my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 8: #Amphibians feel the heat of the #ClimateCatastrophe
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/amphibians-feel-heat.html #science #scienceJournalism #ecology #environment #frogs
as a #tardigrade species has been voted #InvertebrateOfTheYear , #CurrentBiology have plugged my recent feature about them on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIQmslDMwJT/ #science #ecology #invertebrates
this week's feature in #CurrentBiology is about #oases in the #desert https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html #science #ecology #environment
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 7: #oases in the #desert are not only curious hotspots of #biodiversity but also important stepping points on historic trade routes like the #SilkRoad.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/04/culturally-connected-oases.html
#science #ecology
#freshwater #WaterSecurity #environment
my latest feature in #CurrentBiology issue 6: With 1.5 degrees #warming and counting, #glaciers are doomed to disappear. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-global-meltdown.html #science #ClimateCatastrophe #cryosphere #freshwater #WaterSecurity #tippingPoints #environment
last year's #CurrentBiology feature on migratory species is now in the #OpenArchives: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-dangers-of-migrating.html #science #ecology #birds #migration
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 6: With 1.5 degrees warming and counting, #glaciers are doomed to disappear. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-global-meltdown.html #science #ClimateCatastrophe #cryosphere #freshwater #WaterSecurity #tippingPoints #environment
repeat for the (non-existent) followers of the bluesky bridge:
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 5: #trumpocalypse 2 - how the #disruption in the US will cost lives around the world and accelerate the #ClimateCatastrophe
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 5: #trumpocalypse 2 - how the #disruption in the US will cost lives around the world and accelerate the #ClimateCatastrophe
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html
new #Introduction for the bsky bridge : I’m a #BioChemist turned #ScienceWriter, write a feature for every issue of #CurrentBiology, 2/month, mostly about #ecology #evolution #environment also #human, #cultural things seen thru #biology prism. Plus #ScienceBooks, most recently: #Intertwined: From insects to icebergs Also writing a #musical #FamilyHistory #memoir around #biography of our old #cello. #PirateLuthier fixing unloved #violins #NoCars #cycling, #trains, #liveable #cities #townmouse
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 4: #PFAS or #ForeverChemicals are a major #pollution problem
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/forever-fluorinated.html #science #ProseAndPassion #environment #publicHealth #PersistentOrganicPollutants #chemistry #PlanetaryBoundaries ((this is a repeat toot for the bluesky bridge, which doesn't appear to accept toots in threads))
last year's feature on green #cities (past, present, future) is now in the #OpenArchives - #FreeAccess for all: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/02/urbanism-now-and-then.html #science #urbanism #archaeology #anthropology #CurrentBiology
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 4: #PFAS or #ForeverChemicals are a major #pollution problem
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/forever-fluorinated.html #science #ProseAndPassion #environment #publicHealth #PersistentOrganicPollutants #chemistry #PlanetaryBoundaries
21-Feb-2025
Hawaiian parasitic flies develop better hearing to locate host crickets
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1074604 #science #ecology #insects #CurrentBiology
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 3: Humans have always migrated, it's in our genes. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/homo-migrans.html
#science #genome #migration #ancientDNA #archaeology #history #RomanEmpire #MiddleAges #MigrationPeriod #ProseAndPassion
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 2: Reconstructing ancient #OlfactorySensors may help solve the #structures of the modern ones
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/01/on-origins-of-smell.html #science #smell #structuralBiology #proteins #nanoworld #alphaFold
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 1: As part of my informal new year series #FantasticSpecies, #tardigrades get their place in the spotlight: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/01/tiny-survivors.html #science #ecology #evolution #astrobiology #LifeOnTheEdge
The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology in 2025 starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology The old thread for 2024 is here:
All my #CurrentBiology features of #2024 are now in this #thread:
https://mastodon.social/@proseandpassion/111722396242587397 #science #ecology #environment
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 24 (of 24, full set): A #seasonal appreciation of ancient #trees growing in the wild - as opposed to farmed conifers being consumed for #xmas. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/12/lets-celebrate-trees.html #science #ecology #plants #resilience #longevity
