Garden ponds are easy to dismiss as too small to matter, but they contribute meaningfully to #urbanbiodiversity. Our new paper looks at what zooplankton live in garden vs urban ponds, and how fish and urban cover shape those communities. Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/lno....

Zooplankton communities and their responses to fish presence and urban cover across garden and other urban ponds

As cities expand globally, the ratio of artificial to natural freshwater habitats is increasing. While public urban ponds have been the subject of an increasing number of biodiversity studies, the bi...

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🌊 Our new paper is out now! What happens when an invasive omnivore gets warmer? We found that the mysid Limnomysis benedeni shifts toward a more ‘herbivorous’ diet. 🦐🌡️ More here: aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @csabavad.bsky.social @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social @kratina.bsky.social

Temperature‐driven diet shift in an invasive omnivorous crustacean feeding on plankton

Global warming alters the physiology of ectotherm consumers, potentially making their diets more herbivorous. However, the relevance and generality of these changes remain poorly understood in a mult...

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Just a week of footage, but we captured so many animals visiting and using the garden ponds! Can’t wait for the next 3 weeks, plus another set of 40 garden ponds in August!

Horváth Metacommunity Lab@metacomlab.bsky.social · 3w ago

🤩 A few exciting highlights from the first week of our summer survey! (Sound on! 🔊) 📸 Our wildlife cameras are currently monitoring the first 40 #MyPond #ponds, capturing all animal visitors until the end of the month, so we're hoping for many more exciting encounters! 🐸🐗🦉🐈‍⬛🦔🦡🐾 #citizenscience

🌞 Heatwaves reveal just how important garden ponds can be for wildlife 🐸 #MyPond #citizenscience

I'm looking for an enthusiastic student to join my team as a PhD candidate on archaeal genome evolution 🦠💻 Work in beautiful Utrecht, at @binfutrecht.bsky.social, an international group full of caring, amazing scientists, and with frequent cake breaks! www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share! 🙏

Together with @bartabarbara.bsky.social and @uhrinmarton.bsky.social, we had a great session yesterday to talk about ‘urban waters under pressure’. Thank you to all the attendees, and a special thank to the session chairs @majailiczg.bsky.social, @branslab.bsky.social, @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social.

Honored to share that my first paper was recognized as a top viewed article in Ecology and Evolution (Wiley, 2025) 🎉 Thank you to everyone who read it. With @zsofiahorvath.bsky.social, @csabavad.bsky.social

Already in Montreal for #ASLOSIL26 to talk about zooplankton in garden and urban ponds as part of the ‘MyPond’ citizen science project! Together with two colleagues, we have 3 oral presentations in session SS078A, Friday May 15th, 14:30-16:00, Room 518A. Come to join us!

During the pandemic, the world stood still – and many lakes became measurably clearer. A global study shows that #lockdowns caused water #turbidity in lakes worldwide to drop sharply 🌍💧 https://f.mtr.cool/yedgnkrgfp

In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention 🏙️🔵🏡 doi.org/10.1002/wat2... @epcn.bsky.social

Urban Ponds and the Emerging Role of Garden Ponds: Ecosystem Services and Disservices, Multifunctionality, and Trade‐Offs

Urban ponds and garden ponds—a specific subset of the former, usually located in private gardens—are both typical examples of ponds in the urban landscape. They deliver multiple ecosystem services bu...

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Often overlooked, small water bodies - streams, damp ditches, small bogs, ponds - support more rare species compared with larger habitats while high-quality ponds support about 2/3 of all freshwater plant + animal species in a landscape. 🧵 1/4 freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/start-w...

Heartbreaking truth: At just 1.5°C of #warming (where we already are), 70–90% of #CoralReefs could vanish. At 2.0°C, almost all (>99%) are gone. We’re watching a living wonder cross a #TippingPoint. #MarineEcology 🧪🌍🌐🌊🔥

Dr Angel Borja@drangelborja.bsky.social · 10mo ago

These iconic #corals are nearly extinct due to heatwaves: can they be saved? #marineecology #research www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In the Danube Delta at the GeoEcoMar station🛥️⚓️ May 2025 🇷🇴

More moments from the Community & Stress Ecology workshop at the University of South Bohemia! 🌿 Great energy from participants, insightful presentations, and a sunny group visit to the mesocosm platform. #ClimateChange #StressEcology #EarlyCareerResearchers #Networking

Looking for openly available: - before-after data in space - with a restoration measure inbetween (e.g. dam/invasive spec. removal, urban green space creation...) - min. 10 sites (quadrats / random places along a stream / ponds...) - species data, env. data of some sort, GPS coordinates

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science: I am proud & grateful to work with all these smart, dedicated, inspired and enthusiastic women in my lab! @schneiderbea.bsky.social @hhuong152.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social @bartabarbara.bsky.social & others not on Bsky

Out now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌍🦤🧬 #consgen #PopGen

Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss - Nature

A comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity covering more than three decades of research demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation i...

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Excellent new review from @weatherwest.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social @climatechirper.bsky.social on one of the most useful organizing concepts I've run across for understanding climate impacts on extreme events - the "expanding atmospheric sponge" 1/🧵

Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry conditions — ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ — have marked environmental and societal impacts. This Review outlines observed and projected changes in hydr...

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Bad news for climate just announced! In 2024, Earth's average temperature temporarily exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. This breach highlights accelerating climate risks - toward the end of the "safe zone" defined by the Paris Agreement.🧪🌐🌍 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?

The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe zone’ as climate change worsens.

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I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

REUs/Summer Research 2024 List (Ecology and Evolution)

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A summary of me in 2024

With @schneiderbea.bsky.social @csabavad.bsky.social @zsuzsimrton.bsky.social @hhuong152.bsky.social and others, we showed how connectivity loss affects metacommunities with results from a 4-month long mesocosm experiment just published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! shorturl.at/9o9ak

Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Last week we released 11 endangered northwestern pond turtles back into the wild with the help of conservation partners. Turtle power! 🐢