Ben Martynoga
@mountainogre.bsky.social
writer // biologist // consortium of cells // author of Explodapedia // writing a book about Earth’s microbiome with the Bodley Head (UK) and Ecco Books (US)
https://linktr.ee/benmartynoga
https://linktr.ee/benmartynoga
This is a laser weeder. I saw it while researching an article about regen farming
It kills millions of weeds with zero nasty chemicals that kill microbes and wreck soil health
(out today👇)
It kills millions of weeds with zero nasty chemicals that kill microbes and wreck soil health
(out today👇)
August 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This is a laser weeder. I saw it while researching an article about regen farming
It kills millions of weeds with zero nasty chemicals that kill microbes and wreck soil health
(out today👇)
It kills millions of weeds with zero nasty chemicals that kill microbes and wreck soil health
(out today👇)
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A powerful piece by @mountainogre.bsky.social on #microbes and #Arctic change, featuring our work on glacier ecology @aberdlsagb.bsky.social and work on methane cyclers by colleagues at UNIS
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Arctic glaciers face ‘terminal’ decline as microbes accelerate ice melt
Scientists in Svalbard in race to study polar microbes as global heating threatens fragile glacial ecosystems
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
A powerful piece by @mountainogre.bsky.social on #microbes and #Arctic change, featuring our work on glacier ecology @aberdlsagb.bsky.social and work on methane cyclers by colleagues at UNIS
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Reposted by Ben Martynoga
A really lovely little review by BookTrust of @mountainogre.bsky.social and my book ‘The Brain’.
www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...
www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...
The Brain
www.booktrust.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A really lovely little review by BookTrust of @mountainogre.bsky.social and my book ‘The Brain’.
www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...
www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...
This is painful. But please read. Please share.
Please consider what else you might do? It can be hard to feel as if you can make a difference. But every voice adds up.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is complicity.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please consider what else you might do? It can be hard to feel as if you can make a difference. But every voice adds up.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is complicity.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? | Arwa Mahdawi
When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is painful. But please read. Please share.
Please consider what else you might do? It can be hard to feel as if you can make a difference. But every voice adds up.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is complicity.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please consider what else you might do? It can be hard to feel as if you can make a difference. But every voice adds up.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is complicity.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Ben Martynoga
Meet the coral holobiont: a powerhouse of teamwork between corals, algae, & microbes, recycling nutrients to sustain life.
These creatures evolved over millennia to create nature’s finest circular economy. Yet, #ClimateChange threatens this delicate balance.
@mountainogre.bsky.social #CoralReefs
These creatures evolved over millennia to create nature’s finest circular economy. Yet, #ClimateChange threatens this delicate balance.
@mountainogre.bsky.social #CoralReefs
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
These creatures evolved over millenia to create nature’s finest circular economy, but are now struggling to survive
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April 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Meet the coral holobiont: a powerhouse of teamwork between corals, algae, & microbes, recycling nutrients to sustain life.
These creatures evolved over millennia to create nature’s finest circular economy. Yet, #ClimateChange threatens this delicate balance.
@mountainogre.bsky.social #CoralReefs
These creatures evolved over millennia to create nature’s finest circular economy. Yet, #ClimateChange threatens this delicate balance.
@mountainogre.bsky.social #CoralReefs
My new piece in Guardian: 🪸How corals conjure magnificence from nothing! 🪸
Corals build massive reefs in wet deserts by working with microbes to create the ultimate circular economy
They've survived mass extinctions but now face dire climate threats
#CoralReef #EarthsMicrobiome
Corals build massive reefs in wet deserts by working with microbes to create the ultimate circular economy
They've survived mass extinctions but now face dire climate threats
#CoralReef #EarthsMicrobiome
‘The ultimate circular economy’: how coral holobionts conjure magnificence from nothing
These creatures evolved over millenia to create nature’s finest circular economy, but are now struggling to survive
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
My new piece in Guardian: 🪸How corals conjure magnificence from nothing! 🪸
Corals build massive reefs in wet deserts by working with microbes to create the ultimate circular economy
They've survived mass extinctions but now face dire climate threats
#CoralReef #EarthsMicrobiome
Corals build massive reefs in wet deserts by working with microbes to create the ultimate circular economy
They've survived mass extinctions but now face dire climate threats
#CoralReef #EarthsMicrobiome
This week I’m guest on Now Go Create podcast about the neuroscience of creativity. From the magic of incubation, to why exercise and awe are essential, it's a fun chat and, i hope, a useful one
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#neuroscience #creativity
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#neuroscience #creativity
Ep 08: How to be more creative according to neuroscience
Podcast Episode · Now Go Create · 05/03/2025 · 59m
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March 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This week I’m guest on Now Go Create podcast about the neuroscience of creativity. From the magic of incubation, to why exercise and awe are essential, it's a fun chat and, i hope, a useful one
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Unf...
#neuroscience #creativity
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Unf...
#neuroscience #creativity
🐺 Can’t wait to chat with the #Rewilding legend that is Derek Gow at Wild Writers Festival in Peebles on Sunday!
The man who brought beavers back to Britain now tackles wolves in his gripping new book HUNT FOR THE SHADOW WOLF. Come! eastgatearts.com/events/hunt-...
