Die Zerstörung von #Greenpeace in der @ARD_Presse. Zitat: „GP hat wiederholt die Fakten geleugnet und sich Innovationen in der Landwirtschaft in den Weg gestellt.“ Hier wird das Anti-#Gentechnik-Märchen der dt./österr. Umweltbewegung zerlegt. ⬇️ (1/4) ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZDov…

It's wild to think that from the Fertile Crescent to Denmark its only 3000 kilometers but it took farming 5000 years to make its way westwards. This map shows the spread of farming into Europe up to about 3800 BC. Source: buff.ly/4eDq2Dy

An exciting update from the #EarthEngine #Python world: version 1.0.0 of 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎-𝚊𝚙𝚒 was released a few weeks ago! Big thanks to Kurt Schwehr, PhD & Nate Schmitz for all the work to justify the 1st major release! See all the details 🛰️🌎🐍👇 medium.com/google-earth/e…

The Nobel prize website has a pretty well made 1-pager on how Alphafold works

More than 20 years of WFD and Europe majorly still misses the targets

"Chiquita has bred a new banana, Yelloway 1, that resists Tropical Race 4 disease and shows promise against Black Sigatoka. But a GMO banana with similar resistance remains unused due to consumer and regulatory hurdles." The Wall Street Journal buff.ly/4h7oxPC

How will climate change affect crop yields in the future? Maize yields could see significant declines, but wheat could increase. Impacts across the world will be very different. Read the new article by Hannah Ritchie: ourworldindata.org/will-climate-c…

A modern banana vs a pre-domestication one. The process transformed a fruit completely full of seeds into a parthenocarpic seedless fruit that develops in the absence of pollination. The earliest archaeological evidence of domesticated bananas was dated to 7,000 years ago.

Map shows the campsites across Europe. Campsite density in the Netherlands is much higher than anywhere else. The English passion for walking also seems to have translated into tons of camping sites. Source: buff.ly/30TkxM7

Fun fact. One third of the population of Switzerland lives within 5 kilometers of the main train line crossing the country.

This map summarizes Europe (EU) pretty well. Source: buff.ly/3YmwK9M

RFK Jr. is lying. 75+ years of data show fluoride (a natural mineral) prevents tooth decay. Fluoridated water: 0.7 milligrams (mg) per LITER (1,000,000 mg water) A 22 lb baby could drink 57 L water/day before adverse effects. The baby would have water toxicity after 3.2 CUPS.

Whenever I see research results like these here my conviction to teach people a basic gut feeling of data grows stronger. Folks think that one in five people are transgender?! That’s soooo off. People think that 40% have served in the military?! That’s one of the reasons I share

One of the best use cases for geospatial data is examining environmental factors. Here's a list of my favourite geospatial environmental datasets:

"I should be able to drive in the bus lane, it's always empty." 😤

Europe made a colossal mistake: They banned genetically modified organisms (GMOs) while the rest of the world embraced them. Now we rely on imports, pay more for food, and miss out on sustainable agriculture. Here’s the story of Europe’s GMO debacle 🧵:

JWST casually took a selfie yesterday

H5N1 bird flu has a mortality rate close to 100% in chicken. When the virus is detected in a chicken farm, all animals are being euthanised to reduce their suffering and limit the risk of spread to other animals and humans. 1/

Gepatschferner (Kaunertal, Tirol, AT) 2020 | 2024 Demise of the largest glacier in Tirol over the last 5 years! 😱 When the landscape is evolving at a non-geological speed... 🔥 📽️ Martin Mergili (Uni Graz), Stefan Haselberger (Uni Wien/PHUSICOS)

Cancer vaccines will be a big part of the future of immunotherapy. A new, super review The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…