Pauline Grierson
@pfgblue.bsky.social
Plants & soil | Tree rings | Water | Isotopes | Fire |Arid Australia | Biogeochemistry |Botany | Inordinately fond of working dogs, esp. kelpies
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Drug running ➡️ human trafficking
The Finks aren’t stupid
The Finks aren’t stupid
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Drug running ➡️ human trafficking
The Finks aren’t stupid
The Finks aren’t stupid
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Today we pause to honour all who sacrificed their lives in war, all who served and returned, and the families and communities who carry that legacy. We will remember them. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Today we pause to honour all who sacrificed their lives in war, all who served and returned, and the families and communities who carry that legacy. We will remember them. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
"I've found that the most rewarding aspects of an academic career often lie in the unmeasured — in meaningful collaborations, moments of discovery, and watching students and mentees flourish." Very true.
What would you share with an earlier version of yourself?
What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.
predirections.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"I've found that the most rewarding aspects of an academic career often lie in the unmeasured — in meaningful collaborations, moments of discovery, and watching students and mentees flourish." Very true.
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The Updated Space Weather Live Forecast Now Says KP6- Today, KP7+ Wednesday And KP5- Thursday 📈 #AuroraAustralis #MooningCrew #Perth #PerthNews #SolarStorm #SouthWestWA #WesternAustralia
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The Updated Space Weather Live Forecast Now Says KP6- Today, KP7+ Wednesday And KP5- Thursday 📈 #AuroraAustralis #MooningCrew #Perth #PerthNews #SolarStorm #SouthWestWA #WesternAustralia
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Strigolactone perception and nutrient responses
#TansleyInsight by Hu et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyInsight by Hu et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Strigolactone perception and nutrient responses
#TansleyInsight by Hu et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
#TansleyInsight by Hu et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#plantscience
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Toads are on track to reach the Pilbara in the next 20 years. If they do, they'll threaten 25 native mammals and reptiles- 8 of which occur nowhere else in the world. The Toad Containment Zone can stop them, here's how! #wildoz #tcz theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
Cane toads are hopping towards the Pilbara, but a water-free containment zone could stop them
Cane toads will reach Broome in the next couple of years. Creating a waterless “containment zone” is the only way to stop them pillaging the Pilbara.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Toads are on track to reach the Pilbara in the next 20 years. If they do, they'll threaten 25 native mammals and reptiles- 8 of which occur nowhere else in the world. The Toad Containment Zone can stop them, here's how! #wildoz #tcz theconversation.com/cane-toads-a...
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Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
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The oxygen creators are disappearing
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/not-...
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/not-...
‘Not good’: Ocean losing its greenness, threatening food webs
The consequences of global warming, caused mainly by burning fossil fuels, are varied and many. Now scientists have documented yet another one: The ocean is losing its “greenness.” The ocean’s chlorop...
news.mongabay.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The oxygen creators are disappearing
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/not-...
Phytoplankton biomass, that are the base of marine life and create up to 50% of our oxygen in rapid decline over the past two decades, especially in coastal areas, a new study has found.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/not-...
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A special day for my fridge magnet.
As Albo observed last night, ‘It wasn’t a constitutional crisis, it was a partisan political ambush.’
#TheDismissal50thAnniversary
As Albo observed last night, ‘It wasn’t a constitutional crisis, it was a partisan political ambush.’
#TheDismissal50thAnniversary
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A special day for my fridge magnet.
As Albo observed last night, ‘It wasn’t a constitutional crisis, it was a partisan political ambush.’
#TheDismissal50thAnniversary
As Albo observed last night, ‘It wasn’t a constitutional crisis, it was a partisan political ambush.’
#TheDismissal50thAnniversary
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2 metres of sugar and potential seed
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
2 metres of sugar and potential seed
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will never make another one of these again (too many tiny letters!!) but i think i just made my favourite plate
#pottersaurus #ceramics #pottery #heysaurus #firstdogonthemoon
#pottersaurus #ceramics #pottery #heysaurus #firstdogonthemoon
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
will never make another one of these again (too many tiny letters!!) but i think i just made my favourite plate
#pottersaurus #ceramics #pottery #heysaurus #firstdogonthemoon
#pottersaurus #ceramics #pottery #heysaurus #firstdogonthemoon
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Another Windy Night Ahead For Perth With Up To 70km/h Wind Gusts Possible Around The Hills And Eastern Suburbs In The Early Hours Of Wednesday 💨 #PerthNews #PerthWeather #WesternAustralia
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another Windy Night Ahead For Perth With Up To 70km/h Wind Gusts Possible Around The Hills And Eastern Suburbs In The Early Hours Of Wednesday 💨 #PerthNews #PerthWeather #WesternAustralia
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Hamilton Smith obituary: molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
Hamilton Smith obituary: molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
Nobel laureate who helped to sequence the first bacterial and human genomes.
