Shannon Doherty
@scdoherty.bsky.social
ocean sciences PhD 🌊 Assist Prof @ University of Alaska Fairbanks CFOS 🐻❄️ undersea bug enthusiast 🦐🐚🪼stable isotope magician 👩🔬she/her 🏳️🌈
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Shannon Doherty
@scdoherty.bsky.social
· Jun 26
New and Developing Paleoproxies in Biomineralizers
Over the past several decades, technological advancements have stimulated unparalleled growth in paleoproxy development, including elemental, isotopic, morphometric, and ecological studies of biominer...
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Paleo folks! The fan favorite biomineralizer proxies session will happen at @agu.org in New Orleans this year! Chaired by me, @lauralhaynes.bsky.social, and Zan Stremler. Submit your abstract today!
🐚🦪🪸🦴🦷
PP020 - New and Developing Paleoproxies in Biomineralizers
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PP020 - New and Developing Paleoproxies in Biomineralizers
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Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then @drandrewthaler.bsky.social comes in with....
"... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥
"... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥
I'm watching @drandrewthaler.bsky.social testify now in front of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources.
"While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
"While I have significant concerns about the long-term environmental harms that can result from mining the deep seafloor, I am not an absolutist against all forms of deep-sea mining."
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Lots of chatter by two deep-sea mining CEOs on this panel about the urgency to mine seabed for stock piling & natural security purposes. Then @drandrewthaler.bsky.social comes in with....
"... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥
"... and the cheapest place to stockpile a polymetallic nodule is to leave it on the seafloor.” 💥
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Did you spot the aurora earlier this week?
This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#Chemsky 🧪
This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#Chemsky 🧪
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Did you spot the aurora earlier this week?
This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#Chemsky 🧪
This timely edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social looks at what causes the aurora and the science behind the different colours: cen.acs.org/environment/...
#Chemsky 🧪
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I have 2 OpenCTD Rev7 Kits left! I am working on getting out the final designs for Rev8, so I don't plan to restock the Rev7s.
If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while!
oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com/product/open...
If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while!
oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com/product/open...
OpenCTD rev7 Kit
This kit contains all of the components and most of the consumables you will need to build you own CTD. Not included are the weights needed to...
oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I have 2 OpenCTD Rev7 Kits left! I am working on getting out the final designs for Rev8, so I don't plan to restock the Rev7s.
If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while!
oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com/product/open...
If you've wanted to build an OpenCTD and have been waiting to jump in, this is your last chance for a while!
oceanographyforeveryone.bigcartel.com/product/open...
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The West before the West. Our January 2026 issue, Deep Time in the West, dives into geologic mysteries—from ancient rocks and Ice Age survivors to Meteor Crater, plate tectonics, and the landscapes (and people) shaped over millions of years. Out now.
buff.ly/cdHIxoi
buff.ly/cdHIxoi
January 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The West before the West. Our January 2026 issue, Deep Time in the West, dives into geologic mysteries—from ancient rocks and Ice Age survivors to Meteor Crater, plate tectonics, and the landscapes (and people) shaped over millions of years. Out now.
buff.ly/cdHIxoi
buff.ly/cdHIxoi
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I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I just wish someone would be honest and say “we are ending civilian science in favor of science that is focused on serving national security and war”
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As you plan end of the year donations, please consider the Caleb Scholar's program. It is the only program that I know of that provides Alaska Native students how to use their education to support their community after graduation, mentored & run solely by Inupiaq
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
Invest in Our Future – Caleb Scholars Program
www.calebscholars.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
As you plan end of the year donations, please consider the Caleb Scholar's program. It is the only program that I know of that provides Alaska Native students how to use their education to support their community after graduation, mentored & run solely by Inupiaq
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
www.calebscholars.org/donation/
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Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
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Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
October 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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🌊 If you want to help Alaska’s small villages devastated by the flooding then this is the best legit site using a QR code. Here’s another legit donation link too from Alaska Community Foundation: Click to donate here:
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood
October 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🌊 If you want to help Alaska’s small villages devastated by the flooding then this is the best legit site using a QR code. Here’s another legit donation link too from Alaska Community Foundation: Click to donate here:
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood
alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
#AlaskaSky #AlaskaFlood
These grants also supported multiple workforce development (aviation, IT) programs and student services on four UAF rural campuses, which are located in primarily Alaska Native communities but open to everyone. It’s a disservice to both students and the future of our rural communities.
The Trump admin is freezing grant funding that Congress already allocated to help Alaska Native students attend college. The grants for Indigenous students in Alaska are part of a $350 million freeze for minority college students nationwide.
