BayQuest @bayquest.bsky.social Captains, educators and community science enthusiasts doing what we can to protect aquatic life on San Francisco Bay.
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Dan Aquarium 🏖️🌊🐠🐚 @danaquarium.bsky.social 💻🗞️ Jornalista
🌊🐟 Entusiasta da vida aquática
🌎📍 Brasil 🇧🇷
Amanda Heidt @scattercushion.bsky.social 🏜️ Southwest National Parks Editor, SFGate |✨ Freelance Science Journalist |👩🔬 Once-Upon-A-Time Scientist | 📰 Clips in Nature, Science, The New York Times, Nat Geo, NPR, et al. | Signal: aheidt.16 | 🏳️🌈 She/Her | amandaheidt.com
San Francisco Baykeeper @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social Defending San Francisco Bay & holding polluters accountable since 1989 baykeeper.org
Karen Sonksen @karensonksen.bsky.social University Lecturer of physical geography and environmental studies, climate science, California water resources, and advocate for Earth’s precious animal species.
Greg Reis @gregorreis.bsky.social Respect the land and its inhabitants. Watershed restoration ecologist/hydrologist, California environmental historian/librarian, mountaineer, former firefighter/EMT. Western Marin County. Opinions are my own.
San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social Delivering visionary science that empowers people to revitalize nature in our communities. We advance science to rebuild and sustain chemical, physical, and biological health in our environment.
https://www.sfei.org/
https://linktr.ee/sfestuary
Damiana Chiavolini @damianachiavolini.bsky.social Health writer, academic editor, writing instructor, microbiologist, subject matter expert.
Member of the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) and National Association of Science Writers (NASW).
Portfolio: clippings.me/damianachi
andrea tamayo @andreatamayo.bsky.social Assistant Editor at Edutopia covering education research.
Previously at sciam, science news and your local epidemiologist.
A Z Mackay @azmackay.bsky.social Author of Future Tense. Speculative tech anthropology. Essays + serialized fiction about the future we're building now. https://azmackay.com
Stephanie ('Annie') Melchor @sjmelchor.bsky.social scientist ✨ journalist ✨ writer ✨ singer ✨ environmentalist
www.stephaniemelchor.com
(banner art by my favorite artist at @QuantaMagazine)
@bonewhiteglory.bsky.social @bonewhiteglory.bsky.social 
Hannah Hoag @hannahhoag.bsky.social Sr. Producer for Health, Science & Climate Unit at CBC News. Past: The Conversation Canada, Arctic Deeply, 2022-23 William Southam Journalism Fellow at Massey College. Freelance ✍ in Nature, bioGraphic, Hakai, Globe & Mail, etc. http://www.hannahhoag.net
The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board @sacbeeeditboard.bsky.social Musings, provocations and lots of opinions.
Alison Whipple @aawhipple.bsky.social Hydrology PhD | Interdisciplinary science for natural physical & ecological processes in modified landscapes | Floodplains | Climate change | Northern California farm family | Foodie | Gardener | Hiker
Liz Kalaugher @lizkalaugher.bsky.social Science writer and author of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick (Icon Books, April 2025 and University of Chicago Press, May 2025). Co-author of Furry Logic: the Physics of Animal Life.
Kendall Powell @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social Senior editor @Nature.com's Careers team. Word nerd and chronicler of the geekosphere. Flip-turner at 5am. Opinions are just mine. she/her
Jay Owens @jayowens.bsky.social I’m Head of Audience at @lrb.co.uk and I wrote a book, ‘Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles’ (2023). I post about media and environment in approximately equal parts.
🔗 https://JayOwens.me
Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social Science journalist in Austria writing for Quanta, New Scientist, Scientific American, Science, and others. Signal: emc.7243623.
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Circle of Blue @circleofblue.bsky.social Circle of Blue is informing the world’s most important decisions about water, food, and energy in a changing climate. To subscribe to our newsletters, visit: https://www.circleofblue.org/
WhollyH2O.org @whollyh2o.bsky.social We will make you fall in love with SF Bay Area watersheds and their ecosystems so fast, it'll make your head spin.
@cghancock.bsky.social @cghancock.bsky.social Water and Environment
Douglas Beeman @dbeeman.bsky.social Editor, writer, forever a newspaperman. Previously at Water Education Foundation, The Fresno Bee, Riverside Press-Enterprise, and a few other California stops.
Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social science reporter @ Chemical & Engineering News | please talk to me about carbon-based molecules | she/her | views mine | @bribarbu.95 on signal
Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me Science journalist & audio producer / Making podcasts at NASA / Other words in Nat Geo, The Atlantic, the NYT, Science, bioGraphic, Undark, etc. / Iowan 🌽
Views expressed here are my own.
