Professor and Endowed Chair. Polar environments, Earth System Science, water/lakes/ice, hydology, ecosystems, astrobiology and protecting planets. Made in Canada. Opinions are mine and mine alone https://www.lsu.edu/science/geology/people/faculty/doran.phphttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3moitlj4n6s2pJust listened to a presser about the Iran deal and the President said his motorcade drove by stations in Iowa selling gas at $1 something? Squeeze me? That’s no where I. The country. Average in Iowa right now is mid $3’s. Of course no one will call him on it17 Jun 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3moitlj4n6s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mjqf7536uk2oThis is super cool! The Artemis II re-entry was captured on the Space Station cam. It's really hard to see at first, but it starts at 32 seconds in the video, very close to the right side, under the S in SEN -- on the horizon. Lasts about 10 seconds or so. https://www.sen.com/video/48b728ea-3e0d-4203-84d3-0a5caa2dfdfa #scicomm 🧪18 Apr 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqf7536uk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mjafgs42xk2xSomething like this should shut down any arguments that it's all fake. Right? That would be quite an effort to put something in the night sky heading to the Moon just for a hoax. https://www.lsu.edu/blog/2026/04/artemis-images.php #SciComm 🧪11 Apr 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjafgs42xk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mi4uzjjmgc24Truly honored and energized to be named among the 2025 AAAS Fellows. This one means a lot. Deep respect for this organization. It's fuel to go even deeper on promoting and communicating science. Let's get to work. #science #scicomm 🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Mar 2026 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4uzjjmgc24https://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mgocfeudhs2bNew plan. When any president decides to go to war, his children of draftable age should be drafted and be stationed on the front lines, even if there isn’t a draft10 Mar 2026 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgocfeudhs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mgicdaanxc25Makers of Claude deserve our business after refusing to allow the Pentagon to use its AI for surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons. Chat GPT makers immediately said "we'll allow that". Chat is now spying on you for the gov. Delete your data on Chat GPT, cancel and move to Claude07 Mar 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgicdaanxc25https://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mfjysdlkns2kBreaking record on the Ice #scicomm 🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Feb 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjysdlkns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mfewgo7gcs2sFun little paper we published last month got picked up by earth.com. The author got it mostly right. There was no press release so he seemed to go above and beyond and read the paper and some citations in it and used references. Nice work. #scicomm 🧪 https://www.earth.com/news/antarctic-researchers-solve-long-standing-blood-falls-mystery/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQGqzZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJ3WlozRU5KM2Q3OGJDZVZ3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHotCtNI83zlawAJw3uTc_vV7e64FqfP8jq4itqrT5o9PZvNstO-tIdwfEN-s_aem_OZjFKeQSmcKXc8fWdxOnxw21 Feb 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfewgo7gcs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mepihgj4cs2jI think I'd be quite happy if AI capability was frozen at this level. It is a handy tool now, but does not want to exterminate us yet. Nevertheless, I'm always very polite when interacting with it just in case... #scicomm 🧪13 Feb 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepihgj4cs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3memdxkqkm22tCongrats to my friend and colleague Carol Wilson on this important work #scicomm 🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Feb 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3memdxkqkm22thttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3me56e5e6h22kI support this 💯 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/canada/carney-canada-electric-vehicles-trump-trade.html05 Feb 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3me56e5e6h22khttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mdkxok6w322qThis is a cool little piece on the cause of our current cold/stormy snap and how these events are actually connected to planetary warming - in particular the warming of the Arctic #scicomm 🧪 https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-polar-vortex-and-warm-ocean-are-intensifying-major-us-winter-storm29 Jan 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkxok6w322qhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mcgkiyjra22xThis is tied to this fun little paper we published recently #scicomm 🧪 nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcgkiyjra22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mcaefxdpvc2yRocket exhaust obliterating evidence of prebiotic evolution of the Solar System #scicomm 🧪 #lunar #planetary [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcaefxdpvc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mc74hc3jf22gI'm watching Fox News right now. I try to do it here and there. I think it's important. If all Fox viewers were required to watch MSN for 25% of the time and vice versa - problem solved.12 Jan 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc74hc3jf22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3mbpveqjo222gHow long before U.S. heath protocols and vaccine schedules start affecting travel? Only a matter of time before traveling with proof of measles vaccine will be required to enter countries that still understand science #scicomm 🧪 #vaccines06 Jan 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbpveqjo222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m7e43ztt5c2iThe oldest building around these parts. Scott's Hut built in 1902 to support his first attempt at the South Pole. It was on this expedition that he discovered the dry valleys across the McMurdo Sound and made some observations we still use today in our science. #scicomm #Antarctica #history 🧪06 Dec 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7e43ztt5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m7a3tsu6t22nA-Hut, the original building of New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica, built by Edmund Hilary in 1957. Picture taken from the bar in the modern Scott Base which is soon to be torn down because of its age and rebuilt (Hilary’s Hit will remain untouched of course). #scicomm05 Dec 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7a3tsu6t22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m6pjesumos2kThanksgiving dinner at Lake Hoare Camp in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Good food and good company. There was a pie per person (but many left overs) #antarctica #science28 Nov 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6pjesumos2khttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m6dv36gjhc2lAt Lake Fryxell Camp in Taylor valley we get our drinking water by collecting then melting "glacier berries". About a 2 km ATV ride from the camp to the berry patch at the edge of Canada Glacier #scicomm 🧪 #antarctica24 Nov 2025 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6dv36gjhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m4tusee7dc2xJust now in front of McMurdo Station. Very rare to see Emperor's come right up to the front of McMurdo Station, especially so early in the summer. #scicomm 🧪05 Nov 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4tusee7dc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m4bibv2xik22Landed yesterday at Phoenix Air Field (NZFX) near McMurdo Station Antarctica. I will be headed to the McMurdo Dry Valleys for research from here for the next month or so. Follow along #scicomm28 Oct 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bibv2xik22https://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3m3vcpdxl722cStarting my 29th expedition to the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. First leg is home to Christchurch N.Z. There for 3 days (plus or minus) then head down from there. Will be posting here as much as I can. #scicomm 🧪23 Oct 2025 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3vcpdxl722chttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3lxnyaxrxfc2oFound this old photo. Late 80s, Canadian High Arctic near Eureka (Ellesmere Island). I was on an ATV, and this guy just trotted behind me at the same pace no matter how I sped up or slowed down. No aggression at all. To this day I wonder - if I’d stopped, would he have just licked my face?31 Aug 2025 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxnyaxrxfc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3lvycnffo7k2oGreat story starring my colleagues at @lsugeology.bsky.social about threats facing the Mississippi Delta. Interesting and troubling. https://www.pbs.org/video/disappearing-delta-1754684328/ #scicomm 🧪09 Aug 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvycnffo7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3lvckm3pyxs2iI eat organic, avoid processed foods, and load up on veggies, - but modern medicine, treatments, drugs, and vaccines are what truly extend our lives. That other stuff gives a little booster. Science matters. Watch this short video—it nails the point. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mEOeCi8pjog #scicomm 🧪01 Aug 2025 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvckm3pyxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3lv4v5mk6bs2aSo short sighted. At a time when Russia and China are growing their ice-breaking capabilities because they get it, the U.S. is in denial of what is happening on the planet. #scicomm 🧪 https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-plans-abrupt-end-lone-u-s-antarctic-research-icebreaker?utm_campaign=Science&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawL2BSVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFTQ2t6VXdzT2V0OWVVeVAyAR5vH1JGns8su5TSICSyfLkveQxJ2G3AYcq9FbKVnRBc-RKL6JbvWWeqPkU7wA_aem_Brqr19uz-x1CZVBbxG0cRQ29 Jul 2025 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4v5mk6bs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3lv3fdppr7s2cVery cool. #scicomm 🧪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/science/citizen-science-ecology-inaturalist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE8.3vfc.5j3FnJJNj3U8&smid=url-share29 Jul 2025 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv3fdppr7s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/icedoctord.bsky.social/post/3lt42ddrj222xNot sure the "some good some bad" in the beginning is representative https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/trump-bill-education-college-student-loans.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T08.TRyA.9U6Vvfyktcxu&smid=url-share #scicomm 🧪04 Jul 2025 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:qiyb7ud657nznruo7wjk4txj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt42ddrj222x