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Julie Lockwood

@lockwoodlab.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor and Director, Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute Biodiversity conservation, invasive species, wildlife trade, eDNA, climate change Lockwoodlab.com sites.rutgers.edu/edna/

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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 9h
“We are all experiencing sea level rise here in New Jersey and that it’s not just a scientific story, it’s a personal story,” said RCEI affiliate Lisa Auermuller, in a new article published by NBC10 Philadelphia. The article discusses recent changes in New Jerse... Read more at tinyurl.com/7khj84k6
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Alejandro Ordonez @anordonez1.bsky.social · 19h
"🌿 We're hiring at @econovoau.bsky.social! Postdoc position forecasting how land-use change, climate shifts & rewilding will reshape European plant diversity. Biodiversa+ REDESIGN project, Aarhus Uni. 2 years. Closes 1 Nov 2026. 🔗 www.au.dk/om/stillinge... #ecology #postdoc
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Postdoctoral researcher in biodiversity forecasting, vegetation dynamics and rewilding - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Biologi - Økoinformatik og biodiversitet, Aarhus Universitet
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 15h
Missed our last MEE live? You can now find it on our Youtube! 🌍 🧪 In this this webinar, Antica Culina introduces the concept of Risk of Bias (RoB), and discusses why RoB assessment matters for producing reliable systematic reviews and meta-analyses. buff.ly/B2GOVNe
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MEE live! Risk of Bias in ecology and evolution: Why does it matter, and how do we do it?
Risk of Bias (RoB) assessment is an essential part of evidence synthesis in many disciplines, yet it is rare in ecology and evolutionary biology. In this this webinar, Antica Culina introduces the…
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Pro tip for writers: A very bad first draft is not a failure - it’s a great start, Congratulations! You can’t revise a blank page, but you can shape a bad one into something really great
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Conservation Biology and Forest Ecology @cofeuniwue.bsky.social · 16h
Congrats to Kirtana Kumar on her first new publication! 🎉 Her study reveals responses of Galápagos lizards following invasive mammal eradication, a fascinating example of how quickly ecosystems can respond to conservation action🦎 Give it a read! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Response of endemic lizard populations to attempted eradication of invasive predators on a Galápagos island
Integrating reptile monitoring into invasive predator eradication programmes can reveal rapid responses in ecologically important, yet frequently overlooked, components of island ecosystems. Accounti...
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's the paper that the article draws from, co-authored with @jmbecologist.bsky.social
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Revisiting the case for assisted colonisation under rapid climate change
Maintaining functioning ecosystems in a hotter world will require mass-scale assisted colonisation, so appropriate conservation policy, legislative frameworks and regulating bodies must be urgently d....
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RCEI affiliate Fiorella Prada, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences was recently awarded a U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) grant for a collaborative project with Tali Mass at the University of Haifa. According t... Read more at tinyurl.com/s5wpyy6j
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/09/2026
Don’t ask an elected official if they “believe” in climate change, it’s not a religion. Don’t ask if they think it’s serious: it is. Ask them what matters most: what are they doing about it? Excellent application here, 10/10 no notes 👏⬇️👏
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MissPlaced @missplaced.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📖Published📖 This study investigates the practical application and sensitivity of eRNA for detecting fish in the wild🧬🐟️ Find out more here 👇 buff.ly/yq0tRrh
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Resharing this as I just read another paper that conflates transport, introduction, & establishment. We need to revisit key tips for comparative analyses of invasions: 1) propagule pressure matters, and it’s correlated with other vars; 2) defining the pool of species for comparisons is essential.
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Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center @maisrc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Our Lab to Lakes eDNA community testing initiative was covered by @mprnews.org! "It’s a novel approach that’s brought citizens and scientists together to fight #AIS, and could eventually make it easier for #Minnesotans to police their local lakes." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Citizen sleuths use DNA traces to hunt for zebra mussels in Minnesota lakes
A new tool built at the University of Minnesota can help detect the DNA of invasive species in lakes, giving officials more time to respond. Across Minnesota, volunteers are putting that science into ...
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Center for Large Landscape Conservation @largelandscapes.org · 28/09/2026
The largest wildlife overpass in North America was completed in 2025 spanning I-25 in CO. According to Colorado Governor Jared Polis, the crossing, and nearby crossing infrastructure, has reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions on the stretch of I-25 by 91%. www.denvergazette.com/outtherecolo...
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Massive wildlife overpass has helped reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% in Colorado
In December 2025, it was announced that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) had completed the construction of the I-25 wildlife overpass in the area of Greenland, between Denver and Color...
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A collaborative team of Rutgers School of Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) students was one of four winners in the 2026 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge. The team compe... Read more at tinyurl.com/47x7csx2
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Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 Open position in Biodiversity Science The 2-year position focuses on how patterns of species co-occurrence are shifting under global change, using long-term biodiversity datasets and advanced statistics. 📍 Helsinki, Finland | ~€3,700/month 📅 Apply by 19 Oct. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Science
Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Science
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please pass along: I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab. We study physical ecology, macroecology, and biodiversity — spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested 🧪🌐🌾
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The argument that a species is in no danger because it is very common, is a complete fallacy; but is very often brought forward...by people who have a financial interest in destroying the animals." - Charles Elton, Animal Ecology (1927) Each of these species was very common 1-2 centuries ago.
