Amelia Genis

Joernalis, navorser, veldloper, boekwurm.

[landbou.com @landbou]

Die afgelope week se storms het die Wes-Kaap van alle kante getref. Skade is aangerig van Citrusdal tot by George. ’n Paar boere het hul harte oopgemaak oor die skade op hul plase. https://t.co/T55Nj9ENHW

[landbou.com @landbou]

Toe Lactalis Suid-Afrika se fabriek in Bonnievale in die Wes-Kaap hierdie week weens die vloedwaters tydelik sonder water was, het ander melkkopers sonder skroom ingespring om te help.
https://t.co/jSsV5OZcYZ

[Andrew McGuire @agronomistag]

Before buying another soil inoculant, ask:
Is my soil missing microbes, or are the right microbes already there but suppressed by conditions?
Fix the soil, and the biology follows.

[NRF/SARAO @SKA_Africa]

MeerKAT discovers record-breaking cosmic laser halfway across the universe

University of Pretoria-led team opens a new frontier using the power of MeerKAT and strong gravitational lensing

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever detected. It is located in a violently merging galaxy more than 8 billion light-years away, opening a new radio astronomy frontier.

Read full article
https://t.co/Y6dP50qU2w

#meerkat #radioastronomy #science #radiotelescope

[landbou.com @landbou]

Die oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne het sonneblompryse die afgelope tyd opgejaag en die prys het teen die middel van Desember tot ’n hoogtepunt van R12 400/ton gestyg.
https://t.co/sxWgv1tyBO

[Jannie Pretorius ☕️ @erdwurmboer]

@landbou Net ‘n vraag. Dalk kan julle by kenners hoor. In hoe ‘n mate word Bek en klou deur wildsbokke en ander wild versprei? Hoe verhoed jy daardie tipe verspreiding?

[landbou.com @landbou]

@landbou se #5 landbouhelde in 'n kort reeks oor indrukwekkende skeppers van oplossings was Namakwalandse boere en hul vroue, wat oorleef in 'n omgewing wat baie die aftog sal laat blaas. Dis die mense van @AmeliaGenis se hartland. https://t.co/dYUADVV926

[Talk to Al Jazeera @TalktoAlJazeera]

Once the “Land of the 2 Rivers,” Iraq is now facing its worst water crisis. The Tigris & Euphrates are drying up, and climate change, dams & mismanagement are turning fertile land into dust, displacing families & threatening stability.

Watch full episode: https://t.co/qSlDSReIkY

[Michael Moodie @Moodie_ag]

Pulses are getting cracking at our ⁦@GRDCNorth⁩ NSW Mallee⁩ trial site. Early establishment & sub soil moisture is providing useful yield potential with just 70mm of rainfall. The faba beans are indicating 2-3 weeks of moisture left😉 ⁦@brill_ag⁩ ⁦@gsandral⁩

[landbou.com @landbou]

Astral Foods, die land se grootste geïntegreerde pluimveeprodusent, is die eerste maatskappy wat toestemming gekry het om hoenders teen voëlgriep te begin inent. https://t.co/qD7iWXloiN

[FloydS⚓🌾🤠🏉 @floyds63]

How Ag field days have changed, and use of technology. Farmers bringing & using laptops at Field days🤔.
Grain Automate expo Merredin @MADFIG14
#technology #Automation #digitalfarming

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Milky Way viewing is at its best right now, especially if you’re in the southern hemisphere. Here's what to look out for, says Abigail Beall https://t.co/f4G8yc6ElA

[Popular Science @PopSci]

In some ways, particles on the Red Planet are as dangerous as asbestos. https://t.co/opnweQE5dP

[New Scientist @newscientist]

This Colombian scorpion is new to science and can spray the venom from its stinger up to 35 centimetres away rather than always having to inject it. https://t.co/aanlMFG66G

[Reuters @Reuters]

A historic pivot for Japan's auto industry is underway, as Honda and Nissan announced that they have started talks toward a potential merger https://t.co/LtEVijfMdF

[Alison O’Neill ~ Shepherdess @woolismybread]

Nearly back to the heft 🙏🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The prospect of a Donald Trump victory brings a fresh jolt of uncertainty to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion nears the end of its third year https://t.co/qOKtY9kVb9

[Paul Holdengraber @holdengraber]

“Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.”
~ Robert Louis Stevenson

thanks to @tittiscotti

[Paul Holdengraber @holdengraber]

"In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times."

~ Bertold Brecht

[Stellenbosch University @StellenboschUni]

Five SU scholars were recently inaugurated into the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), with two young SU researchers joining the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS). 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚: https://t.co/e18tKwFPcF