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Christoph Scherber
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Deputy director Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change Professor of Biodiversity Monitoring -views are my own-

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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · Dec 12
Insect apocalypse? No! Intercropping can be a solution: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Multispecies crop mixtures increase insect biodiversity in an intercropping experiment
In an agricultural field intercropping experiment, we manipulated crop diversity (0–3 crop species) and the input of agrochemicals. We found that insect biodiversity increases with crop diversity and...
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Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · 3d
Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

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Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung
An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 7d
Wäre interessant, wie das für andere Bundesländer aussieht... Niedersachsen, NRW, Bayern?
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 10d
Why does the Soil Monitoring matter?

Check out our NGO letter to EU ambassadors, sent ahead of the discussions and vote among Member States today, where we urged EU countries to take a strong stand on the Soil Monitoring Law:

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Letter to EU Ambassadors ahead of the upcoming Coreper meeting on the Soil Monitoring Law
In the lead-up to Coreper discussions on the Soil Monitoring Law, seven NGOs urge EU Ambassadors to take a strong and decisive position in support of the law. The Council needs to act as a responsible...
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · 18d
Thank you so much for being a guiding and strong voice in those turbulent times, giving orientation to many
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 30
Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 28
The Guardian on our study published today:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Feb 10
Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Feb 10
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.

This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
Anti-Racism Racism Allyship Bias DEI Diversity Diverse Confirmation Bias Equity Equitableness Feminism Gender Gender Identity Inclusion Inclusive All-Inclusive Inclusivity Injustice Intersectionality Prejudice Privilege Racial Identity Sexuality Stereotypes Pronouns Transgender Equality
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Volker Quaschning @volkerquaschning.bsky.social · Jul 27
Beim #Zollstreit-Deal zwischen #EU und #USA soll Europa Energie für 750 Mrd.$ kaufen. Das wären ca.25.000TWh Flüssiggas, das mind. 5Mrd.t CO2 verursachen wird. Wird Öl oder Kohle gekauft, ist die CO2-Menge noch größer.
Ein mieser #Deal für unsere Kinder!
MSN
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · Feb 1
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Statement of AAU President Barbara Snyder on January 27 OMB Memo Pausing American Scientific Advancement | Association of American Universities (AAU)
AAU President Barbara R. Snyder has issued a statement regarding the pause to federal grants ordered by the Office of Management and Budget, which would harm our country's ability to maintain its scie...
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RiffReporter @riffreporter.bsky.social · Mar 13
Der Streit um die Krefelder #Insektenstudie zeigt: In Deutschland klafft eine riesige Lücke bei den Daten zum #Insektensterben. Warum wir mehr Monitoring brauchen und was jetzt zu tun ist – Joachim Budde berichtet. #Biodiversität #naturschutz https://t1p.de/anvg2
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 24
Despite an apparent ceasefire and claims of a "spectacular military success," the question remains: Why did Trump really bomb Iran?

Here's my view.
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · Jul 22
It's for a book I am currently writing, get in touch if you have any photographs or would like to point me towards your favorite study.

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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · Jul 22
I'm searching for primary papers&photographs from field experiments in terrestrial ecology on the following topics:
-pollution experiments (e. g.light,noise, information pollution)
-habitat fragmentation experiments
-whole ecosystem&natural experiments (e.g.volcanic eruptions BACI design etc.)
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · Jun 24
Thank you so much. How important!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jun 24
Despite an apparent ceasefire and claims of a "spectacular military success," the question remains: Why did Trump really bomb Iran?

Here's my view.
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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · Jun 17
Millions of acres of our shared lands in the American West may be up for sale. The catastrophic damage of plundering these lands is unimaginable, for now and future generations. Out here we are in deep relationship with the land. It’s habitat, it’s home.

wilderness.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant...
Map of land managed by the forest service in green and bureau of land management in Orange, potentially for sale in the American west.
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · Jun 17
Is there a recent paper on that? Best wishes

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Matthew R. Helmus @mrhelmus.bsky.social · Jun 10
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me...
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Jun 10
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad
A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…
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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Jun 10
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y... 🧪
You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad
A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…
dynamicecology.wordpress.com
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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · Jun 3
Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only two years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted by President Trump.
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · Jun 1
CO₂ at Mauna Loa just reached a monthly average of >430 ppm for the first time.

That's possibly higher than in over 3.3 million years.

The global RATE of increase is off the chart.

It's hard to exaggerate how unprecedented this is!
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Dr Eva Plaganyi @drevaplaganyi.bsky.social · May 30
Another very concerning result of ongoing human-caused global warming and climate change
“The collapse likely occurred as a result of permafrost thawing underneath and along the sidewalls surrounding the glacier”

abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town
The landslide flattened homes in the Alpine town of Blatten.
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Julian Schrader @julianschrader.bsky.social · May 29
Outstanding postdoc position on ecology and biogeography with @biogeokreft.bsky.social
@unigoettingen.bsky.social

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
Stellen OBP - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · May 28
1/2 Buried in the GOP’s budget bill is a dictator clause—a sneaky provision that would let Trump ignore court orders without consequence. It guts enforcement of contempt rulings unless plaintiffs post a bond, making the judiciary toothless.
This would crown Trump king.
🔗 tinyurl.com/Crown-Trump
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king | Robert Reich
The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · May 26
Egal ob exzellent oder nicht: Für mich geht es um exakte, saubere, nachvollziehbare Wissenschaft, um der Wahrheit ein Stück näher zu kommen. Die Natur ist ohnehin zu komplex, zu organisch, zu selbstorganisiert, um sie rein rational begreifen zu können.
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Isabella Caldart @isipeazy.bsky.social · May 20
Torsten Hoffmann von der Uni Stuttgart forscht zum Versuch der Neuen Rechten, über Literatur – Klassiker wie Gegenwartsliteratur – eine Tür zum Bürgertum aufzustoßen. Die Strategie besteht u. a. darin, Romane zu rezensieren, um so Leser*innen auf ihre Websites zu locken.

Mein Interview in der ak!
Ein neurechtes Einfallstor
Seit Jahren drängt die Neue Rechte in den literarischen Diskurs – Torsten Hoffmann erforscht diese Interventionen
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Christoph Scherber @cscherber.bsky.social · May 17
Towards reducing pesticides worldwide:https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv7806
Leaving synthetic pesticides behind
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Apr 30
For 60 years, unclassified US defense and intelligence reports assessed security threats from environmental, #water, and #climate risks.

These assessments are now being deleted, censored, and canceled. I document, annotate, and link to them here (first of 3 posts):

www.gleick.com/blog/climate...
Climate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010)
Summary: For more than half a century, U.S. intelligence and defense communities have worked to understand the threats to national and international security from a range of enviro
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Apr 29
🚨SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE: TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS 🚨

In his first 100 days, Trump has declared war on science—slashing budgets, censoring facts, and meddling in research. From climate to cancer care, real lives are at risk.

Here’s a thread on Trump’s assault on science so far—and why it matters: (🧵)
A protest graphic titled “TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS” with bold red blocks reading “SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE.” Black paint drips from the top, and a grayscale crowd of protestors hold signs like “Save Science,” “Keep Your Hands Off Our Pipettes,” and “No Science, No Future.” A U.S. flag waves on the right.
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · Apr 29
“The community is required to preserve the balance of nature,” Astawa says. If someone is caught hunting the birds, “his photo is put up in the village office to embarrass him.” therevelator.org/bali-myna/
To Save This Critically Endangered Bird, It Takes a Village • The Revelator
The Bali myna once faced extinction from the illegal wildlife trade. An unusual approach may have helped save them.
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