Atlantic codAmerican bisonPassenger pigeonThylacine
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This study demonstrates that integrating eDNA metabarcoding data into species distribution models can improve fish abundance predictions, especially for site-attached and reef-associated species 🐡 🧬 🪸 👉️ buff.ly/wZWIzWQ
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Development and implementation of an Indigenous data governance framework and stewardship tool to document, store, and apply Indigenous environmental data in northern Canada Chow-Fraser+ doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...
Fig. 2. A conceptual model of the Dene Tha’ First Nation data governance framework, which flows from left to right. The data governance framework then repeats as community priorities are reassessed. Community engagement is interwoven throughout each stage as a way to ensure that data governance implementation consistently reflects community needs and desires. Example outputs of land and resource governance decisions are presented on the basis of whether they are externally, collaboratively or Nation led.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
ICE has abducted Senegalese WBB player Aminata Seck and won't release her. DHS 'policy' is to provide medical care to prisoners at intake, yet they admit to denying her care for an ACL injury for 1.5 months. The NCAA is letting it happen, despite its predatory recruitment of ICAs. We explain.
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ICE has abducted a college athlete. What are the NCAA and universities going to do about it?
Aminata Seck’s detention shows the bargain facing international college athletes: universities eagerly recruit them, but support can disappear when their immigration status becomes precarious.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Chris Conaton @conatonc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A familiar story for anyone who follows @volts.wtf. “The Chronicle spoke to more than half a dozen grid experts…to try to understand why Texas’s notoriously unreliable grid had a remarkably reliable summer. The answer was unanimous: solar panels and batteries.”
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Texas shattered energy demand records this summer. Here's why the grid held up.
Texas repeatedly broke electricity demand records this summer, but ERCOT avoided emergencies as booming solar and battery capacity helped keep the grid stable.
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Merci de partager largement... Poste de professeur « Canada Impact Emerging Leader » à l'Université McGill, axé sur la recherche portant sur les organismes nuisibles aux plantes réglementés (insectes, nématodes, mauvaises herbes, etc.) dans les écosystèmes agricoles. Rejoignez-moi !
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Professeur(e) adjoint(e) sur les organismes nuisibles réglementés s’attaquant aux végétaux - Leaders émergents Impact+ Canada
Veuillez référer au guide Comment postuler à un emploi (pour les candidats externes) pour obtenir des instructions sur la façon de postuler. Si vous êtes un employé actif de McGill (c.-à-d. actuelleme...
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Please share widely..... Canada Impact Emerging Leader faculty position at McGill University with a research focus on regulated plant pests (insects, nematodes, weeds, etc.) in agricultural ecosystems. Come join me! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
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Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beautiful sunset sky tonight just before the nor'easter descends upon us.
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Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute @ruclimateenergy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Calling all future leaders interested in clean energy! The Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute offers a Clean Energy Graduate Certificate in partnership with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the Rutgers Office of Climate Action to equip you for your future career pursuits.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 25/09/2026
As AI booms, there’s a surge in energy demand to power data centres – and turning to gas is a slow and costly solution. #Electrotech like solar modules and battery systems are quick to deploy and increasingly cheaper to deliver power. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Human regulation of rivers overwhelms natural patterns on a global scale. Quote: “We are altering the flows of rivers everywhere on the planet.” www.science.org/content/arti...
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Satellite reveals a world of ‘weird rivers’ shaped by humans
SWOT is exposing humans’ effects on rivers—and challenging flood prediction models
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McGill Biology @biomcgill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
McGill has a productive group of freshwater scientists working on fish & invertebrate ecology, evolution, invasive species, ecotoxicology and global change. We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow that can forge new collaborations among us. See our job ad here: scasscsa.mcjobboard.net/jobs/235865
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Freshwater Science
The GRIL node at McGill University comprises seven aquatic scientists (see below) that span a broad range of expertise; we are advancing knowledge regarding landscape-scale processes, long-term change...
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Rutgers Bloustein School @bloustein.rutgers.edu · 24/09/2026
Mini-chains are quietly reshaping NYC, one gentrified block at a time. Rutgers' @willbpayne.bsky.social (via Het Parool): we're in a "second prime time for chains" as info overload online makes predictability appealing again, just like pre-internet days. bit.ly/47gEY8k
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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · 22/09/2026
🌊Combining #Indigenous Knowledge with #ArcticOcean modelling can strengthen climate science while supporting community needs, creating ongoing, two-way partnerships.🧪 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Indigenous Knowledge and observations improve Arctic Ocean model skill and relevance - Communications Earth & Environment
Combining Indigenous Knowledge with Arctic Ocean modeling can strengthen climate science while supporting community needs, creating ongoing, two-way partnerships.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excited to launch this new effort to help guide climate funders to the best possible climate solutions and outcomes!
