#earthworms — Public Fediverse posts
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What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract
#Science #Environment #Microplastics #PlasticPollution #Earthworms #SoilHealth #Pollution #Health #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Nature #Gut #Plastic
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What happens to microplastics when swallowed? In earthworms, they do not leave the digestive tract
#Science #Environment #Microplastics #PlasticPollution #Earthworms #SoilHealth #Pollution #Health #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Nature #Gut #Plastic
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Melloona – where things grow a little differently
• ♥ ! • Happy Fantasy Faire • ! ♥ • It’s that time of the year again. Every year I think I know what to expect, and every year it still feels a bit unreal when everything finally comes together. What starts as scattered ideas becomes a world of its own. This year, Luna and I sponsored and built Melloona. Melloona is a quiet, curious realm where the familiar turns gently impossible. Expect wild colors, vines and of course, melons. It doesn’t shout, it hums softly and […]https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/
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Melloona – where things grow a little differently
• ♥ ! • Happy Fantasy Faire • ! ♥ • It’s that time of the year again. Every year I think I know what to expect, and every year it still feels a bit unreal when everything finally comes together. What starts as scattered ideas becomes a world of its own. This year, Luna and I sponsored and built Melloona. Melloona is a quiet, curious realm where the familiar turns gently impossible. Expect wild colors, vines and of course, melons. It doesn’t shout, it hums softly and […]https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/
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aya, “droplets” (Hyperdub, 2025) ★ UK ★ https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/track/droplets (3 min 44 s) ⦾ https://soundcloud.com/aya_yco/droplets ⦾ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/aya/hexed/ #aya #AyaSinclair #deconstructedclub #ukbass #synthpunk #darkelectronica #dubstep #metallic #droplets #hexed #earthworms #ayayco #transgendermusicians #queermusicians #Hyperdub #2020s
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aya, “droplets” (Hyperdub, 2025) ★ UK ★ https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/track/droplets (3 min 44 s) ⦾ https://soundcloud.com/aya_yco/droplets ⦾ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/aya/hexed/ #aya #AyaSinclair #deconstructedclub #ukbass #synthpunk #darkelectronica #dubstep #metallic #droplets #hexed #earthworms #ayayco #transgendermusicians #queermusicians #Hyperdub #2020s
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Can You Support The Beneficial Earthworms In Your Garden With Teabags? Here’s What To Know https://www.allforgardening.com/1636751/can-you-support-the-beneficial-earthworms-in-your-garden-with-teabags-heres-what-to-know/ #AcidicSoil #earthworms #garden #OrganicMatter #PollinatorGarden #SoilHealth #SoilStructure #TeaBags
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Can You Support The Beneficial Earthworms In Your Garden With Teabags? Here’s What To Know https://www.allforgardening.com/1636751/can-you-support-the-beneficial-earthworms-in-your-garden-with-teabags-heres-what-to-know/ #AcidicSoil #earthworms #garden #OrganicMatter #PollinatorGarden #SoilHealth #SoilStructure #TeaBags
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You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️
"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."
#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology
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You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️
"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."
#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology
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Being an uber geek I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night wondering about major issues like “Do #earthworms have parasites?”
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Insomnia
Being an uber geek I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night wondering about major issues like “Do earthworms have parasites?”
#AucklandComedy #Comedy #EarthWorms #Geek #NZComedy #Parasites -
Insomnia
Being an uber geek I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night wondering about major issues like “Do earthworms have parasites?”
#AucklandComedy #Comedy #EarthWorms #Geek #NZComedy #Parasites -
@Vivaldi
Stumbled upon it one day in #Ubuntu's app store's “New and Updated” section. 'Twas actually the #Flatpak version, which doesn't really have the best #images and #description, as it's #unofficial, so I wasn't drawn to it at first, but just kept in my #mind. A few days later, #BraveBrowser started having a lot of #issues (it was my bad, actually, but anyway) and I switched to #MicrosoftEdge for a while. A little time after, I found out about some ugly things M$ does through its #browser, and looked for an #alternative. #Browsers like #Brave were already too #basic for me, after using #Edge, and thus, when I saw #Vivaldi as a powerful alternative, I didn't hesitate a moment and tried it.That's the most #important part of the story, but… there's a second #volume: At first, I was like a #crazy #chicken in front of a pot full of #earthworms, so… I obviously broke the browser in just one, two days. In the meanwhile, I also managed to repair Brave, and I was thinking of leaving V, considering it too #buggy. But luckily, I decided to give it one more chance, this time being more #cautious about #messing up with #settings… and here I am!
