Dagmar Frisch

Ancient Cephalopod, New Insight: Nautilus Reveals Unexpected Sex Chromosome System | Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

A new study by Professor David Combosch (former postdoc) and OEB Professor Gonzalo Giribet reveals the surprising sex determination system in the living fossil, Nautilus #evolution #genetics #cephalopod #chromosome

Past to future 1/2 🌍 Our new Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com perspective shows how archives, maps, art, oral histories & palaeo-records can enrich #biodiversity science—helping set baselines, track change & inform #conservation. 🔗 rdcu.be/eEcIt #history #ecology #baselines

'Lake Urmia Has Become Part of History,' Report Declares as NASA Images Confirm Complete Disappearance NASA images have confirmed the complete disappearance of Iran's Lake Urmia, once one of the world's largest saltwater lakes, according to a report by Ettelaat Online. The 4,000-year-old "turquoise jew...

In a parallel with the devastating destruction of the Aral Sea, Lake Urmia in Iran -- once one of the world's largest saltwater lakes -- has now also been completely destroyed by overpumping, #water diversions, and increased evaporation from climate change.

www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/862...

This perspective is the fruit of a truly inspirational and interdisciplinary collaboration between biologists, archeologists, geographers and historians. Feeling very priviledged to have been a part of it!

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Reconnecting people with eels is wonderful, important and necessary
But local initiatives are far from sufficient
The eel will go extinct if its conservation doesn't grow to be drastic and widespread
Check new paper below
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...