Krzysiek Zając
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Krzysiek Zając
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Naturalist interested in #birds, #insects (and not only), as well as #naturedrawing; resident od the #Sudety Mountains.
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Genetic diversity has declined within two-thirds of more than 600 species over the past three decades, according to research published in Nature in January. The findings highlight the need for conservation efforts to prevent genetic diversity loss. go.nature.com/42EpVo5 🧪
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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To Understand the Elusive: How to Avoid the Disappearance of the Black Grouse at the Edge of Its Continuous Range? | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology #conservationscience 🌎 🪶 🧪
April 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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You've seen the headlines. Is there life on K2-18b? Our expert in exoplanets weighs in, plus more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
April 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Read our post on the Slender-billed Curlew extinction paper:
March 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Effects of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Among Colonial Waterbirds in the Lower Odra Valley | doi.org/10.3161/0001... | Acta Ornithologica | #ornithology 🪶
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Bitterns are BOOMING! 💚

283 males were recorded booming in 2024 - a 20% rise on 2023 and the biggest jump since monitoring began.

Once extinct as breeding birds in the UK, they're making an incredible recovery.

More in the video below, sound on...🔊
March 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Some variations - subspecies - of the willow tit (Poecile montanus). Commissioned by the University of Freibug. This was a challenging one! Allow me to present you all of them. 👇1/9
#Sciart #birds
March 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A Goldcrest painted a few years ago... Still often heard in the Sudeten forests
#sciart #birds
March 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Our new paper about the effect of changing winter and summer conditions on the activity of the #mountain population of the ground #beetle Carabus variolosus
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179149
#climate #Sudety #GroundBeetles
Winter and summer conditions affect the mountain population of Carabus variolosus, a ground beetle of European conservation concern
The changing climate has a significant impact on insect populations. Numerous species are challenged by increasing temperatures, changes in precipitat…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Are you serious @royalsociety.org?? He is trying to destroy science, spreading dangerous misinformation, inciting violence & your response is to do nothing?

So what’s your purpose then? What do you exist for? Other than being elite?

🧪 #academicsky

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Nature interviewed scientists who chose to complete their PhDs off the beaten path about the reasons they chose to work away from big-city life and how they make it work. #Academicsky 🧪
PhD scientists who forged a career off the beaten track
These seven scientists escaped big-city life after completing their PhDs. Here’s how they make it work.
go.nature.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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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/
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Celebrating #WorldWildlifeDay with a Sparrowhawk
#sciart #birds
March 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM