Jabesh Okumu
@jabesh.bsky.social
Agroforestry MSc (Bangor)| Researcher on land restoration(Agroecology), food systems & climate resilience| Eyes on a PhD for just futures in Africa
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Happy to share our latest review paper:
Multiplication of peat #moss (#Sphagnum L.) species for #climate action
#moosstart #paludifarming
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Multiplication of peat #moss (#Sphagnum L.) species for #climate action
#moosstart #paludifarming
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Multiplication of peat moss (Sphagnum L.) species for climate action
Abstract. Mosses from the genus Sphagnum have experienced 350 million years of separate evolution, resulting in distinctive features, such as unlimited api
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August 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy to share our latest review paper:
Multiplication of peat #moss (#Sphagnum L.) species for #climate action
#moosstart #paludifarming
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Multiplication of peat #moss (#Sphagnum L.) species for #climate action
#moosstart #paludifarming
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
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A Hare, a Fox, an Owl, a Snail: Animal Memoirs Are Going Wild
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August 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A Hare, a Fox, an Owl, a Snail: Animal Memoirs Are Going Wild
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++New Blog Post by Junior Researcher at ZEF Philipo Mtweve,
Vincent Moseti and Jun. Prof. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger++
"More than Tarmac: Africa’s Roads are Pathways to Rural Development and Conflict"
➡️ bit.ly/4iR9UAs
Vincent Moseti and Jun. Prof. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger++
"More than Tarmac: Africa’s Roads are Pathways to Rural Development and Conflict"
➡️ bit.ly/4iR9UAs
April 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
++New Blog Post by Junior Researcher at ZEF Philipo Mtweve,
Vincent Moseti and Jun. Prof. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger++
"More than Tarmac: Africa’s Roads are Pathways to Rural Development and Conflict"
➡️ bit.ly/4iR9UAs
Vincent Moseti and Jun. Prof. Lisa Biber-Freudenberger++
"More than Tarmac: Africa’s Roads are Pathways to Rural Development and Conflict"
➡️ bit.ly/4iR9UAs
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EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN NW EUROPE
Yesterday it was a historic day with several records including:
UK 🇬🇧
32.2 Aviemore ,Scotland ALL TIME RECORD
30.0 Magillingan ,Northern Ireland
IRELAND 🇮🇪
31.1 Mt Dillon
29.6 Finner
27.6 Malin Head monthly record
Yesterday it was a historic day with several records including:
UK 🇬🇧
32.2 Aviemore ,Scotland ALL TIME RECORD
30.0 Magillingan ,Northern Ireland
IRELAND 🇮🇪
31.1 Mt Dillon
29.6 Finner
27.6 Malin Head monthly record
July 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
EXCEPTIONAL HEAT IN NW EUROPE
Yesterday it was a historic day with several records including:
UK 🇬🇧
32.2 Aviemore ,Scotland ALL TIME RECORD
30.0 Magillingan ,Northern Ireland
IRELAND 🇮🇪
31.1 Mt Dillon
29.6 Finner
27.6 Malin Head monthly record
Yesterday it was a historic day with several records including:
UK 🇬🇧
32.2 Aviemore ,Scotland ALL TIME RECORD
30.0 Magillingan ,Northern Ireland
IRELAND 🇮🇪
31.1 Mt Dillon
29.6 Finner
27.6 Malin Head monthly record
Interesting!
June 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Interesting!
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German chemistry was magic, man
Don't have access to sugar plantations? No worries we'll make it from fucking beets
Brits got the nitrate mines for our explosives blockaded? Psyche. We'll make it from air.
Then BASF's records are blank from 1939-1945 and everyone moved to America for some reason
Don't have access to sugar plantations? No worries we'll make it from fucking beets
Brits got the nitrate mines for our explosives blockaded? Psyche. We'll make it from air.
Then BASF's records are blank from 1939-1945 and everyone moved to America for some reason
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
June 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
German chemistry was magic, man
Don't have access to sugar plantations? No worries we'll make it from fucking beets
Brits got the nitrate mines for our explosives blockaded? Psyche. We'll make it from air.