Portfolio: christianelliott.me
Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else.
ChatGPT describes me as: "Aerospace sleuth, nuclear nerd and NPR Superfan — with a side of surreal humor."
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Meghan Bartels @meghanbartels.bsky.social Science journalist (for hire!). Book person, cat person, Georgetown alumna, etc. In NYC. Signal: mbartels.07. she/her http://meghanbartels.github.io/portfolio/
Chris Gorski @scigorski.bsky.social News and Strategy Editor at Chemical and Engineering News, especially interested in cross-disciplinary stories.
Signal: @chris_gorski.15 — Views shared here are my own.
Sandeep Ravindran @sandeepr.bsky.social Freelance Science Writer
(Old posts auto-delete)
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) @kpc.bsky.social Physics Reporter at New Scientist. Author of ENTANGLED STATES, out now from Beacon Press. Former teacher. Vegan baker. Aspiring gym rat. Croatian in Queens. Queer.
Jane Qiu, PhD @janeqiu.bsky.social Globe-trotting, award-winning independent science writer in China | Words in @nature.com, @sciam.bsky.social, National Geographic and more | Writing a book on emerging diseases for @scribnerbooks.bsky.social | Ex: @ksjatmit.bsky.social, @nature.com
Bianca (Dr. Flavia-Bianca Cristian) @curlyneuron.bsky.social Science communicator & feminist book club host
📍 Heidelberg, Germany
(soon moving to Prague, Czech Republic 🇨🇿)
🦇 originally from Transylvania, Romania 🇷🇴
#SciComm #PublicEngagement #WissKomm #BookSky #Autism #Neurodiversity #Feminism
Scott K. Johnson @sjon.earth sci comm person
writing at https://www.sjon.earth
Erik Young @erik-young.bsky.social Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group, Salish Sea, restoring salmon, rivers and streams, Baxter the English Labrador. Seattle and San Francisco.
Caroline Black @carolineblack107.bsky.social 💦Water & Climate Risk Lead at Gilead, formerly at WRI 🎓University of Oxford WSPM & Davidson College alum 🌁Based in SF 🥐 Eater and baker
KneeDeep Times Magazine @kneedeeptimes.bsky.social A digital magazine covering San Francisco Bay Area resilience to climate change. Tag, follow, and read KneeDeep Times for free.
Sarah Scoles @sarahscoles.bsky.social Journalist, universe liker, mountain scaler, Custer County Search and Rescue member, contributor to Undark and Scientific American, author of Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons. Etc.
River Otter Ecology Project @riverotterecology.bsky.social We work to create lasting protections for local waterways using community science, research, education, and advocacy. Our ambassador is the North American River Otter – an indicator of healthy waters.
Otters for Waters
https://riverotterecology.org/
Lygia Navarro (she/ella) ♿️ + 🏳️🌈 💜 🏳️⚧️ @lygianavarro.com indie journalist
Signal: Lygia.65
(editor, producer, en ES & EN)
cover: Latine, LGBTQ+, health stories +more #DisabilityJustice.
disabled. queer. #LongCovid + #ME.
lygianavarro.com
contributing writer @discojourno.bsky.social & @thesicktimes.bsky.social
Ariel R Okamoto @sfbayariel.bsky.social Science Writer, Coast-Lover, Urbanite, Hawkwatcher, plus Managing Editor KneeDeep Times, a climate resilience magazine, and co-author A Natural History of San Francisco Bay, UC Press. 
The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social Nonprofit equipping journalists to cover science: articles, tip sheets, trainings, courses, mentoring, pitch database, & more. Our new book THE BEST SCIENCE STORIES AND HOW THEY WORK: https://tinyurl.com/TBSSbook
Ashli Blow @ashliblow.bsky.social Environment & Public Health Correspondent for Eugene-Springfield Lookout.
Email 📧ashli@lookoutlocal.com
Bylines 📝 ashlliblow.com
Elizabeth Svoboda @svobodster.bsky.social Author of WHAT MAKES A HERO? and THE LIFE HEROIC. Contributing writer, Boston Globe Ideas. Words in Scientific American, Psychology Today, Atlas Obscura, NYT, etc. New book: THE ART OF PACING.
Juliet Grable @julietgrable.bsky.social Freelance journalist, author, essayist, & songwriter. I live in a rural mountain community in southern Oregon.
www.julietgrable.com
Bryn Nelson @seattlebryn.bsky.social Freelance science, medical + environmental writer and author of “Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure.” PhD in microbiology; also post about misinfo, journalism, oddities, good dogs, bad puns, and Seattle. He/him
✍🏻 💩🧪🧫🦠🔬🌲🏳️🌈
Niki Wilson @nikiwilson.bsky.social Journalist: Health, Nature and Environment.
