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Future projections of Europe’s forests focus on warming & drought, but what if AMOC collapses? @anjarammig.bsky.social's lab has a thought-provoking paper suggesting massive forest disruption & reorganisation, inc. spruce collapse in central Europe & forest loss in the north doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
The Forest After Tomorrow: Projecting the Impact of a Collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on European Tree‐Species Distributions
This study examines the effects of a collapsing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in comparison to a common climate-change scenario. It shows that an AMOC collapse would result in co...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Future projections of Europe’s forests focus on warming & drought, but what if AMOC collapses? @anjarammig.bsky.social's lab has a thought-provoking paper suggesting massive forest disruption & reorganisation, inc. spruce collapse in central Europe & forest loss in the north doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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An oystercatcher bird living to age 43 years, another to 41 years! "Two oystercatchers that have outlived the species' average life expectancy by some 30 years have been discovered by bird surveyors." #birds #nature 🌿🪶🦉
Oystercatcher birds outlive life expectancy by 30-plus years
Two oystercatchers found in The Wash are discovered by experts to be aged in their 40s.
www.bbc.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Differences in chiton shells have also shaped the types of eyespots/eyes chitons evolve in interesting ways (see the work of the @ostratodd.bsky.social lab):
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past | Quanta Magazine
The visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent evolution, in which a critical fork in the creatures’ past determined their evolutionary futures.
www.quantamagazine.org
April 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Differences in chiton shells have also shaped the types of eyespots/eyes chitons evolve in interesting ways (see the work of the @ostratodd.bsky.social lab):
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
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Last month, a massive brush fire in eastern Australia tore through eucalyptus and has stranded a population of koalas without access to their primary food source.
Now, an ongoing tragedy is unfolding.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
Now, an ongoing tragedy is unfolding.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
Why Australia is shooting koalas out of trees from helicopters
The government says it’s for the animals’ own good.
www.vox.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Last month, a massive brush fire in eastern Australia tore through eucalyptus and has stranded a population of koalas without access to their primary food source.
Now, an ongoing tragedy is unfolding.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
Now, an ongoing tragedy is unfolding.
@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...