Dr. Sarah Goslee
@numberwright.bsky.social
Landscape ecology, multivariate statistics, geospatial everything. All opinions my own; none are official positions of my employer.
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
R Coding for Ecology, edited by Duccio Rocchini, is now out.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I have an invited chapter on the ecodist package, which I updated while writing this chapter to add some features and to standardize some options.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I have an invited chapter on the ecodist package, which I updated while writing this chapter to add some features and to standardize some options.
January 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
R Coding for Ecology, edited by Duccio Rocchini, is now out.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I have an invited chapter on the ecodist package, which I updated while writing this chapter to add some features and to standardize some options.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
I have an invited chapter on the ecodist package, which I updated while writing this chapter to add some features and to standardize some options.
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One of the most troubling misconceptions about science and research held by politicians is that science and research can be turned on and off without consequence, like turning a water spigot.
If they close all these research labs, you can't just undo it four years later.
Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
Decades of expertise and tons of specialized equipment will be scattered to the wind. Rebuilding would take ages.
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
July 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of the most troubling misconceptions about science and research held by politicians is that science and research can be turned on and off without consequence, like turning a water spigot.
I use iNat data heavily in my scientific research and outreach. I encourage people to record observations. I spend a chunk of my time identifying.
I am strongly opposed to using generative AI in this way. It’s a breach of community trust and will produce results of dubious value.
I am strongly opposed to using generative AI in this way. It’s a breach of community trust and will produce results of dubious value.
Over the next 6 months, iNaturalist will be participating in the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI program to help build tools to improve the identification experience on iNaturalist. Learn more: www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-...
June 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I use iNat data heavily in my scientific research and outreach. I encourage people to record observations. I spend a chunk of my time identifying.
I am strongly opposed to using generative AI in this way. It’s a breach of community trust and will produce results of dubious value.
I am strongly opposed to using generative AI in this way. It’s a breach of community trust and will produce results of dubious value.
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@inaturalist.bsky.social please explain what is being referred to here? What does "enhance[ing] biodiversity data by converting thousands of identification remarks into natural language explanations" mean. Won't that introduce a lot of nonsense into what is now an imperfect but important tool? 🌿 1/2
June 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@inaturalist.bsky.social please explain what is being referred to here? What does "enhance[ing] biodiversity data by converting thousands of identification remarks into natural language explanations" mean. Won't that introduce a lot of nonsense into what is now an imperfect but important tool? 🌿 1/2
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Just a huge win-win here, as your observations of nature become more and more inaccurate you also destroy the nature through pointlessly excessive energy demand
www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-...
June 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just a huge win-win here, as your observations of nature become more and more inaccurate you also destroy the nature through pointlessly excessive energy demand
www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/scott-...
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USFS R&D teamed w/ the EPA to develop AirNow.gov Fire and Smoke Map in 2020. The online tool and mobile app snapshots air quality and smoke impacts nationwide. Millions of people use the tool, highlighted by the White House in 2021 as a key source of public information for air and smoke conditions.
Research to help you breathe a little easier | US Forest Service Research and Development
Each year, millions of people are exposed to unhealthy air from wildfires—even in communities far from burning forests. And as wildfire seasons grow longer, hotter, and drier, more people are breathin...
research.fs.usda.gov
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
USFS R&D teamed w/ the EPA to develop AirNow.gov Fire and Smoke Map in 2020. The online tool and mobile app snapshots air quality and smoke impacts nationwide. Millions of people use the tool, highlighted by the White House in 2021 as a key source of public information for air and smoke conditions.
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Excellent, and devastating, reporting by Penelope Overton at @pressherald.bsky.social : Reimbursements for SIGNED CONTRACTS suspended "until USDA programs and policies are reviewed by Elon Musk’s DOGE team."
Maine farmers left in limbo by federal funding freeze
Despite having signed government contracts, farmers who have spent money on projects to conserve soil, water and power have been told they cannot get reimbursed until USDA programs and policies are re...
www.pressherald.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Excellent, and devastating, reporting by Penelope Overton at @pressherald.bsky.social : Reimbursements for SIGNED CONTRACTS suspended "until USDA programs and policies are reviewed by Elon Musk’s DOGE team."
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This is all illegal and unconstitutional. I just can’t stop saying it. This administration is likely to dismantle all of the programs I worked with over the last 25+ years. Programs designed to save lives and $ by applied climate science. Used by many 1000s of Americans to manage water, energy, etc.
NOAA staff members have been told to search their existing grants for terms that include “climate science,” “climate crisis,” “clean energy,” “environmental quality” and “pollution.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c... @nytimes.com
NOAA Is Told to Make List of Climate-Related Grants, Setting Off Fears
Staff members search for spending on “climate science,” “climate crisis” and “pollution” as one of the world’s premier climate research agencies girds for cuts.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
This is all illegal and unconstitutional. I just can’t stop saying it. This administration is likely to dismantle all of the programs I worked with over the last 25+ years. Programs designed to save lives and $ by applied climate science. Used by many 1000s of Americans to manage water, energy, etc.
I am absolutely certain that I used a list of points from a published paper in a presentation some years ago, and would like to cite it again.
Can I find the paper? NOPE.
Can I find the presentation? NOPE.
Can I find the paper? NOPE.
Can I find the presentation? NOPE.
January 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I am absolutely certain that I used a list of points from a published paper in a presentation some years ago, and would like to cite it again.
Can I find the paper? NOPE.
Can I find the presentation? NOPE.
Can I find the paper? NOPE.
Can I find the presentation? NOPE.
I really truly loathe my employer-managed laptop.
December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
I really truly loathe my employer-managed laptop.
Landscape ecologists and spatial folks: Dean Urban’s second textbook is out this week! deanurban.org/publication/
I highly recommend both volumes (and not just because I reviewed some chapters). Dean’s thinking on these topics has had SO MUCH influence on the shape of my career.
I highly recommend both volumes (and not just because I reviewed some chapters). Dean’s thinking on these topics has had SO MUCH influence on the shape of my career.
Book Project – Dean Urban
deanurban.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Landscape ecologists and spatial folks: Dean Urban’s second textbook is out this week! deanurban.org/publication/
I highly recommend both volumes (and not just because I reviewed some chapters). Dean’s thinking on these topics has had SO MUCH influence on the shape of my career.
I highly recommend both volumes (and not just because I reviewed some chapters). Dean’s thinking on these topics has had SO MUCH influence on the shape of my career.
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Today I’m working at home, and dug back into this manuscript. I have already figured out how to explain a complex but crucial point, and what references support my assertion. Plus my officemate is cute.
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Today I’m working at home, and dug back into this manuscript. I have already figured out how to explain a complex but crucial point, and what references support my assertion. Plus my officemate is cute.
Hi folks! I’m an ecologist working on ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, an avid #rstats user, and a geospatial nerd. I’m also on this platform as @phiala.bsky.social to keep personal and professional a bit separate, but it’s clearly not a secret!
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Hi folks! I’m an ecologist working on ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, an avid #rstats user, and a geospatial nerd. I’m also on this platform as @phiala.bsky.social to keep personal and professional a bit separate, but it’s clearly not a secret!