Achrioptera manga is a stick insect found in Madagascar. This is the male it is metallic turquoise-blue. The female is much larger simple brown or green to camouflage with environment. Entirely herbivores and harmless to humans.

A group of Australian citizens were kidnapped on international waters and beaten on camera by their captors - Israel Jillian Segal, the most prominent Israel advocate in Australia, has so far said *nothing* about the welfare of her fellow Australian citizens, nor condemned Israel's brutal actions .

WA premier Roger Cook says "could be forced to allow fracking" in the Kimberley if Woodside's $30B offshore Browse is not developed Unbelievably crass, thuggish coercion—a display of the ugly mentality of a colonial extractivist hellbent on getting their way Utterly inappropriate & unacceptable

That governments across the world are outsourcing their data, IT infrastructures and surveillance systems to this man and his company, Palantir, is one of the most dangerous and irrational phenomena of modern times.

"Detainees were thrown into the containers and beaten over the head and ribs, the group said in a statement. They suffered multiple cases of sexual abuse, including "humiliating strip searches, sexual taunting, groping and pulling of genitals, and multiple accounts of rape."" #SanctionIsraelNOW

⛅ Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD) A cyclone phase space dedicated to extratropical cyclones doi.org/10.5194/wcd-... Tropical forecast errors and extreme precipitation events doi.org/10.5194/wcd-... Cold spells from amplified slow-moving ridge-trough patterns doi.org/10.5194/wcd-...

Cutting a third of the 15 scientists responsible for ACCESS - a vital computer simulation of earths climate system will impact policymakers both here and internationally The Labor party has become a partisan clutch of jack-booted cretins #auspol theconversation.com/csiro-is-cut...

The little artist of nature, who paints the world with golden dust. Every small effort creates something beautiful. ✨💛🐝

“We’re in this ridiculous situation where as one of the biggest gas exporters in the world, we have the Petroleum Resources Rent Tax collecting less revenue than beer tax,” Senator Pocock said. “This needs to change." Read the full piece on The Point ➡️ https://theaus.in/3PCwdjF

Does branch excision bias our #photosynthesis data? New paper led by #MarcellaCross shows excision increases water potential but reduces photosynthesis in most species, with trait-dependent effects, so excised branches underestimate intact rates. www.researchgate.net/publication/... #MichaletzLab

So while we're all wobbling along, why don't we do it kindly? And I think the kind thing to do in this case, is to vote this horrible government out and to consign them to eternal damnation in Beelzebub's steaming sulphurous mooseknuckle. (5)

If you're not registered to vote, or if you feel disenfranchised about the system enough that you don't feel your vote will count, I get it, but please know it really will. Just the act of you registering or going to vote is showing the vulnerable people around you that you care. (3)

🧵Also lovely people, I avoid talking politics because there are people articulating how I feel out there far more eloquently. But if you've followed me for any amount of time, you'll know that my philosophy is kindness first. This gender bill going through NZ parliament is truly horrendous. (1)

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live. (so many more.... not all"technically" bands either I suppose) Dirty Three Leonard Cohen Violent Femmes Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Lucinda Williams Angel Olsen Gregory Alan Isakov Hunters & Collectors Aldous Harding Dave Rawlings & Gillian Welch

Well, this is total garbage ... What are we doing???? theconversation.com/csiro-is-cut...

Incredible street art materialising in Subiaco (Perth Western Australia). You can see more of Jacob's work at www.shakey.com.au

"...a large proportion of biodiversity conservation and restoration projects are unlikely to attract commercial investment...public investment and philanthropy will remain crucial within the biodiversity finance landscape even as new mechanisms are being developed." www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Labor needs to respond immediately to the reports CSIRO will tomorrow sack a THIRD of the team working on Australia’s national climate model. Australia’s climate science capability is globally significant & locally irreplaceable. A shameful way to treat our scientists.

Do older and younger #roots tell different stories? In #rhizomatous #plants, fine-root #traits do shift with #root age, but not enough to strongly bias species-level estimates. Good news for root ecologists! More: ▶️ 1url.cz/VeFT4 @czechacademy.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social #ExFuMo #GoBelowground

Job opportunity in Plant Science at Adelaide University in South Australia. Learn more at jobs.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

If you’re subscribed to Chemical Geology, you’ll soon be receiving a copy of this paper

My heart is broken into a million pieces 😢 Today we said goodbye to our gorgeous girl #Abla. Life just got too hard for her & I couldn’t let her suffer. The universe gave her a final fox last week, (maybe #June bug’s final revenge 😉) Much love to the most beautiful, big girl I’ll ever know 💔

Delighted to share the latest blog in @rubyekkel.bsky.social's "Environment and Gender" series for VIDA Blog: Susan Broomhall writing about Indigenous women and botanical knowledge futures in Australia 🌾 www.auswhn.com.au/blog/indigen...

Undersea volcano erupts in Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Sea prompting tsunami concerns

While changes to #CGT etc were welcome, the #budget delivered last week is a kick in the guts for environment and biodiversity. The environment is sliding down the ladder of #LaborValues #auspol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

I just signed a petition to Stop Seismic Blasting from Australian Marine Parks . Sign here: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/stop...

Hey boss, this is the official fundraiser for the security guard who got killed. Maybe think about sharing his fundraiser? bsky.app/profile/waja...

The Trump administration will not rest until every elite institution has purged itself of black people. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

I'm hiring a postdoc to join my group at Harvard, focused on land-atmosphere interactions and land climate, and would appreciate your help in sharing this with good candidates. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16303

If you missed Richard Kingsmill and moi on the first installment of Aloha Freaky Alumni last night, on 2SER-FM. Fear not, you can find it here..👇 We had a lovely time. Next week's guest is the delightful Sarah Macdonald. www.2ser.com/programs/alo...

Today is Fascination with Plants Day! I'm reposting this from a couple of years ago. My book is still available (although no longer in hardcover), so pick up a copy and get fascinated! 😀 #plantday #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪🌱

En Madre de Dios 🇵🇪. No hay control. Más de 500 hectáreas deforestadas por minería ilegal en la Reserva Nacional Tambopata. www.actualidadambiental.pe/madre-de-dio...

Alex is an amazing human, and the editor of @thexylom.com, an investigative journalism outlet focused on climate, environmental justice, and health. Please boost this, and support him if you can.

Today is the 8th int'l Fascination of Plants Day & to celebrate we are launching our 2026 eucalypt photography competition! Details and entries here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/photo-competition-gallery/ 📸: Swift Parrot in Tas Blue Gum, Eucalyptus globulus, by Barry Baker. #PlantsDay2026

Rethinking Alpha Diversity in Marker-Gene Microbiome Studies: Dominance Matters More Than Richness -in #EnvironMicrobiol (Opinion) by Victor Satler Pylro and Daniel Kumazawa Morais enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting women. 👌💕

Somebody needs to dig up the courage and release the unredacted files.

Check out a recent publication from ASPS student members Xiaolong Feng, Huaikang Jing & Chuangwei Fang Carboxylate exudation and reproductive efforts are associated with leaf phosphorus-resorption efficiency in chickpea Journal of Experimental Botany (2026) doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #AusPlantSci

Shaping future #forests: how can #ecophysiology support #climate-smart forest management? nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social

Registrations now open (in-person and online) 🌍 Symposium: Trait-based Ecology, Climate Change Research and Conservation: an Environmental Space Perspective 📌 9 June 2026 / 9:30 - 12:30 CEST / WSL Birmensdorf & online 📣 Open to all interested participants biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...

The forests we establish today will experience the climate of the second half of the century. This should be guided by physiological understanding within an ecological context. @waldwissen.bsky.social (English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano): www.waldwissen.net/en/forestry/...

Yes water usage is probably the best measure. For example www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07...

“That you won’t abuse a captive audience with statements that would clearly upset or offend some members of your audience …” FFS- that’s not what art’s about. Good art is about making you feel, and making you think. The direction of the emotion - comfort or discomfort is never the issue.

Zohranist Mamdanism may not be your cup of tea but it's hard to argue he's not doing stuff. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For all my US followers - this is how Zohran Mamdani is perceived by one of Australia’s most perceptive and pre-eminent political cartoonists.

Contrary to the assumption that cheap, shallow actor type show-offs love talking about themselves, I do find it a bit uncomfortable. However, I think I managed. We cover many topics, from hand made shoes to battery tech.

Israel has once again sent its IOF to international waters to illegally intercept and board the Global Sumud Flotilla boats, who are carrying aid and medical supplies to Gaza.

The Chinese jar is of romantic origin. It was made during the Ming Dynasty—which might mean anything from 1368-1644—and was used to transport porcelain from China to Egypt, packed in lard to keep it from rattling about. #gardening

Reposting this as I forgot to tag @woodyroots.bsky.social