Pauline Grierson

either long-suffering ... or loving it?

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

A heaven-sent, incredibly rare event is unfolding in the outback In the centre of Australia, there are whispers that Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is experiencing conditions strangely similar to those that set a record depth of 6 metres in 1974.

Kati Thanda is the largest ephemeral endorheic lake on the Australian continent (~ 9,000 km²). Mostly a glistening salt encrusted surface (hence the white). Until rare big rains. The image on the right shows recent greening up - you can find out more here - beautiful!
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre
28 January 2026 vs 4 March 2026
worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov?v=135.146073...

What a massive surprise. Whoever could've/would've thunk it. #SolidarityWithIran

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

Far out.

“The environment department advised the government in late 2024 that it should revoke a 2012 decision that allowed salmon farming to expand …”

What in the… ?!

This is beautiful! 🤣

Labor needs to treat housing as a human right instead of giving bns of tax breaks to wealthy property investors. It needs to cap rent & build more public housing. It needs to scrap neg gearing & the CGT discount that only drive up house prices & rents and fuel inequality.

The Herald Sun seems to be confusing cultural burning with fuel reduction burning in order to have a go at First Nations people.

YouTube video by Penguin Random House Andy Weir on Balancing Science and Story | PROJECT HAIL MARY

Here's one for the science & SF geeks. Lovely interview with Andy Weir (The Martian, Project Hail Mary) about constructing fiction with real science.

Such a nice fellow. (And yet another novelist with aphantasia!*)

1/6

youtu.be/16bKLuAZvyw?...

Ancient symbiosis between plants and fungi: important insights for sustainable agriculture Low potassium and high nitrogen levels throw soils out of balance

A team led by ecologist @christinakaiser.bsky.social has discovered that mycorrhizal symbiosis is sensitive to imbalances of certain nutrients in the soil. The data come from an experiment that has been running for over 70 years.

www.univie.ac.at/en/news/pres...

🧵1/3 #PlantScience

⭐Exhibit at #ICOM2026⭐

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@mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

A Couple Pics Of The Total Lunar Eclipse From #Perth This Evening 🔴 #Astonomy #BloodMoon #LunarEclipse #LunarEclipse2026 #MooningCrew #PerthNews #PerthSunset #PerthWeather #WesternAustralia

Beech seems to be adaptable in its N form preference, when non-native but economically attractive Douglas fir is admixed.

I didn't know an awful lot about roots and what they like or not, but it was fun contributing & learning here. Seems to be good news for climate-adapted forestry! 🌲🌳🌱

Warning: This post is really for the paleoclimate geeks

A lunar full moon eclipse at totality rising over the Swan River with a yacht in the foreground and the freeway lights in the background

The red ‘Blood Moon’ full moon rising over the Swan River in Perth WA at totality of the lunar eclipse The river is a mirror as a yacht floats in the foreground and the lights of the freeway illuminate the background

The Lunar Eclipse at totality, rising above the Swan River in Perth, WA A yacht floats on the glassy water in the foreground while the background is illuminated by the lights of the freeway and apartments beyond

Lunar eclipse at totality as the full moon rises over the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia

Expanse: The Nannup Four: Episode 1 The People In The Blue House When three adults and a child disappear without a trace from the isolated bush community of Nannup in 2007, it sparks disturbing theories. What was happening in the little blue house? Presented by Dom...

The team behind Expanse are some of the best story tellers in Australia (and largely unsung). Can already tell this one is going to break my heart. (Available on iview with footage as well as a podcast) iview.abc.net.au/video/NS2626...

New paper by @christinakaiser.bsky.social and #KianJenab from @ter-cemess.bsky.social at #CeMESS 🙌🌱🍄‍🟫

It's World Wildlife Day.

If you love Australian wildlife and wish @albomp.bsky.social's government would do far more to protect and care for it, smash repost!

Can Donald Trump Win a War with Iran If He Can’t Explain Why He Started It? So far, explanations are few and the goals—from regime change to ending a nuclear program the President already claimed to have “obliterated”—are many.

@newyorker.com chef’s 💋

www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

The team did a great job of this, making sense of my over caffeinated, deregulated rants. Listen for them x

Some of the Most Amazing #Trees From Around the World #photography #TreePhotography

Link for more photos and information: mossandfog.com/some-of-the-...

Author Correction: Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity - Nature Nature, Published online: 02 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10320-1 Author Correction: Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity

Author Correction: Root microbiota drive direct integration of phosphate stress and immunity

Webinar: Plant Ecophysiology (Feb 26). Speakers: Amanda Cardoso, Thomas Williams, Sabina Villadangos. Hosted by Agustin Zsögön and moderated by Thomas Depaepe.

We had a great @plantphys.bsky.social webinar last week on the topic of Plant Ecophysiology. If you missed it, no worries. The recording is now available on YouTube!
blog.aspb.org/plant-physio...
📺 youtu.be/uhSXMdv2ZN0?...

🚨Two fully funded PhD opportunities in Australia!

Improving C4 photosynthesis in vegetation models.
Supervised by Dani Way (ANU, Canberra) and myself (UTS, Sydney).

1. Lab- and field-based project at ANU – see flyer below

2. Modelling project at UTS – www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Large-scale patterns of tropical forest embolism resistance mapped across space and angiosperm phylogeny.

Combining measurements across the Amazon with 100s of floristic samples, Julia Tavares & colleagues report remarkable variation in vulnerability to drought.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Morphing...

Starmer Strumer Strumper sTrump
I can be like you a thoughtless lump

Nature is precious
We are not alone
#biodiversity

MEB 2026 - Meb-Network

Last chance to submit an abstract! - We now have a VERY LAST extended deadline for our international Microclimate conference: March 16th meb-network.com/meb-2026/

The MicrobeAtlas database: Global trends and insights into Earth’s microbial ecosystems MicrobeAtlas (www.microbeatlas.org) is an integrated, reference-based resource for truly planet-wide microbiomics, analyzing hundreds of thousands of microbial lineages across diverse environments, co...

This is an incredible resource:

The MicrobeAtlas Database www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...