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🆕#Research lead by Josep Padullés show #trees with thin leaves and powerful #root systems are increasing in abundance in Spain due to climate change 💥 The study has analysed 25 years of changes in more than 445,000 trees 🌳🌳🌳

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Our newest research in @nature.com We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social

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🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 🐜 How did ants evolve their highly specialized queens and workers? With @adriatica.bsky.social, we reveal a key evolutionary innovation: adult control over larval feeding unlocked extreme caste dimorphism and complex societies. 🧵👇 🔗 Read in @pnas.org: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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We compiled seed dispersal networks for the five altitudinal vegetation belts of the Tenerife Island (0 - 3718 m asl) 🌋 🐦‍⬛🌿 We found that seed dispersers offer pathways for plants to colonise upper belts! Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... 🌏🌐🍁🧪

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Tonight we saw this disgusting starsh*t train. Each satellite of about mag -3. People, when you celebrate the starship or falcon 9 achievments, you celebrate the meticulous destruction of the night sky for commercial use. Our nocturnal patrimony Please don't or stop saying you love #astronomy🔭 1/2

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Beautiful Goldfinches feeding in the garden earlier this week. I mix wildflowers among ornamental flowers and leave the seed heads to feed the birds naturally during the winter months! It's rewarding to see them! 💛 🪶 📷 🌿 #birds #photography #nature #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #NativePlants #Wildlife

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The concept of the “extinction of experience” has been used to describe the dwindling human connection with nature, often applied to the general public. But ecologists themselves are not immune. Across universities and research institutions, field-based studies are in retreat. mongabay.cc/w0Tc9L

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As humans add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, the enzyme Rubisco has become an important limiting factor for photosynthesis. Engineering sorghum and sugarcane to overexpress the small subunit of Rubisco could increase crop productivity. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

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I enjoyed this @tabledebates.bsky.social podcast on how and why fossil fuels became so central to food systems, from production to distribution to cooking. But in terms of what comes next, I think it suffers from what I like to call the limits of "agroecological solutionism." A thread... 1/

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♻️Symbiotic fungi from a wild grass (Celtica gigantea) increase the growth, grain yield and quality of tritordeum under field conditions by Iñigo Zabalgogeazcoa and co-authors Full #openaccess 👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plae013 #PlantScience

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Our paper is now published online at Ecological Solutions and Evidence, a @britishecologicalsociety.org open access journal. A great team effort, with abstract in 10 (!) languages. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Crop improvements from 1961–2015 reduced cropland expansion, lowered greenhouse gas emissions from land use change, and prevented thousands of species extinctions, compared with a counterfactual scenario without crop improvements. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰📚 🌾Emerging frontiers in sorghum genetic engineering🌾 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17244 Nigam, Devkar, Dhiman et al @YinpingJiao @ttuigcast Genome editing advancements + strategies to boost sorghum’s role in food security amid climate change

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📰Published📰 A proposal to standardise the study of phenotypic plasticity: fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/a...

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A sweet sentiment, captured in time ♥️ 🌱

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The February issue is now fully online: www.nature.com/nplants/volu...

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📢 New EFSA Scientific Opinion! 📢 🌱 Commodity risk assessment of Taxus baccata plants from the UK 🌱 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef...

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James Webb Satellite took a fantastic shot of the Planet Saturn with it's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This is just an Amazing shot that shows the planet and the rings in brilliant detail.

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🧪 Experimental Evidence of Evolvability More experimental evidence that mutations can be non-random: natural selection can favor bacterial mutations that generate lineages capable of rapid adaptation, increasing likelihood of survival in changing environments. #evosky phys.org/news/2025-02...

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The Trump-Vance-Musk regime is not only undermining democracy in the US. It is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world. The emerging battle will be global democracy vs. a global oligarchy. The US is emerging on the side of global oligarchy.

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"The beauty of nature! Exploring different types of birds. Which one is your favorite?"

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Towards pollinator-friendly policy and practices #Safeguard policy brief "The topic of pollinators is characterised by different (including opposing) views which are subject to unequal access to policymaking, with a few largely advantaged views gaining political leverage" zenodo.org/records/1490...

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I am currently putting one of @hausderastronomie.bsky.social 's Celestron Origins through its paces. This is 3.75 hours' worth of photons for the Whirlpool Galaxy M51. I really like the level of detail. You can even see the small pink dots of ultra-hot hydrogen gas! 1/ 🧪🔭

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'Glacier Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise' ❄️🧊 Huge effort to gather mass loss estimate outside ice sheets btw 2000 and 2023 📈 Since 2000, 5% ice volume lost globally (273 gigatonnes/yr) 🌊 Guess who 'won'? 🥇 Alps and Pyrenees lost 39% of their 2000 volume! 😲😱 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Visión sobre la Agricultura y los Alimentos de la Comisión Europea www.agronegocios.es/agronegocios...

