Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPatrick 🥦 @omega2k.de · 01/10/2026Alles wie immer, oder? #Klimakatastrophe #WTF2026 1230295
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 19hFrance’s ongoing drought has once again pushed soil moisture further below historical levels than any previously recorded drought. Uncharted territory. 5209112
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 18hLongest lasting snowpatch in Scotland about to melt completely for the 6th year in a row! ❄️🔥 For the record, it melted only 3 times during the 20th century! 📉 rmets.org/metmatters/s... 📷 Iain Cameron 2216
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPlant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 19h🌱🧬Wild rice harbours genes lost during domestication that recruit beneficial microbes. OsRLK, found mainly in wild rice, associates with Acinetobacter to boost N uptake. Overexpression increased yield in field trials A way to microbiome-guided breeding #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comWild rice locus enables microbiome re-domestication for enhanced nitrogen-use efficiency - Nature MicrobiologyHybridization of wild and cultivated rice plants improves nitrogen use efficiency through microbiome re-domestication. 063
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaElina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 21hCooke et al. The importance of insect biodiversity for vertebrates www.nature.com/articles/s44... #ornithologynature.comThe importance of insect biodiversity for vertebrates - Nature Reviews BiodiversityChanges in insect diversity and abundance can affect vertebrates but understanding these consequences relies on having rich information about vertebrate–insect interactions. This Review summarizes the... 052
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaFemke de Jong @plantenzo.bsky.social · 20hWe like to think that new crop varieties are developed without modern techniques. But the honest story is that most are, even if they are not gene edited or genetically modified. So how do plant breeders now-a-days develop new crop varieties? plantenzo.substack.com/p/from-wild-... #PlantScienceplantenzo.substack.comFrom Wild Tomato to Super Crop: How Plant Breeders Create New TraitsLooking for tomatoes at the fruit and veg section at the supermarket you come across different sizes, colours, and sweetness. 084
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ONE YEAR of melting at Morteratsch Gl.! 😱 10 meters of ice thickness loss has been measured here at 2200 m asl! 🧊🔥 The massive cliff and the huge ice cave I was contemplating last October are gone... 😢 Webcam @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social 14420
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Devastating! 😱 The figures have just been published by glamos.ch Swiss glacier have lost 5.5% of their volume this year! (2nd worst year just after 2022)! Since 2022, 20% of total ice volume has gone! 📈 20%...in just FIVE years! 🧊🔥 Full report: doi.glamos.ch/pubs/annualr... 25827
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaBenjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 30/09/2026Werner Herzog will be the last human being whose next word no language model can predict 9559143
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mount Stanley (Rwenzori Mtns, UG) 1906 | 2022 The massif peaking at Margherita Peak (5,109 m) is the last of the three formerly glaciated zones in Rwenzori Mtns 🏔️🧊 Africa is currently losing its last glaciers... 🔥 📷 Vittorio Sella and Klaus Thymann 14517
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Glacier Carré (La Meije) 2008 | 2018 | 2026 The iconic ice patch punctuating La Meije (3983 m) south face and its normal route (3600-3780 m) could not resist the insane 2026 summer! 😪 Our cryospheric heritage is literally being destroyed before our very eyes! 🧊🔥 📷 PNE and Félix de Montety 38750
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaInternational Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 29/09/2026🍅 On the UN International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Reduction, learn how AI can help us better understand where food is being lost. 🧵👇 102
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Matterhorn SE face 27th sept. 2026 We are leaving a desert to next generations... 🔥 📷 Via Niko Froitzheim 612162
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaNeoBiota @neobiota.pensoft.net · 28/09/2026If unmanaged, the German wasp could cost South Africa's fruit, wine grape, and household pest control sectors US$160-300M over 50 years, a new study finds, justifying eradication spending up to $3-6M/year, or investment in slowing its spread. Full open-access article: doi.org/10.3897/neob... 011
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A Pint at the Gaslamp, Manchester, painting by Michael Ashcroft. 1362971
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - NatureEmerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ... 8554278
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaCosmos: El Legado de Sagan 🪐 @cosmos1980.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🚨: Saturno fotografiado por Voyager 1 en 1980. 38520
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaIgnace @hostens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026René Rimbert (French, 1896-1991) “Vue sur la ville ou la fenêtre ouverte” 1929 0414
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaRobin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I will probably be posting about this one a lot in the coming weeks: our special issue on ALAN / light pollution in Biological Conservation is now open for submissions! With @gkalinkat.bsky.social, Jacqueline Degen, and Franz Hölker. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...sciencedirect.com 32412
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaiBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oferta de tesis (financiada) en @ebdonana.bsky.social sobre redes de plantas y polinizadores con @domgarvir.bsky.social y conmigo. Detalles aquí: domgarvir.github.io/domgarvir_we... El deadline para recabar candidatos es de solo 10 días (bambu.csic.es/alfresco/web...). ¡Escríbenos!domgarvir.github.ioPULSE — Virginia Domínguez-García 0826
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Gran Paradiso Aug. 1980 | Sept. 2026 Incredible repeat photography of the Gran Paradiso glaciers 46 years apart, showing the magnitude of man-made glacial collapse in the Alps - which will never be white again! 🧊🔥 📷 Antonio and Riccardo Bussano 🙏 67143
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 22/09/2026Irrigation increases crop yields, which reduces the need for agricultural land and thus the clearing of forests and associated carbon emissions. A study estimates that US irrigation provides an estimated gross GHG benefit of 6.86 Gt CO2e annually. In PNAS: ow.ly/Rura50ZPSuB 022
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaChris Snook @chrissnook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Audouin’s Gull, what a beautiful bird 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #Gulls #birds 27610
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Mother chimp sadly goes to a towel to see her baby after two days which she thought was born dead. Original post 331127160
