Fossil Atmospheres

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#Ginkgo #Fossil leaves may reveal ##climate in last era of #dinosaurs https://t.co/D7xOT3j7JQ via @MailOnline

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@NMNH Excellent article and video detailing the Fossil Atmospheres team's efforts to reconstruct paleo-CO2 levels in #deeptime using #ginkgobiloba.

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You can't understand the impacts of #ClimateChange without looking back in #DeepTime at other "hothouse" periods, that's just what our @FossilAt team is doing. https://t.co/aKs6WOzTJV

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Thanks to #inaturalist it seems as if that ouchy caterpillar is a Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (Acharia stimulea). "The saddleback caterpillar, Acharia stimulea (formerly Sibine stimulea), is the larva of a species… https://t.co/Gw0bWRih9b

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Cool Caterpillar, but OUCH! My finger still hurts after accidentally touching this thing!

What is it?

Is it eating the #ginkgo leaves too?

I thought Ginkgo didn't have any natural predators in North America...… https://t.co/jT0Fx28Z9c

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And... it's gone. 11AM. Rivers still swollen and coasts flooding, but time for cleanup. @ Washington D.C. https://t.co/vILqdStJ4d

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Wow. That was fast. #hurricane #isaias came sooner than expected! Mostly heavy rain, with a few high wind gusts. About 2.5 inches of rain at the #fossilatmospheres experiment. See last image of rain totals from local… https://t.co/vGklEWZVHA

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It's wicked hot right now in the #americas right now! Going to continue for the next week. Stay #hydrated out there!

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#climatestrike
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smithsonianenvironment… https://t.co/1smzDJOAfe

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A glamorous Friday night over at FossilAtm's HQ!

Thanks to emilysmarti for the photo.

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smithsonianenvironment… https://t.co/im5EJBTeXr

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A little worse for the wear, but an amazingly beautiful moth hanging out in the shade by the door.

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#ginkgobiloba… https://t.co/xA2I2JP4FQ

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I'll be talking about paleoclimate and the Fossil Atmospheres experiment today (June 5th) at 2PM Eastern time. Check out the live video session, a part of the Fossil Friday series hosted by… https://t.co/MdyyhibaTl

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We got our fancy (aka expensive) #licor 6400XT serviced a little while ago. We use it to make measurements of the photosynthetic rates of the #Ginkgo plants in the #fossilatmospheres experiment. It had a massive CO2… https://t.co/IVjMbdLqmJ

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Cool moth just chillin' on the sidewalk at SERC. (Photo taken at ~10AM) It was pretty well camouflaged from a distance. I almost stepped on it. Glad I didn't!!!

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smithsonianenvironment… https://t.co/jltubMW2w7

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Check out this lunker of a beetle! It was about an inch long. Heavy. Hissed at me when I picked it up to get a better look. Cool!

#DontTestThosePincers
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smithsonianenvironment… https://t.co/XCZLG8efE6

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Another close one. The warmth of the #chesapeakebay kept temps above freezing (numbers in celsius). .
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#fossilatmospheres… https://t.co/DeRmtmbGFE

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Imperial numbers... so, much of the area west and north of here is freezing!

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What month is it this? May? Winter? Yet another freeze warning in the DC area. Turned off the air fans for chmners to help keep in the heat overnight. Total pain! .
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smithsonian… https://t.co/EYguZC6n2V

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So delicate!

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Baby #Ginkgo plants are so cute! These are 1 year old seedlings growing in 1000ppm CO2 levels as part of the Fossil Atmospheres Experiment. They were grown from seeds that were germinated last summer, hand… https://t.co/tov9QB6EzQ

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Baby Ginkgos are super cute! They are growing fast - that is only a week of growth!

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