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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

natureatcal.bsky.social
A comprehensive review of urban biodiversity research co-authored by Associate Professor @irynad.bsky.social and ESPM alumni researchers showcases how nature can support the health and wellbeing of people in cities. Learn more: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/impact-...
A photo of Heian Shrine Garden in Kyoto, Japan. Flowers and a small lake with lily pads are visible in the foreground, and people holding umbrellas are visible in the background.
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
Bird nests can provide very interesting history glimpses and mysteries. www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest
Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.
www.nationalgeographic.com
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by Iryna Dronova — Reposted by Alessandro Rigolon

irynad.bsky.social
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? Check out this new review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening (with several @natureatcal.bsky.social alums among authors): besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
5 - In several instances, the tool could perfectly re-tell and interpret my instructions, but didn’t make any visible changes in the image, and had to be confronted on that to actually perform the change.

by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
4 - When getting stuck on a certain request, the tool would suddenly change the style of the image. This happened with #3 and 4 above (#2 was the tool’s attempt to change its original vision for #1 actually following my instructions).

by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
3 - The tool struggled with prompts like “Let’s go back to X number of steps ago”. When asked about it, it explained that it does not see the images in the same way a person does and that it can sometimes get stuck and can't accurately recall the previous version to correct it.

by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
2 - The most difficult instructions seemed to be on specific thematic elements of the image and their topological relationships. Such as enlarging and elongating the central flower but keeping others intact, changing the number of leaves, changing the observer’s view angle, etc.

by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
1 -The easiest instructions to follow seemed to be the ones on the general content and artistic style. To be clear, I did not explicitly name any artists or specific genres and instead commented on strokes, colors, and textures.

by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
A small distraction. Do you ever see an image in your mind that would make a nice painting? I do but have no such skill. So I tried a small experiment in Gemini AI to recreate a specific idea of a painting. This took time and didn’t quite meet the goal, but here are some versions and observations:
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
Two more weaker ones today very close to the night one.
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

ramsar.org
The second session of the English speaking National Wetland Inventory training course concludes today. Participants have made important progress in addressing data gaps and refining their approaches to National Wetland Inventories. #WetlandsMatter
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
It's wonderful to be back for Module 2 of this exciting event. Advances in geospatial tools and remote sensing are especially critical for supporting national wetland inventories and overcoming historical barriers with new strategies.
ramsar.org
Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · Sep 8
Module 2 of the English-speaking National Wetland Inventories training course has started in the Republic of Korea. The representatives that first met exactly one year ago are now back for a week on “Earth observation techniques & knowledge: best practices to support national wetland inventories”.
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

ramsar.org
Module 2 of the English-speaking National Wetland Inventories training course has started in the Republic of Korea. The representatives that first met exactly one year ago are now back for a week on “Earth observation techniques & knowledge: best practices to support national wetland inventories”.
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by Iryna Dronova — Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty

irynad.bsky.social
This new study led by our PhD alumna Sarah Hartman is a rigorous investigation of agricultural abandonment in Ukraine. It considers not only recent events but also trends since pre-2014 and shows how historical context is critical to understanding land changes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Land abandonment as an indicator of Ukrainian agricultural resilience during Russia's war against Ukraine
Amidst the war, the resilience of Ukraine's export agriculture sector – among the top 10 worldwide and critical for food security – remains a global c…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

thirstygecko.bsky.social
Humid heat exceeds human tolerance limits and causes mass mortality www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Humid heat exceeds human tolerance limits and causes mass mortality - Nature Climate Change
The hottest boreal summer on record has driven widespread humid heat mortality across every continent of the Northern Hemisphere. With critical physiological limits to human heat tolerance drawing eve...
www.nature.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

jmdevitt.bsky.social
A reminder of the larger mission of higher ed--happy to see @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social embracing it: "Approaching the three-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Campanile will play the Ukrainian national anthem Feb. 24." Thanks Daily Cal for the 2025 coverage. Video from 2024.
Ukrainian national anthem rings out at Cal campus — song of solidarity
YouTube video by KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
www.youtube.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

