Aalto

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Ecology student, science communicator, environmental activist. Personal account. Pfp from Mynä-Mynä-Maa. Any pronouns. FI, EN, SV.

The AI authorship issue is real. We've caught papers that looked OK but had references to works by the *journal editors* that *do not exist*. Like, don't send us papers citing papers we know we didn't write, right?

And did you know that today is ALSO International Vulture Awareness Day? Black Vultures are a highly social species that often follows Turkey Vultures to carcasses. In flight, look for a short tail, flat-winged silhouette, and white wingtips. Do you have a favorite vulture species or vulture fact?

Black Vulture, by Paul Crook

#SciArtSeptember 4 - Riverbank Many mammals across the world have evolved an otter-like body shape and lifestyle. Perhaps the oddest and one of the most obscure is the West African giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox). Not an otter, not a shrew, but a distant cousin of elephants!

Ink-like digital illustration of an otter-like animal standing on a riverbank. The animal - a giant otter shrew - is coloured, while the background is lineart.

Katydid in the phlox..the sound of late Summer evenings is the singing of the katydids..they can be very loud, especially in a group where they synchronize their songs and bow their wings for more intense resonance..

A dark green katydid with shiny green eyes munching on bright pink phlox blossoms

Some more fun fall flowers. If you’re shooting macro on a day like this, one thing you can do is turn yourself into a cloud and lean over the subject to put it in shadow. That gets rid of the hard highlights you get from direct sun.

Bright yellow flowers at the edge of a green meadow work puffy clouds in a blue sky. Darker green trees are at the edge of the meadow.

Muistetaanhan sitten, että hallituksen rasismissa ei ole kyse siitä, että ei osata käyttäytyä ja puhua sivistyneesti, vaan siitä, että ajatellaan rasistisesti toisten ihmisryhmien olevan vähempiarvoisia. Ja samalla sitä, että pääministeri ajatusmaailman hyväksyessään on itsekin rasisti.

Nykyään en enää luota vuodenaikoihin, että luvassa olisi totutunlaista säätä. Lapsuudesta tuttu säännöllisyys ei enää päde. Syksyllä voi olla hellettä. Terminen talvi ei välttämättä ala ollenkaan. Kirsikka voi kukkia helmikuussa. Nämä eivät ole enää yksittäisiä poikkeuksia. Tätä on ilmastonmuutos.