'For every degree Celsius that Earth’s atmospheric temperature rises, the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere can increase by about 7%, according to the laws of thermodynamics.' (NASA). science.nasa.gov/earth/climate-… Photo: Cliffs at #Dunwich collapsed by heavy rain, February 2024

about 3.5 tonnes of pyrethroid were used against cabbage stem flea beetle in 2022 - beetles are resistant to it and it is a complete waste!

It doesn't kill the pest anymore but does kill spiders and other beneficials - need to progress beyond that...

It was great working with Insect Survey @Rothamsted opening up the potential of this amazing long-term insect monitoring resource using metabarcoding. Thanks to IAFRI funding Fera Sciences at Newcastle

What are our scientists doing to tackle threats facing our crops and trees?

Find out when you join us for a Plant Promenade in #Harpenden !

Get your FREE ticket here: tickettailor.com/events/rothams…

#Hertfordshire #Herts #StAlbans

'River Ver pollution 'unacceptable' say Thames Water.'

Ver Valley Society was formed in 1976 to protect the river. Over abstraction of the Ver was first mention in parliament in 1987.

How many times of you think TW has said 'sorry' over the last 37 years?

hertsad.co.uk/news/24281532.…

This bulletin week there were first flights for Grain aphid and Potato aphid. The Aphid bulletin: insectsurvey.com/archive0 and RIS Remarks: insectsurvey.com/ris-remarks are now available.

Our first 2024 issues of the Aphid bulletin: insectsurvey.com/archive0, an updated list of bulletin aphids caught before the first bulletin: insectsurvey.com/earlybulletina… RIS Remarks: insectsurvey.com/ris-remarks are now available! #aphids

Interested in doing postdoctoral work in my lab in London, working on insect behaviour, learning and cognition? Have a look at this fellowship opportunity, and get in touch:
hfsp.org/hfsp-news/2024…

James Bell and Graham Shepherd demonstrate the power of high speed photography for insights into insect monitoring by showing us how aphid fly!

The videos are mesmerising, demonstrating take-off and aerial acrobatics, and even upside down flight! 🤯📸
doi.org/10.1111/afe.12…

How aphids fly: Take-off, free flight and implications for short and long distance migration: new paper with links to amazing high-speed videos of aphids taking off by James Bell & Graham Shepherd Rothamsted Research Keele University 🐿️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #insect #highspeedphotography

Optical sensors could provide early warning of beetle infestation in OSR farminguk.com/news/optical-s…

#Urgent ! Please help. Looking for #JustinPickering . He may now be know as #AnthonyPickering , born in 1971. Grew up in #Horwich . Worked for #PACE electronics near Bradford in the 1990s. Please could you contact me urgently. #PleaseShare

It's not everyday we find ourselves in The Guardian newspapers, so we had to pick up our own copy over the weekend.

Read the full article here, where Carlos Abrahams & University of Warwick's Jackie Stroud discuss their #ecoacoustics research at Rothamsted Research 👇
theguardian.com/environment/20…

April 2024 more erosion from the relentless march of the sea in front of the now cleared Sizewell C site. Unbelievable that Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have committed £2.5 billion of taxpayer funds to the Sizewell C white 🐘 on one of the fastest eroding coastlines in Europe!
#SayNo2SizewellC

📢Ento Klaxon! 📢We are offering places for a Natural Environment Research Council funded entomology skills course Harper Adams University with Entomology @ Harper Adams University in July. Details can be found here: tinyurl.com/3n8uumvp

Full paper 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ps…

📢Keeping watch over oilseed rape: optical sensors could provide early warning of pollen beetle infestation 🪲📸
Emily Bick, Ph.D. UW–Madison Sam Cook 🇺🇦
Full story👇
rothamsted.ac.uk/news/optics-pe…

All ready to go at #harpenden local history day. Come along to the Eric Morecambe Centre and use our data to find out the weather on your birthday 🥳🎉☀️💨

Read the full paper 👇 Royal Entomological Society
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/af…

Terrific feature on sounds in the soil at Rothamsted from Phoebe Weston Carlos Abrahams Warwick Crop Centre Jackie Stroud 🎧🪱
theguardian.com/environment/20…