MERLIN project

Curso Teórico-Prático de Introdução às Técnicas de Engenharia Natural O Município de Ponte de Lima, o Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa e a Federação Europeia de Engenharia Natural (EFIB) vão ...

Our partners in Portugal are offering a free 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹-𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 as part of the MERLIN project, which may be of interest to anyone in the field.

📍 de Arcos
🗣️ Portuguese & Spanish
📅 3–5 September

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A stretch of the River Roughty near Kenmare (Kerry) gives an idea of how much of Ireland once was, prior to farming: a wonderland of rainforest and other wild natural habitats, heaving with diverse life.

We can and must make space for crashing nature again.
#Rewilding

Follow #DANUBElifelines' journey! This project paves the way towards the recovery of migratory fish and their habitats in the Danube River Basin by reconnecting rivers, restoring biodiversity, and promoting scalable solutions for freshwater conservation across Europe. More info: danubelifelines.eu

New guidance on monitoring catchment-based #NbS, giving practical options and costs for ‘basic’, ‘standard’ or ‘gold standard’ approaches for monitoring: runoff attenuation, land use change, soil management, riparian restoration and floodplain reconnection: wre.org.uk/wp-content/u...

FutureLakes is building on the ideas and experiences of MERLIN. Together, the two projects are demonstrating how to successfully restore the biodiversity of rivers, lakes, and wetlands, enhance resilience to floods and droughts, and support Europe’s #NatureRestorationRegulation.

A heartwarming throwback to our inspiring joint Special Session at the #SEFS14 conference in beautiful Turkey. It felt almost like a symbolic passing of the baton from MERLIN to @futurelakes.bsky.social – and yet, MERLIN will continue running at full speed until March 2026!

Happy #BogDay! | Eva Hernández Herrero Happy #BogDay! Oh my… what’s a “bog”!? If you were born in Ireland, it’s probably part of your life. If you were born in Spain like me… almost a mystery! This 27th of July we “celebrate the brillia...

Yesterday on #BogDay our former colleague Eva Hernández Herrero shared a beautiful message and a great initiative to draw attention on the need to conserve, restore and better manage peatlands. Read her post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/eva-he...

Image of a big with water and red moss in the foreground and conifer trees in the background.

Photo of sundews on moss.

Happy #BogDay. The most misunderstood ecosystems on our planet have been ridiculed, drained, burned, and destroyed throughout modern history. These water purifiers, carbon keepers, storytellers, and beautiful places deserve our respect, today and every day.

We contributed more than 16 MERLIN talks and one plenary lecture by Teresa Ferreira, covering key MERLIN outcomes. It was a strong presence, and we hope we left a lasting impression on this scientific community!

3 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, and the Environment at Texas State University 🗃️ #HPS
#histsci #histmed #envhist

networks.h-net.org/jobs/68829/t...

Japanese mayfly family classification with a vision transformer model - Limnology Benthic macroinvertebrates are a frequently used indicator group for biomonitoring and biologic assessment of river ecosystems. However, their taxonomic identification is laborious and requires specia...

Japanese researchers were able to use a ViT model to successfully achieve high accuracy in identifying mayfly families from images. This demonstrated the potential for machine learning and image analysis to automate the taxonomic identification of macroinvertebrates in freshwater biomonitoring.

Moorspezialisten – wie sich die Teilnehmer im kürzlich gestarteten Ausbildungsprogramm schlagen - @ndr.de-MV berichtet: www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

MERLIN and @futurelakes.bsky.social projects featured at the 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 in Bolu, Turkey – hosting the event's largest session: “Restoring Freshwater Ecosystems for Landscape Resilience”

#SEFS14 #SEFS14BOLU #freshwater #restoration #resilience

Freshwater restoration effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services: a Delphi survey Restoration planning should focus on multifunctional restoration measures, such as enhancing longitudinal connectivity or instream habitats, that deliver both biodiversity gains and ecosystem service...

A new MERLIN publication is linking freshwater #restoration measures to their anticipated impacts on #biodiversity and ecosystem services through a structured expert evaluation. A useful read for all of you working at the science–policy–practice interface: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Is groundwater heating up? – Sciworthy Hydrologists modeled groundwater temperatures and estimated that groundwater could warm by up to 3.5°C over the next 100 years.

Researchers estimated that groundwater temperatures could increase over the next 100 years, threatening the safety of drinking water and endangering spring-fed ecosystems. New article by Trinity geology student Carter J. Nicol!
#SciComm #SciNews
sciworthy.com/is-groundwat...

