@julponchart.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist/Ecologist (🧬🐝🌼) in 🇧🇪 PhD in Forest Sciences (🧬🌲🍄) from @universitelaval.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Plantologist 🌿 - Biased torwards 🏴
BeeCode Berlin, a pioneering citizen science project, helped high school students learn PCR by DNA barcoding honeybees:
🐝 Community centre labs using Bento Lab
🐝 DNA hackathons and poster event
🐝 Subspecies & genetic resilience insights
🔗 Find out more: bento.bio/story/dna-ba...
Illustration showing a person examining a plant with text about the scarcity of plant taxonomists worldwide.
Plant taxonomy is disappearing - and so is our ability to protect species 🍂
Nearly half of countries have fewer than 10 plant taxonomists. Kew is working to close the gap, but we need more experts fast.
Read the study’s key findings and what we're doing about it 👇
https://ow.ly/XhJo50XyGAa
Pour connaître les études faites sur les #champignons @univparissaclay.bsky.social
#fungi
www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/c...
🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Final version published:
Lehmann et al.
Research landscape of experiments on global change effects on mycorrhizas
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What if classrooms could generate biodiversity data? BeeCode Berlin helped students study honeybees using Bento Lab:
🐝 Insights into honeybee subspecies
🐝 The role of genetic diversity in resilience
🐝 DNA hackathons and poster event
🔗 Find out more: bento.bio/story/dna-ba...
Academic and grey literature searches in 11 European languages identified over 2,000 records of floral resource traits, complementing existing databases. #languagebarriers
doi.org/10.1002/2688...
A French petition calling for the repeal of a controversial bill that allows the reintroduction of a banned pesticide known to damage ecosystems has reached over 1,000,000 signatures in a matter of days.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
NEW RESEARCH!
Europe's cultural landscapes are under threat and so are the people who’ve long cared for them. 👇🧵 1/3
Read the full paper: https://f.mtr.cool/evgcudbtqh
Our paper shows that most ectomycorrhizal fungal species (83% of OTUs) are "dark taxa": species we detect in DNA, but can't match to known species names. We map global "darkspots" - the parts of the world most in need of more research. @spun.earth @ethz.ch www.cell.com/current-biol...
10.06.2025 00:39 — 👍 92 🔁 41 💬 4 📌 4Et voici la version complète de l'article 🦅🐦🏔🌍🌐🧪
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Diagram showing how degraded plastics release microplastics that affect honey bee health. Plastics like polyethene and polystyrene break down, leading to bee exposure. Effects on bees include impaired immunity, gene expression changes, reduced gut microbiota, cognitive issues, respiratory failure, and higher mortality.
Latest research from the Journal of Applied Ecology highlights the impact of microplastics on honey bee health and honey quality. These tiny pollutants, introduced through the environment and beekeeping equipment, can disrupt honey bee immunity and alter honey composition 🍯
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📣The Soil Cluster is participating to the Biodiversity challenge organized by WUR to share its enthusiasm about soil biodiversity 🪱🦠🌱
Where: Wageningen market square
When: Saturday 24th April from 9 am till 15!
For more information check: www.wur.nl/en/research-...
A three-year study on urban pollinators in 18 parks in Vancouver. 🌳 🌸 🐝
🌎 🧪 🪳 🪲
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/...
A study in Environmental Pollution examines ecological and health risks in farmland soil with pesticide contamination. Study finds that pesticides threaten the health of the soil microbiome.
#microbiome #organic #pesticides #health #soil #agriculture
Blog Post: ow.ly/1RA450VRUiE
*Great part-time role for a Scottish tree enthusiast* 👇
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A wren perched on a branch, singing with its beak open.
🐦🎶 Tomorrow is #DawnChorusDay - a perfect opportunity to wake up early and enjoy the beauty of early morning birdsong. As dawn emerges, songbirds start singing to attract a mate and mark their territory.
Top tip 💡 Use the Merlin Bird ID app to improve your bird ID skills!
Help shape the future of plant metabarcoding with METAPLANTCODE's stakeholder survey!
mbmg.pensoft.net/news/807
@biodiversaplus.bsky.social
Cladonia, a lichen, grows in a white puff only a few inches above a carpet of a moss called Pleurozium. Like the iconic black spruce (Picea) of the boreal belt, they harbor diverse endophytic fungi that live symbiotically within their healthy tissues.
“To be a plant is to live in a fungal world”
~Betsy Arnold
'The future is fungal': Research finds fungi that live in healthy plants are sensitive to climate change: news.arizona.edu/news/future-...
Novel #soilhealth methods like microbiometers and eDNA are being tested through #AI4SoilHealth 🔬
Fatemeh Hateffard explains how these methods could provide a more holistic understanding of our soils at #SoilHealthNow!
Read more in her recent blog: ai4soilhealth.eu/new-in-situ-me…
There is strong evidence that soil health and biodiversity can improve under #RegenerativeAgricultural practices according to a new @britishecologicalsociety.org report
But to achieve the best results, multiple practices should be used together
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/our-...
Le castor fait barrage à la crise de la biodiversité ! 🦫✊
🎙️ Rémi Luglia, président de la SNPN, était sur @franceculture.fr dans La Science, CQFD. Un épisode résolument positif qui présente les bienfaits de la présence du castor dans nos cours d'eau et rivières.
📻 www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
#history #botany #art 🌱
Reynoutria japonica / Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed
A botanical horror story. c1880, the worlds most invasive #plants are cool and trendy & appear in gardening magazines.
Unintended consequences...
powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls...
www.cabi.org/invasivespec...
Wild beavers have legally returned to English waterways for the first time in four centuries.
Alex Thomson explains why the release of these remarkable engineers into the wetlands of Purbeck in Dorset is so important.
As dismissals and program closures mount at agencies like the USDA-ARS, ripple effects will include more pests in fields, fewer pollinators, rising food costs, and more invasive species. Learn more in part one of a new series on impacts of cuts to federal funding for insect science. buff.ly/tzR2Ta7
05.03.2025 19:02 — 👍 41 🔁 29 💬 3 📌 2Great blog by @abigaillowe.bsky.social all about plants for pollinators in gardens and how DNA metabarcoding can be used to find out what plants pollinators are visiting 🐝
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“fertilisers create conditions that allow fast-growing grasses to dominate, crowding out other grasses and flowers” this is a real problem in meadows and pasture, I see it around us every year www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A 1 billion Euro Mission 💰: A Soil Deal for Europe. Just published 📢 our roadmap 🛣️towards assessing soil health in the EU 🌍by 2030. Soil Mission is a promising step representing an important investment in Soils. 100 Living Lab and reducing soil degradation t.co/us8xjx6ZxY
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