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Beatriz Galindo Professor at UMU exploring how #biodiversity shapes #EcosystemFunctioning in river networks | Trust me, I'm a #dogtor | Trail runner | He/him
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Rubén del Campo @rubendelcampo.bsky.social · Oct 22
A new, different ⭐ was born!🤩
Today we started #STARDRY, an interdisciplinary project to study how #drying controls #functioning #stability in river networks through spatio-temporal changes of #communities🪲🦠
Thanks to my #EcologistDreamTeam for an amazing kickoff meeting🔝
Stay tuned!
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jdtonkin.bsky.social
"Basic research is easily mocked because it can seem impractical, but, in fact, it is a major driver of economic growth. “The return on investment in basic research — the return to society — is very high, typically multiple dollars back per dollar invested,” says Holdren."
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
rubendelcampo.bsky.social
Starting new teaching and that means:
#BackToTheRoots📚

What is your favorite, reference book for #Ecology?
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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ceabcsic.bsky.social
👩‍🔬 Caring for the elderly worsens the #GenderGap in scientific careers. A study by the Gender & Science group of @aillimnologia.bsky.social explores the issue 🔽
https://www.ceab.csic.es/la-cura-de-persones-grans-accentua-la-bretxa-de-genere-en-la-carrera-academica/
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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rubendelcampo.bsky.social
A new, different ⭐ was born!🤩
Today we started #STARDRY, an interdisciplinary project to study how #drying controls #functioning #stability in river networks through spatio-temporal changes of #communities🪲🦠
Thanks to my #EcologistDreamTeam for an amazing kickoff meeting🔝
Stay tuned!
October 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
Here's a helpful how to guide on how to break the spiral of silence...

talkclimatechange.org/howTo
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
rubendelcampo.bsky.social
A new, different ⭐ was born!🤩
Today we started #STARDRY, an interdisciplinary project to study how #drying controls #functioning #stability in river networks through spatio-temporal changes of #communities🪲🦠
Thanks to my #EcologistDreamTeam for an amazing kickoff meeting🔝
Stay tuned!
October 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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igue-aeet.bsky.social
It's tomorrow at 16:30! @manudelbaq.bsky.social ( @irnase.bsky.social ) will inaugurate the Iberian Group of Urban Ecology's (AEET) online seminar series here:
teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
rubendelcampo.bsky.social
When my #ecologist & #runner sides meet:
- The runner: yey, feels like progress!💪🏽
- The ecologist: mmm... What could be the R2 of that relationship?🤔
😂
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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rstubbington.bsky.social
Calling fans of temporary waters! We invite you to submit an abstract to our ASLO-SIL special session "SS015 Drying waters: the science and management of temporary aquatic ecosystems".
More details at www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-2026/
Deadline 251125
@ryanmburrows.bsky.social @kuglerovastripe.bsky.social
2026 ASLO-SIL Joint Meeting - ASLO
The theme of the 2023 Aquatic sciences Meeting is Resilience and Recovery in Aquatic Systems. We encourage submissions that examine these topics and invite you to contribute special sessions on topics...
www.aslo.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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fancescopolazzo.bsky.social
New paper out in Ecology Letters!
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability
This study shows that the distribution of species' fundamental responses to environmental change, quantified by a new metric, imbalance, is a key driver of ecological stability. In a large microcosm ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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peopleandnature.bsky.social
🧘‍♀️ How can nature + contemplation help with eco-distress? Interviews and co-design with practitioners reveal four pathways: building presence, facing difficult feelings, expanding self/connection, and strengthening shared values and commitments to action➡️https://buff.ly/lVgdgFx
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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katrinatt.bsky.social
🌊💨 Calling all freshwater gas enthusiasts! 💨🌊

Join us for SS002: Gassy Waters at the upcoming ASLO-SIL 2026 meeting! 🌍 Dive into the latest advances in understanding and measuring gas fluxes across the aquatic continuum.

