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Priscilla Muriel

@priscimuriel.bsky.social
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🇪🇨, she/her, 🧠 #2e #academicMom of a 2e child 
🏔🌴🍀🌿🌾 lover, Ecuadorian useful plants, taxonomist and ecologist (Páramo), long-term vegetation & climate monitoring agnostic
#IAmABotanist #WomeninSTEM, #fedi22 #Ecuador #Fibromyalgia #hEDS #AuDHD

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Mountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌱🏔️ More plant species are reaching European summits. But that’s only half the story. Research across 62 summits finds local plant #extinctions are also accelerating, particularly among high-elevation specialists. More species can mask #BiodiversityLoss. 📖👉 buff.ly/eP358V8 #OurChangingMountains
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This sure seems to be going exactly as planned.
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MSc Psychology and Learning Disability @uoppald.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
For the online, part-time MSc Psychology and Learning Disability (autism, ID, neurodivergence) students can study from anywhere in world for the same price. Joy as @uoppald.bsky.social graduates met one another and staff face to face for the first time at graduation. www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
MSc Psychology and Learning Disability graduates and staff at the University of Portsmouth School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences 2026 postgraduate graduation
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Mountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🏔️🌊 A new study warns that tiny lakes in #OurChangingMountains formed by #glacier retreat can trigger destructive floods, yet many are missing from current hazard inventories. Better #Earthobservation could help identify these hidden risks. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/pLr3fvp
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Mountain Research Initiative @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🌍📢 The #IPCC is seeking expert reviewers for the First Order Draft of #AR7 Working Group I. Help strengthen the next global #ClimateAssessment by reviewing the latest physical #ClimateScience. 📝 Register by 25 Sept 📅 Review: 10 Aug to 2 Oct 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4fyqrIU #OurChangingMountains
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Blas M. Benito @blasbenito.com · 04/05/2026
📦 My new R package {spatialData} is on CRAN! 🎉 Ecological datasets as sf data frames and their companion raster data ready for analysis and modeling. Built as example data for R packages, but great for teaching too! 🔗 blasbenito.github.io/spatialData/ ❗check the Articles section!
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spatialData: Cool Spatial Datasets
Provides spatial datasets ready to use for ecological modelling and raster companion data for prediction: Neanderthal presence during the Last Interglacial (Benito et al. 2017 <doi:10.1111/jbi.12845>)...
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This is such an important thread as we face a growing crisis in higher education. So many public universities are being taken over by people who treat them as a business and not a public good, and those are fundamentally different philosophies. And it’s destroying the road to upward mobility.
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Camila Pacheco-Riaño, PhD @lacapary.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
⛰️ New paper out! We show that alpine biodiversity hotspots are concentrated in the Neotropics. A fantastic piece of work led by @lottaschultz.bsky.social Check it out! 🌿 🦎 🐦‍⬛🦉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide - Nature Communications
This study compares alpine biodiversity patterns for plants and vertebrates across mountains worldwide using an expert-validated dataset. Authors found strong variation among mountains and taxonomic g...
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Dr. Suzette Flantua @suzetteflantua.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
❗New paper alert❗ in @natureportfolio.nature.com Comm compares alpine biodiversity across mountain systems and taxonomic groups worldwide. Led by PhD @lottaschultz.bsky.social Biodiversity patterns differs among mountains, and plants, birds, mammals, and reptiles! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide - Nature Communications
This study compares alpine biodiversity patterns for plants and vertebrates across mountains worldwide using an expert-validated dataset. Authors found strong variation among mountains and taxonomic g...
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Jessica Hullman @jessicahullman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
This essay captures what AI for science debates often fail to recognize: That in many academic fields, people creation is the main goal. That the supervision IS the science. That the real threat is "a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing" ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...
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The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.
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Dr. Suzette Flantua @suzetteflantua.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
A must read for many of us supervising (PhD) students and the use of AI for their development and critical thinking....