You might call me a very #wise person, since I didn't #giveUp immediately, but the #truth is… I was simply #mesmerized by it… :tony_happy:
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18-Jun-2025
#Earthworms reveal an #evolutionary mechanism which could defy #Darwin
A comparative #genome study of earthworms and their marine relatives could challenge Darwin’s theory of #evolution by showing that worms colonized land in evolutionary jumps -
18-Jun-2025
#Earthworms reveal an #evolutionary mechanism which could defy #Darwin
A comparative #genome study of earthworms and their marine relatives could challenge Darwin’s theory of #evolution by showing that worms colonized land in evolutionary jumps -
#TIL thanks to #PBS Eons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkbSV8aYrs&t=514):
"#Earthworms do not have ears, but #Darwin still tested their sense of hearing. He used a metal whistle and had his son play his #bassoon loudly. Darwin even shouted at the #worms" https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/22-charles-darwin-and-earthworms
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#TIL thanks to #PBS Eons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkbSV8aYrs&t=514):
"#Earthworms do not have ears, but #Darwin still tested their sense of hearing. He used a metal whistle and had his son play his #bassoon loudly. Darwin even shouted at the #worms" https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/22-charles-darwin-and-earthworms
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The theme today is #soft for #mARTch, #makersMARTch and #ArtYear. Well, #earthworms are soft, and here is a #watercolor illustration I made last year of a #Nasca earthworm.
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Attempting an AI experiment in back yard...
Can't afford a high-end GPU, so I am going to instead use a few hundred Lumbricus terrestris processors in parallel.
The text training data will be distributed evenly, available in a common pool for CPU consumption, preprocessed with a crosscut hash function.
No idea yet how to input queries!
Or produce inference output!
WormAI might only be good at generating fake 20yr old paperwork?
(CPU: Compost Processing Unit)
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The #animals that give each other gifts https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241223-christmas-animals-that-give-gifts
"Nuptial gift giving – when the male presents the female with a nutritious morsel during courtship and mating – has been noted in species as diverse as #snails, #earthworms & #squid. #Birds have been known to enjoy gift giving too, with male great grey #shrikes impaling small creatures on thorns and twigs to impress mates, before offering them as presents during courtship. However, it is most common amongst #insects & #arachnids."
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The #animals that give each other gifts https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241223-christmas-animals-that-give-gifts
"Nuptial gift giving – when the male presents the female with a nutritious morsel during courtship and mating – has been noted in species as diverse as #snails, #earthworms & #squid. #Birds have been known to enjoy gift giving too, with male great grey #shrikes impaling small creatures on thorns and twigs to impress mates, before offering them as presents during courtship. However, it is most common amongst #insects & #arachnids."
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Being an uber geek I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night wondering about major issues like “Do #earthworms have #parasites?”
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When I found your old post on earthworms the other day, I liked it for the poetry but I wasn't thinking much about biology. I've since remembered Charles Darwin's voice on the matter.
You probably already know about his book on the earthworm? It's Darwin's last book, published in 1881. One way or the other, it's a treasure.
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2355/pg2355-images.html
#CharlesDarwin #Earthworms #ecology #LifeIsStrangelyBeautiful
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When I found your old post on earthworms the other day, I liked it for the poetry but I wasn't thinking much about biology. I've since remembered Charles Darwin's voice on the matter.
You probably already know about his book on the earthworm? It's Darwin's last book, published in 1881. One way or the other, it's a treasure.
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2355/pg2355-images.html
#CharlesDarwin #Earthworms #ecology #LifeIsStrangelyBeautiful
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New publication: Earthworm Ecology in Northern European Forests.
