Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaJournal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 06/05/2026🌲A global analysis of 6,550 observations shows that mixed-species plantations increase soil carbon and water holding capacity by about 10.5%. The greatest gains occur in conifer broadleaf mixtures in warm, wet climates through better soil structure 👉️ buff.ly/U3sA2l4 01911
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaMarkus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Love me, love my minor publications. 073
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNature @nature.com · 20/03/2026As you roll into the weekend thinking about what to watch, we present our take on Project Hail Mary. "The film highlights the humour and tenacity of a scientist banging up against a problem, again and again, until they solve it." go.nature.com/3PeAkCfgo.nature.comProject Hail Mary film builds dazzling new worlds — and grounds them in scienceThe space odyssey charms with its message of unity while referencing molecular biology, neutrino physics and more. 13612
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 22/01/2026¡Buen jueves! Hoy 🌞🌤️🌞 31° de máx. Al final, ¿cuándo se firmaron los acuerdos Artemis? Se publicó en todos los medios... y no fue como dice el Secretario de Ciencia y Tecnología 🤷♀️ www.eldestapeweb.com/sociedad/cie...eldestapeweb.comUn microsatélite argentino viajará en la misión Artemis. ¿A quién le cabe el mérito?Cruces en las redes por los acuerdos que lo hicieron posible. La cronología de cómo se desarrolló y las evidencias que lo prueban 283
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaGuim Aguadé-Gorgorió @guimaguade.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Microbial communities can harbor many species that do not coexist in pairs, yet can coexist in the full community. Here we provide the mathematical foundations of emergent coexistence, and explain why it can't be predicted from pairwise tests www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 210736
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 25/10/2025¡Buen sábado! Hoy 🌧️🌧️🌧️ 21° de máx. #Cientificidiosinfin Informe de Canal 13 San Juan TV sobre el radiotelescopio CART, de fines estrictamente científicos y cuya instalación está detenida desde junio 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JibX...youtube.comCART, es un radio telescopio Chino - ArgentinoYouTube video by CANAL 13 SAN JUAN TV 0219
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaMridul K. Thomas @mridulkthomas.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Need to think more about the headline claim, but this proposes a very nice new thermal performance curve (TPC) function with appealing properties. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...pnas.orgA universal thermal performance curve arises in biology and ecology | PNASTemperature has strong impacts on all biological and ecological processes, and thermal performance curves (TPCs) have been employed recurrently to ... 1111
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaLeonardo A. Saravia @larysar.bsky.social · 21/03/2025More Species in Small Patches vs. Large Patches: Insights from Modeling 🌿🔍 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhy there are more species in several small patches versus few large patches: A multispecies modelling approachRead the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. 131
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviarOpenSci @handle.invalid · 24/10/2025October news! 🗞️ #RStats 🦋 2025-11-06 Community call: Graceful Internet Packages 📼 Community call recording: R-multiverse, a new way to publish R packages 📆 Coworking 📦 New package {partialling.out} 👋 Call for new maintainers 🗒️ 4 blog posts! 🧰 Package Development Corner […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 085
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaPatrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🌿 When trees die and rot, they release stored carbon. Australia’s rainforests now emit more CO2 than they absorb. A sign of rising heat & drought stress. Once sinks, now turning into sources. Similar patterns appear in parts of the Amazon 🌎 #Climate #Forests #TropicalRainforests #Australia #Amazonshare.googleAustralian Rainforests Become the First to Emit More Carbon Than They AbsorbA new analysis finds tropical forests in Australia are not taking in enough carbon dioxide to keep up with the emissions from their decaying trunks, holding possible implications for global ecosystems 052
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNature @nature.com · 24/10/2025Two years after a record-setting heatwave, scientists have confirmed that two iconic corals that have flourished across Florida’s 560-kilometre-long reef for more than 10,000 years are now ‘functionally extinct’ go.nature.com/4ozyesUgo.nature.comThese iconic corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved?Florida’s primary reef-building corals have been declared ‘functionally extinct’ — prompting a shift in conservation strategies. 04627
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaEthan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 24/10/2025Fellow Floridians - join your local UFF chapter (like @uffuf.bsky.social ). If you don’t have a local union (and you should check) then join the @aaup.org’s at-large chapter and help them fight for the future of higher education. www.aaup.org/chapters/aau... (join link at the bottom)aaup.orgAAUP At-Large ChapterInformation about the at-large chapter for AAUP members not affiliated with a local AAUP chapter. 021
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Señorxs diputadxs: peligra la supervivencia del sistema nacional de ciencia y tecnología. Es indispensable que se apruebe #LeyDeEmergenciaCientífica. Sin ciencia, no hay educación, no hay salud, no hay desarrollo 👇Detengan esta infamia 05539
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 08/10/2025¡Buen miércoles! Sin ciencia no hay educación, no hay salud, no hay desarrollo. Hoy se discute la #LeyDeEmergenciaCientífica TUITAZO nacional para exigir la aprobación urgente de la #LeyDeEmergenciaCientífica y detener la destrucción del sistema científico 👇 1168
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNature @nature.com · 03/10/2025Whether it’s dancing the tango or playing the guitar, engaging in a creative pastime can slow brain ageing go.nature.com/4gXwDungo.nature.comCreative hobbies could slow brain ageing at the molecular levelTo keep the mind young, dance the tango. 13410
