#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035 @cscherber.bsky.social

Know your rights when voting today.

BugNet currently includes 36 experimental sites in 18 countries 🌍. Huge thanks to all collaborators for their enthusiasm and teamwork!! We’re also looking for new collaborators to join this global effort to understand how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape ecosystems. 🌐 bug-net.org

Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden: chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY

Why does the Soil Monitoring matter? Check out our NGO letter to EU ambassadors, sent ahead of the discussions and vote among Member States today, where we urged EU countries to take a strong stand on the Soil Monitoring Law: eeb.org/library/lett...

The Guardian on our study published today: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wow. Check this out. Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot! www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

5 Mrd t CO2. Wtf. Das sind 100 Jahre Ausstoß der 50 Zementwerke in D ohne irgendeine Dekarbonisierung.

I'm searching for primary papers&photographs from field experiments in terrestrial ecology on the following topics: -pollution experiments (e. g.light,noise, information pollution) -habitat fragmentation experiments -whole ecosystem&natural experiments (e.g.volcanic eruptions BACI design etc.)

I'm searching for primary papers&photographs from field experiments in terrestrial ecology on the following topics: -pollution experiments (e. g.light,noise, information pollution) -habitat fragmentation experiments -whole ecosystem&natural experiments (e.g.volcanic eruptions BACI design etc.)

Thank you so much. How important!

War on universities, war on science, war on knowledge

Millions of acres of our shared lands in the American West may be up for sale. The catastrophic damage of plundering these lands is unimaginable, for now and future generations. Out here we are in deep relationship with the land. It’s habitat, it’s home. wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...

It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me...

Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted by President Trump.

This should be front page news everywhere

Another very concerning result of ongoing human-caused global warming and climate change “The collapse likely occurred as a result of permafrost thawing underneath and along the sidewalls surrounding the glacier” abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Outstanding postdoc position on ecology and biogeography with @biogeokreft.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...

Torsten Hoffmann von der Uni Stuttgart forscht zum Versuch der Neuen Rechten, über Literatur – Klassiker wie Gegenwartsliteratur – eine Tür zum Bürgertum aufzustoßen. Die Strategie besteht u. a. darin, Romane zu rezensieren, um so Leser*innen auf ihre Websites zu locken. Mein Interview in der ak!

1/2 Buried in the GOP’s budget bill is a dictator clause—a sneaky provision that would let Trump ignore court orders without consequence. It guts enforcement of contempt rulings unless plaintiffs post a bond, making the judiciary toothless. This would crown Trump king. 🔗 tinyurl.com/Crown-Trump

Towards reducing pesticides worldwide:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv7806

For 60 years, unclassified US defense and intelligence reports assessed security threats from environmental, #water, and #climate risks. These assessments are now being deleted, censored, and canceled. I document, annotate, and link to them here (first of 3 posts): www.gleick.com/blog/climate...

“The community is required to preserve the balance of nature,” Astawa says. If someone is caught hunting the birds, “his photo is put up in the village office to embarrass him.” therevelator.org/bali-myna/

A very useful summary.

Very important, please act now, could be the death of nature conservation in the US: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Endlich ein Artikel in einer prominenten Zeitung, der es auf den Punkt bringt. Es geht um alles. Diese anti-demokratischen, supereichen Tech-Faschisten noch irgendwie aufzuhalten, ist das wichtigste Gebot der Stunde. Sonst kann man den Rest auch knicken. Moin ☕️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

I'm writing an article about the recent firings of NOAA workers and would love to hear from people affected, particularly in New York! Please leave me a comment or message if you'd be interested in an interview. #DOGE #NWS #NOAA @standupforscience.bsky.social @nws.noaa.gov @hankgreen.bsky.social

This is terrible news & just one part of a bigger picture. Prepare yourself for ongoing updates about the “reduction in force” this month and more again in April. Talk to your community about it. They may not believe it at first - it sounds unbelievable! But we must bear witness & explain.

Read our new study on mapping ecologically novel conditions - out now in Nature Ecology and Evolution 🌍🦬🌿 Headline finding is that 58% of the biosphere is experiencing highly novel conditions, but nowhere was low - we really are living in a novel world.

Holy shit. This is *the* gold-standard measurement of atmospheric CO2 -- the one in all the charts.

Klimaschutz ist kein „Zugeständnis an die Grünen“! Er ist dringend notwendig zum Schutz aller Menschen - und auch der Wirtschaft - vor einer absehbaren Katastrophe. Und er ist völkerrechtliche Verpflichtung. 33 Jahre nach der UN-Klimarahmenkonvention sollte wirklich jeder das verstanden haben.

"Wir haben die Werkzeuge in der Hand und können nicht warten, bis das letzte Wort gesprochen ist". Warum die #Insekten -Vielfalt sofort besseres Monitoring und mehr Schutzmaßnahmen braucht, erklärt @cscherber.bsky.social im Bericht von @buddepiept.bsky.social www.deutschlandfunk.de/insektenster...

Unter anderem mit Interviewbeitrag von @leibnizlib.bsky.social

Bitte signieren: Ein Appell von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Deutschland an die Politik: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...

New research in #RESPhysEnt has implications for the importance of nectaring during #migration Learn about the use of essential vs. nonessential fatty acids during flight in #monarch #butterflies in our #OpenAccess paper 🦋 buff.ly/OVFbObY @wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @wiley.com

New @science.org The disappearance of butterflies at a "catastrophic rate" in the United States www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

DOGE is slashing federal science jobs—harming public lands, research, & safety. See this thread for agency budgets & workforce details, then download state-specific info cards linked below. Call Congress & fight for science! #FundScience #SaveOurAgencies

Sorry for sharing this but I think it is important; even if untrue, it may shed new light on present-day international developments: m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

Die USA sind unter Trump an der Seite Russlands. Trump orientiert sich an Diktatoren und Autokraten - und das bedeutet die Abwendung von liberalen Demokratien. Je schneller Europa das begreift, desto besser.

Zum Schutz des Mosel-Apollofalters: Naturschützer verklagen RLP. Die Deutsche Umwelthilfe und ein Schmetterlingsschutzverein verklagen das Land Rheinland-Pfalz. Sie wollen erreichen, dass in Weinbau-Steillagen nicht mehr gespritzt werden darf. www.swr.de/swraktuell/r...

Falls ihr noch unsicher seid - Bitte, geht morgen wählen. Die Entscheidung wen ihr wählt ist nicht einfach, aber wen man sicher nicht wählt, ist so klar wie selten zuvor. Bitte helft mit - es braucht die Stimmen aller Demokratinnen und Demokraten! #Bundestagswahl #WÄHLENGEHEN

🇩🇪 ist die drittgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt. Morgen wählen wir - entweder für eine moderne, klimaneutrale Wirtschaft, oder für die Rückkehr zu Technologien des letzten Jahrhunderts. Lasst euch nicht für dumm verkaufen mit Scheinlösungen, die nur das fossile Geschäftsmodell noch etwas verlängern.

Anyone going to the DC event? Thinking of taking the train down for the day