Host & Science Advisor #JasperDarkSky Festival.
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Janet Freeman-Daily @jfreemandaily.bsky.social Lung cancer patient and research advocate. Cofounder #LCSM Chat, The ROS1ders, IASLC STARS. Also writer, retired engineer, science geek. Temporarily between feline overseers. Blog at grayconnections.net.
Kata Karáth @kkdfv.bsky.social Freelance science journo/filmmaker in Ecuador. Mostly covering science, environment in Latam. Stories @Sciencemag @sciam @AJEnglish @NautilusMag | Portfolio: www.katakarath.wordpress.com
Jessica Jewell @jessicajewell.bsky.social No one’s free until we're all free 🔥
Digital Director for @waterhub.bsky.social building narrative power on the human right to water and climate justice
Arepa, dumpling + burrito enthusiast 🫓🥟🌯
BlondeAlex @blondealex.bsky.social My career in #CAWater is almost old enough to drink legally. My work in #CALeg and #CAAg is still in elementary school.
https://linktr.ee/blondealex
Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social sociology prof @Tufts and Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social Scientist and science communicator writing about mostly humans, water, wildfire, climate, and disasters | views=mine
Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social Reporter focusing on water and climate change, Los Angeles Times. ian.james@latimes.com
Signal: ianjames.77
Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social Earth & EnviroSci Educator, Central Valley equity/sustainability advocate, Hiker, Photographer, 2015 NAGT FW Outstanding Educator. 🌋 Tissue Box Maker.
❤️🏕⛰🏜 w/ @Xenolith & Z.
Deirdre @flowinguphill.bsky.social Climate change and societal shifts from a complex systems perspective. Countering hate and disinformation.
Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social Same interdisciplinary scientist as on the other sites with the same handle. Chemistry, math, physics, meteorology, GIS, data whisperer.
Natural resources director, League of Women Voters of Los Angeles Co. She/Her
https://badmomgoodmom.blogspot.com/
Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social Climate, water, birds, bluegrass mandolin. Member US National Academy of Sciences, MacArthur Fellow, Carl Sagan Prize, author of The Three Ages of Water (2023) and When the Well Runs Dry (2026). Email me at pgleick (at) gmail.
UC Water Institute @ucanrwater.bsky.social California Institute for Water Resources in the University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources. Water research & extension. Posts not endorsements.
Mike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social Water/environ/climate news & my occasional thoughts/calcs, from CarsonCity (Wá∙šiw land), NV. Retired USGS & now p/t @CW3EScripps scientist.
Bona fides? PhD.UCLA F.AGU F.AAAS M.NAE; www.mdettinger.com
Maven's Notebook @mavensnotebook.com Your website for up-to-the-minute California water news and information.
E. Joaquin Esquivel @ejesquivel.bsky.social Public servant from the Coachella Valley, CA.
Current California State Water Board Chair.
Committed to ensuring a just, equitable, & climate resilient 21st century 🌈
http://waterboards.ca.gov
WatergrlJD @watergrljd.bsky.social Toward a future where AF always stands for acre feet and we only send each other solicited ditch pics.
[[None of this is legal advice]]
Patrick Donnelly @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social Coming to you from a remote outpost on the edge of Death Valley. Great Basin director, Center for Biological Diversity & CBD Action Fund. Groundwater and endemic species. "Reviled for Refusal to Stick to Decorum."
http://linktr.ee/bitterwaterblue
Christina Toms @christinatoms.bsky.social Coastal wetland scientist, ecological engineer, and climate adaptation policy maker. Jersey fresh, Philly special, and California dreaming. A Piney, from my head down to my hiney. 🌲🚵♀️🦅
Vanessa Tobias @marshprincess.bsky.social Scientist. Wetlands & estuaries ecologist, mud enthusiast, fish monitoring data nerd, statistical analyst, open data advocate, R user, working in San Francisco Bay. PhD in wildlife & fisheries science. she/her
John Fleck @jfleck.bsky.social Writer in Residence, Utton Center, University of New Mexico School of Law.
Writing a book about the Rio Grande and the making of Albuquerque.
People pay me for sentences - "a curious guy with good typing skills".
Dr. Ann Willis @watershedwillis.bsky.social CA Regional Director at American Rivers. Core values: equity and conservation. #LifeDependsOnRivers. Posts are mine. she | her | hers
Elise Martin @elisemartin1.bsky.social The best way out is always through. The best way out is always through.