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaSanta Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Could humans and AI become so interdependent that they form a new kind of evolutionary individual? In this op-ed, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary individuality.santafe.eduResearch News Brief: Could humans and AI become a new kind of evolutionary individual?In a recent op-ed in PNAS, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and co-author Paul Rainey explore whether deepening interdependence between humans and AI could lead to a new form of evolutionary in... 1154
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaJosé Cerca @naturalselection.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The 2025-26 Eco-Evo job list is out. Good luck to those applying! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comecoevojobs.net 2025-26 5207214
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaRupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/ @sebseibold.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... 04317
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 09/08/2025¡Buen sábado! Hoy 🌞🌞🌞 15° de máx. AHORA ¡¡Están transmitiendo desde el buque Falkor EN VIVO!! Aprovechemos que ya se despiden y tienen que volver 😍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttYm...youtube.comLance 62.1 Mar Del Plata Canyon | SOI Divestream 825 PART 2YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean 13615
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 08/08/2025¡Buen viernes! Hoy 🌤️⛅️🌤️ 14° de máx. El Conicet, la estrellita "culona", el fondo del mar y el presidente en el @nytimes 😃 www.nytimes.com/es/2025/08/0...nytimes.comLa estrella de mar, el presidente de Argentina y el frenesí submarino 23723
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaJournal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 06/08/2025A meta-analysis found that high-density managed honeybee populations can: 👉disrupt local biodiversity🌏 👉reduce pollinator richness🧪 👉alter plant-pollinator relationships🐝 ...all with minimal benefits to crop yields! Calls for evidence-based hive density guidelines 📑 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365... 02420
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaMonica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Please, please, please-submit to good journals (society + reputed publishers), respect peer review, and do your reviews with integrity. So important. Thanks to all of you who do. @steve-carpenter.bsky.social @esajournals.bsky.social #Ecosystems 26825
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 04/08/2025¡Buen lunes! Hoy 🌤️⛅️🌤️ 15° de máx. ¡Hermoso comienzo de semana! Ya estamos de nuevo explorando los mares ¡a 3700 metros de profundidad! En primera fila, guiados por investigadorxs del @CONICETDialoga que estaban esperando al pez trípode😍👇Imperdible 😊 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcM8...youtube.comLance 36 Mar Del Plata Canyon | SOI Divestream 820YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean 0316
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaJournal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 04/08/2025🐝 Our latest Special Feature, "Network Ecology in the Anthropocene", is now accepting proposals. 📝 The Special Feature will be accepting submissions to all 7 of our British Ecological Society journals. 12719
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaIrene Mendoza @phenogirl.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Cazar con plomo no tiene sentido: contamina la cadena trófica y perjudica la salud de los que se alimentan de la carne cazada. Un grupo de científicos hemos pedido un cese total y sin excepciones del uso de plomo en la caza. www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...ebd.csic.esCientíficos urgen al Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación a apoyar un cese total y sin excepciones del uso de plomo en la caza | Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC 013
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 14/06/2025My latest @newscientist.com cartoon 201974574
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaRicard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Against reductionism: "Our understanding of the world is built up of innumerable layers. Each is worth exploring, as long as we do not forget that it is one of many. Knowing all there is to know about one layer (...) would not teach us much about the rest". Erwin Chargaff 33810
Reposted by Leonardo A. Saraviatomjwebb @tomjwebb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025For many marine species, all we have is a name. Now, thanks to a huge effort led by @drcraigmc.bsky.social, for 85,000 species we have body size as well. Version 1 of the MOBS database is published today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Enjoy! 🌐🧪onlinelibrary.wiley.comMOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body SizesMotivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat... 15121
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaNora Bär @norabar.bsky.social · 04/06/2025El virólogo Humberto Debat lo sintetiza de forma dolorosamente magistral: "Los recortes al INTA no son simplemente un numero en un excel: son heridas profundas a un entramado científico y humano que tardó décadas en construirse (sigue) 👇 26532
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaInternational Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 30/05/2025The #BioTIME 2.0 database offers unprecedented insight into how #biodiversity is changing through time across the globe, spanning nearly 150 years of #ecological records from 1874 – 2023 🌍 #EcologyData #Metrics #GlobalData news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/the-...news.st-andrews.ac.ukBiodiversity time-series database gives unprecedented insight into global change | University of St Andrews news 034
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Now that every scientist and everybody in a university has been drafted into the resistance, what's next? 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/p/welcome-to...scienceforeveryone.scienceWelcome to the ResistanceYou signed up to be a scientist, to go to college, to work in a university. You didn't join the fight against authoritarian malfeasance. But here we are, together. 13511
