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✨ Dim the light, lower the noise ✨

From the Perseid shower over Lake Velence to Lisbon streets, nature speaks when we look & listen

In 2025 we welcomed new partners: @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social, FCiências.ID & UNSW, expanding our research 🐸🏞️

Season's Greetings & Happy New Year from AquaPLAN! 🎉

Heute vor 80 Jahren erhielt die IPPNW den #Friedensnobelpreis für die „Aufklärung der Öffentlichkeit über die Gefahren eines Atomkrieges für Leben und Gesundheit der Menschen“. Die Kardiologen Bernard Lown und Jewgeni Tschasow nahmen den Preis in Oslo entgegen: ippnw.de/bit/fnp @nobelprize.org

📢Please help with our Online Survey! We're looking at perceptions of 🔆 #lightpollution and 🔊 #noisepollution and the acceptability of different measures. Part of a European project (PLAN-B on reducing the impact on #wildlife. 💶 50 euro prize draw.

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/pl...

QUIZ TIME! Human health, wildlife, ecosystem processes—what do these all have in common? They’re directly affected by the light and noise pollution all around us. Find out how:
earthshare.org/quiz-november-2025-light-noise-pollution/

Environmental Impact of the Escalation of Conflict in the Gaza Strip The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has issued this report in response to a request from the State of Palestine to assess environmental damage arising from the conflict in the Gaza Strip, ...

An updated environmental assessment of Israel's war in #Gaza has been published by @unep.org. Even without field access it determines that "the scale of degradation is immense".

Below are some excerpts, the full report is here: www.unep.org/resources/re... 1/8

Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends? - Apidologie Climate-driven shifts in bumblebee emergence and flowering time can disrupt plant reproduction and affect pollinator health. To study such mismatches, accurate phenological data is crucial but challen...

"Why do queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation during weekends?"

I love this framing about bias in hobbyist-collected data.

1/5 #MammalMonday: Meet the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)! 🐹

Unlike its tiny pet-store cousins, this wild hamster can reach up to 30 cm long, with a bold coat of chestnut, black, and white patches that makes it truly stand out.

🧪 🦊 🦤 🌍

Photos: ©Frank Zachos

“The bird (Numenius tenuirostris) was caught in a pincer movement: extensive habitat destruction and relentless persecution on migration… The birds were shot on migration and sold in markets in Italy and elsewhere. Now they are gone”. See also: searchforlostbirds.org/birds/1621

Mini marsupial bounces back from the brink!

Once listed as Endangered, the crest-tailed mulgara expanded its range by more than 48,000 km² between 2015 and 2021, lifting its status to Least Concern. Biocontrol contributed to the heartwarming bounce-back.

https://f.mtr.cool/afllseseeb

Ocean noise contributors in southern resident killer whale habitat The contributions of different marine sectors to underwater noise pollution within endangered Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) habitat were inves…

New paper on the contributions of different marine sectors to underwater noise pollution within endangered Southern Resident killer whale habitat, highlighting potential impacts of vessel activity on acoustic habitat quality #SRKW
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Impulsive noise is intense, short pulses of very loud sound, repeated over a period of time. This type of underwater noise pollution often occurs from pile-driving for offshore construction (featured here in the graphic), seismic surveys, and explosions triggered to dispose of underwater munitions. Impulsive noise can cause direct injuries to cetaceans, ranging from bruising to organ rupture and death. It can also cause hearing damage –permanent or temporary– directly impacting their ability to survive. This topic will be a key agenda point discussed at the upcoming 29th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee: https://www.ascobans.org/en/meeting/ac29

🔊 Impulsive #noise –short, intense pulses of very loud sound from pile driving, seismic surveys, underwater explosions– can injure 🐬🐋 causing temporary or permanent hearing loss, bruising, organ rupture or death.

This topic will be a key agenda item at the upcoming AC29 🔗ascobans.org

@cms.int

For a Quiet Ocean

For many marine animals, sound is survival - but today, the ocean’s natural soundscapes are being increasingly disrupted by human activity. Learn more about this global movement to reduce underwater noise pollution and its negative impacts to marine life: foraquietocean.org/

Last chance to visit our booth at @royentsoc.bsky.social's #Ento25 today - our team will be delighted to give you a tour of our publishing and project activities in insect science!

How unexploded bombs cause environmental damage – and why climate change exacerbates the problem One of the main ways conflict leads to environmental harm is by leaving behind unexploded weapons and ammunition.

And how mines and unexploded ordnance impact the environment for decades after conflicts: theconversation.com/how-unexplod... 5/5

Three reasons why the climate crisis must reshape how we think about war Wars are now unfolding in the shadow of climate breakdown.

How the climate crisis will change how militaries operate and why they must also decarbonise: theconversation.com/three-reason... 4/5

Why people displaced by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate risks The effects of climate change do not affect everyone equally.

How IDPs and refugees often get resettled in areas that are highly exposed to climate risks: theconversation.com/why-people-d... 3/5

Environmental pressures need not always spark conflict – lessons from history show how crisis can be avoided As resources become increasingly vulnerable to environmental fluctuations, climate change is often framed as a trigger for violence.

How history teaches us that climate conflicts are a risk but not inevitable: theconversation.com/environmenta... 2/5

Introducing War on Climate, a new series that explores how conflict interacts with environmental issues around the globe Wars and climate change are inextricably linked.

