Scientific FrontlineJan 8
Early detection of declining #forest health is critical for the timely intervention and treatment of droughted and diseased flora, especially in areas prone to wildfires. Obtaining a reliable measure of whole-ecosystem health before it is too late, however, is an ongoing challenge for forest #ecologists
#Environmental #Ecology #ArtificialIntelligence #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/env01082602.html
How light reflects on leaves may help researchers identify dying forests

The AI model, developed by a multi-institutional team including Swenson, can be trained to identify particular trees by species using images of the wh

charring auhNov 15
carefully blended for a specific chicago area native habitat made by #ecologists who study plant communities and understand the water and #soil needs of each container holds ascatters this amount of seed across an area about half the size of a volleyball court #woodland seed mix
Ross GradyNov 9
On the one hand, my walk along the #Eno River this morning was about as low-critter as they have all been this fall.

(I'm curious if any #naturalists or river #ecologists or #herpers on here have thoughts about the impact of the massive flooding caused by TS Chantal on the reptiles of the Eno River basin.

I just literally haven't seen a single Nerodia species along the Eno or New Hope Creek since Chantal.)

OTOH, I saw a gorgeous Kingfisher rocketing along the river, so that was awesome.
Aurianne OrNov 6

Ecoterrorism: https://www.aurianneor.org/ecoterrorism/

#aurianneor, #climatechange, #democracy, #ecofascists, #ecologists, #ecology, #ecoterrorism, #green, #immigration, #oligarchy, #organic #organicfarming, #police, #politics, #pollution, #power, #purchasingpower, #scientists, #terrorism, #violence, #wealth

Show threadEstelle PlatiniAug 17, 2025

‘It is not a Sunday in the countryside that we need, but a less artificial life.’
—Bernard Charbonneau, in « Le sentiment de la nature, une force révolutionnaire », 1937

It is our disconnection from nature that gives rise to the feeling that we lack something, that an essential part of our existence is missing.

@psychology @philosophy

#tourism #nature #wilderness #BienVivir #wellLiving #SilentSunday #ecology #ecologists #environmentalism #environmentalists #Charbonneau #BernardCharbonneau #postDevelopment #beliefs #degrowth #philosophy #quote #quotes #citation #citations #EstelleSays #technique #technoCriticism

Show threadEstelle PlatiniAug 16, 2025

Who was Bernard Charbonneau? 🧶

Bernard Charbonneau was raised in the Bordeaux bourgeoisie. He obtained his agrégation in 1935.

In 1945, he decided not to pursue an academic career and, ‘eager to live in the countryside, he obtained a position at a small teacher training college in the Pyrenean foothills, in Lescar, France, where he remained until his retirement’. (written by Daniel Cérézuelle, in ‘Ecology and Freedom: Bernard Charbonneau: Pioneer of Political Ecology’, Lyon, Parangon/Vs, coll. ‘après-développement’, 2006)

He viewed technical progress as the source of ever-increasing organisation, and therefore greater conformity, hence less freedom. He was a close friend of Jacques Ellul for six decades.

In his own words (in Combat nature no. 106, August 1994): https://lagrandemue.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/bio-graphie/

#biography #postDevelopment #ecology #ecologists #environmentalism #environmentalists #Pyrenees #Charbonneau #BernardCharbonneau #JacquesEllul #Ellul

« Bio-graphie »

Version imprimable de la Bio-graphie Bernard Charbonneau Bio-graphie Combat nature n° 106, août 1994 Le directeur de Combat nature m’écrit pour me dire que certains lecteurs lui ont demandé quel es…

La Grande Mue
Estelle PlatiniAug 16, 2025

Here I am slowly spining a yarn of Bernard Charbonneau 🧶

#development #revolution #conformism #progress #personalism #State #nationState #anarchism #anarchy #technoCriticism #technique #bureaucracy #technocracy #industry #economy #capitalism #spectacle #property #ecology #ecologists #environmentalism #environmentalists #goodLiving #city #rurality #historyOfIdeas #philosophy #politics #vote #elections #Charbonneau #BernardCharbonneau #longThread #yarn

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jun 4, 2025
Racing to Save #California’s #ElephantSeals From #BirdFlu
In 2023, bird #flu arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died. It could take decades for the population to recover.
Now, a team of #ecologists, #epidemiologists and #veterinarians is scrambling to keep the same thing from happening to northern elephant seals.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/06/03/science/bird-flu-mammals-elephant-seals-california
https://archive.ph/Xe8d6
#H5N1 #influenza
Racing to Save California’s Elephant Seals From Bird Flu

Two years ago, avian influenza ravaged elephant seal colonies in South America. Are the colonies on the northern Pacific Coast next?

The New York Times
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jun 4, 2025
‘Half the tree of life’: #ecologists’ horror as #nature reserves are emptied of #insects
A new point in history has been reached, #entomologists say, as #climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of #pesticides
The declines witnessed by Janzen and others around world – are part of what some ecologists call “new era” of #ecologicalcollapse, rapid #extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

The Guardian
Christophe NeffApr 25, 2025
#Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem. #ecology #fieldwork #mongabay
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/ecologists-are-spending-less-time-in-the-field-that-could-be-a-problem/
Ecologists are spending less time in the field. That could be a problem.

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. There was a time when an ecologist’s education was not complete without the mud of a marsh on their boots or the scent of damp earth after a rainforest downpour. Increasingly, however, the discipline is moving indoors. A […]

Mongabay Environmental News