Kate Hruby

Scientist, sailor and educator committed to communicating science in a way that is fun and easy to understand. I run a podcast and draw cartoons! she/her

[Kate Hruby @goforth_science]

Scientists are working to keep #coralreefs alive. Some are studying the best ways to grow baby #corals in labs, like the one in this animation showing its colors in and out of blue light. You can learn more at https://t.co/aNcU1kYmKF. #SciArt @MoteMarineLab @rescueareef

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Corals can get the algae, and their color, back. But the stresses that the corals face must end first.

You can read more about coral bleaching on my website and in A Coral Reef Tale at https://t.co/aNcU1kYmKF.

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Corals partner with algae for nutrients, and it is also what gives #corals their vibrant colors. But when a coral gets stressed, like from warming oceans or pollution, it pushes out the algae, loosing it's color and an important part of it's life. This is called coral #bleaching.

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A Coral Reef Tale is out for the world to see! You can read the full #comic in PDF form on my website, or you can read the phone-formatted version on Webtoon, where episodes are released weekly over the next month. Happy reading about #coralreefs!
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Latest episode is out with @kpbushnell: "It feels like magic all the time when I'm there... but it's even cooler that it's not! It's even cooler that it's real!"

Tune in to the #podcast at https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1.

📷 by Billy Ball, Kelly dry suit #diving next to an anemone.

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@PhysicsAlive Also sphagnum is one of my favorite things! I love spring mountain hikes because it's always so vibrant.

[Kate Hruby @goforth_science]

Me: "What is your favorite wetland?" Tom Hruby: "Oh I can't say that! If I'm standing there it's my favorite wetland."

This month, join me and my dad, a wetland scientist, as we explore wetlands from all over the world: https://t.co/MqjkddXGE2. #wetlands #science #scicomm

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@PhysicsAlive It's the inevitable "like father, like daughter" hahaha

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“Ocean acidification, it’s the other side of climate change” - Amanda Quasunella

Tune in to the latest episode to learn about #oceanacidification and #coralreefs with a scientist from @MoteMarineLab.

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1.

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"Everybody loves an underdog. I particularly love the alligator as an underdog." -@manateespotting

This month we're jumping into a massive freshwater ecosystem: the Everglades. And yes, "jumping in" is a literal statement.

Listen here: https://t.co/GXsH6yBalG #podcast #scicomm

[Kate Hruby @goforth_science]

New episode with @SR3Sealife about marine wildlife rehabilitation!

Tune in to learn about marine mammal hospitals, oil spills, whales, and the ins and outs of caring for 2-month-old harbor seals.
https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1

[Kate Hruby @goforth_science]

If a seagull flies over the sea, what's a gull that flies over a bay? 👀🥯

The latest episode is out! https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1

We talk about birds! Here’s a sneakpeak video, with gulls sitting on a moorage in the San Juan Islands, #WashingtonState.

[Dr. Drew Harvell @DrewHarvell]

Sadly the #seastarwasting epidemic that started in 2013 still continues and has been quite active this August. You can catch some new updates on this nicely done, short podcast https://t.co/z93YZn3KsH

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New episode drop with @DrewHarvell about sea star wasting disease! "It’s like the biggest experiment of the last hundred years."

You can listen wherever you tune into podcasts, or at https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1

#seastar #seastarwastingdisease #seastarwastingsyndrome

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In case you were wondering, I'd say 90% of my drawings are right whales

[Save the North Pacific Right Whale @nprightwhale]

What makes a right whale a right whale? Combine the pecks, the flukes, the baleen, the blowholes, the callosities, and a whole lot of blubber, and you get a right whale!

#whaleart #rightwhale #scientificillustration

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@izzy_topper Always here to ask the weird questions!

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You can listen wherever you tune into podcasts, or at https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1

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“That’s something I love about the Cascades, you have the beautiful greens and forests and wildflowers, right up to the edge of the glaciers.” -@GlaciogenicArt

Jill is a #climatechange artist and you can hear all about her work and adventures in the latest episode!

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New episode with Abby from @sharktagging about her research and how cool sharks are. Just in time for #sharkweek, #sharkfest or whatever you want to call everyone getting nerdy about sharks!

Listen: https://t.co/fPPs60GXN1 or wherever you listen to podcasts

📷: @sharktagging

[Kate Hruby @goforth_science]

The latest episode is out! And it's about #sharks. Small sharks, big sharks, old sharks... and the adventures a California surfer has had with them. Listen: https://t.co/r7rwecwANG

And here's a video of a #greatwhite sighting from the episode. Sound on for hilarious commentary.