Then BASF's records are blank from 1939-1945 and everyone moved to America for some reason
Don't have access to sugar plantations? No worries we'll make it from fucking beets
Brits got the nitrate mines for our explosives blockaded? Psyche. We'll make it from air.
Then BASF's records are blank from 1939-1945 and everyone moved to America for some reason
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Hawthorn fly, Bibio marci. Onko hauskempaa nimeä??? Tämä liittyi pyhään Markukseen.
Koiras ja naaras hyvin erinäköiset (kuvassa naaras). Aikuiset pölyttävät. Toukka syö orgaanista ainesta ja kasvien juuria.
#jännäluonto
Koiras ja naaras hyvin erinäköiset (kuvassa naaras). Aikuiset pölyttävät. Toukka syö orgaanista ainesta ja kasvien juuria.
#jännäluonto
May 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Hawthorn fly, Bibio marci. Onko hauskempaa nimeä??? Tämä liittyi pyhään Markukseen.
Koiras ja naaras hyvin erinäköiset (kuvassa naaras). Aikuiset pölyttävät. Toukka syö orgaanista ainesta ja kasvien juuria.
#jännäluonto
Koiras ja naaras hyvin erinäköiset (kuvassa naaras). Aikuiset pölyttävät. Toukka syö orgaanista ainesta ja kasvien juuria.
#jännäluonto
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Plant more wildflowers please
May 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Plant more wildflowers please
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May 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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May 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Congratulations to TERRAs spokespersons Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold, Prof. Dr. Kira Rehfeld und Prof. Dr. Olaf Cirpka (all Tuebingen) and our PIs Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger und Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck.
🧵 6/6
🧵 6/6
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Congratulations to TERRAs spokespersons Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold, Prof. Dr. Kira Rehfeld und Prof. Dr. Olaf Cirpka (all Tuebingen) and our PIs Prof. Dr. Frank Schurr, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger und Prof. Dr. Thilo Streck.
🧵 6/6
🧵 6/6
It's amazing how these small technologies play critical role in house food security and income. They use less water hence instrumental during drought. Even pastoralists can use them (veetical gardens)
May 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's amazing how these small technologies play critical role in house food security and income. They use less water hence instrumental during drought. Even pastoralists can use them (veetical gardens)
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Happy to share our latest publication:
Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors.
@cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors.
@cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors - Plant Cell Reports
Key message We report the successful moss-produced recombinant spider silk key protein component containing both the N- and the C-terminal domain. Abstract Spider dragline silk stands out as a remarka...
link.springer.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Happy to share our latest publication:
Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors.
@cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors.
@cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🎯👩🎓Congratulations to our #PhD student Adama Lo who brillantly defended her thesis on #EarthObservation and herbaceous vegetation monitoring during the Senegalese dry season ▶️ check her papers tinyurl.com/yux4t866 + tinyurl.com/bnxs5y9w @cirad.bsky.social #Cassecs project
April 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎯👩🎓Congratulations to our #PhD student Adama Lo who brillantly defended her thesis on #EarthObservation and herbaceous vegetation monitoring during the Senegalese dry season ▶️ check her papers tinyurl.com/yux4t866 + tinyurl.com/bnxs5y9w @cirad.bsky.social #Cassecs project
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„Hedges are one of the best bits of wildlife on a farm. And hedges rely on farmers: without the blood, sweat and tears that goes into rejuvenating a hedge, they would slowly turn into a line of trees.“ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating Britain’s ancient hedges
Up and down the country, volunteers are coming together to plant more of these nature-rich reserves
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
„Hedges are one of the best bits of wildlife on a farm. And hedges rely on farmers: without the blood, sweat and tears that goes into rejuvenating a hedge, they would slowly turn into a line of trees.“ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Nutrients amplify plant response to rainfall
Nutrient enrichment significantly strengthens the link between precipitation & plant growth. Adding nitrogen and phosphorus increases plant biomass in grasslands, especially under varying rainfall conditions.
gwf-wasser.de/news/nutrien...
