Julia Carretero
@unisepala.bsky.social
Lifelong learner. #curation of digital collections @rbgkew.bsky.social, ~8m. plants + fungi! #naturalhistory #biodiversity informatics #conservation (she/her) ☮
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By combining centuries of botanical knowledge with 21st century technology we’ve opened up our herbarium collections for all to explore! 🌾🌍
Feed you curiosity and dive into our collections in our brand new data portal ⬇️
🧪👩🔬📗https://bit.ly/4oc5bMC
Feed you curiosity and dive into our collections in our brand new data portal ⬇️
🧪👩🔬📗https://bit.ly/4oc5bMC
August 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
By combining centuries of botanical knowledge with 21st century technology we’ve opened up our herbarium collections for all to explore! 🌾🌍
Feed you curiosity and dive into our collections in our brand new data portal ⬇️
🧪👩🔬📗https://bit.ly/4oc5bMC
Feed you curiosity and dive into our collections in our brand new data portal ⬇️
🧪👩🔬📗https://bit.ly/4oc5bMC
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Just 10 days left to join us on the Millennium Seed Bank Seed Conservation Techniques course - running online on 13-24 October 🌱
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...
July 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just 10 days left to join us on the Millennium Seed Bank Seed Conservation Techniques course - running online on 13-24 October 🌱
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...
We'll cover the ins and outs of seed storage behaviour, genetic diversity sampling, seed bank design, and much more ❄️🧪🏛️
⏰ July 31 2025!
www.kew.org/science/trai...
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‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
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Great article on the history of & specimens collected by the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. I loved the use & the crediting of @bionomia.net (which uses #Wikidata for deceased collectors) for assisting in the uncovering of more specimens from that expedition. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Bionomia
Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881–1884)
Widespread museum digitization initiatives have made the world's herbaria more accessible than ever, launching a renaissance of specimen use. We highlight the value of digitization to bolster both sc....
doi.org
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Great article on the history of & specimens collected by the Lady Franklin Bay expedition. I loved the use & the crediting of @bionomia.net (which uses #Wikidata for deceased collectors) for assisting in the uncovering of more specimens from that expedition. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Bionomia
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Each newly digitised sheet is a moment of discovery - from pressed rainforest orchids to fungi collected on 19th-century expeditions.
These records help us understand our planet's biodiversity and how it’s changing 🌍📜
These records help us understand our planet's biodiversity and how it’s changing 🌍📜
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Each newly digitised sheet is a moment of discovery - from pressed rainforest orchids to fungi collected on 19th-century expeditions.
These records help us understand our planet's biodiversity and how it’s changing 🌍📜
These records help us understand our planet's biodiversity and how it’s changing 🌍📜
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Through the power of digitisation, millions of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿
Explore the new Data Portal yourself and uncover centuries of botanical history - now just a click away!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Explore the new Data Portal yourself and uncover centuries of botanical history - now just a click away!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Through the power of digitisation, millions of Kew's plant and fungal specimens have stepped out of the archives and into the hands of the world 🌿
Explore the new Data Portal yourself and uncover centuries of botanical history - now just a click away!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Explore the new Data Portal yourself and uncover centuries of botanical history - now just a click away!
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
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In 1880, botanist Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour journeyed to the remote island of Socotra - now Yemen - seeking its unique flora.
Our archives preserve his letters, telegraphs & press clippings from the expedition: a window into early plant exploration.
Take a look! 👇
🗃 #KewLA
Our archives preserve his letters, telegraphs & press clippings from the expedition: a window into early plant exploration.
