Emili García-Berthou
@garciaberthou.bsky.social
Ecology of freshwater fish and Invasion biology at the University of Girona (Girona, Catalonia, Spain). Dad of 2 & Bach and jazz enthusiast
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An experiment into the impacts of the invasive mosquitofish on the threatened Spanish toothcarp reveal that water quality impairment and resource competition are significant factors.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
@irene-gil-luna.bsky.social @garciaberthou.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...
@irene-gil-luna.bsky.social @garciaberthou.bsky.social
Invasive mosquitofish impact a threatened toothcarp through water quality impairment and resource competition
Invasive non-native species are an important cause of biodiversity loss, particularly in fresh waters. The mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki are among the world’s worst invasive species: they have cause...
doi.org
Proud of this #OpenAccess paper where we experimentally show that invasive Gambusia impacts a threatened cyprinodontiform fish through water quality degradation and competition. Led by @irene-gil-luna.bsky.social, Lluís Zamora and myself @greco-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social. #bioinvasions
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📰 La Portada de Público ya está disponible para las y los suscriptores:
👉 Fiscales y jueces progresistas consideran un "golpe blando" la condena contra el fiscal general
👉 Fiscales y jueces progresistas consideran un "golpe blando" la condena contra el fiscal general
Adelanto exclusivo para suscriptoras y suscriptores
Consulta el adelanto exclusivo para suscriptores de Público y accede a las noticias más destacadas del día siguiente.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
📰 La Portada de Público ya está disponible para las y los suscriptores:
👉 Fiscales y jueces progresistas consideran un "golpe blando" la condena contra el fiscal general
👉 Fiscales y jueces progresistas consideran un "golpe blando" la condena contra el fiscal general
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Doñana bajo el agua es un desastre
Cuatro nasas en la llegada del La Rocina a la marisma dan esto. Cangrejo rojo, /Procambarus clarkii/, y pez gato negro, /Ameiurus melas/.
Nada de anguilas, colmillejas, salinetes, pardillas, cachuelos o espinosos (spp presentes cuando se declaró el Parque Nacional)
Cuatro nasas en la llegada del La Rocina a la marisma dan esto. Cangrejo rojo, /Procambarus clarkii/, y pez gato negro, /Ameiurus melas/.
Nada de anguilas, colmillejas, salinetes, pardillas, cachuelos o espinosos (spp presentes cuando se declaró el Parque Nacional)
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Doñana bajo el agua es un desastre
Cuatro nasas en la llegada del La Rocina a la marisma dan esto. Cangrejo rojo, /Procambarus clarkii/, y pez gato negro, /Ameiurus melas/.
Nada de anguilas, colmillejas, salinetes, pardillas, cachuelos o espinosos (spp presentes cuando se declaró el Parque Nacional)
Cuatro nasas en la llegada del La Rocina a la marisma dan esto. Cangrejo rojo, /Procambarus clarkii/, y pez gato negro, /Ameiurus melas/.
Nada de anguilas, colmillejas, salinetes, pardillas, cachuelos o espinosos (spp presentes cuando se declaró el Parque Nacional)
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"could cause more deaths than jobs" 😲
The plant, would make ethylene for plastics manufacture - likely to cause ammonia, ozone, nitrogen oxide + PM2.5 pollution - linked to increased cases of heart + breathing conditions - and carcinogenic VOCs - risking people's health says @clientearth.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"could cause more deaths than jobs" 😲
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Why is the EA overlooking “a giant chunk of toxic material” linked to harm to sexual function, fertility + child development when investigating forever chemicals pollution near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire?
Our new article, out now:
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Our new article, out now:
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Regulators overlooking toxic Pfas found around Lancashire chemicals plant
Exclusive: Environment Agency not testing for ‘forever chemical’ made by factory despite evidence of emissions
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October 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Why is the EA overlooking “a giant chunk of toxic material” linked to harm to sexual function, fertility + child development when investigating forever chemicals pollution near a chemical plant in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire?
Our new article, out now:
share.google/vSRfIoHkjM3p...
Our new article, out now:
share.google/vSRfIoHkjM3p...
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Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Excellent from @gilestremlett
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Even today, Franco serves as a warning that outward mediocrity is no barrier to the ruthlessly ambitious." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. 🧪🐟🦑🌡️
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Interested in thermal biology? Please join our new and growing grass roots initiative, the Thermal Ecology Alliance, initiated by @patricepottier.bsky.social. 🧪🐟🦑🌡️
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
Sign up here: www.thermalecologyalliance.org#participation
Check who already signed up:
www.thermalecologyalliance.org#community
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We identify three major areas where change is possible:
1. Rethinking research evaluation
2️. Strengthening training & mentorship
3️. Reducing and recognizing administrative tasks
1. Rethinking research evaluation
2️. Strengthening training & mentorship
3️. Reducing and recognizing administrative tasks
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We identify three major areas where change is possible:
1. Rethinking research evaluation
2️. Strengthening training & mentorship
3️. Reducing and recognizing administrative tasks
1. Rethinking research evaluation
2️. Strengthening training & mentorship
3️. Reducing and recognizing administrative tasks
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Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Overcoming barriers that limit the impact of ecological research
Ecology and conservation researchers have diverse goals that often include both personal career aspirations and desires to enhance the well-being of the natural world and its inhabitants. Perception ....
