Bringing insects back from declines: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why are insects declining — and what can we do about it? A new review synthesises current evidence: habitat loss, land-use change, climate change and pollutants are key drivers reshaping insect communities worldwide. #LIBresearch © Scherber et al., CC BY 4.0 @cscherber.bsky.social 1/2

Rush to apply now! Job posting ends in 10 days

I am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change @leibnizlib.bsky.social and the University of Hamburg. Apply here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.

Some comments on a recent Nature study on pesticide residues and soil biodiversity in Europe www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima... see study here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally, our new synthesis paper on plant #biodiversity effects on productivity via pest suppression is online! This shows that crop #diversification e.g. through #intercropping can increase yields via indirect multitrophic interactions, helping reduce #pesticides! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks for posting, email me if you need an offprint.

What helps pollinators cope with human pressures? Supporting flower diversity in agricultural landscapes can benefit both pollinators and food production. #LIBresearch © Adobe Stock, JuergenL 1/3

A new study shows that pesticides can harm bee pollination — but that diverse flowering plants can reduce these negative effects. In contrast, realistic levels of microplastics had no detectable impact on pollination or crop yield. @cscherber.bsky.social 2/3

Great opportunity for students interested in pollinators, fieldwork and applied biodiversity research — feel free to share! 🌼🐝

Master´s thesis project in Göttingen - are you interested? Get in touch!

→ doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Welcome to BES2025! 💫  Today, we are so excited to welcome ecologists from 58 countries, encouraging innovative research and practice in ecology.  We have exciting talks and sessions ahead in the next days from agriculture, human's place in nature, AI to green finance and much more.

Nun ist es wohl offiziell, der Grünlandschmetterlings-Indikator wird nicht verpflichtend in die Nationale Wiederherstellungsverordnung in Deutschland aufgenommen. 😔🦋

#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