💡 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗯𝗦 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴? The upcoming #NetworkNature Annual Event "𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦" is always a great chance to meet others working on Nature-based Solutions.

📅 16 September 2025
⏰ 9:00 – 18:00 (Europe/Brussels)

🔗 Full agenda and more info available here: networknature.eu/networknatur...

#NewReport: The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 is now live!

Dive into the latest global data on wetland extent, loss and restoration and discover the solutions we need to secure the future of these vital ecosystems.

global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org

Mapping the value of freshwater restoration Image: Sasa Peterkovic | Pexels Creative Commons We live in an age of ecosystem restoration. Across the world, communities and policy makers are seeking to help guide degraded or destroyed ecosyste…

🌊 Restoring freshwater biodiversity helps generate multiple benefits to people

🤝 A new @merlin-project.bsky.social study explores how freshwater restoration supports ecosystem services

freshwaterblog.net/2025/07/11/m...

Save the date: BioAgora's first Science-Policy Interface (SPI) Dialogue Workshop to take place in October 2025 The BioAgora project is pleased to announce its inaugural Science-Policy Interface (SPI) dialogue workshop, taking place on 1 and 2 October 2025 at Thagaste, Het Augustijnenklooster in the B...

The first @bioagora.eu'𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 (𝗦𝗣𝗜) 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 – a dialogue workshop on free-flowing rivers – is a great opportunity to feed into the strategic SPI debate on barrier removal!

📅 𝟭–𝟮 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
📍 Ghent, Belgium

🔗 More info available at: bioagora.eu/en/news/save...

This new report is based on findings from a literature review and a survey of 33 landscape projects and does a nice job of linking different ideas and recommendations related to systems approaches, landscapes, collaborations and justice: dialoguematters.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Österreichs Flüsse: Wo Trockenheit auf Hochwasser trifft In Österreichs Flüssen fließt weniger Wasser als noch vor 50 Jahren. Das zeigt eine am Mittwoch veröffentlichte Datenauswertung der Umweltorganisation Greenpeace. Am stärksten betroffen ist der tradit...

Less water, more extremes! Austria’s rivers face climate stress 🌊

Greenpeace data shows falling water levels and rising floods in rivers like the Danube. Ronald Pöppl calls for restoring floodplains, boosting water storage, reducing soil sealing, and sustainable land use- orf.at/stories/3397...

PhD Assisted Migration

*Job alert*
Within our recently funded collaborative project focusing on assisted migration of #mountain #plant species, we are looking for a #PhD candidate based at ETH Zürich. For further details and instructions, see the job ad:
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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Happening tomorrow! Take the chance to learn more about freshwater restoration, Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services 👇

Are you interested in peatland restoration? @waterlandsh2020.bsky.social is running a second Peatland Restoration Training Course. If you are interested, complete this form before the end of July: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Technische Assistenz (w/m/d) für taxonomische Analysen des Phytoplanktons und die Experimentalforschung bei Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei Wir suchen: Technische Assistenz (w/m/d) für taxonomische Analysen des Phytoplanktons und die Experimentalforschung (Voll- oder Teilzeit) • Müggelseedamm, 12587 Berlin, Deutschland

📢 Wir suchen eine Technische Assistenz, die mit uns die #Ökologie aquatischer Organismen analysiert, insbesondere des Phytoplanktons. Unterstütze vielseitige Labor- und Freilandexperimente und bewirb sich jetzt: karriere-igb.softgarden.io/job/57258963... Voraussetzung: Abschluss als BTA CTA o. MTA.

🌍 Mire defence tech for Europe 🌾

Did you know that peatlands not just help fighting climate change but also are military defence? 🛡️
New paper by AECO & @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social suggests creating an EU fund of €250-500 million for rewetting 100.000 ha as security measure.

💬 Topics addressed covered building alliances, promoting startups and scaleups, science in an era of disinformation, towards a fair and inclusive transition and exploring funding opportunities.

🌱 The #EUGreenDeal may not be on the front pages, but it has lost nothing of its actuality and much is going on. According to Director-General Marc Lemaitre Europe is world-leading when it comes to #GreenTransition and R&I is essential.

On 23 and 24 June the 𝗥&𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 conference organised by @ec.europa.eu took place in Brussels. An overview of the entire conference programme including the link to the recordings can be found here: research-innovation-community.ec.europa.eu/events/5QeKj...

The full programme is now available! Take the chance, learn more about freshwater restoration, Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services.

The webinar is open for everyone and FREE to join.

🔗 Register here: project-merlin.eu/webinars.html