1/2) Recently, a journalist and photographer from @foliacivitatis.bsky.social joined us on a fieldwork trip (close to Ede-Wageningen in NL), where we sampled wood ants 🐜 and recorded environmental variables 🌡️. They wrote a brief articel about it: www.folia.nl/en/wetenscha...

Hoe hittebestendig is de Nederlandse bosmier?

Vergeleken de Finse bosmier kan de Nederlandse best wat hitte hebben

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Still 31 °C (ca 88 ° Fahrenheit) at 9 pm in Amsterdam 🇳🇱. Granted, it is 7 to 8 degrees cooler than it was during the day and still cooler than in other major European cities, but still 🥵 We need to increase our actions against the climate crisis!

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

~ Spain weather: Red alert for 'danger to life' heat with 42C highs ~ https://archive.is/qlv1q

After a quite stressful morning (glitch in the camera, and I needed to be at uni earlier than planned to fix it), I am having a coffee now on the balcony. ☕☀️

A pancreatic cancer drug has been called "transformative" after it doubled survival time among people with a particularly severe form of the condition.

'Transformative' pancreatic cancer drug doubles survival time

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Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

1) So happy to share our latest preprint 😀 🥳by Thomas Blankers, Jonna Kulmuni, and me: “Do the benefits of hybridization outweigh the costs under conditions of global change?” ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... @uva.nl @helsinki.fi #hybridization #globalchange #evolution #speciation #biodiversity

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Heute endet der meteorologische Frühling und er war der allerwärmste seit Messbeginn im Jahre 1850. In allen drei Monaten (März, April, Mai) lagen die Temperaturen über dem Durchschnitt, nur Mitte Mai gab es eine kürzere kühle Phase. Geregnet hat es nur 40-50 % der normalen Menge.

postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

recruitment

Multiple positions available: ​ Postdoc PhD students

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Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Looks like one of those terrifying 2050 #climate projection graphics, but no, that’s a short-term forecast for France until… May 29th.

We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.

A colleague of mine, Willem Frankenhuis is hiring a PhD on "Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Cognition in Stressful Environments" in the Department of Evolutionary and Population Biology (EPB) at IBED @uva.nl He is a great PI 😀 - apply now. Link is below www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3608...

PhD position in Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Cognition in Stressful Environments

Are you interested in adaptive cognition and behavior in stressful environments? The Department of Evolutionary and Population Biology (EPB) at IBED is looking for a skilled, responsible, and organize...

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I am hiring a postdoc for a project on herbivory of Rhododendron by insects in North Wales! Genomics expertise required, field experience preferred. Hoping to hire quickly! Bangor is awesome! Get in touch if you want any more details! jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Update to the drought situation: year-to-date precipitation total in Finland is again the lowest on record (since 1961). The 2026 precipitation in Finland (~78 mm) is only 54 % of the long-term normal (143 mm) at this time of the year.

Your 'moment of doom' for May 9, 2026 ~ Once and future jungle. "In the past, Antarctica helped buffer global warming. Our results suggest it may now be shifting in the opposite direction." theconversation.com/antarctic-se...

Antarctic sea ice defied global warming for decades – now, hidden ocean heat is breaking through

In the Antarctic, things may be unfolding faster than climate models predicted – new study.

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Woooow, so much data we are sharing widely without our knowledge 😥

Ross Floate@rossfloate.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

Mark your calendars for this seminar by Sam Yeaman!

PolyAdapt STN@polyadapt-stn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us for another exciting seminar by Dr. Samuel Yeaman (University of Calgary) about the repeatability of adaptation? on 28th May, 2026, 4 pm CET. Zoom link here: polygenic-adaptation-network.org/seminars/

We’re hiring! 🇸🇪🔬
 Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Prokaryotic Microbiology (molecular focus) at Stockholm University. Supportive environment + strong molecular research 👉https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:921526/type:job/where:125/apply:1 Please share!!

Biträdande lektor i prokaryot mikrobiologi med inriktning mot molekylära processer

Institutionen för molekylär biovetenskap, Wenner-Grens institut (MBW) bedriver experimentell grundforskning inom molekylär cellbiologi, integrativ biologi och infektions- och immunbiologi. Forsknin

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We’re hiring! We invite applications for an Ecological Statistician to join our team. Work at the interface of cutting-edge biodiversity science and statistics. DL 27 May @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social @rececochange.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Ecological Statistician

Ecological Statistician

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📜New Paper📜@ecography.bsky.social Species distributions aren’t just about where species occur, but how survival, reproduction and development vary across environments. We formalise the Demographic Niche Concept to link niche theory and demography. nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In 2024, more than 60% of new cars sold in Ethiopia were fully electric. It now ranks alongside global EV leaders by share of new car sales. Ahead of most of Europe. More in future newsletter. Sign up here: substack.com/@janrosenow

Next 2 weeks we will see 35/40C EVERY DAY in Southern Africa. Northern Mozambique and Southern Malawi might attack the record of the highest temperature ever recorded in May in the whole Southern Hemisphere. But Brazil might record similar temperatures for the next 10 days.

It's hard being a climate comedian's therapist... 🫠

New PLOS Biology paper arising from a collaboration between us at the Sanger/U Cambridge and the U York and Sheffield, and many more collaborators across the Americas and Europe. Regulatory changes in the same genes (optix, ivory) led to the same colour patterns in mimetic butterflies and moths.

Wellcome Sanger Institute@sangerinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A study of South American butterflies and moths shows they reused the same genetic cheat sheet for 120 million years. 📝 Learn more about this collaborative work via the link below ⤵️ https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/evolution-has-reused-the-same-genes-for-120-million-years/ 📸 Arif Maulana

I think about this all the time.

"China is keeping LNG imports at multi-year lows, and is instead reselling cargoes around the region. That comes on the heels of weak demand growth prior to the war. Last year, China’s LNG imports were down 11% According to IEEFA, China’s LNG imports could fall by another 11% in 2026."

Iran war may catalyse faster energy transition - Gas Outlook

Havoc in oil and gas markets caused by the Iran war has importing nations racing to accelerate their energy transitions.

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Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.