org/article/parr... 🧪🐠🪸🏖️
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Through Oct. 31st, @princetonupress.bsky.social has a 70% off sale on a wide range of titles -- Susan Dackerman on Albrecht Dürer, Judith Herrin on Ravenna, Jed Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz on the Rosetta stone, James Costa on Alfred Russel Wallace, and more: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Through Oct. 31st, @princetonupress.bsky.social has a 70% off sale on a wide range of titles -- Susan Dackerman on Albrecht Dürer, Judith Herrin on Ravenna, Jed Buchwald & Diane Greco Josefowicz on the Rosetta stone, James Costa on Alfred Russel Wallace, and more: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
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These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Curious about what can be done with the disastrous quantity of #Sargassum in the Atlantic and Caribbean? Read all about it in my latest for @nautil.us, a look at a @schmidtsciences.bsky.social project searching for ways to turn the problematic seaweed into useful products. nautil.us/new-life-for...
New Life for Rotting Seaweed
New Life for Rotting Seaweed: Problematic piles of Sargassum could serve as useful raw material for a variety of products.
nautil.us
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Curious about what can be done with the disastrous quantity of #Sargassum in the Atlantic and Caribbean? Read all about it in my latest for @nautil.us, a look at a @schmidtsciences.bsky.social project searching for ways to turn the problematic seaweed into useful products. nautil.us/new-life-for...
Curious about what can be done with the disastrous quantity of #Sargassum in the Atlantic and Caribbean? Read all about it in my latest for @nautil.us, a look at a @schmidtsciences.bsky.social project searching for ways to turn the problematic seaweed into useful products. nautil.us/new-life-for...
New Life for Rotting Seaweed
New Life for Rotting Seaweed: Problematic piles of Sargassum could serve as useful raw material for a variety of products.
nautil.us
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Curious about what can be done with the disastrous quantity of #Sargassum in the Atlantic and Caribbean? Read all about it in my latest for @nautil.us, a look at a @schmidtsciences.bsky.social project searching for ways to turn the problematic seaweed into useful products. nautil.us/new-life-for...
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Sounds wild. The first episode of an inspiring new podcast from @biologicaldiversity.org on fighting the extinction crisis. This episode features Tierra Curry, hellbenders, monarch butterflies, freshwater mussels and converting despair into hope.
www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Sounds wild. The first episode of an inspiring new podcast from @biologicaldiversity.org on fighting the extinction crisis. This episode features Tierra Curry, hellbenders, monarch butterflies, freshwater mussels and converting despair into hope.
www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...
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Visited the ASU Art Museum in Tempe today; they have a powerful piece by American artist Michelangelo Lovelace called “Katrina Aftermath”.
September 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Visited the ASU Art Museum in Tempe today; they have a powerful piece by American artist Michelangelo Lovelace called “Katrina Aftermath”.
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“Prompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeing…”
Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing.
Open access article below.
Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing.
Open access article below.
September 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Prompting people to actively notice birdsong, plant textures and smells can significantly improve wellbeing…”
Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing.
Open access article below.
Interesting study that suggests simple and small interventions, eg signage, that encourage people to notice nature can boost people’s wellbeing.
Open access article below.
I hope students read REEFS OF TIME this year! A reminder to all faculty that if you're assigning the book, I'd be happy to join your class via Zoom for a Q&A.
Another one I’m considering adding is by Lisa Gardiner: Reefs of Time, which would give my “paleo” and reef minded students something exciting to read. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... (7/n)
Reefs of Time
How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene
press.princeton.edu
September 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I hope students read REEFS OF TIME this year! A reminder to all faculty that if you're assigning the book, I'd be happy to join your class via Zoom for a Q&A.
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I just really really encourage journalists— especially those who do investigative work— to look into Kevin Guthrie and what is happening at FDEM.
It strikes me as quite urgent.
It strikes me as quite urgent.
Kevin Guthrie is using the Florida Division of Emergency Management to implement the agenda of White Nationalists.
Seems bad, guys.
disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...
Seems bad, guys.
disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...
Disasterology: September 2025
This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).
disasterology.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I just really really encourage journalists— especially those who do investigative work— to look into Kevin Guthrie and what is happening at FDEM.
It strikes me as quite urgent.
It strikes me as quite urgent.
Happy reading, Gus!
Using the #Libby app, I tagged your #book for future #reading. Tia!
#Amazon #Booksky
#Kindle
#ClimateChange
#CoralReefs
#Environmental
#GlobalWarming
#Science
#Amazon #Booksky
#Kindle
#ClimateChange
#CoralReefs
#Environmental
#GlobalWarming
#Science
September 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happy reading, Gus!
"This is an important book, well written and about a vital aspect of our natural heritage and wild life." Thanks to Simon Cocking for an excellent and insightful review of REEFS OF TIME and a scathing review of humanity for our inability to solve climate change. 🪸📚💙 irishtechnews.ie/reefs-of-tim...
September 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"This is an important book, well written and about a vital aspect of our natural heritage and wild life." Thanks to Simon Cocking for an excellent and insightful review of REEFS OF TIME and a scathing review of humanity for our inability to solve climate change. 🪸📚💙 irishtechnews.ie/reefs-of-tim...