Benedikt Schmidt
@benischmidt.bsky.social
Naturschutzbiologe | conservation biologist
info fauna karch | UZH
Amphibien | amphibians
info fauna karch | UZH
Amphibien | amphibians
Gut zu wissen.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Gut zu wissen.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🟢 Are you a researcher in #Switzerland involved in collecting species observations #data ? 🗺️🦋🐸🦉
🟣 Then you can help assess the needs, practices, & challenges on Swiss #biodiversity data mobilisation, publication, & sharing !
🔵 How ? Fill this short survey: form.jotform.com/253342763497...
🟣 Then you can help assess the needs, practices, & challenges on Swiss #biodiversity data mobilisation, publication, & sharing !
🔵 How ? Fill this short survey: form.jotform.com/253342763497...
BIODIVERSITY DATA MOBILIZATION INTO GBIF
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🟢 Are you a researcher in #Switzerland involved in collecting species observations #data ? 🗺️🦋🐸🦉
🟣 Then you can help assess the needs, practices, & challenges on Swiss #biodiversity data mobilisation, publication, & sharing !
🔵 How ? Fill this short survey: form.jotform.com/253342763497...
🟣 Then you can help assess the needs, practices, & challenges on Swiss #biodiversity data mobilisation, publication, & sharing !
🔵 How ? Fill this short survey: form.jotform.com/253342763497...
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Wetterextreme nehmen durch die #Erderhitzung stark zu. Das zeigen nicht nur die Daten der weltweiten Wetterstationen, sondern auch die Analyse einzelner Ereignisse durch das World Weather Attribution Projekt.
Erderhitzung macht Welt gefährlicher
von Jonas Waack
www.taz.de/!6141769
Erderhitzung macht Welt gefährlicher
von Jonas Waack
www.taz.de/!6141769
Klimakatastrophen 2025: Erderhitzung macht Welt gefährlicher
Die Klimakrise macht sich immer mehr bemerkbar: Sie hat 2025 viele Katastrophen heftiger oder wahrscheinlicher gemacht, zeigt ein Bericht.
www.taz.de
December 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Wetterextreme nehmen durch die #Erderhitzung stark zu. Das zeigen nicht nur die Daten der weltweiten Wetterstationen, sondern auch die Analyse einzelner Ereignisse durch das World Weather Attribution Projekt.
Erderhitzung macht Welt gefährlicher
von Jonas Waack
www.taz.de/!6141769
Erderhitzung macht Welt gefährlicher
von Jonas Waack
www.taz.de/!6141769
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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Have you also asked an AI chatbot about climate and found the answer to be quite good? Maybe that is because it was you who asked.
Some AI (e.g. Grok) tailors their response to suit your beliefs. It’s called ‘AI sycophancy’ (a new word I just learned.)
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Some AI (e.g. Grok) tailors their response to suit your beliefs. It’s called ‘AI sycophancy’ (a new word I just learned.)
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
AI chatbots share climate disinformation to susceptible users
AI chatbots' personalised answers risk inflaming conspiracy and misinformation, as investigation shows climate disinformation shared to sceptic user personas
globalwitness.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Have you also asked an AI chatbot about climate and found the answer to be quite good? Maybe that is because it was you who asked.
Some AI (e.g. Grok) tailors their response to suit your beliefs. It’s called ‘AI sycophancy’ (a new word I just learned.)
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
Some AI (e.g. Grok) tailors their response to suit your beliefs. It’s called ‘AI sycophancy’ (a new word I just learned.)
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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According to the #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands 1/5 of the world’s wetlands could disappear by 2050.
Action is needed to safeguard these ecosystems and the services they provide for people and #ForNature
Read more 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#WetlandsMatter
Action is needed to safeguard these ecosystems and the services they provide for people and #ForNature
Read more 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#WetlandsMatter
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
According to the #GlobalWetlandOutlook2025 by Convention on Wetlands 1/5 of the world’s wetlands could disappear by 2050.
Action is needed to safeguard these ecosystems and the services they provide for people and #ForNature
Read more 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#WetlandsMatter
Action is needed to safeguard these ecosystems and the services they provide for people and #ForNature
Read more 👉 http://global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org/
#WetlandsMatter
Do translocations work? Here's our case study on the natterjack toad.
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Do translocations work? Here's our case study on the natterjack toad.
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"From so simple a beginning endless forms...have been, and are being, evolved".
We have moved forward a lot in evolutionary biology, but this was the start of everything.
We have moved forward a lot in evolutionary biology, but this was the start of everything.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"From so simple a beginning endless forms...have been, and are being, evolved".
We have moved forward a lot in evolutionary biology, but this was the start of everything.
We have moved forward a lot in evolutionary biology, but this was the start of everything.
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OTD 166 years ago (1859), Charles #Darwin published the first edition of "On the Origin of Species", the beginning of modern biology and one of the most fundamental books in human history.
darwin-online.org.uk/contents.htm...
darwin-online.org.uk/contents.htm...
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
OTD 166 years ago (1859), Charles #Darwin published the first edition of "On the Origin of Species", the beginning of modern biology and one of the most fundamental books in human history.
darwin-online.org.uk/contents.htm...
darwin-online.org.uk/contents.htm...
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
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‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting
‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting
Daily swims, power naps and five meals a day – not tips from the latest hit wellbeing podcast, but longstanding traditions that have kept generations healthy in Iceland, Ukraine, France and more …
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
‘You Britons go to the pub, we go to the swimming pool!’: the European health habits worth adopting
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In case you needed even MORE evidence how bad at business and the economy Trump and right-wing ideologues are.
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In case you needed even MORE evidence how bad at business and the economy Trump and right-wing ideologues are.
Accepted for publication in Conservation Science and Practice:
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
by José Meléndez-Cay-y-Mayor et al.
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
by José Meléndez-Cay-y-Mayor et al.
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Accepted for publication in Conservation Science and Practice:
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
by José Meléndez-Cay-y-Mayor et al.
"Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian"
by José Meléndez-Cay-y-Mayor et al.