Today, we launched the biggest thing that Project Drawdown has ever done -- the Drawdown Explorer. It is the world's *ultimate* guide to effective climate action. The latest data, the best science... brought down to actionable *here and now* recommendations.

This is great to keep in mind! I also try to remember the objectives of the project and if my comments/edits are aligned with those or just me adding my personal preferences.

La plataforma @alianzaporelclima.org ha anunciado su intención de organizar "la mayor movilización climática del año" el viernes 14 y el sábado 15 de noviembre en toda España.

🚨 New paper out! 🚨 Wild bee abundance is a strong proxy of species richness across Europe. 👉 The researchers provided here a simple implementation framework so that non-experts can use this proxy in rapid biodiversity assessments. #EBDPub 🔗 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our new paper @asn-amnat.bsky.social develops a Grand Unified Theory including both exploitative and interference competition doi.org/10.1086/737628. The R* rule of ecology (that 2 species cannot coexist on a single resource), is widely broken, including via a new trade-off we describe. 1/9

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

More needed than ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSR...

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT We got a new paper finally published @funecology.bsky.social, lead by @felixpleiva.bsky.social, and presenting Share Trait platform for interoperable and reusable use of individual-level trait data in ectotherms. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hahaha... #botanists

Últimas plazas para el curso @eco-aeet.bsky.social de Meta-analysis que impartirá mayormente @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social en Sevilla en Octubre: www.aeet.org/events/2025/...

Systropha planidens es una abeja solitaria de la familia Halictidae, especializada en flores de la familia Convulaceae, como esta Convolvulus althaeoides. Nidifica en suelos arenosos excavando galerías. Los machos son fáciles de identificar por esas antenas en espiral. 🐝🌸🐝 @ebdonana.bsky.social

Extremely interesting opinion piece by MacIvor & Irwin on "Mail-order solitary bee cocoons as a gateway for biological invasion": doi.org/10.26786/192...

Pretty cool guide on which personal actions we can take for climate: jointheshift.earth by @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

📢🌍 Como parte de la red de centros y unidades de excelencia SOMMa, desde la @ebdonana.bsky.social queremos hacer un llamamiento urgente y ofrecer nuestra ayuda para abordar la emergencia climática con políticas basadas en la evidencia científica. Manifiesto: www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...

Make sure to get the latest update for Android and iOS! BeeMachine mobile now includes location and date in the classification process for improved accuracy. You can also share images from your image gallery straight to BeeMachine.

🔥 Paper in Science🔥 We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦‍⬛🦆🌍 #seeddispersal www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

BTW, I'll be at Reading University until 26 September, if anyone in the London area wants to meet to discuss ecology, pollinators, or other things, let me know! (running and pubs are also an option)

El colectivo Rebelión Científica lanza un llamado urgente que cuestiona la ambición real de las medidas anunciadas por Pedro Sánchez y exige que la política climática se alinee con la evidencia científica y la magnitud de la crisis que enfrentamos.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... A truly delightful read by Judith Bronstein reflecting on the state of mutualism studies. It's a thoughtful look at where the field has been and where it's going—and such beautiful writing as well!

Are you a sustainability professional? 🧐 Does your organisation consider pollinators in its decision-making?🐝 We’re working with @unepwcmc.bsky.social and @restpoll.bsky.social to shape pollinator-friendly decision-making. 🤝 🌐Share your insights by filling out this survey: tinyurl.com/53kh5mat

Miles de activistas han despedido en Barcelona a la flotilla que acaba de zarpar hacia Gaza. Está previsto que otros barcos se unan en el camino a las casi treinta embarcaciones que han salido hoy. Mientras, en Gaza Israel ha matado a más de 100 palestinos desde ayer sábado. 📸 @aminguito.bsky.social

'Andrena solenopalpa' is unusual within its genus due to its long mouthparts. It exclusively visits 'Lithodora fruticosa' flowers, probably being a textbook example of adaptation. Does this adaptation mean higher pollination effectiveness? #botany #ecology #pollination @britishecologicalsociety.org

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

The first plant-pollinator interaction network at the European level, depicting pollinator relationships with plants across the continent!🐝 Learn how interactions are organised & what implications they have for #PollinatorConservation: lnkd.in/dErniJ8B #SafeguardSummaries @ibartomeus.bsky.social

PCI Ecology and PCI Evolutionary Biology have recently launched a team of data editors who are implementing the SORTEE guidelines for new submissions. Other PCIs may join soon. Expressions of interest from potential new data editors are welcome!

This is really significant. I've been frustrated that we have to guess how much power and water AI consumes, because these tech companies won't say (even though they know). This is the most transparent estimate from one of these companies so far. I hope others will follow suit.

Science deserves better than profit-driven publishing. Change starts from within the community — here’s how we can reclaim it: peeer.net/2025/08/18/r... #BetterPublishing

Pacto de Estado para enfrentar la emergencia climática: un acuerdo que ya está firmado Lo cuenta @actisandres.bsky.social .

Five 3-year Postdoc positions open at @ebdonana.bsky.social. I am happy to sponsor and mentor good candidates working in my field, but note that these are quite independent positions aimed at helping stabilize new researchers in the system. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4nqkq...

I did not know about the Mertonian norms: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mertoni.... Science should be based on communism (or communalism), universalism, disinterestedness, and organized skepticism.

'Incendios forestales. Una introducción a la ecología del fuego', de Juli G. Pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social. Colección #QuéSabemosDe coeditada con @CSIC.es @csicdivulga.bsky.social buff.ly/QTYhkzx

Hoy voy a reinvidicar algo de musica que se esta haciendo en castilla, por que se habla poco de esto. Hay grupos rescatando musica tradicional como El Naan, que hacen cosas tan bonitas ocmo esto: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFFE... (1/4)

Pesimismo de la inteligencia, optimismo de la voluntad. ("Universalizar la resistencia" de Noam Chomsky)

📜Forum: Navigating a changing world. On the significance of rewiring for mutualistic interactions, caveats and future directions The study explores "rewiring" in mutualistic networks, highlighting hidden drivers like trait variability and competition. vist.ly/32h4i #Ecology #Conservation

Penúltima entrega: hoy toca la familia Megachilidae, con más de 240 especies y 20 géneros. Con una gran diversidad de colores y tamaños. Las hembras llevan el polen en el vientre. Algunas anidan en el suelo, otras en barro o en cavidades preexistentes. @nermonper.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social

A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can: 👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏 👉reduce pollinator richness🧪 👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝 ...all with minimal benefits to crop yields! Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Buenos días! Ánimo con el calor amigas y amigos. Os dejamos con la familia Halictidae, que en la península cuenta con más de 200 especies y 11 géneros entre los que destaca Lasioglossum con mas de 100 especies. Gracias a @nermonper.bsky.social por las magníficas ilustraciones. @ebdonana.bsky.social

Check out our latest preprint 📣 TADA guidelines 📣 TADA (Transferable, Accessible, Documented, Annotated) helps researchers across disciplines share code, with the ultimate goal of increasing code availability & its quality. Brilliantly led by @eivimeycook.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.32942/X2D...

Esto demuestra que los humanos estamos sin civilizar, incluidos los europeos. Hemos creado métodos para visualizar con detalles los genocidios, pero no para pararlos. Ni la ONU, ni la OTAN, ni los Nobel de Paz, ni el Papa, ni ..., nada sirve cuando más se necesitan @hoypalestina.bsky.social 🇵🇸 🍉

Después de la familia Apidae, tenemos a la gran familia Andrenidae. Andrena flavipes será la especie modelo de la ilustradora @nermonper.bsky.social . Esta familia cuenta con más de 225 especies en la península ibérica. @ebdonana.bsky.social

Because fine words butter no parsnips on 🌍 protection, the EU must move forwards from good intentions to action now‼️ I tell about it in a 📝 just published in #npjBiodiversity @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

💡 Today, WP3 representatives met to continue their work on developing models for forecasting insect populations. Productive session with Alfonso Allen-Perkins and Miguel Angel Muñoz (UPM), and Julia G. de Aledo and @ibartomeus.bsky.social (EBD-CSIC). More about ANTENNA: pollinators-antenna.eu/about

¿Que tal va el verano? La ilustradora @nermonper.bsky.social nos presenta este pedazo de hilo sobre las familias de abejas en la península ibérica. Iremos descubriendo juntos una familia por día. Empezamos por la familia Apidae. @ebdonana.bsky.social @nermonper.bsky.social

Description of a new bee species from the Iberian Peninsula. With this addition, the number of Hoplitis species recorded in the Iberian fauna reaches 50. #wildbees #Hoplitis sea-entomologia.org

If you want a provocative paper, this is the one right now. I missed a reference to Locey and @ethanwhite.weecology.org paper, which made me think very deeply about this (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...).

This is a wonderful — albeit mostly symbolic — victory for climate action. (Sadly, I don’t expect to make a big difference to emissions. There are no real consequences for countries who ignore this.) www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

A study in Nature Human Behaviour finds that four-day work weeks without a reduction in income boost workers’ job satisfaction and physical and mental health, driven by enhanced work performance, lower levels of fatigue and fewer sleep problems. go.nature.com/3Um75MP #econsky 🧪

#BlogAEET El equipo editorial de nuestra revista @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social explica en esta entrada la filosofía de la revista, y el objetivo de promover una forma de publicación más abierta y justa. blogaeet.org/2025/06/19/a...

BTW, does anyone know if Bumblebees use abandoned marmot burrows? If so, nest availability in the Pyrenees has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. This year, I saw plenty of bumblebees, but all my evidence is anecdotal.