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Season's greetings, from us all at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and PML Applications Ltd! This card celebrates #coccolithophores, microscopic #plankton that form the base of the #MarineFoodWeb and are essential contributors to #GlobalCarbonCycling and #MarineEcosystems. (1/2)

December 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM

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Nick Desnoyer

@nickdesnoyer.bsky.social

In one year, I genetically engineered the boring Arabidopsis into a beautiful ornamental flower 🧬🌹

Here is how and why I gave this model organism a visual upgrade 🧵(1/7)

December 12, 2024 at 11:24 AM

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Lilian Lieber

@lilianlieber.bsky.social

I don't even have to read the below in detail, I agree already. I'm a strong advocate for in situ sensing and data collection and long-term studies are essential to detect trends or #ocean change. It's the data that underpins any model or simulation.
#fieldwork is the backbone of #discovery.

Sarah Boon @snowhydro.bsky.social · Dec 5

"...fieldwork can be expensive, and its outputs are less likely to be published in high-impact journals and generally receive fewer citations compared with desk-based meta-analyses and syntheses." In search of a sustainable approach to academic fieldwork. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology

Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca…

www.sciencedirect.com

December 6, 2024 at 10:19 AM

mingos

@mingos3.bsky.social

"Doing a bit better on the existing tasks is always going to have a small effect, the big gain comes when we reorganize the economy" (in a knowledge economy)
@lugaricano.bsky.social
www.siliconcontinent.com/p/how-to-thi...

How to think about the economic impact of AI

The scarce factor is humans’ cognitive ability

www.siliconcontinent.com

December 5, 2024 at 7:19 PM

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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬

@smwadgymar.bsky.social

I'm very happy to share with you the results of a collaborative experiment between the Catawba Indian Nation and faculty, staff, and students at Davidson College.

Yield, growth, and labor demands of growing maize, beans, and squash in monoculture versus the Three Sisters🌽🫘🎃

A few take home points:

(a) The raised beds on June 15, 2023. (b) The Three Sisters planting design typically forms a large circular shape with maize/bean mounds interspersed with squash. In our study, the Three Sisters were established in raised beds by planting four maize seeds in a 6-in. (15.2 cm) square each with a bean plant 3 in. (7.6 cm) toward the edge of the bed on a diagonal with the center of the maize square. Maize/bean squares were spaced 4 ft (1.2 m) apart within each row. Squash seeds were planted in pairs between each maize/bean square.

November 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM

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The Marine Biological Association

@thembauk.bsky.social

MBA Senior Research Fellow Dr Glen Wheeler and PhD Student Ellie Murphy have contributed to an exciting new study revealing #genomic innovations that have enabled brown #algae (Phaeophyceae) to sense and respond to their environment!

Find out more & read the full paper ➡️ https://buff.ly/3ZyqLki

New research reveals the evolutionary history of brown seaweeds | Marine Biological Association

A new study has shed light on the evolution of underwater forests, which play a crucial role in capturing and storing carbon dioxide and the resilience of

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December 2, 2024 at 10:45 AM

mingos

@mingos3.bsky.social

'integrated plant and nematode ecological spectra explain more variation in soil carbon dynamics together, than either do alone' @newphyt.bsky.social #SOC
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