Some good reads in @uk.theconversation.com new War on Climate series, here's the intro, posts so far are linked below: theconversation.com/introducing-... 1/5

Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley reach ‘inescapable conclusion’ after fact-finding trip to region

"That Israel and the United States are calling plans for the mass displacement of Palestinians in Gaza a “voluntary exodus” is one of the “most fraudulent, sinister, and twisted cover stories ever told”"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bild: Friedenstaube mit Stetoskp im Schnabel, Logo der IPPNW, eine Hand, die einen Stift zum Schreiben hält. Text: Erklärung für ein ziviles Gesundheitswesen: Menschen aus Gesundheitsberufen gegen die Militarisierung An alle Gesundheitsfachkräfte: Jetzt unterzeichnen! ippnw.de/bit/unterzeichnen „Die Prävention von Kriegen, ob konventionell oder nuklear, ist die beste Medizin. Ich halte alle Maßnahmen und Vorkehrungen für gefährlich, die auf das Verhalten im Kriegsfall vorbereiten sollen. Nur kriegspräventive Maßnahmen kann ich vertreten. (...)“ (Teil der Erklärung)

Beschäftigte im #Gesundheitswesen: Jetzt unterzeichnen! Erklärung für ein ziviles Gesundheitswesen. Gegen die #Militarisierung: ippnw.de/bit/unterzeichnen

Ist dann ausversehen doch ein längerer Thread 🧵 geworden, obwohl ich mich am Anfang doch nur kurz aufregen wollte.
9 Teile. Hier der letzte, damit es sich schön ausklappt.
Viel spaß und tschüß nä

Warntag: Kliniken im Kriegsfall – „Bevölkerung soll sich verstärkt selbst helfen“ Wie werden Krankenhäuser auf einen Kriegsfall vorbereitet? Der Verein „Ärzte zur Verhütung eines Atomkriegs“ kritisiert, dass das Gesundheitswesen auf Krieg eingeschworen wird. Ein Interview.

Kliniken im Kriegsfall: „Zivilbevölkerung soll sich verstärkt selbst helfen“. Interview mit Dr. med. Angelika Claußen, IPPNW in der Berliner Zeitung:

Keine Klimagerechtigkeit ohne Suffizienz - #Weniger ist fair Der SRU ist ein prominent und vor allem kompetent besetztes wissenschaftliches Gremium, und hat die Aufgabe, die Bundesregierung in allen relevanten Umweltfragen zu beraten. Er veröffentlichte im Früh...

# Weniger ist Fair - Keine Klimagerechtigkeit ohne Suffizienz! weact.campact.de/petitions/ke...

Wind farms and light pollution:
Medium-intensity turbine lights can be brighter than the brightest stars and planets on the night sky up to significant distances. This should be taken into account in environmental impact assessments.
Version of record, open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.jq...

Egyptian Nightjars are residents in the Dead Sea region, showing a high year-round roost fidelity - Journal of Ornithology We investigated the spatial behavior of a recently discovered breeding population of Egyptian Nightjars (Caprimulgus aegyptius) near the Dead Sea. While there is a prevalent migratory tendency in othe...

Now online in Journal of #Ornithology

Egyptian Nightjars are residents in the Dead Sea region, showing a high year-round roost fidelity

Open access

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thrilled to share our new article in @pnas.org highlighting global gaps in where we study animal movement—and outlining the next generation of smart bio-loggers.

👉 Read the full study in PNAS: lnkd.in/exP8NCeZ
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What Happens to a Forest When the Birds Are Gone? New research reveals how missing seed dispersers are quietly limiting tropical forest recovery When I left academia to work in conservation, I landed in an organization...

Forests can’t regrow if seeds can’t move.

New research shows 60% of tropical regrowth zones have lost the animals that once carried seeds there.

No dispersers, no recovery.

Rewilding isn’t optional: it’s the missing link in climate and restoration plans. 🌱🐦‍⬛ 🦜
🧪 #SciComm

🚨 Call for Abstracts!
The Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management invites abstracts for an upcoming publication titled 'Displacement & Migration in Mountain Ecosystems'.
⏰ Deadline: 15 July
🔗 buff.ly/a0MIvZa
#OurChangingMountains #ClimateResilience

Restoring the Night: A Policy Agenda for Light Pollution Mitigation in Europe - The PLAN-B European Project A new policy brief, Restoring the Night: A Policy Agenda for Light Pollution Mitigation in Europe, has been officially released by the PLAN-B project, in close collaboration with its sister project Aq...

A new policy brief, Restoring the Night: A Policy Agenda for Light Pollution Mitigation in Europe, has been officially released by the PLAN-B project, in close collaboration with its sister project AquaPLAN.

plan-b-project.eu/2025/06/25/p...

Wie urbane Lichtverschmutzung das Pflanzenwachstum beeinflusst Künstliche Beleuchtung und höhere Temperaturen lassen Stadtbäume länger wachsen als auf dem Land. Das hat Folgen für Ökosysteme und Menschen.

Wie urbane Lichtverschmutzung das Pflanzenwachstum beeinflusst - Künstliche Beleuchtung und höhere Temperaturen lassen Stadtbäume länger wachsen als auf dem Land. Das hat Folgen für Ökosysteme und Menschen. | Telepolis

www.telepolis.de/features/Wie...