📢Our latest publication reviewing the Spectral Variation Hypothesis for biodiversity estimation using remote sensing data is now online!🛰️🌳We explored SVH's application across ecosystems, remote sensing data, metrics, uncertainties, and future directions sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thoroughly enjoyed an excellent Tansley review focusing on the transfer of carbon to mycorrhizal fungi, by Rebecca Bunn and colleagues: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Want to level up your #Python Dataviz skills? I am launching our Mapping and Data Visualization with Python course on YouTube and designed a free #PythonDatavizChallenge where you spend 30 mins a day for the next 30 days to learn a new skill. Start at spatialthoughts.com/2024/10/13/pyt…

The most significant step in the history of fungal conservation is taking place as we approach the UN Convention on Biological Diversity #COP16. The governments of Chile & UK are co-launching a pledge calling on the Parties of the CBD to prioritise fungi theguardian.com/environment/20…

We are still taking applications for this postdoctoral position studying urban ecology, citizen science, and social justice. Please share widely! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/151833

Some news: I've just open-sourced the draft of a book I'm working on about how #rstats tidymodels users can make their code run faster without sacrificing predictive performance! simonpcouch.com/blog/2024-10-2…

This #Halloween 🎃, our blog is taking a look at the spooky side of forest ecology - a global ghost hunt for dead trees! ☠️🌳👻🌲🪦 Check it out here: besfeg.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/a-g… British Ecological Society

'The whole project is very anti-colonial...it's like a revolution because we, as scientists in the Global South, didn't have a lot of participation & still don't...I thought “Why? Let’s change that.”' Adriana Corrales on the Underground Explorers Program bit.ly/3Nr1wtk

In 1996 Ukraine handed over nuclear weapons to Russia "in exchange for a guarantee never to be threatened or invaded".

#30DayMapChallenge · Day 3 · Polygons. 50-year average temperature and precipitation of Japan. Inspired and made possible by Mohsin Ramay

The Ukrainian Botanical Association officially has its own new logo! #NewProfilePic

Day 29. Overture #30DayMapChallenge Comparative Analysis of Building Data: OpenStreetMap vs Overture Maps Foundation in Ukraine

Our survival is intimately linked to the health of our rapidly degrading soils. #WorldSoilDay Protecting the soil protects #fungi, which in turn protects all life on Earth. Learn more: bit.ly/3OCBmnI

While all species have characteristics that make them unique, some may be considered fan-favorites (i.e. more heavily represented in occurrence records than others). 🦆 Check out the most recorded species by major group in 2024 to date! 🔎 #12DaysOfData

Kherson State University has published over 100,000 records in GBIF @biodiversity.social/@gbif. They created 46 datasets containing information about biodiversity from Ukrainian scientific literature. More about this achievement here👇🏻 facebook.com/share/p/17zvZZ…

Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to put pressure on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research

Interested in the effects of microplastics on soil? Why not watch our recent video? youtu.be/jCSLB2X-HNQ

Today, I woke up because of explosions. The sirens started screaming right away. Ballistic missiles are reaching Kyiv in a matter of minutes. So even if I wanted to, I didn't have time to go down to the bomb shelter. This is the entrance to the metro after the Russian missile

📣 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Are you a researcher exploring the underground? 🍄 Apply to become an Underground Explorer. Gain funding and support from our thriving community of myconauts. Help us spread the word. 🗓️ Deadline: 21 March 👉 buff.ly/3CludWr