Australia just experienced its wettest summer in nearly a decade – and the eighth-hottest on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/03/australia-summer-extreme-weather-wettest-hottest-records

#Australia #environment #summer #temperature

PLAN-B's "Review of light and noise pollution impacts on terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services" is now published.

PDF: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/541152/1/PLAN-B%20D1.1Review-Of-Light-And-Noise-Pollution-Impacts-On-Terrestrial-Biodiversity-And-Ecosystem-Services.pdf

#ALAN #LightPollution #Noise #EcosystemServices #Ecology #Pollution #Environment

The age of animal experiments is waning. Where will science go next?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00563-3?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Some more lichen detail from the wooden seat outside the local shop. I think there are examples here of crustose (grey crusty one at the very bottom with raised plateaux), foliose (blue-grey lobed one on the lower right that looks like waves in a storm), leprose (powdery yellow one in the bottom right corner that's growing on something else), and fruticose (grey-green branched one top left) species, all in one shot.

These are growing between two of the slats forming the back of the seat, a shadier and more protected spot than the previous post which was of part of the sitting surface of the seat.

#LichenSubscribe #MacroPhotography #Photography #Nature #Lichen #NaturePhotography

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116125560034791815

Interesting. Have to say that I’ve been thinking about #VanLife and an electric bike is likely to become my exclusive “local transport”.

Very cool on #astroph by @giovanni_covone and A. Balbi:

" Photosynthetic exergy I. Thermodynamic limits for habitable-zone planets"

which proposes new upper limits on
photosynthetically harvestable power for planets in the habitable-zone

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.20789

#astronomy #astrophysics #science

Rio Carnival Microplastics Problem Grows With Glitter Use https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/rio-carnival-microplastics-problem-grows-with-glitter-use/

#green #environment #VSN

Após 175 anos, as tartarugas gigantes de Galápagos voltam para casa no arquipélago por onde passou Darwin
https://www.nationalgeographicbrasil.com/animais/2026/02/apos-175-anos-as-tartarugas-gigantes-de-galapagos-voltam-para-casa-no-arquipelago-por-onde-passou-darwin?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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