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Bouquet of green seaweeds #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

A group of four students in white lab coats studying plants

Job Alert! Come join us at The School of Biological Sciences as a Professional Teaching Fellow. Relevant subject areas are: molecular biology, cellular biology, genetics, molecular ecology, biochemistry. Closing 31st March.
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🌍 Did you hear? The new IPBES #BizBiodiversity report confirms it: businesses that ignore biodiversity are putting their own survival at risk. It's time to rethink how companies interact with nature. 🏡

More @ Reuters: https://ow.ly/20aF50YnYG5

🧪 #BizBiodiversity Media: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

Scientists tagging 10,000 bogong moths to solve mystery The project's success largely relies on citizen scientists spotting a distinct white dot on the wings of moths.

The alpine caves where they congregate have been monitored for thousands of years by Indigenous Australians, but the lowland breeding grounds remain unknown.

"By figuring out where they go from the mountains, we can understand the places we need to look out".

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

NZ has 'healthy stock levels' of fuel - MBIE Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 million barrels of the world's traded oil moves each day, is closed.

We have just 3 weeks supply of Diesel before our country grinds to a halt

Know what we dont have a limited supply of? Wind and Solar.

#nzpol

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🎓We are advertising three 2-year research+teaching positions in applied maths or stats.

These have a reduced teaching load (50 lectures a yr) compared to a standard academic position so applicants can gain teaching experience while having time for research

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🏝️Plants follow the island rule for leaf size: small-leaved mainland species grow bigger on islands, large-leaved species shrink, producing no net change overall. Herbivory and climate had little effect @xmoreira.bsky.social

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Welcoming our 2026 Associate Editor Mentees! Journal of Applied Ecology offers a two‑year mentoring scheme that helps early career researchers build practical experience as Associate Editors. Each mentee works closely with a Senior Editor and…

We're thrilled to announce that we have 7 new Associate Editor mentees joining us! 📚🧪

Over the next 2 years, they will be mentored by a Senior Editor to develop their knowledge of the peer review process and handle manuscripts 💡🌎

Get to know them below 👇
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Not sure why but it's super helpful for identifying plants. I'm less inclined to agree with moa browsing as a driver. More likely light and maybe temperature influencing photosynthetic rates. I'd start by doing light curves and temperature curves to find optimum PAR and temp of photosynthesis.

"Refusing to subsidize solar while underwriting a billion dollar gas terminal is like renting an expensive fossil fuel heater for a house you're already planning to electrify" #NZPol

Pacific Conservation Biology is seeking Associate Editors!
Applications from Pacific Island researchers are greatly encouraged 🇫🇯 🇵🇬 🇳🇿 🇵🇼 🇳🇨 🇼🇸
@pacificconsbio.bsky.social publishes conservation research focussed on our region, and is affiliated with SCBO.
Apply here - connectsci.au/pc/pages/edi...

I think some of those leaves are showing signs of sooty mould but maybe not all of them.

A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood Unsettling predictions are now our catastrophic reality, but a brighter future is still within reach if our political leaders change course

Our first collaboration and joint publication in @australia.theguardian.com!

@jessharwoodart.bsky.social and I describe some of the recent impacts of climate change, extreme weather events, and other threats, on wildlife and ecosystems across southern Australia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Government’s new science institute to lose 6% of staff less than a year after forming The Bioeconomy Science Institute is shedding 6% of its staff.

And people wonder why NZ’s R&D spend is way lower than the rest of the OECD & our productivity is in the toilet. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Our alliance shows the need to work together when a problem pops up! Proud to be able to support the nearly 80 US authors working with IPCC across AR7

Call for Experts for Upcoming IPCC Work | AGU The U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC, hosted by AGU, is facilitating nominations to the Seventh Assessment Cycle.

I’m thankful and impressed by my colleagues who assembled the US Academic Alliance for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (USAA-IPCC) and my professional society @agu.org for hosting it. Without USAA-IPCC, US scientists wouldn’t be able to contribute to various @ipcc.bsky.social reports.

Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them Rivers support billions of people but are among the least protected parts of nature. A major review shows what needs to be done as climate change accelerates.

When extreme events happen together or in sequence, their impacts can be catastrophic for people and river biodiversity. Whether that’s a flood following a drought, a drought and heatwave operating in unison, or a flood falling on saturated ground, the impacts of these compound events can multiply.

We're probably getting pretty close to 700 science jobs lost over this term of government, directly linked to reforms/cuts. And believe me: the country wasn't overflowing with them to start with.

Bioeconomy Science Institute to cut 134 jobs following restructure a few months ago The downsizing comes after 152 science jobs were axed in an earlier restructure when several agencies formed to create the Bioeconomy Science Institute.

Bioeconomy Science Institute to cut 134 jobs following restructure a few months ago www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund.

Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars).

Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science.

To what end?

Anger over plans to abolish New Zealand’s dedicated environment ministry Critics say proposal to fold department into a new ‘mega ministry’ will dilute accountability and put nature protections at risk

It makes no sense to rush into a giant centralised government department that merges environment into housing/transport etc. it creates huge transaction costs, taking NZ back years in effective climate and environment action, losing focus, accountability & skills www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Māui & Hector's Dolphin case update:
After navigating some prolonged procedural matters, including the seafood industry insisting on joining as a respondent in the case, we now have a court date!

#dolphins #conservation #MāuiDolphins #HectorsDolphins

Photo of a sandy beach with a aquamarine Waitemata harbour and blue skies above. Rangitoto sits on the horizon to the right of the picture and there are wisps of clouds in the sky.

Love the blues of Tāmaki Makaurau at this time of year!

Conceptual model of the expected role of dryland mechanisms along a climatic gradient from cool and moist towards hot and dry conditions, and their relevance for climate-smart forestry.

Ecophysiology for climate-smart forest management

#TansleyReview by Gessler et al. @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social

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#plantscience

This is spectacular Soon! You should start a new series called #PimpMyKFC

This was how NACT funded their tax cuts for the wealthy and tax breaks for tobacco - off the backs of working women

Two job opportunities with the @ipcc.bsky.social WG1 TSU:

Science Officer: www.ipcc.ch/2026/02/17/s...

AI Officer (deadline passed but will consider applications until the end of the week): www.ipcc.ch/2026/01/12/a...

Gosh Julie! Being unexpectedly triggered in a work environment can be so hard. For me it's photos of kids in hospital, especially intensive care as my eldest died from a blood disorder almost 20 years ago. Most recent one took me weeks to recover from fully. Look after yourself! ❤️

Pay equity ‘select committee’ finds ‘flagrant and significant abuse of power’ A group of female former MPs subjected the pay equity overhaul to the scrutiny it should have received before passing into law. Their newly released report is damning.

When National, ACT, and NZ First gutted pay equity last year, they didn’t listen to the voices of women, workers, or experts. The People’s Select Committee was formed so that the voices of Aotearoa could be heard on pay equity - and their findings are damning for the National-led Govt. #nzpol

Hiring for 3 positions: Research Assistant, Field Research Coordinator, and Postdoc I am looking to hire 3 people into my lab this year. I am still doing the paperwork to get the jobs officially posted but I want to send the word out and screen potential applications right away. R…

I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...