Nutrient enrichment significantly strengthens the link between precipitation & plant growth. Adding nitrogen and phosphorus increases plant biomass in grasslands, especially under varying rainfall conditions.
gwf-wasser.de/news/nutrien...
Nutrients amplify plant response to rainfall
A new study reveals that nutrient enrichment significantly strengthens the link between precipitation and plant growth.
gwf-wasser.de
April 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Nutrients amplify plant response to rainfall
Nutrient enrichment significantly strengthens the link between precipitation & plant growth. Adding nitrogen and phosphorus increases plant biomass in grasslands, especially under varying rainfall conditions.
gwf-wasser.de/news/nutrien...
Nutrient enrichment significantly strengthens the link between precipitation & plant growth. Adding nitrogen and phosphorus increases plant biomass in grasslands, especially under varying rainfall conditions.
gwf-wasser.de/news/nutrien...
Sericulture is increasingly gaining momemtum among agroforestry farmers for small scale silk production. The beauty is, we we can now produce silk from other naturally available silkworm species that utilize indigenous acacia trees
April 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Sericulture is increasingly gaining momemtum among agroforestry farmers for small scale silk production. The beauty is, we we can now produce silk from other naturally available silkworm species that utilize indigenous acacia trees
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Snapper spawning season is upon us and they are out here mingling! #snapper #graysnapper #mangrovesnapper #dogsnapper #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
April 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Snapper spawning season is upon us and they are out here mingling! #snapper #graysnapper #mangrovesnapper #dogsnapper #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
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Could drought and poor soil undermine the performance of intercropping ?
Our study in semi-arid Zimbabwe found that the benefits of intercropping are maintained even with water and N stress.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fc...
Congrats Illiana Kwenda - A nice combination of field experiments and modelling
Our study in semi-arid Zimbabwe found that the benefits of intercropping are maintained even with water and N stress.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fc...
Congrats Illiana Kwenda - A nice combination of field experiments and modelling
April 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Could drought and poor soil undermine the performance of intercropping ?
Our study in semi-arid Zimbabwe found that the benefits of intercropping are maintained even with water and N stress.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fc...
Congrats Illiana Kwenda - A nice combination of field experiments and modelling
Our study in semi-arid Zimbabwe found that the benefits of intercropping are maintained even with water and N stress.
doi.org/10.1016/j.fc...
Congrats Illiana Kwenda - A nice combination of field experiments and modelling
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Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) had its worst year on record in the UK in 2024. It numbers at @ukbms.bsky.social monitored sites have been below average now in 20 of the last 25 years. Since 1976, its population has decreased by 49% (📷Mark Searle)
April 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) had its worst year on record in the UK in 2024. It numbers at @ukbms.bsky.social monitored sites have been below average now in 20 of the last 25 years. Since 1976, its population has decreased by 49% (📷Mark Searle)
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Lucy’s world
Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals
www.science.org/content/arti...
Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals
www.science.org/content/arti...
Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after discovery, famed skeleton has rivals
Iconic 3.2-million-year-old fossil is now part of an extended family of human ancestors
www.science.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Lucy’s world
Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals
www.science.org/content/arti...
Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals
www.science.org/content/arti...
While our core focus has been to generate Decision Tools (DT) We also need to narture behavioural scientists for efficient actinable decisions
#ScienceWeek
#ScienceWeek
April 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
While our core focus has been to generate Decision Tools (DT) We also need to narture behavioural scientists for efficient actinable decisions
#ScienceWeek
#ScienceWeek
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Hi everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", this research highlights the role of tree functional strategies and soil microbial community composition in influencing the ecosystem services of subtropical forests 🌍
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Tree functional strategies and soil microbial communities regulate forest ecosystem services
This research highlights the role of tree functional strategies and soil microbial community composition in influencing the ecosystem services of subtropical forests, and provides important informati...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Hi everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", this research highlights the role of tree functional strategies and soil microbial community composition in influencing the ecosystem services of subtropical forests 🌍
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Evidence based data is important as a decision support tool for smallholder farmers. Examples from @cgiar.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Evidence based data is important as a decision support tool for smallholder farmers. Examples from @cgiar.org