Gregor Kalinkat
@gkalinkat
science educator & communicator | biodiversity scientist | animal ecologist | guest scientist at @igb-berlin.de posts in EN and DE, occassionally in ES
Congratulations to Alba Berlin for winning the German Basketball league against powerhouse FC Bayern Basketball. What an incredible playoff run 🙌
Today we celebrate World Biodiversity Day. A day to remind everyone that we depend on all the fascinating species around us 🌍 Below a photo of a male white-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes; DE Blaue Federlibelle) shot in Brandenburg in 2020
Nice 2 see that @oikosjournal.bsky.social remains a truly visionary ecological journal publishing at frontiers of the field I was not even aware of Everts et al (2026) Interplanetary frontiers: terraforming from an invasion science perspective 🧪🔓 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This is why Finns are the most happy people in the world I guess Cheers from Berlin, where bikes first is an unthinkable approach
I’ve only seen this quote from The Halfway Post, so I was hesitant to believe this. Do serious news sites also report the lower numbers in the polls?
Gotta love the insect 🦋 themed signs 🪧 at #nokings protests. Resist ✊
Happy World Meteorological Day 🌍 to everyone #WorldMetDay The science of weather observation and forecast is essential for food security & human wellbeing. Without long-term weather data series we can't understand climate change which we need to develop & build necessary mitigation & adaptation 🧪
I’ve just finished Lenze‘s book where he tells the story about the tank. Highly recommended read (in DE, not sure there’s an EN version available) @ennolenze.de
Dachte es steht für Danke und/ oder Beten upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Aha. Für @sport1.de ist eine politisch motivierte Hinrichtung auf offener Straße eine „Tragödie“ 🤦♂️
Cieraad and Dalley (2026) Bright needs, dark desires: Public preferences and balancing the benefits of artificial light and natural darkness at night in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪💡🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @peopleandnature.bsky.social
We need to talk about the extremist pollutocracy in the US 🏭Decades of progress in environmental protection just flushed down the drain. Horrifying
That's why the famous book is called "IF mayors ruled the world" and not "HOW mayors rule the world" but I know, these people aren't reading books anyway
I've seen a lot but I never received an academic spam email like this before 🎓
Wow! Just got the news that the luminaire 💡 that was developed in our @bfn-de.bsky.social project @aubenews.bsky.social w/ industry partner Selux will receive a big award! Congratulations to all involved, particularly @sibylleschroer.bsky.social & F Hölker 🎉 @igb-berlin.de @leibnizbiodiv.bsky.social
here's a nice ditch expression from my past field work in @aubenews.bsky.social
🚨UPDATE🚨 I'm leaving academia 🎓 to take on a new role as a science 🧪 teacher at a school named after famous naturalist & explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. I'm super excited about my new role, as I've always enjoyed teaching & communicating science as much as I did doing research in the lab & field! 1/2