V. Sebastian Zavoico
Ecologist, love the Arctic and winter. Former🫎 population MS, current PhD Student at University of Alaska Fairbanks studying biodiversity impacts of arctic beaver ponds 🦫🪰🌿🦆🐦⬛
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- Check out this great new storymap about some of our beaver research, created by @uafairbanks.bsky.social Geophysical Institute's Rod Boyce. Lots of great, fun arctic beaver videos and photos, and also great info about our latest publication: www.gi.alaska.edu/news/changin...
- Trump has issued a compact that would allow oversight of hiring, firing and teaching decisions at higher ed institutions and restrict enrollment of int'l students. Please consider signing this petition along with UA Unions by Nov 3 at noon telling the Board to reject this compact! bit.ly/3JAAOjk
- Please keep Kotzebue in your thoughts. Hoping the coastal flooding isn't as bad as forecasted, and better than last year's flooding event.
- Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoEnd of an era and a sad day for those that care about Arctic work done in the best ways possible. 😢 Nonetheless "… the goal of broadening participation in Arctic-focused research, education, and policy is still an important mission to achieve." #Arctic
- I'm excited to announce another publication from our lab group, with yours truly as a co-author! Tom Glass led a great study summarizing the ecophysical dynamics of beaver ponds we've been studying over the last few years. Big takeaway: beavers thaw permafrost! Take a peak: bit.ly/3VJwQHN
- Found a gorgeous spot in the Alaska Range for beavers to hang out in. This is a pretty impressive complex, and one is precariously close to what I'm guessing is a rock glacier, potentially collapsing.
- Devastating news. We rely on PGC for our work identifying beaver ponds across the Arctic, and this will significantly affect our workflow. They have been great through and through to work with, thanks for all the hard work. I sincerely hope this is a quick blip of a lack of service #weneedthegovt
- Effective immediately, the PGC is no longer accepting new NSF-supported requests due to a lack of renewal funding. Current work is wrapping up. Please contact your NSF program officer if impacted. We’re grateful to have supported your polar research. Read our full statement at www.pgc.umn.edu
- When you try to use facial recognition to open your phone but the face in questions looks like that... But seriously it felt so good to be immersed in cold temperatures on the North Slope after such a mild winter in Fairbanks. Hallelujah!
- Taking a break from fighting science to actually doing science! Just came back from an incredible week at #Toolik investigating talik ecosystems - areas without permafrost that includes poplar stands, perennial springs, and pingos. We even found an adult stonefly deep beneath the snow and ice!
- When the world feels like it's descending into fascism and it encroaches on your community, it feels good to see the community you love fight back. And fight back with joy!
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- Reposted by V. Sebastian ZavoicoWonderful turnout at Fairbanks Alaska 50501 protest rally, in front of City Hall.
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- It felt good to protest with a group in #Fairbanks in front of city hall today against everything that Trump and Musk stand for. But there wasn't one single group that organized this...it wasn't even organized as far as I could tell. Where is the Democratic Party?
- Want to watch something fun over lunch, and learn something about beavers in the Arctic? My advisor and mine's #BeaverCon talk from October just got uploaded, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZcd...
- While we have finally dipped below freezing, the horrors of the ice and a rotten snowpack will continue for months. Unlike ice events in the L48, we will have ice on our roads until April or May. Thinking of all the subnivean creatures whose tunnel systems hopefully stayed intact!
- Fairbanks Airport as of 7pm AKST Sunday has been continuously above freezing since 7am Friday. This 60-hour streak far exceeds the previous longest streak of 33 hours hours with the temperature above freezing in January set January 14-16, 1981. #akwx #ExtremeWeather #Climate @leahwrenn.bsky.social
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