Hearing from folks! I know the FS has barred employees from talking to the press. I can keep your name and identifying details out of my story—won't publish anything without explicit ok. Seems equally important I talk to researchers working with the FS, who can talk about what we stand to lose...

‘Amazing’: how to grow a meadow in the sea www.theguardian.com/environment/... #SeagrassMeadows #GenerationRestoration

‘Food security timebomb’: a visual guide to the Gulf fertiliser blockade

I was surprised how advanced these Green-winged Orchids (Anacamptis morio) were in Dorset today. Looking glorious on a sunny day 2/4/26 #orchid #wildflower #dorset

Trump's first AG nominee, Matt Gaetz, was found to have paid 17 year olds for sex. Trump's first AG, Pam Bondi, illegally refused to release the Epstein Files. Trump's second AG, Todd Blanche, was his personal attorney and met with Ghislaine Maxwell while she was in prison. Quite a pattern!

“Again? Oh, all right. … One warm, summer evening many years ago, I was basking on a stretch of Interstate 95 not far from here …”

High‑resolution global maps revealing the expansion risk of thousands of non-native plant species under today’s conditions and future climate and land‑use scenarios have been produced for the first time. 🗺️ @natecoevo.nature.com @univie.ac.at @smartenwinter.bsky.social www.idiv.de/global-model...

Incidentally, €1.25 is exactly the postage currently required for a postcard or small letter (up to 20g) from Germany to Britain.

We welcome the brilliant @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social to the studio for analysis of the coming food shock. Joined too by also brilliant @mjflepage.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wxo...

You wanna know if deeply rooted grasses put more carbon in the ground? "Sometimes you've gotta rent a van and drive around the country..." So said @ericslessarev.bsky.social & team in this wonderful study. 12 sites in central/eastern USA... dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...

From a National Park perspective: we rely on Forest Service expertise, research, guidance and data products to do our work. Dismantling FS offices will make land stewardship at all levels, private to state to federal, harder and less informed.

Let’s be crystal clear about why these facilities have been targeted: Forest Facts threaten rapacious land use. Research at Fresno California was instrumental in establishing the need for conservation of old growth forests. If we don’t ask pesky questions, industry can do whatever it wants, yes?

‘Weak and pathetic’: why is the EU not using its leverage to stop Israel?

They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone. #USForestService

What a lift-off. Artemis II 🚀 translunar injection in about 25h. Godspeed to the astronauts!

Tens of thousands of publications from 2025 might include invalid references generated by AI, a Nature analysis suggests go.nature.com/4bYvpgl

We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature! We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱 ⏰Submit by 30th April More here👇 buff.ly/EXXBFsJ

The deluge of disruptive news from around the globe is making it hard for researchers to focus on their day-to-day work go.nature.com/4s5bGSc

Children continue to be killed or injured in the Middle East. According to @‌unicef.org: In #Lebanon, 124 children have been killed in the past month In #Gaza, at least 64,000 children have reportedly been killed or maimed during two years of war, and it's continuing.

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “Its application to residents of the occupied Palestinian territory would constitute a war crime,” said the UN’s human rights chief, Volker Türk.

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf. Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Menschenrechtlicher Fortschritt in Israel: Palästinenser erhalten künftig Todesurteil, bevor sie umgebracht werden www.der-postillon.com/2026/03/isra...

This is all too real. These days, satire is just news but in teaser format.

📢 Interested in exploring the amazing world of #SoilMicrobiomes with us? We've a PhD position available linking Soil Microbiomes to #SoilHealth in grassland systems. Join our team 🤗 teagasc.ie/wp-content/u... Closing date 17th April

Worth noting that Donald Trump just announced the end of NATO and the Special Relationship in one tweet.

In case you missed it-- check out our Paper Skygest preprint! ⤵️

This law is a straightforward case of apartheid. Apartheid is an international crime. Every legislator who voted for it, every military police office who prosecutes a crime under it, every judicial officer who applies it, is committing an international crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

New 🦫 paper out by @dralanlaw.bsky.social and @nigelwillby.bsky.social on the #biodiversity benefits of #beaver #wetlands! Read all about it: brnw.ch/21x14OW

The 2025 numbers are really striking. www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...

The funnest part is Americans are mostly oblivious to Trump stopping all aid, with decreasing/stopping aid being the least popular option. It's a measure of how good a snowjob the Whitehouse is doing, that and the complicity of the US media in the misrepresentation of the actual US position.

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Ecology! Come and join me and a great group of colleagues at University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Our job ad: efhc.fa.ca2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Message me if you have questions. @ibiouwindsor.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social

STOP PRESS: BUC 2026 crowdfunding is LIVE! BUC is UK & Ireland’s biggest boldest, leafiest student botany celebration🌿Our students say their knowledge shoots up, careers grow and the BUC community inspires them. Please follow the link to support us ty! 👉 reading.hubbub.net/p/botanicalu...

🚨🚨special episode: I spoke to the UK’s former head of international energy strategy about what the war means for global energy supplies. It’s bad news, I’m afraid. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

‪ South Oxfordshire District Council (@southoxon.bsky.social), our local council, are advertising for a Senior Ecology Officer. For information on what this role involves and how to apply, see here: myrecruitment.southandvale.gov.uk/vacancies/75...

Why everyone should watch Palestine 36, a terrific new(ish) film about the Palestinian Revolt of 1936-1939, shamefully ignored by most of the UK media, which explores an important episode in history that sheds light on the conflict that lies at the heart of so many of the world’s troubles today

Important read by the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

A trio of rare Breckland speedwells this weekend with @ghostofdatura.bsky.social Fingered Speedwell Veronica triphyllos (x70000!) and Breckland Speedwell Veronica praecox on a cultivated uncropped margin, and Spring Speedwell Veronica verna in U1b grass heath

Do you know a young person recording wildlife and making an impression on those around them through their enthusiasm? If so, you should nominate them for the NBN Young Person’s Award. bit.ly/NBNawards26n... Deadline 18 May #NBNawards26 #YouthInNature Thanks to @opticron.bsky.social @nhbs.bsky.social

Farmer Clusters let neighbouring farmers set their own biodiversity goals and work together across landscapes. Rachel Nichols shares lessons learnt bringing this UK model to Europe and offers a practical guide to replicate it 🌱🤝 Shortlisted for the Chico Mendes Prize 🏆 See here 👇 buff.ly/HHfR1B0

This is a tough read, but an important one

On the folly of pseudo-pacifism When peace advocacy gets detached from the duty to act, the aggressor interprets it as permission. If the stated objective is less war but the result is more of it, what distinguishes such righteous posturing from warmongering? My latest column in a thread 🧵 1/7

'Can Extensive Grassland Management Pay Off for Farmers Facing Drought Risks? A Cumulative Prospect Theory-Based Approach' New paper in the Journal of Agricultural Economics 🥳 , led by Julia Kunkel 👏 and with Jürgen Groeneveld, and Birgit Müller Open Access to the paper: doi.org/10.1111/1477...

Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered

‘The start of the healing process’: the vital work to restore Britain’s peatlands www.theguardian.com/environment/... #generationrestoration

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Jimmy Carter put his peanut farm in a blind trust when he took office.

Die Stiftung Kulturlandschaft Sachsen-Anhalt, bei der ich seit fast 4 Jahren arbeite, ist im März 2016 gegründet worden. Aus Anlass unseres 10. Geburtstags haben wir eine Broschüre gedruckt, in der ihr euch über alle unsere Projekte informieren könnt.