Bird Flu Enters a New Phase, Scientists Say A pandemic is not inevitable, scientists say. But the outbreak has passed worrisome milestones in recent weeks, including cattle that may have been reinfected.

The freeze on NIH funding and the federal "blackout" on external communications from health agencies should alarm every American. As the bird flu outbreak continues to spread, the risk of a new pandemic grows—underscoring the critical need for research investments and transparent communication.

Between 2019 and 2023, researchers paid $8.968 billion to make papers open access. Imagine what else could be done with this money if it wasnt paid to for profit publishing companies...
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

Would it be possible to have silhouettes for the cyanobacteria Microcystis and Dolichospermum?

Whatever happens to the water, happens to the people.

No-tillage farming enhances widespread nitrate leaching in the US Midwest - IOPscienceSearch No-tillage farming enhances widespread nitrate leaching in the US Midwest, Yawen Huang, Wei Ren, Laura E Lindsey, Lixin Wang, Dafeng Hui, Bo Tao, Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, Hanqin Tian

Oh boy, the no-till booster club is really going to love this one.

“Our results revealed that no-tillage (NT) or reduced tillage intensity (RTI) decreased nitrate runoff but increased nitrate leaching compared to conventional tillage”
Using cover crops doesn’t help with the leaching either.

Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca…

Super interesting article about valuing ecological field work more - both by academia and funding agencies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...