Eric Wagner

Seabirds, volcanoes, other creatures and landscapes when the spirit moves me. | AFTER THE BLAST, about Mount St. Helens, out from @UWAPress. | Person of LWON.

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@AnnFinkbeiner Probably most people will be.

[University of Washington Press @UWAPress]

For #UPWeek, learn about where UW Press authors #SpeakUP in partnership with @HumanitiesWA, which presents free events in libraries, museums, historical societies, high schools, carceral institutions, community centers, and more.
https://t.co/5pQMXmPSAU

[Encyclopedia of Puget Sound @EoPugetSound]

An estimated 70% of all the salmon in the North Pacific are pink salmon. Scientists say the extreme number of pinks could be causing a "trophic cascade" that is harming species across the food web. Eric Wagner reports for our magazine #SalishSeaCurrents. https://t.co/IGMeTk1OIp

[Ann Finkbeiner @AnnFinkbeiner]

Eric's in Patagonia, looking for his penguin named Turbo, looking at all the pandemics in all the different terns and sea lions and penguins, still hoping for the best. This is a superb story, only a little sad but what do you expect from nature anyway. https://t.co/aBeDQMIhJu

[Encyclopedia of Puget Sound @EoPugetSound]

This week, our own @ericwagner20 journeys into the Hot Zone to report on an avian flu outbreak on nearby Rat Island. A new strain of the virus has been killing thousands of seabirds around the world. Humans are also potentially at risk. https://t.co/aGz6HaztCd

[Encyclopedia of Puget Sound @EoPugetSound]

There is a popular saying that “beavers taught salmon to jump.” Can the age-old affinity between beavers and salmon be restored? @DeWeerdt_Sarah reports for our magazine Salish Sea Currents. https://t.co/cNsg6OCcf2

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

So cool

[Encyclopedia of Puget Sound @EoPugetSound]

The Salish Sea may be a giant ‘practice room’ for humpback whales as they get ready to sing in their winter breeding grounds in Hawaii and Mexico. A network of hydrophones is recording it all. https://t.co/YydnUmCJFO

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@DeWeerdt_Sarah Yup

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

Ah, the memories... ❤️🐧

[Orion Magazine @Orion_Magazine]

Eric Wagner on the tale of Turbo the penguin:
“It wasn’t long before this penguin took to visiting the field house. He wasn’t at all shy around humans, so was given not just a flipper band, but a name: Turbo.”
https://t.co/6BDTqk4Jfq

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

Love me some puffins...

[Encyclopedia of Puget Sound @EoPugetSound]

Tufted puffins have become an increasingly rare sight in the Pacific Northwest. Biologist and writer @ericwagner20 recently visited Puget Sound's Smith Island, home to one of the region's last surviving colonies of these colorful seabirds. https://t.co/vLTdMvkYo7

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

Some thoughts and feelings about penguins.
https://t.co/Fd1zLfU2dh

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@KellyBrenner @wnwagner My ears are burning! And so glad you (still) like the book, Wendy! :)

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

Come hear me tell Tales from the Mountain!

[MOHAI @MOHAI]

Registration is open for May History Café: Tales from the Mountain. Join @ericwagner20 and @SandiDoughton in conversation about how scientists and journalists tell the stories of natural disasters and what it means for the communities impacted by them ➞ https://t.co/CsbEceoJvd

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

More emoting about auklets! https://t.co/wH9zkVmXE4

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

It's a party, all right.

https://t.co/E6kFHYHvEH

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@KellyBrenner Shh... don't tell anyone...

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

Out now! Get it while you can!

[Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) @MEPS_IR]

From 2014-2016, The Blob, a #MarineHeatwave, affected the NE Pacific. For rhinoceros auklets at two large colonies, the differing responses showed how the species is potentially resilient to anomalously warm waters
https://t.co/op0Vh4sU9u

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@KellyBrenner It's because they have backbones.

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@KellyBrenner Maybe a little toooo clever...

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

The subtext for every scientific paper I've ever written.
https://t.co/Q7KE4fpJaz

[Eric Wagner @ericwagner20]

@Jeremy_Cox @AnnFinkbeiner @ChesBayJournal Ah, I'm based in Seattle, so about as far away from the Chesapeake as you can possibly be in the Lower 48, alas. I have a cousin who lives in the DC area, but I concede that's pretty tenuous.