Take a look! 👇
🗃 #KewLA
![A newspaper cutting adhered to a guard paper in a bound volume. Someone has written in ink the title of the newspaper it has been taken from: 'Egyptian Gazette, Alexandria, 22 June 1880'. The section of the article that has been photographed reads: 'Dr. Schweinfurth, whose departure for Socotra was announced in our columns on 23rd February 1881, returned to Saez on 19th inst. The doctor's account of his trip to Socotra and his stay on the island is highly interesting, and we trust to his kindness to enable us to give our readers some further details later on. In the meantime the following brief notes furnished to us may prove of interest. The doctor made the voyage from Aden to Socotra in a native vessel, he does not appear to have very pleasant recollections of this voyage, which lasted for one month. On the voyage the vessel called at Shugra, Bolhaf, and el Hami, after which the course was set across the Gulf of Aden from Ras Sharma to Socotra. At Socotra Dr Schweinfurth remained for a month, making daily investigations into the rich flora of the [...]. Vegetation is very luxuriant [...].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h2nzrepsboow5qu42xtebgn/bafkreichgadz2yispvthcqduhnqtz7dsbcv6b6trctis7zqftfm4xkoh6a@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In 1880, botanist Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour journeyed to the remote island of Socotra - now Yemen - seeking its unique flora.
Our archives preserve his letters, telegraphs & press clippings from the expedition: a window into early plant exploration.
Take a look! 👇
🗃 #KewLA
Our archives preserve his letters, telegraphs & press clippings from the expedition: a window into early plant exploration.
Take a look! 👇
🗃 #KewLA
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Today we launched a small service on JSTOR to help expert researchers get bulk access to bibliographic data and full text content. A fun part: you can go download 12M+ metadata records bulk in one file, right now: www.jstor.org/ta-support
Text Analysis Support | JSTOR
Request access for deep text analysis.
www.jstor.org
June 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today we launched a small service on JSTOR to help expert researchers get bulk access to bibliographic data and full text content. A fun part: you can go download 12M+ metadata records bulk in one file, right now: www.jstor.org/ta-support
Reposted by Julia Carretero
Crear un #herbario digital global exige armonizar millones de registros con nomenclaturas dispares. Este estudio presenta un flujo de trabajo que se utilizó para estandarizar 177.138 registros de @gbif.org procedentes de 88 fuentes de datos y 96 datasets:
▶️ doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... 👇
▶️ doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... 👇
June 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Crear un #herbario digital global exige armonizar millones de registros con nomenclaturas dispares. Este estudio presenta un flujo de trabajo que se utilizó para estandarizar 177.138 registros de @gbif.org procedentes de 88 fuentes de datos y 96 datasets:
▶️ doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... 👇
▶️ doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... 👇
Reposted by Julia Carretero
Did you know that shade-grown coffee plantations can be powerful allies against climate change and biodiversity loss, AND support farming families who rely on coffee for their income? ☕🌳
Come with us to Mexico where our partnership project is shaping these benefits 👇
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Come with us to Mexico where our partnership project is shaping these benefits 👇
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Shade-Grown Coffee: Supporting Biodiversity and Farmers’ Livelihoods
How scientists and smallholder farmers in Mexico are growing coffee that nurtures both communities and ecosystems.
www.kew.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Did you know that shade-grown coffee plantations can be powerful allies against climate change and biodiversity loss, AND support farming families who rely on coffee for their income? ☕🌳
Come with us to Mexico where our partnership project is shaping these benefits 👇
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
Come with us to Mexico where our partnership project is shaping these benefits 👇
www.kew.org/read-and-wat...
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In honour of International Archives Day, join Isabel, one of Kew’s Assistant Archivists! 📖📚
She takes you behind the scenes as she spends her day sorting records, assisting visitors, and showing you the variety of work that comes with the archives 👇
#InternationalArchivesDay
She takes you behind the scenes as she spends her day sorting records, assisting visitors, and showing you the variety of work that comes with the archives 👇
#InternationalArchivesDay
June 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
In honour of International Archives Day, join Isabel, one of Kew’s Assistant Archivists! 📖📚
She takes you behind the scenes as she spends her day sorting records, assisting visitors, and showing you the variety of work that comes with the archives 👇
#InternationalArchivesDay
She takes you behind the scenes as she spends her day sorting records, assisting visitors, and showing you the variety of work that comes with the archives 👇
#InternationalArchivesDay
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Happy #Pride month! This #FungiFriday we are going on a fungal foray through the pride flag. There have been many iterations since its original conception in 1978, including the Intersex-Inclusive flag by Valentino Vecchietti – which we have recreated in fungal fashion for the LGBTQ myco-maniacs
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy #Pride month! This #FungiFriday we are going on a fungal foray through the pride flag. There have been many iterations since its original conception in 1978, including the Intersex-Inclusive flag by Valentino Vecchietti – which we have recreated in fungal fashion for the LGBTQ myco-maniacs
Digitised collections at @rbgkew.bsky.social reveal plant collecting trends during the First World War
A new article by member Christopher Kreuzer is now available! "Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological wellbeing of those involved, and enhances floristic knowledge."
