Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a>!<br>New up to 70 cm long earthworm from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brazil</span></a> just surfaced:</p><p>Glossoscolex demeijeri<br>Treatment: <a href="https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038687F0-FFA1-5020-3BF9-E62BFB24F82C" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/038687F</span><span class="invisible">0-FFA1-5020-3BF9-E62BFB24F82C</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.</span><span class="invisible">1.25</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Zootaxa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zootaxa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GlossoscolexDemeijeri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlossoscolexDemeijeri</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/annelida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>annelida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a></p>
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> that give each other gifts <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241223-christmas-animals-that-give-gifts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2024122</span><span class="invisible">3-christmas-animals-that-give-gifts</span></a> </p><p>"Nuptial gift giving – when the male presents the female with a nutritious morsel during courtship and mating – has been noted in species as diverse as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snails</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> & <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>squid</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birds</span></a> have been known to enjoy gift giving too, with male great grey <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/shrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrikes</span></a> impaling small creatures on thorns and twigs to impress mates, before offering them as presents during courtship. However, it is most common amongst <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> & <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a>."</p>
the roamer<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://autisticpri.de/@nellie_m" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nellie_m</span></a></span> </p><p>When I found your old post on earthworms the other day, I liked it for the poetry but I wasn't thinking much about biology. I've since remembered Charles Darwin's voice on the matter.</p><p>You probably already know about his book on the earthworm? It's Darwin's last book, published in 1881. One way or the other, it's a treasure.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2355/pg2355-images.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2355/</span><span class="invisible">pg2355-images.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CharlesDarwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesDarwin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LifeIsStrangelyBeautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeIsStrangelyBeautiful</span></a></p>
NIOO-KNAW<p>New publication: Earthworm Ecology in Northern European Forests.<br><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/bookchapter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookchapter</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/sustainablelanduse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainablelanduse</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64510-5_3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-6451</span><span class="invisible">0-5_3</span></a></p>
Lkdc<p>Here in Washington DC, we've had wet weather this week. As I walked along many blocks of sidewalks, I was surprised not to see any earthworms. In the past, there were usually many earthworms on the sidewalks after rainfall. Where the heck did all the earthworms go?</p><p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/earthworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworm</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a></p>
LA Plant Genetics<p>Everyone wants <a href="https://spore.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> in their garden, but do you have <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SoilMacrofauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilMacrofauna</span></a>? We have <a href="https://spore.social/tags/gophers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gophers</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chipmunks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chipmunks</span></a> & <a href="https://spore.social/tags/moles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moles</span></a> working hard to make lots of tunnels to absorb the winter rain & snow. Just be careful walking, as the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> tends to sink about six inches (15 centimeters) with every step.</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/SoilBiodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilBiodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SoilFauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilFauna</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/compostodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compostodon</span></a></p>
earthling<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a> </p><p>Beekeeper, Adan Rascon, shows worms that he uses as organic fertilizer for agriculture during a severe drought, in Meoqui, Chihuahua state, Mexico August 24. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a></p>
Michael ヘビ Steinwandter<p>Hey, I made my own <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LinkTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkTree</span></a> site, you can see there all my official work and social presences, and links to some of my <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iNaturalist</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/environmentalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalist</span></a> projects 🤓</p><p>Check it out 👉 <a href="https://linktr.ee/msteinwandter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/msteinwandter</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoilBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilBiology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoilScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilScience</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoilEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilEcology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoilZoology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilZoology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NatureLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureLovers</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SoilFauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoilFauna</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>How giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum’s landscape <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-giant-earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rums-landscape-231638" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/how-giant-</span><span class="invisible">earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rums-landscape-231638</span></a></p><p>"Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/RedDeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedDeer</span></a>, the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/IsleOfRum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsleOfRum</span></a>, part of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a>’s Inner <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Hebrides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrides</span></a>, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research. But the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> on Rum are equally remarkable. These <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> act as <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EcosystemEngineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcosystemEngineers</span></a>, actively shaping the landscape, often after humans have left their mark on this remote island."</p>
Sally Strange<p>It's that time of year. My USA and Canada* friends who garden, be on the lookout for invasive Amynthas "jumping" or "crazy" earthworms. There are no indigenous North American earthworms, but unlike the placid European invasive earthworm, these guys harm soil health more than they help. They hang out in the top layer of the soil and eat up all the nutrients. Their casings are not good soil additions. Because of this behavior, they have the potential to devastate our forests. </p><p>I found these guys after moving my garbage can. Haven't seen them in my actual garden yet, which might be due to the diatomaceous earth I added to it last fall. They're hard to kill. I'm going to freeze them and then place their bodies around my garden, hoping this will give local birds and toads a taste for them. These guys are small, they must be fairly recently hatched. At adulthood they can be 6 inches or more, easily. They also reproduce asexually after about 60 days of life. So every worm removed at this stage is a victory. New York winters kill the worms, but not their eggs.</p><p>How to tell Amynthas apart from European earthworms: </p><p>-clitellum (collar) is smooth, red, and goes all the way around. Not white, raised, and partially around the body</p><p>-their casings--see pic--and their effect on the soil. They give it a coarse sort of coffee grounds texture</p><p>-vigorous activity when touched or disturbed. They jump, squirm, climb, writhe like snakes. If you come across a bunch of them at once, it can be unnerving</p><p>Killing them is hard. If you heat or treat the soil, you kill other invertebrates and microorganisms too. Mustard solution makes them rise to the top, makes them easier to catch. Chopping them up just makes more worms. So, freeze them or drown them in alcohol. They'll eventually drown in water too, but they'll climb right out of an open bucket. As I mentioned earlier, mixing diatomaceous earth into garden beds seems to deter them. </p><p>Anyway good luck! It's not easy trying to garden in this climate-changing, mass-extinction, species-invading world.</p><p>*Edited update--I was overly optimistic in thinking they hadn't made it to Canada yet. (They've been migrating slowly northward from the Gulf Coast for the past 100 years or so.)</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worms</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/amynthas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amynthas</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/JumpingWorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingWorms</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>On the loss of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> - another casualty of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> crisis, the article is about Britain but I suspect it applies elsewhere too..<br>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@TheEconomist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheEconomist</span></a></span> 🎁 You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.</p><p>What’s behind Britain’s earthworm cataclysm?<br> <a href="https://econ.st/3VbqLV3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">econ.st/3VbqLV3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Tom<p>I got the raised beds filled. I figure they are about 24 cubic feet or 0.7 cu. meters each. So 96 cu. ft. or 2.7 cu. m for all of them. That's about 70 loads in the 10 gallon / 38 liter tubtrug. I'm glad it wasn't all dirt, those ones get heavy.</p><p>I had enough decomposed pine needles to top all 4 beds. Didn't have to use the pile of leaves that didn't get mixed in with anything.</p><p>High of 82F / 28C today. Finished at 21:00 tonight.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RaisedBeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaisedBeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrowYourOwn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>The secret world of earthworms <a href="https://theconversation.com/the-secret-world-of-earthworms-meet-the-tiger-worm-and-the-nightcrawler-227693" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-secret</span><span class="invisible">-world-of-earthworms-meet-the-tiger-worm-and-the-nightcrawler-227693</span></a> </p><p>'"they can be divided into 3 groups. The 1st live in organic-rich material, like a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compost</span></a> bin. These include the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/TigerWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TigerWorm</span></a> or <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/brandling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brandling</span></a> and are great at breaking down vegetable peelings. Unpigmented <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> eat <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> and make horizontal burrows close to the surface. The 3rd group are larger, deep burrowers (~1m below) such as the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DewWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DewWorm</span></a> or <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Nightcrawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nightcrawler</span></a>. They use their mouth to pull leaves into their permanent, vertical burrows."</p>
Primo Natura<p>"Earthworm – the soil-maker, without whom we’d struggle to feed ourselves"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invertebrates</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/12/earthworm-soil-maker-invertebrate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/apr/12/earthworm-soil-maker-invertebrate</span></a></p>
Primo Natura<p>"‘Vital for looking after the soil’: fears as UK earthworm population declines"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/08/uk-earthworm-population-in-decline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/apr/08/uk-earthworm-population-in-decline</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, while <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EuropoeanEarthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropoeanEarthworms</span></a> can be beneficial in gardens, they are not native to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>, and are actually an invasive species! (Native Maine earthworms were wiped out a long time ago, it seems...)</p><p>Invasive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earthworms</span></a> Rediscovered in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernMaine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forests</span></a></p><p>January 2022 </p><p>"University of Maine researchers recently discovered invasive earthworms from Europe in Aroostook County, Maine timberlands, in what they say is the first reported sighting of the creatures in northern Maine forests since 1979. The finding raises concerns that the worms may cause changes in the forest ecosystem, from a slowing of tree regeneration to a release of carbon from the soil.