Gregor Kalinkat
@gkalinkat.bsky.social
science educator & communicator | biodiversity scientist | ecologist | guest scientist at @igb-berlin.de
posts in EN and DE, occassionally in ES
https://linktr.ee/gkalinkat
posts in EN and DE, occassionally in ES
https://linktr.ee/gkalinkat
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Gregor Kalinkat
@gkalinkat.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Our new forum piece is out now in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social 🥳
We argue that existing & expanding regulations to protect specific animal groups from light pollution 💡 (e.g. bats 🦇 marine turtles 🐢 insects 🦋) might co-protect many other organisms ...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🔓🧪
We argue that existing & expanding regulations to protect specific animal groups from light pollution 💡 (e.g. bats 🦇 marine turtles 🐢 insects 🦋) might co-protect many other organisms ...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 🔓🧪
ICYMI
Our new Forum article in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social is out now. A short read about combating light pollution 💡 & approaches to push nocturnal biodiversity conservation 🦇 to the next level. Free to read for everyone 🔓🧪
@sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de
Our new Forum article in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social is out now. A short read about combating light pollution 💡 & approaches to push nocturnal biodiversity conservation 🦇 to the next level. Free to read for everyone 🔓🧪
@sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de
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Science nerds. This thread is awesome. All the science starter packs you need, just in time for Xmas!
We’re getting lots of new Bluesky friends!
Please share your favorite science and conservation starter packs as a reply here and I’ll share them. Let’s get our science and conservation friends lots of followers! 🧪🌎🦑
Please share your favorite science and conservation starter packs as a reply here and I’ll share them. Let’s get our science and conservation friends lots of followers! 🧪🌎🦑
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Science nerds. This thread is awesome. All the science starter packs you need, just in time for Xmas!
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The U.S. no longer wants the smartest & hardest working people from other countries www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/r... #braindrain
Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave U.S. behind
“A large part of what we loved about the United States is no longer there”: Amid talk of a brain drain, some scientists leave the U.S. behind.
www.statnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The U.S. no longer wants the smartest & hardest working people from other countries www.statnews.com/2025/12/17/r... #braindrain
An administration that openly hates science like this one, that at the same time wants to build and run new nuclear reactors? sounds like a perfect recipe for disaster
NEW: Trump's new Reactor Pilot Program is rushing to build at least 3 experimental reactor designs by July 4, 2026.
Here's a deep look at the program and why it's raising safety concerns.
For the nuke nerds, I'll also highlight what's new in this 🧵
www.npr.org/2025/12/17/n...
Here's a deep look at the program and why it's raising safety concerns.
For the nuke nerds, I'll also highlight what's new in this 🧵
www.npr.org/2025/12/17/n...
Trump's rush to build nuclear reactors across the U.S. raises safety worries
A new program at the Department of Energy is pushing the development of nearly a dozen new reactor designs at breakneck speed.
www.npr.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
An administration that openly hates science like this one, that at the same time wants to build and run new nuclear reactors? sounds like a perfect recipe for disaster
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NCAR is vital to weather prediction across the world. This is a dangerous decision with inevitably deadly complications.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
NCAR is vital to weather prediction across the world. This is a dangerous decision with inevitably deadly complications.
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Finally some good news 🥳
December 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Finally some good news 🥳
Reposted by Gregor Kalinkat
#ecology job alert 🎓
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
Group Leader Conservation Biology 80% (f/m/d)
The research unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology investigates the diversity of life in its various forms, from genetic diversity to the diversity of species and ecosystems and their interaction...
apply.refline.ch
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
#ecology job alert 🎓
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
#ecology job alert 🎓
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
Group Leader Conservation Biology 80% (f/m/d)
The research unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology investigates the diversity of life in its various forms, from genetic diversity to the diversity of species and ecosystems and their interaction...
