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🦕 Type specimen is a common term used when it comes to describing museum collections, but what does it really mean? Type specimens are vital to researchers, who use the preserved specimens as a reference when describing and naming new subspecies. There are many varieties of type specimens, but the most significant is the holotype, which is the specimen that serves as the name bearers of an entire species. Read more at https://lnkd.in/e2UYY-AT 📸 Photo: Limnoscansor digitatellus

The bluefin is always a point of reference (along with the Megamouth at Boola Bardip of course) of a great and successful glycerol mount

Assessing coastal resilience from satellite imagery? Together with Emma Imen TURKI, E. Tonatiuh Mendoza, Alec Torres-Freyermuth, Edward Salameh, Xiao Hua Wang, Lilizju and Gabriela Medellin Mayoral we had a few interesting days at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern to work on this question. Orbiting this question: What do we (=coastal researchers) even mean by resilience? How do we quantify this resilience from our field data? And how do satellite-derived products compare to our field-derived observations? #CRESTE #ISSI

Did you know that vibrations and gravity can change the dioramas in the Museum Galleries? These dioramas are cared for by our Conservation team, who have a variety of challenges in their up-keep and must constantly adapt to find solutions to issues that arise! Learn about some of the work of a conservator in this video with Assistant Conservator Loren. Learn more about diorama conservation in Loren's recent blog post, here: https://ow.ly/Ktsw50QtkXa

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 It’s new virtual tour day - this time for the Household Cavalry Museum ! 🎉 Explore the rich history of this famous Regiment from your screen - and then go and enjoy the incredible exhibits in real life to support the great work that the museum does. This is another good chance to explain why virtual tours are a game-changer for museums: 1. **Accessibility**: They make the museum's treasures accessible to a global audience, breaking down geographical and physical barriers. 2. **Engagement**: Virtual tours offer a sneak peek that can spark curiosity and drive more in-person visits. 3. **Conservation**. Creating a snapshot in time to preserve a forever memory of the space and all the exhibits and history it holds. Dive into the history of the Household Cavalry like never before. #VirtualTour #MuseumExperience #HouseholdCavalryMuseum #CulturalHeritage #InnovationInMuseums Unlock The World From Your Screen

The potential of ZooMS studies on museum collections to investigate human-megafaunal interactions in late Pleistocene. A new legacy: Potential of zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry in the analysis of North American megafaunal remains https://lnkd.in/gkgn8xcT

Smithsonian Open Access: (Click on:) si.edu/openaccess "Anyone can download, share & reuse millions of the Smithsonian's images from the Smithsonian's 21 museums, 14 research & education centers, and the National Zoo. The tools you need to create, imagine and discover are right at your fingertips." (Direct quote from the Smithsonian.) (Click on photo below or on si.edu/openaccess)

Thursday is the International Day Of Light, an opportunity to celebrate the role light plays in science, culture, art, education & the #GlobalGoals —as well as the hope it can bring in times of difficulty. Learn more from UNESCO about how light influences our daily lives: https://lnkd.in/dRPJqYzU

What is in the Spectrum Appendix? The Appendix is made up of units of information, for example, Object name. These units relate to the fields you might complete in a Spectrum Compliant collections management database. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ermPXG92 #FAQFriday #Museums #MuseumDocumentation

The American Bison is the keystone species of the Great Plains. Illinois is the Prairie State. One of my goals is to see millions of acres to Bison range restored by grazing them beneath wind turbines combined with agrivoltaics. I've been inspired by Earthship Biotecture building methods throughout my life and hope to see earth berm passive geothermal structures create large enclosures combined with high tension electric fencing to make a series of zones for various agrivoltaics, carbon removal, and microgrids to support new advanced manufacturing based on the synergies of these methods. Biochar is one of most promising forms of carbon removal that can enter many aspects of circular economies and even value added to graphene using Flash Joule Heating. Modular datacenters with batched computing capable of balancing the grid can be paired with energy storage on every transformer at the base of each wind turbine or solar grid interconnection point. As a society we should aspire to build resilient infrastructure that is impervious to unforeseen future incidents like an Asteroid impact and so Earth Berm structures can protect these uninterruptible power supplies while sheltering the true treasure of this country in the form of biodiversity of living species across the great plains and their original stewards, The American Bison.