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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 22h

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Meta-analysis shows that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil organic carbon stock - Nature Ecology & Evolution

This meta-analysis finds that planting nitrogen-fixing species increases soil carbon compared with non-nitrogen-fixing species. Using nitrogen-fixing species for forestation, agriculture and land regeneration might therefore offer a nature-based solution to mitigate climate change.

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 2d

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science.

Pls repost 🙏

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Two full-time positions | Bioinformatician (m/f/d) + Applications Specialist (m/f/d) - Molecular Biology

The Genome Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is seeking to fill two positions (full time) to support and expand our core facility services.

www.evolbio.mpg.de

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Nature @nature.com.web.brid.gy · 2d

Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

Nature, Published online: 06 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03227-w She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 2d

Mixed it up with this one www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Future ocean warming may cause large reductions in Prochlorococcus biomass and productivity - Nature Microbiology

Decade-long field measurements and modelling show that projected ocean temperatures could restrict cell division rates of an important marine cyanobacterium.

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a model study, right?

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 3d

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Future ocean warming may cause large reductions in Prochlorococcus biomass and productivity - Nature Microbiology

Decade-long field measurements and modelling show that projected ocean temperatures could restrict cell division rates of an important marine cyanobacterium.

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Sonja-Verena Albers @archaellum.bsky.social · 6d

Look at this nice cover: beautiful archaella, image made by @sshamphavi.bsky.social !

Thanks also to Marta Rodeiguez for keeping the EM im shape in @ottlab.bsky.social lab!

At @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de @sfb1381.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 6d

Some keen Observations in Our October issue!

🦠 Cancer microbiome
🌊 Marine microbes in warming oceans
🌐 broad-range phages
🧬 genetically minimised Salmonella
🔧 Viral infection mechanisms
🧪 Oxaloacetate antiviral defence

and more, here: www.nature.com/nmicrobiol/v...

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 6d

Nope

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · 6d

Group pic SAME18!

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 8d

I love oceanography, but it’s so cool to be back at a microbial ecology conference 💚

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 8d

@noc.ac.uk

Maria Papadatou @marypapadatou.bsky.social · 9d

@marbenavides.bsky.social gave an enlightening keynote talk on “Multifaceted insights into particle-associated N₂ fixation.”
#SAME18 @same18-bcn.bsky.social

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Isobel Yeo @isobelyeo.bsky.social · 8d

Great to see @mikeaclare.bsky.social @noc.ac.uk quoted in this piece in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se... about the Hunga Volcano eruption and the subsequent telecommunications outage in 2022.

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life

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Olivier Sulpis @sulpis.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Postdoc Opportunity in Marine Biogeochemistry at CNRS-CEREGE!

🚢 Are you a passionate researcher ready to tackle climate change? Dive into the ERC-funded Deep-C project in Aix-en-Provence, France!

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 9d

🙏thank you!

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 10d

Our Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships are still open for applications. This scheme offers a first step into an independent research career for outstanding early career scientists who require flexible working circumstances.

#RSGrants

https://royalsociety.org/grants/dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 10d

43. Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) shutting down after budget cuts (Sept. 22, 2025)

Arctic research consortium closing down after Trump administration cuts funding

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, established in 1988 and credited with helping scientists and Alaska communities, is closing this month.

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 11d

Back to my beloved Barcelona
Very excited to get @same18-bcn.bsky.social started!

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 11d

Businesses thinking of investing in the UK pay attention to announcements like these – so did Reform ask any industry groups if it was sound economic policy?

Nigel Farage’s pledge to end indefinite leave could hurt the economy even before an election

Businesses thinking of investing in the UK pay attention to announcements like these – so did Reform ask any industry groups if it was sound economic policy?

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 12d

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Climate Change May Have Killed 16,469 People in Europe This Summer - Eos

Researchers warn that preventable heat-related deaths will continue to rise with continued fossil fuel emissions.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 15d

August 2025 data is now available for both Antarctic sea-ice thickness/volume (zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...) and global sea-ice volume (zacklabe.com/global-sea-i...) from GIOMAS. Another monthly record low (globally)!

#DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData 🧪🌊⚒️

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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 15d

#NewResearch

Baizosediminiarchaeum, a key player in the deep biosphere, builds butanetriol dialkyl glycerol tetraether membrane lipids and feeds on both CO2 and lignin, revealing a survival strategy in low-energy environments.

#MicroSky

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A dominant subgroup of marine Bathyarchaeia assimilates organic and inorganic carbon into unconventional membrane lipids - Nature Microbiology

Baizosediminiarchaeum, a key player in the deep biosphere, builds butanetriol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (BDGT) membrane lipids and feeds on both CO2 and lignin, revealing a survival strategy in low-...

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Prakash Lab at Stanford @prakashlab.bsky.social · 16d

For last 10 years - we have worked with thousands of organizations around the world helping support them in integrating foldscope programs.

To bring in a new cohort of organizations - we are re-launching “fast and curious” 2025 edition - apply and get a Foldscope trainer and Foldscopes for free!

TeamFoldscope @teamfoldscope.bsky.social · 18d

🔬 Free microscopes + teacher training!

📅 Applications are now open. To apply, visit www.foldscope.com or scan the QR code (video)

✉️ Any questions? Email us at [email protected]

#stem #education #science #teachers #training #free #microscopy #educators #professionaldevelopment #microscope

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The Guardian Climate News (unofficial) @guardian-climate.bsky.social · 16d

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’: New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023 Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will pu...

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’: New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023 Governments around the world are ramping up coal, gas and oil extraction which will pu...

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Mar Benavides @marbenavides.bsky.social · 16d

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Anthropogenic climate change will likely outpace coral range expansion

Coral reef range expansion takes centuries, and higher-latitude seas are therefore ineffective refugia for most tropical corals.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 17d

100 years of August sea surface temperature anomalies updated through 2025. There is a lot of variability from year-to-year (like El Niño/La Niña patterns) in addition to human-caused climate change evident through long-term warming.

Data from NOAA ERSSTv5 at psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...

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