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Behavioural Ecology Bielefeld @behavecobie.bsky.social · 9d

MSc internship / Field Assistant position available in our group!
Impact of urbanisation on avian reproduction 🐦🏙️ 🌳
Deadline: 7 Nov 2025
All details 👉 www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/...
Please share it around!

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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 5d

🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · 4d

Nooooo!

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · 9d

What a gorgeous and only slightly alarming visitor!

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 11d

NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power

We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before

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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 18d

The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund will launch its second call for applications on 30 September 2025.

Join the event to learn more about the #GFC & its Fund, priorities, application forms & other guidance.

▶️ 30 September, 10:00 CEST
📆 tiny.cc/GEN30Sep25

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · 28d

Guys, you are not helping the rest of us understand any of the nuances of where to locate solar here

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The Carlson Lab @ Yale @carlsonlab.bsky.social · Sep 11

Want to do a postdoc with our group on something related to biodiversity conservation, policy, and the environment? Reach out - applications are open for the Donnelley fellowship! yibs.yale.edu/donnelley-fe...

Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellowship

The Donnelley Postdoctoral Fellowship supports postdoctoral fellowships for research in biodiversity or a combination of biodiversity with conservation and public policy. The Fellowship was created to...

yibs.yale.edu

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you for sharing!

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Pollinator Academy @pollinatoracademy.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Pollinator Academy is an online platform that provides tools and training to help strengthen your knowledge of the taxonomy of European pollinators. Follow us and visit our website to find out more! #PollinatorAcademy #Pollinators #Taxonomy #Bee #Hoverfly #Butterfly Pollinatoracademy.eu

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Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · Sep 3

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD

Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers!

This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother

Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.

www.nature.com

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Infopoint #Klimawandel #Artensterben @infopointa.bsky.social · Sep 2

Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023
Müller et al 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Morgan @lumorgan.bsky.social · Aug 30

Spogomi! Finally a sport I could get behind. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

‘It’s only going to get bigger’: Australia embraces the Japanese game that turns rubbish into sport

Caitlin Cassidy competes in Australia’s World Cup spogomi qualifier, a fun event that’s really about raising environmental awareness, in Manly

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Did a single genetic mutation make horses rideable?

Domestication of the horse was one of the crowning achievements of early humans. It led to advancements in transportation, warfare and agriculture, effectively galloping societies into the modern era.

phys.org

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Tom Lansley @tomlansley.bsky.social · Aug 30

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The contribution of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) to protecting global biodiversity - Nature Communications

Many countries aim to protect 30% of their land and seas by 2030 using a mix of traditional protected areas and “other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs), which often prioritize local...

www.nature.com

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 30

Boo, it won't let me - listing is on Amazon US and I'm in the UK

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 28

It'd inform shoppers while you work on a takedown - what's the best link to share (if a url can be included in a review)?

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 28

We can post reviews along the lines of 'this shirt uses a stolen design, you can find the original at...' ?

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 27

Speaking as someone living in England, I don't understand what you are saying about Wikipedia? Can access on a normal browser and on an incognito one.

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Norfolk Ponds Project @norfolkponds.bsky.social · Aug 25

The magic of a resurrected #ghostpond just 3 years on. Nearly 30 wetland plants & Great Crested Newt where there was ploughsoil. This lost #pond was filled in >100 years ago but still had a viable seedbank 1.5 m below the field surface. The most successful form of ecological restoration known?

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 20

Do you know the book 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain'? Espouses these principles. www.drawright.com

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Official website of Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Features Betty Edwards' blog, information about creativity, drawing workshops by artist Brian Bomeisler, DRSB Shop ...

www.drawright.com

Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 20

At the mo enjoying Bauhaus Bonk!

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Lera Miles @leramiles.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hoping that I have this right - if you are the Lewis from RequestCast, a big thanks to you and Diane for the delightful surrealism. I only recently discovered it and enjoying random episodes.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: Ash dieback and other tree diseases are resulting in significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought because a large amount of carbon is escaping from woodland soils, a study has found.

🎞️ Hear from lead author @fionaseaton.bsky.social

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ClimateChangePost @climatechangepost.bsky.social · Aug 20

Europe is heading for a sad record: the largest burned area in decades.
www.climatechangepost.com/news/europe-...

Europe is heading for a sad record: the largest burned area in decades

www.climatechangepost.com

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