#bookchapter #earthworms #forests #climatechange #sustainablelanduse #biodiversity
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New publication: The effect of alternative agricultural practices on #soil biodiversity of #bacteria, #fungi, #nematodes and #earthworms: A review. #sustainablelanduse #biodiversity #agriculture #soilhealth
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Beekeeper, Adan Rascon, shows worms that he uses as organic fertilizer for agriculture during a severe drought, in Meoqui, Chihuahua state, Mexico August 24. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Beekeeper, Adan Rascon, shows worms that he uses as organic fertilizer for agriculture during a severe drought, in Meoqui, Chihuahua state, Mexico August 24. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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Keeping my earthworms fed! I love how productive they are at helping me keep my organic garden thriving #organic #earthworms #homegarden #organicgarden
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Keeping my earthworms fed! I love how productive they are at helping me keep my organic garden thriving #organic #earthworms #homegarden #organicgarden
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Hey, I made my own #LinkTree site, you can see there all my official work and social presences, and links to some of my #iNaturalist and #environmentalist projects 🤓
Check it out 👉 https://linktr.ee/msteinwandter
#SoilBiology #SoilScience #SoilEcology #SoilZoology #ClimateAction #NatureLovers #Earthworms #SoilFauna
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Hey, I made my own #LinkTree site, you can see there all my official work and social presences, and links to some of my #iNaturalist and #environmentalist projects 🤓
Check it out 👉 https://linktr.ee/msteinwandter
#SoilBiology #SoilScience #SoilEcology #SoilZoology #ClimateAction #NatureLovers #Earthworms #SoilFauna
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New publication: Effect of #microplastic pollution on the gut microbiome of anecic and endogeic #earthworms. #gutmicrobiome #terrestrialecosystems
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How giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum’s landscape https://theconversation.com/how-giant-earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rums-landscape-231638
"Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 #RedDeer, the #IsleOfRum, part of #Scotland’s Inner #Hebrides, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research. But the #earthworms on Rum are equally remarkable. These #invertebrates act as #EcosystemEngineers, actively shaping the landscape, often after humans have left their mark on this remote island."
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How giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum’s landscape https://theconversation.com/how-giant-earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rums-landscape-231638
"Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 #RedDeer, the #IsleOfRum, part of #Scotland’s Inner #Hebrides, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research. But the #earthworms on Rum are equally remarkable. These #invertebrates act as #EcosystemEngineers, actively shaping the landscape, often after humans have left their mark on this remote island."
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It's that time of year. My USA and Canada* friends who garden, be on the lookout for invasive Amynthas "jumping" or "crazy" earthworms. There are no indigenous North American earthworms, but unlike the placid European invasive earthworm, these guys harm soil health more than they help. They hang out in the top layer of the soil and eat up all the nutrients. Their casings are not good soil additions. Because of this behavior, they have the potential to devastate our forests.
I found these guys after moving my garbage can. Haven't seen them in my actual garden yet, which might be due to the diatomaceous earth I added to it last fall. They're hard to kill. I'm going to freeze them and then place their bodies around my garden, hoping this will give local birds and toads a taste for them. These guys are small, they must be fairly recently hatched. At adulthood they can be 6 inches or more, easily. They also reproduce asexually after about 60 days of life. So every worm removed at this stage is a victory. New York winters kill the worms, but not their eggs.
How to tell Amynthas apart from European earthworms:
-clitellum (collar) is smooth, red, and goes all the way around. Not white, raised, and partially around the body
-their casings--see pic--and their effect on the soil. They give it a coarse sort of coffee grounds texture
-vigorous activity when touched or disturbed. They jump, squirm, climb, writhe like snakes. If you come across a bunch of them at once, it can be unnerving
Killing them is hard. If you heat or treat the soil, you kill other invertebrates and microorganisms too. Mustard solution makes them rise to the top, makes them easier to catch. Chopping them up just makes more worms. So, freeze them or drown them in alcohol. They'll eventually drown in water too, but they'll climb right out of an open bucket. As I mentioned earlier, mixing diatomaceous earth into garden beds seems to deter them.
Anyway good luck! It's not easy trying to garden in this climate-changing, mass-extinction, species-invading world.
*Edited update--I was overly optimistic in thinking they hadn't made it to Canada yet. (They've been migrating slowly northward from the Gulf Coast for the past 100 years or so.)
#Worms #gardening #InvasiveSpecies #earthworms #amynthas #JumpingWorms
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On the loss of #earthworms - another casualty of the #biodiversity crisis, the article is about Britain but I suspect it applies elsewhere too..
From @TheEconomist 🎁 You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.What’s behind Britain’s earthworm cataclysm?
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'The number of British earthworms may have declined by a third'
'Worms give earth structure, aerate it and improve crop growth. A paper by Professor Fonte estimated that without earthworm action, global grain production would be 6.5% lower, equivalent to “the annual grain production of Russia”.'
#worm #earthworm #worms #earthworms #environment #UK #agriculture #food
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I got the raised beds filled. I figure they are about 24 cubic feet or 0.7 cu. meters each. So 96 cu. ft. or 2.7 cu. m for all of them. That's about 70 loads in the 10 gallon / 38 liter tubtrug. I'm glad it wasn't all dirt, those ones get heavy.
I had enough decomposed pine needles to top all 4 beds. Didn't have to use the pile of leaves that didn't get mixed in with anything.
High of 82F / 28C today. Finished at 21:00 tonight.