daryazorka.bsky.social
A few hours ago, Russians hit a children’s playground in Ukraine with cluster munitions: a bomb that explodes with hundreds of little bombs that fly everywhere to maximize the killing. Russians sent this bomb to the playground full of kids. I don’t even know what to say anymore.
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
This very touching song by a Ukrainian artist is called "The Street" (Vulytsya). So much in this video reminds of our childhoods and very similar landscapes that live in our memories far from home. Some of these places are still waiting, others are not there anymore.
youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2x...
Вулиця
YouTube video by Jul'ka Kosivchuk
youtube.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova, Katharine Hayhoe, Scott C. Doney , and 6 more

danielle-rivera.bsky.social
UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural Resources
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova, Anthony Ricciardi

dukesjeff.bsky.social
Great NYT article today about how not to make problems with invasive species even worse, featuring @evecologist.bsky.social and @jmheberling.bsky.social
🌐🧪🌱
Free link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/r...
Fighting Invasive Plants: The Ones We’ve Got and Those We Think Are Coming
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova, Jesse H. Kroll, Jingfeng Xiao

biometlab.bsky.social
Just posted an OpEd in our local paper, the Brentwood Press, on defending science, as encouraged by
@wclivestream.bsky.social and others

@natureatcal.bsky.social

www.thepress.net/opinion/we-s...
We should not dismantle science across America
The Trump administration is destroying our scientific institutions, its infrastructure, and intellectual capital at an unprecedented pace. Scientists are being fired without cause from many federal ag...
www.thepress.net
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova, He Yin

esa.int
🆕 The first stunning images from our groundbreaking #Biomass satellite mission have been released – they mark a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle 🌳🌍

www.esa.int/Applications...
This image features part of Bolivia. This vibrant image was created using the radar instrument’s different polarisation channels, with each colour revealing distinct characteristics of the landscape. For instance, green hues mainly represent rainforest, red hues forested floodplains and wetlands, and blue–purple is indicative of grasslands, while black areas are rivers and lakes. The image spans approximately 90 km along the Biomass satellite's flight path (length) and 60 km across in width, with north oriented to the right.
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
Congratulations to Xihan Yao, our MLA-EP'23 alum, on publishing his thesis research which applies innovative high-resolution image analysis and lidar to characterize microclimate in contrasting urban neighborhoods! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Community-scale microclimate simulation using Airborne Laser Scanning and object-based urban tree classification
Urban climate and urban heat island effects, resulting from urban development and expansion, significantly impact human health and well-being. Urban f…
www.sciencedirect.com

by Iryna Dronova — Reposted by Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jonathan Parker

irynad.bsky.social
What makes this a happy news is the multitude of innocent lives saved by destroying these plans - which were apparently loaded and ready to kill again, like before. Many of us who check air raid maps on our phones and call close ones every day just to know if they are alive, feel very grateful.
anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jun 1
More than 40 Russian warplanes are burning after a mass Ukrainian drone attack
kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...
'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims
"Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
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by Anne Applebaum — Reposted by Iryna Dronova, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jonathan Parker

anneapplebaum.bsky.social
More than 40 Russian warplanes are burning after a mass Ukrainian drone attack
kyivindependent.com/enemy-bomber...
'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claims
"Currently, more than 40 aircraft are known to have been hit, including the A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

biometlab.bsky.social
Starting Wednesday 200 weather and climate experts will conduct a 100 hour marathon on Weather and Climate

wclivestream.com

Youtube page will be

www.youtube.com/@wclivestream

I plan to talk on Breathing of the Biosphere, next Saturday at 3 pm Pacific time.
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
wclivestream.com
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
It was great they mentioned late USSR and the following decade, this is exactly how many people felt then. And the sense of overwhelming powerlessness which ultimately leads to a self-perpetuating inaction and isolation.
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
"What makes dysfunction so dangerous is that we might simply learn to live with it. But understanding hypernormalization gives us language – and permission – to recognize when systems are failing, and clarifies the risk of not taking action when we can."
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Iryna Dronova

ipbes.net
Read more: www.ipbes.net/assessment-r...
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by Iryna Dronova

irynad.bsky.social
mine too!
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