The Cardinale Lab is a biodiversity research lab @PSUecosystems. See new textbook: Conservation Biology, 2nd ed. at shorturl.at/gJ0XV
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To those who argue college is not a good investment ... the median earnings for those with no college degree is $45k/year compared to $96k for those with a bachelor's degree. High paying jobs without a degree exist, but are rare. finance.yahoo.com/economy/po… via @@Yahoo
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This is what happens when the US does not prioritize or value science. Our best researchers leave and go to other countries. The brain drain will leave the United States lagging behind other countries and science technology.
US funding uncertainty was a key factor for several of the researchers heading to Canada. Observers predict more will follow.
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Microbial conservation is incredibly important! But do microbes require their own unique conservation measures that differ from all other organisms on the planet? In this correspondence, Corinaldesi et al. argue the answer is no:
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Guess what happens when the U.S. Administration does not support science? Top talent leaves and goes elsewhere. Ottawa just announced 64 new research chairs, many leaving the U.S. to finish their careers in Canada. universityaffairs.ca/news/ot…
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There is no "biodiversity paradox." We are losing biodiversity at most locations on Earth due to human activities like habitat loss. Diversity may be going up in select places (those recovering from disturbance, being restored), but these are not not globally representative.
🚨 🎧 A special review episode of iDiv's #InsideBiodiversity is out now — bringing together key conversations from the first 16 episodes. 🌍
Host Dr Volker Hahn revisits the Biodiversity Conservation Paradox: How can biodiversity be changing so profoundly if local species richness often remains stable?
Drawing on insights from leading biodiversity researchers, this episode explores why different biodiversity metrics tell different stories and why biodiversity change is more complex than a simple narrative of loss.
Topics explored include:
• Why local species richness and global extinctions are not contradictory
• Why species composition matters as much as species numbers
• How climate change reshapes biodiversity
• Why abundance, biomass, and species richness can tell different stories
• Reasons for hope, including successful conservation and the recovery of some mammal species in Europe
Listen to the episode: insidebiodiversity.podigee.i…
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Good article by K Billings. 100% of practitioners who received Great Lakes Restoration funding are convinced their projects worked. Yet, most didn't have measurable goals & 99% didn't monitor the project.
Restoration is still a long way from science.
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I submitted a paper today and received confirmation of submission at 11:37am. At 11:55am I received a rejection decision. I think 18-min. is my new record for a desk rejection. Can anybody top that?
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Is college worth it? Large study shows that college grads earn substantially more than non-college grads even after accounting for the cost of higher education.
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Is college worth it? On average, college graduates outearned high school graduates by almost $87,000 over an initial 15-year period even after accounting for the cost of college.
finance.yahoo.com/economy/ar… via @@YahooFinance
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How Trump’s Science Cuts Threaten National Security nautil.us/how-trumps-science…
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Another conservation success story!
A giant fish called the arapaima is the focus of a conservation success story in the Brazilian Amazon.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: scim.ag/3PqrRvZ
ALT A giant fish called the arapaima is the focus of a conservation success story in the Brazilian Amazon. Scientists have worked with local villages to protect the commercially valuable fish from poachers while allowing villagers to profit from a sustainable arapaima harvest. The project has spurred development and led to the protection of some 150,000 km2 of tropical forest. Photo: Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty Images
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Congratulations to recent Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Sugjit Padda, on a nice 1st paper from his dissertation. Here he reviews the Land Sparing/Sharing debate and provides some helpful suggestions for moving forward.
The Society for Conservation Biology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Bradley Cardinale retweeted
The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.
We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.
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Nature’s Overlooked Role in National Security nautil.us/natures-overlooked…
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Wow! It’s already hard to keep up with the literature and separate the good from the bad. This is going to make it impossible!
More than 7 million research papers were published in 2025.
That number is about to explode.
Think about all of the research agents and AI writing tools that were developed last year: @OpenAI’s Prism, @elicitorg, @FutureHouseSF, @k_dense_ai, etc. What happens as adoption of those tools inevitably increases? What happens to volume when the average researcher becomes fluent in @claudeai Code?
Scientific infrastructure and peer review was designed for a different world than the one we are entering.
Peer review is in crisis.
(Data: DOI-indexed articles on @OpenAlex_org)
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van Klink's meta-analyses using the InsectChange database are now on Retraction Watch
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💼🌿 Many measures that help insects — less mowing, less intensification, less pressure on landscapes — require doing less, not more.
If you want a candid look at the tension between biodiversity and economics, this episode with Roel van Klink (@UniHalle) delivers.
🎧 insidebiodiversity.podigee.i…
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🌼 Biodiversity loss can feel overwhelming — but there are concrete steps individuals can take.
In #InsideBiodiversity, Dr Roel van Klink (@UniHalle & #iDiv) shares practical actions that can help insects:
🌱 Plant native species
🪨 Avoid stone gardens
✂️ Reduce mowing
🥩 Rethink and reduce animal‑based food consumption
💛 Support biodiversity‑friendly public land management
🐜 Small actions matter, especially when many people take them.
🎧 Hear the full conversation with iDiv host Dr Volker Hahn: insidebiodiversity.podigee.i…
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Bradley Cardinale retweeted
The importance of stupidity in scientific research:
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Does nature have a role in national security?
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