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🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

22-May-2025
New study reveals how competition between #algae is transforming the gulf of Maine
As the ocean warms across its temperate regions, #kelp forests are collapsing and turf algae species are taking over. This shift from dense canopies of tall kelp to low-lying mats of turf algae is driving biodiversity loss and altering the flow of energy and nutrients through reef #ecosystems.

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1
#science #ecology #ClimateCatastrophe #environment #MarineBiology

EurekAlert!New study reveals how competition between algae is transforming the gulf of MaineNew research, led by Bigelow Laboratory scientists, shows how rapidly proliferating turf algae are waging “chemical warfare” to inhibit the recovery of kelp forests along Maine's warming coast.