PRO-COAST Final Conference | Brussels Join us for the PRO-COAST Conference to Initiate Scale-Out, bringing together the experience and tools developed in PRO-COAST. 📅 Tuesday, 13 October 2026 🕔 17:00–18:15 CEST 📍 European Parliament, Brussels – Room ASP 3H1 👉 Register here: ebcd.org/events/pro-c...
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PRO-Coast an EU funded project consists of 20 partners from 14 countries (Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Romania, Montenegro, Cyprus, Malta, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Norway, and Ireland ).
Termitodesmidae is an elusive family of millipede that lives exclusively in the fungal chamber of termite nests where they get to chow down on an all-you-can-eat fungal buffet 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🌊 New PRO‑Coast film on Slovenia's coastal treasure This video captures the remarkable biodiversity in Strunjan – The Slovenian case study has pioneered citizen science through the SRNA wildlife monitoring app, camera trapping (150,000+ images, 16 species) 🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA6e...
📍 Half Moon Beach - Slovenia
YouTube video by Costa Nostrum
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🧪⚒️ Interesting: modelling of length of day changes suggests that primary coupling between core and mantle is mainly a gravitational torque (dense bits of core and mantle attracting each other) rather than mechanical drag at core-mantle boundary or interaction with geomagnetic field.
The finding suggests that geophysicists could be on the right track to understanding mysterious structures in Earth’s deep interior go.nature.com/4d1EmXC
Hurricane watch for Hawai'i and Nor'Easter headed for the East Coast in today's update for the All Hazards Consortium. So sorry for all those recovering from previous storms. Please stay aware, prepare as best you can, and stay safe. Our thoughts are with you. 🧪🌀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuR8...
Hurricane Watch for Hawai'i and Nor'Easter Shaping Up for East Coast SISE Update
YouTube video by StormCenter Communications | GeoCollaborate
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What is the #Nuvaxovid COVID vaccine and how is it different? @paulseaman.bsky.social and I have put together a comprehensive document summarizing the available information regarding the main differences between Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines. 🧪🧵1/ #Novavax #Vaccine
Mineral Matters #1190 - Thin-film Iridescence #minerals #mineralmatters #🧪 mineralmatters.substack.com/p/thin-film-...
Thin-film Iridescence
Mineral Matters #1190
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A study in Nature Communications shows that meltwaters from below Svalbard glaciers transport ancient, geologic methane. Methane mobilization is greatest where thawed glacier beds overlie organic-rich shale, suggesting that increased melt may initially enhance emissions. go.nature.com/4iZpPPK ⚒️🌎🧪
🧪 “Although we’ve experimented with using AI to accelerate lab work with initiatives like the Model Hardware Standard, this approach is less conducive to the sort of ad hoc workflows that are involved in our molecular biology research.”
I see that @anthropic.com is now competing with PhD students in Biology/Bioengineering labs, whose biggest worry until now was being inevitably scooped by the Feng Zhang and Jennifer Doudna labs. Very different from Wild West days of RT discoveries in my PhD. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
📷🦡Wildlife monitoring – part 4: Žabnik-Obrov With the Žabnik-Obrov Hunting Society, we completed four years of #monitoring with camera traps and SRNA #app. Above-average ungulate densities and #diverse carnivores were recorded.🐺🐻🐱 @pro-coast.bsky.social #BigPicture
🌡️ Post-Paris emissions worsened Europe's heat Emissions since 2015 made Europe's summer extremes fiercer, and the June 2025 heatwave would likely have been 0.34°C cooler on 2015 levels. Worse for anyone who works outdoors. 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2026gl125079 #Climate #Heatwave 🧪
Global Emissions Since the Paris Agreement Have Intensified Europe's Recent Heatwaves
We use machine learning to quantify changes in Europe's recent heatwaves from incremental changes in cumulative anthropogenic emissions Despite decarbonization efforts, we find strong evidence th...
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📢 Official Disinformation: Can science overcome political spin, silence and corporate greenwash?' 🗓️ 14 Oct 2026, 4–6pm BST (with AGM to follow) Hear from the Union of Concerned Scientists, ClientEarth, DeSmog & SGR. More details to follow… 🧪 www.sgr.org.uk/events/offic...
Salt (NaCl) as the helper of thrust-fault tectonic movement: "The overall mechanics of fold-and-thrust belts are significantly different in the presence of salt ...because at typical shaIlow-crustal temperatures salt is exceptionally weak." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪⚒️ #Geology
It has to be #halite the mineral that can move mountains! Look at that halite bed (red) that the Jura mountains are sliding on! Vote #teamhalite #Mincup26 And it is good on your fish and chips too ;)
Wasp spider spotted in region for first time. Getting closer to here. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wasp spider spotted in North West for first time, Chester Zoo says
Wasp spiders pose no threat to humans, despite their warning colours and size, Chester Zoo says.