apply.refline.ch
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
#ecology job alert 🎓
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
two group leader positions at WSL in Switzerland 🇨🇭
apply.refline.ch/273855/1813/... (conservation biology)
apply.refline.ch/273855/1817/... (soil community ecology)
Switzerland is one of the best places in the world, both for living and for doing research! 🧪
In this interview with @tilojung.bsky.social Jekaterina Schulmann says something like: „autocracies in the 20th century used to be 80% violence & 20% propaganda while nowadays they’re like 80% propaganda & 20% violence“ and I can’t stop thinking about it
www.youtube.com/live/0CH3HAE...
www.youtube.com/live/0CH3HAE...
Russische Politologin Jekaterina Schulmann über Putin & den Ukrainekrieg - Jung & Naiv: Folge 796
YouTube video by Jung & Naiv
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In this interview with @tilojung.bsky.social Jekaterina Schulmann says something like: „autocracies in the 20th century used to be 80% violence & 20% propaganda while nowadays they’re like 80% propaganda & 20% violence“ and I can’t stop thinking about it
www.youtube.com/live/0CH3HAE...
www.youtube.com/live/0CH3HAE...
Reposted by Gregor Kalinkat
Our new #OpenAccess paper
How can long-term #ecology studies survive & resist political & social change, authoritarianism, war, but also embrace positive change?
The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
How can long-term #ecology studies survive & resist political & social change, authoritarianism, war, but also embrace positive change?
The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our new #OpenAccess paper
How can long-term #ecology studies survive & resist political & social change, authoritarianism, war, but also embrace positive change?
The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
How can long-term #ecology studies survive & resist political & social change, authoritarianism, war, but also embrace positive change?
The Białowieża Forest as an example of the resilience of long-term studies in a changing world:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
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Lindsey Vonn (41): I’m going to be the greatest senior athlete of the weekend ⛷
Paul Lim (71): Hold my darts 🎯
Paul Lim (71): Hold my darts 🎯
December 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Lindsey Vonn (41): I’m going to be the greatest senior athlete of the weekend ⛷
Paul Lim (71): Hold my darts 🎯
Paul Lim (71): Hold my darts 🎯
Was wohl die Töchter davon halten 🤔
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Was wohl die Töchter davon halten 🤔
I really do not have much in common with Shaq O'Neal but today I learned we both received our doctorate in the same year 🏀🎓
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Dr. Shaq? O'Neal receives education doctorate
Former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal is a doctor now.
www.espn.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I really do not have much in common with Shaq O'Neal but today I learned we both received our doctorate in the same year 🏀🎓
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
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🧵1/5
🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.
👇 Thread ↓
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.
👇 Thread ↓
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications
Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🧵1/5
🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.
👇 Thread ↓
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🌍🔬 Our new paper is out! We identify the global mechanisms shaping the elemental composition of organisms — and the results overturn long-standing assumptions in ecology.
👇 Thread ↓
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
"People say “a picture paints a thousand words” and perhaps it’s true ...given my hatred of bad headlines though, I’d caution that you’ve got to use that power wisely. If a good chart can get a message across widely, so can a misleading chart." 📈
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"People say “a picture paints a thousand words” and perhaps it’s true ...given my hatred of bad headlines though, I’d caution that you’ve got to use that power wisely. If a good chart can get a message across widely, so can a misleading chart." 📈
Reposted by Gregor Kalinkat
Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications
Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt.
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt.
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2
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Very nice to see a sustainability award go to insect-friendly light design! More than 90 percent reduction in insect attraction sounds very promising (and welcome, speaking as an entomologist myself).
Wir sind sehr stolz darauf, dass unser Projektpartner Selux GmbH für die in unserem Projekt entwickelte Straßenleuchte 💡 mit dem deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspreis 🌍 ausgezeichnet wurde.
www.igb-berlin.de/news/deutsch...
@igb-berlin.de @sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social
www.igb-berlin.de/news/deutsch...
