Dr. Nyssa Silbiger

New paper! 🪸🌊 As reefs shift, the communities that replace corals can reshape the chemical environment around them. Laurel shows how community metabolism creates “chemical legacies” that alter coral physiology. @aslo.org aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper! 🌊🌿🐌 Warming ⬆️ herb metabolic demand without a corresponding ⬆️ in algal productivity & responses shifted with season. Imbalance btwn consumer demand & primary production could reshape food webs as oceans warm & acidify. Led by T Dhayalan @jexpbiol.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

When community comes together amazing things can happen www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2...

Zimmer also cited a survey by @nsilbiger.bsky.social & Stubler showing that unprofessional reviewer comments can be especially demoralizing for women, non‑binary scientists, & people of color, harming confidence, productivity, & career progress. In @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/8247/

Our last paper of 2025 and I’m so excited about this one! We show that rocky intertidal foundation species are important to benthic-pelagic coupling by fueling pelagic bacteria production #EcologyLetters. 🦠 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

This was such a cool project to be a part of! We used ML models to build a high-res (1.4m) land cover map, and combined terrain+weather data w/ algae+water samples from >200 lagoon sites over 4 years to understand connections between land use, precipitation, water quality, and microbial communities.

On behalf of the Department of Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, we are excited to invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modeling at the rank of assistant professor. www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa... position number 0082726

Okinawa had its hottest September at 1.6C above the average. I filmed this mass coral bleaching last year, but didn't have the heart to share. Total annihilation of the first few meters of depth. This stuff happens before our eyes, and yet people who think it isn't real keep gaining power.

Scientific societies, journals, editors and researchers are pushing back against mean-spirited peer reviews go.nature.com/4mXJjn6

Have you ever experienced an unprofessional peer review? This feature in @nature.com describes the consequences of bullying reviews with personal examples from Yours Truly. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Check out recent research from our journals with our new media tip sheet! Including: 🪸How nutrients from land shape life in the sea 🪻Biocontrol of a widespread wetland weed 🦌Whether wildlife take a hike when humans are around and more! Read it here esa.org/blog/2025/09... @esajournals.bsky.social

Thanks for the terrific cover shot!📸

Our article made the cover of @esajournals.bsky.social Ecological Monographs! 🤩

New research examining impacts of terrestrial nutrients on coral reefs, in our journal "Ecological Monographs"👇

Submarine groundwater discharge leads to “biogeochemical cascades”! Check out our newest paper showing the direct and indirect effects of SGD on organic and inorganic carbon fluxes on coral reefs! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

A few more days to get your applications in! Join us as a postdoc in coral reef ecology/ecosystem metabolism 🌊🧪

Sea Grant is a powerhouse for coastal communities! Through research, education, and outreach, it helps protect marine ecosystems, support sustainable fisheries, and boost coastal economies. Sea Grant keeps our waters and communities thriving. We need sea grant! www.pressherald.com/2025/03/01/m...

Congrats @mixotrophe.bsky.social !!!! So well deserved!!!!! Happy Tenure Celebration day!!!

What an honor to get to celebrate this team tomorrow. (at noon in the MSI Auditorium, if you're on campus) #figaday 2.265/n #year3

🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊 We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/

A few more days to get your applications in! Come join our team :) 🌊

One of our amazing grad students lost everything in the LA fires. She is so kind & compassionate & always 1st to help out a friend. She is also a champion of protecting coral reefs through research & action. If you have any capacity to help her it would be so appreciated. ❤️https://gofund.me/27c354ef

One of our amazing grad students lost everything in the LA fires. She is so kind & compassionate & always 1st to help out a friend. She is also a champion of protecting coral reefs through research & action. If you have any capacity to help her it would be so appreciated. ❤️https://gofund.me/27c354ef

Two postdoc positions in my group are opening: First is part of SOCCOM3 (3 years, NSF funded, S. Ocean carbon/oxygen/nutrient budgets), Second is part of InMOS (4.25 yrs, Schmidt Sciences / OBVI funded, long-term oxygen/carbon flux and inventory constraints). More info: bushinskyoceanlab.org/people/

Proud lab mom today watching my student, Hannah, successfully defend her MS on the effects of submarine groundwater discharge on multiple life stages of a pocilloporid coral! 🧪🪸

Happy to see the best #rstats trend has also migrated here 📊

I found it, the chart specifically tailored to my pet peeves, its perfect 🥺

This is a work of art and an incredible thread

I can’t unsee some of these.

Pie charts are a popular choice here 😉

The most wonderful time of the year.

Some of the most engaging dataviz I've seen ages ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