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BioRiku
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He/Him, LGTBI+ & human rights support
Almost Biologist; Ocean lover since I was born.
Photography, Art, Education, games and animation.
I can't remember names properly, and yet here I am 🤷🏻‍♂️
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El primer test de antígeno argentino que permite diagnosticar el dengue
La nueva herramienta, desarrollada por Andrea Gamarnik y su equipo de investigadores del Conicet, permite establecer la infección por cualquiera de los cuatro serotipos del virus.
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El primer test de antígeno argentino que permite diagnosticar el dengue
El verano 2023/2024 estuvo marcado por el mayor brote de dengue del que la Argentina haya tenido registro. La nueva herramienta, desarrollada por Andrea Gamarnik y su equipo de investigadores del Coni...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Meiofaunal Antarctic sea spiders! A few mm across, these guys were found on our research cruise in 2020 (NBP20-10). family Austrodecidae. Species tbd. 🦑🧪🌎🐧🇦🇶 photo courtesy of R. Varney for our team.
November 17, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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🚨NUEVO HILO🚨

Hace unos días, la detección en Europa de una nueva avispa exótica hacía saltar las alarmas: #Vespasoror estaba aquí.

Bautizada como "avispón sóror", este véspido podría sumarse a una ya extensa lista de especies invasoras.

Pero, ¿qué sabemos sobre ella? ¡Dentro hilo 🧵 👇!
November 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Sánchez et al. (🔗 buff.ly/3OcxJEV) publicaron hace una apenas semana la primera cita de Vespa soror en Europa, concretamente... ¡En Asturias!

Esto la convierte en la cuarta especie exótica del género Vespa citada en la península ibérica junto a V. velutina, V. orientalis y V. bicolor.
Early Alarm on the First Occurrence of the Southern Giant Hornet Vespa soror du Buysson, 1905 (Vespidae) in Europe
First occurrence of the Asian southern giant hornet Vespa soror in Europe. We present a detailed description, combining morphological and molecular traits, as well as key information about its identi...
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November 17, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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November 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Una forma no obvia de ayudar con todo lo que está pasando es denunciar todo post que dé información falsa, sea climática o política.

Quizá una denuncia no sirva, pero miles sí.

Hay que apropiarnos de las redes.
November 1, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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Sigo siendo la alegría de la huerta.
November 1, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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Centro de coordinación de voluntarios:
November 1, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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When you see a peer-reviewed scientific journal article, it often says “pay $35 to read this.”

Did you know that $0 of that goes to the authors of the article?

Just email us and we’ll be happy to send you a copy for free. We’re usually thrilled that anyone cares. 🧪🦑🦈
August 11, 2023 at 12:13 PM
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October 24, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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All River Dolphin species are endangered due to pollution, bycatch & infrastructure. The best things you can do to help is to learn more about these species, support sustainable fisheries & get involved! Listen to our #WorldRiverDolphinDay ep to learn more!
Graphic from WWF
https://buff.ly/3NyyYhn
October 24, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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Camera-trap monitoring detected only 11 individual Sumatran tigers and no cubs between 2020 and 2022 in the Ulu Masen Ecosystem, Sumatra Island, Indonesia, according to a paper in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/3UlFsnE 🧪
October 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Semi-regular reminder:
Baby open-ocean octopuses sometimes ride on jellyfish like little hats.
📸 Songda Cai bit.ly/2ZmNZZH 🧪🪼🐙🦑🌿
October 24, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Analysis of #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS daily & monthly fire intensity/emissions shows Brazil🇧🇷 > average between July-September but Bolivia🇧🇴 >> average for every month of 2024 (particularly notable since July). Data available from ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/datasets/cam... 🌊🧪
October 24, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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Burning coal and wiping out species: a 250-million-year-old classic. ⚒️🧪
October 24, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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Magnífica presentació de Lluís Moragues 👏👏👏😊
October 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Vamos a intentar recuperar un poco de positividad huyendo de la x, que más que un tesoro se ha convertido en una mina anti-derechos.
October 19, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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October 18, 2023 at 10:48 AM