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The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology in 2026 starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology The old thread for 2025 is here: https://mastodon.social/@proseandpassion/113782468349225978

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 15: #OceanAcidification exceeds #PlanetaryBoundaries - a good opportunity to revisit both issues: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/08/oceans-acidified.html
#science #ecology #environment #climateCatastrophe #coasts #conservation #marineBiology #ProseAndPassion

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 14: Coastal #ecosystems get squeezed out of existence: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/coastal-squeeze.html #science #ecology #environment #coastalSqueeze #coasts #conservation #ProseAndPassion

repeat for the (non-existent) followers of the bluesky bridge:

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 5: #trumpocalypse 2 - how the #disruption in the US will cost lives around the world and accelerate the #ClimateCatastrophe
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html

#science #ProseAndPassion #environment #publicHealth

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 5: #trumpocalypse 2 - how the #disruption in the US will cost lives around the world and accelerate the #ClimateCatastrophe
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/03/moving-backwards-and-breaking-things.html

#science #ProseAndPassion #environment #publicHealth

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 4: #PFAS or #ForeverChemicals are a major #pollution problem
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/forever-fluorinated.html #science #ProseAndPassion #environment #publicHealth #PersistentOrganicPollutants #chemistry #PlanetaryBoundaries ((this is a repeat toot for the bluesky bridge, which doesn't appear to accept toots in threads))

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 4: #PFAS or #ForeverChemicals are a major #pollution problem
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/forever-fluorinated.html #science #ProseAndPassion #environment #publicHealth #PersistentOrganicPollutants #chemistry #PlanetaryBoundaries

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 3: Humans have always migrated, it's in our genes. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/02/homo-migrans.html
#science #genome #migration #ancientDNA #archaeology #history #RomanEmpire #MiddleAges #MigrationPeriod #ProseAndPassion

The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology in 2025 starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology The old thread for 2024 is here:

https://mastodon.social/@proseandpassion/111722396242587397

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 9: For the special issue on #EcosystemRestoration I wrote a feature about #rivers being restored.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/05/rivers-restored.html

#science #environment #ScienceJournalism #ProseAndPassion #freshwater #rivers #freeflow

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 8: In my features I've warned of the growing #PlasticPollution problem a few times, but does anybody listen? So here's another one on this messy topic. Pegged to the ongoing global negotiations which are at risk of going the way of climate summits, ie nowhere. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/04/stop-plastic-pollution.html

#science #environment #ScienceJournalism #ProseAndPassion
#plastics #pollution #health

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 7: We now know 5 non-human mammals enjoying a long #PostReproductive lifespan - all of them are toothed #whales. Time for a feature on #menopause. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/04/menopausal-mammals.html #science #evolution #ScienceJournalism #ProseAndPassion #orca #beluga #narwhal #PilotWhale #pseudoOrca

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 6: #MigratorySpecies are facing multiple threats

#science #ClimateCatastrophe #CurrentBiology #ScienceJournalism #ProseAndPassion #environment #birds #ecology

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 5: The #NorthAtlantic has several climate tipping elements that may pass their #TippingPoints soon, including #AMOC https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/03/tipping-over.html #science #ClimateCatastrophe #CurrentBiology #ScienceJournalism #ProseAndPassion #environment #ClimateModels

The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology in 2024 starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology The old thread for 2023 is here https://mastodon.social/@proseandpassion/109660210547152052

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (22/24):
Extinct, me? Various ways in which #Neanderthals and #Denisovans are still among us / within us / relevant today.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/11/neanderthals-alive-and-well.html
#science #ProseAndPassion #HumanEvolution #anthropology #genome #AncientDNA

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (21/24): All about #bananas https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/11/going-bananas.html #science #ProseAndPassion #ecology #agriculture

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 3 No. 4: The baker's son becomes a butcher http://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/10/bakery-to-butchers-shop.html #FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #1940s #Portrait #schlesien #silesia #ProseAndPassion

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 3 No. 3: Fashion show with Emma Geppert https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/10/fashion-show.html #FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #1940s #Portrait #beslau #wroclaw #ProseandPassion

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 21: The power of #peatlands can make a significant contribution to slowing down #climateChange. Blog entry contains magic link for free access: http://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/11/power-to-peatlands.html #science #ProseAndPassion #ecology #wetlands #peat #paludiculture #restoration #ecosystems

