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Continued progress by Transition Habitat Conservancy in protecting habitat for Desert Tortoises and other Mojave Desert...

Continued progress by Transition Habitat Conservancy in protecting habitat for Desert Tortoises and other Mojave Desert wildlife.
https://www.transitionhabitat.org/updates-and-info/precious-water-in-the-mojave
#Mojave #desert #water #tortoise #Conservation #ecology #environment

https://sarahs-world.blog/coloured-bacteria-from-a-to-z/

https://sarahs-world.blog/coloured-bacteria-from-a-to-z/

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Enumerating soil...

Enumerating soil biodiversity

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/07/more-than-half-of-earths-species-live-in-the-soil-study-finds-aoe

More than half of Earth’s species live in the soil, study finds.

Great article this week in the Guardian discusses the findings from Swiss researchers published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2304663120

The results indicate that the soil may be home to 90% of fungi, 85% of plants and more than 50% of bacteria.

#soil #biodiversity #microbes #bacteria #fungi

First harvest of arugula from the garden - grown from seed indoors, and replanted outside in a raised bed.Used in a simple salad with eggs,...

First harvest of arugula from the garden - grown from seed indoors, and replanted outside in a raised bed.
Used in a simple salad with eggs, avocado and lemon vinaigrette dressing.
Gotta love those glucosinolates!

#arugula #glucosinolates #cruciferous

https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/27225425/SEI_161313581.jpg#humor #grants #funding

https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/27225425/SEI_161313581.jpg

#humor #grants #funding

From Rachel Carson via Maria Popova,“Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some...

From Rachel Carson via Maria Popova,
“Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp… the ultimate mystery of Life itself.”
Rachel Carson, born OTD in 1907, on the ocean and the meaning of life
https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/06/07/rachel-carson-the-edge-of-the-sea/

#sea #ocean #ecology #stem #science #nature

Yesterday afternoon, came across a Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the #Mojave #Desert.#Tortoise

Yesterday afternoon, came across a Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the #Mojave #Desert.
#Tortoise

"If archaea and bacteria are so different how can one virus infect both?"Interesting insights into the extent of host-virus...

"If archaea and bacteria are so different how can one virus infect both?"
Interesting insights into the extent of host-virus interactions in deep marine environments near hydrothermal vents.
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-microbes-benefit-immunological-memory.html

#bacteria #virus #microbes #hydrothermal #diversity

Scientists transform algae right into perovskite materials with unique structures.https://list.solar/news/scientists-transform/#algae...

Scientists transform algae right into perovskite materials with unique structures.
https://list.solar/news/scientists-transform/

#algae #perovskite #calcite

From Simonetta Gribaldo at the Institut Pasteur, Paris and her PhD student, Basille Beaud is a newly edited phylogenetic 'Tree of...

From Simonetta Gribaldo at the Institut Pasteur, Paris and her PhD student, Basille Beaud is a newly edited phylogenetic 'Tree of Life':
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C8v-XDVLqnUmM2_PNJ2SfGITVhlPUUXt/

Interesting to note that almost half the diagram is for archaea.

#bacteria #archaea #life #evolution

This looks to be an interesting book. Haven't read any reviews yet.Invisible Friends is the debut popular science book by ecologist and...

This looks to be an interesting book. Haven't read any reviews yet.
Invisible Friends is the debut popular science book by ecologist and researcher Dr Jake M. Robinson
https://www.jakemrobinson.com

#microbes #sciencemastodon #bacteria #microbiome

Interesting article from @katiefield4 and Emily Magkourilou at University of #Sheffield...

Interesting article from @katiefield4 and Emily Magkourilou at University of #Sheffield :
https://theconversation.com/do-trees-really-stay-in-touch-via-a-wood-wide-web-heres-what-the-evidence-says-199806

Not only is the evidence in support of tree to tree communication quite limited, but more importantly the over hype of the wood wide web is assigning a rationale and motive behind the simple diffusion and distribution of molecules through hyphae channels that is not at all justified by the evidence.

#fungi

An announcement last Friday from BLM in California."The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce Leisyka Parrott as the new...

An announcement last Friday from BLM in California.

"The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce Leisyka Parrott as the new Bureau of Land Management California Coastal National Monument manager. With nearly 20 years of public service, Leisyka brings a diversity of natural resource expertise to the position where she will oversee the management of approximately 20,000 offshore rocks and islands, and over 7,900 acres of public land in six onshore units along California’s coastline."

https://www.blm.gov/press-release/blm-welcomes-new-california-coastal-national-monument-manager

#California #coast #BLM

SunHydrogen, Inc. (OTC: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, today...

SunHydrogen, Inc. (OTC: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, today published a photo of the largest version to date of its nanoparticle-based green hydrogen technology.

The image unveiled today shows a panel that houses multiple hydrogen generators and contains 16 times more hydrogen generator area than the Company’s previous small-scale model. Multiple arrays of hydrogen generators bolster hydrogen production rates.

https://www.sunhydrogen.com/news-posts/sunhydrogen-unveils-larger-version-of-worlds-first-nanoparticle-based-green-hydrogen-generator

#greenHydrogen #renewable #energy #hydrogen

"Rising from the sands of California's Mojave desert, a woman's face and hand cut a striking figure. The work of South African...

"Rising from the sands of California's Mojave desert, a woman's face and hand cut a striking figure. The work of South African sculptor Daniel Popper, the mosaicked installation sits at the Mojave Moon Ranch in Joshua Tree. Designed to remind visitors of their spiritual place in the universe, the monumental sculpture is both surreal and serene."

https://mymodernmet.com/daniel-popper-transmission-joshua-tree/

#Mojave #Desert #Sculpture #JoshuaTree

Interesting comments by Paul Stamets in his recent review of #thelastofus https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=712994220195515Perhaps not...

Interesting comments by Paul Stamets in his recent review of #thelastofus

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=712994220195515

Perhaps not surprisingly, rather than taking a confrontational approach he suggests
"Our survival depends on a peace treaty with Fungi."

#fungi #mycology #review #FungiFriday

Forest landslides’ frequency, size influenced more by road building, logging than heavy rainFindings of the research, led by associate...

Forest landslides’ frequency, size influenced more by road building, logging than heavy rain

Findings of the research, led by associate forest engineering associate professor Catalina Segura and graduate student Arianna Goodman of the Oregon State University College of Forestry, were published in the journal Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

https://www.currypilot.com/news/study-forest-landslides-frequency-size-influenced-more-by-road-building-logging-than-heavy-rain/article_d0ad4b17-d3d9-5dcb-ad50-0658dff36da0.html

Interesting timing given all the recent rain along the Pacific coast.

#erosion #landslides #forest #oregon

An interesting approach to promoting biodiversity.https://www.rewildingmag.com/healthy-forests-indigenous-management/The world’s...

An interesting approach to promoting biodiversity.

https://www.rewildingmag.com/healthy-forests-indigenous-management/

The world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous land. Here’s why.
A new report finds Indigenous land rights are key to preserving biodiversity.

Quite apart from the other obvious benefits.

#biodiversity #indigenous #forest