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Confirming the White House’s planned EO to exert more political control on NIH seems to be “dead” www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/n...
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White House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears 'dead'
A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said.
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Pedro Brandão-Dias F Pinto @pedrobd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have you met an eDNA skeptic? 🧬 I seem to encounter them often as grant reviewers 📜. So we assembled a team of social scientists and eDNA scientists and dug deeper into what is actually behind that skepticism.
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Embracing Environmental <fc>DNA</fc> (<fc>eDNA</fc>): Trust, Skepticism, and Competence in an Emerging Method
Trust in eDNA is fundamentally relational. Survey results show that experience increases perceived validity and usefulness while transforming skepticism into more nuanced evaluation, highlighting the...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do people realize that galas are probably the worst way to support non-profit work? For every dollar raised, it costs about 80-90 cents to basically put on a party for rich people. They’re inefficient, exclusive, and contrary to the mission of public service.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 23/09/2026
This is not a bad article by @chicoharlan.bsky.social. But, no, the “AI” (deep learning statistical model of relevant physics) thati’s used as a computational model to support coastal engineering is not the same “AI” (corporate LLMs) that’s driving emissions growth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/c...
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 23/09/2026
A new species of felid has been classified, the first in over 100 years. 🐱 The Leopardus tilcayo lives in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion and is smaller than the average domestic cat, measuring around 46 cm from head to end of body and weighing about 1.4 kg.
A “Leopardus tilcayo” at the Senda Verde animal sanctuary in the Yungas region of Bolivia on September 1
(Photo credit: Fernando Faciole/National Geographic/Reuters)
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Really lovely article about the return of New England rivers.
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The dam removals that get the most press tend to be superlative western ones, like the Klamath and Elwha—big rivers, big fish. For @biographic.bsky.social, I wrote about some equally vital, under-the-radar projects now restoring eastern streams, one old mill dam at a time. #AlewivesAreTheNewSalmon
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Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center @maisrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MAISRC Research Director and @umnextension.bsky.social Extension Specialist Dan Larkin was interviewed for this @mprnews.org piece on #StarryStonewort. Read more about Lake Koronis and statewide efforts to deal with this aquatic invasive plant #AIS z.umn.edu/mpr-news-sta...
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A Minnesota ‘lake killer’ surfaced 11 years ago. There’s still no long-term fix.
If caught early, starry stonewort is no longer considered a death sentence for lakes. Still, a decade after it was first discovered in Minnesota, it remains a costly problem with no permanent cure.
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Chris R. Shepherd @chrisrshepherd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Philadelphia CBP agriculture specialists intercept rare Chief Goliath beetles being smuggled to Germany
U.S. Customs and Border Protection provides information on border security, trade, travel, customs regulations, trusted traveler programs and enforcement news to the public.
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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For a second year, a survey of nearly 1,000 scientists across a variety of life sciences details how federal government policies have created ongoing disruptions to American research and to the scientific workforce.
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Scientists Report Continuing Harms to U.S. Science in Second-Year Survey
A survey of scientists across a variety of life sciences details how federal government policies have created ongoing disruptions to American research and the scientific workforce.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/09/2026
When we stop talking about climate change like it’s a political issue and start talking about it as a shared challenge that we all need to work together to solve, that’s when we’ll finally be able to start talking about saving ourselves. That is our conclusion here!
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New blog post! 🚨 Read our new blog post 'From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?' 🧬🐟️ 🧪 Find it here 🌏️ 👇️ buff.ly/q4r1ASq
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From replicate detection to DNA concentration: What can ddPCR tell us about sedaDNA metabarcoding?
Post provided by Elena Baños Lara I am currently completing my PhD at the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) in Spain, where I use environmental and sedimentary ancient DNA to explor…
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The Ricciardians @ricciardilab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Freshwater biodiversity impacts of global hydropower dams - Communications Earth & Environment
Hydropower dams fragment rivers and degrade habitats, increasing extinction risk for freshwater species, with over 85% of species showing status changes moving to higher threat categories, based on Gl...
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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Chair combining behavioural studies with sustainability, which I gather may encompass biodiversity www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/hatton-...
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Hatton Professorship of Sustainability
The Board of Electors to the Hatton Professorship of Sustainability invite applications for this Professorship from persons whose work falls within the general field of the Professorship (combining be...
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Ursulala @ursulala.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
#Klimakatastrophe Zeitrafferaufnahme des wegschmelzenden Pasterze-Gletschers auf dem Großglockner zwischen 1924 und 2024: 😩🥲
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump asked Russ Vought, OMB Director and the devil incarnate, to draft an executive order placing political appointees in charge of NIH grant funding, following the NIH director’s refusal to cut grants to Harvard.
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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Any company that does this should be immediately boycotted.
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