Anders Lanzén
@lanzen.bsky.social
Human, scientist, euskaldun berri, purveyor of philosophical subtleties, associate professor at IKERBASQUE / AZTI interested in marine microorganisms great and small, planktonic or benthic, biomonitoring, climate change and coastal pollution.
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Anders Lanzén
@lanzen.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Finally! Chapter 3 of my thesis is live! The Basque Coast Estuarine Sediment Gene Catalogue at @ScientificData rdcu.be/eS72r
with @lanzen.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social and others! #eDNA #Biomonitoring
with @lanzen.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social and others! #eDNA #Biomonitoring
The Basque Coast Estuarine Sediment Gene Catalogue
Scientific Data - The Basque Coast Estuarine Sediment Gene Catalogue
rdcu.be
This was not done in an afternoon. @ionferrico.bsky.social put in an incredible effort to quality filter, assemble, gene call, dereplicate, bin, MAG and analyse data from over 3 Tb of #metagenome data from 94 samples including time series. Thanks also to @ramalok.bsky.social and all other coauthors
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The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
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Fossil fuels are subsidised by governments - whether directly, through tax breaks or by allowing them to pollute + pass clean up costs onto the taxpayer. In turn, plastics + chemicals made from fossil fuels are artificially cheap. This is not a level playing field.
www.imf.org/en/blogs/art...
www.imf.org/en/blogs/art...
January 28, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Fossil fuels are subsidised by governments - whether directly, through tax breaks or by allowing them to pollute + pass clean up costs onto the taxpayer. In turn, plastics + chemicals made from fossil fuels are artificially cheap. This is not a level playing field.
www.imf.org/en/blogs/art...
www.imf.org/en/blogs/art...
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"Malaysia has lost about 20% of its #coral reefs, equivalent to 47,250 football fields, over the last three years since 2022, with reef conditions continuing to deteriorate nationwide, according to Reef Check Malaysia’s Annual Survey Report 2025" 🪸
#Malaysia 🇲🇾
#ClimateEmergency
#Malaysia 🇲🇾
#ClimateEmergency
Malaysia lost 47,250 football fields worth of its coral reefs in last three years
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has lost about 20% of its coral reefs, equivalent to 47,250 football fields, over the last three years since 2022, with reef conditions continuing to deteriorate nationwide, acc...
www.thestar.com.my
January 27, 2026 at 3:33 AM
"Malaysia has lost about 20% of its #coral reefs, equivalent to 47,250 football fields, over the last three years since 2022, with reef conditions continuing to deteriorate nationwide, according to Reef Check Malaysia’s Annual Survey Report 2025" 🪸
#Malaysia 🇲🇾
#ClimateEmergency
#Malaysia 🇲🇾
#ClimateEmergency
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🐋 #Whales #whaling #Brazil
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...
Harpoons Carved from Whale Bones Confirm Ancient Whaling Culture 5,000 Years Ago
How do you hunt a whale when your boat is made of logs lashed with vines and your harpoon is carved from animal bone?
share.google
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
🐋 #Whales #whaling #Brazil
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...
"...they discovered evidence from a museum in southern Brazil that indigenous people 5,000 years ago were hunting large baleen whales like the humpback before they’d discovered sailing, and before metallurgy."
share.google/NZh84o7uDiOb...
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After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?
January 28, 2026 at 7:29 PM
After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?
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Educational psychologists realise that “Silence is no longer tenable and incrementalism is not sufficient. The conditions of childhood are changing rapidly, and our profession must change with them.”
Important call to heed for all educationalists & psychologists - and beyond @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-swoe.bsky.social @bps-swoe.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Educational psychology within the polycrisis | BPS
Dr Dan O’Hare and Dr Louise Edgington call for commitment and action.
www.bps.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Educational psychologists realise that “Silence is no longer tenable and incrementalism is not sufficient. The conditions of childhood are changing rapidly, and our profession must change with them.”
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the government paid £4 million for a website that simply links out to AI training courses from other companies rather than using that money to make something actually bespoke
which I guess is actually a pretty accurate representation of this whole damn thing 🥲
which I guess is actually a pretty accurate representation of this whole damn thing 🥲
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 AM
the government paid £4 million for a website that simply links out to AI training courses from other companies rather than using that money to make something actually bespoke
which I guess is actually a pretty accurate representation of this whole damn thing 🥲
which I guess is actually a pretty accurate representation of this whole damn thing 🥲
A brave and hilarious deep dive in corporate bullshit - hihgly recommended!
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM
A brave and hilarious deep dive in corporate bullshit - hihgly recommended!
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Ännu en undersökning som visar att människor bryr sig och förväntar sig att politiker agerar för klimat och miljö.
Svenskarna: Klimatet inte individens ansvar
En majoritet vill att politikerna tar större ansvar för klimat och natur, visar WWF:s årliga klimatbarometer. – Det finns en idé om att det saknas folkligt stöd
www.aftonbladet.se
January 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Ännu en undersökning som visar att människor bryr sig och förväntar sig att politiker agerar för klimat och miljö.
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Staten måste bli bättre på att respektera samers rättigheter i klimatomställningen. Det menar Amnesty och Samerådet, som idag lämnar över en namninsamling med 26 745 underskrifter till Klimat- och näringslivsdepartementet.
26 746 underskrifter kräver rättigheter för samer: ”En fråga om existens”
Amnesty: Respekten för mänskliga rättigheter brister gång på gång.
www.etc.se
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Staten måste bli bättre på att respektera samers rättigheter i klimatomställningen. Det menar Amnesty och Samerådet, som idag lämnar över en namninsamling med 26 745 underskrifter till Klimat- och näringslivsdepartementet.
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Might the full assessment have named other security threats? "One is the way in which fossil fuel & meat producers have been funding far-right movements, to stifle environmental protection measures that would reduce their profits... a major driver of the fascistic politics we now witness in the US."
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Might the full assessment have named other security threats? "One is the way in which fossil fuel & meat producers have been funding far-right movements, to stifle environmental protection measures that would reduce their profits... a major driver of the fascistic politics we now witness in the US."
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Working with #kakapo, this is the best thing you'll ever see. When "candling" an egg you hold your breath, hoping to see this: beautiful embryo development in a fertile egg. This is Tiwhiri's second egg, about 8 days old. About half of eggs are infertile. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
January 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Working with #kakapo, this is the best thing you'll ever see. When "candling" an egg you hold your breath, hoping to see this: beautiful embryo development in a fertile egg. This is Tiwhiri's second egg, about 8 days old. About half of eggs are infertile. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
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Introduced feral cats and foxes have been a major factor in the extinction and decline of many Australian mammals, with population recoveries often seen when these predators are excluded.
Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction
Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia's extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koalas and wombats.
phys.org
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Introduced feral cats and foxes have been a major factor in the extinction and decline of many Australian mammals, with population recoveries often seen when these predators are excluded.
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Cleaner ship fuel regulations have improved air quality but may have unintentionally increased solar radiation and ocean warming, contributing to more severe coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef. doi.org/hbmhrz
Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These events have been increasingly frequent, with major events occurring in 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025.
phys.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Cleaner ship fuel regulations have improved air quality but may have unintentionally increased solar radiation and ocean warming, contributing to more severe coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef. doi.org/hbmhrz
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The marine microbiome can accurately predict its chemical and biological environment www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs 🌊
January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The marine microbiome can accurately predict its chemical and biological environment www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #jcampubs 🌊
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"Make them shoot you in public before they murder you in private"
Grandma Miriam, Holocaust survivor.👇
Grandma Miriam, Holocaust survivor.👇
My grandmother’s family was murdered in the chambers of Auschwitz. She survived and told me never let it get that far. Make them shoot you in public before they murder you in hiding. Stand up for others. Never cave in fear of the Nazis or the holocaust will happen again.
January 24, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"Make them shoot you in public before they murder you in private"
Grandma Miriam, Holocaust survivor.👇
Grandma Miriam, Holocaust survivor.👇
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Bra av @anniecroona.bsky.social om medias roll i en ny verklighet styrd av Trumps lögner. "Varenda skrivande människa behöver fundera på om de vill stå för 'å ena sidan, å andra sidan' – eller om de vill skildra den verklighet som makthavare som Donald Trump gör allt för att dölja."
Annie Croona: Utgångspunkten måste vara att det är fakta mot propaganda
I strävan efter att förmedla sanningen blir utfallet, paradoxalt nog, ofta en lögn. Det är uppenbart att journalistiken står handfallen inför Trumps lögner.
www.etc.se
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Bra av @anniecroona.bsky.social om medias roll i en ny verklighet styrd av Trumps lögner. "Varenda skrivande människa behöver fundera på om de vill stå för 'å ena sidan, å andra sidan' – eller om de vill skildra den verklighet som makthavare som Donald Trump gör allt för att dölja."
