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Stephanie Hampton
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Freshwater biologist. #1 rotifer enthusiast. Trained by canine masterminds to dispense treats and open doors on command.
https://desp.ucdavis.edu/people/stephanie-hampton
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#ThrowbackThursday to the day 20 yrs ago when my postdoc advisor had to meet w/ me in the teaching lab downstairs b/c he was setting up his decorator crabs for an ABC News segment on Halloween costumes. #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🎃🦀 @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social youtu.be/IYxerHqVPpE?...
ABC News Decorator Crabs
YouTube video by Matthew Bracken
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October 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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As the Moon eclipsed the Sun on 8 April 2024, birds took note.

Leveraging nature’s own experiment, scientists and the public joined forces to show how different species responded to sudden midafternoon darkness followed by a new “dawn.” Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/48WbhLL
October 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Looking to learn more about #eDNA? Join us Wednesday for this webinar on real-world applications and how and where the tech fits within broader environmental assessment and monitoring frameworks. #ednaesa/#edna" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://esa.org/career-development/professional-development-from-esa/#edna
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It takes patience to have a conversation about definitions as a collaboration begins... but it is important!
"Trophic state" in lakes is one of those concepts! It really makes a difference which definition we use... @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management
For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on....
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September 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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I feel like this beautiful bot needs the right symphony accompanying it. That and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
August 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Cuts to Great Lakes science have real impacts—on research, policy, and the people behind the science. Our latest Lakes Letter shares stories and findings from our recent survey.
Please read and share: iaglr.org/releases/sur...
Survey reveals impacts of U.S. federal actions on Great Lakes science
News releases from IAGLR and the large lake research community.
iaglr.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Rawr! 🐢
August 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Urban wildfires burn through everything, from cars to refrigerators to mattresses, meaning the smoke and ash they produce can present unique respiratory dangers.

eos.org/features/whe...

Read more in our September issue: bit.ly/Eos-Sept2025
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke - Eos
Using both existing and newly launched monitoring instruments, researchers work to better understand air quality during and after the Los Angeles wildfires.
eos.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
New winter limnology paper by Ozersky, et al. examining how changing winters will differ across latitudes, finding that the light climate of high latitude lakes is much more sensitive to shifting winter conditions than that of lower latitude lakes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Very excited to welcome Senator Schiff, as well as UC Davis Chancellor May and Vice Chancellor for Research Atkinson aboard our research vessel John LeConte to learn more about Lake Tahoe! www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
Calif. senator picks up the fight for Lake Tahoe
From a research boat on Tahoe, Sen. Adam Schiff pledged to "keep science alive."
www.sfgate.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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🌊🧪 1/ Job Alert! Are you a world-leading researcher in climate change solutions? UVic’s Canada Excellence Research Chair offers 8 years of support for groundbreaking research. Join our interdisciplinary team @seos-uvic.bsky.social Learn more & apply by Aug 29: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Why work at UVic? - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria
Get information on the working environment at the University of Victoria.
uvic.ca
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
On July 9, 1976, the R/V John Le Conte was christened as the new Research Vessel for UC Davis on Tahoe! Four generations have relied on the JLC - my undergrad advisor Stan Loeb did his PhD working with Charles Goldman aboard the JLC, and I work aboard the JLC with my students now!
July 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Excited to share our new CA WaterBlog post by RypelLab alum Lauren Hitt 🐟 This post digests our Ecosphere paper on natality of Putah Creek salmon. Habitat is everything & it takes a fully engaged community to generate it. Check it out 👇

californiawaterblog.com/2025/06/29/b...
Build it, and they will come: Early evidence for establishment of Chinook salmon in Putah Creek, CA
By Lauren G. Hitt, Malte Willmes, Mackenzie C. Miner, Max Stevenson, Carson A. Jeffres, Robert A. Lusardi, Nann A. Fangue, and Andrew L. Rypel Figure 1. Putah Creek during salmon spawning seas…
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June 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Tomorrow is the last day of Tahoe Environmental Research Center’s circumnavigation of the lake by kayak - an annual education and fundraising event! It has been a lovely week for boating and community building. Start planning for next year, friends! tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/kayak...
TERC Circ(umnavigation) of Lake Tahoe
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June 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Wonderful description of this work on UV light in Lake Tahoe! I loved this article
eos.org Eos @eos.org · Jun 26
A new study finds Lake Tahoe's crystal-clear waters let UV light penetrate deeper in drought years vs. wet years. Research from Shohei Watanabe @ucdavis.bsky.social, comments from Kevin Rose at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social.

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Precipitation Extremes Drive Swings in Lake Tahoe’s UV Exposure - Eos
An 18-year study reveals dramatic year-to-year variations in ultraviolet radiation penetration tied to Sierra Nevada precipitation cycles.
eos.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The now 1500 grantees is still 25% less than the usual number of graduate fellowships awarded annually, but a development in the right direction.
Today, NSF added another 500 GRFP awardees, bringing this year’s total to 1500
www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hiring a data/lab manager in my research group! Mostly data “wrangling”, data viz, coding for analysis, lots of learning on the job, coordinating our global data projects with many collaborators, oversight of lab operations. 23 June deadline. Job # 78844 jobs.universityofcalifornia.edu
June 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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U.S. scientists are considering research opportunities abroad after the Trump administration gutted research funding, imperiled science-related jobs, and stalled the grant-approval process for clinical studies and research centers.
Washington scientists say ‘brain drain’ has begun as researchers consider moving abroad amid Trump cuts
With the Trump administration gutting research funding, imperiling science-related jobs, and stalling the grant-approval process for clinical studies and research centers, many U.S. scientists are con...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was a little surprised to see something less studied than winter limnology! But there it is! Great to work with this team led by Faith Ferrato and the @sapnasharma.bsky.social team
June 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The nearly full #moon will lie close to the bright red star #Antares on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Antares is the brightest star in the constellation #Scorpius. A few lucky observers will see the moon pass in front of Antares at 11 UTC on June 10. For more, read here: buff.ly/tKK3V2W
June 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Despite covering 66% of Earth's surface, the DEEP ocean remains largely unexplored. @katycroffbell.bsky.social et al. are the first to document that, in decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor
In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed only 0.001% of the deep seafloor, leaving 66% of planet Earth unseen.
www.science.org
May 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The National Science Foundation (nsf.org) promotes US basic research that both focuses in, and explores big picture, along the way they solving problems facing our nation and expand our possibilities by taking us beyond what has yet been imagined. Thank you NSF! #nsf #susiremoldartthankyous
May 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM