Vedrørende remigration

Given that one only has to bend down in a field to find Fusarium graminearum, is this accusation really serious? What seems to emerge once again is that phytosanitary regulations are increasingly being used for geopolitical maneuvering ▶️ theconversation.com/la-russie-et...

Great, two of my academic articles, that I spent years working on, have been used to train Meta’s stupid ai. You don’t deserve my work, you can’t even make legs!

The recent Israel-Hamas ceasefire prompted Gazan farmers to salvage what remained of their 2024 olive harvest two months late. However, Israeli settlers tripled their attacks on West Bank farmers during harvest, destroying 3,100 trees. Restricted access to their land cost farmers 1,365 tons of oil.

Abandoned crops, fired scientists: Agricultural research hit by U.S. foreign aid freeze | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

German state repression is spiralling out of control. A German climate activist has been banned from becoming a teacher. Here are some justifications from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts—they are completely nuts: 1/7

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Firstly, i had no idea plastic was being ploughed into soil. Secondly, why is this not regulated? And thirdly, how unsurprising that an offset developer has found a way to grift it. https://www.freshplaza.com/europe/article/9530142/australian-banana-plantation-project-earns-verra-plastic-credits/

Calls/emails from reporters asking for a comment on last's years temperature are coming earlier than normal this year. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.

The Library of Congress has literally one gazillion public domain photos and illustrations that are free to use for your projects! www.loc.gov/free-to-use

188 Palestinian journalists killed in the last 14 months.

New op-ed (in Danish): Denmark's new climate policy for agriculture has been praised as progressive in international media. But in fact, the policy maintains the country's massive industrial animal husbandry and relies on speculative tech and voluntary carrot-measures. politiken.dk/debat/debati...

What can I do for Gaza? 1) Identify your sphere of influence. Your school, your work place, organizations you're a part of. 2) Are they Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) compliant? Have they cut ties with Israel and Israeli institutions? 3) If no, get to work! Organize!

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

Fascinating how FAO is now publishing meat industry propaganda - this is a new 'activity for book for kids' on livestock and climate change, but NO mention of shifting diets to less meat, and NO mention of the welfare farms of industrial farming. WTF!? openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/c...

If only scholarly publications came with a short synopsis of the paper right up front, written by the authors to highlight the important and salient points of the study. We could give it a nifty name, like "abstract".

True Even better way to not lose soil carbon: don’t convert any more natural ecosystems to agriculture There’s a much bigger soil carbon difference between “farming” and “no farming” than there is between “farming” and “improved farming”

Would you like some rage with your lunch break: - women > men leave their faculty jobs, promotion less likely at every age & stage - new cohort hired at parity would fall to 48.2% women after 15 years, 45.4% after 25 years, and 40.6% after 35 years. #AcademicSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I cannot recommend the Ratio feed enough

As John Holdren once said about climate change, “We basically have three choices: mitigation, adaptation and suffering. We’re going to do some of each. The question is what the mix is going to be. The more mitigation we do, the less adaptation will be required and the less suffering there will be.”

The term “regenerative” has no scientific meaning, and no clear definition, which makes it a magnet for greenwashing & nonsense. Be careful when you encounter this term. Ask questions. Look for peer-reviewed evidence. Be skeptical. The idea is appealing, but set your bullshit filters to maximum.

By the way, here’s something that a lot of the reporting on AppHarvest misses. Their greenhouses routinely hit 120-125°F. And at that point, it’s a hellhole for workers. But also, let’s not forget, YOU CAN’T GROW A VIABLE CROP AT 125°. You’re failing at the ONE thing a farm is supposed to do!

"One query to ChatGPT uses approximately as much electricity as could light one lightbulb for about 20 minutes."

These are beautiful, men are so often forgotten as victims in this, but they are as well. Artist: x.com/beqararkarke...

Soil quality & management practices have NO clear influence on food nutrition, according to a new comprehensive review by the National Academies. I wish this was stated far more plainly & clearly in the report nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2745...

Half of the world’s population depends on synthetic fertilizers for food. We need to phase out fossil fuels but to doubt the importance of Haber-Bosch to humanity is unserious.

An institution with an $11.6 billion endowment cannot maintain a scientific collection because they "don't have the resources." Absurd argument from Duke University as they shut down an herbarium.

Unless this farm can be guaranteed to retain the emissions it has stored in its soils and trees for the rest of eternity it has never ever been (and never will be) "carbon neutral". www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

No silver bullets: - 4Rs of fertilizers (right source, rate, time, place)/precision ag - Nitrification inhibitors/controlled-release fertilizers - Breeding nitrification inhibition into crops - Cover crops to trap N - RE powering N fertilizer manufacture - Improve soil/water mgt where yields are low

What you probably *didn't* know, is that we still have a really poor understanding of HOW or WHY crop yields decline in the presence of weeds. I know what you're thinking - The weeds use resources needed by the crop, so the crop 'starves'. Simple. BUT THAT'S NOT IT!