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Barbara is fun 20658491139
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPhoto Diary @amablephoto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026. 📸 ©️ Ramon Masats . 0223
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPieter Vantieghem @pietervantieghem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've seen Borbo borbonica in S Spain (also on Squirting cucumber, one of its favorite nectar plants) so I perfectly understand the thrill of finding this rare species. But in a broader perspective it should worry us that this many African species get a foothold in Spain. #climatechange 061
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPlant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🌾🧬 Global PUE averages just 25% for maize, rice, and wheat. A machine learning model shows feasible gains of 5–6% under real-world constraints. Cropping system and fertilizer type matter most. A framework for region-specific phosphorus management. #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s43...nature.comGlobal patterns and feasible improvement potential of phosphorus use efficiency in cereal croplands - Nature FoodLow phosphorus use efficiency limits crop production while accelerating the depletion of finite phosphorus resources and environmental pollution. Using a machine learning framework that incorporates f... 073
Reposted by Eduardo de la Peña🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026 Tropical royal flycatcher 13-17cm southern Mexico, through Central America Diet mostly flying insects caught mid air. Female incubate 2 eggs for 22 days. Parents fed chicks 27 days in the nest , fledge and Parents feed them for 4 more weeks male with red crest, female has a yellow crest 461748287
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPlant Science Spotlight @plant-sci.bsky.social · 12/09/2026🌿🧬 HLB isn't a classic bacterial infection—it's an immune-mediated disease. CLas triggers chronic effector-triggered immunity in citrus, redefining how we understand and manage this devastating pathogen. #plantscience @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/plant...cell.comImmune activation drives citrus HuanglongbingCitrus Huanglongbing (HLB), caused by the phloem-limited bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) and considered the most destructive citrus disease worldwide, has long been regarded as a ty... 034
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaNature @nature.com · 11/09/2026The most successful early-career researchers often rely on a network of mentors who each have different roles — from advising on research and grants to making professional introductions and providing emotional support go.nature.com/46U5PXygo.nature.comSuccessful early-career scientists rely on network of mentorsLarge networks are particularly beneficial to researchers in under-represented groups. 06524
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaInternational Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 11/09/2026🆕 #Blog El Niño and rising fertilizer costs: How vulnerable is Malawi in 2027? 🖊️ By Chris Hillbruner, Karl Pauw, and Weston Anderson. 🔗 Read more here: on.cgiar.org/3SXz48K @cgiar.org on.cgiar.orgEl Niño and rising fertilizer costs: How vulnerable is Malawi in 2027?Impacts of overlapping shocks. 002
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Fabulous Ice Age spear thrower handle carved in the form of an animal. Known as the ‘Creeping Hyena’ it was carved from mammoth ivory around 15,000 years ago. The shaft is missing, but the hook to propel the spear is still visible. From La Madeleine rock shelter, France. 📷 by me #Archaeology 12793210
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Rising plant extinction rates on European mountain summits 🧪🌐🌾 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgRising plant extinction rates on European mountain summitsClimate change increases plant species richness in alpine ecosystems. However, to what extent this diversity enrichment masks extinction dynamics of resident species remains elusive. In this study, we... 14022
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaArthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Abandoned Film Theatre in Dresden Germany #Cinema #Photography 511759184
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 06/09/2026🧵Those weathered doors seem to hold a thousand untold stories. Who once stepped through them each morning? Who worked behind them, laughed there, argued, dreamed, or even loved. Worn surfaces, closed doors and the faint suggestion of lives that have long since moved on but where memories remain. 49413
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Mughal artist Ustād Manṣūr, produced in the 1620s what is probably the most lively painting of a dodo. In fact, It is possible that he used live individuals as models, since two dodos where transported to the Mughal court in the early 17tn c 27225
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaEFSA Plants @efsa-plants.bsky.social · 05/09/2026#NowOngoing at #WOHC2026 the plenary session "#OneHealth Governance: where does the EU stand?" "many scientists study linkages among humans, animals and environment but few analyse the benefits of these connections" Jakob ZINSSTAG 👉 globalohc.org/minisite/9WO... @wohcongress.bsky.social 🌱🦇🌡️💧 011
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaLecia Michelle @leciamichelle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A male house finch soaring above the clouds. #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky 819622
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Alps are no longer white 🏔️🧊 And it's entirely our fault! 🏭🔥 Spectacular retreat of the Corvatsch Glacier on Piz Murtel (3,433 m asl, Engadin, CH) over the last 57 years compiled by @landervt.bsky.social ! 9545321
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Friday Cartoon 😃 1592802480
Reposted by Eduardo de la Peñafravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Rolling Waves at Point Betsie" Jef Bourgeau artwork 642853
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaPicture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides. Pic: IG/skeapaul 211819
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/09/2026African marigolds, Michael Valentini, 1657-1729. 027340
Reposted by Eduardo de la Peñakimdorman.bsky.social @kimdorman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Joan Miró / The Farm, 1921-1922 I remember seeing a reproduction of this painting in a book when I was a child — and falling in love with it 15711
Reposted by Eduardo de la Peñaamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026the Nokia 3310 mobile phone was released 26 years ago, September 1, 2000 061
Reposted by Eduardo de la PeñaMiguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Aprovechando el día de la trucha, recupero este documental sobre la trucha del Dades (Salmo multipunctata), un endemismo de las cabeceras del río Draa, en el Alto Atlas 9:20 min, castellano (ENG and FR subtitles) @ebdonana.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Im...youtube.comSin lugar hacia el que nadar / Nowhere to swim toYouTube video by peces desierto 1108