September, Eternal<p>A really tragic loss for <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a>. I can't overstate how great Fortey's books were; Trilobite! was immensely influential on me as a young scientist. </p><p>Take a moment today, and appreciate the deep time that has led to the natural world around you. </p><p><a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/author-presenter-and-palaeontologist-richard-fortey-dies-aged-79" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebookseller.com/obituaries/a</span><span class="invisible">uthor-presenter-and-palaeontologist-richard-fortey-dies-aged-79</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/RichardFortey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardFortey</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Trilobites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trilobites</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NaturalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalHistory</span></a></p>