Sadly, such excursions are no longer possible in many of Chernobyl’s habitats, which are now strewn with landmines placed by both Russian and Ukrainian forces. Vyshnevskiy tells me of a firefighter tackling a forest fire caused by a downed Russian drone who stepped on a mine. His remains were found 70 metres away. He knows of three wild horses killed the same way, but the size of the zone means most animal casualties will go unnoticed.

During my travels, minefields and military checkpoints became familiar. Areas that were once tourist attractions or public buildings are now highly classified sites. This militarisation has squeezed scientists out – at one point, there would have been hundreds here, but during my visit, we all fit around the same table while Vyshnevskiy cooks dinner.

In our new research published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, we amplified the natural sounds of the sea through underwater speakers. We were testing if sound cues would draw baby oysters to swim to the locations where we are trying to regrow oyster reefs. It worked better than we'd hoped. Many thousands more larvae swam to our locations than control areas and settled on the bare rocks.

Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. ପໄଓ☾☼✫ -☆:*´

Really inyeresting project. I love also how the set of tools used to build the site align with the concepts expressed by their authors, resulting in something very light and very minimalistic reminescent of reading .txt files and the early web.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38448510

Crossposted from https://beehaw.org/post/22702394

A multimedia article showing changes migration of several different bird species, and suggestions on what may be causing them.

“Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are reshaping them.”