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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 2d

Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀

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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · Aug 19

Did you know that already more than 1000 glaciers have disappeared in Switzerland over the last 50 years as a consequence of human-caused climate change?

One of those is Pizolgletscher which I visited today. Always a saddening yet impressive sight...

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ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · May 30

If we limit global warming to +1.5°C, more than half of non-polar glaciers can be saved.

This is the finding of an international collaborative study that calculated the potential ice loss of more than 200,000 glaciers: ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

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Leïla Ezzat @layeb.bsky.social · May 19

Un grand merci à @alpinemag.bsky.social & @zchrf.bsky.social pour avoir mis en lumière les travaux du projet collaboratif Vanishing Glaciers - @riverepfl.bsky.social. Pensées pour nos collaborateurs, porteurs et guides qui ont permis à ces expeditions de voir le jour.

Alpine Mag @alpinemag.bsky.social · May 19

Alors que les glaciers fondent à grande vitesse, un écosystème invisible mais essentiel s’efface avec eux : les microorganismes des rivières glaciaires. Le projet Vanishing Glaciers explore cette biodiversité pour en dresser le 1er atlas mondial avant qu’elle ne disparaisse. ✍️ @zchrf.bsky.social

Vanishing Glaciers : l’ultime inventaire des rivières glaciaires

Alpine Mag | montagne et aventure

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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · Mar 24

The #GlacierStewardshipProgram presented at the #WorldGlacierDay. Curious? Get the full story here youtu.be/DCPIclaiMCs.
Still curious? Contact [email protected]

The Glacier Stewardship Program

YouTube video by The Glacier Stewardship Program

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Matthias Huss @matthias-huss.bsky.social · Mar 21

It's the first International Day of #Glaciers!
The ice worldwide is under threat due to rapid #climatechange. This day puts a spotlight on glaciers as a vulnerable but globally relevant element of the climate system. It is not yet too late to save them!
@vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · Mar 20

Right in time for the UN International Glacier Day: nice contribution on the latest findings from the Vanishing Glaciers Project by @layeb.bsky.social & @riverepfl.bsky.social in theconversation.com/fonte-des-gl...

Fonte des glaciers : une diversité biologique invisible menacée

Avec la disparition progressive des glaciers sous l’effet du changement climatique, c’est bien plus que de l’eau qui disparaît. Rivières et ruisseaux alimentés par l’eau de fonte nourrissent une diver...

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Science Magazine @science.org · Mar 10

Breaking news: NASA announced today it will eliminate its Office of the Chief Scientist, along with offices advising the agency on technology, strategy, and coordinating its diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts. scim.ag/3Ft8Xza

NASA to eliminate chief scientist position

Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction

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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · Feb 19

1/3] Glacier melt is accelerating, depleting freshwater and driving sea-level rise. A global @nature.com study co-authored by several group members shows glaciers have lost 273 billion tonnes of ice per year since 2000, with a sharp increase in the past decade.🌍

🔗: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · Feb 2

@riverepfl.bsky.social is seeking postdocs performing research on mountain stream biogeochemistry. Please, see advertisement below.

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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · Feb 2

Predicting the future of glacier-fed streams and their microbiome by @riverepfl.bsky.social, @layeb.bsky.social, @susheelbusi.bsky.social and friends in www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Well, well done dear Massimo!!!

Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Communications

Little is known about how climate change impacts glacier-fed streams (GFSs) microbiomes. Here, using a modelling framework based on global GFS metagenomic, climatic and environmental data the authors ...

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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · Jan 5

...more from the Vanishing Glaciers project, also with @susheelbusi.bsky.social @layeb.bsky.social: Greg's awesome metagenomic insights into the glacier-fed stream microbiome are out now. What a bewildering biofilm mode of life up there☺️! Well done all!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Microbiology

Thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes from the Vanishing Glaciers project showcase the interactions between prokaryotes, algae, fungi and viruses in glacier-fed stream environments.

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Leïla Ezzat @layeb.bsky.social · Jan 5

Hi 👋🏻 may I join the list?Thank you

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Leïla Ezzat @layeb.bsky.social · Jan 2

Grateful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing team, to our collaborators around the 🌍 and the Nomis foundation for supporting our work.

New insights into the diversity and biogeography of bacteria in glacier-fed streams across 11 mountain ranges, out now in @nature.com

Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · Jan 2

Many congratulations @layeb.bsky.social for this amazing work!! So excited to finally see it published and what a start to the New Year 🎊 🥳🎉

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Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams - Nature

Leveraging metabarcoding and metagenomics, a survey of bacteria in the benthic microbiome across 152 glacier-fed streams (GFSs) provides a global reference for future climate-change microbiology studi...

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Croix-Rouge française @croixrouge.bsky.social · Dec 16

Urgence Mayotte : nos 4 priorités
Apporter de l’eau, de la nourriture, des produits d’hygiène et du matériel pour construire des abris.
www.croix-rouge.fr/urgence-mayo...

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Leïla Ezzat @layeb.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you @momedinamunoz.bsky.social — would love to be added to the list!

Leïla Ezzat @layeb.bsky.social · Nov 21

Please also, and thanks!

Leïla Ezzat @layeb.bsky.social · Nov 21

On here too, thanks! 🙏

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