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You're either going to find this fascinating or absolutely horrifying 🤣
#insects #timelapse #springtime #canada #ottawa #earthworms #invertebrates
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The secret world of earthworms https://theconversation.com/the-secret-world-of-earthworms-meet-the-tiger-worm-and-the-nightcrawler-227693
'"they can be divided into 3 groups. The 1st live in organic-rich material, like a #compost bin. These include the #TigerWorm or #brandling and are great at breaking down vegetable peelings. Unpigmented #earthworms eat #soil and make horizontal burrows close to the surface. The 3rd group are larger, deep burrowers (~1m below) such as the #DewWorm or #Nightcrawler. They use their mouth to pull leaves into their permanent, vertical burrows."
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Heads up #SoilBiodiversity & #SoilZoology people --> #SafeTheDate submit an abstract and register for:
- XIX International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ)
- XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA)Where? Cape Town, #SouthAfrica
When?: 26-30 August 2024
Info?: http://www.icsz2024.org/📬 #AbstractSubmission Deadline is 30 April!!! Send them in now! ✏️
#SoilFauna #SoilScience #Collembola #Acari #Myriapoda #Coleoptera #Nematodes #SoilMacroFauna #Earthworms #SoilMesoFauna #SoilMicrofauna
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So, while #EuropoeanEarthworms can be beneficial in gardens, they are not native to #Maine, and are actually an invasive species! (Native Maine earthworms were wiped out a long time ago, it seems...)
Invasive #Earthworms Rediscovered in #NorthernMaine #Forests
January 2022
"University of Maine researchers recently discovered invasive earthworms from Europe in Aroostook County, Maine timberlands, in what they say is the first reported sighting of the creatures in northern Maine forests since 1979. The finding raises concerns that the worms may cause changes in the forest ecosystem, from a slowing of tree regeneration to a release of carbon from the soil.
"Joshua Puhlick, formerly a research associate at the UMaine School of Forest Resources and now a scientist at The Jones Center at Ichauway in Georgia, found the worms while sampling soils as part of a sustainable forestry initiative at three research plantations. 'We were collecting soils and looking at the influence of forestry management on soil properties when we happened to discover earthworms at two of our sites,' he said. 'It was a pretty big deal to find them because we weren’t expecting to see them in northern Maine.'
"European earthworms were found in all 18 research plots at the Nashville Plantation along Route 11 and in 2 of 15 plots near the Seven Islands campsite on the St. John River. At least two different species of non-native worms were identified.
"Native earthworms were extirpated from Maine and much of the rest of New England during the last Ice Age. European earthworms eventually found their way to most of the region through discarded fishing bait, the transportation of horticultural materials, and on logging machinery, but they weren’t believed to be widespread in northern Maine.
"'Earthworms can cause a lot of abrupt changes in forest ecosystems and influence forest health, and many natural resource managers are becoming increasingly alarmed about the presence of earthworms in Maine forests,' said Puhlick. 'Invasive plant species find it easier to make their way into forests after earthworm invasions, and that impacts tree regeneration. Worms also consume a lot of the organic horizon – the litter and duff layer – and redistribute some of it within the mineral soil, which changes carbon dynamics and could potentially release carbon back into the atmosphere.'
"The worms prefer forests of northern hardwoods because the leaf litter is less acidic than in coniferous forests, Puhlick explained, although earthworms have been reported in mixed forests as well. #SugarMaple forests are a particular concern.
"'This isn’t a new phenomenon in New England, but we often worry about the decline of sugar maple health,' he said. 'These earthworm populations can cause changes in soil dynamics that could lead to declining health in sugar maples. That’s something we’ll have to continue to evaluate.'
"Puhlick recommends that land managers in northern New England document where earthworm populations are found and monitor changes to forest conditions over time. They should also implement practices that will minimize the spread of earthworms and limit new introductions of worms across the forested landscape.
"'There are #ClimateChange impacts to our forests, invasive plant species, and now this,' he said. 'It’s just one more issue that forest managers are going to have to face.'"
Source:
https://northernwoodlands.org/discoveries/invasive-earthworms#InvasiveSpecies #WormWednesday #NorthWoods #ProtectTheNorthWoods
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‘A bigger soul than we ever supposed’: UK earthworm population in decline
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/a-bigger-soul-than-we-ever-supposed-uk-earthworm-population-in-decline/ar-BB1lgcTF?ei=4 -
Look what I found in my soil.
I don't think I've ever been as happy as I got today seeing a worm. The little guy is living in my compost sack on the balcony.Didn't know I have them, now I understand why my soil has been doing so well . I am hoping I've mee of them in there.
#Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #SouthOfFrance #Hydroponics #GrowYourOwn #Plants #compost #EarthWorms