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hamilton Smith obituary: molecular biologist who co-discovered precise molecular scissors for cutting DNA
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Also, if you'd like to get yourself a copy of Tiny Moments of Joy, you can find it here. (Huge thanks in advance for buying author direct and helping us keep this writing business going.)
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
Tiny Moments of Joy | Swashbuckler Press
Delightful moments captured from people watching in a small city in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.swashbucklerpress.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Also, if you'd like to get yourself a copy of Tiny Moments of Joy, you can find it here. (Huge thanks in advance for buying author direct and helping us keep this writing business going.)
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
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Outrageous. Tens of millions have been given to a criminal bikie gang - to oversee refugees on Nauru, what other appalling things have happened on Nauru to refugees that we still don’t know about? #60mins
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Outrageous. Tens of millions have been given to a criminal bikie gang - to oversee refugees on Nauru, what other appalling things have happened on Nauru to refugees that we still don’t know about? #60mins
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
#nauru #albanese #auspol #60minutes
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The path toward a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity - Carmona - 2025 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The path toward a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity
Plant traits capture the remarkable diversity of ecological strategies, yet synthesizing this complexity into coherent frameworks remains challenging. Trait spaces have significantly advanced this ef....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The path toward a unified trait space: synthesizing plant functional diversity - Carmona - 2025 - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Plant miRNAs influence soil bacterial growth and amino acid uptake, restructuring community composition
-in #ISMEComms
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-in #ISMEComms
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Plant miRNAs influence soil bacterial growth and amino acid uptake, restructuring community composition
Abstract. Plants and microbes use many strategies to acquire soil amino acids. Recent findings suggest that genes related to amino acid metabolism and tran
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November 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Plant miRNAs influence soil bacterial growth and amino acid uptake, restructuring community composition
-in #ISMEComms
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
-in #ISMEComms
academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Projected total water demand may exceed total (natural) water supply before the end of the century in the western United States of America, Mediterranean regions, northern Africa, southern Africa, India, northern China, and southern Australia (red on map).
Paper at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Projected total water demand may exceed total (natural) water supply before the end of the century in the western United States of America, Mediterranean regions, northern Africa, southern Africa, India, northern China, and southern Australia (red on map).
Paper at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
Rosemary Remembrance Cake
The food we eat connects us so deeply to those we love and, perhaps, especially so when they are no longer with us. And this recipe is really in honour of my maternal grandmother, and not just because...
www.nigella.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sweet sustenance and symbol: Rosemary Remembrance Cake is #RecipeOfTheDay www.nigella.com/recipes/rose...
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Conditions for Palestinian's are "horrific by intention", which is acceptable for our government who still refuses to abide by the genocide convention, cut all ties with and punish Israel
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Conditions for Palestinian's are "horrific by intention", which is acceptable for our government who still refuses to abide by the genocide convention, cut all ties with and punish Israel
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Held underground without sunlight to any charge since January
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Caladenia attingens - the Forest Mantis orchid
Relatively common in the southwest of Western Australia, this orchid is quite distinctive with its broad labellum and upswept lateral sepals
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Relatively common in the southwest of Western Australia, this orchid is quite distinctive with its broad labellum and upswept lateral sepals
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Caladenia attingens - the Forest Mantis orchid
Relatively common in the southwest of Western Australia, this orchid is quite distinctive with its broad labellum and upswept lateral sepals
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
Relatively common in the southwest of Western Australia, this orchid is quite distinctive with its broad labellum and upswept lateral sepals
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #nature
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Concrete bus shelter design by architect Clem Cummings, Canberra, Australia (1974)
November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Concrete bus shelter design by architect Clem Cummings, Canberra, Australia (1974)
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Drought situation in Iran (and Iraq) looks bad. Major supply dam for Tehran may run dry before December.
Another example of mid latitude regions drying around the globe coupled with natural climate variability + minimal preparation.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.forbes.com/sites/sanamm...
Another example of mid latitude regions drying around the globe coupled with natural climate variability + minimal preparation.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.forbes.com/sites/sanamm...
Drinking water in Tehran could run dry in two weeks, Iranian official says
A historic drought in the country has culminated in a '100 percent drop in precipitation' in the Tehran region.
www.aljazeera.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Drought situation in Iran (and Iraq) looks bad. Major supply dam for Tehran may run dry before December.
Another example of mid latitude regions drying around the globe coupled with natural climate variability + minimal preparation.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.forbes.com/sites/sanamm...
Another example of mid latitude regions drying around the globe coupled with natural climate variability + minimal preparation.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.forbes.com/sites/sanamm...
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In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM