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Blenheim land at Bladon was blitzed with glyphosate ‘to eliminate blackgrass’ in 2013 but later a subsequent 3-year regenerative rotation eliminated it.

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Thank goodness

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I hope they will examine #BotleyWestSolar Farm proposal for its claim of 70% BNG -,apparently to be generated by bat and bird boxes in the ruined landscape.

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Impressive @herdyshepherd.bsky.social at #ORFC this morning demanding gov support for sustainable farming systems to trap and sequester C and ensure farm succession.

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Great review. I’m still asking myself if a soil microbiome might be a helpful pointer in exploring the living basis of ‘soil health’ - eg by analogy with the human gut microbiome.

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In my experience developers’ claims to restore nature are not enforced. Local councils no longer include experts.

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PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it: -keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice. -do not feed them raw dairy -do not feed them raw meat

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Reintro: I'm now in my final year and preparing to defend! I'd revamp this to: patterns of specificity in coral-algal mutualisms, and then what that means for their ecology and evolution. A lot of my work has since taken a turn into octocoral symbionts, plus some work in other Cnidarians 🧪 (🪸📷⬇️)

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Thank you so much! And for the repost.

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A Lego orrery!

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We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky. Help us gain our following back Follow Retweet Repeat Join the park side @altyellonatpark.org

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Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for this alert to good climate news: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Ecology lecturer wins Moth Nature Writing Prize The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2024, judged anonymously by Cal Flyn, has been awarded to British writer, researcher and naturalist, Anna Selby, for her poem, Acairseid Mhòr, Gometra www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

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If #WorldSoilDay left you wanting more, this video encourages viewers to appreciate the natural world, highlighting how everything, from worms to flowers, shapes our ecosystem. Designed to inspire, it educates schools & the wider public on environmental interconnectivity. @ecioxford.bsky.social

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Perverse... An online magazine that adds a healthy tang of strangeness to the poetry culture, inviting writers to contribute things we find ourselves surprised by, even as we write.

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Such beautiful, interesting books!

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“Pesticides that harm bees were found in the majority of English waterways tested in the last year” - Pesticides that are banned in the EU but allowed in the UK due to our Brexit ‘freedoms’ 🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🧵 Launched today! A Woodland Trust report explores how the Gvt should fund #NatureRecovery in England, focusing on the role of new nature markets, risks, & opportunities, highlighting the vital role of the public sector in driving change. @ecioxford.bsky.social www.naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk?p=2274

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Excellent soil biology explanation unfolds from this QR code:

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‘#Naturalhistory #GCSE on hold as qualification seen as ‘Tory initiative’, claims campaigner’ - as if engaging children with the wonder of their world is to do with petty politics.

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Good news for nature recovery in Northumberland:

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I'm giving my introductory talk at Oxford at the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social on Thursday 28th 12:00. I'll be talking about climate, energy, food, and weaving in some of our research as we go. Do join if you have the time: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/towar...

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A new Doctoral Training Programme - the Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science Landscape Award - has been launched! It will cultivate researchers able to innovate solutions to challenges in and across biological and environmental sciences 👇 bit.ly/3AGjBRk

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Absolute fury at this: United Utilities refusing to disclose data about sewage it's releasing into Windermere, because it's "not in the public interest." Ditto data on ammonia checks from a UU Cunsey Beck plant; site of a 2022 mass fish-kill from pollution. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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🌍✍️ Poets and scientists, it is time to make your mark! The Nature of Our Times project is calling for submissions that explore our relationship with the natural world and the urgent challenges of our era. Submission details here: natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/call-for-sub... #SciComm

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"Everything flows, everything is the eel." Out now from Longbarrow Press: Steve Ely's 'Eely', a symphony in four movements. Fenland, power, conflict, biodiversity. Here's a short introduction with four poems: longbarrowblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/26/e...

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The whole sorry business makes me as angry now as it did then.

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Rather pleased that this 2006 review had 15 new reads this week #soilfungiwoodlandecosystem www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Here's a starter pack of people on here who I've found and who I know are excellent Science Communicators. Give them a follow: go.bsky.app/4SAvt2B

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I’m looking for the Woodland Trust, especially the survey of ancient and veteran trees that I heard of today.

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Might as well come out with it here on the samizdat site. I have a 500-ish page book on the carbon cycle over all of Earth and human history coming out next year. The cover looks like this. Will have more to say about it once I finally wrap it up soon and the publisher takes the bounty off my head.

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We have five more #Nature talks lined up before the end of term. Join us on-line, or in-person followed by a drinks reception where you can chat to the speaker & other like-minded people. Register here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv... @oxfordbiology.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social

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www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/pho... Delighted that this second edition with Valley Press has a scientific and poetic explanation of the title by @ymalhi.bsky.social

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Welcome all to BlueSky. Now please use it. I know that my own temptation to stay with twitter is primarily because of a collective action problem. If people are going to stay on here it needs to be active.

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Apocalyptic Landscape. Available for pre-order from Valley Press. www.valleypressuk.com/preorder/p/a...

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If you're looking for something to do in the Scottish Highlands, how about joining the Highland 2024 Big Pollinator Count? substack.com/home/post/p-...

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You can watch recordings of all our Nature Seminar Series lectures on our YouTube channel. With over 50 to choose from you'll be sure to learn something new! www.youtube.com/@NatureRecov...

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Looking forward to giving my lecture in Frankfurt next week, as part of the Senckenberg Distinguished Lecture Series there. I will be speaking about the effects of multiple, concurrent global change drivers on soils and ecosystems @sgn.one 🧪🦠

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Can this be real? It is giving me ideas.

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