</p><p>"Joshua Puhlick, formerly a research associate at the UMaine School of Forest Resources and now a scientist at The Jones Center at Ichauway in Georgia, found the worms while sampling soils as part of a sustainable forestry initiative at three research plantations. 'We were collecting soils and looking at the influence of forestry management on soil properties when we happened to discover earthworms at two of our sites,' he said. 'It was a pretty big deal to find them because we weren’t expecting to see them in northern Maine.'</p><p>"European earthworms were found in all 18 research plots at the Nashville Plantation along Route 11 and in 2 of 15 plots near the Seven Islands campsite on the St. John River. At least two different species of non-native worms were identified.</p><p>"Native earthworms were extirpated from Maine and much of the rest of New England during the last Ice Age. European earthworms eventually found their way to most of the region through discarded fishing bait, the transportation of horticultural materials, and on logging machinery, but they weren’t believed to be widespread in northern Maine.</p><p>"'Earthworms can cause a lot of abrupt changes in forest ecosystems and influence forest health, and many natural resource managers are becoming increasingly alarmed about the presence of earthworms in Maine forests,' said Puhlick. 'Invasive plant species find it easier to make their way into forests after earthworm invasions, and that impacts tree regeneration. Worms also consume a lot of the organic horizon – the litter and duff layer – and redistribute some of it within the mineral soil, which changes carbon dynamics and could potentially release carbon back into the atmosphere.'</p><p>"The worms prefer forests of northern hardwoods because the leaf litter is less acidic than in coniferous forests, Puhlick explained, although earthworms have been reported in mixed forests as well. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SugarMaple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SugarMaple</span></a> forests are a particular concern.</p><p>"'This isn’t a new phenomenon in New England, but we often worry about the decline of sugar maple health,' he said. 'These earthworm populations can cause changes in soil dynamics that could lead to declining health in sugar maples. That’s something we’ll have to continue to evaluate.'</p><p>"Puhlick recommends that land managers in northern New England document where earthworm populations are found and monitor changes to forest conditions over time. They should also implement practices that will minimize the spread of earthworms and limit new introductions of worms across the forested landscape.</p><p>"'There are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> impacts to our forests, invasive plant species, and now this,' he said. 'It’s just one more issue that forest managers are going to have to face.'"</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://northernwoodlands.org/discoveries/invasive-earthworms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">northernwoodlands.org/discover</span><span class="invisible">ies/invasive-earthworms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WormWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WormWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthWoods</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheNorthWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheNorthWoods</span></a></p>
HACKthePRISONS<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGNy5CglvWg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wGNy5CglvW</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p>another banger coming courtesy of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@franklinlopez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>franklinlopez</span></a></span>' burning cop car series. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stimulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stimulator</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/submedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hiphop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiphop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/burningCopCar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burningCopCar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sub.media/burning-cop-car-6/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sub.media/burning-cop-car-6/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
🏁⚡Omar Two Tone⚡🏁:verified:<p>Invasive earthworms are reshaping North American ecosystems 👇🤔🪱🐛<br>(should I take this literally??.. 😝)</p><p><a href="https://www.earth.com/news/invasive-earthworms-are-reshaping-north-american-ecosystems/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">earth.com/news/invasive-earthw</span><span class="invisible">orms-are-reshaping-north-american-ecosystems/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/worms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worms</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a></p>
Artists Garden<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Compost</span></a>, around a cubic metre of it. All materials from last year (2023). Looks good and smells and feels nice. Would already do for a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mulch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mulch</span></a> but I won't be using it until the autumn, so it has another eight or nine months to decompose more. Home to lots of <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mulching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mulching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/artistsgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistsgarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/imperfectgarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imperfectgarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardener</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wolfkettler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wolfkettler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permaculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gardenwiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardenwiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wiltshiregarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiltshiregarden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wiltshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiltshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NoDig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDig</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Quartz-Gobbling Worms Are Weathering Earth’s Soils <br><a href="https://eos.org/articles/quartz-gobbling-worms-are-weathering-earths-soils" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/articles/quartz-gobbli</span><span class="invisible">ng-worms-are-weathering-earths-soils</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthworms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthworms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quartz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quartz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weathering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weathering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gizzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gizzards</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digestion</span></a></p>
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