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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-30 at 13:42

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Two new fish species discovered in Swiss waters

https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/two_new_fish_species_discovered_in_swiss_waters/index_eng.html

[#]fishsci #fish #ecology

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-30 at 11:54

[#]Climatechange reshuffles species like a deck of cards, new study finds

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1072029

[#]science

[#]biodiversity

[#]ecology

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-29 at 16:12

Zwei neue Fischarten 🐟 in Schweizer 🇨🇭 Gewässern entdeckt

https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/zwei_neue_fischarten_in_schweizer_gewaessern_entdeckt/index_ger.html

[#]artenvielfalt #wisskomm

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-29 at 09:08

"At the very same time that we see Chinese innovation arising from the investments they’ve made in their education system, the Trump Administration is waging outright war on the American system of research and development. Federal grant funding to universities has been “paused.” So too has the work of the NSF and the NIH. Departments and events related to addressing America’s history of white supremacy have been cancelled"

by Benjamin Riley

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/deepirony

[#]DeepSeek #Science #Chatgpt

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-28 at 08:47

Further proof that the right wing extremists grabbing power right now, with the wilful support of the fossil lobby, are eugenicists who simply do not care if you die.

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-28 at 08:10

Masselot et al (2025) Estimating future heat-related and cold-related mortality under #climatechange, demographic and adaptation scenarios in 854 European cities

"Unless strong mitigation and adaptation measures are implemented, most European cities should experience an increase of their temperature-related mortality burden"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03452-2

[#]science

[#]onehealth

[#]climatecrisis

[#]openaccess

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-27 at 22:44

".... as long as numbers of papers and citations remain the rewarded goal of scientific activity, there is an incentive for people to game the system. A structural shift in science is needed, if we are to wipe out commercialized fraud"

Albakina et al (2025) ‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00212-1

[#]science #academicpublishing

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-27 at 10:05

Haustein et al (2024) Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023

(SPOILER: the authors calculated a total sum of almost 9 bn US$ in their sample)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

[#]preprint #openaccess

[#]academicpublishing

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-26 at 10:20

'Verfassungsschutz-Gutachten über die AfD vor der Bundestagswahl am 23.2. vorlegen!'

Bitte unterzeichnen und re-tooten!

[#]afdverbotjetzt #noafd

@campact

https://weact.campact.de/petitions/verfassungsschutz-bericht-uber-die-afd-vor-der-bundestagswahl-am-23-2-vorlegen

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-23 at 20:59

more #eXit news

Many subreddits now ban links to X or are currently discussing it. Just now r/MLS (950k subscribers) also banned links to Meta (FB/IG) because "...Zuckerberg has made clear that Facebook/Instagram will no longer stop the spread of misinformation..."

https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/1i8cl4v/announcement_twitterx_and_meta_links_are_banned/

[#]xitter #byebyeElon

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-23 at 14:27

[#]NABU Bundesverband verlässt Netzwerk X

https://www.nabu.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/index.php?popup=true&show=42522&db=presseservice

[#]xitter #eXit

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-23 at 10:13

Franch et al (2025) Recent Eel Decline in a Large Mediterranean Wetland

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.70046

[#]biodiversity #fish #freshwater

[#]ecology #openaccess

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-22 at 23:34

[#]Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

[#]science #uspol

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-22 at 21:22

What Trump’s Blitz of Executive Orders Means for #Science

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-trumps-executive-orders-mean-for-science/

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-21 at 13:57

Hard to stomach that #Trump will be the host for not one but two of the most important global sports events in his second term. But at least we've seen it before.

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-21 at 11:49

🆕 #lightpollution 💡 study by Seymoure et al

out of 136 species analysed

-85 are affected lluminance levels between full moon & nautical twilight

-33 are affected by levels between quarter & full moon

-19 are affected by levels between crescent & quarter moon 🧪

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2832 🔓

[#]openaccess

[#]ecology

[#]biodiversity

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-20 at 14:41

Out of ~72k people in 68 countries, 83% believe that scientists 👩‍🔬👩‍💻👨‍🏫 should communicate 📣 about science 🧪 with the public according to new study by Cologna et al

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

[#]science #scicomm

[#]openaccess 🔓

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Written by Gregor Kalinkat on 2025-01-20 at 13:12

"Our research detected a trend towards a more balanced representation of the natural world in wildlife photography, although biases are yet large, which may influence people's perception of the current status of species and habitats they encompass" 📸🐘🦋🐟

Behind the lenses: Biases in the contribution of #wildlife photography to #biodiversity representation

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10789

[#]openaccess 🔓

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