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These Are the Times
by Roberto — Microbiologists continue to advance the frontiers of knowledge.
by Roberto — Microbiologists continue to advance the frontiers of knowledge.
These Are the Times
by Roberto — Microbiologists continue to advance the frontiers of knowledge.
smallthingsconsidered.blog
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
These Are the Times
by Roberto — Microbiologists continue to advance the frontiers of knowledge.
by Roberto — Microbiologists continue to advance the frontiers of knowledge.
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This is part of where your APCs go when you publish in MDPI and Frontiers. They use that money to buy more influence.
Until funders, WoS, take meaningful action, they will continue to use muzzle velocity to overcome criticisms.
Until funders, WoS, take meaningful action, they will continue to use muzzle velocity to overcome criticisms.
Plus, MDPI/Frontiers spend big money to convince governments they're not just legit, but leaders. Frontiers just sponsored WEF Davos, MDPI signed a deal with German national science agency.
🇩🇪+MDPI: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/germany...
Davos: sciencehouse.frontiersin.org/event/945d08...
2/3
🇩🇪+MDPI: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/germany...
Davos: sciencehouse.frontiersin.org/event/945d08...
2/3
Germany faces questions over publishing agreement with MDPI
Landmark deal should raise questions about publisher’s practices on peer review, citations and special issues, say research sleuths
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
This is part of where your APCs go when you publish in MDPI and Frontiers. They use that money to buy more influence.
Until funders, WoS, take meaningful action, they will continue to use muzzle velocity to overcome criticisms.
Until funders, WoS, take meaningful action, they will continue to use muzzle velocity to overcome criticisms.
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How did the Asgard archaea and proteobacteria form a symbiosis that led to the first eukaryote? The important role of syntrophy. #protists #protistsonsky #archaea #eukaryogenesis
Protistology chapter 16.
Protistology chapter 16.
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 PM
How did the Asgard archaea and proteobacteria form a symbiosis that led to the first eukaryote? The important role of syntrophy. #protists #protistsonsky #archaea #eukaryogenesis
Protistology chapter 16.
Protistology chapter 16.
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Some 150 million years ago, Europe was tropical — and mostly underwater.
On one cluster of islands, there were unusual creatures. These were some of the earliest birds on the planet.
For more than a century, #Archaeopteryx has been the only known bird genus from the Jurassic.
Enter: #Baminornis
On one cluster of islands, there were unusual creatures. These were some of the earliest birds on the planet.
For more than a century, #Archaeopteryx has been the only known bird genus from the Jurassic.
Enter: #Baminornis
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Some 150 million years ago, Europe was tropical — and mostly underwater.
On one cluster of islands, there were unusual creatures. These were some of the earliest birds on the planet.
For more than a century, #Archaeopteryx has been the only known bird genus from the Jurassic.
Enter: #Baminornis
On one cluster of islands, there were unusual creatures. These were some of the earliest birds on the planet.
For more than a century, #Archaeopteryx has been the only known bird genus from the Jurassic.
Enter: #Baminornis
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A useful read for anyone who has been trying to ignore the news from the US. The steps that led to this weekend's killing by US ICE agents. @chrischirp.bsky.social takes you through the last year that led to this.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:54 AM
A useful read for anyone who has been trying to ignore the news from the US. The steps that led to this weekend's killing by US ICE agents. @chrischirp.bsky.social takes you through the last year that led to this.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
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Everyone wants to blame the content: misinformation, bots, polarisation. That mistakes catalysts and symptoms for the underlying causes. The crisis isn’t bad information, it's that the very information infrastructure we relied on to create a shared understand of the world had changed completely.
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Everyone wants to blame the content: misinformation, bots, polarisation. That mistakes catalysts and symptoms for the underlying causes. The crisis isn’t bad information, it's that the very information infrastructure we relied on to create a shared understand of the world had changed completely.
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Genom att ljuga helt öppet om något som direkt går att vederlägga signalerar de att de står över lagen och gör precis som de vill. Det skapar en berusande maktkänsla hos deras hjärntvättade följare och en förlamande maktlöshet hos motståndarna.
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Genom att ljuga helt öppet om något som direkt går att vederlägga signalerar de att de står över lagen och gör precis som de vill. Det skapar en berusande maktkänsla hos deras hjärntvättade följare och en förlamande maktlöshet hos motståndarna.