Cross-ecosystem linkages between freshwater insects and riparian birds across the USA - Nature Ecology & Evolution Aquatic insects such as mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies are widely used for freshwater biomonitoring and could provide resource pulses to terrestrial insectivores. Here the authors show a positiv...

Cross-ecosystem linkages between freshwater insects and riparian birds across the USA 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
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Crediting and citing #Indigenous Knowledges within research

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#IndigenousInSTEM #IndigenousSTEM #NativeInSTEM #IndigiData #SACNAS #NDiSTEM #SACNISTA

Ocean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities - Nature Climate Change The sea–land breeze acts to counter urban heat in many coastal cities. Here the authors simulate how this circulation changes with warming ocean water, showing that it decreases in most of them, addin...

Ocean warming weakens the sea–land breeze (SLB) in coastal megacities

The SLB, driven by thermal contrasts between sea and land, forms a key circulation system in coastal cities which mitigates urban heat islands, improves air quality and supports urban liveability.

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Interesting exposure of the dirty tricks brigade

Pic from CyanoTracker

Mechanisms for regime shifts differ in shallow versus deep lakes - commentary - tinyurl.com/4wepyjbu

This map shows the increase in gasoline prices since the Iran War began. A catastrophic economic event. Australia hit really hard but as a nation is rich enough to absorb the pain for quite a while. Source: buff.ly/SJkBMZq

Fortescue fast-tracks delivery of ‘world first’ renewable energy grid Australian mining giant Fortescue is fast tracking the delivery of what it says is the world’s first fully integrated green energy grid designed to completely eliminate diesel and other fossil fuels f...

Good morning with good news: World's first 100% green grid is fast-tracked, will supply full days by 2027 and fully operate by 2028.

Australia's Pilbara grid will include 1.2 GW of solar, more than 600 MW of wind and 4-5 GWh of batteries.
www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/04/13/f... #energysky

I'm sure they'll listen to Albo

Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years

New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

You simply MUST watch the video in this paper. Literally sounds like he's starting a slow clap

#shark

Study used BRUVs to count elasmos in Dutch #Caribbean. #nurseshark & #stingrays more tolerant of human activity than #reefshark.

"Reef shark abundance declined sharply with increasing coastal development and diving intensity..."

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The variety of German bees before the Industrial Revolution (187, top) vs after the introduction of pesticides (43, bottom), DHM

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We present an analytical framework for ecosystem service (ES) upscaling that incorporates spatial interactions between landscape properties, which determine ES supply 🌍 🧪 Find out more here 👇

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Species range shifts often speed ahead of their modeled climatic niches | PNAS Anticipating how species distributions will shift with climate change is key for biodiversity conservation and management. Commonly, species’ range...

After 4yr of hard work to compare empirical species range positions' shifts from the #BioShifts DB against predictions from niche-based models trained on climate & tailored to methodological attributes of each species & study, we found species shift ahead of models' predictions! 🦋

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With high seas treaty in place, West African countries plan for protected area With the High Seas Treaty coming into force in January, efforts to establish protected areas in the marine spaces that lie beyond countries’ jurisdiction are gaining momentum — including one off the c...

"West African nations are working on a proposal to establish one of the first high seas marine protected areas located beyond their national waters."

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When the sea will not let species move: ocean currents as hidden barriers to climate adaptation.

When the sea will not let species move: ocean currents as hidden barriers to climate adaptation. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social

"The already-fragile ecosystem was recovering from the worst coral bleaching event in its recorded history, a result of soaring sea temperatures last summer."
#CycloneNarelle

Remnant hollowed out dead coral skeleton branches defer coral community recovery Through repeated impacts of ecosystem disturbances, most coral reefs have transitioned to a degraded state with low living coral cover. Until recently, the reefs of Moorea, French Polynesia, have…

A new study by Scafidi and colleagues showed hollowed-out dead Pocillopora skeletons on Moorea reefs delay coral recovery by impeding recruitment and altering microhabitats.

Published in the latest Issue of #EnvironmentalConservation, this Research Paper investigates how local communities perceive landscape values and disvalues in and around Bannerghatta National Park, India.

#urbandevelopment #India #conservation #urbanization

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Who took this film? Why don't you credit them?

That heliotrope 🤩

Biocultural Index for Refugia Exploration (BIRE), an integrative spatial approach combining biological and socio-cultural variables to map biocultural diversity. Values showed distinct spatial patterns across the two case studies (Fig. 5). In Almería (Fig. 5a), the highest values of BIRE (> 0.80) were concentrated in the southwestern, central, and northern parts of the province, those corresponding with the main hotspots associated with mountainous and rural areas (Fig. 5b). On the other hand, the lowest BIRE values (< 0.20), corresponding to coldspots, were observed in municipalities located in the southern and northeastern parts of the study area, which in these cases overlapped spatially with coastal zones and urban centers (Fig. 5b). Maps of BIRE spatial distribution and coldspot–hotspot categories for municipalities in Almería (a, b) and Navarra (c, d). In Navarra, facerías (gray areas) were excluded, as they are not municipalities and lack census data for population normalization In Navarra (Fig. 5c), areas with high BIRE values were mainly concentrated in the northeast and eastern areas, where some municipalities exceeded 0.80. In contrast, municipalities in southern and southwestern Navarra generally exhibited lower index values. The highest BIRE values were predominantly observed in hotspot municipalities located in mountainous rural areas in the northern, eastern, and western regions, while the lowest values corresponded to coldspot municipalities concentrated in areas near cities or in municipalities characterized by flat topography and large populations (as reflected by geographic and demographic variables in Appendixes S3 and S11) in the southern and central regions (Fig. 5d).

Mapping biocultural diversity: An integrative spatial approach to inform conservation and management decisions
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Biocultural Index for Refugia Exploration (BIRE)
that uses public data to identify biocultural diversity hotspots at the municipal scale

To be precise, a bun is the lowest form of wheat

Trying to start a real eel-good thread?

What did the shark say when it swam into a concrete wall?

Dam!

(Ok science nerds, let’s hear your best science jokes!)

Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war Conservationists hope Murray Watt’s review of national marine parks will ‘right the wrongs’ of previous downgrade of protection * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, has pledged to put an extra half a million square kilometres of Australia’s ocean out of reach of fishers and drillers in a step conservationists hope will “right the wrongs” of an Abbott-era downgrade of marine protection. Watt confirmed last year Australia would put 30% of its ocean estate under a high level of protection that bans extractive industries as part of an international agreement to protect 30% of the planet’s oceans. Continue reading...

Australia’s environment minister wants to ban fishers and drillers from more ocean – and avoid a culture war

Haldane Prize 2025 | Carolina Olguín-Jacobson: Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwave 2025 HALDANE PRIZE SHORTLIST: Carolina Olguín Jacobson discusses her paper “Recovery mode: Marine protected areas enhance resilience of invertebrate species from marine heatwaves”, which has been s…

⭐️Shortlisted for the 2025 Haldane Prize!⭐️

🪸Carolina Olguín-Jacobson used kelp forest monitoring data to assess the impact, resistance and recovery of marine heatwaves on fish and invertebrate communities inside and outside marine reserves🐟️

@jellyfishvibes.bsky.social

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A 50-year sequence of Peru’s Ucayali River shows how a river constantly shifts its bed, reshapes landscapes and redraws maps. Rivers move, ecosystems respond and planning must learn to work with that movement rather than pretend landscapes stay fixed. Source: buff.ly/jNmzCQG

Your PhD student when they just got their first paper accepted