Trump administration terminates University of Alaska grants for Alaska Native, Indigenous students | Alaska Beacon
The U.S. Department of Education has terminated grant funding for the University of Alaska's Alaska Native and Native-Hawaiian-serving programs and support services.
alaskabeacon.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
These grants also supported multiple workforce development (aviation, IT) programs and student services on four UAF rural campuses, which are located in primarily Alaska Native communities but open to everyone. It’s a disservice to both students and the future of our rural communities.
I love a good newsletter or blog, but this is exactly why I don’t buy into the Substack- or Patreon-based journalism. I can’t personally support all the journalists I would want to, AND I don’t want reporting that has not been edited by at least one other person.
One of the problems with the move to single newsletters, besides the fact that the math doesn't really math in terms of people subscribing to eleventy newsletters, is that they don't have editors. And editors are usually a good thing.
It would be useful if folks like Klein had one
It would be useful if folks like Klein had one
September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I love a good newsletter or blog, but this is exactly why I don’t buy into the Substack- or Patreon-based journalism. I can’t personally support all the journalists I would want to, AND I don’t want reporting that has not been edited by at least one other person.
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people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
people are all like oh my god what if the AI robots take over? and listen, I’m not worried because it can’t be worse than men running things
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There is nothing inherently wrong with the Earth 400k years ago. The problem is that humans evolved to live in the climate we have today, and we built our infrastructure for today's climate. The same goes for the animals and plants that we love and love to eat. Climate change is pain for everyone.
The last time Greenland was green was 400,000 years ago, when sea level was between 6 and 12 meters higher than now.
Today, atmospheric CO2 is 1.5 times greater than it was back then.
Goodbye to most of the world's coastal cities, I guess.
Today, atmospheric CO2 is 1.5 times greater than it was back then.
Goodbye to most of the world's coastal cities, I guess.
we consider ourselves to be worlds apart from American Republicans but the Norwegian media habit of celebrating the impacts of fossil fuel use as beneficial to our lives is indistinguishable from the fascist accelerationist position over there
August 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There is nothing inherently wrong with the Earth 400k years ago. The problem is that humans evolved to live in the climate we have today, and we built our infrastructure for today's climate. The same goes for the animals and plants that we love and love to eat. Climate change is pain for everyone.
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Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
go.nature.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
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Last fall, I attended the premiere of a film that meant a lot to me. In late January, all of its hundreds of planned screenings were canceled without explanation. For @defector.com, I went digging:
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping circl...
defector.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last fall, I attended the premiere of a film that meant a lot to me. In late January, all of its hundreds of planned screenings were canceled without explanation. For @defector.com, I went digging:
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NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
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Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
M8.7 earthquake in Russia prompts tsunami warning for western Aleutians and Pribiolof Islands
Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
alaskapublic.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
I just opened this book and the third epigraph actually made me laugh out loud. I’m excited to dig in!
I am starting "More Everything Forever" by @adambecker.bsky.social this evening, and what a solid start with these epigraphs.
I'll add my thoughts in this thread as I read. 🧵
I'll add my thoughts in this thread as I read. 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I just opened this book and the third epigraph actually made me laugh out loud. I’m excited to dig in!
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Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports
He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.
www.advocate.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Buttigieg said parents have legitimate concerns.
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
To be clear: If you cannot be relied on to unequivocally defend transgender kids, you can’t be relied on to defend anyone or anything.
www.advocate.com/news/pete-bu...
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Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years.
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
New federal grant will support UAF doctoral students
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9 million federal grant to support 12 new Ph.D. students at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The program, Enhancing Marine Ecosyste...
www.uaf.edu
July 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Super excited to be able to announce this opportunity! We'll be recruiting 12 PhD students to start at UAF CFOS between Jan–Aug 2026 w/ 3 years of full support. Please repost and share with your students who received honorable mentions on the GRFP in the last 3 years.
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
www.uaf.edu/news/new-fed...
Sharing this as a reminder for myself and other UA faculty
If you are a mentor for Native students, please keep in mind that some students are staying connected with their ways of life. Not all, bc forced assimilation has led to some Natives being removed from land and family, so not every Native needs time like this.
July 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Sharing this as a reminder for myself and other UA faculty
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No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.
I just now realized that some guys think that fancy predictive text can make new scientific discoveries but that doesn’t even make sense.
July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.
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The New York Times sided with anti-trans cranks over medical doctors on gender affirming care:
NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes
youtube.com/shorts/DOFyO...
NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes
youtube.com/shorts/DOFyO...
NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes
YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy - Media & Politics Podcast
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July 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The New York Times sided with anti-trans cranks over medical doctors on gender affirming care:
NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes
youtube.com/shorts/DOFyO...
NYT Chose Anti-Trans Cranks Over Real Doctors #genderaffirmingcare #mediabias #nytimes
youtube.com/shorts/DOFyO...