📍 Registration is now open: www.aslo.org/aslo-sil-202...
Registration Information - ASLO
Meeting Registration Registration for the meeting and payment of the appropriate abstract submission fee is required before submitting your abstract. This includes speakers who have been contacted by ...
www.aslo.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
rubendelcampo.bsky.social
Yesterday I had a great time with colleagues from the Dep. of Ecology from @ua.es talking about #Biodiversity-Functioning relationships in #DryingRivers🤩.
Great discussions about how these systems resemble #soils & how much we can learn from them.
Big thanks to Santi Soliveres for the invitation!
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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eco-aeet.bsky.social
#ProyectosAEET
Ya se ha resuelto la convocatoria 2025 de las ayudas a proyectos de investigación en Ecología @eco-aeet.bsky.social + @sibecol.bsky.social + Asociación Ibérica de Limnología

www.aeet.org/es/convocato...
October 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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dvonschiller.bsky.social
New paper out led by @josemaferca.bsky.social ! Using stable isotope enrichment, we tracked aerial dispersal in a temporary river. As drying intensifies, conserving pools as refuges will be essential to prevent biodiversity loss. Access OA paper here: doi.org/10.1111/fwb.... @biologiaub.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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rosiecblackman.bsky.social
Next up…from our fieldwork in 2018🤣 we ask how does biodiversity control decomposition in river networks? Macroinverts drive decomposition, while functional diversity reduces decomposition variability! Network-scale #BEF Great to have this out @rubendelcampo.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... 5/8
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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rosiecblackman.bsky.social
👋 I’m back with some project updates: ecosystem function, Europe-wide experiments, policy papers, a global biodiversity synthesis… and most exciting of all — a new baby💥 Big year and its not even🎄yet😉

Huge thanks to amazing collaborators for keeping projects moving and published! 1/8
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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leaypi.bsky.social
no words
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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biorxiv-ecology.bsky.social
Drying halves decomposition rates in river networks by disrupting structure-function linkages https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680619v1
October 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
rubendelcampo.bsky.social
It took a long way, but FINALLY!

Happy to share our efforts to investigate how #drying alters the #biodiversity control of 🍂decomposition in #RiverNetworks.

We found that JUST 6 days of drying⚠️ halves decomposition rates due to structural community shifts🪲➡️🦠

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Drying halves decomposition rates in river networks by disrupting structure-function linkages
River drying is intensifying worldwide due to climate change and water abstraction, with major consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In river networks, drying not only alters local ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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albertruhi.bsky.social
Curious about how droughts alter mountain stream biodiversity - and why space-for-time substitution is not always a good idea when studying climate change impacts in rivers? Read our latest lab paper, led by Kyle Leathers in Ecological Monographs! @esajournals.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....
Ecological pathways connecting riverine drought to community change across space and time
Climate change is intensifying droughts via reduced snowpack and accelerated snowmelt in high mountains globally, altering community structure in snow-dependent rivers. To predict impending ecologica...
dx.doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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lireactivewater.bsky.social
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people

doi.org/10.64628/AAI...

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
River heat waves are rising faster than the pace of air heat waves. That’s a problem for fish, drinking water quality, and food and energy production.
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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tatsuya-amano.bsky.social
Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#languagebarriers
Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).
September 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social
Our editors @ibartomeus.bsky.social and @marsobral.bsky.social have published an article rethinking the scientific publishing in PEEER. We can help reshape scientific publishing into a system that prioritizes integrity, inclusion, and sustainability.
peeer.net/2025/08/18/r...
Rethinking Scientific Publishing: A Call for Change
Scientific publishing lies at the core of academic life. It is the main mechanism through which knowledge is shared, careers are built, and progress is evaluated. However, this system has evolved i…
peeer.net
September 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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grocherros.bsky.social
My latest paper is now out in Limnology and Ocenography Letters @aslo.org, titled "Emerging patterns of CO2 : O2 dynamics in rivers and their link to ecosystem carbon processing". It is open access, so go read! I am mostly proud of this figure, which I spent a lot of hours figuring out how to do it
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM