Lisa Marie Potter

I write about @UUtah science, I climb about on Utah rocks. My tweets are my own.

[Lisa Marie Potter @Lisa_M_Potter]

The @WilkesCenter at the @UUtah is announcing the 2025 Wilkes Climate Launch Prize winner right now! Tune in: https://t.co/VGPcaSw6Tl

[jacob levine @jacob__levine]

Great to see our work in my hometown paper @latimes!

Its not logging itself thats the issue, its what happens after -- dense plantations are responsible for elevated fire severity in industrial forests.

Excellent story by Noah Haggerty.

https://t.co/c7g3QDAgVr

[Brian Maffly @brianmaffly]

‘Jar of bones’ recovered from Utah public lands, held for 20 years in collections of @NHMU found to be those of a Cretaceous lizard previously unknown. Study by @UUtah and @NHMLA gives it a name: Bolg amondol, related to Gila monster. @Lisa_M_Potter https://t.co/mFfyntKemW

[University of Utah @UUtah]

The ancestors of today’s crocodylians survived two mass extinction events. A new study uncovered a secret to their longevity, which could help conservationists better protect this most vulnerable species.

https://t.co/LhndJL0ywE

[Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy @WilkesCenter]

A global warming event 56 million years, the "Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum", can teach us about the Earth's sensitivities, planetary feedback mechanisms, and resiliency, says @uutah Marine Geologist Dustin Harper.
https://t.co/Fsf3QCkRYz
@uofugeo
@uofu_science @bumbanian

[Isabelle Freiling @Isa_Freiling]

Honored to receive this fellowship and so excited to work more on responsible AI across @UUtah campus!

This allows me to fund a graduate student next year, so if you are considering #gradschool and interested in #AI and #scicomm, please apply: https://t.co/YEBpGNP3bq

[KSL 5 TV @KSL5TV]

EVACUATION UPDATE: Search and Rescue units are inbound to evacuate recreationists on the north side of Mirror Lake Highway, as a new evacuation order was put in place for all campgrounds along Highway 150.

https://t.co/eBWNGIkAWd

[Univ of Utah News @UofUNews]

Congratulations Applied Carbon! Agricultural waste is a huge #carbon source. AP's farm-robots collect plant matter, produce soil-healing biochar & redistribute it in one pass. If used globally, #biochar as #carboncapture could store 2 billion metric tons of carbon per year.

[Univ of Utah News @UofUNews]

#Wildfires are bigger, hotter and more unpredictable than ever. To help firefighters find the safest escape routes, @UUtah researchers developed #STRIDE, a new tool that maps the most efficient routes and estimates walking speed across any terrain. https://t.co/Bsn0QbCdh5

[Saige Miller @saige_miller]

The ballot language for Constitutional Amendment D has ruffled its fair share of feathers.

So we asked several Utahns what they thought the amendment said.

And spoiler: no one thought it was giving lawmakers the power to repeal and alter initiatives.

https://t.co/acdfwWVKb3

[Brian S. King @KingForUtah]

While @phil_lyman and I disagree on just about everything, there’s one thing we agree on: @SpencerJCox should not be our next Governor.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

1. Cisgender Algerian female boxer Imane Khelif has just won gold in boxing in the Olympics!

For weeks, she was falsely accused of being trans or "a man," resulting in high profile article retractions.

Her victory came to raucous cheers.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

[Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy @WilkesCenter]

.@blanchardlibby, William Anderegg @WilkesCenter, & Barbara Haya @UCBerkeley say billions of crucial offset funding should be invested in CONTRIBUTIONS for effective forest efforts. https://t.co/xIey2mpV2F #forests. #climatechange #carbonoffset @SSIReview

[Stanford ENERGY @StanfordEnergy]

Over a billion dollars have been spent on forest and land use #carbon credits to “offset” emissions, but these #offsets aren’t delivering.
Read the analysis @SSIReview:
https://t.co/gAsRRIEZIv
#climate
@blanchardlibby @WilkesCenter @GoldmanSchool @UCBerkeley @UUtah

[Prof. Abel Méndez 🔭 🔬 @ProfAbelMendez]

Kepler's 1607 pioneering sunspot sketches solve solar mysteries 400 years later https://t.co/j0ZF0fsE8L

[University of Utah @UUtah]

It's a heatwave haven at @redbuttegarden Escape the heat on the shady pathways while appreciating the plants that thrive in the heat...including a flower that smells like powdered chocolate milk.

https://t.co/hXotIFGbGp

[Julie Kiefer @JulieCKiefer]

Congratulations to Donzelle Taylor and @moriel_z @UUNeurobiology, a graduate student-mentee pair who were awarded a prestigious HHMI Gilliam Fellowship recognizing outstanding research and a commitment to advancing equity and inclusion in science @HHMINEWS https://t.co/Nys1xXdZzo

[University of Utah @UUtah]

NEW DINOSAUR ALERT 🦖⬇️

[University of Utah @UUtah]

.@UofUPhysAstro prof. Kevin Davenport explains the physics behind the wizardry of the world's best vert skateboarders, who will be performing at the Huntsman Center this Friday & Saturday during @TonyHawk's Vert Alert. The event is FREE! #THVertAlert

🖥 https://t.co/B6SZz3sE7c

[Brian Maffly @brianmaffly]

More great research from
@UUtah Dept of Geology & Geophysics @UofUGeo, whose seismologists worked with
@USC to document how Earth's inner core is 'backtracking' https://t.co/tHNEe6gM1N