The man who brought beavers back to Britain now tackles wolves in his gripping new book HUNT FOR THE SHADOW WOLF. Come! eastgatearts.com/events/hunt-...
January 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🐺 Can’t wait to chat with the #Rewilding legend that is Derek Gow at Wild Writers Festival in Peebles on Sunday!
The man who brought beavers back to Britain now tackles wolves in his gripping new book HUNT FOR THE SHADOW WOLF. Come! eastgatearts.com/events/hunt-...
The man who brought beavers back to Britain now tackles wolves in his gripping new book HUNT FOR THE SHADOW WOLF. Come! eastgatearts.com/events/hunt-...
📚 Excited to talk #Rewilding at Wild Writers Festival, Peebles this Friday!
Pupils from my old high school will grill me on:
🐺 Scotland's wolf-readiness
🦣 Mammoths
🐋 Whale poo
How to rewild the 🌍
and who knows what else
Join us! eastgatearts.com/events/rewild/
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
Pupils from my old high school will grill me on:
🐺 Scotland's wolf-readiness
🦣 Mammoths
🐋 Whale poo
How to rewild the 🌍
and who knows what else
Join us! eastgatearts.com/events/rewild/
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
📚 Excited to talk #Rewilding at Wild Writers Festival, Peebles this Friday!
Pupils from my old high school will grill me on:
🐺 Scotland's wolf-readiness
🦣 Mammoths
🐋 Whale poo
How to rewild the 🌍
and who knows what else
Join us! eastgatearts.com/events/rewild/
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
Pupils from my old high school will grill me on:
🐺 Scotland's wolf-readiness
🦣 Mammoths
🐋 Whale poo
How to rewild the 🌍
and who knows what else
Join us! eastgatearts.com/events/rewild/
@dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social
I have a new piece in The Guardian
Bravo to @rewildingbritain.org.uk for this push to keep youth at the heart of rewilding and to the Scouts for jumping aboard
Bravo to @rewildingbritain.org.uk for this push to keep youth at the heart of rewilding and to the Scouts for jumping aboard
A fascinating deep dive by @theguardian.com's @mountainogre.bsky.social today into the initiatives we've funded to tackle the 'teenage dip' in nature connectedness.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/15/scouts-rewilding-uk-young-people-nature
#Rewilding #ThinkBigActWild
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/15/scouts-rewilding-uk-young-people-nature
#Rewilding #ThinkBigActWild
Scouts embrace rewilding to connect UK teenagers with nature
Adventure centre projects will promote interest in natural world, boosting young people’s wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I have a new piece in The Guardian
Bravo to @rewildingbritain.org.uk for this push to keep youth at the heart of rewilding and to the Scouts for jumping aboard
Bravo to @rewildingbritain.org.uk for this push to keep youth at the heart of rewilding and to the Scouts for jumping aboard
Totally delighted REWILD has a prize!
I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written.
And it’s about the most urgent issues of all: humankind’s relationship with nature - including ideas on how to fix it
I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written.
And it’s about the most urgent issues of all: humankind’s relationship with nature - including ideas on how to fix it
🎉 We're delighted that REWILD 🍃 won the ASE Book of the Year 2024 Award in the Secondary Category last night!
Congratulations to Ben Martynoga @mountainogre.bsky.social
and Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social!
Thank you to the @associationscied.bsky.social team!
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Congratulations to Ben Martynoga @mountainogre.bsky.social
and Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social!
Thank you to the @associationscied.bsky.social team!
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January 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Totally delighted REWILD has a prize!
I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written.
And it’s about the most urgent issues of all: humankind’s relationship with nature - including ideas on how to fix it
I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written.
And it’s about the most urgent issues of all: humankind’s relationship with nature - including ideas on how to fix it
🎉 Happy New Year, Happy New BOOK! 📖📕
It's out TODAY, illustrated by the awesome
@MooseAllain
and it's about the most extraordinary object in the universe...
It's out TODAY, illustrated by the awesome
@MooseAllain
and it's about the most extraordinary object in the universe...
January 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🎉 Happy New Year, Happy New BOOK! 📖📕
It's out TODAY, illustrated by the awesome
@MooseAllain
and it's about the most extraordinary object in the universe...
It's out TODAY, illustrated by the awesome
@MooseAllain
and it's about the most extraordinary object in the universe...
🌳 Shoots of hope for UK's ash trees. My piece for @theguardian.com is not quite 'good news', but ash dieback isn't the apocalypse first feared. This microbe nerd's excited by possible microbiome solutions 🦠
Let's control 🦌 too, so natural regen works
shorturl.at/s717W
#ashdieback #microbiome
Let's control 🦌 too, so natural regen works
shorturl.at/s717W
#ashdieback #microbiome
Ash dieback experts identify shoots of hope for Britain’s threatened trees
As the deadly fungal disease tightens its grip, scientific efforts to protect ash trees are advancing
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 12:55 PM
🌳 Shoots of hope for UK's ash trees. My piece for @theguardian.com is not quite 'good news', but ash dieback isn't the apocalypse first feared. This microbe nerd's excited by possible microbiome solutions 🦠
Let's control 🦌 too, so natural regen works
shorturl.at/s717W
#ashdieback #microbiome
Let's control 🦌 too, so natural regen works
shorturl.at/s717W
#ashdieback #microbiome