#urbanecology — Public Fediverse posts

9-Oct-2026
Fish may look fine in urban waters but their genes tell a different story
#BlueDamselfish remain abundant along #Okinawa’s urbanized coasts, but gene activity reveals physiological stress that conventional environmental monitoring may miss.
#junkFoodEffect in #urbanFish

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1146704

I think I mentioned something similar in one of my features on #urbanEcology but not sure in which one: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/search?q=urban+ecology+

#science #ecology #cities #environment #wildlife

Zaragoza residents are mapping how artificial light reaches the night.

In Ibercivis’s PLAN-B pilot, residents use calibrated lux meters on guided night walks to map light across streets, parks and ecological corridors. The project reports 17,000 measurements across Spain and partner cities in Finland, Poland and Austria, building an open dataset for research and planning.

🔗 https://ibercivis.es/en/community-of-practice-planb/

#lightpollution #citizenscience #darksky #biodiversity #urbanecology #nightscape

new #urbanEcology paper in #PNAS: #Ecology: Global divergence in urban–rural vegetation #resilience driven by broken ecological trade-offs

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2606997123

#science #environment #cities

#TNOCRoundtable
The New European Bauhaus names beauty as a core value alongside sustainability and participation, and the European Commission is interested in measuring it.

"What exactly would we measure? And what might escape the measure?"

33 contributors from 25 cities across 5 continents respond.

https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/09/29/the-new-european-bauhaus-has-a-dreamland-trio-of-connected-goals-sustainability-participation-and-beauty-what-does-beauty-mean/

#NewEuropeanBauhaus #UrbanNature #UrbanEcology #Landscape #Aesthetics

Transforming traditional grass nature strips into native habitat gardens significantly enhances urban biodiversity by providing essential food and shelter for insect pollinators.
#UrbanEcology #Entomology #ConservationBiology #EnvironmentalPsychology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09292601.html

25-Sep-2026
New tools pinpoint where urban #trees could provide the most relief from #heat
By combining high-resolution satellite heat mapping with shade and equity modelling, UBC researchers are helping city planners target trees where they can have the greatest impact

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1145455

#science #climateCatastrophe #cities #urbanEcology

🤗🤗🤗 We welcome Moritz Kahnert @Mol_Ecol @uniinnsbruck !

For his master thesis, he explores how hemeroby influences the population genomics and trophic ecology of the firebug

https://molecular-ecology.at/moritz-kahnert/

#biodiversity #ecology #conservation #UrbanEcology #RADseq #Pyrrhocoris

A railway platform can stay safe without becoming a trap for insects.

At six Brandenburg stations, amber 1,800-K LEDs attracted 45–51% fewer arthropods than 4,000-K LEDs, with sharply lower biomass; the results are now published in Biological Conservation. Darkness still performed best, so shielding, dimming and switch-offs remain essential.

🔗 https://smartup-news.de/wissen/lichtverschmutzung-neue-leds-locken-viel-weniger-insekten-an-bahn-ruestet-erste-bahnhoefe-um/
🔬 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320726002764

#lightpollution #insects #biodiversity #darksky #sustainablelighting #urbanecology #conservation

Post to blog : Smartphonography Club : Whispers in the Canyon

#Xiaomi #Xiaomi15TPro #smartphonography #photography #streetphotography #Tokyo #Japan #Tokyomaxxing #ShibuyaRiver #TokyoDetails #UrbanEcology #HiddenStream #TokyoArchitecture #ReflectionsInTheCity #SlowLivingTokyo

https://www.smartphonography.club/2026/09/whispers-in-the-canyon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

10-Sep-2026
#Coyote density is 9 times higher in #Seattle than in #WashingtonState 's wild lands

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1143159

#science #ecology #urbanEcology #wildlife

🎧 Made in Science #61

We plant trees and call cities greener. But who actually gets to enjoy that green?

Prof. Leonie Fischer on urban ecology, daylighting hidden rivers & building a city of tomorrow that belongs to everyone.

Out now on all platforms. And here: https://youtu.be/64K1OK95Yg4

#UrbanEcology #Stuttgart

25-Aug-2026
The missing #plants that could transform #cities for people and nature

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1141176

#science #environment #ecology #urbanEcology

https://www.europesays.com/3191995/ Space for people, not cars: a large-scale visual choice experiment on urban street redesigns #Cities #Environment #EnvironmentalSocialSciences #EnvironmentalStudies #general #geography #space #SustainableDevelopment #towns #UrbanEcology #UrbanGeography/Urbanism(incMegacities #Urbanism

Animal Aided Design / Biodiversität in Städten / Urban Ecology / tierfreundliche Gebäude in der Stadt / Architektur der Cohabitation / Vertical Garden - das sind die Schlagworte, wenn es um neues Bauen in der Stadt geht. Aber egal wie es heißt, Hauptsache es gibt mehr von solchen grünen Innenhöfen in Berlins Stadtnatur! (der Hof ist übrigens am Kudamm 37)

#AAD #Berlin #Stadtnatur #Biodiversitaet #Cohabitation #VerticalGarden #UrbanEcology

📰 Curb‑cutting Resistance Helped Reshape Tucson’s Urban Ecology

🌧️ Tucson: A man illegally diverted rainwater into streetside basins in 1998. Years later, it transformed a desert neighborhood into a shaded, food‑producing micro‑ecosystem.

🌵 The approach revived Indigenous rain‑harvesting traditions but also caused Tucson to change water management laws to be more nature positive.

🔗 https://www.upworthy.com/in-1998-a-man-illegally-cut-holes-in-a-tucson-street-curb-the-result-changed-the-law/

#SolarPunkSunday
#LandscapeEcology #UrbanRestoration #UrbanEcology #RainwaterHarvesting #NativePlants #Sustainability #Environment

Compost for the world!
#Recycling #SystemsEcology #UrbanEcology #Gardening #SeattleWashington #Conservation

https://atyourservice.seattle.gov/2026/07/17/celebrating-40-years-of-composting-community-and-change/

https://www.europesays.com/dk/121658/ Bumblebees near Helsinki changed fast over 19 years, with more species and warmer-climate visitors, and scientists say climate may matter more than urban growth | #Bumblebees #ClimateChange #Finland #helsinki #PollinatorNetworks #SpeciesDiversity #UrbanEcology

https://www.europesays.com/dk/106426/ Fine-scale heterogeneity and local amplification of West Nile virus in urban environments in Berlin #berlin #Epidemiology #Germany #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #Science #UrbanEcology #WestNileVirus

Fine-scale heterogeneity and local amplification of West Nile virus in urban environments in Berlin

United Nations Environment Programme, U. N. E. P. Nature-Based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up. Nairobi: UNEP.…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Berlin #Epidemiology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #Science #Urbanecology #Westnilevirus
https://www.europesays.com/germany/35197/

Fine-scale heterogeneity and local amplification of West Nile virus in urban environments in Berlin

United Nations Environment Programme, U. N. E. P. Nature-Based Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Scaling Up. Nairobi: UNEP.…
#Environment #Epidemiology #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #science #UrbanEcology #WestNilevirus
https://www.europesays.com/3057523/

https://www.europesays.com/3057523/ Fine-scale heterogeneity and local amplification of West Nile virus in urban environments in Berlin #Environment #Epidemiology #HumanitiesAndSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #science #UrbanEcology #WestNileVirus

I like this good news story from Morning Report on #RNZ National radio today. A kokorā, NZ little blue penguin, got itself seriously tangled in the netting of a soccer goal in a residential garden in New Plymouth. The boy who found it alerted his grandma who called the Department of Conservation. The penguin was carefully extracted from the netting, checked over by a vet, then released back at the shore.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2019038809/penguin-gets-stuck-in-soccer-net-in-new-plymouth-garden

#nature #UrbanEcology #penguin #birds #nz #football

🐍 #TNOCessay
Sharing Space: People and Wildlife in Bengaluru's Home Gardens
by Varsha Bhaskaran

She found a cobra in her garden. She didn't call a snake catcher. She avoided that part of the garden for a few days. 🌿

Most conservation assumes people need to be taught to care. This study suggests many already do.

📖 Read the essay: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/TNOC/2026/06/02/sharing-space-people-and-wildlife-in-bengalurus-home-gardens/

#UrbanBiodiversity #UrbanNature #UrbanWildlife #Biodiversity #Bengaluru #Ecology #UrbanEcology

The Urban Standardization of Wild Behavior

Why are city animals becoming more aggressive and bold? A May 2026 study explains how urban living changes the behavior of 133 different animal species.

#wildlifebehavior, #urbanecology, #animalscience, #naturenews, #citywildlife

https://newsletter.tf/city-animals-bolder-than-country-animals-study/

A new study of 133 species shows city animals are now bolder and more aggressive than those in the wild. This is a major shift in how animals adapt to human cities.

#wildlifebehavior, #urbanecology, #animalscience, #naturenews, #citywildlife
https://newsletter.tf/city-animals-bolder-than-country-animals-study/

If a riverfront looks beautiful but cannot function ecologically anymore,
👉 it is not restoration — it is ecological replacement.
Because cities do not survive on concrete alone.
They survive on functioning ecosystems.
#UrbanEcology #RiverRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateResilience #Biodiversity #WetlandConservation #SustainableCities #GreenInfrastructure

Assessing urban thermal comfort: a multi-model analysis of European cities over two decades

This study examines changes in summer thermal comfort across 12 European cities in 2000, 2010, and 2020 by…
#Europe #EU #Cities #Climatesciences #Ecology #environment #Environmentalsciences #European #general #Geography #Sustainabledevelopment #towns) #UrbanEcology #UrbanGeography/Urbanism(inc.megacities #Urbanism
https://www.europesays.com/europe/35236/

From neat lawns to wild havens: how #NoMowMay is transforming England’s #gardens

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/03/lawns-wild-no-mow-may-gardens

#science #ecology #environment #urbanEcology #gardening

Remember it's #NoMowMay now. https://www.plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomowmay/

#ecology #science #gardening #urbanEcology #biodiversity #plants

#Urbanbeekeeping is growing, but may affect #wildbees through competition and disease risks. Researchers helped develop the “Urban Bee Concept” to support coexistence in cities: http://go.tum.de/990628 🐝

#Biodiversity #UrbanEcology

📷A. Eckert

Mongabay: New database captures urban tree diversity. “These are trees lining pavements, planted in orchards and in farm woodlots. Little is known, however, about the diversity of these trees — particularly in rapidly urbanising regions at risk of developing urban heat island effects in the summer. A new database capturing India’s urban tree diversity attempts to bridge this gap.”

Why cities are becoming an unlikely refuge for wildflowers

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/why-cities-are-becoming-an-unlikely-refuge-for-wildflowers/

Raccoon Greetings for National High Five Day! This is a portrait of a former neighbour who showed up at my back door like this, to enquire as to where I had moved the compost bin. So I took his photo and made a print.

Toronto belongs to the raccoons. They just let us live here because we have good snacks.

#Raccoon 🦝 #linocut #printmaking #HighFive #typography #urbanEcology #wildlife #Toronto 🇨🇦

This could happen anywhere in Australia:
Biodiversity conservation going to the dogs

Somewhere in crowded suburbia is a small creek with a bit of bush left behind by accident. It is a refuge for swamp wallabies, blue wrens and many other species of the biodiversity kin.

‘User groups’, that is locals and their dogs demand that the last bit of green is for their ‘recreation’ and not Australian flora and fauna. Pet owners allow that their roaming dogs destroy the last small fragmented refuges where native wildlife can survive.

Recently a council voted to fence dogs out of the park "to manage the growing dog population in the municipality." There are “problems with dog behaviour…They (swamp wallabies) are threatened and chased and killed by dogs.”

Anger and vandalism followed. Local pet owners demand to "make the park off-leash for dogs.” The dispute requires 'conflict experts’ from outside to get involved.

In a place where everything is 'dog friendly’ and where half of Australian households own at least one dog, they implicitly ‘voted with their paws’ to be 'wildlife unfriendly'.

* Conflict experts called in following a dispute over a dog fence in Coburg >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/merribek-calls-in-conflict-experts-about-coburg-dog-fence/106541266

* A 'balancing act' as council votes to fence dogs out of park, sparking safety concerns >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/merri-creek-dog-fence-swamp-wallaby-coburg-victoria/105675854
#biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #UserGroups #dogs #pets #roaming #DogOwners #TheBush #recreation #parks #FOMC #fences #UrbanEcology #extinction #councils #WildlifeUnfriendly

It's that time again in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, when the fruit on the te kouka cabbage trees are at peak ripeness. That brings in the kererū to parts of the city.

Here are some of my photos of kererū eating te kouka fruit in the city from this long weekend. It includes what I think is the first time I've seen a kererū on Rose Street (that's on one of my fortnightly survey routes, which I've run since 2008).

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/347375376

#kererū #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #nz #birds #iNaturalistNZ #frugivory #UrbanEcology #nature

🛰️ This is an RGB composite of derived metrics from Calgary satellite imagery at a 10x10m resolution. Extracting these additional urban environmental indicators significantly enhances the quality of data analysis and, consequently, the decisions based on it. Currently, one version of my Tree Canopy model has achieved 96.8% accuracy, a testament to the high precision of the methodology.

💻 I am now retraining the machine learning model to move beyond analyzing Calgary in large blocks and focus on every individual yard. This will allow us to account for not only large forest patches but also, where possible, every mature tree in the city — including those behind your fence or right under your window. These residential trees are what provide the shade, comfort, and fresh air we all enjoy. My goal is to ensure the final assessment reflects the contribution of every single tree to our environmental quality.

#Calgary #yyc #TreeCanopy #GIS #DataScience #GreennesOfCalgary #UrbanEcology

Les #jardins privés, des refuges précieux pour la biodiversité : « Nous avons des orvets, des lézards et pas mal de papillons »
Représentant une large part des territoires urbanisés, ces espaces privés sont souvent considérés comme des parcelles artificialisées alors qu’ils peuvent héberger une certaine #biodiversité. Villes et scientifiques tentent de mieux évaluer celle-ci pour la favoriser.
Par #PerrineMouterde #LeMonde #biogeographie #biogeography #ecologie #ecology #geographie #urbanecology #biodiversity

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2026/04/04/les-jardins-prives-des-refuges-precieux-mais-menaces-pour-preserver-la-biodiversite_6676551_3244.html