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Our new paper from #EntoPOC led by Dr. Evangelista! Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences url: academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
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Evaluating perceptions of STEM majors to explain diversity gaps in entomology and other sciences
Abstract. Communities working in entomology, ecology, and other natural sciences are known for having shortfalls in racial and gender diversity. We aim to
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leland c. graber @bug4bug.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Do you (or have you ever) worked with natural history collections? Are you trans or non-binary? If you said "yes" to both of those, @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and I want to hear from you! Please consider filling out our survey and please share with others! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🐛🦕🦴🌿 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Trans in Natural History Survey 2026
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Towards a Bandung de los Pueblos www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Arqueología y cómic: Reescribir en femenino (y en viñetas) la evolución humana - El Diario de la Educación
La Dama de Cavillon y la obra de Ulli Lust revelan cómo los prejuicios patriarcales moldearon la interpretación científica de la prehistoria.
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Ingrid Mosquera @ingridmosquera.com · 23/02/2026
🤩 Ya programada la #CharlaConIngrid del domingo con la psicóloga Rocío Manzanera. Nos hablará, entre otras cosas, de su experiencia de más de diez años atendiendo a la diversidad en el sistema educativo británico. Nos acompañará en el chat en directo. www.youtube.com/live/6oMkz1t...
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#CharlasEducativas (208). Conocemos a la psicóloga Rocío Manzanera
YouTube video by IMGENDE TIC y Educación con Ingrid
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Ingrid Mosquera @ingridmosquera.com · 15/02/2026
🤩 Ya disponible la #CharlaConIngrid en la que hablamos de neurodivergencias, autodiagnóstico y redes sociales. Maravilloso contar con @luisrobo.bsky.social, @conciencea.bsky.social y Paloma Merello. 🔝 www.youtube.com/live/LPAySmN... También en podcast: charlaseducativas.com/el-podcast-d...
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#CharlasEducativas (206). Neurodivergencias y autodiagnóstico: el debate
YouTube video by IMGENDE TIC y Educación con Ingrid
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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The Neanderthal Garden: Landscape Engineering and the End of the "Pristine Wilderness" Myth
By Seth Chagi World of Paleoanthropology
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Ecography - Wiley Online Library nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Living on the edge – physiological tolerance to frost and drought explains range limits of 35 European tree species
Species distribution models are key to evaluate how climate change threatens European forests and tree species distributions. However, current models struggle to integrate ecophysiological processes....
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation
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NPR @npr.org · 13/10/2025
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States. n.pr/4h5y75M
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Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 13/10/2025
This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we’re honored to share a message from Helena Gualinga, Kichwa activist from Sarayaku, Ecuador – one of the most powerful voices of her generation. #EndAmazonCrude mailchi.mp/amazonwatch/...
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Fonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Brutal represión en Ecuador por parte del ultraderechista Noboa con 3 asesinados en el Paro Nacional. Ayuso lo apoyó en campaña electoral y le impuso la Medalla de Madrid. Silencio mediático en España.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 12/09/2025
🎥 How healthy ecosystems can protect small islands from #ClimateChange PL RP 🩷💚💙 #ClimateAction #climate #Klima @jonlionfineart.bsky.social @poofitsmagic.bsky.social @souixse.bsky.social @sykescharlie.bsky.social @blueutah.bsky.social @dunemythang.bsky.social @fa24fo25.bsky.social graph IPCC
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/09/2025
This is a nice illustration of how waste powers production. The idea of single-use, discardable plastic 'filling up landfills' was magic for producers. This is the same principle behind fossil fuel companies producing energy, and the tech companies that waste it www.jasontreat.com/plastic-1
a chart showing the rising amount of plastic consumption from 1950 to 2000 and 15, with most of the rise attributable to packaging where plastic is only used for about six months. Most of it is never recycled or incinerated
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Aleksandra Lazić, PhD @alelazic.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Was looking for something on #OpenAccess publishing in Latin America (leaders in nonprofit OA journals!), in English AND reusable (not easy, please add Creative Commons licences). Found this recent article: González, S. C., & Becerril-Garcia, A. (2025). #OpenScience
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Open Access and Open Science in Latin America Today:  Bridges and Barriers
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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Operación sin rumbo
Los abusos militares de la guerra interna en Ecuador
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Describimos esta nueva especie de Nototriche endémica del Páramo del Antisana en 🇪🇨
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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Ecuador: futuro incierto para ciencia y protección ambiental
Eliminación del Ministerio de Ambiente y la Secretaría de Ciencia propuesta por gobierno de Ecuador preocupa a académicos y ambientalistas.