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant coll....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Digitised collections at @rbgkew.bsky.social reveal plant collecting trends during the First World War
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🚀 Last call for registrations to the webinar: Introducing the Darwin Core Data Package!
Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard!
📍 2 June 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Register here: 🔗 gbif.link/DwC-webinar
@tdwg.org
Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard!
📍 2 June 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Register here: 🔗 gbif.link/DwC-webinar
@tdwg.org
May 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚀 Last call for registrations to the webinar: Introducing the Darwin Core Data Package!
Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard!
📍 2 June 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Register here: 🔗 gbif.link/DwC-webinar
@tdwg.org
Join us as we share updates on a new data model for GBIF and exciting changes proposed for the Darwin Core standard!
📍 2 June 2025 14:00 - 15:00 CEST
Register here: 🔗 gbif.link/DwC-webinar
@tdwg.org
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NEW! You can now access MILLIONS of our dried plant & fungal specimens via our new Data Portal!
The official release comes as we continue to digitise our entire collection, some of which were collected by Chares Darwin himself! 🌿
Read more & check it out 🧪 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience
The official release comes as we continue to digitise our entire collection, some of which were collected by Chares Darwin himself! 🌿
Read more & check it out 🧪 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience
May 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NEW! You can now access MILLIONS of our dried plant & fungal specimens via our new Data Portal!
The official release comes as we continue to digitise our entire collection, some of which were collected by Chares Darwin himself! 🌿
Read more & check it out 🧪 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience
The official release comes as we continue to digitise our entire collection, some of which were collected by Chares Darwin himself! 🌿
Read more & check it out 🧪 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience
Over 5.5 millon records available! This is really something 😊
NEW! You can now access MILLIONS of our dried plant & fungal specimens via our new Data Portal!
The official release comes as we continue to digitise our entire collection, some of which were collected by Chares Darwin himself! 🌿
Read more & check it out 🧪 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience
The official release comes as we continue to digitise our entire collection, some of which were collected by Chares Darwin himself! 🌿
Read more & check it out 🧪 www.kew.org/read-and-wat... #PlantScience
May 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Over 5.5 millon records available! This is really something 😊
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We MUST preserve the Earth's #biodiversity, but we MUST also protect biodiversity knowledge. #BHLib holds 500+ years – 63 million pages – of #OpenAccess biodiversity knowledge. BHL's future is uncertain... blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-... #ILoveBHL #InternationalBiodiversityDay 🧪
May 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We MUST preserve the Earth's #biodiversity, but we MUST also protect biodiversity knowledge. #BHLib holds 500+ years – 63 million pages – of #OpenAccess biodiversity knowledge. BHL's future is uncertain... blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-... #ILoveBHL #InternationalBiodiversityDay 🧪
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MAJOR MILESTONE for fungal science! 🍄💻
Our entire Fungarium - 1.1 million dried fungi specimens - is now fully imaged!👇1/4
ow.ly/w9JX50VT9FA
Our entire Fungarium - 1.1 million dried fungi specimens - is now fully imaged!👇1/4
ow.ly/w9JX50VT9FA
May 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
MAJOR MILESTONE for fungal science! 🍄💻
Our entire Fungarium - 1.1 million dried fungi specimens - is now fully imaged!👇1/4
ow.ly/w9JX50VT9FA
Our entire Fungarium - 1.1 million dried fungi specimens - is now fully imaged!👇1/4
ow.ly/w9JX50VT9FA
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1936 poster by Edward Bawden, for London transport. When I think about the future books I want to write, I often think I’d like to do a similar thing with words to what Bawden did with ink in the middle years of the 20th Century.
