Paul Scholefield

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

The Trump administration is pushing NASA to kill two critical climate satellites. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories track CO₂ globally — data vital to scientists, farmers, and even oil companies. Cost? Just $15M/year. #ClimateScience #EarthObservation futurism.com/white-house-...

Video reveals cockatoos have 30 unique dance moves—including headbanging Researchers now know why the caged bird dances: a form of mentally enriching play

Video reveals cockatoos have 30 unique dance moves—including headbanging | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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New publication : "Using high penetration airborne LiDAR and dense UAV scanning to produce accurate 3D maps of light availability in dense tropical forest" by @vincyane-badouard.bsky.social, @yuchenb.bsky.social and several other co-authors from UMR AMAP
#LiDAR #Forest

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Google AI model mines trillions of images to create maps of Earth ‘at any place and time’ Nature - The system will save time spent on processing satellite data, researchers say — but they hope the tech firm will share more about how it works.

Google has released an AI model that acts as a ‘virtual satellite’ to weave together trillions of disparate observations to track changes in land and shallow waters across Earth

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Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency moves to repeal finding that allows climate regulation Former EPA leaders say this new proposal would endanger the lives of millions of Americans.

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Trump's EPA targets basis of all US greenhouse gas rules The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, removing the legal foundation for all U.S. greenhouse gas regulations.

Trump's EPA targets basis of all US greenhouse gas rules - www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

Unprecedented continental drying, shrinking freshwater availability, and increasing land contributions to sea level rise Drying continents, extreme drought, and groundwater depletion are shrinking water availability and increasing sea level rise.

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‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity deserts National parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast

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A big part of the problem with the "Brontë country" conversation is that we've been conditioned to see scenery like the photo below and think "ooh lovely countryside" and not "yikes, an ecological wasteland with almost no plant life left thanks to centuries of relentless livestock farming".

Saker or Lanner falcon? Probably not a new world species if painted in 1575

Canadian map of current wildfires and fire risk

With all the daunting Wildfires in the Canadian prairies right now, I thought I'd flag for folks NRCan runs the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System, including an interactive map (with overlays). CWFIS also has a host of data to dig into to stay informed
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‘Tipping points’ experts issue urgent message to world leaders World leaders must take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating climate tipping points, experts say. The Global Tipping Points Conference is taking place in Exeter this week, and almo...

Almost 200 of the delegates at this week's Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter endorsed a statement calling for world leaders to take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating #climate tipping points.

@gsiexeter.bsky.social

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A surprisingly effective way to save the capercaillie: keep its predators well-fed – new research Evidence suggests this alternative to culling the bird’s predators is effective.

Evidence suggests this alternative to culling the bird’s predators is effective.

‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

There's hope for ash trees against dieback, but it depends on one thing: *natural regeneration*.

The reasons for prioritising natregen over planting are so many, so powerful, I sometimes feel I'm going out of my mind seeing them *still* being ignored.
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FAIR eDNA data workshop in London Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Interested in making #eDNA data FAIR? A workshop on 25th July at UCL will cover:

- FAIR data principles, data standards, and best #eDNA data practices
- Using FAIRe tools and guidelines to format data (fair-edna.github.io)
- Q&A / discussion

Register by 4th July at www.surveymonkey.com/r/MN8ZS3Y!

🌳🌍Drought response of trees: differences across mycorrhizal type at the global scale

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#ArbuscularMycorrhizalFungi #Drought #EctomycorrhizalFungi #Forest #Global #GrowthRecovery #GrowthReduction #Mortality

Can Nature & People Thrive Together?
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An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy
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An image of Upsala Glacier in 2008 and 2022, showing the recession of the glacier over time.

🎩Phileas Fogg has nothing on the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite 🛰️, which just completed its 100 000th trip around the world🌍

In its 18 years in operation, the satellite has produced over 350,000 images documenting changes to Earth’s surface.
ℹ️: www.dlr.de/en/latest/ne...
#EarthObservation 🧪

#ForestReport2025 In some regions, such as the Jura, forests are severely weakened – some are even in critical condition. The causes include #heat, #drought, and #pests, which have led to local tree dieback. www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home... @bafu.admin.ch‬ 🍁 #Switzerland #forest

A systematic review evaluating the performance of eDNA methods relative to conventional methods for biodiversity monitoring The rapid adoption of environmental DNA (eDNA) methods has drastically changed biodiversity monitoring efforts. It is often claimed that eDNA methods are more sensitive and efficient than conventiona...

Comparing innovative #eDNA technology with traditional ecology methods 🌍

#Ecology #Surveys #Biodiversity #Monitoring

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New State of the World's Saltmarshes report published on #WorldSaltmarshDay 💚
For Carbon sequestration & flood defence #saltmarshes are "doing heavy lifting with little recognition." I would add that their immense value for #wildlife is often even less appreciated.
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Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification - Nature Ecology & Evolution Land use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity change and ecosystem functioning. Here the authors identify thresholds of grassland plant community structure and stability in response to la...

Our new paper is out to day in Nature Ecology and Evolution!

It is called: Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#FunctionalTraits 🌐 ➕📏

@inrae-france.bsky.social @urep.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @bexplo.bsky.social

The Design Council has officially launched the Skills for Planet Blueprint, a landmark resource addressing the critical green skills gap in design, providing a shared language and practical steps for a regenerative future.

Learn more: www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/ski...

#DesignForPlanet

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A worm in soil, photographed with a microscope lens (200x magnification) this week on the farm where I’m doing my SOIL+AiR creative future landscapes project.

Sharing the secret sounds of soil blos post: "…soils not only speak to us, but can be great subjects for art and music…soils truly are sexy." – Dr David Eldridge (UNSW)

My May Sumbios blog post talks about the discipline and science of listening to soils. READ - kvgoldsmithart.com/2025/05/30/s...

Hyperspectral imagery, #LiDAR point clouds 🛰️, #eDNA 🧬 to assess land-water 🟦–🟩 linkage of #biodiversity across aquatic functional feeding groups.

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Zhang et al. out now in @rsecjournal.bsky.social‬ zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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C01.06 - Stefano Facchini - Gene-pseudogene inversions as a source of missing heritability.
Using long-read (@nanopore)

- historic known IDS1/2 Hunter
- PMS2 (Lynch syn) & SORD (CMT) strong candidates for missing diagnoses
- SORD inversion found frequent but cryptic
#ESHG2025