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Botany One @botany.one · 11/07/2025
Meet Dr. Laura Lagomarsino, who fell in love with plants during childhood camping trips in California's redwood forests. Her passion for plant-pollinator relationships began with a magical moment watching hummingbirds visit curved flowers in Costa Rica's cloud forests. #Botany 🧪 wp.me/pdRZhH-m9q
Dr. Laura Lagomarsino smiling at the camera while conducting fieldwork in a tropical environment. She wears a colorful striped knit hat with red trim and a light-colored field jacket with yellow straps. Behind her is a distinctive tropical plant with large, paddle-shaped leaves arranged in a rosette pattern, characteristic of high-altitude Andean vegetation.
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Ley áreas protegidas: 4 claves para entenderla gk.city/2025/07/04/4...
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Ley áreas protegidas: 4 claves para entenderla
El objetivo de la ley áreas protegidas es conservar estos espacios con recursos públicos y privados. Expertos tienen cuestionamientos.
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality - Mering - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library
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The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality
Many flowering plant genera are named for people, but there is a gender gap in this naming, with only 6% of eponyms honouring women. Here we explore this gap by examining in detail women for whom pla...
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Autistic Realms (Helen Edgar) @autisticrealms.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
“Empowering Advocacy: Neuro-Affirming Support for Your Autistic Young Person at School.” New webinar: 11th June 6pm GMT… autisticrealms.com/empowering-advoc…
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Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I recently visited the ALMA observatory in Chile. While I was poking around the telescopes, ALMA researchers released amazing new views of planet-forming disks around young stars. These are the most detailed images yet of new solar systems being born. 🧪🔭 public.nrao.edu/news/exoalma/
Deep ALMA observations of 12CO emission from fifteen protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning range of structures in the gas morphology including gaps, rings and spirals. Credit: Richard Teague and the exoALMA Collaboration
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Trees capture toxic fingerprint of gold mining in the Amazon
Mercury pollution accumulating in trees could offer a new way to monitor destructive gold mining operations
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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
In this week’s #Frontiers 🎙️Talking about Methods podcast🎙️Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about doing participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective. 🎧 Listen to the full podcast here:   frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/participator...
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Participatory Research from an Anti-colonial Perspective - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies
Episode Description In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia about doing participatory research from an anti-colonial perspective. By talking a...
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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Silvana’s book "Feminism, Violence against Women, and Law Reform: Decolonial Lessons from Ecuador" received the Hart-Socio-Legal Studies Association Book Prize in 2023.
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Christian Peverieri @chrispeverieri.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#Ecuador | Salango, la comunità che resiste da 20 anni all’esproprio della propria terra e al saccheggio delle risorse ora si appella alla Corte Interamericana. Qui la mia intervista all’amico Carlos, abitante della comunità. #SalangoResiste camminardomandando.blogspot.com/2025/05/sala...
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Salango, la comunità che resiste da 20 anni all’esproprio e al saccheggio
La storia di lotta e resistenza della comunità di Salango, un antico villaggio indigeno abitato dai discendnti del popolo manta huancavilca.
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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Aunque la mancha negra que dejaron los 25.117 barriles de petróleo en Ecuador se disipó, la vida en la provincia costera de Esmeraldas está lejos de recuperar la normalidad. “Recién vamos a empezar a observar los daños de esta catástrofe ambiental” dozz.es/4glqg11
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La emergencia por el derrame de petróleo en Ecuador no ha terminado dos meses después
Aunque la mancha negra que dejaron los 25.117 barriles de crudo se disipó, la vida en la provincia costera de Esmeraldas está lejos de recuperar la normalidad
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WBUR @wbur.org · 08/05/2025
“I've trained for 10 years to get to this point, and all of a sudden this election has entirely derailed everything that I've ever wanted to do,” a Boston University student said.
