🐄 Grazing and bugs

A study in Finland found that light cattle grazing and organic farming boosted the variety of ground-dwelling insects, while heavy grazing cut biodiversity.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#SciComm #Biodiversity 🧪

Dry riverbeds in Ontario. Residents of Belleville are being asked to reduce their water consumption. The normally lush vegetation in Prince Edward County is languishing in this heat. If you thought Eastern Canada would be safe from climate-induced drought, think again.
tinyurl.com/58vwhy42

Last week, we convened officials from Fiji & Papua New Guinea to support the national implementation of the @wto.org #FishAgreement. 🐟

These kick-off meetings introduced our self-assessment tool & paved the way for targeted support.

🔗 Explore the tool: www.iisd.org/publications...

🌊 Flood underinsurance in the US

A new study finds 70% of annual flood losses (about $17B) are uninsured. Most at-risk households are underinsured, with the burden falling hardest on low-income communities.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Floods 🧪

For reasons, I was roaming on Google Earth over Soliera (15k inh.), and I thought it would be nice to show a type of urbanism rarely talked about.

So I'm gonna make a short overview of Soliera, a pretty typical example of small-town urbanism in Emilia.

A Sunday 🧵

The neighbor's hydrageas are happy today 🌸

Shameless self-promotion of my radio interview which aired this morning on Superior Morning (CBC Thunder Bay). We discussed AI, the Experimental Lakes Area, and lake ice under climate change.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

ELA has been building connection with First Nations in Treaty #3 for several years, and is now pledging to uphold Manito Aki Inaakonigewin (the Great Eath Law) in our research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Ao...

Great presentation today by The Globe and Mail at the Toronto Machine Learning Summit on responsible approaches to GenAI deployment on challenging topics like climate change. 🧵(1/3)

As the federal government, Ontario and B.C. roll out fast-track legislation, experts tell @meyer.bsky.social‬ a botched rollout could trash years of hard-won trust between Indigenous leadership and the Crown. thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-c...

🐟😖 Fish suffer intense pain for 10+ mins after catch

New research shows rainbow trout endure up to 22 mins of severe pain when left to suffocate in air. Effective stunning could prevent up to 20 hours of suffering per $1 invested.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#AnimalWelfare #SciComm #Fish 🧪

Thanks to the hard work of many environmental volunteers and professionals, we can now model our local rivers, so we can take better care of them. At IISD, we're now testing out models to tackle climate adaptation and farm waste for folks in the Canadian Prairies.
www.iisd.org/projects/pra...

#G7 Finance Ministers’ & Central Bank Governors meetings concluded in Banff today and, for the first time since 2019, there was no set of actions on #ClimateChange.

Here’s a quick look at the energy & environment headlines: 🧵1/5

Beautiful day on North Saskatchewan River, in Edmonton, AB 🧵

Cheating? Or Helpful?
The Canadian Tri-Council for research has issued guidance on the use of AI in proposal-writing. It's difficult striking the right balance between discouraging the productive use of AI (that is, forcing it "underground") and continuing to enforce research ethics.
Link below 👇

Very timely and practical paper. Knowing how to respond to misuse of AI (in science or otherwise) requires that we understand its limitations relative to conventional approaches. This research clearly lays that out.

Good morning! I hope fellow Canadians had a nice long weekend!
I had a nice hike along Georgian Bay, near Tobermory, Ontario

Science update!
At the IISD Experimental Lakes Area - the world's freshwater laboratory in Northern Ontario - we're now using machine learning to predict when lakes will melt, so our scientists can plan their field season early and get out on the water, ASAP!
www.iisd.org/ela/blog/thi...

Hello everyone!
I'm new here and am immediately struck by all the beautiful photos and creative energy.
I need to work on my 📸 game.
In the meantime, I will spare you (and a river somewhere in California) from my temptation to generate AI images that no-one asked for.