May 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
1936 poster by Edward Bawden, for London transport. When I think about the future books I want to write, I often think I’d like to do a similar thing with words to what Bawden did with ink in the middle years of the 20th Century.
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The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Biodiversity Heritage Library has just surpassed 63 million pages! Spanning 1469–2025, BHL provides invaluable #OpenAccess to the foundation of our understanding of biodiversity. 🌎 📚 🌱 #ILoveBHL #BHLib ➡️ www.biodiversitylibrary.org
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Latest update about the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL).
Get in contact with the BHL team with your comments and ideas #ILoveBHL
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
Get in contact with the BHL team with your comments and ideas #ILoveBHL
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Latest update about the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL).
Get in contact with the BHL team with your comments and ideas #ILoveBHL
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
Get in contact with the BHL team with your comments and ideas #ILoveBHL
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
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Seed banking is crucial to safeguarding threatened plants from extinction, but seeds can be surprisingly fussy, as I learned in my latest for @knowablemag.bsky.social ☘️🌱🌳🌼🌺
Featuring @naomibot.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social #plantconservation #botanicalgardens
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Featuring @naomibot.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social #plantconservation #botanicalgardens
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
The surprisingly tricky art of seed banking
To safeguard threatened plants, science must unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken
knowablemagazine.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Seed banking is crucial to safeguarding threatened plants from extinction, but seeds can be surprisingly fussy, as I learned in my latest for @knowablemag.bsky.social ☘️🌱🌳🌼🌺
Featuring @naomibot.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social #plantconservation #botanicalgardens
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Featuring @naomibot.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social #plantconservation #botanicalgardens
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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These days we're busy sequencing the DNA of thousands of fungi species held within our Fungarium collection - transforming our knowledge of this important kingdom of life even further! 🧬🧪🍄
You can find more about that right here 👇
www.kew.org/science/our-...
You can find more about that right here 👇
www.kew.org/science/our-...
Sequencing Kew's Fungarium
We're sequencing the DNA of thousands of fungi to accelerate global research in fungal diversity, taxonomy, and evolution.
www.kew.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These days we're busy sequencing the DNA of thousands of fungi species held within our Fungarium collection - transforming our knowledge of this important kingdom of life even further! 🧬🧪🍄
You can find more about that right here 👇
www.kew.org/science/our-...
You can find more about that right here 👇
www.kew.org/science/our-...
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What do we do?
The authors say we can’t just fight climate change, we also need to protect these forests right now.
That means stopping deforestation, helping ecosystems bounce back, and backing Indigenous stewardship.
📣 Action isn’t optional - it’s urgent.
The authors say we can’t just fight climate change, we also need to protect these forests right now.
That means stopping deforestation, helping ecosystems bounce back, and backing Indigenous stewardship.
📣 Action isn’t optional - it’s urgent.
April 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What do we do?
The authors say we can’t just fight climate change, we also need to protect these forests right now.
That means stopping deforestation, helping ecosystems bounce back, and backing Indigenous stewardship.
📣 Action isn’t optional - it’s urgent.
The authors say we can’t just fight climate change, we also need to protect these forests right now.
That means stopping deforestation, helping ecosystems bounce back, and backing Indigenous stewardship.
📣 Action isn’t optional - it’s urgent.
Reposted by Julia Carretero
Today we celebrate the incredible biodiversity of our planet – and the power of #OpenAccess to protect it. The Biodiversity Heritage Library makes over 62 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely available to all. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #Biodiversity #BHLib
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #Biodiversity #BHLib
April 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Today we celebrate the incredible biodiversity of our planet – and the power of #OpenAccess to protect it. The Biodiversity Heritage Library makes over 62 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely available to all. 🔗 biodiversitylibrary.org
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #Biodiversity #BHLib
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #Biodiversity #BHLib