Christoph Scherber

Insect declines: challenges and solutions Insects, the most species-rich group of organisms on Earth, provide crucial ecosystem processes such as crop pollination, nutrient cycling, or pest co…

Bringing insects back from declines: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why are insects declining — and what can we do about it? A new review synthesises current evidence: habitat loss, land-use change, climate change and pollutants are key drivers reshaping insect communities worldwide. #LIBresearch

© Scherber et al., CC BY 4.0 @cscherber.bsky.social

1/2

Rush to apply now! Job posting ends in 10 days

Job advertisement

I am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change @leibnizlib.bsky.social and the University of Hamburg.
Apply here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

JOB ALERT! Come work with us as a PhD student for 4 years if you are interested in biodiversity monitoring, technology development, insects and agriculture.

Wie Pestizide unsere Böden verändern Während die EU-Kommission plant, Pestizide einfacher zuzulassen, zeigt eine neue Studie: Reste von Pflanzenschutzmitteln auf Äckern und Wiesen wirken sich auch auf Kleinstlebewesen im Boden aus. Von J...

Some comments on a recent Nature study on pesticide residues and soil biodiversity in Europe www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima... see study here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production - Nature Ecology & Evolution A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant ...

Finally, our new synthesis paper on plant #biodiversity effects on productivity via pest suppression is online! This shows that crop #diversification e.g. through #intercropping can increase yields via indirect multitrophic interactions, helping reduce #pesticides! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks for posting, email me if you need an offprint.

What helps pollinators cope with human pressures? Supporting flower diversity in agricultural landscapes can benefit both pollinators and food production. #LIBresearch

© Adobe Stock, JuergenL
1/3

A new study shows that pesticides can harm bee pollination — but that diverse flowering plants can reduce these negative effects. In contrast, realistic levels of microplastics had no detectable impact on pollination or crop yield. @cscherber.bsky.social
2/3

Great opportunity for students interested in pollinators, fieldwork and applied biodiversity research — feel free to share! 🌼🐝

Master´s thesis project in Göttingen - are you interested? Get in touch!

→ doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...

Welcome to BES2025! 💫 

Today, we are so excited to welcome ecologists from 58 countries, encouraging innovative research and practice in ecology. 

We have exciting talks and sessions ahead in the next days from agriculture, human's place in nature, AI to green finance and much more.

Nun ist es wohl offiziell, der Grünlandschmetterlings-Indikator wird nicht verpflichtend in die Nationale Wiederherstellungsverordnung in Deutschland aufgenommen. 😔🦋

Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT) Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open-access platform uniting datase...

#LIBresearch: A new study introduces the Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT) — a worldwide initiative integrating insect trait data to make insects more understandable and comparable across ecosystems. → doi.org/10.1111/icad.70035

@cscherber.bsky.social

Know your rights when voting today.

BugNet currently includes 36 experimental sites in 18 countries 🌍.

Huge thanks to all collaborators for their enthusiasm and teamwork!!

We’re also looking for new collaborators to join this global effort to understand how invertebrate herbivores and fungal pathogens shape ecosystems.
🌐 bug-net.org

Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!

Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY

Wäre interessant, wie das für andere Bundesländer aussieht... Niedersachsen, NRW, Bayern?

Why does the Soil Monitoring matter?

Check out our NGO letter to EU ambassadors, sent ahead of the discussions and vote among Member States today, where we urged EU countries to take a strong stand on the Soil Monitoring Law:

eeb.org/library/lett...

Thank you so much for being a guiding and strong voice in those turbulent times, giving orientation to many

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

The Guardian on our study published today:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

5 Mrd t CO2. Wtf. Das sind 100 Jahre Ausstoß der 50 Zementwerke in D ohne irgendeine Dekarbonisierung.

I'm searching for primary papers&photographs from field experiments in terrestrial ecology on the following topics:
-pollution experiments (e. g.light,noise, information pollution)
-habitat fragmentation experiments
-whole ecosystem&natural experiments (e.g.volcanic eruptions BACI design etc.)

It's for a book I am currently writing, get in touch if you have any photographs or would like to point me towards your favorite study.

I'm searching for primary papers&photographs from field experiments in terrestrial ecology on the following topics:
-pollution experiments (e. g.light,noise, information pollution)
-habitat fragmentation experiments
-whole ecosystem&natural experiments (e.g.volcanic eruptions BACI design etc.)

Thank you so much. How important!

War on universities, war on science, war on knowledge