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𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 📚 Genome editing, an opportunity to revive soybean cultivation in Europe 🌱 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17266 @ijpb_fr @inrae-france.bsky.social Soybean sustains agriculture EU import reliance is a challenge 🧬Genome editing enhances resilience &quality, boosting sustainable local production

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Orchids are fascinating. This species can parasitize wood decomposing fungi to gain nutrition while remaining photosynthetic and thus growing more vigorously. Cool stuff. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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🌾 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how does wind pollination shape plant mating systems in Oryza rufipogon (outcrossing) and Oryza nivara (selfing). Full #openaccess 👉 https://doi.org/n4dn #PlantScience

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📝 Endangered Vanilla Orchids Hiding in Plain Sight 🧵 https://doi.org/n7k3 What was thought to be a single vanilla orchid species turns out to be two distinct plants, both fighting for survival. #Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief You might think vanilla is plain, but research shows it’s anything but.

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Well, what a delight! Early Sand-grass Mibora minima in fine fettle on the dunes at Aberffraw, Ynys Môn today. Last saw this on the beach at Juno Beach, Normandy. Maxing out at c.1cm tall, it's almost invisible. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbicymru.bsky.social

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Evidence of Holarctic distribution: common frog Rana temporaria eggs in Fennoscandia host photosymbiotic green algae (Oophila sp.) https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10752 #Amphibia #Frog #Algae #Ranatemporaria #Oophilaamblystomatis #Photosymbiosis

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Opinion piece: To advance #SustainableDevelopmentGoal research, open up commercial #satellite image archives for better #farm data. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity

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This morning, the National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees, effective immediately. The number represents roughly 10% of its workforce. Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi

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📢 Join us on 4th April for our webinar 'Plant Health in Focus: raising awareness of regulated and emerging pests for professionals and the public' Experts will share creative campaigns, EPPO standards, and real-world success stories! 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/etfMmEcU ❓ Find out more: lnkd.in/eN9zXdiH

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Detectan en la Vega del Guadalquivir un insecto que ataca a los cítricos www.diariocordoba.com/agricultura-... a través de @cordoba

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Maladeta Glacier 1857 | 2023 Guess what's next? 📈🔥 This is the first and the only photograph showing a Pyrenean glacier that close to its Little Ice Age maximum extent! 🧊 Eternal admiration and gratitude for Civiale and his photographic work 🙏 📷 Aimé Civiale and Pierre René

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Mountain tourism supports local livelihoods & helps protect fragile ecosystems, but better data is needed to manage its impact. @FAO.org & UN World Tourism Organization explore trends & offer recommendations for sustainable tourism development. 📖 https://bit.ly/3ECOQhQ #SustainableTourism

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📢 Words matter! Join Delia Mensitieri on March 28 for an insightful lecture on how we can create a more inclusive and welcoming environment. 📍 Ghent University | 13:30 | Auditorium E3 🔗 Register now: event.ugent.be/registration... #Diversity #Inclusion #GhentUniversity

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"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE Plant Proteostasis Editors: Pablo Manavella & Catharina Merchante Deadline: 30th Nov '25 Manuscripts of any format welcomed, please contact the office (bit.ly/JXBissues) #JXBspecialissues 🌱 🌿 🧪 #plantscience @kmerchante.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social (1/2)

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Small spoiler of what the rainforest is about ;) #SciArt #mammals #primates

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Cartoon by @zezvaz.bsky.social. Wow!

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Nothing like deep homology anus news to brighten your morning! #evodevo

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Shooting stars....... Their light reflects infinity and reminds us that even in the deepest darkness there is a spark of light. They are a promise that we are never alone and that in every ending there is a new beginning.

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Africa hosts a wealth of native crops that offer both nutritional benefits and sustainability. It's time to rediscover Africa's #ForgottenCrops and their potential to transform agrifood systems for a future with #FoodSecurity and #HealthyDiets for all! 👉 doi.org/10.4060/cc50...

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A young lion snarling at Will Burrard-Lucas' remote camera

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Good morning #Bluesky friends, have a great weekend. Here’s a photo of Orion that I took at Loch Morlich, near Aviemore in the beautiful Scottish Highlands.

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📖Published📖 Check out our new article on the new R package R pannotator, and find out more about rapid acquisition, preparation and extraction of macroscopic data from 360-degree imagery 🌎 🧪 📸 (1/2) https://buff.ly/4hurz04

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