Fossil
24 · V · 26
Bristol Channel, UK
51.21° N 3.04° W
Carboniferous crinoid stem fragment surfaced after cliff collapse. c. 340 Ma. Calcite preservation excellent.
J. Whitlock
Pollinator
22 · V · 26
Western Ghats, India
13.34° N 75.13° E
Endemic Impatiens flowering nine days before pollinator emergence. Phenological gap widening for fourth consecutive season.
S. Pradhan
Soil
20 · V · 26
Serengeti corridor, Tanzania
2.33° S 34.83° E
Acacia regeneration density tripled in 12-year grazing-rotation plots. Soil carbon up 0.4% above 2014 baseline.
A. Mwangi
Geology
18 · V · 26
Skye, Hebrides
57.27° N 6.21° W
Jurassic ammonite (Dactylioceras) weathered out of shale. Bed correlates with the toarcian anoxic event horizon.
L. McRae
Coastline
16 · V · 26
Doggerland edge, North Sea
54.10° N 2.40° E
Submerged forest peat dredged at −38 m. Hazel and birch macrofossils. Radiocarbon pending; likely 8.2 ka event horizon.
T. Visser
Climate
14 · V · 26
Svalbard, 78° N
78.22° N 15.65° E
Permafrost active layer 14 cm deeper than 2015 baseline. Methane flux rising along thaw lake margins.
K. Olsen
Pollinator
11 · V · 26
Provence, France
43.95° N 4.81° E
Anthophora plumipes first emergence 17 days earlier than 1995–2005 mean. Apricot bloom now overlapping by only 4 days.
É. Marchand
Geology
08 · V · 26
Atacama plateau, Chile
24.50° S 69.25° W
Lichen recolonising basalt 18 years after fog-corridor restoration. First Stereocaulon recorded on plot R-04.
M. Aravena
Soil
06 · V · 26
Peak District, UK
53.36° N 1.80° W
Blanket bog pH 4.1, water table −22 cm. Sphagnum recovery plots show 38% cover gain after five seasons of rewetting.
R. Holroyd