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Under Trump, job prospects look 'bleak' for Mass. grads in environmental science
In recent months, the Trump administration has clawed back funding for research, slashed scientific agencies and reshaped climate policy. The moves are complicating opportunities for environmental sci...
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Suscribe every single word…. What would life be without laughters though
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Ciudades Verdes @ciudadesverdes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Analizando distintos parques de bolsillo, este estudio determinó que la jerarquía del espacio, la diversidad vegetal, la armonía paisajística y la riqueza cromática son los 4 factores más importantes que determinan la belleza escénica de las áreas verdes que tenemos en las ciudades 🌼 🌳🌺🌻
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Una evaluación multidimensional de los paisajes de los parques de bolsillo: Perspectivas a partir de la estimación de la belleza escénica y el proceso de jerarquía analítica en el distrito de Dadukou,...
Los parques de bolsillo son pequeñas áreas verdes que mejoran significativamente la habitabilidad urbana, especialmente en ciudades densamente pobladas. Para
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La Barra Espaciadora @lbelibre.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Científicos latinoamericanos se vuelven objetivo de la violencia 📌En Ecuador, personas involucradas con la minería y la pesca ilegales han amenazado a expertos que trabajan por la conservación de los ecosistemas. 👉 bit.ly/41lyX8l 🖊️Ana Cristina Alvarado Con @mongabaylatam.bsky.social
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Científicos latinoamericanos se vuelven objetivo de la violencia - La Barra Espaciadora
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La Barra Espaciadora @lbelibre.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
El nexo entre clima, biodiversidad y agua en Sudamérica Los beneficios que la naturaleza proporciona a las personas dependen de la conservación, el uso sostenible y la restauración. 👉 bit.ly/3X63pkh Con @latinoamerica21.bsky.social #PeriodismoEnRed
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El nexo entre clima, biodiversidad y agua en Sudamérica - La Barra Espaciadora
El nexo entre clima, biodiversidad y agua es importante para comprender la necesidad de proteger los ecosistemas en Sudamérica
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Noboa, en busca del poder total
El joven presidente, pese a solo llevar 14 meses, ha permeado casi todas las instituciones de Ecuador. Este domingo quiere reelegirse en primera vuelta
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Ingrid Mosquera @ingridmosquera.com · 09/02/2025
⁉️ Hoy, en el #DebateDominguero de vuestras #CharlasEducativas, os preguntamos: ¿Crees que has tenido, en tu aula, alumnado sin diagnosticar alguna enfermedad, algún trastorno, alguna condición o alguna dificultad de aprendizaje? Sí, creo que sí - Repost No, creo que no - Like
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a yellow speech bubble that says tu voto cuenta
Alt: a yellow speech bubble that says tu voto cuenta
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Priscilla Muriel @priscimuriel.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
‘Clear signs of authoritarianism’: Ecuador’s ‘iron fist’ leader seeks re-election www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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‘Clear signs of authoritarianism’: Ecuador’s ‘iron fist’ leader seeks re-election
Voters go to polls on Sunday to give verdict on Daniel Noboa, whose crime crackdown has eroded human rights
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
February is Library Lover's Month and we would like to thank all librarians for the important role they play within the biology community. #LibraryLoversMonth #HappyLibraryLoversMonth #biology #research #ReadAndPublish #OA
Love the Library 

February is Library Lover's Month
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Irene Águila @iaguila.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"Si aceptamos que se vulneren #DDHH en determinados colectivos, estamos abriendo la puerta a quebrar el principio de #igualdad, #universalidad e igual #dignidad de las personas y preparando el terreno para posteriores violaciones de las que nadie quedará exento" @ctxt.es ctxt.es/es/20241201/...
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Defender los Derechos Humanos como estrategia de futuro
Si dejamos de aplicar derechos (como el de asilo) a determinados grupos de seres humanos, estamos preparando el terreno para posteriores violaciones de las que nadie quedará exento
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