Silvia Pineda-Munoz, PhD - Climate Ages

Hi everyone! I’m new to the Science feed 🧪 and loving it here. I’m a former academic who accidentally built an 11,000+ subscriber #SciComm newsletter. Follow for stories at the intersection of #Paleobio & #Climate and how online networks can organically unlock new opportunities.

POV: your mom is a Paleontologist and wants you to understand the geological time scale… 🦖🦕🦣 🧪

Flowering plants spread during two episodes of extreme global warmth, before and after the dinosaur extinction. Fossil pollen reveals how climate helped shape the vegetation we know today. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/2lRnvcZ

Had a great time giving a lecture on mammalian evolution at Cal Poly. I decided to prepare an interactive activity where students had to reconstruct a museum infographic, and I loved seeing how involved they were! 🧪

Whale swallowing of humans is theoretically possible but extremely unlikely, with real feeding mechanics and whale diet making most scenarios improbable. www.inverse.com/entertainmen... #cetology #biology #ecology #science #SciChat

fully funded PhD position studying salt marsh ecology & resilience in the Kostka Lab at Georgia Tech! Start date August 2027 (+ working with Bald Head Island Conservancy)

I heard someone’s giving a seminar on mammals, fossils, and conservation at Cal Poly tomorrow…

Wednesday, October 28, join us for our Homeschool Day at @nhm.org as we discuss all of the plants and animals that survived the Ice Age! Drop in on nature chats with our scientists, make a Tar Pits-inspired craft, explore the Museum, and more. Register today: go.nhm.org/oct-homeschool

Silvia Pineda-Munoz (@climateages.bsky.social) talks about her work founding climateages.com in the wake of the 2024 election, and sharing geoscience stories across Substack, Medium, and LinkedIn.

Key takeaways from Pineda-Munoz: • Contextualize how a specific study contributes to a larger scientific question. • Help audiences understand how scientific evidence contributes to our understanding of Earth and its history. "It's not a dumbing down. It's making it accessible," she says.

First academic conference in a long time. Geological Society of America #GSAconnects2026 , here I come! 🧪 #SciComm

Where does Amazon rain come from? Its water molecules carry clues about the oceans, winds, and storms that shaped it 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/keRWJG3

El Niño is back. What helps the Pacific’s marine food web recover afterward? 🧪 #SciComm climateages.substack.com/p/what-bring...

They tell you that once you leave academia, you can’t go back. But is the door really closed, or might you return on better terms? 🧪 thenaturalscientist.substack.com/p/can-you-go...

“Young people need to see a future in science” - Richard Kuhn on the Presidential Panel at #ASV2026. Outreach is CRITICAL. Want to talk about how to get involved? Send me a message. I have a nonprofit organization that has been engaging middle & high school students across the US for 11+ years.

Leaving the faculty track does not mean leaving academia. Here are university careers that keep natural scientists close to research and their scientific community. 🧪 thenaturalscientist.substack.com/p/what-if-yo...

The Odyssey takes us back to a world of kings, wars, and dangerous journeys. But the climate was changing too. Could drought have made an already difficult time worse? New research offers clues about the real Bronze Age world behind the epic. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.com/how-did-clim...

Why is Colombia so biodiverse? The answer begins 60 million years ago, with an island continent, rising mountains, and a river that flowed the wrong way. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.substack.com/p/how-colomb...

When people hear “Data Manager,” they often think spreadsheets. In conservation, these roles are often about GIS, mapping, partnerships, project management, and helping turn scientific data into real-world decisions. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/lLhUdd0

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About a million years ago, Earth’s ice ages changed. A new study suggests the clue may be hidden beneath the Arctic Ocean. 🧪 #SciComm climateages.substack.com/p/why-did-ea...

10,000 followers. What started as a small publication about paleontology, ecology, and evolution has grown into a community of 10,000 curious readers on Medium. Thank you to every writer, reader, and supporter! 🦖🌎📚 buff.ly/xKgOOJN 🧪 #SciComm

A fantastic photo and a fitting Deep Time circle... ✨ #dinosaurs #birds 🪶🦖🕊️🦕🦅🪽

One of my favorite photos I’ve taken at the Smithsonian. Can you see the bird? A bird built its nest inside the mouth of a Triceratops. An avian dinosaur decided that a dinosaur was the perfect place to raise more dinosaurs. The fossil record comes full circle. 🧪 🦕♻️🕊️

Good morning & happy Friday🌞 Here is your reminder that yes, science is real, whether you think so or not

Me: “What are we going to say when someone tells us all the dinosaurs went extinct?” 23 kindergarteners after 45 minutes of dinosaur facts: “We have birds!” The future of paleontology is in good hands. 🦖🐦❤️ 🧪 #SciComm

Speaking as a research faculty/curator at a natural history museum who has been involved in hiring exactly the sorts of museum specialist & collections manager positions Silvia describes here, this is an excellent summary for how to frame skillsets. And if possible get experience in collections asap

One month ago, I launched The Natural Scientist. Today, the newsletter passed 2,200 subscribers. Thanks! I’m grateful you’re here, and I’m looking forward to what we’ll build together. 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/KHgJlBf

6yo: Mom, I want to be a scientist. But not a paleontologist like you… A Scientist that makes potions. Me: Paleontologists also make potions sometimes Him: Really?! 🧪

🪼🦥🐚Could you become a Museum Specialist after your PhD in the Natural Sciences?! 🦕🦀🐢🌲 Behind every museum collection is a team making science possible. 🧪#SciComm thenaturalscientist.substack.com/p/from-phd-t...

I wished this wasn’t the reality…

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How long could life survive without sunlight? When the asteroid that ended the Age of Dinosaurs struck Earth, darkness may have shut down photosynthesis for more than a year. Why did some species survive while others vanished? 🧪 #SciComm buff.ly/I83bdr6

AMNH has a new Microraptor model and cast in the permanent exhibit. Very cool, but also suggests that hall will continue going unrenovated for the foreseeable future. Model and photo by @chalkychicken.bsky.social!

Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival theconversation.com/coral-reefs-...

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