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaClimate Central @climatecentral.org · 30/05/2025Wildfires in Canada are intensifying as unusual heat, drought, and a stalled weather pattern collide. Climate change has made this early-season heat at least 5 times MORE likely than a world without carbon pollution. 🔴Climate Shift Index Alert: climatecentral.org/climate-shif... 45023
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaJonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right. Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgEcological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonalityClimate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco... 8214105
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaAndrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Ecologists’ endless quest for automatic inference statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/05/28/e...statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu Ecologists’ endless quest for automatic inference | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 13526
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaChris Klausmeier @chrisklausmeier.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Going live in 2 hours... @jpodwyer.bsky.social and @sarperotto.bsky.social interview Bob Holt for @smtpb.bsky.social youtu.be/q8hX3S0xMJc?...youtu.beRobert D. Holt interviewYouTube video by SMTPB 1175
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaBen Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Just published in final form: a hugely creative study "Modelling Amazon fire regimes under climate change scenarios" by @larysar.bsky.social -- I feel privileged to have been part of this! nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comModelling Amazon fire regimes under climate change scenariosFire is one of the most important disturbances of the earth-system, shaping the biodiversity of ecosystems and particularly forests. Climatic change and other anthropogenic drivers such as deforestat.... 041
Leonardo A. Saravia @larysar.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I updated the lab website, I have to rebuild it and still there are many details to change, but it's s start! lsaravia.github.iolsaravia.github.ioEcoComplexA highly-customizable Hugo research group theme powered by Wowchemy website builder. 020
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaGermán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Feliz #DíaDelLibro!!! Nada mejor para celebrarlo que acercarse a una librería local (una de verdad, no un supermercado de libros) y hacerse con unos cuantos (nunca son demasiados). 141
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Classic Hypotheses of Area, Time, and Climatic Stability Fall Short in Explaining High Tropical Species Richness 🧪 🌐 #macroecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comClassic Hypotheses of Area, Time, and Climatic Stability Fall Short in Explaining High Tropical Species RichnessAim Tropical biodiversity overshadows the number of species inhabiting other regions. Age, area, and stability constitute three classical ideas used to explain the higher richness in these warm and ... 04412
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaScott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/04/2025🧪 Our Terminated NSF Grant Tracker is live 🧪 🔴 114 NSF grants listed so far 🔴 Cancelled grants focused on → Training scientists → Misinformation → AI → Climate change Credit to @noamross.net for all the work to build this & to all PIs who submitted their info. Link: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... 5187133
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaPaula Adams, PhD @peadams.bsky.social · 19/04/2025My NSF postdoctoral fellowship was one of the grants terminated yesterday. Devastating is an understatement. Thankful for a supportive admin with a plan to support me for now. 1215626
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaDr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I had an NSF grant on AI education canceled yesterday. I wasn’t given any kind of reason but I have a theory and it’s just as stupid as you might think. (I will probably have more to say on this once I have more details but for right now just: 😡 ) 1817035
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade. 4242961285
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaMethods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Head over to our Youtube channel to watch our latest MEE live with Abby Keller and find out more about eDNAjoint, a new tool for eDNA 🧬 buff.ly/gnLVVgV Don't forget to check out the full paper 👇youtu.beMEE live! A new tool for eDNA modellingFind out more about eDNAjoint, new eDNA modelling tool. You can read the full article at https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70000 on Methods in Ecology and Ev... 1115
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaJohn M. Mola @johnmola.bsky.social · 31/03/2025We first submitted this manuscript in 2018, it was desk rejected, and then other stuff came up. I am proud, just a mere 7 years later, to share with you our extensive review on Bumble Bee Movement Ecology: academic.oup.com/aesa/advance...academic.oup.comBumble bee movement ecology: foraging and dispersal across castes and life stagesAbstract. Movement is a dynamic process that changes with ontogeny, physiological state, and ecological context. The results of organismal movement impact 14312
Reposted by Leonardo A. SaraviaUCL Faculty of Life Sciences @ucllifesciences.bsky.social · 21/03/2025A new study by @alexpigot.bsky.social and colleagues reveals the critical role of biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems. @uclcber.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMacroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in natureDespite advances in theory and experiments, how biodiversity influences the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems remains debated. By applying new theory to data on 84,695 plant, animal, and... 13418
Leonardo A. Saravia @larysar.bsky.social · 21/03/2025More Species in Small Patches vs. Large Patches: Insights from Modeling 🌿🔍 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comWhy there are more species in several small patches versus few large patches: A multispecies modelling approachRead the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. 131