Hoogleraar Ecologie & Natuurbeheer, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / Professor Conservation Ecology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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The landscape of fear in cattle farms? How the presence of barn swallow influences the activity of pest flies 🪰 🐄
Findings suggest that barn swallows are effective biological control agents for lowering pest fly activity in livestock farms 🐦
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Mooie baan: Directeur Natuur bij Natuurmonumenten - Ebbinge ebbinge.nl/positie/directeur…
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22 Mar 2024
“we already know what needs to be done, and the reasons we aren’t doing it are political, not a consequence of scientific uncertainties”
Useful article, but it sidesteps the need for scientists to step up & call for urgent action on climate change nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Eerste gedachten over de gevolgen van de verkiezingsuitslag voor natuur en milieu bnnvara.nl/vroegevogels/arti…
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26 Nov 2023
Kom bij ons werken aan meer wilde natuur in Nederland. Voor onze gebiedsprogramma’s Rewilding de Veluwe en het Groene Woud is ARK Rewilding Nederland op zoek naar een medior ecoloog, voor 32 uur per week. #vacature #rewilding #generationrestoration
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New paper out, led by Guido Leurs from @univgroningen, using eDNA approaches to document the distribution of threatened shark and ray species in West Africa, a data-deficient region for this group @LeursGuido @LauraLGovers
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11 Aug 2023
New paper in Synthese on "The explanatory nature of constraints: Law-based, mathematical, and causal"
Scientists refer to some factors as "constraints" & cite them in the explanations the provide. What are constraints? How do they explain?
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1 Aug 2023
Here’s the truth about Sunak’s plans for the North Sea: he will sell out the planet to the dirtiest bidders | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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27 Jul 2023
Good coverage by the Financial Times on the new study on the risk of Atlantic Ocean circulation instability, citing a number of experts. #AMOC
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26 Jul 2023
The start of spring in the Arctic is increasingly unpredictable newscientist.com/article/238…
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26 Jul 2023
Oulettes de Gaube Glacier
july 1978 | july 2023
Sheltered by the Vignemale north face (3298 m asl) this small avalanche fed glacier is the lowest of the whole Pyrenees chain (~2400 m asl) and will soon be gone... ❄️🔥
Right pic from yesterday (source: @Meteo_Pyrenees)
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Han Olff retweeted
26 Jul 2023
Hoe kunnen we #weersextremen opvangen door inzet van natuurgebieden en natuurlijke processen? Die vraag stond centraal bij de presentatie van Eddy Wymenga bij Groeningen op 6 juli j.l. Zie voor meer info en een link naar de presentatie: altwym.nl/nieuws/water-voor-…
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Han Olff retweeted
26 Jul 2023
Sharks as guardians of seagrass? 🦈 It's true!
@NSF-supported @FIU researchers found that roving tiger sharks help seagrass beds thrive by keeping turtles and other marine grazers that can decimate these vital underwater meadows in check.
bit.ly/44ZVXZA
#SharkWeek
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Han Olff retweeted
26 Jul 2023
The average sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic has now reached as hot as its ever been in recorded history... a full month before the climatological peak. Based on the 1991-2020 climatology, the current temperature has 1-in-41,000-year odds of happening (0.0025%).
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"De maatschappelijke schade van de intensieve veehouderij bedraagt het drievoudige van de economische opbrengst. " fd.nl/economie/1482851/veeho…
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"We zagen het al een beetje aankomen", zegt de Nederlandse. nos.nl/artikel/2483833-neder…
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