Amanda Daria Stoltz, PhD

Amanda Daria Stoltz, PhD

@sciencebarbie.bsky.social

International science barbie who loves clean waves, wicked problems, and coastal justice 💕 Postdoc at the EqualSea lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) researching transformative change https://amandadstoltz.weebly.com/

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Just when I thought that the last weeks were rather quiet in terms of bigger earthquakes, @judithgeology.bsky.social released a tool that lets you check for yourself. ⚒️🧪 #geology And yes, it's quieter than usual. And yes, that's completely normal. stats.earthquakeinsights.com/unusual/?spa...

stats.earthquakeinsights.comAre there more earthquakes than usual this year?Live USGS counts of M6+ earthquakes worldwide this year, set against every year since 1976.

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This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

UBC Oceans@ubcoceans.bsky.social

For the first time in over 30 years, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Northern cod stock has been deemed “healthy” by Ottawa. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/09/05/i...

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why are biologists like this

Andrew D Thaler@drandrewthaler.bsky.social

The Hoff Crab is neither a crab nor is it David Hasselhoff. It is a Yeti Crab, which is neither a Yeti nor a Crab but a sub-group of Squat Lobsters, which are not lobsters, they're Anomurans, like Mole Crabs, which are neither moles, nor crabs.

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A fun collection of ideas in #Nature today on how to make lab meetings more engaging, inclusive & useful! Thanks for including our lab’s “flashlight” round in the tips - a simple ritual to give everyone a voice & stay connected to what’s happening across the group 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.comTwenty-two easy ways to power up your lab meetingsScientists share help and advice on how they got their research discussions flowing.

Another reason I'm happy to be in Spain

Amy Maxmen, PhD@amymaxmen.bsky.social

CDC Health Alert on cyclosporiasis: -1645 confirmed cases w/ 141 people hospitalized ->5100 potential cases awaiting confirmation -Cases in at least 4 states linked to the same source -At this time last year, there had been just 249 cases www.cdc.gov/han/php/noti...