Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
Martin Genner
@mgenner.bsky.social
Ecology and evolutionary biology, mainly fishes, climate change, conservation
🎨 job alert 🐠 Come join us! We have two positions open! These are part of our @erc.europa.eu funded project on the mechanisms underpinning convergence of colour patterns in cichlid fishes! Closing date: 16th August. Postdoc: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... Technician: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
ALT: Callipterus Cichlid Collecting Shell
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Great weather for fieldwork this week with @mgenner.bsky.social and two of our PhD students this week: @mattmccormack1.bsky.social on our @ercrefresh.bsky.social programme, and Francesca Southon on our @bristolwater.bsky.social WINEP project investigating nutrient pollution in Blagdon Lake SSSI. 🧪
💬 Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych on the disqualification over the memorial helmet: "I have no regrets... There are things more important than medals."
One more way in which the neoliberal university model is failing us
Kew Gardens@rbgkew.bsky.social · 8mo agoPlant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂 Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast. Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇 https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
JOB OPPORTUNITY! Senior Researcher in Freshwater Environmental Genetics to work with us on the ERC REFRESH Programme studying the role of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems shorturl.at/zOajg @pennyjohnes.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @ercrefresh.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social
The Rift Valley soda lakes of Tanzania are warm and alkaline. The Manyara tilapia is one of the few fish species able to live here. New research suggests this one species may be two. One is found in Lake Manyara itself, the other is in neighbouring soda lakes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
In crater Lake Masoko one fish species is splitting into shallow and deep-living ecotypes occupying different light environments. New research shows their visual systems are diverging, and how colours of male eggspots have changed to maximise their visibility. doi.org/10.1093/molb...
New research in Molecular Ecology shining light on the riverine ancestors of the Lake Malawi cichlid fish adaptive radiation, led by Sophie Gresham and Hannes Svardal doi.org/10.1111/mec....
🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨 🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology. 🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia. Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z
Sea ice in the Arctic and around Antarctica cool our climate, drive ocean circulation across the planet, and provide a unique habitat for polar ecosystems. Sea ice amounts have now fallen to their lowest since we started measuring them. This is not good. 🌊🥼❄️🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
World's sea-ice falls to record low
The world's frozen oceans keep the planet cool, but they currently have less ice than ever recorded before.
bbc.co.uk
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (PDRA) in Freshwater Ecosystem Ecology researching the role of organic matter as a nutrient resource in freshwater ecosystems. A 4.5 year role with great training opportunites in isotope ecology and mesocosm experimental science www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU610/p...
Penny Johnes@pennyjohnes.bsky.social · 2y agoExciting opportunity for a Senior Research Associate in Biogeochemistry to work on my ERC REFRESH Advanced Grant. This is a 4.5 yr role, where we will be exploring the metabolic pathways controlling nutrient and dissolved organic matter uptake in freshwater ecosystems. 🧪🐌🐟🌿https://shorturl.at/UY9Kc
This #WomenInScience Day, we are so proud to see so many female scientists currently working on RRS Sir David Attenborough! The @biopole.bsky.social team are investigating how nutrients drive the global carbon cycle and ocean ecosystems, and the impact of climate change. 📸 Maddy De Marchis
🔮 What does the future hold for our oceans and their ability to soak up carbon from the atmosphere? That's what a team of scientists are hoping to learn more about, as they embark on a 51 day voyage around the Southern Ocean. 🌊 It's time for a thread 🧵 /1
Job alert! We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
'This week, Wolfe and collaborators published new work directly linking rising temperatures to bird declines. Their research, published in Science Advances, tracked birds living in the forest understory at the BDFFP against detailed climate data.' 1/2
In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
theguardian.com
In the forests of Southern Madagascar, three frog species were discovered in 2019 that represent the very lower limit of vertebrate size: < 9 mm long. The genus was named "Mini", and the three species are: Mini mum Mini ature Mini scule (scientists are nerds, okay?)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🌎🧪🦑
The Vanishing Vaquita: A Call for Definitive Action
The world's smallest porpoise—the vaquita (Phocoena sinus)—is on the brink of extinction. Endemic to the upper Gulf of California, it has dwindled to fewer than 19 individuals in 2023. The primary so...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world really interesting case study of trophic cascade from @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Awe-inspiring and harrowing’: how two orcas with a taste for liver decimated the great white shark capital of the world
A decade ago, up to 1,000 of the apex predators lived in one South African bay. Now they have gone, fleeing from killer whales. But the gap they have left creates problems for other species
theguardian.com
Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m rather pleased they discovered the blob-headed fish. 👍🏻
Blob-headed fish and amphibious mouse among 27 new species found in ‘thrilling’ Peru expedition
Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated region
theguardian.com
We have three 4-year UKRI PhD studentships now available under the ERC REFRESH programme Researching the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a nutrient resource in freshwater systems. Do get in touch via the links if you have an questions! Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... 🧪
We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
The responses of freshwater fish to global warming. Our analyses in @pnas.org @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Made possible by #RivFishTIME
