If Isaac Chotiner asks me the time, I’m keeping my idiot mouth closed

Free-to-read link @natgenet.nature.com: rdcu.be/eHzSP News & Views: "The dawn of bryophyte genomics is here" rdcu.be/eHzS2

🌳🦇 New infographic! We’re creating bat roosting habitat in trees. Many species won’t use bat houses, but these alternate structures are working! A great option for forests lacking natural roost sites. #Bats #Habitat #Conservation

More great news for the sea this week! The passing of this treaty will allow for the creation of Marine Protected Areas on the 'High Seas'😃 This took a long time but was still faster than Ireland, which has done nothing on its promise to pass MPA legislation 🫩 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Se...

"marine rewilding is hugely important, not least because healthy seas safeguard fish populations, protect the land from coastal erosion caused by storms, improve water quality, and absorb and store vast amounts of carbon" www.discoverwildlife.com/people/opini...

Shocking news - Marine life will be devastated as Upwelling fails in Panama waters for first time since records began Upwelling is a process that allows cold, nutrient-rich waters from the depths of the ocean to rise to the surface to feed marine life stri.si.edu/story/upwell...

"As cities worldwide struggle to manage the growing dangers of extreme heat and air pollution, this focus on planning around wind patterns is attracting international attention" - außer in Linz, wo die Frischluftachsen konsequent zugebaut werden.

This sounds huge

An authoritative group of #climate scientists have reviewed 5 prominent ideas to #geoengineer the polar regions. They conclude that these ideas are economically and practically unfeasible, environmentally dangerous & have major governance & ethics issues. www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci... 🌊🧪

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it? Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A new World Bank report cites data from a forthcoming study: it shows the biomass of wild terrestrial mammals as being 2% of all mammals on earth. A widely quoted 2018 study had shown that proportion as 4% (see next post). The rest is us & our livestock. openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...

The leaked Gaza Riviera plan is more grotesque than you could ever have imagined.

Iraq is facing a water crisis, hit by one of its worst droughts in century. Levels in the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers have dropped by up to 27%. A humanitarian crisis caused is now unfolding in Basra, where people are depending on water deliveries for survival. shorturl.at/Jc3Hb

BREAKING: Denmark summons top U.S. diplomat after the national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.

Helloooo fellow POO writer! This is fantastic. You had me at "review poopcams."

We've submitted our response to the UK Government's consultation about improvements to the marine licensing system 🪸 This system is crucial – it regulates what takes place at sea and safeguards our precious marine environment. 🧵1/3

Secret shelter. I picked up an old clamshell, heavy with barnacles, and looked inside. Find the hermit! At low tide, hidden space is highly prized; 3 hermits share the space with assorted snails and worms. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

What if the key to saving Britain’s rainforests is underground? 🍄🌲 In this Guardian feature, Kew PhD researcher David Satori journeys into Scotland's Ballachuan Hazelwood, uncovering the ancient fungal relationships that could guide future conservation and restoration efforts. 👉 lnkd.in/ebVWKydH

Good news. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“refine pricing strategies that better align with customers' willingness to pay and value perception” Which of course is what we found corporate executives did last time. So, managers, good news: No need to hire consultants, just read how it’s done here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sure, 3D forest surveys sound cool, but how would you go about actually doing them? We have a new paper for that. 🌳🌲🧪🌏

Asia’s high rise cities are carving out “wind corridors” to carry away heat and pollution. One European city has been doing it for decades www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... latest for @bloomberg.com

We use nearly 40M acres of cornfields to grow ethanol. Nearly 40M acres of solar farms (with some batteries) could easily power the country, even if we all drove EVs and used AI. www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/o...

Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds

Painfully on-brand for this Starmer government

“When you walk down the street; you drink your water, you eat your food; you use your shampoo; a lot of people assume that there’s really great knowledge and huge due diligence on the chemical safety of these things. But it really isn’t the case.” 👍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Science/ecology request: Does anyone know anything about Nikolay Vereschagin (Nikolai/N. K. Vereschagin) 🧪 🦋 🌱 I've spoken to people in the Caucasus who say he was a key figure in studying natural history and introducing species. I wrote a little on it here but want more www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Asia’s high rise cities are carving out “wind corridors” to carry away heat and pollution. One European city has been doing it for decades www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... latest for @bloomberg.com

🧪🦣🏺 Who wants to hear a story about biotech billions, unscientific claims, and shoddy smear tactics attacking women in science*? Thread 🧵 *which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected

"From Stuttgart to Hong Kong, 'Wind Corridors' Bring Relief From Heat - Decades ago, the German city of Stuttgart studied local air flow patterns to guide its postwar rebuilding. Now, Asia’s megacities are taking lessons to combat smog." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Crab-like creatures are famed for having evolved five times in evolutionary history. But anteaters have evolved at least 12 times--in half the evolutionary span. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social for @science.org

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers. 👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ 1/

Conservation has always focused on the most threatened species But what keeps our planet habitable is functioning ecosystems Since society refuses to properly fund an ark, and it's an emergency, that needs a rethink Maybe we need to save the game, not the players www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The “ticking time bomb” of high phosphates, low water flow, and high temperatures in lowland rivers is no longer ticking in the Lower Lea and QEOP.

As the climate heats up across Mesoamerica, protected areas in northern Guatemala are facing ecological challenges. Artificial waterholes have been strategically installed to help. Camera traps have captured a variety of wildlife using them. bit.ly/458a2G5 🌎

Really interesting story about "freakosystems" — inadvertent new ecosystems made up of plants from all over the world. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

“We have a constitutional duty to conserve our traditional homelands, the lands and waters which protected and fed our tribe since time immemorial.” -- Talbert Cypress, Miccosukee Tribe 🌿 #LandBack #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousStewardship #NotTopDown #FloridaWildlifeCorridor

New “wtf whyyyy?”: Amazon dot com sells rare bats that are captured in the wild, killed, and mounted in miniature coffins

Fair play this is good from Pep. Also he is now a confirmed Aristotelian 🤝

Most journalists would do a little bit of googling when if they encountered a “Venture capital-backed concerned citizen/anti-graffiti campaigner waging war on London’s mayor”. But not the Standard, Telegraph, GB News…

Imperial Valley is both a major agricultural producer and solar power producer in California. This paper situates the history of solar development in the context of the region's Indigenous history, biodiverse landscapes, and water and agricultural political economies. rdcu.be/epvQW

Room enough for 2. This is an artificial watering hole in the Maya Biosphere Reserve. Our WCS Guatemala team monitors these with partners. As climate-induced droughts intensify, these spots provide critical relief to wildlife in need. Including a quick soak for this tapir duo. 🌎

Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought ..."After elevated tree mortality during the first 15 years, ecosystem-level structural changes resulted in the remaining trees no longer experiencing drought stress." 🧪🌐🌾 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mountain yellow legged frogs aided in recovery by translocating disease resistant animals congrats to Knapp et al! www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/this...

Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return? goodlaw.social/lvf8

Connections in Kyrgyz Republic is my news to me good news for May 29. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Incredibly powerful investigation in Dutch newspaper NRC: Seven of the world’s leading genocide scholars — including renowned Holocaust experts — describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocidal. And according to them, nearly all of their peers agree.

These watering holes were created in the 1940s to boost deer numbers for hunting. Today, they've become a lifeline for wildlife facing relentless drought - & water is being airlifted to fill them as they dwindle in the face of climate change & over abstraction. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Barn owls are amazing, especially when nurtured and deployed in place of toxic rodenticides. I wrote about "Owls for Peace" for @natureportfolio.nature.com back in 2018. www.nature.com/articles/d41...