Mona Khalil

biology and wildlife conservation is my passion, responsible use of resources is my imperative

[USGS @USGS]

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[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

USGS Energy and Wildlife Research Year in Review | U.S. Geological Survey - a shortcut to scientific papers published in FY 2024 on the interactions of fish and wildlife with energy infrastructure https://t.co/udYXT8RaQJ #energyandwildlife #windenergy #solarenergy

[USGS @USGS]

Educators, take your students on virtual field trips to #NationalParks!

Explore the Grand Canyon's rock layers, Mount St. Helens' eruptions, or dive into park biodiversity. Perfect for lessons on geology and ecology — all from your classroom!

https://t.co/bKLl4y4RST

[USGS @USGS]

How did new wind energy facilities lead to restored habitat in North Dakota? USGS & @USFWS calculated the amount of habitat needed to support birds displaced by new energy production so the right amount of habitat could restored. #UnleashTheScience here: https://t.co/NfNn43ZUUC

[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

Aren’t you glad you can see the color orange? #pollinatorweek #poppies #bumblebees

[USGS @USGS]

Do you know what lives in an octopus's garden? 🐙🌻?

See our new factsheet to learn how eDNA could help find the answer and be applied to offshore wind energy development: https://t.co/OOMQ1S1b6G

#CHOW2024 #RenewableEnergy #OceanConservation #eDNA #Biodiversity

[USGS @USGS]

Bats are now in the cool crowd, but that doesn’t mean things that threaten them, like disease, have disappeared. Learn about our science related to bat and other wildlife interactions with wind energy in our new feature story: https://t.co/SCbwtH4xaV

#BatAppreciationDay #Bats

[USGS Energy Program @usgsenergy]

It’s here, our one-stop shop for all large-scale #SolarEnergy facilities that we made with @BerkeleyLab & @ENERGY! See all 3700 large-scale #solar plants in the US in this interactive map: https://t.co/Vok9pOBuOJ

[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

USGS and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory release database and interactive map of all large-scale solar energy facilities in the U.S. | U.S. Geological Survey https://t.co/AcA84GkenL #solarenergy

[USGS @USGS]

Sometimes, science takes time. Learn how ongoing research is helping to increase populations of American shad, a fish prized by anglers across the U.S. https://t.co/7Jw2cp6LMi 🐟
#Biology
📷Joe Zydlewski

[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

Here’s this gentle giant (General Sherman) in late August 2023. Just seeing and being among these sequoias can change everything.

[USGS @USGS]

Happy 133rd Birthday to Sequoia National Park, home of the General Sherman Tree (the world's largest - by volume)! 🎂🌲

Here's a photo of it from 1909: https://t.co/6ksZddobQe

Have you visited? We'd love to see your pics!

@SequoiaKingsNPS

[USGS Arizona @USGSAZ]

What are some possible futures for US #rangelands? We look at how changing demand for food, #renewableenergy and climate may modify the #ecosystemservices rangelands provide.
@USGS #USGS_SBSC @naturesustainab #grasslands #ranching
👉https://t.co/y8aV1Xi0NP

📸 by Stuart Weiss

[Society for Science @Society4Science]

We're super excited to announce the Top 300 in the inaugural @thermofisher Scientific #JuniorInnovators Challenge. Congratulations to these young scientists! https://t.co/8A7B26dQtx

[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

Love this piece by @khulick also including research efforts by @USGS ecologists and wildlife biologists studying eagles and tortoises 🦅🐢 Research is motivated to find ways to reduce impacts of renewables on protected #wildlife

[Kathryn Hulick @khulick]

Can we build up clean #energy without badly harming #biodiversity? I share creative ideas to protect eels, eagles, whales, tortoises, and more in @SN_Explores https://t.co/OaozZtqbLR Thanks @natelenergy @VineyardWindUS

[USGS @USGS]

USGS EROS was developed in the 1970’s as a place to store and distribute the imagery from the #Landsat Earth observation satellite program. Since then it has become much more - including a place to advance land cover mapping and monitoring: https://t.co/x9cW9wjXRX
#LandCover 🛰️

[USGS @USGS]

Stormwater and road runoff are forms of pollution that can contain contaminants that affect aquatic #ecosystems. One of these is a chemical that keeps tire rubber from cracking and can harm fish and other aquatic animals: https://t.co/c1swG8CeOc
💧🐟
📸Florian Graner

[USGS Arizona @USGSAZ]

#NewPub! 🚨
In the #ColoradoRiver, how do ecosystem variables such as temperature, water clarity/sediment, algal production & flows affect the growth of native #flannelmouthsuckers? 🐟 We investigated.
See what we found 👉https://t.co/c12YonTquV
#FishFriday #GrandCanyon @cjfas

[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

Who knew you need science for that?Cornell and #USGS Scientists explore aquatic effects of floating solar https://t.co/Ba8hQ8i9ac #solarenergy #sustainabledevelopment #renewables

[Mona Khalil @khalilmona1]

@native_wildlife So glad @USGS is part of this bat workshop 🦇

[USGS @USGS]

A study by @BoiseState, Idaho Power and USGS found that 66% of dead birds collected during surveys along power lines in 4 western states died from gunshot. Shot species included bald eagles and other protected migratory birds. https://t.co/cmwn8c57AX