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 20: The ethics of dealing with highly intelligent #cephalopods. Blog entry contains magic link for free access: http://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/10/all-about-cephalopods.html #science #ProseAndPassion #evolution #ecology #conservation #octopus #squid #cuttlefish

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 3 No. 2: Card games at Christmas, #IdarOberstein #AD1957

#FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #1950s #FamilyPortrait #germany #ProseandPassion

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (19/24): Ooops, I overlooked the brief history of #donkeys. Eeyore wouldn't be surprised. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/10/on-origins-of-donkeys.html
#science #ProseAndPassion #ecology #asstodon #archaeology #ancientDNA #evolution #domestication

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (20/24): For a special issue on #birds, some case studies of how the #ClimateCatastrophe affects various species, including some that act as early warning on climate impact, hence the title #ClimateCanaries: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/10/climate-canaries.html

#science #ProseAndPassion #ecology #climatechange

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (18/24): Looking back at that record-breaking (northern) summer, I reflected on the impacts of the #ClimateCatastrophe. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/09/a-record-breaking-summer.html #science #ProseAndPassion #ExtremeWeather #drought

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 19: The weird and wonderful birds of #Aotearoa / #NewZealand. Blog entry contains magic link for free access: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/10/birds-that-walk.html #science #ProseAndPassion #birds #evolution #ecology #conservation #extinction #kiwi #moa #kakapo

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 18: A huge #Neolithic #FamilyTree based on #AncientDNA - how cool is that! plus some other #HiddenHistories Blog entry contains magic link for free access: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/09/ancient-family-trees.html #science #ProseAndPassion #archaeology #humans #history #slavery Now catching up with the official features thread.

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 2 No. 40: Season Finale: The house Johanna built (and which has preserved many family treasures in the past almost 90 years): https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-house-johanna-built.html #FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #FamilyPortrait #germany #ProseandPassion

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 2 No. 39: The youngest of 11 children in the Nagel family in Neesen near #Minden, just before #AD1900. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-elusive-nagel-clan.html #FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #FamilyPortrait #germany #ProseandPassion

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 2 No. 38: Family portrait with chicken, ca. 1915. Could be #Tangermünde, #Magdeburg or thereabout. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/06/family-with-fowl.html #FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #FamilyPortrait #germany #ProseandPassion

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 2 No. 37:The kids of #Knappenstraße in #Hamborn (today #Duisburg) in the 1940s. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/06/neighbours-at-hamborn.html #FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #FamilyPortrait #germany #ProseandPassion

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (17/24):

#UrbanEcology and #UrbanEvolution from bats to cockatoos.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/09/town-bat-vs-country-bat.html
#science #ProseAndPassion #bats #birds #behaviour

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 14: We know that #smoking is bad for our health, but it is only beginning to dawn on us that the smoke from all those wildfires is also a public health issue as well as a danger to wildlife: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/07/where-theres-smoke.html #science #ProseAndPassion #wildfires #PublicHealth #ecology #conservation #SmokeInhalation #AirPollution EDIT: Blog entry contains magic link for free access.

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (13/24): A look at the evidence showing that we are experiencing (and causing) the beginning of the #SixthMassExtinction https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-sixth-mass-extinction.html #science #ecology #evolution #extinction #anthropocene #ProseAndPassion

2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (7/24):
#Mummification was more widely used than thought https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/04/mummification-for-all.html

#proseandpassion #science #archaeology #history #mummies

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 8: Beware a new #endarkenment, happening in Florida and around the world. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/04/darker-times-ahead.html #science #education #fascism #trumpism #orban #DeSantis #florida #ProseAndPassion

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 2 No. 26: I'm loving the light in this photo of a somewhat obscure aunt: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/03/a-semi-mysterious-aunt.html
#FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #ProseandPassion #SocialHistory #Duisburg #Hamborn #Germany #AD1950

#EveryPictureTellsAStory season 2 No. 25: Here I am making my debut appearance in the series: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/03/old-aunts-and-young-children.html
#FamilyHistory #genealogy #OldPhotos #vintage #ProseandPassion #SocialHistory #Lorsch #Germany #AD1964

The (slow) thread collecting last year's features in #CurrentBiology as they move into the #OpenArchives (one year after publication) starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology #FreeAccess

The (slow) thread collecting all my features published in #CurrentBiology this year starts here. #ProseAndPassion #Science #ScienceWriter #ScienceJournalism #biology #ecology