Restore the Delta @restorethedelta.bsky.social Our mission is to ensure the health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary and Delta communities.
https://linktr.ee/restorethedelta
Ted Flynn @tedflynn.bsky.social I like science, culture, and talking about these things on the Internet. For my day job I run an estuarine monitoring program in the San Francisco Bay-Delta for the State of California. 💧🦠🧬
Daniel Rothberg @danielrothberg.bsky.social PhD student @ UC Berkeley | Writer and researcher focused on groundwater policy and how communities relate to water | Working on a book about water in the Great Basin (Island Press) | invisiblewaters.substack.com 🏔🏜
Reggie's Service Human @satterwill.bsky.social Research ecologist. All posts are mine only and do not speak for my employer. California salmon, stock assessment, and ecosystem based management are my big things professionally. Reluctant expert on canine Cushings and related disorders.
Brian Jordan @fromvatola.bsky.social Water Wonk
Infrastructure Aficionado
Angel City•Mets•Iva Jovic•UVA Fan
Shameless LA Enthusiast
#InfrastructureAsArt Admirer
Alvar Escriva-Bou @alvarescriva.bsky.social Assistant Professor UC Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering | water systems | human decision-making | water economics & policy | sax player | migrant | FirstGen | he/él/ell | De Fortaleny, València
Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D. @hydrocycler.bsky.social I just want the many ecosystems of the Earth to thrive. Why is that so much to ask, Homo sapiens? Why?
Watershed Resilience Nonprofit Director, Artist, Naturalist, Birder, Podcaster (H2whOa!), Hell-Raiser Extraordinaire, DEI Ally and LGBTQ-r-us
Ezra David Romero @climatedaddykqed.bsky.social Climate Reporter @KQED @KQEDscience🌊🔥🌲☀️🏳️🌈(he/him) Techno Boy. Contact: eromero@kqed.org
Signal - EzraRomero.87
Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social UCLA: Human Right to Water Solutions Lab, Luskin Center, Department of Urban Planning, Water Resources Group
Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social Professor Mark Lubell co-directs the UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior. Water, agriculture, climate, conservation, social science. Thinkology. Advocate for truth and evidence. https://environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/
Nick Hagerty @hagertynw.bsky.social Environmental & resource economist, assistant professor at Montana State. Water, ag, land use, climate, development, research methods
Tom Philp @tomfilp.bsky.social Sacramento Bee opinion writer.
Jessica Pearson @jayrope.bsky.social #cawater #sacdelta personal views etc etc
California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) @cmua.bsky.social CMUA is the voice of community-owned water, wastewater, and power.
Clean Water Action California @cleanh2oca.bsky.social Clean Water Action California - Empowering people to take action to protect waters, build healthy communities & make democracy work for all of us. cleanwater.org/CA
Andrew Tauriainen @h2olawyer.bsky.social California water and environmental lawyer.
Lynn Lipinski @lynnlipinski.bsky.social Writer, volunteer, passionate about empowering women, California water issues and reality television 
California Water Data Consortium @cawaterdata.bsky.social The California Water Data Consortium is an independent, nonprofit organization that supports data-informed water management decisions in California.
Learn more at cawaterdata.org.
John Hammond @hydrohammond.bsky.social Research hydrologist and river photographer. www.riversfromabove.com
Jay Lund @jrlund.bsky.social UC Davis professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geography, and other things. Water, water, and sailing. https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/lund/
Democracy, public education, and science benefits believers and non-believers alike. 
Jesse Vad @jessevad.com Comms for Operation Restoration📍New Orleans
Newsha Ajami @newshaajami.bsky.social #water #energy #sustainability& #resilience under changing climate, urbanization & growth, CDO for research, @eesalbnl @energy, FT mother of two, love traveling
Jill U. Adams @juadams.bsky.social Science journalist covering health, biomedical research & more.
Past president of @ScienceWriters
I post my art & photos on Insta, write mini book reviews on facebook, and have gone silent on Twitter.
She/her, upstate New York.
Jason Pohl @jasonpohl.bsky.social Science writer/media relations at UC Berkeley focused on social sciences + public health | Former newspaper reporter | Current ultramarathon runner/coach
Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org CIEL defends the right to a healthy planet.
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Robin Berghaus @robinberghaus.bsky.social Writer, Producer, and Editor
Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellow
NASW Mentor / Member @sciencewriters.org
www.robinberghaus.com | www.tpr.org/psychedelics | www.stumpedthemovie.com
She/her
Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social Professor at UC Davis
Work: phylogenomics & microbiomes; wildlife and aquatic microbiology; #openscience;
Other: #birds; baseball; T1D
Lab phylogenomics.me
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