Mark Dunscombe
@syncarid.bsky.social
Rivers, lakes and things below the surface.
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Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
October 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
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International eyes needed on Ecuador rn, where an organised assault on constitutional integrity, land- & water-defenders, the rights of nature & Indigenous rights is currently in full swing, as directed by the newly elected president Noboa.
Excellent piece here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Excellent piece here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation
Critics say referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution is president’s latest pro-extractivist move
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
International eyes needed on Ecuador rn, where an organised assault on constitutional integrity, land- & water-defenders, the rights of nature & Indigenous rights is currently in full swing, as directed by the newly elected president Noboa.
Excellent piece here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Excellent piece here:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part
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Very proud to be involved in this paper on ditches led by the marvellous @ditchontologist.bsky.social @peatymike.bsky.social. Team ditch "the Ditchers" is full of nice people in love with this underdog habitat :)
It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Lines in the landscape - Communications Earth & Environment
Ditches have many overlooked environmental and societal roles, including impact on biodiversity and pollution, and management strategies to enhance their multifunctional landscape-scale benefits are n...
doi.org
August 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Very proud to be involved in this paper on ditches led by the marvellous @ditchontologist.bsky.social @peatymike.bsky.social. Team ditch "the Ditchers" is full of nice people in love with this underdog habitat :)
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Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please share — Michigan State Plant Biology is searching for an Herbarium Director! Tenure stream, open rank faculty position balancing research, teaching, service, and admin responsibilities. Join us! Reach out to me or @emjo.bsky.social with questions!
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
plantbiology.natsci.msu.edu/job-postings...
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Check out this exciting job opportunity, for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist at @ukceh.bsky.social...take a look and please repost!
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
#freshwater #ecology #job #career 🧪🐟🦠🌊🚣♀️
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
#freshwater #ecology #job #career 🧪🐟🦠🌊🚣♀️
July 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Check out this exciting job opportunity, for a Senior Freshwater Ecologist at @ukceh.bsky.social...take a look and please repost!
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
#freshwater #ecology #job #career 🧪🐟🦠🌊🚣♀️
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
#freshwater #ecology #job #career 🧪🐟🦠🌊🚣♀️
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‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/r...
‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors
Around 40 local residents from Sheffield and North Derbyshire have started a campaign to bring local grouse moors in to community ownership. The group ‘Reclaim Our Moors’ held its inaug…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
‘Reclaim Our Moors’ – local residents in Sheffield & North Derbyshire start campaign for community ownership of ‘trashed’ grouse moors – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/19/r...
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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Calling all #pond conservation practitioners. This science-based pond conservation & restoration training course is a must do.
This @freshwaterbio.bsky.social course on Pond Restoration (3-4 July) will be run by myself & Norfolk Ponds Project colleague Helen Greaves. Cheap at the price & you get to find out on restoring overgrown ponds & ghost ponds. Ghosts & Zombies!!! www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/pond-...
Pond Restoration Training: 3-4th July 2025 — Freshwater Biological Association
Ponds are increasingly being recognised as critical to biodiversity conservation in UK landscapes. This new two-day course will introduce participants to pond restoration science and best practice. Gr...
www.fba.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Calling all #pond conservation practitioners. This science-based pond conservation & restoration training course is a must do.
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“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.”
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear.”
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
She was about to get married; a film about her life in Gaza had just been finished.
10 of her family were killed with her.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules:
It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Living Mountain - Nan Shepard. It's truly a lovely book :-)
Rules:
It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Living Mountain - Nan Shepard. It's truly a lovely book :-)
March 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The challenge: In March, post a book by a woman author every day (or as often as you can).
Rules:
It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Living Mountain - Nan Shepard. It's truly a lovely book :-)
Rules:
It has to be a book you’ve read.
It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from.
#booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
The Living Mountain - Nan Shepard. It's truly a lovely book :-)
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
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I've signed the petition "Don’t abandon the Chalk Stream recovery pack".
The recovery pack would increase investment and regulation, helping improve the state of chalk streams - globally rare rivers of ecological and cultural importance.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
The recovery pack would increase investment and regulation, helping improve the state of chalk streams - globally rare rivers of ecological and cultural importance.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
March 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I've signed the petition "Don’t abandon the Chalk Stream recovery pack".
The recovery pack would increase investment and regulation, helping improve the state of chalk streams - globally rare rivers of ecological and cultural importance.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
The recovery pack would increase investment and regulation, helping improve the state of chalk streams - globally rare rivers of ecological and cultural importance.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Our UCL #ghostponds #ghostpingo #pond restoration work featured today. Very positive news for freshwater nature recovery @hburningham.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Our UCL #ghostponds #ghostpingo #pond restoration work featured today. Very positive news for freshwater nature recovery @hburningham.bsky.social @timholtwilson.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This year's superb keynotes are @tdatry.bsky.social and Prof. Angela Gurnell.
We welcome back friends @riversandpeople.bsky.social and, all the way from down under, @ryanmburrows.bsky.social.
Seven practitioner speakers hail from @theriverstrust.bsky.social, Env Ag, Wildfish and county councils.
We welcome back friends @riversandpeople.bsky.social and, all the way from down under, @ryanmburrows.bsky.social.
Seven practitioner speakers hail from @theriverstrust.bsky.social, Env Ag, Wildfish and county councils.
📢 Registration is open 📢
The 10th (yes, 10th!) Temporary Rivers & Streams Meeting will be in person at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton Campus (and on Teams) on Tuesday 24 June 2025
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event🎫!
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 ☕🍪🥐& 🥪!
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 top-notch science🔬🪳💦🌿!
www.eventbrite.com/e/temporary-...
The 10th (yes, 10th!) Temporary Rivers & Streams Meeting will be in person at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton Campus (and on Teams) on Tuesday 24 June 2025
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event🎫!
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 ☕🍪🥐& 🥪!
𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 top-notch science🔬🪳💦🌿!
www.eventbrite.com/e/temporary-...
Temporary Rivers & Streams Meeting 2025
Our 10th Temporary Rivers & Streams Meeting - in person at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton Campus and live online via Teams.
www.eventbrite.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This year's superb keynotes are @tdatry.bsky.social and Prof. Angela Gurnell.
We welcome back friends @riversandpeople.bsky.social and, all the way from down under, @ryanmburrows.bsky.social.
Seven practitioner speakers hail from @theriverstrust.bsky.social, Env Ag, Wildfish and county councils.
We welcome back friends @riversandpeople.bsky.social and, all the way from down under, @ryanmburrows.bsky.social.
Seven practitioner speakers hail from @theriverstrust.bsky.social, Env Ag, Wildfish and county councils.
Hampstead Heath walk today and came across Marc Bolans' memorial. Lovely bench.London is surprisingly green :-)
February 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hampstead Heath walk today and came across Marc Bolans' memorial. Lovely bench.London is surprisingly green :-)
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Reposting with proper hashtags
I drove by the #50501protest in #SpringfieldIL . #50501protests #USprotests #Trump #ElonMusk #project2025 #jointheresistance
I drove by the #50501protest in #SpringfieldIL . #50501protests #USprotests #Trump #ElonMusk #project2025 #jointheresistance
February 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposting with proper hashtags
I drove by the #50501protest in #SpringfieldIL . #50501protests #USprotests #Trump #ElonMusk #project2025 #jointheresistance
I drove by the #50501protest in #SpringfieldIL . #50501protests #USprotests #Trump #ElonMusk #project2025 #jointheresistance
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February 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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