@igb-berlin.de @sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis für insektenfreundliche Straßenbeleuchtung
www.igb-berlin.de
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Very nice to see a sustainability award go to insect-friendly light design! More than 90 percent reduction in insect attraction sounds very promising (and welcome, speaking as an entomologist myself).
Reposted by Gregor Kalinkat
there's also an English version of our press release available
'German Sustainability Award for insect-friendly road lighting'
www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/germ... @igb-berlin.de 🧪💡
'German Sustainability Award for insect-friendly road lighting'
www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/germ... @igb-berlin.de 🧪💡
German Sustainability Award for insect-friendly road lighting
www.igb-berlin.de
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
there's also an English version of our press release available
'German Sustainability Award for insect-friendly road lighting'
www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/germ... @igb-berlin.de 🧪💡
'German Sustainability Award for insect-friendly road lighting'
www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/germ... @igb-berlin.de 🧪💡
Reposted by Gregor Kalinkat
Wir sind sehr stolz darauf, dass unser Projektpartner Selux GmbH für die in unserem Projekt entwickelte Straßenleuchte 💡 mit dem deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspreis 🌍 ausgezeichnet wurde.
www.igb-berlin.de/news/deutsch...
@igb-berlin.de @sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social
www.igb-berlin.de/news/deutsch...
@igb-berlin.de @sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis für insektenfreundliche Straßenbeleuchtung
www.igb-berlin.de
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wir sind sehr stolz darauf, dass unser Projektpartner Selux GmbH für die in unserem Projekt entwickelte Straßenleuchte 💡 mit dem deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspreis 🌍 ausgezeichnet wurde.
www.igb-berlin.de/news/deutsch...
@igb-berlin.de @sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social
www.igb-berlin.de/news/deutsch...
@igb-berlin.de @sibylleschroer.bsky.social @andreasjechow.bsky.social
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Fascinated to learn that we are still discovering new species at the highest rate ever. Mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over, and while we learn more and more about it, let's protect what we do know as well as we can!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The past and future of known biodiversity: Rates, patterns, and projections of new species over time
The number of known species on Earth is increasing rapidly, suggesting unexpectedly large numbers of many groups.
www.science.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Fascinated to learn that we are still discovering new species at the highest rate ever. Mapping Earth's biodiversity is far from over, and while we learn more and more about it, let's protect what we do know as well as we can!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I've seen a lot but I never received an academic spam email like this before 🎓
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I've seen a lot but I never received an academic spam email like this before 🎓
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis für insektenfreundliche Straßenbeleuchtung 🦋💡🧪
idw-online.de/de/news862910
@aubenews.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
idw-online.de/de/news862910
@aubenews.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis für insektenfreundliche Straßenbeleuchtung
idw-online.de
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis für insektenfreundliche Straßenbeleuchtung 🦋💡🧪
idw-online.de/de/news862910
@aubenews.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
idw-online.de/de/news862910
@aubenews.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
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Happy 5th December, World Soils Day!!
Please take a moment to think about your local patch of soil - whether it's your garden, a local park or even a nearby forest. Is the soil is being looked after well there? If not, what can you do to protect it for future generations? 🧪🪱
#Soil #WorldSoilDay
Please take a moment to think about your local patch of soil - whether it's your garden, a local park or even a nearby forest. Is the soil is being looked after well there? If not, what can you do to protect it for future generations? 🧪🪱
#Soil #WorldSoilDay
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy 5th December, World Soils Day!!
Please take a moment to think about your local patch of soil - whether it's your garden, a local park or even a nearby forest. Is the soil is being looked after well there? If not, what can you do to protect it for future generations? 🧪🪱
#Soil #WorldSoilDay
Please take a moment to think about your local patch of soil - whether it's your garden, a local park or even a nearby forest. Is the soil is being looked after well there? If not, what can you do to protect it for future generations? 🧪🪱
#Soil #WorldSoilDay