Paleontological Research Institution
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Paleontological Research Institution
@PRInstitution
The Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth and @cayuganature Center encourages critical thinking about life on Earth.
Ithaca, New York Katılım Şubat 2013
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Happy World Bee Day!!! Check out our online “Bees! Diversity, Evolution, Conservation” exhibit here: museumoftheearth.org/bees/
Hope you have a bee-autiful day, and keep bee-ing yourself! Hope to see you at the Museum soon. 🐝 🌻 🍯
#WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #MuseumOfTheEarth

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We wanted to highlight a type of fossil you can find in our area: trilobites! Find out more using the Salmon Creek Field Guide: earthathome.org/finger-lakes-g…
Reminder: Please don't walk through the creek now, as there is too much rushing water! 💧🌊




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Bring a drink, and join us for the last Science in the Virtual Pub until next fall! This Thursday at 7 pm, Dr. Ling-Wei Kong will present a lecture entitled "Can Science and AI Predict Ecological Collapse?"
Register here: cornell.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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Check out a FREE Workshop tonight at 7 pm hosted by PRI's Climate Team on Zoom! Using commonly available software (Microsoft’s PowerPoint and Apple’s Keynote), we’ll show you how you can make animations for use in teaching.
Zoom link: tinyurl.com/y775nx2h

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It's too early for harmful algal blooms (HABs) on Cayuga Lake, and yet one was spotted and confirmed near the end of April. Why do you think this matters? Share your opinion and see what others say here: museumoftheearth.org/changing-clima…

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Check out this new study by Gregory Dietl (PRI’s Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates) and his colleagues! They found that while 97% of researchers value clear visuals, only 34% think we’re doing it well. Better communication = better conservation!
tinyurl.com/4ma6kwxv

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In the 2nd part of our Salmon Creek Field Guide mini-series, we wanted to highlight a few of the types of fossils you can find in our area! Find the Field Guide here: tinyurl.com/tcu4twk6
Reminder: Please don't walk through the creek now, as there is too much rushing water.




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This year's Spring BioBlitz starts tomorrow! Please join us from wherever you are in the Cayuga Lake basin! We are calling all nature observers to document the life around us using the iNaturalist app.
Here's the link to sign up: inaturalist.org/projects/sprin…

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