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🌊 New PRO‑Coast short film: Velja Spila Beach, Montenegro As PRO‑Coast nears the end of its 3‑year journey, we're reflecting on the legacy: 10 coastal case studies, innovative tools like CHUI & CUSP, a network of 20 partners across 14 countries. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx3n... #PROCoast #HorizonEU
📍 Velja Spila Beach - Montenegro
YouTube video by Costa Nostrum
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🌍 PRO‑Coast at the Transformative Change for Biodiversity meeting in Brussels! TERO,ESUG & Anatrack joined 14 Horizon Europe projects to advance the biodiversity agenda. Themes: 🔹 Pluralism & multi‑actor strategies 🔹 Science‑policy interface 🔹 Long‑term thinking #Biodiversity #HorizonEU
🎥 New PRO‑Coast short film: Streedagh Beach, Ireland! Filmed by our Greek partner Costa Nostrum,showcasing ATU's community‑led work on sand dune restoration, marram grass & coastal resilience. 🌊 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMq... #PROCoast #StreedaghBeach #Ireland #HorizonEU #CoastalConservation
📍 Streedagh Beach - Ireland
YouTube video by Costa Nostrum
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🎥 New PRO‑Coast short film on Corbu Beach, Romania! Filmed & produced by our Greek partner Costa Nostrum, showcasing community‑led conservation on the Black Sea. 🌊 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1N9... #PROCoast #Corbu #Romania #HorizonEU #CoastalConservation
📍 Corbu Beach - Romania
YouTube video by Costa Nostrum
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📘 New PRO‑Coast publication! David Herbert (University of Bergen) examines Norway's coastal dilemmas: 🔹 Ghost fishing & marine plastic 🔹 Green energy vs. nature at Askøy Real-world cases, social-ecological insights. #PROCoast #HorizonEU #GhostFishing #CoastalGovernance #UiB
The Clinical Medical Research Award honors a major advance that improves the lives of many thousands of people. Find out the 2026 winner(s) on Sept. 9. 🏆 Last year, Michael Welsh, Jesús González, & Paul Negulescu won this Award for their key roles in developing a novel cystic fibrosis treatment. 🧪
Triple-drug therapy for cystic fibrosis - Lasker Foundation
Explore All 2025 Winners & Awards > Michael J. Welsh University of Iowa Jesús González formerly at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Paul A. Negulescu Vertex Pharmaceuticals For their key roles in developing a novel treatment for cystic
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🧪⚒️New Geology Bites: Brian Wernicke of Caltech on the Basin and Range. Where plates collide you get mountain belts. Where they stretch, the evidence is usually buried under sediment. Nevada is the great exception: crust pulled out to twice its original width, still on open view. geologybites.com
Along the same lines as my post yesterday, I found this piece from @aunz.theconversation.com a few weeks ago very helpful (if not hopeful). 🌏🧪 Anyone else starting to see ecological grief turning up now in their non-enviro science friends and family? theconversation.com/i-feel-deep-...
I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?
Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.
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I have a new colleague @sfuscience.bsky.social. 🧪👩🏻🔬 ⚛️ 🇨🇦
SFU recruits world-leading researcher to accelerate advanced computing-driven breakthroughs in fusion energy
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is strengthening its leadership in artificial intelligence and climate innovation with the recruitment of internationally renowned applied mathematician Yingda Cheng. As...
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Brain organoids exhibit molecular signatures of their developmental age, according to a paper in Nature. The organoids — observed over five years — successfully matured and developed traits resembling those of postnatal brains. go.nature.com/46b6ELi 🧪
🌊 Final #PRO-Coast workshop in Strunjan Landscape Park! This time we discussed the tendency to underestimate how much others care about protecting the #environment, despite widespread positive environmental attitudes, also called environmental pluralistic ignorance. 💬 @pro-coast.bsky.social
📷🦌 Four years of wildlife #monitoring in the Rižana hunting area! Together with the Rižana Hunting Society, we used camera traps and the #SRNA app to monitor #wildlife, supporting #conservation and sustainable #management as part of @pro-coast.bsky.social and #BigPicture projects. 🤝💚
📷🐗 Four years of wildlife #monitoring in the Vrhe-Vrabče hunting area! This long term collaboration with the Vrhe–Vrabče Hunting Society shows how camera traps and the #SRNA app complement each other, confirming species from roe #deer to wolf and brown bear.🐺🐻 @pro-coast.bsky.social #BigPicture
📷🐿️ Four years of wildlife #monitoring in the Strunjan hunting area! Together with the Strunjan Hunting Society we used camera traps and the SRNA app to monitor #wildlife which revealed above-average roe deer density and a diverse #carnivore #community.🦡 @pro-coast.bsky.social