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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 27/01/2026

New in #PhilTransB - theme issue explores the #biosphere in the #Anthropocene. All #OA. Read: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

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Roberta McMorran-Lait @rrmcmorranlait.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The GGE department at Leicester is under serious threat. University leadership looking to axe massive amounts of staff. Jobs, postgraduate supervision, degree programs, student experience, and people's futures are at risk! Please sign and circulate if you can 🙏 c.org/SfCJhxQwRc

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Sign the Petition

Save Geography at the University of Leicester

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Roberta McMorran-Lait @rrmcmorranlait.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Happy to share that I passed my upgrade and I'm now an official PhD candidate! I had a stimulating, thoughtful conversation with my assessing panel and am excited to get started on my research 🔎🌍📈 Been celebrating by hiding in caves, exploring old castles, and having Bloody Mary's on the beach 🍹

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Roberta McMorran-Lait @rrmcmorranlait.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Important read! Good to see some pushback against a emerging poisonous narrative about SEND transport costs.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

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Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE

Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

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Roberta McMorran-Lait @rrmcmorranlait.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Had a fabulous time on my DTP field trip with @centa.bsky.social! We learned from @severntrentwater.bsky.social about innovative technologies for mitigating N2O emissions from wastewater treatment plants 🧪🏭💨, culminating in a fun info-video and POSTNote. Also managed some gorgeous sunset walks ☀️🌿

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

📣Now Free Access: Non-stressful temperature changes affect transgenerational phenotypic plasticity across the life cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana plants Get the Paper:

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This #InternationalWomensDay we're celebrating the many recent stories of trailblazing women — researchers, curators, educators, and horticulturists — that are each advancing our shared understanding of plants and fungi! 🌱👩‍🔬🍄 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

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International Women's Day 2025: our favourite Kew stories

Read and watch our top science and garden stories from the trailblazing women of Kew over the past year.

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Dr Josh Lait @joshualait.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Refreshing to see someone at the House of Lords question the cult of economic growth! Growth at all costs without considering public good is absurd. This outdated mentality is how we end up with projects like expanding Heathrow during a climate emergency 🙃 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’

Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Ro...

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Jazz @coyotesdaughter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Niche nerd alert, but this is huge! Genetic analysis validates the permaculture/forest gardening practices of precolonial North America as serious agriculture on a similar time scale with domestication of corn, rice, potatoes, and other global staple crops! www.science.org/content/arti...

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Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests more than 7000 years ago

Genetic analysis of hazelnut trees could help First Nations secure land rights in Canadian courts

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Lucy Waruingi of the African Conservation Centre is a fabulous choice as plenary at #BES2024.

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Matt Thompson @matt-thompson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I am creating a #starter pack for #environmental #sciences doctoral research students. Reach out to be added to the starter pack! I need 7 to start. #students #phd #academics #scientists #researchers #biology #chemistry #physics #ecology #conservationists #geographers #geospatial

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georgia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @blahttodea.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Starter packs

BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

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Ed Balls @officialedballs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Ed Balls

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LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies. #bydhttmwdi

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a pixel art of a man standing under a rainbow on a blue background

Alt: a pixel art of Levar standing under a rainbow on a blue background

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Channa Prakash @agbioworld.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

With domestication, humans directed the evolution of crops & livestock. But farming likewise reshaped our genomes too! DNA from ancient hunter-gatherers and farmers alike shows how the rise of farming changed our biology www.science.org/content/arti...

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How Farming Reshaped Our Genomes

Analysis of 8000-year-old European hunter-gatherer suggests cultivation of crops and livestock dramatically reshaped our DNA

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Eric Brandom @ebrandom.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Or, according to James C. Scott, the other way around.

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Onion should buy Elsevier next

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