This IS sad!

Het verdwijnen van het kleinschalige boerenland betekende het einde van de ortolaan. Keert het vogelt... volkskrant.nl/ts-bd0cfe05 via de Volkskrant

Eat more SMALL fish:) when switching to seafood helps — and when it doesn’t nature.com/articles/d4158…

Science and Scientists Held in High Esteem Across Global Publics pewrsr.ch/2Sbq3G8

GWAS on what makes a cabbage cabbage? -- my master thesis project is out in the paper link.springer.com/article/10.100… Check it out!

My son, who is color blind, sent me this resource. It really is worth keeping folks like him in mind when you make your figures. davidmathlogic.com/colorblind/#%2…

volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2… via de Volkskrant

Social researchers Anatoly Kropivnitskyi and Alya Denisenko compare the reaction of Russians to the war in Ukraine with the reaction of Americans to the war in Iraq posle.media/language/en/fo…

Hey, pretty decent illustration and analysis for excess death at volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2… via de Volkskrant

Recovery is in our best interest --volkskrant.nl/ts-b244640e via de Volkskrant

Rewilding the planet: the Marker Wadden "An archipelago constructed of sand and mud is bringing new life to a dead lake. Can this bold experiment have a lasting impact?" nature.com/immersive/d415…

A postdoc position has opened up in my group in Wageningen on modelling crop physiological processes in species mixtures. Interested? wur.nl/en/vacancy/pos… Wageningen U&R WUR Plant Centre for Crop Systems Analysis - WUR IntercropVALUES 🇪🇺

By the numbers: China’s changing diet nature.com/articles/d4158…

What is the cost of science being conducted in English? Tatsuya Amano &co reveal that non-native English speakers spend more effort than native speakers in conducting scientific activities (reading, writing, preparing presentations...) #PLOSBiology plos.io/46Rfptc

🚨New paper in Nature Food 🚨 We estimated GHG emissions, land use, water use, water pollution (eutrophication) and biodiversity impact of real-life vegan, vegetarian, fish-eating and meat-eating diets. All five outcomes strongly correlated with animal-based foods in diet.

About 50000 wild species are used for food, energy, medicine, material & other purposes. This includes many plants. But often these plants are not sourced or used sustainably, which threatens #biodiversity How Food and Agriculture Organization is protecting them: fao.org/documents/card… Via FAO Knowledge

#plantbreeding 🥔| PhD candidate Corentin Clot (Corentin Clot) made a number of discoveries related to #potato sexual reproduction that could simplify the breeding of this important crop. His findings offer a new approach for potato breeders 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re…

Wageningse hoogleraren hebben alternatief stikstofplan: ‘Onze normen zijn scherp, maar boeren krijgen... volkskrant.nl/ts-bc13375a via de Volkskrant

Moderne aardappels hebben slap stuifmeel door het eindeloze klonen nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/09…

My first paper on potato physiological age is online 'Using sprouting behaviour to quantify physiological ageing of seed tubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)' doi.org/10.1016/j.enve…