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Pernilla Borgström
@pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social
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Project manager, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University. PhD in ecology.

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Johan Jönsson @johanj.bsky.social · Sep 24
På fredag skall Naturskyddsföreningen lämna över sin lista underskrifter för en infrastruktursatsning på järnvägen – central för svensk industri, för ett fungerande pendlarliv och för klimatvänliga resor.

Skriv gärna på innan dess.

www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/kampanj/sats...

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Aug 12
I constantly feel like the big AI grouch at work (and outside of it), but really: we need to remember (and remember, and remember) the value of our own brains. So here's another reminder! Writing is a beautiful and useful thing. Let's keep practising it, at all scales.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Writing is thinking - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.
www.nature.com

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Frida Hylander @fridahylander.bsky.social · Jun 30
Skrev en text om farorna med att bildsätta nyheter om värmeböljor med glada, badande människor - om hur vanligt det är och vad media kan göra istället:

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · May 23
Hugely entertaining piece for anyone (biologist or not) who's ever watched a film and in frustration/fascination thought, "WHY did they choose to use THAT specific species there??".

Reposted by Pernilla Borgström

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Slate @slate.com · May 12
It’s one of the most egregious errors in movie history. It took me months to uncover how it all went wrong.
It’s One of the Weirdest Mistakes in Movie History. I Spent Months Investigating How It All Went Wrong.
The story behind cinema’s most mysterious bird.
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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · May 12
act.for-the-ocean.org/act/protect-...
Tell Commissioner Kadis to end the destruction of marine havens in Europe
Bottom trawling is one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. By dragging weighted nets along the ocean floor — some up to 240 meters wide — bottom trawling devastates coastal habitats, ki...
act.for-the-ocean.org

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Apr 1
Håller med om rädslan men OBS att detta gäller tama honungsbin, en helt egen kategori av pollinatörer, med egna problem. Viktigare är att vilda pollinatörer finns och frodas. Vilket de tyvärr troligen inte heller gör, där har vi sämre koll… men fokus borde skifta mer mot dem! Mvh/Bipolisen :)

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Will H. Ryan @willhryan.bsky.social · Apr 1
Two thoughts on this Trans Day of Visibility:

1. Trans people are just ordinary people. We have jobs & families. We are trying to pursue happiness like everyone else.

2. Almost everything you "know" about trans people has filtered thru an insanely well-funded scapegoating media machine*.

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Mar 19
På torsdag släppet Klimatpolitiska Rådet sin årliga rapport.
Den främsta representanten för svensk klimatpolitik kommer inte att vara på plats, men alla som vill veta mer om rapportinnehållet kan följa lanseringen digitalt:
www.klimatpolitiskaradet.se/rapport-2025/

www.dn.se/sverige/klim...
Klimatministern tackar nej till Klimatpolitiska rådet
För första gången kommer Sveriges klimatminister inte närvara när Klimatpolitiska rådet presenterar sin utvärdering av regeringens politik.
www.dn.se

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Feb 28
My favourite example is this nice little blog of travel stories from LU staff going on non-flying business travel: really nice and inspiring!

sustainabletravelstories.blogg.lu.se
LU Sustainable Travel Stories
sustainabletravelstories.blogg.lu.se

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Feb 28
Promising news snippet from the university!

Many people at LU have worked (and still work) very hard to change university travel routines and shift people's attention towards more sustainable options. 👏

www.staff.lu.se/article/gree...
Greenhouse gas emissions from our business travel have decreased
Lund University. Every year, in connection with its annual report, the University submits a report on our environmental management work to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, which coordinate...
www.staff.lu.se

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate - BECC @beccsweden.bsky.social · Feb 20
How can we produce food and at the same time strengthen biodiversity? 🌾🦋

Join us at this LU Land webinar:

🧑‍🏫Speaker: Romain Carrié, Lund University and @inrae-france.bsky.social
🕣 Tme: 08:30 - 09:30 AM
💻 26 February: Zoom
📝 Registration 24 February: www.becc.lu.se/calendar/lu-...
LU Land lecture series on functional landscapes: How can we produce food and at the same time strengthen biodiversity?
Lund University. This event is held in both Swedish and English. Please visit the Swedish website for more information and registration:LU Lands föreläsningsserie om funktionella landskap: Hur kan vi ...
www.becc.lu.se

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Jan 31
Go Rona! 🦇🚴🦇🚴🦇
batconservation.bsky.social Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jan 31
🦇Hurray to Rona for achieving her fundraising goal for bats!!
Rona is a 7 year old from Somerset who is doing a 100km cycle challenge.
Any extra donations to motivate her and help bats are still more than welcome: www.justgiving.com/page/rona100...
Rona's 100km Ride
Help Rona Gordon raise money to support Bat Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Jan 31
🦇Hurray to Rona for achieving her fundraising goal for bats!!
Rona is a 7 year old from Somerset who is doing a 100km cycle challenge.
Any extra donations to motivate her and help bats are still more than welcome: www.justgiving.com/page/rona100...
Rona's 100km Ride
Help Rona Gordon raise money to support Bat Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Jan 30
Postdoc position open in a very nice team! (SLU Uppsala)

Multifunctionality of diversified agroecosystems: effects of agroecological practices on crop yield and other ecosystem services, efficient resource use in a changing climate.

More details: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se
Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.
www.slu.se

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Paul Leyland @paul51.bsky.social · Dec 15
I love the crazy names given to moths. A favourite is the day-flying moth Mother Shipton. Named after an infamous Yorkshire witch, if you look hard enough at the wing pattern you can make out the profile of an ugly old face. I found this one in the Yorkshire Wolds.
#teammoth #yorkshire #ukwildlife

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Pernilla Borgström @pernillaborgstrom.bsky.social · Dec 10
Lund University ranked 3rd in the world for sustainability!
🥳👏🥳👏🥳
Congrats to all my lovely colleagues at CEC, @beccsweden.bsky.social, LU Sustainability Forum and more, working very hard every day for a more sustainable research and education environment at LU.
www.cec.lu.se/article/henr...
Henrik Smith: Systematic Efforts Behind Lund University's Top Sustainability Ranking
Lund University. Henrik Smith, Professor of Animal ecology, Chair of the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), and Coordinator for the strategic research area BECC (Biodiversity and Ecos...
www.cec.lu.se

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · Dec 5
Bra att ST lyfter denna viktiga fråga. En större andel av forskningsfinansieringen behöver gå direkt till lärosätana om vi som jobbar inom akademin ska ha schyssta arbetsvillkor & akademisk frihet.
Bryt trenden: Ge lärosätena större andel av pengarna | Tidningen Curie
Regeringen har aviserat en stor satsning på forskning. Detaljerna kommer inom kort i forsknings- och innovationspropositionen, men en sak står klar redan nu: satsningen innebär att fler forskare och l...
www.tidningencurie.se

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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · Nov 28
Science takes time - a lot of time. Time that is more and more difficult to make available because of increased workloads. Time that exceeds the temporary contracts of postdocs and PhDs.

I'll illustrate this using our paper published in Nature yesterday. 🧵 (1/x)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature
Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Yvonne M. Buckley, Pernilla Borgström

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · Nov 7
🌎The Plant Ecology of Nature-Based Solutions

A Special Feature providing:
🔸focused analysis of the #plant #ecology of NbS
🔸key insights, challenges & opportunities for future research

#COP29 #COP16Biodiversity 🧵1/13 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652745...
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE PLANT ECOLOGY OF NATURE‐BASED SOLUTIONS: Journal of Ecology: Vol 112, No 11
<em>Journal of Ecology</em> publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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