Dr. Andrea Adams

Conservation Ecologist | Writer | Researcher @UCSB | @switzernetwork fellow | She/Her/Dr. | Hopecology newsletter:

[Dr. Andrea Adams @AdamsAndreaJ]

As the only ecologist some people know, I'm often asked about ecoanxiety, ecological catastrophe, and how to cope. After 20 years working in the trenches of the biodiversity crisis, I've had to pull myself out of despair a lot 🧵

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Natural history as "nature's glue": Must we lose our biological connection to nature to endure changing times?https://t.co/UC7JLxo80s

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Drosophila melanogaster as a model arthropod carrier for the amphibian chytrid fungus: New from @Briggs_Lab_UCSB @realcoolkatz et al. @PLOSONE https://t.co/W551RGdwOB

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We combined #eDNA sampling with visual encounter surveys and decision support tools.
Our paper was published today with @SpringerNature in @SciReports. Read more: https://t.co/G49NuzBxu7 (3/3)

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My colleagues and I launched this project in the spring of 2020. To say we did so under challenging circumstances would be an understatement.
Nevertheless, we persisted. (1/3)

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Surveying more than 180 km of stream over two field seasons, we aimed to find the best approaches to foothill yellow-legged #frog recovery in the southern Sierra Nevada (in & near @YosemiteNPS ). (2/3)

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New interview up with @NaturesArchive about leaving tech to start a podcast and @jumpstartnature, cultivating hope, and inspiring action: https://t.co/g5pgATY3Y8

[Dr. Andrea Adams @AdamsAndreaJ]

Great to see @NatureNoah in @nytimes; To See the Past and Predict the Future, Try ‘Reading’ a Landscape (gift article): https://t.co/lVf1ioqXyk

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Looks like a cool opportunity with @audubonsociety : Director, Conservation Social Science https://t.co/ySiUF8Y2p5

[Dr. Andrea Adams @AdamsAndreaJ]

@RebeccaSolnit is pretty much the only reason I'm still kicking around this platform, and here's why:

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Ian Rose expands on our grizzly diet research in @washingtonpost : "Frontier myth vilified the California grizzly" https://t.co/MgGidaz6s6

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@Revkin @kwren88 Thank you for helping broaden the audience for the amphibian story 🙏🐸

[Dr. Andrea Adams @AdamsAndreaJ]

@Revkin's intergalactic musing at a frog egg mass brings me great joy. https://t.co/E2OnNcwRD2

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@d_samorodnitsky @Sequencermag Finally—intelligent, warranted criticism of science & scientists. Abuse of authority for personal gain erodes scientific integrity & trust. Well covered. Excited for more from @Sequencermag!

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This moving and insightful essay about amphibian extinctions by "The Kid Who Cares" features @JoeMendelson @kwren88 @RebeccaSolnit @DrAndreaBonior and others. Absolutely worth the read.

https://t.co/jFBcYZdWQc

[Anat Belasen, PhD @AnatLovesFrogs]

It was incredible to work with such a generous and supportive group of frog researchers on this paper!

So proud to see it finally out. I hope our results help with conservation of Rana boylii, a frog that was added to the Endangered Species list last September 🐸

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4/ She didn’t get to do the postdoc she had envisioned, but I’m super proud of Anat and our colleagues’ work on this paper. https://t.co/XT1xts451G

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It started with a phone call.
The pandemic had just begun, and it was throwing a wrench into @AnatLovesFrogs postdoctoral research plans.
(1/n)

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3/ Leveraging our network of amphibian researchers, we unearthed and assembled a large dataset to help paint a bigger picture of disease for this species.

[Dr. Andrea Adams @AdamsAndreaJ]

2/ Unable to do the field work on foothill yellow-legged frogs she’d planned, we brainstormed on how she might be able to leverage existing data to make a meaningful research contribution.