Posts tagged “Ecology”
Why should you go to a scientific meeting?
Every summer since 2008, I’ve gone to a big scientific meeting. Meetings are one of my favorite parts of being a scientist. It’s exciting to see all the newest ideas in my particular subfield and to learn more about subfields I’m interested in, but don’t have time to teach myself about. I’m becoming more and […]
Prairie Fen
Also at MacCready Reserve is a prairie fen restoration project. Before I visited the reserve, I had never heard of a prairie fen. That’s pretty sad, because prairie fens are awesome. Lots of people get excited about them because of their insect diversity, but I was more excited about the plants! First of all, what […]
Choosing a lab for graduate school
I’ve officially started my search for a graduate school. Because of my migraines, I need to live somewhere with relatively constant barometric pressure. Slow changes are ok, dinosaur teeth in the pressure plot are not. The best places in the US and Canada for my migraines seem to be the Pacific Northwest, Southern California and […]
“Relaxing”
I thought I’d spend the week after finals relaxing a bit. Instead, I’ve had class every day from 8:30 to 4:30. Not that I’m complaining, of course. The fantastic ecological modeler giving the workshop that’s been eating my days is well worth a few more days of sleep deprivation and an exploded closet (if that […]
What I’ve Noticed
Most people who want to help in a disaster actually make things worse. The United States just legalized corruption. Really government, corporations AREN’T PEOPLE. If a person was knowingly endangering the water supply of so many people, he/she would get more than a slap on the wrist fine. Interestingly, corporations fight hard for their own […]
This is what climate change looks like
Scientists are masters of understatement: Findings of relatively slow tree migration rates in response to historical changes in climate (potentially < 100 m per year) are unfortunate in light of model predictions of how fast tree species will need to migrate to track current climates under climate change scenarios.* *Aitken, S N, S Yeaman, J […]
What I’ve Noticed
It’s more expensive to be gay. The Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping with Chicks. I’m beginning to think straight women don’t actually exist. Mac vs. PC hilarity. Another health insurance company screws over another sick person. Frat boys that aren’t awful human beings. Hooray feminism! Nike resigned from the board of the Chamber of Commerce […]