Ole Seehausen
@oleseehausen.bsky.social
Ecologist, evolutionary biologist. Educator, #BLM, social justice, environmental justice, inclusive science. Opinions my own. https://www.aqua.iee.unibe.ch/about_us/index_eng.html
If biodiversity matters for prosperity, why are all the rich countries poor in biodiversity while those with great biodiversity are economically poor? In People and Nature we resolve this paradox and call for a reframing of the conservation agenda besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/IBRPPA...
It is indeed a great honor if I may contribute to these values and their implementation
Ole Seehausen@oleseehausen.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt is great honor, and one I accept with humility. I appreciate the Academies perspective on arts, science and society, its commitment to making academia equitable, clarity that it currently is not (lnkd.in/eR8sKwtC), and initiatives to repair past and continued injustice (i.e. lnkd.in/esEcW9n9).
It is great honor, and one I accept with humility. I appreciate the Academies perspective on arts, science and society, its commitment to making academia equitable, clarity that it currently is not (lnkd.in/eR8sKwtC), and initiatives to repair past and continued injustice (i.e. lnkd.in/esEcW9n9).
Universität Bern@unibe.ch · 5mo ago@oleseehausen.bsky.social from the Institute of Ecology and Evolution #unibern has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations! 🎉 Seehausen joins the company of notable members comprised of today’s leading thinkers, including 250+ #Nobel and #Pulitzer Prize winners. 💡
It is great honor, and one I accept with humility. I appreciate the Academies perspective on arts, science and society, its commitment to making academia equitable, clarity that it currently is not (lnkd.in/eR8sKwtC), and initiatives to repair past and continued injustice (i.e. lnkd.in/esEcW9n9).
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Universität Bern@unibe.ch · 5mo ago@oleseehausen.bsky.social vom Institut für Ökologie und Evolution #unibern wird von der American Academy of Arts and Sciences zum Mitglied ernannt. Gratulation! 🎉 Mit der Ehrung stösst Seehausen zu zahlreichen innovativen Denker*innen der heutigen Zeit, darunter Nobel- & Pulitzerpreisträger*innen.💡
Happy to share with you the completely updated assessment of the conservation status of Europe’s 559 known freshwater fish species. Not happy to report that nearly 50% of them are threatened. ▶️ Here is the #IUCN report 👇 sohub.io/nvoz
European red list of freshwater fishes - Publications Office of the EU
The European Red List provides a scientifically rigorous and evidence-based assessment of the regional extinction risk of selected European taxa. This includes all vertebrate species - fishes, amphibi...
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❗🐟 Fast die Hälfte der europäischen #Süsswasserfische ist vom Aussterben bedroht. 📉 Weitere 18% gelten als potenziell gefährdet. 📝Dies zeigt die neue Rote Liste der #IUCN, an der auch @oleseehausen.bsky.social #unibern & @eawag.bsky.social beteiligt ist. ▶️ Hier geht es zum Bericht 👇 sohub.io/nvoz
📚Book Announcement!📚 The most dangerous racist idea—great replacement theory—has become the most dominant political theory of our time. 1/3
I cannot believe that Jimmy Cliff has passed. He was a carrier of hope for me since my youth. I will never forget summer 1984 when I saw him in his Hannover concert in Germany. As a big kid, I could not afford a ticket but found a way into the concert. It was overwhelming …
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Please share the announcement of this new fellowship scheme widely with your students and colleagues www.linkedin.com/posts/initia...
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Initiative Afrique Fellowships — Call 2026 is now open! We are proud to announce the launch of the Initiative Afrique Fellowships, a new funding scheme designed to strengthen the scientific partnersh...
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Our latest paper on fish communities in nearly 80 peri-alpine lakes reveals that community assembly through immigration and speciation respond to different dimensions of ecosystem size: area and depth respectively. Check it out here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BKFKRT...
Recent and Rapid Assembly of an Island Species–Area Relationship Threatened by Human Disturbance
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UN commission inquiry concludes Israel has committed genocide in Gaza bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
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dear western scientists and academics, your talking science while being silent about the horror that happens in our name frightens me to the bottom of my heart. There is so much to say, but this short clip brings it to the point. Please share it further youtu.be/b5y016zo0rM?...
The West Said “Never Again.” It Lied.
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Happy to share our new paper describing two new, and soooo different, species of stone loaches from Switzerland doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70108
Happy to share the description of the first two rocky reef snail crushers from Lake Victoria zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1256...
Two new cichlid species of the genus Labrochromis from rocky reefs of Lake Victoria, Tanzania (Perciformes, Cichlidae)
Lake Victoria is home to a unique and taxonomically understudied species flock of endemic haplochromine cichlid fishes, with many morphologically specialized trophic groups and many different species ...
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What an amazing difference a live photo in the natural habitat makes to our understanding of fish species
ZooKeys@zookeys.pensoft.net · last yr.During a deep-sea cave expedition around the Daito Islands, several individuals of the cardinalfish Epigonus glossodontus were captured and observed, marking the first record of this deep-sea fish outside of the Hawaiian islands: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
Ngugi wa Thiong‘o passed. He was a true giant of African literature. His writings have illuminated the path to liberation and will continue to do so #blackbooksky #blackbookshelf #blackbooks
It is special moments when believed extinct species show up again shoalconservation.org/lipochromis-...
Cichlid species, previously 'lost' to science rediscovered in Lake Victoria! - Shoal
Lipochromis microdon, a 'Lost Fish' not seen since 1985 has been rediscovered in Lake Victoria, offering fresh hope for the species' future.
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On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, we honor his legacy with action. We call on the U.S. government to release ALL files tied to Malcolm’s assassination. The fight for truth, transparency, & accountability must continue — by any means necessary.
Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck: Manu Dibango with Soul Makossa 1973 youtube.com/watch?v=EF92...
Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango RIP (1973)
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Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck: Fela Kuti’s Water no Get Enemy from 1975 youtube.com/watch?v=IQBC...
Fela Kuti - Water no get enemy
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Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck down emerging nations: Chilumbulu with The Smoke that Thunders youtube.com/watch?v=IEff...
(70s Zamrock) The Smoke That Thunders [Full Album] - Chilumbulu (1975) (AI Records)
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Sounds of freedom from the years before neocolonialism struck down emerging nations: Here is an introduction to the music of The Witch. youtube.com/watch?v=YPZa...
Do the young people still remember the music from the two hopeful decades after independence and before the full onslaught of neocolonialism. Here are The Witch from Zambia youtu.be/fu165_T9QuA
Witch - The Only Way (Official Audio) Zamrock/Psychedelic Rock
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Fatima Hassouna and her family were killed one day after her documentary was selected to premier at the Cannes Film Festival
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · last yr.Gaza mourns beloved photojournalist Fatima Hassouna killed by Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-photojournalist-fatima-hassouna-killed-israeli-strike-mourns