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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A reminder of the measure of the man. Former Spanish King Juan Carlos wearing a coat of the incredibly endangered snow leopard (several in fact) as he stands with Kazak president Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2002. At the time he was head of the Spanish branch of WWF.
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A reminder of the measure of the man. Former Spanish King Juan Carlos wearing a coat of the incredibly endangered snow leopard (several in fact) as he stands with Kazak president Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2002. At the time he was head of the Spanish branch of WWF.
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Illegal landfills, meanwhile, have no restrictions on what enters them, no lining + no filters. Until strong measures are taken to deal with illegal dumping, people's health will continue to be at risk from the chemicals they can contain.
3/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
3/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fly-tippers dump ‘mountain’ of waste in Oxfordshire field
Area’s MP says it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Illegal landfills, meanwhile, have no restrictions on what enters them, no lining + no filters. Until strong measures are taken to deal with illegal dumping, people's health will continue to be at risk from the chemicals they can contain.
3/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
3/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Historic landfills can contain items we use less today or wouldn't dispose of in landfill. Think lead paint or batteries, asbestos, arsenic. Until relatively recently, there was no requirement to line landfill. Many are in flood or coastal erosion zones.
2/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
2/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Landfills across England could be leaking harmful toxic ooze, warn experts
More than 21,000 old sites may be releasing ‘forever chemicals’ into land often left as open space
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Historic landfills can contain items we use less today or wouldn't dispose of in landfill. Think lead paint or batteries, asbestos, arsenic. Until relatively recently, there was no requirement to line landfill. Many are in flood or coastal erosion zones.
2/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
2/3
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📢 Vols saber més sobre l'impacte de la contaminació en la fauna marina? Vine demà al seminari a càrrec d’Odei Garcia Garin @odeigg.bsky.social
🗓 20/11/2025 · ⏰ 12:30 h
📍 Sala de Graus, Facultat de Ciències
🗓 20/11/2025 · ⏰ 12:30 h
📍 Sala de Graus, Facultat de Ciències
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
📢 Vols saber més sobre l'impacte de la contaminació en la fauna marina? Vine demà al seminari a càrrec d’Odei Garcia Garin @odeigg.bsky.social
🗓 20/11/2025 · ⏰ 12:30 h
📍 Sala de Graus, Facultat de Ciències
🗓 20/11/2025 · ⏰ 12:30 h
📍 Sala de Graus, Facultat de Ciències
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New map produced by RTVE, Spanish national TV, of the 6000 mass graves in Spain. In the last 25 years some 17,000 bodies of men, women and children have been exhumed out of the ~120,000 dumped in mass unmarked graves by the Franco regime.
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New map produced by RTVE, Spanish national TV, of the 6000 mass graves in Spain. In the last 25 years some 17,000 bodies of men, women and children have been exhumed out of the ~120,000 dumped in mass unmarked graves by the Franco regime.
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
www.rtve.es/noticias/fos...
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Vito Quiles, el activista ultraderechista que fue a provocar a la UAB, financiado por Feijóo, Ayuso y Almeida - El Triangle www.eltriangle.eu/es/2025/10/2...
Vito Quiles, el activista ultraderechista que fue a provocar a la UAB, financiado por Feijóo, Ayuso y Almeida - El Triangle
Vito Quiles, el provocador de extrema derecha que se presentó en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) el pasado 16 de octubre para inaugurar su
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November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Vito Quiles, el activista ultraderechista que fue a provocar a la UAB, financiado por Feijóo, Ayuso y Almeida - El Triangle www.eltriangle.eu/es/2025/10/2...
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Watching the rapid decline of a former science 🧪 superpower in real-time. It’s horrible
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Watching the rapid decline of a former science 🧪 superpower in real-time. It’s horrible
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Plastic pellets are often mistaken for fish eggs + eaten by sea creatures. Because plastic is so absorbent, it soaks up pollutants from water which are consumed along with them. These beads were being used at a wastewater treatment plant so who knows what they could have absorbed.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Plastic pellets are often mistaken for fish eggs + eaten by sea creatures. Because plastic is so absorbent, it soaks up pollutants from water which are consumed along with them. These beads were being used at a wastewater treatment plant so who knows what they could have absorbed.
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No hijo de puta, no.
La gente MURIÓ porque no se la avisó.
Se podrá inundar igual, pero si avisas, la gente no va a currar, se refugia en los pisos altos, no baja al garaje a sacar el coche.
Las inundaciones son inevitables, las muertes no, puto desgraciado.
La gente MURIÓ porque no se la avisó.
Se podrá inundar igual, pero si avisas, la gente no va a currar, se refugia en los pisos altos, no baja al garaje a sacar el coche.
Las inundaciones son inevitables, las muertes no, puto desgraciado.
Feijóo, sobre la dana: “Si vuelve a llover con la intensidad que llovió, volvería a pasar lo mismo”
Feijóo, sobre la dana: “Si vuelve a llover con la intensidad que llovió, volvería a pasar lo mismo”
El líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha asegurado este miércoles que si vuelve a llover con la misma intensidad con la que lo hizo el 29 de octubre de 2024 en la Comunitat Valenciana volvería a ocur...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
No hijo de puta, no.
La gente MURIÓ porque no se la avisó.
Se podrá inundar igual, pero si avisas, la gente no va a currar, se refugia en los pisos altos, no baja al garaje a sacar el coche.
Las inundaciones son inevitables, las muertes no, puto desgraciado.
La gente MURIÓ porque no se la avisó.
Se podrá inundar igual, pero si avisas, la gente no va a currar, se refugia en los pisos altos, no baja al garaje a sacar el coche.
Las inundaciones son inevitables, las muertes no, puto desgraciado.
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#EncenMontilivi durant 4 dies podeu gaudir d’aquest espectacle al #campus de la @univgirona.bsky.social www.udg.edu/ca/encenmont...
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#EncenMontilivi durant 4 dies podeu gaudir d’aquest espectacle al #campus de la @univgirona.bsky.social www.udg.edu/ca/encenmont...
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Ante la crisis ecosocial, más que conocimiento, tal vez nos faltan vínculos.
Vivimos rodeados de vida. A veces, sin darnos cuenta.
Cada árbol o lagartija con la que nos cruzamos forma parte de una red de relaciones ecológicas. Y tal vez sepamos ponerles nombre o número a algunas de esas especies.
Vivimos rodeados de vida. A veces, sin darnos cuenta.
Cada árbol o lagartija con la que nos cruzamos forma parte de una red de relaciones ecológicas. Y tal vez sepamos ponerles nombre o número a algunas de esas especies.
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ante la crisis ecosocial, más que conocimiento, tal vez nos faltan vínculos.
Vivimos rodeados de vida. A veces, sin darnos cuenta.
Cada árbol o lagartija con la que nos cruzamos forma parte de una red de relaciones ecológicas. Y tal vez sepamos ponerles nombre o número a algunas de esas especies.
Vivimos rodeados de vida. A veces, sin darnos cuenta.
Cada árbol o lagartija con la que nos cruzamos forma parte de una red de relaciones ecológicas. Y tal vez sepamos ponerles nombre o número a algunas de esas especies.
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🌿 Over 1,200 non-native species are established in the Iberian Peninsula, shows a new study in Diversity and Distributions.
“Biological invasions are among the main threats to biodiversity,” says Filipe Ribeiro (ARNET/@marescience.bsky.social).
#ARNET #MARE #CIMA #CBMA #BiologicalInvasions
“Biological invasions are among the main threats to biodiversity,” says Filipe Ribeiro (ARNET/@marescience.bsky.social).
#ARNET #MARE #CIMA #CBMA #BiologicalInvasions
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌿 Over 1,200 non-native species are established in the Iberian Peninsula, shows a new study in Diversity and Distributions.
“Biological invasions are among the main threats to biodiversity,” says Filipe Ribeiro (ARNET/@marescience.bsky.social).
#ARNET #MARE #CIMA #CBMA #BiologicalInvasions
“Biological invasions are among the main threats to biodiversity,” says Filipe Ribeiro (ARNET/@marescience.bsky.social).
#ARNET #MARE #CIMA #CBMA #BiologicalInvasions
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"The lake's waters reached 41ºC, or 105.8ºF — hotter than most spa baths."
"You couldn't put your finger in the water."
Just terrible. There's no other way to describe this.
News: www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Peer reviewed: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌎 🧪
"You couldn't put your finger in the water."
Just terrible. There's no other way to describe this.
News: www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Peer reviewed: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌎 🧪
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"The lake's waters reached 41ºC, or 105.8ºF — hotter than most spa baths."
"You couldn't put your finger in the water."
Just terrible. There's no other way to describe this.
News: www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Peer reviewed: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌎 🧪
"You couldn't put your finger in the water."
Just terrible. There's no other way to describe this.
News: www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Peer reviewed: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🌎 🧪
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98% of fish + mussels in English waters contaminated with mercury over EU safety levels
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
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Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings
Exclusive: More than 98% of fish and mussels tested in English waters contain mercury above EU safety limits
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October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
98% of fish + mussels in English waters contaminated with mercury over EU safety levels
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
Sources:
1. burning fossil fuels in power stations, vehicles, homes, + to make cement
2. mercury fillings in dead bodies. Really.
Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social reports
share.google/wa9jSo2YNn2V...
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Un tenebroso comienzo para la invernada de grullas. Si veis grullas enfermas o muertas no las toquéis y avisad al 112, que ya tiene un protocolo al respecto.
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
La gripe aviar se ceba con las grullas: Aragón ha localizado 500 aves silvestres muertas
La enfermedad ha alcanzado la reserva natural de Gallocanta, principal humedal salino de Europa occidental, donde se espera la llegada de decenas de miles de ejemplares
elpais.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Un tenebroso comienzo para la invernada de grullas. Si veis grullas enfermas o muertas no las toquéis y avisad al 112, que ya tiene un protocolo al respecto.
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
elpais.com/clima-y-medi...